Server Management Contracts in Scotland

Server Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Server Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Server Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 122 141
Rank change year-on-year +11 +19 +23
Contract jobs citing Server Management 5 7 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.31% 0.32% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.36% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 16
10th Percentile £202 £197 £343
25th Percentile £233 £221 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £264 £376
Median % change year-on-year +32.70% -29.76% +127.58%
75th Percentile £553 £303 £391
90th Percentile £694 £325 £441
UK median daily rate £515 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +28.75% -11.11% +8.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,518 1,963 2,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.42% 88.54% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 920 1,196 1,908
10th Percentile £263 £229 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £556
90th Percentile £606 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 94 54
10th Percentile £16.19 £12.36 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.00 £11.51
Median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%
75th Percentile £24.66 £40.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £51.48 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Server Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Server Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Server Management in Scotland

Server Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Server Management in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Server Management in Scotland

Server Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Server Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Server Management in Scotland

Server Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Server Management in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Server Management in Scotland

Server Management
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Edinburgh +6 2 £250 -26.47% 1
West Lothian +12 1 £188 - 1
Aberdeen - 1 £775 - 2
Server Management
UK

Server Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) LAN
2 2 (40.00%) WLAN
3 1 (20.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) ICT Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Integration Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Unix
3 1 (20.00%) Solaris
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) Application Packaging
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) ITSM
2 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Data Centre Operations
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (20.00%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Service Continuity Management
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (20.00%) Terminal Services
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Avaya
1 2 (40.00%) Dell
1 2 (40.00%) Extreme Networks
1 2 (40.00%) Fortinet
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Commvault
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) SonicWALL
2 1 (20.00%) VMware