Server Specialist Contracts in Sheffield

Server Specialist
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Server Specialist daily rate in Sheffield is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Server Specialist 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 0.63% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £433 - -
90th Percentile £441 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £413 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 430 381 408
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.15% 88.81% 97.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 226 282
10th Percentile £296 £377 £323
25th Percentile £388 £425 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £594
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% -13.68% +17.40%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £700
90th Percentile £638 £622 £745
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 5
10th Percentile - - £13.60
25th Percentile £18.10 £20.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £18.35 £21.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.64% +13.16% +13.43%
75th Percentile £18.50 £22.00 £22.50
90th Percentile £18.51 - £22.65
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.35 £21.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -12.61% +10.53% +4.11%

Server Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Job postings that featured Server Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Job vacancy trend for Server Specialist in Sheffield

Server Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Server Specialist in Sheffield.

Daily rate trend for Server Specialist in Sheffield

Server Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 13 July 2025, Server Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Sheffield region featuring Server Specialist in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) SAN
1 3 (100.00%) Kanban
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Git
1 3 (100.00%) NAS
1 3 (100.00%) vSphere
1 3 (100.00%) F5
1 3 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 3 (100.00%) Ansible
1 3 (100.00%) GitLab
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) vRealize
1 3 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (100.00%) vCenter Server
1 3 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 3 (100.00%) Middleware
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Server Migrations
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills

Server Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) NAS
1 3 (100.00%) SAN
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Git
1 3 (100.00%) GitLab
1 3 (100.00%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (66.67%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Kanban
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Scrum
1 3 (100.00%) Server Migrations
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Transformation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 3 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Ansible
1 3 (100.00%) vCenter Server
1 3 (100.00%) vRealize
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) F5
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft