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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 103 90 110
Rank change year-on-year -13 +20 +15
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 915 1,507 2,143
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.15% 2.63% 2.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.09% 7.91% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 619 1,080 1,532
10th Percentile £300 £350 £313
25th Percentile £405 £448 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +5.77% +9.47%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £600
90th Percentile £703 £750 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £528 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +5.50% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 21 25
10th Percentile £13.35 £20.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.27 £20.22 £20.75
Median hourly rate £24.00 £21.67 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year +10.75% -24.63% -39.47%
75th Percentile £40.00 £25.00 £69.05
90th Percentile £41.25 £70.00 £69.47
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £21.26 £21.50
% change year-on-year +5.83% -1.12% -41.89%

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 12,902 19,052 29,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.33% 33.27% 33.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,318 13,115 20,490
10th Percentile £267 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £680 £660
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 897 626 721
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.50 £22.26 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.54% -17.57% +3.85%
75th Percentile £61.30 £62.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £22.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +36.36% +4.76% -10.83%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 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
England -10 772 £525 -4.55% 557
UK excluding London 0 522 £528 +5.50% 330
London -4 315 £525 -12.50% 260
Work from Home -59 230 £550 - 165
South East +5 152 £475 -5.00% 124
South West +5 112 £575 +4.55% 30
North of England -12 92 £433 -13.50% 64
Midlands -13 75 £588 +11.90% 52
West Midlands 0 62 £600 +20.00% 29
Scotland +19 54 £565 +13.00% 21
Yorkshire +15 47 £474 -13.91% 21
North West -27 37 £433 -10.13% 34
Wales +26 24 £91 -78.59% 11
East of England -29 19 £300 -31.03% 52
East Midlands +13 13 £550 +1.15% 23
North East +5 8 £425 -37.04% 9

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 32 (3.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (3.17%) Confluence
3 16 (1.75%) SharePoint
4 14 (1.53%) IIS
5 7 (0.77%) OpenStack
6 5 (0.55%) IBM Domino
6 5 (0.55%) SharePoint 2013
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%) IBM Notes
10 1 (0.11%) nginx
10 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 37 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.64%) MS Visio
3 8 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.55%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.44%) Revit
6 2 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (1.31%) Elite 3E
2 3 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.33%) Shopify
2 3 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.11%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
3 1 (0.11%) RMDS
3 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 163 (17.81%) Azure
2 79 (8.63%) AWS
3 54 (5.90%) SaaS
4 45 (4.92%) IaaS
5 42 (4.59%) PaaS
6 40 (4.37%) Microsoft 365
7 37 (4.04%) Cloud Computing
8 31 (3.39%) Entra ID
9 23 (2.51%) GitHub
10 19 (2.08%) GCP
11 14 (1.53%) OCI
12 10 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (1.09%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 10 (1.09%) Power Platform
13 9 (0.98%) Amazon S3
13 9 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (0.87%) Nutanix
15 7 (0.77%) AWS Direct Connect
15 7 (0.77%) Mimecast
16 6 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 173 (18.91%) Firewall
2 127 (13.88%) WAN
3 119 (13.01%) LAN
4 89 (9.73%) DNS
5 84 (9.18%) SAN
6 69 (7.54%) DHCP
7 61 (6.67%) Wireless
8 59 (6.45%) Cisco Nexus
9 56 (6.12%) Network Security
10 53 (5.79%) SD-WAN
11 51 (5.57%) MPLS
12 46 (5.03%) Wi-Fi
13 44 (4.81%) VPN
14 42 (4.59%) BGP
15 35 (3.83%) Internet
15 35 (3.83%) OSPF
16 28 (3.06%) Cisco ASA
17 27 (2.95%) IPsec
18 25 (2.73%) VSAN
19 22 (2.40%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (2.84%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.53%) Big Data
3 12 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
5 7 (0.77%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.66%) Oracle Exadata
6 6 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.55%) Data Lake
7 5 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.55%) Oracle Database
8 4 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (0.44%) MySQL
9 3 (0.33%) Metadata
9 3 (0.33%) Power BI
9 3 (0.33%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.33%) Redis
9 3 (0.33%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.22%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.22%) InfluxDB
10 2 (0.22%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 49 (5.36%) JIRA
2 42 (4.59%) Jenkins
3 6 (0.66%) GitLab
4 4 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 4 (0.44%) Git
5 3 (0.33%) Hudson
6 2 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.11%) Robot Framework
General
1 219 (23.93%) Social Skills
2 127 (13.88%) Finance
3 99 (10.82%) Public Sector
4 62 (6.78%) Telecoms
5 59 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
6 35 (3.83%) Banking
7 27 (2.95%) Law
8 18 (1.97%) Mandarin Language
8 18 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
9 16 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
9 16 (1.75%) Marketing
10 15 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.20%) Manufacturing
12 10 (1.09%) Aerospace
13 8 (0.87%) Legal
14 7 (0.77%) Billing
14 7 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
15 6 (0.66%) Financial Institution
15 6 (0.66%) Police
16 5 (0.55%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 172 (18.80%) Network Engineer
2 145 (15.85%) Architect
3 84 (9.18%) Senior
4 70 (7.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 68 (7.43%) Data Centre Engineer
6 65 (7.10%) Project Manager
7 56 (6.12%) Support Engineer
8 51 (5.57%) Network Architect
9 38 (4.15%) Consultant
10 34 (3.72%) Applications Engineer
11 33 (3.61%) Analyst
12 30 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
13 29 (3.17%) Applications Support
13 29 (3.17%) Applications Support Engineer
13 29 (3.17%) Lead
13 29 (3.17%) Server Engineer
14 26 (2.84%) VMware Engineer
15 25 (2.73%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
16 24 (2.62%) Infrastructure Manager
17 22 (2.40%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.40%) Web Services
2 21 (2.30%) YAML
3 15 (1.64%) LDAP
4 14 (1.53%) REST
5 10 (1.09%) Middleware
6 8 (0.87%) Node.js
7 7 (0.77%) 802.1X
8 6 (0.66%) JSON
9 5 (0.55%) .NET
9 5 (0.55%) SAML
10 4 (0.44%) Loki
11 3 (0.33%) EDI
11 3 (0.33%) Kafka
11 3 (0.33%) VML
12 2 (0.22%) Elastic Stack
12 2 (0.22%) OpenID
12 2 (0.22%) RabbitMQ
12 2 (0.22%) Redfish
12 2 (0.22%) SailPoint
12 2 (0.22%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 39 (4.26%) Private Cloud
2 26 (2.84%) PKI
3 24 (2.62%) Public Cloud
4 22 (2.40%) Clustering
5 20 (2.19%) Replication
6 17 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
7 16 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
7 16 (1.75%) Management Information System
8 14 (1.53%) Linux Command Line
9 13 (1.42%) Onboarding
10 12 (1.31%) Client/Server
11 10 (1.09%) CCTV
11 10 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (0.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 9 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (0.98%) Virtual Team
13 8 (0.87%) Driving Licence
13 8 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
13 8 (0.87%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 157 (17.16%) Windows
2 154 (16.83%) Linux
3 53 (5.79%) Windows Server
4 47 (5.14%) Unix
5 28 (3.06%) Windows 10
5 28 (3.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 22 (2.40%) Windows Server 2012
7 19 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
7 19 (2.08%) zOS
8 17 (1.86%) Windows XP
9 12 (1.31%) VMS
10 11 (1.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 10 (1.09%) CentOS
12 9 (0.98%) Windows Server 2008
13 8 (0.87%) Windows 7
14 6 (0.66%) Debian
15 5 (0.55%) Mac OS X
15 5 (0.55%) Windows 8
16 3 (0.33%) Windows 2000
16 3 (0.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (22.40%) Migration
2 124 (13.55%) Problem-Solving
3 96 (10.49%) Agile
4 90 (9.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 81 (8.85%) Project Management
6 75 (8.20%) ITIL
7 68 (7.43%) Project Delivery
8 65 (7.10%) Stakeholder Management
9 58 (6.34%) Cybersecurity
10 56 (6.12%) Computer Science
11 52 (5.68%) Network Management
12 51 (5.57%) Disaster Recovery
13 44 (4.81%) Data Migration
13 44 (4.81%) High Availability
13 44 (4.81%) Storage Management
14 43 (4.70%) Change Management
15 41 (4.48%) Business Strategy
16 40 (4.37%) DevOps
17 39 (4.26%) Server Management
17 39 (4.26%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 72 (7.87%) PowerShell
2 68 (7.43%) Python
3 42 (4.59%) SQL
4 23 (2.51%) 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 6 (0.66%) VBScript
9 5 (0.55%) Ruby
10 4 (0.44%) ActionScript
10 4 (0.44%) C++
11 3 (0.33%) Perl
11 3 (0.33%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.22%) C#
13 1 (0.11%) Bicep
13 1 (0.11%) Groovy
13 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 213 (23.28%) Security Cleared
2 124 (13.55%) Cisco Certification
3 114 (12.46%) Degree
4 110 (12.02%) DV Cleared
5 108 (11.80%) SC Cleared
6 70 (7.65%) CCNP
7 67 (7.32%) CCNA
8 37 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 29 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
10 28 (3.06%) CCIE
11 20 (2.19%) Network+ Certification
12 18 (1.97%) A+ Certification
12 18 (1.97%) MCSE
13 12 (1.31%) MCSA
14 11 (1.20%) PMI Certification
15 9 (0.98%) CCIE Data Center
16 8 (0.87%) Azure Certification
17 7 (0.77%) ISACA
17 7 (0.77%) Master's Degree
17 7 (0.77%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (5.90%) SLA
2 13 (1.42%) GDPR
3 12 (1.31%) NIST
4 11 (1.20%) COBIT
5 10 (1.09%) QA
6 8 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.55%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.22%) NCSC
8 2 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.11%) IASME
9 1 (0.11%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.11%) PMO
System Software
1 123 (13.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 91 (9.95%) Active Directory
3 60 (6.56%) vSphere
4 51 (5.57%) Hyper-V
5 42 (4.59%) VMware ESXi
5 42 (4.59%) VMware NSX
6 21 (2.30%) Docker
7 20 (2.19%) KVM
8 18 (1.97%) NFS
8 18 (1.97%) Time Sharing Option
9 17 (1.86%) Virtual Servers
10 15 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
11 13 (1.42%) Firmware
12 11 (1.20%) VMware Workstation
13 5 (0.55%) vCloud
14 3 (0.33%) BitLocker
14 3 (0.33%) Microsoft App-V
15 2 (0.22%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.22%) VMware Server
16 1 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 49 (5.36%) vCenter Server
2 48 (5.25%) Ansible
3 41 (4.48%) SCCM
4 37 (4.04%) Kubernetes
5 36 (3.93%) Terraform
6 25 (2.73%) NetBackup
7 24 (2.62%) SCOM
8 22 (2.40%) Puppet
9 19 (2.08%) Nagios
9 19 (2.08%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 15 (1.64%) Progress Chef
11 14 (1.53%) EMC NetWorker
11 14 (1.53%) WSUS
12 13 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
13 12 (1.31%) VxRail
14 11 (1.20%) FortiGate
14 11 (1.20%) Grafana
15 10 (1.09%) Microsoft Clustering
16 6 (0.66%) Prometheus
16 6 (0.66%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 197 (21.53%) Cisco
2 178 (19.45%) VMware
3 120 (13.11%) Microsoft
4 101 (11.04%) Palo Alto
5 92 (10.05%) Dell
6 58 (6.34%) Juniper
7 54 (5.90%) F5
8 44 (4.81%) HP
9 39 (4.26%) Oracle
10 33 (3.61%) IBM
11 30 (3.28%) CheckPoint
12 27 (2.95%) Citrix
13 26 (2.84%) Brocade
14 23 (2.51%) Atlassian
14 23 (2.51%) Red Hat
15 20 (2.19%) Broadcom
15 20 (2.19%) Symantec
16 19 (2.08%) ServiceNow
17 18 (1.97%) CA
17 18 (1.97%) SolarWinds