Server Management Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Server Management
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Server Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 123 115
Rank change year-on-year -35 -8 +73
Contract jobs citing Server Management 4 2 13
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.13% 0.087% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.10% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 9
10th Percentile - £365 £398
25th Percentile £203 £383 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £265 £428 £450
Median % change year-on-year -38.01% -5.00% +44.00%
75th Percentile £363 £483 £750
90th Percentile £408 £508 -
England median daily rate £550 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +15.79% +11.76% -5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,718 1,979 2,200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 86.51% 85.93% 84.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,706 1,244 1,509
10th Percentile £250 £250 £262
25th Percentile £375 £375 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £483
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +3.63% -2.53%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £595
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 69 97
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £13.15
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £17.07
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% -2.17% +36.66%
75th Percentile £25.15 £33.54 £51.50
90th Percentile £30.33 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

Server Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Server Management job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Server Management
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Server Management

Server Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Server Management in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Server Management in the Midlands

Server Management
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Server Management

Server Management
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 Management within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 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 -28 3 £205 -42.25% 5
East Midlands -15 1 £325 -35.00% 4
Server Management
England

Server Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) IIS
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Server Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) .NET
1 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (25.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) SIEM
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C#
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft