Server Management Contract Job Trends in London

Server Management
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London citing Server Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 3 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	427	352	344
Rank change year-on-year	-75	-8	+40
Contract jobs citing Server Management	32	27	31
As % of all contract jobs in London	0.16%	0.20%	0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.17%	0.21%	0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted	21	14	21
10^th Percentile	£350	£343	£248
25^th Percentile	£425	£406	£313
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£551	£415
Median % change year-on-year	-9.30%	+32.83%	-2.35%
75^th Percentile	£575	£707	£606
90^th Percentile	£656	£852	£613
England median daily rate	£484	£540	£475
% change year-on-year	-10.46%	+13.68%	+5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	1	1
Median hourly rate	-	£20.19	£23.80
Median % change year-on-year	-	-15.17%	+8.18%
England median hourly rate	-	£20.19	£23.80
% change year-on-year	-	-15.17%	+8.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Server Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in London.

	6 months to 3 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	18,329	12,572	13,848
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London	89.80%	92.43%	89.16%
Number of daily rates quoted	12,068	8,265	8,920
10^th Percentile	£360	£331	£350
25^th Percentile	£450	£425	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£538	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+2.33%	-2.27%	-4.35%
75^th Percentile	£663	£663	£675
90^th Percentile	£775	£775	£800
England median daily rate	£525	£508	£525
% change year-on-year	+3.45%	-3.33%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	383	248	166
10^th Percentile	£15.58	£17.98	£17.38
25^th Percentile	£18.79	£25.03	£25.06
Median hourly rate	£31.35	£30.25	£38.29
Median % change year-on-year	+3.62%	-20.99%	+2.09%
75^th Percentile	£57.50	£47.13	£58.75
90^th Percentile	£81.25	£65.00	£80.38
England median hourly rate	£35.00	£25.15	£38.07
% change year-on-year	+39.17%	-33.94%	-14.45%

Server Management Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Server Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Server Management Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Server Management.

Server Management Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Server Management in London over the 6 months to 3 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Server Management in London

Server Management Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Server Management.

Server Management 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 Server Management within the London region over the 6 months to 3 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Central London	-30	5	£500	+21.21%	3
North London	-	2	-	-	1
Server Management England

Server Management Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 3 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Server Management also mentioned 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 citing Server Management.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Microsoft	43.8%	14
2	Azure	40.6%	13
3	Infrastructure as Code	37.5%	12
3	PowerShell	37.5%	12
3	Terraform	37.5%	12
6	Python	34.4%	11
6	Security Cleared	34.4%	11
6	VMware	34.4%	11
6	VMware Infrastructure	34.4%	11
10	Bash	31.3%	10
10	CI/CD	31.3%	10
10	Infrastructure Engineering	31.3%	10
10	Windows	31.3%	10
14	Agile	28.1%	9
14	Disaster Recovery	28.1%	9
14	Linux	28.1%	9
14	Problem-Solving	28.1%	9
18	Change Management	25.0%	8
18	SC Cleared	25.0%	8
18	Windows Server	25.0%	8
21	Active Directory	21.9%	7
21	AWS	21.9%	7
21	DevOps	21.9%	7
21	Migration	21.9%	7
21	Platform Engineering	21.9%	7
26	Ansible	18.8%	6
26	Business Continuity	18.8%	6
26	GitHub	18.8%	6
26	High Availability	18.8%	6
26	Internet	18.8%	6

Server Management Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Infrastructure as Code	37.5%	12
2	CI/CD	31.3%	10
2	Infrastructure Engineering	31.3%	10
4	Agile	28.1%	9
4	Disaster Recovery	28.1%	9
4	Problem-Solving	28.1%	9
7	Change Management	25.0%	8
8	DevOps	21.9%	7
8	Migration	21.9%	7
8	Platform Engineering	21.9%	7
11	Business Continuity	18.8%	6
11	High Availability	18.8%	6
11	ITIL	18.8%	6
11	Mentoring	18.8%	6
11	RBAC	18.8%	6
16	Architectural Patterns	15.6%	5
16	Configuration Management	15.6%	5
16	Containerisation	15.6%	5
16	Identity Access Management	15.6%	5
16	Patch Management	15.6%	5