3rd Line Server Support Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Third Line Server Support
England > West Midlands

The median Third Line Server Support daily rate in the West Midlands is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 September 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
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Server Support 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.11% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £263 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - -
75th Percentile £288 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £275 £255 £300
% change year-on-year +7.84% -15.00% -45.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,617 1,775 2,008
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.34% 93.22% 95.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,051 1,158 1,373
10th Percentile £235 £231 £240
25th Percentile £375 £380 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £581 £618 £600
90th Percentile £650 £713 £725
England median daily rate £506 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.62% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 63 61
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.62 £14.14
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £21.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.76% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £40.02 £33.74 £28.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -47.05% +5.56% +70.66%

3rd Line Server Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for 3rd Line Server Support in the West Midlands

3rd Line Server Support
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Server Support job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Server Support job vacancies in the West Midlands

3rd Line Server Support
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Server Support job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Server Support job vacancies in the West Midlands

3rd Line Server Support
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Coventry - 2 £275 -
3rd Line Server Support
England

3rd Line Server Support Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 14 September 2025, 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 West Midlands region featuring 3rd Line Server Support in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) PKI
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) SCOM
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server

3rd Line Server Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware