Data Centre Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Data Center
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 9 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 88 94
Rank change year-on-year +8 +6 +13
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 61 41 34
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.54% 2.18% 1.65%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.49% 5.97% 5.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 31 22
10th Percentile £413 £456 £409
25th Percentile £463 £504 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £575 £561
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +2.50% -3.48%
75th Percentile £700 £638 £671
90th Percentile £738 £675 £698
Central London median daily rate £580 £575 £547
% change year-on-year +0.87% +5.12% -6.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £21.27 - -
25th Percentile £24.17 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £27.00
75th Percentile £48.00 - -
90th Percentile £58.20 - -
Central London median hourly rate £30.00 - £27.00
% change year-on-year - - -67.27%

All Generic Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 814 687 652
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 33.85% 36.52% 31.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 558 462 426
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £463 £458 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -7.46% +2.13% -4.47%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £710
90th Percentile £775 £809 £838
Central London median daily rate £555 £586 £575
% change year-on-year -5.17% +1.83% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 9 5
10th Percentile £19.34 £16.96 £18.40
25th Percentile £21.00 £22.00 £22.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £31.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +14.81% -27.84%
75th Percentile £42.13 £65.57 -
90th Percentile £65.00 £91.00 £66.30
Central London median hourly rate £35.82 £28.29 £25.40
% change year-on-year +26.64% +11.36% -27.43%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in the City of London

Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Centre.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in the City of London over the 6 months to 9 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in the City of London

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Centre.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Centre in the City of London over the 6 months to 9 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Centre in the City of London

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (8.20%) Confluence
2 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (4.92%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (13.11%) AWS
2 7 (11.48%) Azure
3 6 (9.84%) GCP
4 5 (8.20%) Power Platform
5 3 (4.92%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 3 (4.92%) IaaS
5 3 (4.92%) OpenShift
5 3 (4.92%) PaaS
6 2 (3.28%) Anthos
6 2 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (3.28%) GitHub
6 2 (3.28%) Power Automate
6 2 (3.28%) SaaS
7 1 (1.64%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (1.64%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (1.64%) dbt
7 1 (1.64%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.64%) Rubrik
7 1 (1.64%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (16.39%) Firewall
2 9 (14.75%) VPN
3 8 (13.11%) DNS
4 5 (8.20%) LAN
4 5 (8.20%) Multicast
5 4 (6.56%) BGP
5 4 (6.56%) WAN
5 4 (6.56%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (6.56%) Wireless
6 3 (4.92%) DHCP
6 3 (4.92%) Network Security
6 3 (4.92%) SMTP
7 2 (3.28%) Cisco Wireless
7 2 (3.28%) Internet
7 2 (3.28%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (3.28%) VLAN
8 1 (1.64%) OSPF
8 1 (1.64%) SSL
8 1 (1.64%) TACACS
8 1 (1.64%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.56%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.92%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (4.92%) Big Data
2 3 (4.92%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (4.92%) Power BI
2 3 (4.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (4.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (4.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (9.84%) JIRA
2 2 (3.28%) GitLab
3 1 (1.64%) Git
3 1 (1.64%) Zephyr
General
1 14 (22.95%) Finance
2 13 (21.31%) Social Skills
3 5 (8.20%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.92%) Banking
4 3 (4.92%) Law
5 2 (3.28%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.28%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.64%) Military
6 1 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (32.79%) Architect
2 10 (16.39%) Senior
3 6 (9.84%) Data Architect
3 6 (9.84%) Data Centre Architect
3 6 (9.84%) Infrastructure Architect
3 6 (9.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (9.84%) Network Engineer
3 6 (9.84%) Project Manager
4 5 (8.20%) Infrastructure Manager
4 5 (8.20%) Senior Architect
4 5 (8.20%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
5 4 (6.56%) Lead
5 4 (6.56%) Network Architect
5 4 (6.56%) Senior Manager
5 4 (6.56%) Senior Project Manager
6 3 (4.92%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 3 (4.92%) Data Centre Manager
6 3 (4.92%) Infrastructure Support
6 3 (4.92%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 3 (4.92%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.92%) Middleware
2 2 (3.28%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (1.64%) JSON
3 1 (1.64%) REST
3 1 (1.64%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.84%) Clustering
2 5 (8.20%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.92%) Fixed Income
3 3 (4.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (4.92%) PKI
3 3 (4.92%) Replication
4 2 (3.28%) AI Agents
4 2 (3.28%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.28%) Digital Signage
4 2 (3.28%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.64%) Anti-Spyware
5 1 (1.64%) CCTV
5 1 (1.64%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.64%) IoT
5 1 (1.64%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.64%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.48%) Windows
2 6 (9.84%) Linux
3 4 (6.56%) Windows Server
4 3 (4.92%) Unix
5 2 (3.28%) VMS
6 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (22.95%) Migration
2 9 (14.75%) AI
2 9 (14.75%) Project Management
3 8 (13.11%) Operational Stability
3 8 (13.11%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (11.48%) High Availability
5 6 (9.84%) DevOps
5 6 (9.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (9.84%) Validation
6 5 (8.20%) Agile
6 5 (8.20%) Change Management
6 5 (8.20%) Electronic Trading
6 5 (8.20%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (8.20%) Kalman Filter
6 5 (8.20%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (8.20%) Waterfall
7 4 (6.56%) CI/CD
7 4 (6.56%) Mentoring
7 4 (6.56%) Requirements Gathering
8 3 (4.92%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (14.75%) PowerShell
2 7 (11.48%) Python
3 6 (9.84%) SQL
4 3 (4.92%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.64%) Korn
Qualifications
1 15 (24.59%) Security Cleared
2 10 (16.39%) SC Cleared
3 6 (9.84%) DV Cleared
4 5 (8.20%) Degree
5 4 (6.56%) CCNP
5 4 (6.56%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (3.28%) CISSP
7 1 (1.64%) BICSI Certification
7 1 (1.64%) CCIE
7 1 (1.64%) CCNA
7 1 (1.64%) City & Guilds
7 1 (1.64%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.64%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.64%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.20%) QA
System Software
1 10 (16.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (9.84%) Active Directory
3 5 (8.20%) Docker
4 3 (4.92%) BitLocker
4 3 (4.92%) Hyper-V
4 3 (4.92%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (4.92%) Terminal Services
4 3 (4.92%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (3.28%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (3.28%) VMware NSX
6 1 (1.64%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (13.11%) Kubernetes
2 7 (11.48%) Ansible
3 5 (8.20%) Terraform
4 3 (4.92%) ITRS Geneos
4 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (4.92%) Nagios
4 3 (4.92%) Puppet
4 3 (4.92%) SCOM
4 3 (4.92%) vCenter Server
4 3 (4.92%) vMotion
5 2 (3.28%) Cisco Prime
6 1 (1.64%) Istio
6 1 (1.64%) PowerCLI
6 1 (1.64%) QRadar
Vendors
1 11 (18.03%) VMware
2 9 (14.75%) Cisco
3 5 (8.20%) Google
4 4 (6.56%) Microsoft
4 4 (6.56%) Remedy
5 3 (4.92%) BMC
5 3 (4.92%) Citrix
5 3 (4.92%) Commvault
5 3 (4.92%) Dell
5 3 (4.92%) HP
5 3 (4.92%) Palo Alto
5 3 (4.92%) Solace
5 3 (4.92%) Symantec
6 2 (3.28%) Fortinet
6 2 (3.28%) Juniper
6 2 (3.28%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.64%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.64%) NetApp
7 1 (1.64%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.64%) Salesforce