Server Engineer Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Server Engineer
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Server Engineer daily rate in Portsmouth is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Server Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 1.16% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £600 £475 -
% change year-on-year +26.32% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth with a recognized job title 163 107 263
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 94.69% 91.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 63 123
10th Percentile £275 £212 £380
25th Percentile £375 £400 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £538
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -0.47% +7.50%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £632
90th Percentile £625 £660 £800
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -1.38% -0.91% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 23 62
10th Percentile £38.64 £25.73 £34.55
25th Percentile £45.56 £31.25 £59.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £57.75 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -7.60% +6.10%
75th Percentile £55.50 £62.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £60.90 £70.00 £79.69
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.15 £54.88 £47.50
% change year-on-year -54.17% +15.53% -

Server Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Server Engineer job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Server Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Server Engineer job vacancies in Portsmouth

Server Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Server Engineer job vacancies in Portsmouth

Server Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 12 March 2026, 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 Portsmouth region featuring Server Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Antivirus Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) NVIDIA
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Ubuntu
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 2 (100.00%) VSAN
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
1 2 (100.00%) Web Filtering
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
1 2 (100.00%) WSUS

Server Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) VSAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Ubuntu
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Antivirus Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Web Filtering
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) NVIDIA
1 2 (100.00%) VMware