Data Centre Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

Data Center
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Basingstoke. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 36 39
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 -5
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 1 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 0.35% 1.86% 1.63%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.27% 6.90% 6.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year +53.33% - -
75th Percentile £588 £394 -
90th Percentile - £398 -
Hampshire median daily rate £475 £508 £525
% change year-on-year -6.40% -3.33% -4.55%

All Generic Skills
Basingstoke

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 Basingstoke.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 79 58 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 27.92% 26.98% 25.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 40 12
10th Percentile £463 £374 £180
25th Percentile £500 £472 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £605 £610
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% -0.82% +16.19%
75th Percentile - £688 £621
90th Percentile £675 £788 £671
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.18 £27.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £12.55 £28.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -55.18% +60.00% +18.64%
75th Percentile £12.93 £28.50 £38.75
90th Percentile - - £50.75
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.00 £32.50 £50.71
% change year-on-year -23.08% -35.91% -8.44%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

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

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

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Trend in Basingstoke

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

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

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Virtualisation Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) VCAP
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) vRealize
1 1 (100.00%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware