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 12 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 82 86
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 +10
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 62 36 42
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.90% 2.11% 1.97%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.62% 5.33% 6.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 27 29
10th Percentile £400 £384 £403
25th Percentile £463 £504 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £610 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.46% +6.09% +3.14%
75th Percentile £701 £650 £730
90th Percentile £773 £696 £955
Central London median daily rate £615 £605 £525
% change year-on-year +1.65% +15.24% -5.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £31.60 - -
25th Percentile £35.50 £19.79 -
Median hourly rate £45.00 £20.19 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +122.88% -25.22% -
75th Percentile £56.50 £20.60 -
90th Percentile £61.60 - -
Central London median hourly rate £45.00 £20.19 £27.00
% change year-on-year +122.88% -25.22% -

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 814 675 652
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 38.13% 39.47% 30.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 543 482 405
10th Percentile £350 £351 £361
25th Percentile £463 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £583 £596
Median % change year-on-year -5.58% -2.18% -2.22%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £799 £838
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £585
% change year-on-year -4.35% -1.71% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 4
10th Percentile £19.28 £16.90 £19.30
25th Percentile £21.75 £19.11 £24.25
Median hourly rate £28.07 £24.75 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.39% -8.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £47.63 £43.39 £43.38
90th Percentile £64.65 £72.53 £72.85
Central London median hourly rate £36.66 £25.08 £26.40
% change year-on-year +46.20% -5.00% -25.65%

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 12 October 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 12 October 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 (8.06%) Confluence
2 4 (6.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (4.84%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.13%) Azure
2 8 (12.90%) AWS
3 4 (6.45%) GCP
3 4 (6.45%) SaaS
4 3 (4.84%) Entra ID
4 3 (4.84%) IaaS
4 3 (4.84%) OpenShift
4 3 (4.84%) PaaS
4 3 (4.84%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.61%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.61%) dbt
6 1 (1.61%) GitHub
6 1 (1.61%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.61%) OCI
6 1 (1.61%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 13 (20.97%) Firewall
2 9 (14.52%) VPN
3 8 (12.90%) Multicast
4 7 (11.29%) BGP
4 7 (11.29%) DNS
4 7 (11.29%) WAN
4 7 (11.29%) Wireless
5 6 (9.68%) Network Security
5 6 (9.68%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (8.06%) VLAN
7 4 (6.45%) Cisco Wireless
7 4 (6.45%) LAN
8 3 (4.84%) DHCP
8 3 (4.84%) Internet
8 3 (4.84%) SMTP
9 2 (3.23%) BIG-IP
9 2 (3.23%) SAN
9 2 (3.23%) SD-WAN
10 1 (1.61%) Ethernet VPN
10 1 (1.61%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.06%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (4.84%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (4.84%) Big Data
3 3 (4.84%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (4.84%) Power BI
3 3 (4.84%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 3 (4.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.61%) Sybase ASE
4 1 (1.61%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 6 (9.68%) JIRA
2 2 (3.23%) GitLab
3 1 (1.61%) Git
3 1 (1.61%) Zephyr
General
1 20 (32.26%) Finance
2 12 (19.35%) Social Skills
3 9 (14.52%) Banking
4 7 (11.29%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.84%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.23%) Investment Banking
6 2 (3.23%) Law
6 2 (3.23%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.61%) Military
7 1 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.61%) Police
7 1 (1.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (37.10%) Architect
2 10 (16.13%) Network Engineer
3 9 (14.52%) Senior
4 7 (11.29%) Data Architect
4 7 (11.29%) Data Centre Architect
4 7 (11.29%) Infrastructure Architect
5 6 (9.68%) Project Manager
6 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (8.06%) Network Architect
6 5 (8.06%) Senior Architect
6 5 (8.06%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
7 4 (6.45%) Cisco Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Implementation Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Lead
7 4 (6.45%) Network Implementation Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Security Architect
7 4 (6.45%) Senior Manager
7 4 (6.45%) Senior Project Manager
7 4 (6.45%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.84%) Middleware
2 2 (3.23%) REST
3 1 (1.61%) JSON
3 1 (1.61%) OAuth
3 1 (1.61%) Terraform
3 1 (1.61%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.68%) Clustering
2 4 (6.45%) Digital Signage
2 4 (6.45%) Replication
3 3 (4.84%) Fixed Income
3 3 (4.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (4.84%) PKI
4 2 (3.23%) Driving Licence
4 2 (3.23%) Enterprise Storage
4 2 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.23%) IoT
4 2 (3.23%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.23%) Operational Technology
4 2 (3.23%) Private Cloud
4 2 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.61%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.61%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.90%) Windows
2 7 (11.29%) Linux
3 4 (6.45%) Unix
3 4 (6.45%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.23%) VMS
5 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (22.58%) Migration
2 9 (14.52%) High Availability
3 8 (12.90%) Network Segmentation
3 8 (12.90%) Operational Stability
4 7 (11.29%) Load Balancing
4 7 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (11.29%) Project Management
5 6 (9.68%) AI
5 6 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (8.06%) DevOps
6 5 (8.06%) Zero Trust
7 4 (6.45%) Change Control
7 4 (6.45%) Cloud Security
7 4 (6.45%) Kalman Filter
7 4 (6.45%) Low Latency
7 4 (6.45%) Performance Tuning
7 4 (6.45%) Project Delivery
7 4 (6.45%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (6.45%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 9 (14.52%) PowerShell
2 8 (12.90%) Python
3 7 (11.29%) SQL
4 3 (4.84%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.61%) Korn
5 1 (1.61%) Perl
Qualifications
1 13 (20.97%) Security Cleared
2 8 (12.90%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (12.90%) SC Cleared
3 5 (8.06%) Degree
4 4 (6.45%) CCNA
4 4 (6.45%) CCNP
4 4 (6.45%) DV Cleared
5 3 (4.84%) CISSP
6 2 (3.23%) A+ Certification
6 2 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (3.23%) CCIE
6 2 (3.23%) CCSP
6 2 (3.23%) MCSE
6 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (3.23%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (3.23%) PMP
7 1 (1.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (1.61%) CISM
7 1 (1.61%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.61%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.06%) QA
2 1 (1.61%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (19.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (11.29%) Active Directory
3 4 (6.45%) Docker
3 4 (6.45%) Hyper-V
3 4 (6.45%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (4.84%) BitLocker
4 3 (4.84%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (4.84%) Terminal Services
5 2 (3.23%) VMware NSX
6 1 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.61%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (1.61%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (11.29%) Ansible
2 4 (6.45%) Cisco Prime
2 4 (6.45%) Kubernetes
2 4 (6.45%) SCOM
3 3 (4.84%) FortiGate
3 3 (4.84%) ITRS Geneos
3 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Clustering
3 3 (4.84%) Nagios
3 3 (4.84%) Puppet
3 3 (4.84%) vCenter Server
3 3 (4.84%) vMotion
4 2 (3.23%) PowerCLI
5 1 (1.61%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.61%) Istio
5 1 (1.61%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 15 (24.19%) Cisco
2 13 (20.97%) VMware
3 7 (11.29%) Microsoft
4 6 (9.68%) Dell
4 6 (9.68%) F5
5 5 (8.06%) Palo Alto
6 4 (6.45%) Fortinet
7 3 (4.84%) BMC
7 3 (4.84%) Citrix
7 3 (4.84%) Commvault
7 3 (4.84%) Google
7 3 (4.84%) HP
7 3 (4.84%) Remedy
7 3 (4.84%) ServiceNow
7 3 (4.84%) Solace
7 3 (4.84%) Symantec
8 2 (3.23%) Arista
8 2 (3.23%) SAP
9 1 (1.61%) Aruba
9 1 (1.61%) Atlassian