Data Centre Operations Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Data Center Operations
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Data Centre Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Centre Operations 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.24% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £450 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile £590 - -
South East median daily rate £500 £325 £290
% change year-on-year +53.85% +12.07% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

Data Centre Operations falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,361 694 1,459
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 79.96% 88.97% 81.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 860 486 806
10th Percentile £363 £325 £388
25th Percentile £475 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £590
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -7.59% +12.33%
75th Percentile £638 £613 £675
90th Percentile £730 £675 £738
South East median daily rate £520 £500 £501
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.20% -0.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 46 177
10th Percentile £12.83 £20.13 £13.05
25th Percentile £15.70 £32.97 £26.25
Median hourly rate £37.00 £52.44 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -29.44% -8.57% +1.96%
75th Percentile £56.21 £64.69 £70.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £78.00
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £49.50
% change year-on-year +108.75% -49.19% -5.71%

Data Centre Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Data Centre Operations job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Data Centre Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Data Centre Operations

Data Centre Operations
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Data Centre Operations.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Data Centre Operations

Data Centre Operations
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre Operations within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 13 June 2026. 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
Havant - 3 £500 - 1
Farnborough - 1 - -
Data Centre Operations
South East

Data Centre Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Data Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Data Centre Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Audit Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Compliance Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Compliance Business Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Data Business Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Data Centre Business Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Data Compliance Analyst
3 1 (25.00%) Data Centre Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Internal Audit
2 2 (50.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (25.00%) Change Advisory Board
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Runbook
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) GRC