Data Centre Contracts in the South West

Data Center
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 53 86
Rank change year-on-year +5 +33 +6
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 123 128 88
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 3.73% 3.78% 2.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.73% 13.85% 9.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 108 65
10th Percentile £454 £228 £260
25th Percentile £463 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £675 £641 £575
90th Percentile - £701 £638
England median daily rate £538 £550 £524
% change year-on-year -2.27% +5.06% +10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 1
10th Percentile £34.35 - -
25th Percentile - £21.25 -
Median hourly rate £40.00 £22.50 £54.84
Median % change year-on-year +77.78% -58.97% +37.10%
75th Percentile - £23.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £24.87 £21.67 £22.75
% change year-on-year +14.77% -4.75% -51.34%

All Generic Skills
South West

Data Centre falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,049 924 952
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 31.80% 27.27% 26.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 620 650 692
10th Percentile £300 £275 £205
25th Percentile £463 £413 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £613 £675 £600
90th Percentile £688 £738 £675
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 122 43
10th Percentile £13.69 - £14.50
25th Percentile £21.00 - £20.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £9.80 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year +461.22% -77.70% -10.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £69.00 £61.13
90th Percentile £72.50 £82.98 £75.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in the South West

Data Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Data Centre in the South West

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in the South West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in the South West

Data Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre in the South West

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Centre in the South West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Centre in the South West

Data Centre
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Wiltshire +19 96 £538 -6.43% 11
Somerset +12 15 £160 -73.33% 5
Bristol -20 8 £600 +29.73% 10
Gloucestershire -14 2 £700 +47.37% 4
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 8 (6.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.44%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Business Applications
1 3 (2.44%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 27 (21.95%) Cloud Computing
1 27 (21.95%) IaaS
1 27 (21.95%) PaaS
1 27 (21.95%) SaaS
2 5 (4.07%) Azure
3 3 (2.44%) BigCommerce
4 2 (1.63%) AWS
4 2 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.81%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 45 (36.59%) LAN
1 45 (36.59%) WAN
2 33 (26.83%) Firewall
3 21 (17.07%) VSAN
4 18 (14.63%) Wi-Fi
5 13 (10.57%) SD-WAN
6 11 (8.94%) SAN
7 9 (7.32%) MPLS
8 8 (6.50%) DHCP
8 8 (6.50%) DNS
9 7 (5.69%) NX-OS
10 5 (4.07%) Unified Communications
11 4 (3.25%) VoIP
11 4 (3.25%) Wireless
11 4 (3.25%) WLAN
12 3 (2.44%) Cisco Nexus
12 3 (2.44%) Internet
12 3 (2.44%) Network Security
13 2 (1.63%) SNMP
13 2 (1.63%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 41 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 21 (17.07%) Social Skills
3 12 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (7.32%) Aerospace
5 4 (3.25%) Marketing
6 3 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.44%) Finance
6 3 (2.44%) Retail
7 1 (0.81%) Billing
7 1 (0.81%) Electronics
7 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (34.15%) Architect
2 41 (33.33%) Network Architect
3 30 (24.39%) Network Engineer
4 23 (18.70%) VMware Engineer
5 15 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 14 (11.38%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (8.94%) Lead
7 11 (8.94%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 9 (7.32%) Analyst
9 8 (6.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 8 (6.50%) IT Analyst
9 8 (6.50%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
10 5 (4.07%) Data Centre Engineer
10 5 (4.07%) Lead Architect
11 4 (3.25%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
11 4 (3.25%) Support Engineer
12 3 (2.44%) Automation Test Lead
12 3 (2.44%) Desktop Engineer
12 3 (2.44%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 3 (2.44%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.44%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (17.89%) PKI
2 17 (13.82%) Private Cloud
3 8 (6.50%) Client/Server
3 8 (6.50%) Clustering
4 7 (5.69%) Cloud Native
5 4 (3.25%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.44%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (2.44%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.44%) Solar Power
7 1 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.81%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.81%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (17.89%) Linux
2 14 (11.38%) Windows
3 11 (8.94%) Unix
4 3 (2.44%) VMS
4 3 (2.44%) Windows 2000
4 3 (2.44%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (35.77%) Network Management
2 31 (25.20%) Zero Trust
3 27 (21.95%) Business Strategy
3 27 (21.95%) Open Source
4 23 (18.70%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (17.89%) Converged Infrastructure
5 22 (17.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 19 (15.45%) Virtual Infrastructure
7 17 (13.82%) Cybersecurity
7 17 (13.82%) Resource Management
8 15 (12.20%) Penetration Testing
9 13 (10.57%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 12 (9.76%) Migration
11 11 (8.94%) Application Packaging
11 11 (8.94%) Decision-Making
11 11 (8.94%) Server Management
12 10 (8.13%) Network Virtualisation
13 9 (7.32%) Asset Management
14 8 (6.50%) Data Migration
14 8 (6.50%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.94%) PowerShell
2 3 (2.44%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.81%) SQL
Qualifications
1 94 (76.42%) Security Cleared
2 58 (47.15%) DV Cleared
3 34 (27.64%) SC Cleared
4 11 (8.94%) Degree
5 3 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.44%) CCNA
5 3 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.81%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.81%) CCNP
6 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.81%) MCSE
6 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.81%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 49 (39.84%) vSphere
2 38 (30.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (26.02%) VMware NSX
4 22 (17.89%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (8.94%) Active Directory
6 8 (6.50%) Virtual Servers
6 8 (6.50%) VMware Workstation
7 2 (1.63%) KVM
Systems Management
1 15 (12.20%) vCenter Server
2 8 (6.50%) Microsoft Clustering
2 8 (6.50%) Nagios
2 8 (6.50%) NetBackup
2 8 (6.50%) SCCM
3 7 (5.69%) CSIRT
4 3 (2.44%) Ansible
4 3 (2.44%) Terraform
5 2 (1.63%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.63%) VxRail
Vendors
1 62 (50.41%) VMware
2 17 (13.82%) Cisco
3 9 (7.32%) Dell
4 8 (6.50%) Hitachi
4 8 (6.50%) NetApp
5 7 (5.69%) Palo Alto
6 6 (4.88%) F5
6 6 (4.88%) Fortinet
7 4 (3.25%) Microsoft
7 4 (3.25%) SAP
8 3 (2.44%) Adobe
8 3 (2.44%) Aruba
8 3 (2.44%) CheckPoint
8 3 (2.44%) Intel
8 3 (2.44%) Juniper
8 3 (2.44%) Meraki
8 3 (2.44%) Salesforce
8 3 (2.44%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.81%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.81%) Splunk