Data Centre Contracts in Sheffield

Data Center
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Sheffield. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 19 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 40 50
Rank change year-on-year 0 +10 -14
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 6 10 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 1.55% 2.86% 2.55%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.32% 9.01% 8.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 10
10th Percentile £313 £182 £247
25th Percentile £317 - £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +14.56% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £579 £651 £533
90th Percentile £580 £658 £603
South Yorkshire median daily rate £558 £400 £365
% change year-on-year +39.38% +9.59% -14.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £11.75 - -
Median hourly rate £13.50 - -
75th Percentile £15.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £13.50 - -

All Generic Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 139 111 172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 35.82% 31.71% 31.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 69 129
10th Percentile £220 £368 £375
25th Percentile £400 £419 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -8.70% +21.05%
75th Percentile £598 £590 £675
90th Percentile £650 £658 £715
South Yorkshire median daily rate £507 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +1.40% -9.09% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £14.64 - -
25th Percentile £18.97 - £18.50
Median hourly rate £27.38 - £19.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +58.33%
75th Percentile £35.22 - £19.50
90th Percentile £39.21 - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.38 - £19.00
% change year-on-year - - +52.55%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Sheffield

Data Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for Data Centre in Sheffield

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Sheffield over the 6 months to 19 November 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in Sheffield

Data Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre in Sheffield

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) SAN
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
1 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Architect
1 3 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Data Centre Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Field Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Field Service Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) IT Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) SaaS Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Break/Fix
2 1 (16.67%) Budget Responsibility
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 1 (16.67%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre Operations
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Transformation
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Resource Management
2 1 (16.67%) Server Migrations
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) A+ Certification
1 1 (16.67%) CCNA
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) MCSE
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (16.67%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Commvault
1 3 (50.00%) ION Trading
2 2 (33.33%) Dell
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) Intel
3 1 (16.67%) VMware