Server Engineer Contracts in England

Server Engineer
UK > England

The median Server Engineer daily rate in England is £428 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 475 552 586
Rank change year-on-year +77 +34 -55
Contract jobs requiring a Server Engineer 73 116 194
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.23% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.24% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 86 151
10th Percentile £262 £250 £205
25th Percentile £314 £325 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £433 £375
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +15.33% -
75th Percentile £609 £563 £500
90th Percentile £650 £700 £588
UK median daily rate £431 £445 £400
% change year-on-year -3.15% +11.25% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £89.20 £21.47 -
25th Percentile £91.00 £23.35 £22.50
Median hourly rate £98.00 £26.48 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +270.09% +15.13% -19.30%
75th Percentile £103.00 £30.74 £23.50
90th Percentile £103.60 £33.30 -
UK median hourly rate £98.00 £26.48 £23.00
% change year-on-year +270.09% +15.13% -19.30%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 34,517 47,965 67,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.58% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,960 34,010 48,090
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,411 1,443 1,914
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.31 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.67 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.45 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

Server Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Server Engineer in England

Server Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Server Engineer in England

Server Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Server Engineer in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Server Engineer in England

Server Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Server Engineer in England

Server Engineer
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 Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 25 April 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 +85 32 £425 -21.00% 4
South East +9 17 £500 +42.86% 2
North of England +30 11 £423 +12.80% 3
East of England +18 8 £575 -
North West +17 6 £475 -15.93% 2
Midlands +9 4 £419 +1.52%
Yorkshire +24 3 £400 +23.08%
North East +18 2 £423 +5.75% 1
West Midlands +17 2 £500 +2.56%
East Midlands +13 2 £338 +51.35%
South West +16 1 £350 -12.50% 2
Server Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Server Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 36 (49.32%) Linux
2 31 (42.47%) Windows
2 31 (42.47%) Security Cleared
3 28 (38.36%) Windows Server
4 27 (36.99%) DV Cleared
4 27 (36.99%) VMware
5 26 (35.62%) Data Centre
6 24 (32.88%) Microsoft
7 21 (28.77%) Active Directory
8 19 (26.03%) VMware Infrastructure
9 18 (24.66%) Social Skills
10 16 (21.92%) Azure
11 13 (17.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 13 (17.81%) Dell
11 13 (17.81%) CI/CD
12 12 (16.44%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (16.44%) HP
12 12 (16.44%) Jenkins
12 12 (16.44%) Hyper-V
12 12 (16.44%) PowerShell
13 11 (15.07%) Data Protection
13 11 (15.07%) Progress Chef
13 11 (15.07%) Puppet
13 11 (15.07%) SSL
13 11 (15.07%) HTTP
13 11 (15.07%) TCP/IP
14 10 (13.70%) ITIL
14 10 (13.70%) DNS
14 10 (13.70%) Migration
14 10 (13.70%) Data Protection Act

Server Engineer 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 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.11%) OpenStack
3 2 (2.74%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (2.74%) IIS
3 2 (2.74%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (21.92%) Azure
2 7 (9.59%) Entra ID
3 5 (6.85%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.74%) AWS
4 2 (2.74%) OCI
4 2 (2.74%) SaaS
4 2 (2.74%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.37%) Azure Storage
5 1 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.37%) GCP
5 1 (1.37%) IaaS
5 1 (1.37%) npm
5 1 (1.37%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.37%) PaaS
5 1 (1.37%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.07%) HTTP
1 11 (15.07%) SSL
1 11 (15.07%) TCP/IP
2 10 (13.70%) DNS
3 8 (10.96%) DHCP
4 7 (9.59%) SAN
5 4 (5.48%) Firewall
6 3 (4.11%) Kerberos
7 2 (2.74%) AMQP
7 2 (2.74%) DMZ
7 2 (2.74%) Modbus
7 2 (2.74%) MQTT
7 2 (2.74%) Network Security
8 1 (1.37%) Internet
8 1 (1.37%) NAS
8 1 (1.37%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.85%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.74%) Tableau
3 1 (1.37%) KDB
3 1 (1.37%) MySQL
3 1 (1.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (16.44%) Jenkins
2 5 (6.85%) JIRA
3 1 (1.37%) Babel
3 1 (1.37%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.37%) webpack
General
1 18 (24.66%) Social Skills
2 12 (16.44%) Presentation Skills
3 8 (10.96%) Finance
4 7 (9.59%) Manufacturing
5 5 (6.85%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.85%) Telecoms
6 4 (5.48%) Electronics
6 4 (5.48%) Marketing
7 2 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.37%) Banking
8 1 (1.37%) Front Office
8 1 (1.37%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.74%) .NET
1 2 (2.74%) Apache NiFi
1 2 (2.74%) ASP.NET
1 2 (2.74%) JSON
1 2 (2.74%) Web Services
1 2 (2.74%) XML
1 2 (2.74%) XSLT
2 1 (1.37%) LDAP
2 1 (1.37%) Middleware
2 1 (1.37%) Node.js
2 1 (1.37%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (35.62%) Data Centre
2 10 (13.70%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (5.48%) Clustering
4 3 (4.11%) PKI
5 2 (2.74%) IoT
6 1 (1.37%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.37%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.37%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.37%) Derivative
6 1 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.37%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.37%) Equity Derivative
6 1 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.37%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.37%) HP Storage
6 1 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.37%) NHS
6 1 (1.37%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.37%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 36 (49.32%) Linux
2 31 (42.47%) Windows
3 28 (38.36%) Windows Server
4 9 (12.33%) Windows Server 2012
5 7 (9.59%) Windows Server 2016
6 5 (6.85%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (5.48%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (2.74%) Windows 10
8 2 (2.74%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (2.74%) Windows XP
9 1 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (17.81%) CI/CD
1 13 (17.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 11 (15.07%) Data Protection
3 10 (13.70%) Customer Requirements
3 10 (13.70%) ITIL
3 10 (13.70%) Migration
4 9 (12.33%) Disaster Recovery
4 9 (12.33%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (10.96%) Break/Fix
6 5 (6.85%) Problem Management
6 5 (6.85%) Server Management
7 4 (5.48%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (5.48%) Digital Marketing
7 4 (5.48%) Programme Management
8 3 (4.11%) Agile
8 3 (4.11%) High Availability
8 3 (4.11%) Performance Tuning
8 3 (4.11%) Project Management
8 3 (4.11%) Server Migrations
9 2 (2.74%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.44%) PowerShell
2 6 (8.22%) SQL
3 4 (5.48%) Python
4 3 (4.11%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.74%) VB
6 1 (1.37%) C#
6 1 (1.37%) C++
6 1 (1.37%) Java
Qualifications
1 31 (42.47%) Security Cleared
2 27 (36.99%) DV Cleared
3 6 (8.22%) SC Cleared
4 5 (6.85%) Degree
4 5 (6.85%) MCSE
4 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.74%) CCNA
5 2 (2.74%) CCNP
5 2 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.74%) MCSA
6 1 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.37%) MCP
6 1 (1.37%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.37%) MiFID
1 1 (1.37%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (28.77%) Active Directory
2 19 (26.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (16.44%) Hyper-V
4 5 (6.85%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (6.85%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (5.48%) Firmware
6 2 (2.74%) Docker
6 2 (2.74%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (1.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (15.07%) Progress Chef
1 11 (15.07%) Puppet
2 9 (12.33%) SCCM
3 4 (5.48%) SCOM
3 4 (5.48%) vCenter Server
4 3 (4.11%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (4.11%) WSUS
5 2 (2.74%) EMC NetWorker
5 2 (2.74%) Grafana
5 2 (2.74%) Kubernetes
5 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (2.74%) NetBackup
6 1 (1.37%) Backup Exec
6 1 (1.37%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.37%) Nessus
Vendors
1 27 (36.99%) VMware
2 24 (32.88%) Microsoft
3 13 (17.81%) Dell
4 12 (16.44%) HP
5 6 (8.22%) ServiceNow
6 4 (5.48%) SAP
7 3 (4.11%) Cisco
7 3 (4.11%) Oracle
8 2 (2.74%) 3PAR
8 2 (2.74%) CA
8 2 (2.74%) EMC
8 2 (2.74%) Extreme Networks
8 2 (2.74%) Huawei
8 2 (2.74%) Juniper
8 2 (2.74%) Palo Alto
8 2 (2.74%) Symantec
8 2 (2.74%) Trend Micro
8 2 (2.74%) Veeam
9 1 (1.37%) CyberArk
9 1 (1.37%) Red Hat