3rd Line Server Support Contracts in the UK excluding London

Third Line Server Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median Third Line Server Support daily rate in the UK excluding London is £225 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 385 449 500
Rank change year-on-year +64 +51 -59
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Server Support 4 5 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.020% 0.021% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.023% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 4
10th Percentile - - £177
25th Percentile £213 - £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £223 £338
Median % change year-on-year +0.90% -33.93% -3.57%
75th Percentile £263 - £450
90th Percentile £309 - -
UK median daily rate £225 £223 £375
% change year-on-year +0.90% -40.53% +15.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 18,803 21,973 29,325
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 94.37% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,462 15,346 20,547
10th Percentile £213 £225 £203
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,259 1,127 1,467
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.09 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £44.28
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -17.38% +88.21% +6.27%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

3rd Line Server Support
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 Support within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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
South West +12 3 £225 -
Scotland - 1 £340 -
3rd Line Server Support
UK

3rd Line Server Support Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, 3rd Line Server Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 10
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) KVM
2 1 (25.00%) Compliance Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Server Management
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) High Availability
2 1 (25.00%) Solaris
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) SLA
2 1 (25.00%) RHCE
2 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
2 1 (25.00%) Clustering
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux

3rd Line Server Support 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 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 10
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Compliance Management
1 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (25.00%) High Availability
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (25.00%) Server Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) RHCE
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) KVM
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Red Hat