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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 333 419 569
Rank change year-on-year +86 +150 -113
Contract jobs citing Server Migrations 8 36 50
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.054% 0.15% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.062% 0.16% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 28 42
10th Percentile £331 £385 £338
25th Percentile £377 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £470 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.27% -10.48% +2.44%
75th Percentile £514 £530 £625
90th Percentile £647 £650 £649
UK median daily rate £425 £475 £525
% change year-on-year -10.53% -9.52% +2.44%

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 12,942 22,217 40,480
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.66% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,728 15,724 29,400
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% +3.62% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £633
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 567 510 538
10th Percentile £14.70 £18.63 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.13 £26.46 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%

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 20 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 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) GCP
3 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
1 1 (12.50%) Maven
1 1 (12.50%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Server Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Solutions Architect
2 1 (12.50%) DevOps Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Functional Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Functional Test Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Migration Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Server Migration Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Test Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Tester
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Replication
1 1 (12.50%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
1 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) DevOps
2 2 (25.00%) Functional Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 1 (12.50%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Patch Management
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Security Hardening
3 1 (12.50%) Server Management
3 1 (12.50%) Server Patching
3 1 (12.50%) Task Automation
3 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
3 1 (12.50%) Time Management
3 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (12.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) SCCM
1 2 (25.00%) vCenter Server
2 1 (12.50%) Nessus
2 1 (12.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) Qualys