Data Centre Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Data Center
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Derbyshire. 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 31 20 23
Rank change year-on-year -11 +3 +1
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 1 4 5
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 0.34% 2.96% 2.98%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.19% 11.43% 9.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -12.00% -
75th Percentile £488 - £638
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £425 £437 £435
% change year-on-year -2.75% +0.46% -1.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £25.08 -
East Midlands median hourly rate - £25.08 -

All Generic Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 84 35 54
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 28.19% 25.93% 32.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 23 23
10th Percentile £340 £203 £310
25th Percentile £483 £444 £324
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +22.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £655 £725 £531
90th Percentile £693 £825 £718
East Midlands median daily rate £469 £447 £447
% change year-on-year +4.92% - -10.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 5 2
10th Percentile - £18.70 -
25th Percentile £12.76 £20.50 £45.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £25.08 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.30% -49.85% +182.17%
75th Percentile £25.75 £25.11 £55.00
90th Percentile £42.53 £25.14 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £19.29 £21.30 £50.00
% change year-on-year -9.44% -57.40% +138.10%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

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

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Trend in Derbyshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Data Centre.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 12 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derby -9 1 £475 -13.64% 1
Data Centre
East Midlands

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) IPsec
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Infoblox
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow