Data Centre Contracts in Reading

Data Center
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies advertised in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 52 60
Rank change year-on-year -7 +8 -15
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 36 35 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 3.02% 3.36% 2.79%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.46% 10.74% 9.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 19 20
10th Percentile £363 £294 £319
25th Percentile £400 £431 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £550 £481
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +14.29% +17.24%
75th Percentile £608 £700 £527
90th Percentile - £715 £563
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £450 £448
% change year-on-year +22.22% +0.43% -10.38%

All Generic Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 314 326 406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 26.36% 31.32% 29.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 223 257
10th Percentile £205 £347 £264
25th Percentile £213 £453 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.32% +7.89%
75th Percentile £608 £654 £625
90th Percentile £650 £721 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 1
10th Percentile £42.31 £45.70 -
25th Percentile £52.90 £63.14 £25.50
Median hourly rate £60.89 £70.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.01% +169.23% -40.23%
75th Percentile £63.29 £79.19 £26.50
90th Percentile £69.62 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £42.50 £64.68 £22.49
% change year-on-year -34.29% +187.64% -27.47%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Reading

Data Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Data Centre in Reading

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Reading over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in Reading

Data Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre in Reading

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (2.78%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 15 (41.67%) Azure
2 13 (36.11%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 22 (61.11%) Firewall
2 13 (36.11%) DHCP
2 13 (36.11%) DNS
2 13 (36.11%) SAN
3 8 (22.22%) Network Security
4 6 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (11.11%) BGP
5 4 (11.11%) HSRP
5 4 (11.11%) MPLS
6 3 (8.33%) Cisco Nexus
6 3 (8.33%) GLBP
6 3 (8.33%) IPsec
6 3 (8.33%) SNMP
6 3 (8.33%) SSL
6 3 (8.33%) VPLS
6 3 (8.33%) VRRP
6 3 (8.33%) Wireless
7 2 (5.56%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (5.56%) LAN
7 2 (5.56%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (2.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 13 (36.11%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 3 (8.33%) Local Government
3 3 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (36.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (27.78%) Network Engineer
3 9 (25.00%) Storage Engineer
4 7 (19.44%) Architect
5 5 (13.89%) Consultant
5 5 (13.89%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 5 (13.89%) Security Consultant
6 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Architect
6 4 (11.11%) Network Operations Engineer
6 4 (11.11%) Operations Engineer
7 3 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 3 (8.33%) PowerShell Engineer
7 3 (8.33%) Security Architect
7 3 (8.33%) Server Engineer
7 3 (8.33%) VMware Engineer
7 3 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (5.56%) Lead
8 2 (5.56%) Lead Consultant
8 2 (5.56%) Senior
8 2 (5.56%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.78%) Cyberattack
1 1 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
1 1 (2.78%) PKI
1 1 (2.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 13 (36.11%) Linux
1 13 (36.11%) Windows
1 13 (36.11%) Windows 10
1 13 (36.11%) Windows Server
1 13 (36.11%) Windows Server 2012
1 13 (36.11%) Windows Server 2016
1 13 (36.11%) Windows Server 2019
1 13 (36.11%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (58.33%) ITIL
2 15 (41.67%) Performance Tuning
3 13 (36.11%) Break/Fix
3 13 (36.11%) Converged Infrastructure
3 13 (36.11%) Disaster Recovery
3 13 (36.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (36.11%) Performance Monitoring
3 13 (36.11%) Proactive Monitoring
3 13 (36.11%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (36.11%) Project Management
3 13 (36.11%) Server Management
3 13 (36.11%) Storage Management
4 8 (22.22%) Application Security
4 8 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
4 8 (22.22%) Information Security
4 8 (22.22%) Information Security Management
4 8 (22.22%) OWASP
4 8 (22.22%) Security Management
4 8 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (36.11%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (38.89%) CCNA
1 14 (38.89%) Cisco Certification
1 14 (38.89%) DV Cleared
1 14 (38.89%) Security Cleared
2 13 (36.11%) CCNP
2 13 (36.11%) Degree
2 13 (36.11%) SC Cleared
3 6 (16.67%) ISACA
4 1 (2.78%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (22.22%) COBIT
1 8 (22.22%) GDPR
1 8 (22.22%) NIST
2 1 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (36.11%) Active Directory
1 13 (36.11%) Hyper-V
1 13 (36.11%) VMware ESXi
1 13 (36.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (36.11%) EMC NetWorker
1 13 (36.11%) NetBackup
1 13 (36.11%) SCCM
1 13 (36.11%) SCOM
1 13 (36.11%) vCenter Server
1 13 (36.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 23 (63.89%) Cisco
2 19 (52.78%) Juniper
3 16 (44.44%) Palo Alto
4 14 (38.89%) Microsoft
5 13 (36.11%) 3PAR
5 13 (36.11%) Dell
5 13 (36.11%) EMC
5 13 (36.11%) Extreme Networks
5 13 (36.11%) HP
5 13 (36.11%) Oracle
5 13 (36.11%) Symantec
5 13 (36.11%) Veeam
5 13 (36.11%) VMware
6 1 (2.78%) Atlassian