Data Centre Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Data Center
Devon > Exeter

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Exeter. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Exeter 1.68% - 1.84%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.33% - 4.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +150.00%
Devon median daily rate £625 - £600
% change year-on-year - - -18.64%

All Generic Skills
Exeter

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 Exeter.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 24 15 67
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Exeter 20.17% 22.39% 41.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 12 58
10th Percentile £173 £314 -
25th Percentile £210 £330 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £550 £438
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +25.71% -20.45%
75th Percentile £463 £605 £575
90th Percentile £475 £620 £671
Devon median daily rate £248 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -52.86% +16.67% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £10.42
Devon median hourly rate £24.71 £42.57 £25.28
% change year-on-year -41.95% +68.43% -

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Exeter

Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Exeter

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Data Centre.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) BGP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (50.00%) NX-OS
1 1 (50.00%) OSPF
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
1 1 (50.00%) VXLAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Field Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Field Service Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Field Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support
1 1 (50.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Design Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Break/Fix
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CCIE
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) MCSE
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Dell
1 1 (50.00%) F5