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 advertised in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 56 65 73
Rank change year-on-year +9 +8 +9
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 18 45 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 2.21% 3.48% 2.85%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.74% 9.59% 7.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 30 42
10th Percentile £154 £462 £400
25th Percentile £270 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £500 £453
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +10.50% +11.04%
75th Percentile £631 £518 £538
90th Percentile £646 £561 £581
Scotland median daily rate £565 £498 £466
% change year-on-year +13.57% +6.70% +9.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 0
10th Percentile £13.43 £21.30 -
25th Percentile £15.56 £21.36 -
Median hourly rate £17.50 £21.47 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.47% - -
75th Percentile £18.75 £21.57 -
90th Percentile - £21.63 -
Scotland median hourly rate £17.50 £18.63 -
% change year-on-year -6.04% - -

All Generic Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 267 469 691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 32.72% 36.27% 35.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 328 485
10th Percentile £342 £250 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £479 £490
Median % change year-on-year +6.05% -2.24% +15.29%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £575
90th Percentile £673 £625 £650
Scotland median daily rate £475 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -2.56% +2.63% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 10
10th Percentile £14.88 £21.34 £19.75
25th Percentile £16.25 £21.47 £31.81
Median hourly rate £20.57 £21.67 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.08% -54.38% +4.40%
75th Percentile £60.19 £37.71 £53.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £47.33 £53.95
Scotland median hourly rate £18.27 £12.30 £41.75
% change year-on-year +48.54% -70.54% -8.24%

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 25 April 2024.

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 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) AWS
1 2 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (33.33%) SAN
2 4 (22.22%) VSAN
3 3 (16.67%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (11.11%) Network Security
4 2 (11.11%) SD-WAN
4 2 (11.11%) WAN
5 1 (5.56%) BGP
5 1 (5.56%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (5.56%) Firewall
5 1 (5.56%) Internet
5 1 (5.56%) LAN
5 1 (5.56%) MPLS
5 1 (5.56%) OSPF
5 1 (5.56%) VXLAN
5 1 (5.56%) Wireless
5 1 (5.56%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) JIRA
General
1 7 (38.89%) Public Sector
2 6 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) IT Engineer
2 6 (33.33%) Field Engineer
2 6 (33.33%) Field Service Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Cloud Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Cloud Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Cloud Solutions Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Data Centre Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Data Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Migration Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Migration Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Project Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (11.11%) VMware Architect
4 1 (5.56%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Desktop Support
4 1 (5.56%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (22.22%) VxBlock/Vblock
3 2 (11.11%) Cloud Native
3 2 (11.11%) Public Cloud
4 1 (5.56%) BYOD
4 1 (5.56%) Driving Licence
4 1 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (5.56%) IoT
4 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 5 (27.78%) Agile
3 5 (27.78%) Break/Fix
4 4 (22.22%) Capacity Management
4 4 (22.22%) Data Migration
4 4 (22.22%) Data Protection
4 4 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
4 4 (22.22%) Kanban
4 4 (22.22%) Migration
4 4 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
4 4 (22.22%) TOGAF
5 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
5 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
5 2 (11.11%) Performance Metrics
5 2 (11.11%) Project Delivery
5 2 (11.11%) Time Management
6 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (5.56%) Waterfall
6 1 (5.56%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (33.33%) A+ Certification
2 6 (33.33%) CCNA
2 6 (33.33%) MCSE
2 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (5.56%) CCNP
4 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (27.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (22.22%) vSphere
3 1 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) vCenter Server
1 4 (22.22%) VxRail
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Dell
2 6 (33.33%) VMware
3 3 (16.67%) Apple
3 3 (16.67%) Cisco
3 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 2 (11.11%) Fortinet
5 1 (5.56%) Arista
5 1 (5.56%) Blue Coat
5 1 (5.56%) CheckPoint
5 1 (5.56%) Citrix
5 1 (5.56%) F5
5 1 (5.56%) Infoblox
5 1 (5.56%) McAfee
5 1 (5.56%) Palo Alto
5 1 (5.56%) SolarWinds