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 11 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 32 38
Rank change year-on-year -23 +6 +23
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 20 10 11
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 2.30% 3.51% 2.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.66% 12.35% 8.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 6 7
10th Percentile - £498 £378
25th Percentile £456 £513 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £535 £425
Median % change year-on-year +5.14% +25.88% -11.56%
75th Percentile £777 £556 £550
90th Percentile £787 £560 -
South East median daily rate £475 £493 £550
% change year-on-year -3.55% -10.45% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £17.50 - -
South East median hourly rate £23.00 £24.66 £12.08
% change year-on-year -6.73% +104.14% -

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 231 81 130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 26.58% 28.42% 29.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 49 95
10th Percentile £390 £300 £196
25th Percentile £456 £363 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £484
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% +3.31% -5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £628
South East median daily rate £510 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 13
10th Percentile - £13.25 £17.64
25th Percentile - £15.13 £22.50
Median hourly rate £17.50 £15.25 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.75% -39.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £43.75 £24.50 £28.75
90th Percentile - £44.98 -
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £33.89 £55.80
% change year-on-year +77.07% -39.27% +11.60%

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 job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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 11 July 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.

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 11 July 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 -27 17 £525 -1.87% 2
Data Centre
South East

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 15 (75.00%) Azure
2 13 (65.00%) AWS
3 6 (30.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 4 (20.00%) GCP
5 3 (15.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
6 1 (5.00%) IaaS
6 1 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (5.00%) PaaS
6 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 9 (45.00%) Cisco Firepower
3 8 (40.00%) Cisco ASA
3 8 (40.00%) Firewall
3 8 (40.00%) WAN
4 7 (35.00%) LAN
5 6 (30.00%) VSAN
6 5 (25.00%) SD-WAN
6 5 (25.00%) VPN
7 4 (20.00%) BGP
7 4 (20.00%) IPsec
7 4 (20.00%) MPLS
7 4 (20.00%) OSPF
8 3 (15.00%) BIG-IP
8 3 (15.00%) DNS
8 3 (15.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 3 (15.00%) Network Security
8 3 (15.00%) TCP/IP
8 3 (15.00%) VLAN
9 2 (10.00%) Structured Cabling
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 6 (30.00%) Finance
2 5 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 5 (25.00%) Retail
3 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (45.00%) Architect
1 9 (45.00%) Network Architect
2 5 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 5 (25.00%) NOC Engineer
3 4 (20.00%) Lead
3 4 (20.00%) Lead Architect
3 4 (20.00%) Network Technical Architect
3 4 (20.00%) Technical Architect
3 4 (20.00%) Technical Leader
4 3 (15.00%) Senior
5 2 (10.00%) Administrator
5 2 (10.00%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) IT Administrator
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Network Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (5.00%) Data Centre Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Network Design Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (40.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (30.00%) Private Cloud
3 4 (20.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 3 (15.00%) Cloud Native
4 3 (15.00%) Public Cloud
5 2 (10.00%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (5.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (35.00%) Windows
2 6 (30.00%) Linux
3 1 (5.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) ITIL
2 6 (30.00%) Load Balancing
2 6 (30.00%) Network Architecture
2 6 (30.00%) SIEM
2 6 (30.00%) TOGAF
3 5 (25.00%) Change Management
3 5 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 5 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
3 5 (25.00%) Presales
3 5 (25.00%) Zero Trust
4 4 (20.00%) Business Continuity
4 4 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 4 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 4 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
5 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
5 3 (15.00%) Network Virtualisation
5 3 (15.00%) Project Delivery
5 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (15.00%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) Python
2 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) CCNP
1 11 (55.00%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 8 (40.00%) DV Cleared
4 6 (30.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (25.00%) CCSE
5 5 (25.00%) CCSM
5 5 (25.00%) Degree
6 3 (15.00%) CCIE
7 1 (5.00%) AWS Certification
7 1 (5.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (5.00%) CCDA
7 1 (5.00%) CCDP
7 1 (5.00%) CCIP
7 1 (5.00%) CCNA
7 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
7 1 (5.00%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (35.00%) SLA
2 6 (30.00%) NCSC
3 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.00%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (45.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (30.00%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (25.00%) VMware NSX
4 3 (15.00%) Hyper-V
5 1 (5.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) Ansible
1 3 (15.00%) Terraform
2 1 (5.00%) CASB
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (5.00%) FortiGate
2 1 (5.00%) SCCM
2 1 (5.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 15 (75.00%) VMware
2 11 (55.00%) Cisco
2 11 (55.00%) Palo Alto
3 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (30.00%) CheckPoint
4 6 (30.00%) Fortinet
5 4 (20.00%) F5
5 4 (20.00%) SolarWinds
6 2 (10.00%) Google
7 1 (5.00%) Arista
7 1 (5.00%) Aruba
7 1 (5.00%) Broadcom
7 1 (5.00%) HP
7 1 (5.00%) Juniper
7 1 (5.00%) Meraki
7 1 (5.00%) Tanium
7 1 (5.00%) Zscaler