3rd Line Server Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Third Line Server Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

As of 11 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Third Line Server Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 335 388 440
Rank change year-on-year +53 +52 +55
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Server Engineer 1 2 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.008% 0.010% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.011% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 7
10th Percentile - £327 -
25th Percentile - £329 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £345 £223
Median % change year-on-year - +54.71% -34.89%
75th Percentile - £366 £381
90th Percentile - £372 £388
UK median daily rate - £345 £350
% change year-on-year - -1.43% +2.19%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,916 18,941 22,066
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 92.50% 94.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,592 11,548 15,423
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 851 2,262 1,138
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.44 £15.75 £18.08
Median hourly rate £27.50 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.60 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.98 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.41 £37.34 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.92% -17.02% +88.21%

3rd Line Server Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured 3rd Line Server Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Server Engineer in the UK excluding London

3rd Line Server Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Server Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for 3rd Line Server Engineer in the UK excluding London

3rd Line Server Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 3rd Line Server Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for 3rd Line Server Engineer in the UK excluding London

3rd Line Server Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Server Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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
Midlands - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
3rd Line Server Engineer
UK

3rd Line Server Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, 3rd Line Server Engineer 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 UK excluding London region featuring 3rd Line Server Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) NAS
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity

3rd Line Server Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) NAS
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam
1 1 (100.00%) VMware