Data Centre Contracts in Somerset

Data Center
South West > Somerset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies advertised in Somerset. 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 13 33 28
Rank change year-on-year +20 -5 +1
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 16 1 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 8.04% 0.48% 3.90%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 30.77% 1.54% 14.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £288
25th Percentile - - £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £160 £600 £494
Median % change year-on-year -73.33% +21.52% -
75th Percentile - - £500
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +15.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
Median hourly rate £40.00 - -
South West median hourly rate £40.00 £22.50 £69.05
% change year-on-year +77.78% -67.41% +73.71%

All Generic Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 52 65 54
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 26.13% 31.40% 26.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 51 32
10th Percentile £138 £180 £208
25th Percentile £343 £406 £326
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +23.53% -15.00%
75th Percentile £570 £675 £495
90th Percentile £606 £700 £536
South West median daily rate £545 £550 £496
% change year-on-year -0.91% +10.89% +8.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 5
10th Percentile £12.10 £16.93 £43.36
25th Percentile £12.50 £17.94 £46.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.75 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year +55.34% -48.24% +4.87%
75th Percentile - £37.81 -
90th Percentile - £45.13 -
South West median hourly rate £45.00 £9.80 £49.75
% change year-on-year +359.18% -80.30% +0.57%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Somerset

Data Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Daily rate trend for Data Centre in Somerset

Data Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre in Somerset

Data Centre
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset 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
Yeovil - 8 - -
Bridgwater - 2 - - 1
Data Centre
South West

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 8 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (18.75%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Business Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) BigCommerce
Communications & Networking
1 12 (75.00%) Wi-Fi
2 8 (50.00%) DHCP
2 8 (50.00%) DNS
2 8 (50.00%) LAN
2 8 (50.00%) MPLS
2 8 (50.00%) SAN
2 8 (50.00%) WAN
3 4 (25.00%) Firewall
3 4 (25.00%) VoIP
4 3 (18.75%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (50.00%) Aerospace
2 8 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Retail
4 3 (18.75%) Marketing
5 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Analyst
1 8 (50.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
1 8 (50.00%) IT Analyst
1 8 (50.00%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Desktop Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Desktop Support
3 3 (18.75%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) Client/Server
1 8 (50.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 11 (68.75%) Windows
2 8 (50.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Application Packaging
1 11 (68.75%) Decision-Making
1 11 (68.75%) Network Management
1 11 (68.75%) Server Management
2 9 (56.25%) Asset Management
3 8 (50.00%) Business Transformation
3 8 (50.00%) Capacity Management
3 8 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
3 8 (50.00%) Data Migration
3 8 (50.00%) Data Protection
3 8 (50.00%) Migration
4 7 (43.75%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (37.50%) Customer Experience
6 4 (25.00%) B2B
6 4 (25.00%) Customer Acquisition
6 4 (25.00%) Load Balancing
6 4 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
7 3 (18.75%) Creative Thinking
7 3 (18.75%) Global Marketing
7 3 (18.75%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 8 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) Degree
2 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 11 (68.75%) Active Directory
2 8 (50.00%) Virtual Servers
2 8 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (50.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft Clustering
1 8 (50.00%) Nagios
1 8 (50.00%) NetBackup
1 8 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Hitachi
1 8 (50.00%) NetApp
1 8 (50.00%) VMware
2 4 (25.00%) Adobe
2 4 (25.00%) Aruba
2 4 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 4 (25.00%) Cisco
2 4 (25.00%) F5
2 4 (25.00%) Meraki
2 4 (25.00%) Salesforce
2 4 (25.00%) SAP
2 4 (25.00%) Sitecore
3 3 (18.75%) Dell
3 3 (18.75%) Intel
3 3 (18.75%) Microsoft