Server Management Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Server Management
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Server Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 106 141
Rank change year-on-year -7 +35 +38
Contract jobs citing Server Management 6 9 3
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.37% 0.50% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.58% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £208 £159 £323
25th Percentile £247 £160 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £176 £337
Median % change year-on-year +84.40% -47.62% -37.40%
75th Percentile £538 £198 £362
90th Percentile £658 £203 £370
UK median daily rate £499 £476 £450
% change year-on-year +4.78% +5.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Median hourly rate - £23.59 -
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £23.70 £22.00
% change year-on-year -2.93% +7.70% +7.32%

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 1,441 1,550 2,160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 89.95% 86.11% 91.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 805 899 1,372
10th Percentile £261 £205 £250
25th Percentile £400 £356 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -6.15% +0.95%
75th Percentile £538 £535 £575
90th Percentile £625 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 42 53
10th Percentile £15.26 £12.57 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.87 £15.35 £13.28
Median hourly rate £19.99 £21.80 £19.18
Median % change year-on-year -8.30% +13.63% +2.29%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £56.40
90th Percentile £33.00 £41.70 £77.15
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -32.04% -15.60% +25.65%

Server Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Server Management job vacancy trend in Scotland

Server Management
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Server Management
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Server Management in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Server Management in Scotland

Server Management
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

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 28 October 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 Lothian - 3 £188 - 1
Edinburgh +5 2 £325 +96.97% 1
Glasgow -13 1 £725 +286.67%
Server Management
UK

Server Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (50.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle Reports
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) IT Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Unix
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 3 (50.00%) Linux
2 3 (50.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
1 4 (66.67%) Time Management
2 3 (50.00%) Application Packaging
2 3 (50.00%) ITSM
2 3 (50.00%) Service Management
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) OO
4 1 (16.67%) OOD
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Management
4 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
4 1 (16.67%) Service Continuity Management
4 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) SOA
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle