3rd Line Server Support Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Third Line Server Support
England > Midlands

The median Third Line Server Support daily rate in the Midlands is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Server Support 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.074% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.083% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £263 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - -
75th Percentile £288 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £275 £255 £300
% change year-on-year +7.84% -15.00% -45.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,417 2,499 2,785
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.09% 93.04% 94.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,582 1,555 1,940
10th Percentile £220 £231 £220
25th Percentile £358 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £594
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
England median daily rate £513 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 105 116
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.57 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.26 £15.00 £16.62
Median hourly rate £24.34 £22.50 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% +11.11% +15.32%
75th Percentile £31.00 £35.00 £36.44
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.26 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.90 £45.94
% change year-on-year -42.71% -4.44% +74.23%

3rd Line Server Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '3rd Line Server Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

3rd Line Server Support job vacancy trend in the Midlands

3rd Line Server Support
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Server Support job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Server Support job vacancies in the Midlands

3rd Line Server Support
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Server Support job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Server Support job vacancies in the Midlands

3rd Line Server Support
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Server Support within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 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
West Midlands - 2 £275 -
3rd Line Server Support
England

3rd Line Server Support Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 3 October 2025, 3rd Line Server Support 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 Midlands region featuring 3rd Line Server Support in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) PKI
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) SCOM
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server

3rd Line Server Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware