Server Migrations Contracts with Work from Home Options

Server Migration
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Server Migrations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Server Migrations over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 330 422 565
Rank change year-on-year +92 +143 -116
Contract jobs citing Server Migrations 7 45 60
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.046% 0.18% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.053% 0.20% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 35 48
10th Percentile £325 £405 £338
25th Percentile £363 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £470 £600
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -21.67% +17.07%
75th Percentile £519 £523 £630
90th Percentile £673 £620 £675
UK median daily rate £413 £475 £575
% change year-on-year -13.16% -17.39% +11.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Server Migrations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,316 22,957 40,627
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.76% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,913 16,228 29,490
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £626
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 528 539
10th Percentile £15.17 £18.93 £13.70
25th Percentile £24.63 £30.00 £19.96
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.13
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.25 £67.56
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Server Migrations
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Server Migrations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Server Migrations trend for jobs with a WFH option

Server Migrations
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Server Migrations.

Server Migrations daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Server Migrations
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Server Migrations over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Server Migrations daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Server Migrations
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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (28.57%) AWS
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
3 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) GCP
3 1 (14.29%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
1 1 (14.29%) Maven
1 1 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Server Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Solutions Architect
2 1 (14.29%) DevOps Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Functional Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Functional Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Functional Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Migration Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Server Migration Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) Replication
1 1 (14.29%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
2 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) Functional Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Network Design
3 1 (14.29%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Patch Management
3 1 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Security Hardening
3 1 (14.29%) Server Management
3 1 (14.29%) Server Patching
3 1 (14.29%) Task Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Time Management
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) SCCM
1 2 (28.57%) vCenter Server
2 1 (14.29%) Nessus
2 1 (14.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix
3 1 (14.29%) Qualys