Server Management Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Server Management
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Server Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 23 32
Rank change year-on-year -2 +9 +17
Contract jobs citing Server Management 1 4 7
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 0.52% 2.96% 2.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 3.57% 3.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -25.00% -
Hampshire median daily rate £635 £450 £600
% change year-on-year +41.11% -25.00% +50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44.86 - -
Median hourly rate £48.72 - -
75th Percentile £52.58 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £48.72 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 148 112 233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 77.08% 82.96% 89.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 58 128
10th Percentile £221 £360 £396
25th Percentile £418 £403 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £556 £631 £650
90th Percentile - £693 £706
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 33 33
10th Percentile £17.57 £31.25 £19.80
25th Percentile £25.02 £35.00 £30.00
Median hourly rate £33.89 £62.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.78% +8.70% -5.10%
75th Percentile £48.75 £70.43 £63.75
90th Percentile £51.03 £75.00 £68.74
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £62.50 £49.50
% change year-on-year -66.86% +26.26% +10.00%

Server Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Server Management job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Server Management
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Server Management

Server Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Server Management

Server Management
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 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) SNMP
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Security Patching
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) JSP 440
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (100.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (100.00%) SCOM
1 1 (100.00%) WhatsUp Gold
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Acronis
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) McAfee
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Symantec
1 1 (100.00%) VMware