Data Centre Contracts in the East of England

Data Center
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 58 79
Rank change year-on-year -33 +21 -21
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 19 65 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.99% 3.14% 2.68%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.71% 9.53% 9.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 47 47
10th Percentile £103 £289 £300
25th Percentile £225 £371 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £435 £475
Median % change year-on-year -31.03% -8.42% +18.75%
75th Percentile £463 £550 £539
90th Percentile £561 £643 £625
England median daily rate £525 £550 £520
% change year-on-year -4.55% +5.77% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.75
Median hourly rate - - £21.50
75th Percentile - - £22.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £24.87 £22.09 £26.75
% change year-on-year +12.61% -17.44% -38.86%

All Generic Skills
East of England

Data Centre is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 512 682 740
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 26.81% 32.99% 28.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 450 448
10th Percentile £178 £185 £173
25th Percentile £295 £260 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £581
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 52 83
10th Percentile £13.18 £20.54 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £21.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £63.00 £28.41
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +121.75% -28.98%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.38 £68.99
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +2.08%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in the East of England

Data Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Data Centre in the East of England

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in the East of England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in the East of England

Data Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre in the East of England

Data Centre
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Hertfordshire -36 7 £450 +3.45% 22
Cambridgeshire +3 5 £442 -1.78% 7
Essex -6 4 £105 -4.55% 12
Bedfordshire - 3 £300 - 2
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.26%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) Wireless
2 1 (5.26%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (5.26%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (5.26%) DHCP
2 1 (5.26%) DNS
2 1 (5.26%) Firewall
2 1 (5.26%) NAS
2 1 (5.26%) PBX
2 1 (5.26%) SAN
2 1 (5.26%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.26%) VLAN
2 1 (5.26%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.26%) French Language
3 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (26.32%) Network Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Data Centre Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Facilities Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Operations Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Lead
4 2 (10.53%) Network Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Network Project Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Desktop Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Desktop Support
5 1 (5.26%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Support Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.26%) Replication
1 1 (5.26%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Windows
2 3 (15.79%) Windows 7
2 3 (15.79%) Windows 8
3 1 (5.26%) Android
3 1 (5.26%) Apple iOS
3 1 (5.26%) Linux
3 1 (5.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (26.32%) Customer Service
3 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
3 4 (21.05%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (15.79%) Employee Productivity
5 2 (10.53%) Budget Control
5 2 (10.53%) Data Centre Operations
5 2 (10.53%) ITIL
5 2 (10.53%) PRINCE2
5 2 (10.53%) Project Management
5 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (5.26%) Agile
6 1 (5.26%) Business Continuity
6 1 (5.26%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (5.26%) Hardware Maintenance
6 1 (5.26%) IT Governance
6 1 (5.26%) Resource Allocation
6 1 (5.26%) Risk Analysis
6 1 (5.26%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) CCNA
1 7 (36.84%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (21.05%) CCNP
3 4 (21.05%) Degree
4 3 (15.79%) A+ Certification
4 3 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (15.79%) DBS Check
4 3 (15.79%) MCSA
4 3 (15.79%) PMI Certification
4 3 (15.79%) PMP
5 2 (10.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
6 1 (5.26%) CCIE
6 1 (5.26%) CISSP
6 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
6 1 (5.26%) MCSE
6 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Cisco
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) VMware
3 1 (5.26%) CheckPoint
3 1 (5.26%) Red Hat