Server Administrator Contracts in England

Server Administrator
UK > England

The median Server Administrator daily rate in England is £380, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 531 630 782
Rank change year-on-year +99 +152 -130
Contract jobs requiring a Server Administrator 19 6 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.051% 0.013% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.014% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 4 3
10th Percentile £300 £331 £147
25th Percentile £338 £416 £151
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £488 £185
Median % change year-on-year -22.05% +163.51% -52.26%
75th Percentile £391 £554 £406
90th Percentile £425 £606 £523
UK median daily rate £380 £475 £438
% change year-on-year -20.00% +8.57% +18.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £81.37 -
UK median hourly rate - £81.37 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,808 44,443 66,953
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.49% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,757 31,614 47,944
10th Percentile £288 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,654 1,321 1,753
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.80
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.90
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Server Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Server Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Server Administrator in England

Server Administrator
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Server Administrator in England.

Daily rate trend for Server Administrator in England

Server Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Server Administrator in England over the 6 months to 16 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Server Administrator in England

Server Administrator
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Server Administrator in England.

Hourly rate trend for Server Administrator in England

Server Administrator
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Server Administrator within the England region over the 6 months to 16 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +93 14 £380 -22.05%
Midlands - 5 £300 -
West Midlands - 5 £300 -
Server Administrator
UK

Server Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 16 June 2024, Server Administrator contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Server Administrator in the job title.

1 15 (78.95%) Windows
1 15 (78.95%) Windows Server
2 13 (68.42%) VMware
3 12 (63.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (52.63%) Active Directory
5 8 (42.11%) Veeam
5 8 (42.11%) Vulnerability Management
6 7 (36.84%) Server Management
6 7 (36.84%) DNS
6 7 (36.84%) VMS
7 6 (31.58%) DHCP
7 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
7 6 (31.58%) Firmware
7 6 (31.58%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 6 (31.58%) PowerShell
8 5 (26.32%) VMware Server
8 5 (26.32%) PKI
8 5 (26.32%) Load Balancing
8 5 (26.32%) Azure
8 5 (26.32%) vSphere
8 5 (26.32%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (26.32%) Fibre Channel
8 5 (26.32%) Performance Improvement
8 5 (26.32%) SAN
8 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (26.32%) VMware NSX
8 5 (26.32%) Virtual Infrastructure
8 5 (26.32%) vCenter Server
8 5 (26.32%) Remote Desktop
9 4 (21.05%) Patch Management

Server Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.26%) IIS
1 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (26.32%) Azure
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (36.84%) DNS
2 6 (31.58%) DHCP
3 5 (26.32%) Fibre Channel
3 5 (26.32%) Remote Desktop
3 5 (26.32%) SAN
4 4 (21.05%) LAN
4 4 (21.05%) WAN
5 1 (5.26%) Firewall
5 1 (5.26%) Network Security
5 1 (5.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.26%) OLAP
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Database
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Database 11g
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle Database 12c
1 1 (5.26%) Oracle OLAP
General
1 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Finance
3 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) .NET
1 1 (5.26%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) PKI
2 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (78.95%) Windows
1 15 (78.95%) Windows Server
2 7 (36.84%) VMS
3 4 (21.05%) CentOS
3 4 (21.05%) Linux
3 4 (21.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (21.05%) Ubuntu
4 1 (5.26%) Windows 10
4 1 (5.26%) Windows 7
4 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Vulnerability Management
2 7 (36.84%) Server Management
3 6 (31.58%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 5 (26.32%) Load Balancing
4 5 (26.32%) Performance Improvement
4 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (26.32%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 4 (21.05%) Change Control
5 4 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (21.05%) Patch Management
5 4 (21.05%) Task Automation
6 2 (10.53%) Change Management
6 2 (10.53%) Performance Metrics
6 2 (10.53%) Performance Optimisation
7 1 (5.26%) Data Modelling
7 1 (5.26%) ETL
7 1 (5.26%) Incident Management
7 1 (5.26%) ITIL
7 1 (5.26%) Problem Management
7 1 (5.26%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (31.58%) PowerShell
2 4 (21.05%) Bash
3 1 (5.26%) PL/SQL
3 1 (5.26%) SQL
3 1 (5.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (5.26%) Degree
1 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
1 1 (5.26%) HNC
1 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 12 (63.16%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (52.63%) Active Directory
3 6 (31.58%) Firmware
4 5 (26.32%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (26.32%) VMware NSX
4 5 (26.32%) VMware Server
4 5 (26.32%) vSphere
5 1 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (26.32%) vCenter Server
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (5.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (68.42%) VMware
2 8 (42.11%) Veeam
3 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.26%) Oracle
4 1 (5.26%) Qualys