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 requiring Server Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 342 349 399
Rank change year-on-year +7 +50 +111
Contract jobs citing Server Management 25 33 37
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.19% 0.21% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.23% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 20 18
10th Percentile £207 £248 £190
25th Percentile £338 £325 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £408 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.23% -9.44% -10.00%
75th Percentile £689 £509 £621
90th Percentile £713 £613 £696
England median daily rate £480 £479 £450
% change year-on-year +0.31% +6.33% -1.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.79 - -
Median hourly rate £20.19 £23.80 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.17% - -
75th Percentile £20.60 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £20.19 £23.80 -
% change year-on-year -15.17% - -

All Process and 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 requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,368 14,351 18,680
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.44% 89.26% 90.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,171 9,324 13,516
10th Percentile £333 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £690
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 180 228
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.48 £18.50
25th Percentile £25.04 £24.18 £21.69
Median hourly rate £30.50 £37.15 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.90% -7.13% +4.25%
75th Percentile £47.50 £57.81 £63.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £78.75 £76.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +36.36%

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 job vacancy trend in London

Server Management
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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 15 October 2025.

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.

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 15 October 2025. 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
Central London +12 6 £413 - 2
West London -2 1 £300 -
Server Management
England

Server Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (28.00%) Azure
2 5 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 5 (20.00%) IaaS
2 5 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (20.00%) PaaS
3 3 (12.00%) Azure AKS
4 2 (8.00%) AWS
4 2 (8.00%) Google Workspace
5 1 (4.00%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (40.00%) Firewall
2 8 (32.00%) Internet
2 8 (32.00%) TCP/IP
3 5 (20.00%) HTTPS
3 5 (20.00%) SSL
4 4 (16.00%) DNS
5 3 (12.00%) DHCP
6 2 (8.00%) Softphone
6 2 (8.00%) Wireless
7 1 (4.00%) NAS
7 1 (4.00%) SAN
7 1 (4.00%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (12.00%) SonarQube
2 1 (4.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (4.00%) Git
2 1 (4.00%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.00%) Finance
2 5 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (12.00%) Electronics
3 3 (12.00%) Manufacturing
3 3 (12.00%) Marketing
3 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Banking
4 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Front Office
5 1 (4.00%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Support Engineer
2 8 (32.00%) Junior
3 7 (28.00%) 1st Line Engineer
3 7 (28.00%) 1st Line Support
3 7 (28.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 7 (28.00%) 1st Line Support Technician
3 7 (28.00%) 1st Line Technical Support
3 7 (28.00%) Junior Support Engineer
3 7 (28.00%) Junior Support Technician
3 7 (28.00%) Junior Technical Engineer
3 7 (28.00%) Junior Technical Support
3 7 (28.00%) Junior Technical Support Engineer
3 7 (28.00%) Support Technician
3 7 (28.00%) Technical Engineer
3 7 (28.00%) Technical Support
3 7 (28.00%) Technical Support Engineer
4 5 (20.00%) Architect
5 4 (16.00%) Azure Architect
5 4 (16.00%) Infrastructure Architect
6 3 (12.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (20.00%) REST
2 2 (8.00%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (8.00%) LDAP
3 1 (4.00%) Swing
Miscellaneous
1 9 (36.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (12.00%) Linux Command Line
3 2 (8.00%) iPad
3 2 (8.00%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (4.00%) Algorithms
4 1 (4.00%) Fixed Income
4 1 (4.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 9 (36.00%) Windows
2 8 (32.00%) Linux
3 5 (20.00%) Windows Server
4 3 (12.00%) Windows 10
5 2 (8.00%) Mac OS X
5 2 (8.00%) Windows 8
5 2 (8.00%) Windows XP
6 1 (4.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) Agile
1 8 (32.00%) DevOps
2 7 (28.00%) Configuration Management
3 5 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (16.00%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (16.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (12.00%) Digital Marketing
5 3 (12.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (12.00%) ITIL
5 3 (12.00%) Network Monitoring
5 3 (12.00%) Programme Management
5 3 (12.00%) Release Management
6 2 (8.00%) Cost Optimisation
6 2 (8.00%) Customer Service
6 2 (8.00%) Data Modelling
6 2 (8.00%) Decision-Making
6 2 (8.00%) Migration
6 2 (8.00%) Server Migrations
6 2 (8.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (36.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (16.00%) SQL
3 1 (4.00%) Bash
3 1 (4.00%) Java
3 1 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (28.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (16.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (12.00%) Azure Certification
4 2 (8.00%) Degree
5 1 (4.00%) Postgraduate
System Software
1 5 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.00%) vSphere
2 2 (8.00%) XenApp
3 1 (4.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.00%) Xen
Systems Management
1 8 (32.00%) Ansible
2 6 (24.00%) Terraform
3 3 (12.00%) Kubernetes
4 2 (8.00%) McAfee ePO
4 2 (8.00%) Norton AntiVirus
4 2 (8.00%) SELinux
5 1 (4.00%) Packer
5 1 (4.00%) yum
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Citrix
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.00%) Cisco
2 3 (12.00%) SAP
2 3 (12.00%) VMware
3 2 (8.00%) Adobe
3 2 (8.00%) Autodesk
3 2 (8.00%) Dell
3 2 (8.00%) Draytek
3 2 (8.00%) Google
3 2 (8.00%) HP
3 2 (8.00%) McAfee
3 2 (8.00%) NETGEAR
3 2 (8.00%) Polycom
3 2 (8.00%) Sophos
3 2 (8.00%) Symantec
3 2 (8.00%) Toshiba
3 2 (8.00%) WatchGuard
3 2 (8.00%) Webroot
3 2 (8.00%) Wyse