Data Center
Cheshire > Chester
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Chester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 11 | 21 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +10 | -7 |
| Contract jobs citing Data Centre | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester | - | 3.51% | 4.50% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 11.11% | 11.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £466 | £265 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £470 | £269 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £494 | £300 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +64.58% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £520 | £344 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £527 | £355 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £210 | £513 | £350 |
| % change year-on-year | -59.02% | +46.43% | -6.67% |
All Generic Skills
Chester
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 Chester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 23 | 18 | 42 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester | 33.82% | 31.58% | 37.84% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £240 | £286 |
| 25th Percentile | £325 | £284 | £288 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £513 | £350 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.20% | +46.43% | -20.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £663 | £638 | £447 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £678 | £501 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £447 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.89% | -5.00% | +8.46% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £41.25 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £42.50 | £23.15 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +64.71% | +83.59% | +6.29% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £43.75 | £31.58 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £36.63 |
| Cheshire median hourly rate | £49.90 | £36.50 | £33.99 |
| % change year-on-year | +36.71% | +7.38% | +56.06% |
Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester
Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.
Data Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in Chester.
Data Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Chester
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in Chester.