Data Centre Contract Job Trends in Chelmsford

Data Center
Essex > Chelmsford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Chelmsford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - 8
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Chelmsford 7.14% - 6.67%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 12.50% - 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £103
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £104
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.45%
75th Percentile - - £106
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median daily rate £525 - £107
% change year-on-year - - -76.22%

All Generic Skills
Chelmsford

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 Chelmsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8 2 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chelmsford 57.14% 33.33% 46.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £614 £103
25th Percentile - £616 £103
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £638 £107
Median % change year-on-year -64.71% +495.79% -14.40%
75th Percentile - £666 £113
90th Percentile - £671 £114
Essex median daily rate £285 £350 £358
% change year-on-year -18.57% -2.10% +2.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.17 - £12.86
Median hourly rate £16.25 - £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.45%
75th Percentile £16.33 - £20.25
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median hourly rate £16.25 - £21.00
% change year-on-year - - -48.01%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Chelmsford

Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Chelmsford

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

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

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelmsford 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Field Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Break/Fix
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell