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 16 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 31 37
Rank change year-on-year -8 +6 -4
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 4 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 1.31% 1.96% 1.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.88% 6.67% 4.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile £495 - -
25th Percentile £498 £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% - -
75th Percentile £559 £394 -
90th Percentile £576 £398 -
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -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 82 60 62
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 26.80% 29.41% 24.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 44 11
10th Percentile £463 £383 £157
25th Percentile £500 £476 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £610
Median % change year-on-year - -1.64% +19.02%
75th Percentile £609 £688 £626
90th Percentile £719 £773 £675
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.21% -2.29%
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 £51.96
% change year-on-year -23.08% -37.45% +19.45%

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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
1 3 (75.00%) VPN
2 2 (50.00%) IPv4
2 2 (50.00%) IPv6
2 2 (50.00%) LAN
2 2 (50.00%) Network Security
2 2 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (50.00%) VLAN
2 2 (50.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (25.00%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Network Design Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Network Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Network Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Virtualisation Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) Network Design
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Capacity Management
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) High Availability
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Network Management
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) CCNA
2 2 (50.00%) CCNP
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) JNCIS
3 1 (25.00%) JNCIA
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) VCAP
3 1 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (25.00%) KVM
2 1 (25.00%) RHEV
2 1 (25.00%) VMware NSX
2 1 (25.00%) vSphere
2 1 (25.00%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Nagios
2 1 (25.00%) Endace
2 1 (25.00%) Proxmox
2 1 (25.00%) vRealize
2 1 (25.00%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco
1 3 (75.00%) Juniper
2 2 (50.00%) F5
2 2 (50.00%) SolarWinds
2 2 (50.00%) VMware