Data Centre Contracts in the UK excluding London

Data Center
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 75 68 95
Rank change year-on-year -7 +27 +9
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 537 747 860
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.58% 3.26% 2.81%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.99% 10.12% 8.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 365 543 611
10th Percentile £280 £301 £263
25th Percentile £410 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £553
90th Percentile £691 £708 £658
UK median daily rate £528 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.09% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 14 10
10th Percentile £12.00 £16.51 £9.90
25th Percentile £16.25 £20.06 £15.25
Median hourly rate £23.25 £20.98 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year +10.81% +1.12% -47.80%
75th Percentile £37.13 £23.23 £22.25
90th Percentile £40.00 £53.53 £25.51
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £21.26 £27.63
% change year-on-year +12.89% -23.04% -43.33%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,976 7,381 9,790
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.66% 32.21% 32.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,568 4,949 6,853
10th Percentile £208 £220 £208
25th Percentile £375 £384 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £586
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 743 412 428
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.64
25th Percentile £14.12 £10.63 £15.93
Median hourly rate £35.00 £21.88 £21.30
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% +2.70% -7.39%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.00 £44.16
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £22.00 £26.98
% change year-on-year +59.09% -18.46% +5.80%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in the UK excluding London

Data Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Data Centre in the UK excluding London

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in the UK excluding London

Data Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre in the UK excluding London

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Centre in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Centre in the UK excluding London

Data Centre
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
South East +2 157 £500 - 132
South West +3 119 £550 - 29
North of England -12 90 £433 -13.50% 50
Midlands -5 85 £600 +14.29% 65
West Midlands +1 70 £600 +14.29% 47
Scotland +18 57 £565 +13.00% 29
Yorkshire +15 43 £474 -9.81% 13
North West -23 39 £433 -10.13% 31
Wales +23 24 £91 -78.59% 5
East of England -32 19 £300 -32.20% 59
East Midlands +6 15 £455 -16.32% 18
North East +5 8 £425 -37.04% 7
Data Centre
UK

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 16 (2.98%) Confluence
1 16 (2.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (2.05%) IIS
3 3 (0.56%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (0.37%) IBM Domino
4 2 (0.37%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.19%) Apache
5 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.19%) CMS
5 1 (0.19%) nginx
5 1 (0.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 25 (4.66%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.30%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.74%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.56%) Shopify
3 1 (0.19%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 65 (12.10%) Azure
2 35 (6.52%) IaaS
3 31 (5.77%) SaaS
4 30 (5.59%) Cloud Computing
4 30 (5.59%) PaaS
5 23 (4.28%) AWS
6 15 (2.79%) GitHub
7 14 (2.61%) OCI
8 12 (2.23%) Entra ID
8 12 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (0.74%) Amazon S3
10 4 (0.74%) AWS Direct Connect
11 3 (0.56%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.56%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 3 (0.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 3 (0.56%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.56%) Datadog
11 3 (0.56%) dbt
11 3 (0.56%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 103 (19.18%) Firewall
2 87 (16.20%) WAN
3 86 (16.01%) LAN
4 68 (12.66%) SAN
5 50 (9.31%) DNS
6 47 (8.75%) DHCP
7 43 (8.01%) SD-WAN
8 42 (7.82%) Cisco Nexus
9 36 (6.70%) Wireless
10 33 (6.15%) MPLS
11 26 (4.84%) Network Security
12 24 (4.47%) Wi-Fi
13 22 (4.10%) VPN
13 22 (4.10%) VSAN
14 20 (3.72%) Cisco ASA
14 20 (3.72%) Cisco IOS
15 19 (3.54%) WLAN
16 18 (3.35%) VoIP
17 17 (3.17%) DMZ
18 15 (2.79%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.42%) Big Data
2 11 (2.05%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (0.93%) Data Lake
5 5 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.56%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.37%) Metadata
7 2 (0.37%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.37%) Power BI
7 2 (0.37%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.37%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.19%) NonStop SQL
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 30 (5.59%) JIRA
2 17 (3.17%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.56%) Hudson
4 2 (0.37%) Git
4 2 (0.37%) GitLab
5 1 (0.19%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 140 (26.07%) Social Skills
2 74 (13.78%) Public Sector
3 63 (11.73%) Finance
4 48 (8.94%) Telecoms
5 43 (8.01%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (5.03%) Law
7 18 (3.35%) Mandarin Language
8 13 (2.42%) Banking
9 12 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.68%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.93%) Marketing
14 4 (0.74%) Retail
15 3 (0.56%) Back Office
15 3 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.56%) Legal
15 3 (0.56%) Local Government
16 2 (0.37%) French Language
16 2 (0.37%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 105 (19.55%) Network Engineer
2 90 (16.76%) Architect
3 56 (10.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 50 (9.31%) Data Centre Engineer
4 50 (9.31%) Network Architect
5 31 (5.77%) Support Engineer
6 30 (5.59%) Project Manager
7 29 (5.40%) Senior
8 28 (5.21%) VMware Engineer
9 22 (4.10%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 19 (3.54%) Storage Engineer
11 18 (3.35%) Analyst
11 18 (3.35%) Lead
12 17 (3.17%) Consultant
12 17 (3.17%) Solutions Architect
13 15 (2.79%) Applications Engineer
13 15 (2.79%) Infrastructure Architect
13 15 (2.79%) Infrastructure Manager
13 15 (2.79%) Server Engineer
14 14 (2.61%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.35%) Web Services
2 14 (2.61%) YAML
3 10 (1.86%) REST
4 8 (1.49%) Middleware
5 5 (0.93%) JSON
6 4 (0.74%) LDAP
7 3 (0.56%) 802.1X
7 3 (0.56%) EDI
7 3 (0.56%) Snowpark
7 3 (0.56%) VML
8 2 (0.37%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.37%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.19%) Flash
9 1 (0.19%) GraphQL
9 1 (0.19%) Node.js
9 1 (0.19%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (5.40%) Private Cloud
2 18 (3.35%) PKI
3 13 (2.42%) Clustering
4 10 (1.86%) Cloud Native
4 10 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (1.86%) Management Information System
5 9 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (1.68%) Driving Licence
5 9 (1.68%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.49%) Client/Server
6 8 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
6 8 (1.49%) Public Cloud
6 8 (1.49%) SCADA
7 6 (1.12%) CCTV
7 6 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.12%) Security Posture
8 5 (0.93%) Replication
9 4 (0.74%) NHS
9 4 (0.74%) Operational Technology
9 4 (0.74%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 81 (15.08%) Linux
2 75 (13.97%) Windows
3 32 (5.96%) Windows Server
4 27 (5.03%) Unix
5 26 (4.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 21 (3.91%) Windows 10
7 20 (3.72%) Windows Server 2012
8 19 (3.54%) Windows Server 2019
9 17 (3.17%) Windows XP
10 14 (2.61%) zOS
11 11 (2.05%) VMS
12 8 (1.49%) CentOS
13 7 (1.30%) Windows Server 2008
14 6 (1.12%) Debian
15 5 (0.93%) Mac OS X
15 5 (0.93%) Windows 7
16 3 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 3 (0.56%) Windows 2000
16 3 (0.56%) Windows 8
17 2 (0.37%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (16.01%) Problem-Solving
2 79 (14.71%) Migration
3 65 (12.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 54 (10.06%) ITIL
5 51 (9.50%) Project Delivery
6 47 (8.75%) Project Management
7 45 (8.38%) Agile
8 44 (8.19%) Network Management
9 42 (7.82%) Stakeholder Management
10 40 (7.45%) Storage Management
11 39 (7.26%) Cybersecurity
12 36 (6.70%) Break/Fix
13 32 (5.96%) Business Strategy
13 32 (5.96%) Open Source
13 32 (5.96%) Server Management
13 32 (5.96%) Zero Trust
14 30 (5.59%) Computer Science
14 30 (5.59%) Converged Infrastructure
14 30 (5.59%) Decision-Making
15 26 (4.84%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 38 (7.08%) PowerShell
2 33 (6.15%) Python
3 14 (2.61%) JCL
3 14 (2.61%) REXX
3 14 (2.61%) SQL
4 8 (1.49%) Bash
5 4 (0.74%) ActionScript
6 3 (0.56%) C
6 3 (0.56%) C++
6 3 (0.56%) Java
6 3 (0.56%) Perl
6 3 (0.56%) Ruby
6 3 (0.56%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.19%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 155 (28.86%) Security Cleared
2 85 (15.83%) DV Cleared
3 76 (14.15%) Cisco Certification
4 74 (13.78%) SC Cleared
5 71 (13.22%) Degree
6 53 (9.87%) CCNA
7 41 (7.64%) CCNP
8 23 (4.28%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (3.35%) MCSE
9 18 (3.35%) Network+ Certification
10 16 (2.98%) CCIE
11 14 (2.61%) A+ Certification
12 10 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (1.86%) MCSA
13 9 (1.68%) CCIE Data Center
13 9 (1.68%) PMI Certification
14 7 (1.30%) ISACA
15 6 (1.12%) RHCT
15 6 (1.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 5 (0.93%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.08%) SLA
2 11 (2.05%) GDPR
3 9 (1.68%) COBIT
3 9 (1.68%) NIST
4 4 (0.74%) QA
5 3 (0.56%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.19%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.19%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 95 (17.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 59 (10.99%) vSphere
3 53 (9.87%) Active Directory
4 45 (8.38%) VMware NSX
5 40 (7.45%) VMware ESXi
6 34 (6.33%) Hyper-V
7 16 (2.98%) Virtual Servers
8 14 (2.61%) NFS
8 14 (2.61%) Time Sharing Option
9 12 (2.23%) KVM
10 10 (1.86%) VMware Workstation
11 9 (1.68%) Firmware
12 5 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
13 3 (0.56%) Docker
14 2 (0.37%) Terminal Services
15 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
15 1 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
15 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 46 (8.57%) vCenter Server
2 24 (4.47%) Ansible
2 24 (4.47%) SCCM
3 23 (4.28%) NetBackup
4 18 (3.35%) SCOM
5 16 (2.98%) Nagios
6 15 (2.79%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 14 (2.61%) EMC NetWorker
7 14 (2.61%) WSUS
8 12 (2.23%) Kubernetes
9 11 (2.05%) Terraform
10 9 (1.68%) CSIRT
11 8 (1.49%) Microsoft Clustering
12 7 (1.30%) VxRail
13 6 (1.12%) OpenView
14 4 (0.74%) Dell DRAC
14 4 (0.74%) vRealize
14 4 (0.74%) vRealize Orchestrator
15 3 (0.56%) Netcool
15 3 (0.56%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 137 (25.51%) VMware
2 134 (24.95%) Cisco
3 72 (13.41%) Dell
4 61 (11.36%) Palo Alto
5 53 (9.87%) Microsoft
6 38 (7.08%) Juniper
7 37 (6.89%) F5
8 33 (6.15%) HP
9 20 (3.72%) IBM
9 20 (3.72%) Symantec
10 18 (3.35%) CheckPoint
10 18 (3.35%) Oracle
11 17 (3.17%) Brocade
12 16 (2.98%) Broadcom
12 16 (2.98%) EMC
13 15 (2.79%) Atlassian
14 14 (2.61%) 3PAR
14 14 (2.61%) CA
14 14 (2.61%) Extreme Networks
14 14 (2.61%) Veeam