Server Patching Contracts with Work from Home Options

Server Patching
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 Patching skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Server Patching over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 336 460 602
Rank change year-on-year +124 +142 -116
Contract jobs citing Server Patching 7 6 27
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.047% 0.024% 0.061%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.054% 0.027% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 19
10th Percentile £388 £375 £253
25th Percentile £434 £403 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £463 £375
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% +23.33% +36.36%
75th Percentile £500 £500 £430
90th Percentile - £519 £458
UK median daily rate £400 £400 £325
% change year-on-year - +23.08% +30.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Server Patching 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 13,003 22,075 40,116
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.92% 89.68% 91.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,720 15,632 29,130
10th Percentile £325 £363 £361
25th Percentile £425 £450 £432
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 503 534
10th Percentile £14.94 £18.63 £14.08
25th Percentile £24.44 £26.68 £20.43
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £38.83
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +35.21% +61.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.11% +38.82% +5.90%

Server Patching
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Server Patching trend for jobs with a WFH option

Server Patching
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 Patching.

Server Patching daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Server Patching
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Server Patching over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Server Patching daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Server Patching
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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) DHCP
1 2 (28.57%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (57.14%) Banking
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) DBA
1 4 (57.14%) SQL DBA
2 2 (28.57%) Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Database Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Server Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Clustering
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Task Automation
2 5 (71.43%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (71.43%) ITIL
2 5 (71.43%) Service Management
3 4 (57.14%) Data Encryption
3 4 (57.14%) High Availability
3 4 (57.14%) Problem Management
3 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (42.86%) Decision-Making
5 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (14.29%) Patch Management
5 1 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (14.29%) Security Hardening
5 1 (14.29%) Server Management
5 1 (14.29%) Server Migrations
5 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) PowerShell
2 4 (57.14%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) MCSE
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 2 (28.57%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (14.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) SCCM
2 1 (14.29%) Nessus
2 1 (14.29%) vCenter Server
2 1 (14.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) ServiceNow
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) VMware
4 1 (14.29%) Qualys