Server Patching Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Server Patching
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Server Patching skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Server Patching 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 2.25% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.86% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £183 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £185 - -
75th Percentile £188 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £255 - £400
% change year-on-year - - +116.22%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

Server Patching 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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 70 58 88
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 78.65% 87.88% 83.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 30 61
10th Percentile £182 £140 £213
25th Percentile £293 £150 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £381 £388 £375
Median % change year-on-year -1.61% +3.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £427 £488 £475
90th Percentile £575 £553 £538
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -2.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 11 8
10th Percentile - £12.25 £13.87
25th Percentile £13.10 £15.02 £15.13
Median hourly rate £27.50 £18.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +52.78% -55.00% +78.49%
75th Percentile £68.00 £20.24 £51.25
90th Percentile - £24.22 £56.13
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.50 £18.07 £22.50
% change year-on-year +68.83% -19.71% +26.98%

Server Patching
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Server Patching job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Server Patching
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Server Patching.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Server Patching

Server Patching
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Server Patching within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Stoke-on-Trent - 2 £185 -
Server Patching
West Midlands

Server Patching
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support
1 2 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DBS Check
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Aruba