Data Centre Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Data Center
South East > Hampshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Hampshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 55 81
Rank change year-on-year -4 +26 -30
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 36 14 20
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 2.34% 1.96% 1.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.68% 6.80% 4.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 11 10
10th Percentile £413 - £278
25th Percentile £439 £440 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% -22.92%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £569
90th Percentile £950 £627 £646
South East median daily rate £460 £440 £475
% change year-on-year +4.55% -7.37% -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.50
Median hourly rate - - £21.00
75th Percentile - - £21.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £18.23 £24.18 £24.00
% change year-on-year -24.61% +0.75% -65.71%

All Generic Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 372 206 413
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 24.19% 28.77% 26.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 149 207
10th Percentile £293 £310 £372
25th Percentile £453 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £638 £653
90th Percentile £738 £675 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £497
% change year-on-year -2.44% +3.22% -3.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 37
10th Percentile £12.18 £26.75 £12.77
25th Percentile £17.42 £31.25 £15.71
Median hourly rate £40.00 £33.75 £56.40
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% -40.16% +29.66%
75th Percentile £59.56 £57.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £71.63 £65.00
South East median hourly rate £67.50 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +107.69% -7.14% -26.32%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Hampshire over the 6 months to 19 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in Hampshire

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Data Centre
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 within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 19 March 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
Basingstoke -6 12 £550 - 5
Farnborough -5 8 £475 -9.52% 9
Southampton -4 4 £127 -71.14% 4
Fareham - 4 £425 - 2
Eastleigh - 3 £550 -
Portsmouth - 2 £413 - 1
Data Centre
South East

Data Centre
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:

Applications
1 4 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.33%) AWS
1 3 (8.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 14 (38.89%) Firewall
1 14 (38.89%) VPN
2 11 (30.56%) WAN
3 10 (27.78%) Network Security
4 9 (25.00%) LAN
5 7 (19.44%) SAN
6 5 (13.89%) OSPF
6 5 (13.89%) VLAN
7 4 (11.11%) BGP
7 4 (11.11%) Ethernet VPN
7 4 (11.11%) IPv4
7 4 (11.11%) IPv6
7 4 (11.11%) TCP/IP
8 3 (8.33%) NAS
9 2 (5.56%) Structured Cabling
10 1 (2.78%) Cisco IPT
10 1 (2.78%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (2.78%) DMVPN
10 1 (2.78%) DNS
10 1 (2.78%) SSL
General
1 14 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (11.11%) Legal
3 2 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (5.56%) Marketing
4 1 (2.78%) Military
4 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (19.44%) Senior
2 6 (16.67%) IT Manager
2 6 (16.67%) Network Engineer
3 4 (11.11%) Architect
3 4 (11.11%) Data Centre Manager
3 4 (11.11%) Data Manager
3 4 (11.11%) Field Engineer
3 4 (11.11%) Field Service Engineer
3 4 (11.11%) IT Engineer
3 4 (11.11%) Network Architect
3 4 (11.11%) Senior Architect
3 4 (11.11%) Senior Network Architect
3 4 (11.11%) Strategy Manager
4 3 (8.33%) Data Centre Engineer
4 3 (8.33%) Designer
4 3 (8.33%) Field Support Engineer
4 3 (8.33%) IT Support
4 3 (8.33%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (8.33%) Senior Designer
4 3 (8.33%) Senior Network Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 3 (8.33%) Linux Command Line
2 3 (8.33%) Replication
3 2 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.78%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.89%) Linux
2 1 (2.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (22.22%) Roadmaps
2 7 (19.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (16.67%) High Availability
3 6 (16.67%) ITIL
4 4 (11.11%) Break/Fix
4 4 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 4 (11.11%) IT Strategy
4 4 (11.11%) Network Design
4 4 (11.11%) Performance Testing
4 4 (11.11%) Requirements Management
4 4 (11.11%) Service Design
4 4 (11.11%) SFIA
4 4 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
4 4 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (11.11%) Technology Strategy
5 3 (8.33%) Data Centre Operations
5 3 (8.33%) Network Architecture
5 3 (8.33%) Runbook
5 3 (8.33%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 23 (63.89%) Security Cleared
2 16 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 13 (36.11%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (25.00%) CCNP
5 8 (22.22%) CCNA
5 8 (22.22%) DV Cleared
6 4 (11.11%) A+ Certification
6 4 (11.11%) Degree
6 4 (11.11%) JNCIS
6 4 (11.11%) MCSE
6 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (2.78%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.78%) NIST
1 1 (2.78%) NIST 800
System Software
1 5 (13.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (8.33%) vSphere
4 1 (2.78%) KVM
4 1 (2.78%) RHEV
4 1 (2.78%) UAG
4 1 (2.78%) VMware NSX
4 1 (2.78%) Xen
Systems Management
1 4 (11.11%) Ansible
1 4 (11.11%) Endace
1 4 (11.11%) Nagios
1 4 (11.11%) Terraform
2 1 (2.78%) Proxmox
2 1 (2.78%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 13 (36.11%) Cisco
2 9 (25.00%) Juniper
3 6 (16.67%) VMware
4 5 (13.89%) F5
5 4 (11.11%) Dell
5 4 (11.11%) Mellanox
5 4 (11.11%) NVIDIA
5 4 (11.11%) SolarWinds
6 3 (8.33%) Rackspace
6 3 (8.33%) Zerto
7 1 (2.78%) Becrypt
7 1 (2.78%) Blue Coat
7 1 (2.78%) CheckPoint