Data Centre Contract Job Trends in Devon

Data Center
South West > Devon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Devon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - -10
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 1.50% - 1.02%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.12% - 3.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £523 - -
25th Percentile £556 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.64%
75th Percentile £706 - -
90th Percentile £748 - -
South West median daily rate £550 £555 £650
% change year-on-year -0.90% -14.62% +18.18%

All Generic Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 49 32 88
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 24.50% 21.33% 30.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 13 66
10th Percentile £146 £315 -
25th Percentile £171 £331 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £248 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -52.86% +16.67% -18.18%
75th Percentile £466 £600 £575
90th Percentile £498 £620 £675
South West median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 7
10th Percentile £18.87 £30.50 £10.42
25th Percentile £22.69 £34.79 £17.02
Median hourly rate £24.71 £42.57 £25.28
Median % change year-on-year -41.95% +68.43% -
75th Percentile £26.74 £50.97 £42.50
90th Percentile - £55.64 -
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £56.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year +6.67% +40.63% +196.30%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Devon

Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

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

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in Devon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Devon over the 6 months to 20 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in Devon

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

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

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

Data Centre
Contract Job Locations in Devon

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 Devon region over the 6 months to 20 March 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
Exeter - 2 £500 - 2
Plymouth - 1 £750 -
Data Centre
South West

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 (33.33%) BGP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) NX-OS
1 1 (33.33%) OSPF
1 1 (33.33%) SAN
1 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
1 1 (33.33%) VLAN
1 1 (33.33%) VXLAN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Design Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Field Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Field Service Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Field Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Lead Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Network Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Design Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Break/Fix
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
1 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Network Design
1 1 (33.33%) Network Optimisation
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CCIE
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) MCSE
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) NCSC
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Dell
2 1 (33.33%) F5