Server Engineer
UK
The median Server Engineer daily rate in the UK is £465 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 491 | 553 | 617 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +62 | +64 | -59 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Server Engineer | 85 | 131 | 237 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.20% | 0.23% | 0.27% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.22% | 0.24% | 0.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 61 | 83 | 182 |
| 10th Percentile | £262 | £263 | £205 |
| 25th Percentile | £325 | £338 | £275 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £465 | £450 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.33% | +12.50% | +10.34% |
| 75th Percentile | £608 | £565 | £484 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £700 | £586 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £388 | £338 |
| % change year-on-year | +22.58% | +14.81% | +3.05% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £89.20 | £21.47 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £91.00 | £23.35 | £22.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £98.00 | £26.48 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +270.09% | +15.13% | -20.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £103.00 | £30.74 | £23.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £103.60 | £33.30 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £98.00 | £26.48 | £23.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +270.09% | +15.13% | -17.86% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title | 39,484 | 53,902 | 83,447 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.78% | 94.62% | 95.41% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,682 | 37,660 | 58,636 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £543 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.23% | +3.33% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,662 | 1,503 | 2,044 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.82 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.38 | £15.76 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.58 | £45.00 | £24.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.72% | +87.50% | +6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.44 | £76.20 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +5.26% |
Server Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Server Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Server Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Server Engineer.
Server Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Server Engineer over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.
Server Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Server Engineer.
Server Engineer
Top 15 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Server Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| England | +77 | 68 | £488 | +12.72% | 7 |
| UK excluding London | +45 | 44 | £475 | +22.58% | 6 |
| London | +82 | 32 | £425 | -21.00% | 2 |
| Work from Home | +62 | 22 | £350 | -33.33% | 3 |
| South East | +19 | 19 | £519 | +48.21% | 3 |
| North of England | +25 | 11 | £453 | +13.25% | |
| Scotland | +41 | 8 | £270 | -39.33% | |
| North West | +21 | 7 | £488 | -13.72% | |
| Midlands | +10 | 4 | £419 | +1.52% | |
| Yorkshire | +12 | 3 | £400 | +14.29% | |
| West Midlands | +15 | 2 | £500 | +2.56% | |
| East Midlands | +8 | 2 | £338 | +51.35% | |
| East of England | +10 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| North East | +10 | 1 | £431 | +7.75% | |
| South West | +6 | 1 | £350 | -12.50% | 2 |
Server Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Server Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Server Engineer in the job title.
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Server Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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