Server Management Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Server Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Server Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Server Management over the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 289 309 367
Rank change year-on-year +20 +58 +156
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Server Management 18 25 60
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.18% 0.19% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.22% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 20 48
10th Percentile £383 £319 £350
25th Percentile £420 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £412 £544
Median % change year-on-year +33.41% -24.18% +20.83%
75th Percentile £713 £500 £704
90th Percentile £714 £663 £731
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% +5.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Server Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,136 11,355 19,132
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.99% 87.22% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,089 7,563 13,519
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 363 457
10th Percentile £12.62 £18.31 £17.08
25th Percentile £17.21 £30.47 £25.00
Median hourly rate £34.48 £43.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% -14.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.63 £67.50
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £79.51
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.50 £40.69
% change year-on-year -37.90% -0.47% +53.55%

Server Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Server Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Server Management trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Server Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Server Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Server Management

Server Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Server Management over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Server Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Server Management
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Server Management.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Server Management

Server Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) Confluence
2 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (5.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) SAP EHS
1 1 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (38.89%) Azure
2 6 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 4 (22.22%) AWS
3 4 (22.22%) Azure AKS
3 4 (22.22%) IaaS
4 3 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (16.67%) PaaS
5 2 (11.11%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (5.56%) GCP
6 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (5.56%) OpenShift
6 1 (5.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (33.33%) Firewall
2 5 (27.78%) SSL
3 4 (22.22%) HTTPS
4 3 (16.67%) Internet
5 1 (5.56%) DHCP
5 1 (5.56%) DNS
5 1 (5.56%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) SonarQube
2 1 (5.56%) Bitbucket
2 1 (5.56%) Git
2 1 (5.56%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Banking
3 1 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Finance
3 1 (5.56%) Investment Banking
3 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Architect
2 4 (22.22%) Infrastructure Architect
3 3 (16.67%) Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Azure Architect
4 2 (11.11%) IT Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Lead
4 2 (11.11%) Lead Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Linux Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Platform Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Security Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Server Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Technical Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) REST
2 2 (11.11%) LDAP
2 2 (11.11%) Middleware
3 1 (5.56%) Web Services
3 1 (5.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 3 (16.67%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.56%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.56%) Life Science
2 1 (5.56%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.56%) Social Media
2 1 (5.56%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 9 (50.00%) Linux
2 6 (33.33%) Windows
3 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
4 2 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (11.11%) Solaris
5 1 (5.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) DevOps
2 4 (22.22%) Agile
2 4 (22.22%) CI/CD
2 4 (22.22%) Configuration Management
2 4 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (16.67%) Cloud Security
3 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
3 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (16.67%) Release Management
3 3 (16.67%) Web Filtering
4 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
4 2 (11.11%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (11.11%) ITIL
4 2 (11.11%) Migration
4 2 (11.11%) Network Design
4 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (11.11%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) PowerShell
2 2 (11.11%) Python
3 1 (5.56%) ABAP
3 1 (5.56%) Bash
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 6 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 5 (27.78%) Degree
3 4 (22.22%) Azure Certification
4 1 (5.56%) AWS Certification
4 1 (5.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.56%) CCNP
4 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.56%) DBS Check
4 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (5.56%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.11%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.56%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 1 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (38.89%) Ansible
2 4 (22.22%) Terraform
3 3 (16.67%) Kubernetes
3 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (11.11%) SELinux
5 1 (5.56%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (5.56%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (5.56%) Puppet
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 3 (16.67%) VMware
2 2 (11.11%) Cisco
2 2 (11.11%) Forcepoint
2 2 (11.11%) Red Hat
3 1 (5.56%) Atlassian
3 1 (5.56%) Dell
3 1 (5.56%) Google
3 1 (5.56%) HP
3 1 (5.56%) Meraki
3 1 (5.56%) Oracle
3 1 (5.56%) SAP
3 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.56%) Veritas