Data Centre Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Data Center
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	53	39	41
Rank change year-on-year	-14	+2	+18
Contract jobs citing Data Centre	18	7	6
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire	2.37%	2.05%	1.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	7.29%	7.37%	4.96%
Number of daily rates quoted	13	2	4
10^th Percentile	£456	£534	-
25^th Percentile	£513	£566	£413
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£600	£638	£425
Median % change year-on-year	-5.88%	+50.00%	-21.34%
75^th Percentile	£769	£716	£475
90^th Percentile	£778	£751	£543
South East median daily rate	£525	£413	£500
% change year-on-year	+27.27%	-17.50%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	3	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	-
Median hourly rate	£17.50	-	-
75^th Percentile	£20.13	-	-
90^th Percentile	£21.70	-	-
South East median hourly rate	£32.50	-	£12.08
% change year-on-year	-	-	-84.22%

All Generic Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills	247	95	121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire	32.50%	27.86%	30.95%
Number of daily rates quoted	167	60	84
10^th Percentile	£362	£244	£250
25^th Percentile	£456	£359	£360
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£560	£490	£456
Median % change year-on-year	+14.29%	+7.40%	-8.75%
75^th Percentile	£610	£575	£553
90^th Percentile	£671	£653	£650
South East median daily rate	£525	£488	£500
% change year-on-year	+7.69%	-2.50%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	35	10	2
10^th Percentile	-	£13.23	£18.82
25^th Percentile	£12.84	£13.72	£24.23
Median hourly rate	£14.05	£15.25	£34.35
Median % change year-on-year	-7.87%	-55.60%	+54.36%
75^th Percentile	£39.87	£15.38	£44.60
90^th Percentile	£63.25	£16.29	£50.09
South East median hourly rate	£34.00	£27.25	£55.00
% change year-on-year	+24.77%	-50.45%	-

Data Centre Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Data Centre Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Data Centre Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in Buckinghamshire

Data Centre Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Data Centre Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 16 October 2026. 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
Milton Keynes	-18	15	£610	-4.31%	5
High Wycombe	-	1	£550	-	1
Marlow	-	1	-	-	2
Data Centre South East

Data Centre Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Data Centre also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Buckinghamshire region with a requirement for Data Centre.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	VMware	72.2%	13
2	Azure	55.6%	10
3	VMware Infrastructure	50.0%	9
4	AWS	44.4%	8
4	Security Cleared	44.4%	8
4	VMware NSX	44.4%	8
7	Cisco	38.9%	7
7	Cisco Firepower	38.9%	7
7	Cisco Nexus	38.9%	7
7	DV Cleared	38.9%	7
7	ITIL	38.9%	7
7	Palo Alto	38.9%	7
7	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	38.9%	7
7	VMware ESXi	38.9%	7
7	VSAN	38.9%	7
16	CCNP	33.3%	6
16	Cisco ASA	33.3%	6
16	Cisco Certification	33.3%	6
19	SLA	27.8%	5
20	Cloud Security	22.2%	4
20	Enterprise Architecture	22.2%	4
20	Firewall	22.2%	4
20	LAN	22.2%	4
20	Microsoft	22.2%	4
20	NCSC	22.2%	4
20	Network Architecture	22.2%	4
20	Project Delivery	22.2%	4
20	SD-WAN	22.2%	4
20	Stakeholder Engagement	22.2%	4
20	TOGAF	22.2%	4

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Hybrid Cloud	33.3%	6
2	Private Cloud	22.2%	4
3	Cloud Native	16.7%	3
4	Distributed Denial-of-Service	11.1%	2
4	Fibre Optics	11.1%	2
4	Public Cloud	11.1%	2
7	Renewable Energy	5.6%	1