Server Specialist Contract Job Trends in the South East

Server Specialist
England > South East

The median Server Specialist daily rate in the South East is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Server Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.021% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £450 £285 £500
% change year-on-year +57.89% -43.00% +53.85%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 4,241 2,905 5,100
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.97% 92.78% 93.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,739 1,798 3,160
10th Percentile £256 £245 £205
25th Percentile £400 £400 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £603 £608
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 366 101 401
10th Percentile £13.95 £18.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.43 £24.18 £18.20
Median hourly rate £27.50 £42.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £60.74 £62.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.40 £74.87 £76.53
England median hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -10.71% - -6.67%

Server Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Server Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Server Specialist job vacancy trend in the South East

Server Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Server Specialist job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Server Specialist job vacancies in the South East

Server Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Server Specialist job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Server Specialist job vacancies in the South East

Server Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Server Specialist within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 February 2026. 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
Buckinghamshire - 1 £450 - 1
Thames Valley - 1 £450 - 1
Server Specialist
England

Server Specialist Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 11 February 2026, Server Specialist 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 South East region featuring Server Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Compliance Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Snow
1 1 (100.00%) Sophos
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012

Server Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Ubuntu
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Compliance Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Snow
1 1 (100.00%) Sophos
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable