Data Centre Contracts in Aberdeen

Data Center
Scotland > Aberdeen

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Aberdeen. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 - 10
Rank change year-on-year - - -5
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Aberdeen 16.67% - 3.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 100.00% - 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £428 - -
25th Percentile £441 - £105
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £110
75th Percentile £488 - £115
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £425 £565 £499
% change year-on-year -24.78% +13.28% +7.84%

All Generic Skills
Aberdeen

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 Aberdeen.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3 16 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen 16.67% 55.17% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 7
10th Percentile £428 £150 £120
25th Percentile £441 £223 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £563 £130
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +332.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £488 £623 £334
90th Percentile - £638 £543
Scotland median daily rate £467 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -1.68% -2.56% +2.63%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Aberdeen

Data Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Aberdeen

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

Daily rate trend for Data Centre in Aberdeen

Data Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Aberdeen

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre in Aberdeen

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) BGP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 3 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) OSPF
1 3 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (100.00%) VPN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) IPsec
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (33.33%) F5