Data Centre Contracts in Edinburgh

Data Center
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 56 66
Rank change year-on-year +11 +10 +10
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 21 20 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 3.28% 2.33% 3.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.54% 7.19% 9.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 7 24
10th Percentile £440 £163 -
25th Percentile £465 £281 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.95% -2.50% +6.38%
75th Percentile £675 £617 £531
90th Percentile £715 £646 £708
Scotland median daily rate £444 £565 £500
% change year-on-year -21.46% +13.00% +7.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 2
10th Percentile - £12.00 £21.30
25th Percentile - £13.31 £21.36
Median hourly rate - £17.50 £21.47
Median % change year-on-year - -18.47% -
75th Percentile - £18.63 £21.57
90th Percentile - £18.75 £21.63
Scotland median hourly rate £24.66 £17.50 £18.63
% change year-on-year +40.91% -6.04% -

All Generic Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 246 278 424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 38.38% 32.33% 36.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 156 290
10th Percentile £202 £222 £163
25th Percentile £411 £400 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £486 £479
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% +1.41% -4.20%
75th Percentile £538 £594 £538
90th Percentile £638 £666 £614
Scotland median daily rate £464 £450 £489
% change year-on-year +3.06% -7.98% +0.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 3
10th Percentile - £13.13 £21.34
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.99 £21.47
Median hourly rate £22.00 £18.07 £21.67
Median % change year-on-year +21.78% -16.64% -50.75%
75th Percentile £24.09 £26.89 £37.71
90th Percentile £49.72 £60.75 £47.33
Scotland median hourly rate £22.00 £18.00 £12.73
% change year-on-year +22.22% +41.40% -69.65%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Edinburgh

Data Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Data Centre in Edinburgh

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in Edinburgh

Data Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre in Edinburgh

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) AWS
1 1 (4.76%) Azure
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (33.33%) LAN
1 7 (33.33%) WAN
2 6 (28.57%) Firewall
3 5 (23.81%) Cisco Nexus
4 4 (19.05%) IPsec
4 4 (19.05%) SD-WAN
4 4 (19.05%) Unified Communications
4 4 (19.05%) VPN
4 4 (19.05%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (14.29%) Network Security
6 2 (9.52%) SDH
7 1 (4.76%) 4G
7 1 (4.76%) ADSL
7 1 (4.76%) Internet
7 1 (4.76%) Intranet
7 1 (4.76%) MPLS
7 1 (4.76%) PSTN
7 1 (4.76%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 8 (38.10%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (28.57%) Finance
4 4 (19.05%) Banking
5 3 (14.29%) Electronics
5 3 (14.29%) Telecoms
6 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
6 2 (9.52%) Retail Banking
7 1 (4.76%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Architect
2 6 (28.57%) Network Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Infrastructure Architect
4 4 (19.05%) Field Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Network Field Engineer
4 4 (19.05%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
6 2 (9.52%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (9.52%) Security Architect
6 2 (9.52%) Technical Delivery Manager
6 2 (9.52%) Technical Manager
6 2 (9.52%) Telecoms Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Data Architect
7 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Architect
7 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Security Architect
7 1 (4.76%) Integration Architect
7 1 (4.76%) Network Security Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Project Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Security Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Technical Design Authority
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) Java RMI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Mainframe
1 4 (19.05%) Replication
2 3 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 3 (14.29%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (9.52%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (9.52%) SCADA
4 1 (4.76%) Client/Server
4 1 (4.76%) CMDB
4 1 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (33.33%) Linux
1 7 (33.33%) Windows
2 5 (23.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (19.05%) HPUX
3 4 (19.05%) Solaris
4 2 (9.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) High Availability
2 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (23.81%) Analytical Thinking
3 5 (23.81%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (19.05%) Agile
4 4 (19.05%) Capacity Planning
4 4 (19.05%) ITSM
4 4 (19.05%) Load Balancing
4 4 (19.05%) Migration
4 4 (19.05%) Network Monitoring
4 4 (19.05%) Process Management
4 4 (19.05%) Roadmaps
4 4 (19.05%) Service Management
4 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (14.29%) DevOps
5 3 (14.29%) DevSecOps
5 3 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (14.29%) Software Engineering
5 3 (14.29%) Systems Thinking
5 3 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) Bash
1 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (14.29%) CCNA
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) HNC
4 1 (4.76%) AWS Certification
4 1 (4.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.76%) BC Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) CCDP
4 1 (4.76%) CCIE
4 1 (4.76%) CCNP
4 1 (4.76%) CISSP
4 1 (4.76%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (9.52%) QA
3 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.76%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Ansible
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Cisco
2 4 (19.05%) F5
2 4 (19.05%) IBM
2 4 (19.05%) Palo Alto
2 4 (19.05%) Sun
2 4 (19.05%) Unisys
3 3 (14.29%) Nokia
3 3 (14.29%) VMware
4 2 (9.52%) HP
5 1 (4.76%) Citrix
5 1 (4.76%) Fortinet
5 1 (4.76%) Genesys
5 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
5 1 (4.76%) Red Hat
5 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow