Data Centre Contract Job Trends 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 25 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 - 8
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Aberdeen 11.90% - 3.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 62.50% - 5.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £369 - -
25th Percentile £397 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £425 £450 £525
% change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% +10.76%

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 8 12 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen 19.05% 41.38% 53.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 5
10th Percentile £313 £333 -
25th Percentile £366 £563 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £600 £160
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% +275.00% -60.49%
75th Percentile £438 - £547
90th Percentile £531 £690 £597
Scotland median daily rate £447 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -0.67% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £16.62
25th Percentile - - £16.81
Median hourly rate - - £17.36
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.16%
75th Percentile - - £17.67
90th Percentile - - £17.70
Scotland median hourly rate £26.62 £23.59 £19.18
% change year-on-year +12.84% +22.99% -8.67%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Centre relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Aberdeen

Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Data Centre.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Trend in Aberdeen

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Data Centre.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Aberdeen citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeen by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 3 (60.00%) BGP
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco Firepower
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco ISE
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 3 (60.00%) EIGRP
2 3 (60.00%) OSPF
2 3 (60.00%) SD-WAN
2 3 (60.00%) WAN
3 1 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) Network Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Life Science
1 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (20.00%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (20.00%) SCADA
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (60.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Architecture Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Compliance Management
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Data Flow Diagram
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design
2 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Security Management
2 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CCNP
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (20.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GRC
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Rockwell