Data Centre Contracts in Berkshire

Data Center
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 50 57
Rank change year-on-year +11 +7 +8
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 89 67 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 4.49% 3.70% 2.92%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 14.74% 10.75% 8.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 38 39
10th Percentile £280 £247 £190
25th Percentile £300 £353 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £450 £430
Median % change year-on-year +23.33% +4.65% -13.22%
75th Percentile £608 £578 £528
90th Percentile £658 £704 £595
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £15.25 - -
25th Percentile £20.88 £65.00 -
Median hourly rate £24.00 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -65.71% - -
75th Percentile £25.13 £75.00 -
90th Percentile £27.15 - -
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £70.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -65.71% +191.67% +41.18%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

Data Centre is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 604 623 779
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 30.46% 34.38% 32.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 400 472
10th Percentile £205 £313 £213
25th Percentile £280 £400 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £608 £619 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £658
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 16 18
10th Percentile £11.79 £19.25 -
25th Percentile £22.25 £47.56 £17.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £64.68 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% +187.64% -18.24%
75th Percentile £62.23 £74.25 £64.03
90th Percentile £67.50 £79.19 £71.89
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £51.25 £21.50
% change year-on-year -7.32% +138.37% -28.33%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Berkshire

Data Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Data Centre in Berkshire

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Berkshire over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in Berkshire

Data Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre in Berkshire

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Centre in Berkshire over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Centre in Berkshire

Data Centre
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 26 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
Reading -4 36 £605 +12.56% 11
Slough +21 23 £300 -25.00% 22
Maidenhead - 6 £375 -
Wokingham +3 5 £575 -17.86%
Bracknell -13 2 £225 +28.57% 2
Data Centre
South East

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.12%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 16 (17.98%) Azure
2 13 (14.61%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 25 (28.09%) Firewall
2 23 (25.84%) DHCP
2 23 (25.84%) DNS
2 23 (25.84%) SAN
3 10 (11.24%) Network Security
4 9 (10.11%) Cisco ASA
5 7 (7.87%) WAN
6 6 (6.74%) Cisco Nexus
7 5 (5.62%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 5 (5.62%) MPLS
7 5 (5.62%) NetScaler
7 5 (5.62%) Wireless
8 4 (4.49%) BGP
8 4 (4.49%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 4 (4.49%) HSRP
9 3 (3.37%) GLBP
9 3 (3.37%) IPsec
9 3 (3.37%) Reverse Proxy
9 3 (3.37%) SNMP
9 3 (3.37%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.37%) SQL Server
1 3 (3.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 3 (3.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (6.74%) JIRA
General
1 28 (31.46%) Social Skills
2 6 (6.74%) Public Sector
3 5 (5.62%) Telecoms
4 4 (4.49%) Local Government
5 3 (3.37%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.25%) Finance
6 2 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (23.60%) Architect
2 14 (15.73%) Data Centre Engineer
3 13 (14.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 12 (13.48%) Infrastructure Architect
5 11 (12.36%) Network Engineer
6 10 (11.24%) Solutions Architect
7 9 (10.11%) Storage Engineer
8 8 (8.99%) Server Engineer
9 7 (7.87%) Consultant
9 7 (7.87%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 7 (7.87%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
9 7 (7.87%) Security Consultant
10 6 (6.74%) Data Centre Technician
10 6 (6.74%) Data Technician
11 5 (5.62%) Break Fix Engineer
11 5 (5.62%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
11 5 (5.62%) Hardware Engineer
11 5 (5.62%) Senior
12 4 (4.49%) Operations Engineer
12 4 (4.49%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.49%) JSON
2 3 (3.37%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.24%) Distributed Systems
1 10 (11.24%) Private Cloud
2 5 (5.62%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.37%) CCTV
3 3 (3.37%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (3.37%) Operational Technology
3 3 (3.37%) PKI
3 3 (3.37%) SCADA
4 2 (2.25%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (2.25%) PMI
5 1 (1.12%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.12%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.12%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (17.98%) Linux
2 15 (16.85%) Windows
3 13 (14.61%) Windows 10
3 13 (14.61%) Windows Server
3 13 (14.61%) Windows Server 2012
3 13 (14.61%) Windows Server 2016
3 13 (14.61%) Windows Server 2019
3 13 (14.61%) Windows XP
4 10 (11.24%) Unix
5 2 (2.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (33.71%) ITIL
2 24 (26.97%) Break/Fix
3 17 (19.10%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (19.10%) Project Management
4 16 (17.98%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (16.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 15 (16.85%) Performance Tuning
6 13 (14.61%) Converged Infrastructure
6 13 (14.61%) Disaster Recovery
6 13 (14.61%) Performance Monitoring
6 13 (14.61%) Proactive Monitoring
6 13 (14.61%) Server Management
6 13 (14.61%) Storage Management
7 12 (13.48%) Vulnerability Management
8 11 (12.36%) Privileged Access Management
9 10 (11.24%) Application Security
9 10 (11.24%) Identity Access Management
9 10 (11.24%) Information Security Management
9 10 (11.24%) OWASP
9 10 (11.24%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (14.61%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.49%) ActionScript
3 1 (1.12%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (31.46%) Security Cleared
2 24 (26.97%) DV Cleared
3 18 (20.22%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (19.10%) CCNA
4 17 (19.10%) CCNP
5 16 (17.98%) SC Cleared
6 15 (16.85%) Degree
7 8 (8.99%) ISACA
8 3 (3.37%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (3.37%) PMI Certification
9 2 (2.25%) Server+ Certification
10 1 (1.12%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.36%) SLA
2 10 (11.24%) COBIT
2 10 (11.24%) GDPR
2 10 (11.24%) NIST
3 1 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (17.98%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (14.61%) Active Directory
2 13 (14.61%) Hyper-V
2 13 (14.61%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (5.62%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (3.37%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (14.61%) EMC NetWorker
1 13 (14.61%) NetBackup
1 13 (14.61%) SCCM
1 13 (14.61%) SCOM
1 13 (14.61%) vCenter Server
1 13 (14.61%) WSUS
Vendors
1 29 (32.58%) Dell
1 29 (32.58%) HP
2 27 (30.34%) Cisco
3 19 (21.35%) Juniper
3 19 (21.35%) Palo Alto
4 18 (20.22%) Microsoft
5 16 (17.98%) VMware
6 15 (16.85%) 3PAR
7 14 (15.73%) Oracle
8 13 (14.61%) EMC
8 13 (14.61%) Extreme Networks
8 13 (14.61%) Symantec
8 13 (14.61%) Veeam
9 5 (5.62%) F5
9 5 (5.62%) ServiceNow
10 3 (3.37%) CheckPoint
10 3 (3.37%) Citrix
11 2 (2.25%) NetApp
11 2 (2.25%) Nimble Storage
11 2 (2.25%) Red Hat