Data Centre Consultant Contracts

Data Centre Consultant
UK

The median Data Centre Consultant daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 578 713 853
Rank change year-on-year +135 +140 -180
Contract jobs requiring a Data Centre Consultant 8 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.018% 0.005% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.005% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile £490 £547 -
25th Percentile - £561 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +20.00% +18.18%
75th Percentile - - £494
90th Percentile £625 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £555 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,501 57,364 85,821
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.55% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,442 40,011 60,276
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £748 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,615 1,620 2,120
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.33 £15.47
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.77 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.12% +117.95% +2.63%

Data Centre Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Data Centre Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre Consultant in the UK

Data Centre Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Centre Consultant in the UK

Data Centre Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre Consultant over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre Consultant in the UK

Data Centre Consultant
Top 3 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 Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
England +120 8 £550 -5.98%
London +114 8 £550 -5.98%
Work from Home +131 7 £550 -0.90%

Data Centre Consultant Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Data Centre Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Data Centre Consultant in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 5 (62.50%) DV Cleared
2 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) BICSI Certification
3 1 (12.50%) BICSI RCDD
3 1 (12.50%) Data Centre Operations
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (12.50%) CAD
3 1 (12.50%) AutoCAD
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 1 (12.50%) Rackspace
3 1 (12.50%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (12.50%) CyberArk
3 1 (12.50%) Revit

Data Centre Consultant Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) AutoCAD
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (12.50%) Revit
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Structured Cabling
General
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) CAD
1 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre Operations
1 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) DV Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) BICSI Certification
2 1 (12.50%) BICSI RCDD
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) CyberArk
1 1 (12.50%) Rackspace