Data Centre Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Data Center
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 4 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 47 56
Rank change year-on-year -24 +9 +11
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 11 4 8
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.08% 0.79% 1.03%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.36% 2.78% 4.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 6
10th Percentile - £440 £525
25th Percentile £154 £446 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £201 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year -59.75% -13.04% +2.22%
75th Percentile £525 £594 £625
90th Percentile £638 £673 £725
England median daily rate £486 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -7.38% - -4.55%

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 327 144 196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 32.12% 28.57% 25.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 98 138
10th Percentile £190 £180 £165
25th Percentile £340 £308 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £437 £445
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -1.91% -1.11%
75th Percentile £525 £529 £566
90th Percentile £646 £588 £625
England median daily rate £513 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -5.96% -0.91% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 9 17
10th Percentile £12.95 £13.63 £12.07
25th Percentile £16.66 - -
Median hourly rate £20.07 £13.81 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.31% -1.36% -30.00%
75th Percentile £25.50 £16.11 £20.00
90th Percentile £52.50 £38.41 £24.84
England median hourly rate £45.46 £34.25 £28.00
% change year-on-year +32.73% +22.32% +24.44%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Data Centre.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 4 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in the East Midlands

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Data Centre.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 April 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
Lincolnshire - 5 £158 - 4
Northamptonshire - 3 £625 - 2
Derbyshire -11 2 - - 2
Leicestershire -5 1 - - 5
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (18.18%) AWS
2 2 (18.18%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Wireless
2 2 (18.18%) BGP
2 2 (18.18%) OSPF
2 2 (18.18%) SD-WAN
2 2 (18.18%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
2 2 (18.18%) VLAN
2 2 (18.18%) VPN
2 2 (18.18%) WAN
3 1 (9.09%) SAN
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Electronics
2 3 (27.27%) Manufacturing
2 3 (27.27%) Marketing
2 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
2 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
3 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 3 (27.27%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (27.27%) Desktop Support
1 3 (27.27%) IT Support
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
2 2 (18.18%) Cabling Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Commissioning Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Data Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Field Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Field Service Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (9.09%) IT Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Driving Licence
2 2 (18.18%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (18.18%) Onboarding
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Android
1 3 (27.27%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) Digital Marketing
1 3 (27.27%) Programme Management
1 3 (27.27%) Project Delivery
2 2 (18.18%) Architectural Design
2 2 (18.18%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
2 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (9.09%) Break/Fix
3 1 (9.09%) Customer Service
3 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 3 (27.27%) CCNA
2 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (18.18%) CCNP
4 1 (9.09%) A+ Certification
4 1 (9.09%) MCSE
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Cisco
2 4 (36.36%) Dell
3 3 (27.27%) Apple
3 3 (27.27%) HP
3 3 (27.27%) SAP
4 2 (18.18%) Fortinet