Hybrid/Remote 3rd Line Server Support Contract Job Trends

Third Line Server Support
UK > Work from Home

The median Third Line Server Support daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £290, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 313 331
Rank change year-on-year -59 +18 -
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Server Support 1 2 2
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.007% 0.020% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.022% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - - £215
25th Percentile £285 £263 £238
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £275 £275
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% - -
75th Percentile £295 £288 £313
90th Percentile - - £335
UK median daily rate £290 £275 £298
% change year-on-year +5.45% -7.56% -0.83%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 12,631 9,175 11,819
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.92% 93.78% 93.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,902 6,058 7,519
10th Percentile £358 £325 £325
25th Percentile £430 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 707 291 285
10th Percentile £15.59 £13.78 £20.75
25th Percentile £26.99 £20.84 £33.93
Median hourly rate £60.00 £39.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.90% -12.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £84.17 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -3.37%

3rd Line Server Support
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '3rd Line Server Support' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

3rd Line Server Support job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

3rd Line Server Support
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid 3rd Line Server Support job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid 3rd Line Server Support job vacancies

3rd Line Server Support Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 25 September 2026, 3rd Line Server Support 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring 3rd Line Server Support in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Hypervisor
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

3rd Line Server Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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%) Microsoft 365
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix Hypervisor
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware