Senior Server Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Senior Server Engineer
England > London

The median Senior Server Engineer daily rate in London is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Server Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.019% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £441 - -
25th Percentile £484 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - -
75th Percentile £709 - -
90th Percentile £764 - -
England median daily rate £588 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.75 - -
Median hourly rate £26.50 - -
75th Percentile £27.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £26.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 14,956 12,129 17,048
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.62% 93.70% 93.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,041 8,120 12,298
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 141 345
10th Percentile £18.21 £21.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.41 £24.66 £19.38
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year - +21.74% -17.86%
75th Percentile £60.25 £53.75 £48.56
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.40 £65.00
England median hourly rate £36.32 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +3.77% +7.69% -23.29%

Senior Server Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Senior Server Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Senior Server Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Server Engineer job vacancies in London

Senior Server Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Server Engineer in London over the 6 months to 11 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Server Engineer in London

Senior Server Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Server Engineer job vacancies in London

Senior Server Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Server Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 11 March 2026. 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
South London - 1 £425 - 1
Senior Server Engineer
England

Senior Server Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 11 March 2026, Senior 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 London region featuring Senior Server Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) DHCP
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (33.33%) Android
2 1 (33.33%) Apple
2 1 (33.33%) Break/Fix
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Dell
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) IaaS
2 1 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) PaaS
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Re-Platforming

Senior Server Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) IaaS
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DHCP
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 1 (33.33%) Local Government
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (33.33%) Android
2 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Break/Fix
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (33.33%) High Availability
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Re-Platforming
1 1 (33.33%) Security Hardening
1 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Apple
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Dell
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) VMware