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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 90 56 79
Rank change year-on-year -34 +23 -28
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 20 64 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.06% 3.19% 2.72%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.02% 9.95% 9.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 46 47
10th Percentile £104 £318 £300
25th Percentile £231 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £435 £480
Median % change year-on-year -25.29% -9.38% +20.00%
75th Percentile £460 £550 £550
90th Percentile £513 £644 £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 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.75
Median hourly rate - - £21.50
75th Percentile - - £22.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £24.87 £21.67 £26.50
% change year-on-year +14.77% -18.23% -33.75%

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 497 643 729
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 26.30% 32.02% 28.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 415 455
10th Percentile £177 £205 £173
25th Percentile £295 £275 £296
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.75%
75th Percentile £561 £598 £588
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 125 47 80
10th Percentile £13.12 £19.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £21.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £57.50 £55.00 £28.93
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +90.15% -9.61%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £70.50
England median hourly rate £33.50 £22.49 £26.98
% change year-on-year +48.99% -16.66% +1.24%

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 13 May 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 13 May 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 -34 9 £450 +3.45% 24
Cambridgeshire -1 5 £442 -1.78% 7
Essex -2 3 £100 -68.50% 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 (5.00%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Wireless
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (5.00%) DHCP
2 1 (5.00%) DNS
2 1 (5.00%) Firewall
2 1 (5.00%) NAS
2 1 (5.00%) PBX
2 1 (5.00%) SAN
2 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.00%) VLAN
2 1 (5.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (10.00%) French Language
4 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 5 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Data Centre Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Facilities Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Lead
2 3 (15.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Operations Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Network Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Network Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Technical Leader
4 1 (5.00%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Data Centre Coordinator
4 1 (5.00%) Deskside Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Desktop Support
4 1 (5.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.00%) Replication
1 1 (5.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Windows
2 3 (15.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (15.00%) Windows 8
3 1 (5.00%) Android
3 1 (5.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 5 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (15.00%) Employee Productivity
4 3 (15.00%) Project Management
4 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (10.00%) Budget Control
5 2 (10.00%) Data Centre Operations
5 2 (10.00%) ITIL
5 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2
5 2 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (5.00%) Business Continuity
6 1 (5.00%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (5.00%) IT Governance
6 1 (5.00%) Logistics
6 1 (5.00%) Risk Analysis
6 1 (5.00%) Time Management
6 1 (5.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) CCNA
1 7 (35.00%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (20.00%) CCNP
3 4 (20.00%) Degree
4 3 (15.00%) A+ Certification
4 3 (15.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (15.00%) DBS Check
4 3 (15.00%) MCSA
4 3 (15.00%) PMI Certification
4 3 (15.00%) PMP
5 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (5.00%) CCIE
6 1 (5.00%) CISSP
6 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared
6 1 (5.00%) MCSE
6 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Cisco
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) VMware
3 1 (5.00%) CheckPoint