Server Engineer Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Server Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Server Engineer daily rate in the Midlands is £243, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 131 123
Rank change year-on-year -27 -8 +49
Contract jobs requiring a Server Engineer 6 1 11
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.19% 0.040% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.043% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 6
10th Percentile £203 - £203
25th Percentile £204 - £236
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £243 - £331
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.67%
75th Percentile £288 - £406
90th Percentile £469 - £538
England median daily rate £425 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +6.25% - -14.89%

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 2,759 2,333 2,518
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.26% 92.99% 93.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 1,450 1,740
10th Percentile £216 £225 £213
25th Percentile £363 £363 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £507 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.38% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 98 116
10th Percentile £13.54 £13.00 £14.19
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.38 £16.92
Median hourly rate £23.00 £23.82 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.44% +19.10% +13.90%
75th Percentile £27.21 £32.13 £31.59
90th Percentile £40.25 £50.75 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +36.36%

Server Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Server Engineer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Server Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Server Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands

Server Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Server Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Server Engineer in the Midlands

Server Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Server Engineer job vacancies in the Midlands

Server Engineer
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 Server Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 December 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 -21 6 £243 -
Server Engineer
England

Server Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, 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 Midlands region featuring Server Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server
3 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 4 (66.67%) Migration
4 3 (50.00%) Business Continuity
4 3 (50.00%) Business Strategy
4 3 (50.00%) Data Protection
4 3 (50.00%) Firewall
4 3 (50.00%) VMware
4 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (33.33%) Azure
5 2 (33.33%) CheckPoint
5 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (33.33%) Hyper-V
5 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (33.33%) SCCM
5 2 (33.33%) SCOM
5 2 (33.33%) Server Management
5 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 2 (33.33%) vSphere
5 2 (33.33%) Windows 10
6 1 (16.67%) Agile
6 1 (16.67%) Cisco
6 1 (16.67%) Dell
6 1 (16.67%) DNS
6 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
6 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering

Server Engineer 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 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) Multicast
2 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server
3 2 (33.33%) Windows 10
4 1 (16.67%) Linux
4 1 (16.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Migration
2 3 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 3 (50.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (33.33%) Server Management
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Security Hardening
4 1 (16.67%) Server Patching
4 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (33.33%) Hyper-V
3 2 (33.33%) vSphere
4 1 (16.67%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (33.33%) SCCM
1 2 (33.33%) SCOM
2 1 (16.67%) Nessus
2 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) VMware
3 2 (33.33%) CheckPoint
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco
4 1 (16.67%) Dell
4 1 (16.67%) SolarWinds
4 1 (16.67%) Veeam