Data Centre Contracts in London

Data Center
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 135 138
Rank change year-on-year +12 +3 +4
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 345 535 833
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.95% 1.98% 2.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.89% 5.51% 5.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 361 628
10th Percentile £325 £400 £350
25th Percentile £413 £500 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £540
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +11.11% +8.00%
75th Percentile £625 £738 £625
90th Percentile £725 £820 £713
England median daily rate £525 £550 £520
% change year-on-year -4.55% +5.77% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 8
10th Percentile £22.08 £20.22 £20.20
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.95 £22.94
Median hourly rate £25.40 £23.50 £36.28
Median % change year-on-year +8.09% -35.22% -23.63%
75th Percentile £41.25 £68.75 £63.00
90th Percentile - £75.50 £72.45
England median hourly rate £24.87 £22.09 £26.75
% change year-on-year +12.61% -17.44% -38.86%

All Generic Skills
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 London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,855 9,701 14,200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 33.05% 35.88% 36.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,140 6,966 10,347
10th Percentile £300 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £578 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% - +10.09%
75th Percentile £725 £750 £700
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 109 197
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.93 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.93 £21.24 £23.91
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -21.35% +36.92%
75th Percentile £46.86 £64.50 £54.38
90th Percentile £67.00 £83.15 £71.51
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +2.08%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in London

Data Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Data Centre in London

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in London

Data Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre in London

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Centre in London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Centre in London

Data Centre
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Central London +18 47 £525 -7.08% 21
West London +22 20 £400 -16.23% 15
East London +3 9 £520 +47.52% 17
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 15 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.06%) Confluence
3 10 (2.90%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.45%) IBM Domino
4 5 (1.45%) SharePoint 2013
5 4 (1.16%) OpenStack
5 4 (1.16%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.87%) IBM Notes
6 3 (0.87%) IIS
7 2 (0.58%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.58%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.29%) Apache
8 1 (0.29%) GeoServer
Applications
1 10 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.32%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.16%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.87%) Revit
6 2 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.87%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 75 (21.74%) Azure
2 47 (13.62%) AWS
3 28 (8.12%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (4.93%) SaaS
5 13 (3.77%) Entra ID
6 10 (2.90%) PaaS
7 9 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (2.61%) IaaS
8 8 (2.32%) Cloud Computing
8 8 (2.32%) Mimecast
8 8 (2.32%) Power Platform
9 7 (2.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 7 (2.03%) GCP
9 7 (2.03%) Nutanix
10 4 (1.16%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.16%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (1.16%) Azure AKS
10 4 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.87%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (0.87%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 69 (20.00%) Firewall
2 32 (9.28%) DNS
2 32 (9.28%) Network Security
3 31 (8.99%) WAN
4 30 (8.70%) BGP
4 30 (8.70%) LAN
5 29 (8.41%) OSPF
6 28 (8.12%) VPN
7 22 (6.38%) Wi-Fi
8 21 (6.09%) MPLS
8 21 (6.09%) TCP/IP
9 20 (5.80%) IPsec
10 19 (5.51%) DHCP
10 19 (5.51%) Internet
11 18 (5.22%) HTTP
12 17 (4.93%) Cisco Nexus
12 17 (4.93%) Wireless
13 16 (4.64%) SSL
14 15 (4.35%) SAN
15 14 (4.06%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.74%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.45%) NoSQL
2 5 (1.45%) Oracle Database
2 5 (1.45%) Oracle Exadata
3 3 (0.87%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.58%) Big Data
5 1 (0.29%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.29%) GIS
5 1 (0.29%) Metadata
5 1 (0.29%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.29%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (5.80%) JIRA
2 16 (4.64%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.45%) GitLab
4 2 (0.58%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.58%) Git
5 1 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 70 (20.29%) Social Skills
2 69 (20.00%) Finance
3 24 (6.96%) Banking
4 22 (6.38%) Public Sector
5 18 (5.22%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (2.90%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.61%) Marketing
9 7 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.03%) Financial Institution
9 7 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (2.03%) Police
10 6 (1.74%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.45%) Billing
11 5 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.87%) Electronics
13 3 (0.87%) Legal
13 3 (0.87%) Local Government
14 2 (0.58%) Military
Job Titles
1 72 (20.87%) Network Engineer
2 53 (15.36%) Architect
3 37 (10.72%) Senior
4 36 (10.43%) Project Manager
5 18 (5.22%) Data Centre Engineer
6 16 (4.64%) Consultant
7 15 (4.35%) Analyst
7 15 (4.35%) Senior Network Engineer
8 14 (4.06%) Server Engineer
8 14 (4.06%) Support Engineer
9 13 (3.77%) Linux Engineer
10 12 (3.48%) Linux Server Engineer
11 11 (3.19%) Technical Architect
12 10 (2.90%) Cisco Engineer
12 10 (2.90%) Infrastructure Manager
12 10 (2.90%) Network Architect
12 10 (2.90%) Security Engineer
12 10 (2.90%) Senior Manager
12 10 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
13 9 (2.61%) Cisco Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.32%) LDAP
2 6 (1.74%) Node.js
3 5 (1.45%) YAML
4 4 (1.16%) REST
4 4 (1.16%) Web Services
5 3 (0.87%) .NET
5 3 (0.87%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.87%) SAML
6 2 (0.58%) NETCONF
6 2 (0.58%) Software Packaging
7 1 (0.29%) IBM Integration Bus
7 1 (0.29%) Kafka
7 1 (0.29%) Middleware
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.29%) PostGIS
7 1 (0.29%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.38%) Hybrid Cloud
2 14 (4.06%) Public Cloud
3 13 (3.77%) Data Protection Act
4 9 (2.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 8 (2.32%) PKI
6 7 (2.03%) Clustering
7 6 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (1.74%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.45%) Market Risk
8 5 (1.45%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.45%) Private Cloud
8 5 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.45%) Social Media
8 5 (1.45%) Taxonomies
9 4 (1.16%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.16%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.16%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.16%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.16%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.87%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 60 (17.39%) Linux
2 55 (15.94%) Windows
3 24 (6.96%) Windows Server
4 14 (4.06%) Unix
5 5 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.45%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.87%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.29%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.29%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (27.83%) Migration
2 46 (13.33%) Agile
3 40 (11.59%) Problem-Solving
4 35 (10.14%) CI/CD
5 30 (8.70%) Change Management
5 30 (8.70%) Project Management
6 26 (7.54%) Disaster Recovery
6 26 (7.54%) ITIL
7 25 (7.25%) DevOps
8 24 (6.96%) Roadmaps
9 23 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 21 (6.09%) Capacity Management
10 21 (6.09%) Data Migration
10 21 (6.09%) Project Delivery
11 20 (5.80%) Computer Science
11 20 (5.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 20 (5.80%) Mentoring
12 17 (4.93%) Data Protection
12 17 (4.93%) High Availability
13 15 (4.35%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 33 (9.57%) Python
2 26 (7.54%) PowerShell
3 12 (3.48%) SQL
4 10 (2.90%) Bash
5 9 (2.61%) Java
6 7 (2.03%) VBScript
7 6 (1.74%) Go
8 4 (1.16%) C
9 2 (0.58%) C#
9 2 (0.58%) Perl
9 2 (0.58%) Ruby
10 1 (0.29%) C++
10 1 (0.29%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 69 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 50 (14.49%) Cisco Certification
3 42 (12.17%) SC Cleared
4 37 (10.72%) Degree
5 32 (9.28%) CCNP
6 29 (8.41%) DV Cleared
7 20 (5.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (4.35%) CCIE
9 10 (2.90%) CCNA
10 6 (1.74%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.74%) CTC Cleared
11 5 (1.45%) BICSI RCDD
11 5 (1.45%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 2 (0.58%) A+ Certification
13 2 (0.58%) CCDP
13 2 (0.58%) CCIE Security
13 2 (0.58%) JNCIE
13 2 (0.58%) JNCIP
13 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.06%) SLA
2 5 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.16%) QA
4 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.29%) IASME
4 1 (0.29%) NIST
4 1 (0.29%) PMO
System Software
1 37 (10.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 33 (9.57%) Active Directory
3 15 (4.35%) Hyper-V
4 13 (3.77%) Docker
4 13 (3.77%) vSphere
5 10 (2.90%) VMware NSX
6 7 (2.03%) KVM
7 5 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.16%) vCloud
8 4 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.87%) Firmware
10 2 (0.58%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.58%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.29%) IAG
11 1 (0.29%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 20 (5.80%) Kubernetes
1 20 (5.80%) Terraform
2 15 (4.35%) SCCM
3 13 (3.77%) Puppet
4 12 (3.48%) Ansible
4 12 (3.48%) Progress Chef
5 10 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (2.61%) SCOM
7 8 (2.32%) FortiGate
8 7 (2.03%) SCVMM
9 6 (1.74%) vCenter Server
10 5 (1.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (1.45%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 5 (1.45%) VxRail
11 4 (1.16%) Kibana
12 3 (0.87%) Grafana
12 3 (0.87%) Nagios
12 3 (0.87%) NetBackup
12 3 (0.87%) Prometheus
13 2 (0.58%) Nmap
Vendors
1 77 (22.32%) Cisco
2 60 (17.39%) Microsoft
3 50 (14.49%) VMware
4 40 (11.59%) Palo Alto
5 22 (6.38%) Arista
6 20 (5.80%) Juniper
7 19 (5.51%) Dell
8 15 (4.35%) F5
9 14 (4.06%) CheckPoint
9 14 (4.06%) Oracle
10 13 (3.77%) Red Hat
11 12 (3.48%) Fortinet
11 12 (3.48%) IBM
12 11 (3.19%) Citrix
13 10 (2.90%) HP
13 10 (2.90%) ServiceNow
13 10 (2.90%) SolarWinds
14 9 (2.61%) Atlassian
15 6 (1.74%) Iron Mountain
15 6 (1.74%) Meraki