Data Centre Contracts 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 91 111
Rank change year-on-year +5 +20 -32
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 37 36 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 2.11% 1.64% 1.78%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.07% 5.34% 5.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 24 48
10th Percentile £461 £186 £423
25th Percentile £494 £385 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £549 £450 £558
Median % change year-on-year +22.06% -19.28% +5.09%
75th Percentile £628 £615 £675
90th Percentile £658 £693 £774
Central London median daily rate £550 £520 £565
% change year-on-year +5.77% -7.96% +7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £26.33
25th Percentile - - £35.48
Median hourly rate - £27.00 £51.60
Median % change year-on-year - -47.68% -28.82%
75th Percentile - - £68.11
90th Percentile - - £77.49
Central London median hourly rate - £25.40 £51.60
% change year-on-year - -50.78% -28.82%

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 610 674 1,297
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 34.74% 30.75% 35.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 384 460 881
10th Percentile £363 £274 £350
25th Percentile £475 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £596 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £750
90th Percentile £800 £850 £856
Central London median daily rate £575 £575 £613
% change year-on-year - -6.12% +6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 13
10th Percentile £23.80 £12.75 £17.33
25th Percentile £26.50 £14.38 -
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% -34.29% -27.84%
75th Percentile £65.50 £27.25 £88.30
90th Percentile £86.20 £36.60 -
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £23.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +26.39% -34.29% -27.84%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in the City of London

Data Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Data Centre in the City of London

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 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in the City of London

Data Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre in the City of London

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (8.11%) Confluence
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (5.41%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (5.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (37.84%) Azure
2 5 (13.51%) AWS
3 3 (8.11%) SaaS
4 2 (5.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (5.41%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.41%) Mimecast
4 2 (5.41%) OneDrive
5 1 (2.70%) Azure AKS
5 1 (2.70%) GitHub
5 1 (2.70%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (2.70%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (32.43%) Firewall
2 5 (13.51%) VPN
3 4 (10.81%) Cisco Nexus
3 4 (10.81%) DNS
3 4 (10.81%) LAN
3 4 (10.81%) VLAN
4 3 (8.11%) DHCP
4 3 (8.11%) Network Security
4 3 (8.11%) WAN
4 3 (8.11%) Wireless
5 2 (5.41%) BIG-IP
5 2 (5.41%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (5.41%) Internet
5 2 (5.41%) Software-Defined Networking
5 2 (5.41%) Wireshark
6 1 (2.70%) 5G
6 1 (2.70%) LTE
6 1 (2.70%) SD-WAN
6 1 (2.70%) VSAN
6 1 (2.70%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.81%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (8.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (8.11%) JIRA
2 1 (2.70%) GitLab
2 1 (2.70%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.70%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 20 (54.05%) Finance
2 8 (21.62%) Social Skills
3 6 (16.22%) Retail
4 4 (10.81%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Banking
5 3 (8.11%) Law
6 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.41%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.70%) Legal
7 1 (2.70%) Military
7 1 (2.70%) Police
7 1 (2.70%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (21.62%) Project Manager
2 6 (16.22%) Network Engineer
3 5 (13.51%) Architect
4 3 (8.11%) Applications Support
4 3 (8.11%) IT Manager
4 3 (8.11%) IT Project Manager
4 3 (8.11%) Network Architect
5 2 (5.41%) Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Applications Support Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Azure Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Consultant
5 2 (5.41%) CRM Analyst
5 2 (5.41%) Data Centre Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Data Centre Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Firewall Engineer
5 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Lead
5 2 (5.41%) Support Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.70%) Kafka
1 1 (2.70%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.41%) Virtual Team
2 1 (2.70%) CUDA
2 1 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (2.70%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (2.70%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.70%) Private Cloud
2 1 (2.70%) Public Cloud
2 1 (2.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 10 (27.03%) Windows
2 4 (10.81%) Linux
2 4 (10.81%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.70%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (32.43%) Migration
2 10 (27.03%) Roadmaps
3 8 (21.62%) Project Management
4 4 (10.81%) Cloud Security
4 4 (10.81%) ITIL
4 4 (10.81%) Network Design
4 4 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (8.11%) Agile
5 3 (8.11%) CI/CD
5 3 (8.11%) CRM
5 3 (8.11%) PRINCE2
5 3 (8.11%) Risk Management
5 3 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (8.11%) Strategic Roadmap
6 2 (5.41%) Asset Management
6 2 (5.41%) Change Management
6 2 (5.41%) Identity Management
6 2 (5.41%) Logistics
6 2 (5.41%) Service Management
6 2 (5.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.11%) PowerShell
1 3 (8.11%) Python
1 3 (8.11%) SQL
2 2 (5.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 6 (16.22%) CCNP
1 6 (16.22%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (16.22%) Degree
2 4 (10.81%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.41%) PMI Certification
3 2 (5.41%) PMP
3 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.70%) CCNA
4 1 (2.70%) CCSA
4 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.70%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (10.81%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.41%) Docker
2 2 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.70%) Firmware
3 1 (2.70%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.70%) VMware NSX
3 1 (2.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (8.11%) Ansible
2 2 (5.41%) Grafana
2 2 (5.41%) Kubernetes
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.41%) SCCM
2 2 (5.41%) Terraform
3 1 (2.70%) Cisco LMS
3 1 (2.70%) Cisco Prime
3 1 (2.70%) OPNET
3 1 (2.70%) Podman
3 1 (2.70%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 10 (27.03%) Cisco
2 6 (16.22%) Arista
3 5 (13.51%) CheckPoint
3 5 (13.51%) Dell
3 5 (13.51%) HP
4 4 (10.81%) Fortinet
4 4 (10.81%) Microsoft
4 4 (10.81%) Palo Alto
5 3 (8.11%) F5
5 3 (8.11%) Infoblox
5 3 (8.11%) Meraki
6 2 (5.41%) Citrix
6 2 (5.41%) Forcepoint
6 2 (5.41%) Juniper
6 2 (5.41%) Pure Storage
6 2 (5.41%) SAP
6 2 (5.41%) VMware
7 1 (2.70%) Avaya
7 1 (2.70%) Ericsson
7 1 (2.70%) NetScout