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 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 46 78
Rank change year-on-year -1 +32 -26
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 54 27 24
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 3.23% 3.58% 1.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 13.88% 12.56% 5.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 25 13
10th Percentile £127 £375 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% -
75th Percentile £569 £588 £646
90th Percentile £950 £600 £654
South East median daily rate £463 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +2.78% -2.70% -7.50%

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 389 215 429
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 23.24% 28.51% 26.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 151 233
10th Percentile £250 £313 £400
25th Percentile £450 £449 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £580
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -5.17% +5.45%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £675
90th Percentile £727 £675 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 11 60
10th Percentile £15.72 £21.39 £14.00
25th Percentile £26.00 £47.50 £51.61
Median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year - -4.10% +17.64%
75th Percentile £60.00 £59.38 £61.30
90th Percentile £83.60 £65.00 £75.50
South East median hourly rate £70.00 £47.81 £47.50
% change year-on-year +46.43% +0.64% -3.14%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 -8 18 £550 -4.35% 5
Southampton +1 12 £127 -71.14% 2
Farnborough -3 10 £500 +2.04% 10
Eastleigh - 4 £550 -
Fareham - 4 £425 -
Portsmouth - 2 £413 -
Andover - 1 £550 - 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 (7.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.11%) Azure
2 4 (7.41%) AWS
3 2 (3.70%) Entra ID
3 2 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (29.63%) Firewall
2 15 (27.78%) SAN
2 15 (27.78%) VPN
3 12 (22.22%) WAN
4 11 (20.37%) LAN
5 9 (16.67%) Network Security
6 6 (11.11%) OSPF
6 6 (11.11%) VLAN
7 5 (9.26%) BGP
7 5 (9.26%) Ethernet VPN
7 5 (9.26%) NAS
8 4 (7.41%) IPv4
8 4 (7.41%) IPv6
8 4 (7.41%) TCP/IP
9 2 (3.70%) DHCP
9 2 (3.70%) DNS
9 2 (3.70%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (3.70%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (1.85%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 19 (35.19%) Social Skills
2 13 (24.07%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.26%) Legal
4 4 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (5.56%) Marketing
6 2 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.85%) Finance
7 1 (1.85%) Military
7 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (20.37%) Field Engineer
1 11 (20.37%) Field Service Engineer
1 11 (20.37%) IT Engineer
2 8 (14.81%) Senior
3 7 (12.96%) Data Centre Manager
3 7 (12.96%) Data Manager
3 7 (12.96%) Network Engineer
3 7 (12.96%) Strategy Manager
4 6 (11.11%) Architect
4 6 (11.11%) IT Manager
5 5 (9.26%) Network Architect
5 5 (9.26%) Senior Architect
5 5 (9.26%) Senior Network Architect
6 4 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (5.56%) Data Centre Engineer
7 3 (5.56%) Field Support Engineer
7 3 (5.56%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (5.56%) Network Designer
7 3 (5.56%) Senior Network Designer
7 3 (5.56%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.85%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.37%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (7.41%) Replication
3 3 (5.56%) Driving Licence
3 3 (5.56%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.85%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.96%) Linux
2 5 (9.26%) Windows
3 3 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (29.63%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (24.07%) Roadmaps
3 11 (20.37%) Break/Fix
3 11 (20.37%) Customer Service
4 8 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (12.96%) High Availability
5 7 (12.96%) Technical Leadership
6 6 (11.11%) ITIL
7 5 (9.26%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (9.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (9.26%) Migration
7 5 (9.26%) Requirements Management
7 5 (9.26%) Runbook
8 4 (7.41%) IT Strategy
8 4 (7.41%) Mentoring
8 4 (7.41%) Performance Testing
8 4 (7.41%) Service Design
8 4 (7.41%) SFIA
8 4 (7.41%) Technology Strategy
8 4 (7.41%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 27 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 21 (38.89%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 15 (27.78%) CCNA
5 12 (22.22%) DV Cleared
6 11 (20.37%) A+ Certification
6 11 (20.37%) MCSE
6 11 (20.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (20.37%) Network+ Certification
7 10 (18.52%) CCNP
8 6 (11.11%) Degree
9 4 (7.41%) JNCIS
10 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.85%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) NIST
2 2 (3.70%) NIST 800
3 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.85%) JSP 440
3 1 (1.85%) NCSC
3 1 (1.85%) RMADS
System Software
1 9 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (12.96%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (7.41%) Active Directory
3 4 (7.41%) vSphere
4 3 (5.56%) UAG
4 3 (5.56%) VMware NSX
5 1 (1.85%) KVM
5 1 (1.85%) RHEV
5 1 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.85%) Xen
Systems Management
1 5 (9.26%) Endace
2 4 (7.41%) Ansible
2 4 (7.41%) Nagios
2 4 (7.41%) Terraform
3 3 (5.56%) vCenter Server
4 2 (3.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.85%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 16 (29.63%) Cisco
2 12 (22.22%) Dell
3 10 (18.52%) VMware
4 9 (16.67%) Juniper
5 5 (9.26%) F5
6 4 (7.41%) Mellanox
6 4 (7.41%) NVIDIA
6 4 (7.41%) SolarWinds
6 4 (7.41%) Zerto
7 3 (5.56%) Rackspace
8 2 (3.70%) Becrypt
8 2 (3.70%) Microsoft
9 1 (1.85%) Meraki
9 1 (1.85%) Palo Alto