Data Centre Contracts

Data Center
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 86 108
Rank change year-on-year -20 +22 +19
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 914 1,518 2,156
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.12% 2.71% 2.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.06% 8.12% 7.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 621 1,074 1,542
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £641 £600
90th Percentile £700 £762 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +7.50% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 21 23
10th Percentile £13.35 £17.72 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.27 £20.22 £20.38
Median hourly rate £24.00 £21.26 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.89% -19.77% -45.64%
75th Percentile £40.00 £24.25 £63.00
90th Percentile £41.25 £70.00 £71.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.25 £20.98 £21.50
% change year-on-year +10.81% -2.41% -45.91%

All Generic Skills
UK

Data Centre is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,955 18,685 29,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.09% 33.33% 33.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,317 12,877 20,364
10th Percentile £270 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 922 612 691
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.18 £10.63 £17.19
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.13 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +58.19% -17.99% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.30 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £74.93 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.61 £22.00 £21.25
% change year-on-year +57.30% +3.53% -7.61%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in the UK

Data Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Centre.

Daily rate trend for Data Centre in the UK

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in the UK

Data Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Centre.

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre in the UK

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Centre over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Centre in the UK

Data Centre
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
England -13 771 £533 -3.18% 531
UK excluding London -6 537 £538 +7.50% 337
London -20 303 £525 -12.50% 209
Work from Home -63 235 £550 - 190
South East +2 157 £500 - 134
South West +3 119 £550 - 29
North of England -14 90 £433 -13.50% 46
Midlands -7 85 £600 +14.29% 64
West Midlands +1 70 £600 +14.29% 45
Scotland +12 57 £565 +13.00% 28
Yorkshire +15 43 £474 -9.81% 14
North West -19 39 £433 -11.28% 26
Wales +23 24 £91 -78.59% 5
East of England -36 19 £300 -31.03% 58
East Midlands +8 15 £455 -16.32% 19
North East +5 8 £425 -37.04% 7

Data Centre
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:

Application Platforms
1 33 (3.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (3.17%) Confluence
3 18 (1.97%) SharePoint
4 16 (1.75%) IIS
5 7 (0.77%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.55%) SharePoint 2013
7 4 (0.44%) IBM Domino
7 4 (0.44%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.22%) CMS
9 2 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 1 (0.11%) Apache
10 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.11%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.11%) nginx
10 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 37 (4.05%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.75%) MS Visio
3 11 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.22%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.11%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (1.42%) Elite 3E
2 4 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.33%) Shopify
3 3 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 165 (18.05%) Azure
2 79 (8.64%) AWS
3 53 (5.80%) SaaS
4 46 (5.03%) IaaS
5 41 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
5 41 (4.49%) PaaS
6 36 (3.94%) Cloud Computing
7 32 (3.50%) Entra ID
8 24 (2.63%) GitHub
9 19 (2.08%) GCP
10 14 (1.53%) OCI
11 12 (1.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 10 (1.09%) Power Platform
13 9 (0.98%) Amazon S3
13 9 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (0.98%) Nutanix
14 8 (0.88%) Mimecast
15 7 (0.77%) AWS Direct Connect
16 6 (0.66%) Amazon EC2
16 6 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 175 (19.15%) Firewall
2 124 (13.57%) WAN
3 118 (12.91%) LAN
4 87 (9.52%) SAN
5 82 (8.97%) DNS
6 68 (7.44%) SD-WAN
7 66 (7.22%) DHCP
8 63 (6.89%) Cisco Nexus
8 63 (6.89%) Wireless
9 56 (6.13%) Network Security
10 51 (5.58%) MPLS
11 43 (4.70%) VPN
11 43 (4.70%) Wi-Fi
12 40 (4.38%) BGP
13 35 (3.83%) Internet
14 33 (3.61%) OSPF
15 27 (2.95%) Cisco ASA
16 26 (2.84%) IPsec
16 26 (2.84%) VSAN
17 22 (2.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (2.95%) SQL Server
2 15 (1.64%) Big Data
3 12 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
5 7 (0.77%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.66%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.66%) Oracle Exadata
7 5 (0.55%) Oracle Database
7 5 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.44%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.33%) Metadata
9 3 (0.33%) Power BI
9 3 (0.33%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.33%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.22%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.22%) MySQL
11 1 (0.11%) Redis
Development Applications
1 50 (5.47%) JIRA
2 37 (4.05%) Jenkins
3 5 (0.55%) GitLab
4 4 (0.44%) Git
5 3 (0.33%) Hudson
6 2 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.11%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.11%) Robot Framework
General
1 215 (23.52%) Social Skills
2 128 (14.00%) Finance
3 99 (10.83%) Public Sector
4 61 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (6.67%) Telecoms
5 38 (4.16%) Banking
6 27 (2.95%) Law
7 18 (1.97%) Mandarin Language
8 17 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (1.64%) Marketing
11 14 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.20%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.09%) Aerospace
14 9 (0.98%) Legal
15 7 (0.77%) Billing
16 6 (0.66%) Financial Institution
16 6 (0.66%) Police
17 5 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 5 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 167 (18.27%) Network Engineer
2 157 (17.18%) Architect
3 82 (8.97%) Senior
4 69 (7.55%) Data Centre Engineer
5 68 (7.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 65 (7.11%) Project Manager
7 64 (7.00%) Network Architect
8 58 (6.35%) Support Engineer
9 39 (4.27%) Consultant
10 36 (3.94%) Applications Engineer
11 33 (3.61%) Analyst
12 31 (3.39%) Applications Support
12 31 (3.39%) Applications Support Engineer
13 30 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
14 29 (3.17%) Server Engineer
14 29 (3.17%) VMware Engineer
15 27 (2.95%) Lead
16 25 (2.74%) Infrastructure Manager
17 24 (2.63%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
18 22 (2.41%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.52%) Web Services
2 19 (2.08%) YAML
3 15 (1.64%) LDAP
3 15 (1.64%) REST
4 10 (1.09%) Middleware
5 8 (0.88%) Node.js
6 6 (0.66%) 802.1X
6 6 (0.66%) JSON
7 5 (0.55%) .NET
7 5 (0.55%) SAML
8 3 (0.33%) EDI
8 3 (0.33%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (0.33%) Snowpark
8 3 (0.33%) Software Packaging
8 3 (0.33%) VML
9 2 (0.22%) Loki
9 2 (0.22%) NETCONF
9 2 (0.22%) OpenID
9 2 (0.22%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (0.22%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 38 (4.16%) Private Cloud
2 28 (3.06%) PKI
3 23 (2.52%) Public Cloud
4 22 (2.41%) Clustering
4 22 (2.41%) Replication
5 20 (2.19%) Cloud Native
6 15 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
6 15 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
6 15 (1.64%) Management Information System
7 12 (1.31%) Client/Server
7 12 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
8 11 (1.20%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
9 10 (1.09%) Virtual Team
10 9 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (0.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 9 (0.98%) Driving Licence
10 9 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (0.88%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 154 (16.85%) Windows
2 152 (16.63%) Linux
3 52 (5.69%) Windows Server
4 47 (5.14%) Unix
5 31 (3.39%) Windows Server 2016
6 28 (3.06%) Windows 10
7 24 (2.63%) Windows Server 2012
8 19 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
8 19 (2.08%) zOS
9 17 (1.86%) Windows XP
10 12 (1.31%) VMS
11 11 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 10 (1.09%) CentOS
13 9 (0.98%) Windows Server 2008
14 7 (0.77%) Windows 7
15 6 (0.66%) Debian
16 5 (0.55%) Mac OS X
16 5 (0.55%) Windows 8
17 3 (0.33%) Windows 2000
17 3 (0.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (23.09%) Migration
2 128 (14.00%) Problem-Solving
3 97 (10.61%) Agile
4 87 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 80 (8.75%) Project Management
6 76 (8.32%) ITIL
7 69 (7.55%) Project Delivery
8 61 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 58 (6.35%) Computer Science
10 57 (6.24%) Cybersecurity
11 51 (5.58%) Disaster Recovery
12 48 (5.25%) Network Management
13 46 (5.03%) High Availability
13 46 (5.03%) Storage Management
14 45 (4.92%) Change Management
14 45 (4.92%) Data Migration
15 44 (4.81%) Business Strategy
16 41 (4.49%) Network Virtualisation
17 40 (4.38%) Server Management
18 38 (4.16%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 69 (7.55%) PowerShell
2 68 (7.44%) Python
3 45 (4.92%) SQL
4 20 (2.19%) Bash
5 18 (1.97%) JCL
5 18 (1.97%) REXX
6 13 (1.42%) Java
7 7 (0.77%) C
7 7 (0.77%) Go
8 5 (0.55%) Ruby
9 4 (0.44%) ActionScript
9 4 (0.44%) C++
10 3 (0.33%) Perl
10 3 (0.33%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.33%) VBScript
11 2 (0.22%) C#
12 1 (0.11%) Groovy
12 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 226 (24.73%) Security Cleared
2 123 (13.46%) Cisco Certification
3 118 (12.91%) SC Cleared
4 111 (12.14%) Degree
4 111 (12.14%) DV Cleared
5 71 (7.77%) CCNP
6 64 (7.00%) CCNA
7 37 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (3.17%) CCIE
8 29 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (1.97%) MCSE
9 18 (1.97%) Network+ Certification
10 16 (1.75%) A+ Certification
11 12 (1.31%) MCSA
12 11 (1.20%) PMI Certification
13 9 (0.98%) CCIE Data Center
14 8 (0.88%) Azure Certification
15 7 (0.77%) AWS Certification
15 7 (0.77%) ISACA
15 7 (0.77%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (6.02%) SLA
2 13 (1.42%) GDPR
3 12 (1.31%) NIST
4 11 (1.20%) COBIT
5 8 (0.88%) QA
6 6 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.66%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.22%) NCSC
8 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.11%) IASME
8 1 (0.11%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.11%) PMO
8 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 144 (15.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 93 (10.18%) Active Directory
3 78 (8.53%) vSphere
4 61 (6.67%) VMware NSX
5 52 (5.69%) Hyper-V
6 44 (4.81%) VMware ESXi
7 19 (2.08%) KVM
8 18 (1.97%) NFS
8 18 (1.97%) Time Sharing Option
9 17 (1.86%) Virtual Servers
10 15 (1.64%) Docker
11 14 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
12 13 (1.42%) Firmware
13 10 (1.09%) VMware Workstation
14 5 (0.55%) vCloud
15 4 (0.44%) BitLocker
15 4 (0.44%) Microsoft App-V
16 2 (0.22%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.22%) VMware Server
17 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 50 (5.47%) vCenter Server
2 48 (5.25%) Ansible
3 43 (4.70%) SCCM
4 35 (3.83%) Terraform
5 29 (3.17%) Kubernetes
6 28 (3.06%) SCOM
7 26 (2.84%) NetBackup
8 21 (2.30%) Puppet
9 19 (2.08%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 18 (1.97%) Nagios
11 16 (1.75%) Progress Chef
12 14 (1.53%) EMC NetWorker
12 14 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
12 14 (1.53%) WSUS
13 13 (1.42%) CSIRT
13 13 (1.42%) VxRail
14 10 (1.09%) Microsoft Clustering
15 9 (0.98%) FortiGate
16 8 (0.88%) Grafana
17 7 (0.77%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 211 (23.09%) Cisco
2 198 (21.66%) VMware
3 121 (13.24%) Microsoft
4 99 (10.83%) Palo Alto
5 94 (10.28%) Dell
6 59 (6.46%) Juniper
7 57 (6.24%) F5
8 44 (4.81%) HP
9 38 (4.16%) Oracle
10 32 (3.50%) IBM
11 29 (3.17%) CheckPoint
12 27 (2.95%) Brocade
13 26 (2.84%) Citrix
14 23 (2.52%) Atlassian
15 20 (2.19%) Broadcom
15 20 (2.19%) EMC
15 20 (2.19%) Symantec
16 19 (2.08%) ServiceNow
17 18 (1.97%) CA
18 17 (1.86%) Red Hat