Data Centre Contracts in Berkshire

Data Center
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 55 58
Rank change year-on-year -11 +3 +20
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 45 61 81
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.66% 3.38% 3.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.18% 10.61% 11.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 47 55
10th Percentile £164 £308 £363
25th Percentile £350 £394 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £573 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +27.22% -10.00% +9.29%
75th Percentile £608 £563 £575
90th Percentile - £660 £665
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £13.99 - -
25th Percentile £17.05 £24.34 -
Median hourly rate £19.38 £25.12 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.85% - -
75th Percentile £22.59 £25.89 -
90th Percentile £26.14 - -
South East median hourly rate £12.08 £50.82 -
% change year-on-year -76.23% - -

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 490 575 724
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 28.94% 31.87% 30.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 376 458
10th Percentile £287 £250 £263
25th Percentile £401 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £622 £638 £616
90th Percentile £688 £706 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +9.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 22 5
10th Percentile £18.94 £21.03 £36.90
25th Percentile £27.69 £37.08 £60.75
Median hourly rate £52.37 £64.31 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.57% -24.34% +40.50%
75th Percentile £61.36 £73.59 £96.25
90th Percentile £69.03 £78.70 -
South East median hourly rate £57.35 £55.00 £23.39
% change year-on-year +4.27% +135.14% -49.15%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Berkshire

Data Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Data Centre in Berkshire

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Berkshire over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in Berkshire

Data Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre in Berkshire

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Centre in Berkshire over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Centre in Berkshire

Data Centre
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Reading +6 26 £585 +19.39%
Slough 0 8 £404 +26.25% 12
Wokingham - 6 £377 -
Bracknell -3 1 £140 -47.66%
Data Centre
South East

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 2 (4.44%) Confluence
1 2 (4.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (26.67%) Azure
2 11 (24.44%) OCI
3 3 (6.67%) AWS
4 1 (2.22%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 21 (46.67%) Firewall
2 13 (28.89%) DHCP
2 13 (28.89%) DNS
3 11 (24.44%) SAN
4 7 (15.56%) SD-WAN
5 6 (13.33%) Network Security
6 5 (11.11%) WAN
6 5 (11.11%) WLAN
7 4 (8.89%) LAN
8 3 (6.67%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 3 (6.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 2 (4.44%) BGP
9 2 (4.44%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (4.44%) Cisco Firepower
9 2 (4.44%) DMVPN
9 2 (4.44%) EIGRP
9 2 (4.44%) IPsec
9 2 (4.44%) MPLS
9 2 (4.44%) OSPF
9 2 (4.44%) VPN
Development Applications
1 3 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 12 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (4.44%) Finance
2 2 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (4.44%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.22%) Aviation
3 1 (2.22%) Billing
3 1 (2.22%) Law
3 1 (2.22%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (26.67%) Architect
2 11 (24.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (15.56%) Consultant
3 7 (15.56%) Storage Engineer
4 6 (13.33%) Network Architect
4 6 (13.33%) Security Consultant
5 5 (11.11%) Network Engineer
6 4 (8.89%) Analyst
6 4 (8.89%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 4 (8.89%) Server Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) Infrastructure Architect
7 3 (6.67%) Network Consultant
8 2 (4.44%) Cabling Engineer
8 2 (4.44%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 2 (4.44%) Lead Security Consultant
8 2 (4.44%) Network Analyst
8 2 (4.44%) Security Architect
8 2 (4.44%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (4.44%) Support Engineer
8 2 (4.44%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (15.56%) RFC 2544
2 1 (2.22%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.56%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (4.44%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (4.44%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.44%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.22%) Cyberattack
3 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.22%) PMI
3 1 (2.22%) Smart Meter
3 1 (2.22%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (28.89%) Windows
2 12 (26.67%) Linux
2 12 (26.67%) Windows 10
2 12 (26.67%) Windows Server
2 12 (26.67%) Windows Server 2019
3 11 (24.44%) Windows Server 2016
4 7 (15.56%) Windows Server 2012
4 7 (15.56%) Windows XP
5 1 (2.22%) Android
5 1 (2.22%) Unix
5 1 (2.22%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 17 (37.78%) ITIL
3 12 (26.67%) Performance Tuning
3 12 (26.67%) Project Management
4 11 (24.44%) Break/Fix
4 11 (24.44%) Converged Infrastructure
4 11 (24.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 11 (24.44%) Performance Monitoring
4 11 (24.44%) Proactive Monitoring
4 11 (24.44%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (24.44%) Server Management
4 11 (24.44%) Storage Management
5 9 (20.00%) Service Management
6 7 (15.56%) Case Management
6 7 (15.56%) Defect Management
6 7 (15.56%) Test Scripting
7 6 (13.33%) Budget Management
7 6 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (11.11%) Roadmaps
8 5 (11.11%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 11 (24.44%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.22%) ActionScript
2 1 (2.22%) Bash
2 1 (2.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (57.78%) Security Cleared
2 24 (53.33%) SC Cleared
3 16 (35.56%) CCNA
3 16 (35.56%) CCNP
3 16 (35.56%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (28.89%) DV Cleared
5 11 (24.44%) Degree
6 2 (4.44%) DBS Check
6 2 (4.44%) ISACA
7 1 (2.22%) CCSA
7 1 (2.22%) CCSE
7 1 (2.22%) CISSP
7 1 (2.22%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.89%) COBIT
1 4 (8.89%) GDPR
1 4 (8.89%) NIST
2 2 (4.44%) PMO
3 1 (2.22%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (26.67%) Active Directory
3 11 (24.44%) Hyper-V
3 11 (24.44%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (26.67%) SCCM
2 11 (24.44%) EMC NetWorker
2 11 (24.44%) NetBackup
2 11 (24.44%) SCOM
2 11 (24.44%) vCenter Server
2 11 (24.44%) WSUS
3 1 (2.22%) Ansible
Vendors
1 26 (57.78%) Cisco
2 19 (42.22%) VMware
3 16 (35.56%) Extreme Networks
3 16 (35.56%) Microsoft
4 14 (31.11%) Palo Alto
5 12 (26.67%) Juniper
6 11 (24.44%) 3PAR
6 11 (24.44%) Dell
6 11 (24.44%) EMC
6 11 (24.44%) HP
6 11 (24.44%) Oracle
6 11 (24.44%) Symantec
7 7 (15.56%) Veeam
8 6 (13.33%) Aruba
8 6 (13.33%) Fortinet
9 5 (11.11%) Meraki
9 5 (11.11%) Ubiquiti
10 3 (6.67%) F5
11 2 (4.44%) Zscaler
12 1 (2.22%) Blue Coat