Data Center
South West > Dorset
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Dorset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 25 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 16 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Data Centre | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Dorset | - | 2.78% | - |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 14.29% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| South West median daily rate | £550 | £550 | £563 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -2.22% | +7.14% |
All Generic Skills
Dorset
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 Dorset.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 26 | 21 | 59 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset | 27.96% | 19.44% | 21.69% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 13 | 5 | 49 |
| 10th Percentile | £146 | - | £171 |
| 25th Percentile | £165 | £172 | £176 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £270 | £185 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +46.10% | -64.80% | +1.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £540 | £400 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £558 | £610 | £738 |
| South West median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.45 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £22.01 | £14.41 | £15.16 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.81 | £15.22 | £15.46 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +95.93% | -1.60% | -16.19% |
| 75th Percentile | £37.41 | £15.62 | £15.62 |
| 90th Percentile | £41.85 | - | £32.37 |
| South West median hourly rate | £23.17 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -66.90% | - | +11.11% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Centre relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset.
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Daily Rate Trend in Dorset
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Data Centre.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Data Centre.
