Server Engineer Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Server Engineer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Server Engineer daily rate in Glasgow is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 79 74
Rank change year-on-year +9 -5 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Server Engineer 2 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.30% 0.13% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.15% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £380 - -
25th Percentile £388 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.50%
75th Percentile £463 - -
90th Percentile £470 - -
Scotland median daily rate £425 - £450
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 624 673 847
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.40% 90.70% 96.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 418 562
10th Percentile £266 £268 £313
25th Percentile £381 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £445 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -11.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £557 £538 £600
90th Percentile £643 £627 £700
Scotland median daily rate £455 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +1.00% -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 16 20
10th Percentile £16.17 £11.78 £11.50
25th Percentile £22.39 £16.37 £15.42
Median hourly rate £26.09 £19.59 £16.75
Median % change year-on-year +33.18% +16.96% -
75th Percentile £47.45 £29.44 £19.50
90th Percentile £60.78 £43.27 £75.00
Scotland median hourly rate £20.50 £23.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -10.87% -48.89% +153.95%

Server Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Server Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow.

Server Engineer job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Server Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Server Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Server Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow

Server Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Server Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Server Engineer job vacancies in Glasgow

Server Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 23 January 2026, Server Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Glasgow region featuring Server Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Dell
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019

Server Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Legal
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Dell
1 2 (100.00%) VMware