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 1 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 41 45
Rank change year-on-year -28 +4 +26
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 15 49 61
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 1.41% 4.27% 4.57%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.43% 14.85% 14.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 22 38
10th Percentile £271 £363 £263
25th Percentile £303 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -0.95% -2.33%
75th Percentile £569 £599 £566
90th Percentile £614 £638 £600
South East median daily rate £413 £515 £511
% change year-on-year -19.90% +0.73% -2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £12.08 -
South East median hourly rate - £12.08 £76.53
% change year-on-year - -84.22% -

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 276 330 412
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 25.92% 28.77% 30.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 200 216
10th Percentile £272 £337 £256
25th Percentile £409 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% +8.05% -2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £646 £600
90th Percentile £675 £690 £678
South East median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 24 37
10th Percentile - £12.08 £15.85
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.75 £21.05
Median hourly rate £33.89 £32.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.26% -38.10% -12.50%
75th Percentile £50.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £61.65 £73.50 £63.50
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £52.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -52.38% - +64.96%

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 1 November 2025.

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 1 November 2025. 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
Farnborough -7 4 £276 -55.71% 3
Winchester +2 2 £603 +14.16%
Havant - 2 £220 -
Basingstoke 0 1 £575 +53.33% 2
Southampton -1 1 £550 - 1
Romsey - 1 - -
Fleet - 1 £330 -
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Azure
2 1 (6.67%) Amazon EKS
2 1 (6.67%) AWS
2 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (6.67%) IaaS
2 1 (6.67%) OpenShift
2 1 (6.67%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) Firewall
2 3 (20.00%) SAN
3 2 (13.33%) NAS
4 1 (6.67%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (6.67%) Cisco IPT
4 1 (6.67%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (6.67%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (6.67%) DMVPN
4 1 (6.67%) DNS
4 1 (6.67%) IPsec
4 1 (6.67%) MPLS
4 1 (6.67%) Network Security
4 1 (6.67%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (6.67%) SSL
4 1 (6.67%) VPN
4 1 (6.67%) VSAN
4 1 (6.67%) WAN
4 1 (6.67%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Finance
3 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Junior
2 2 (13.33%) Security Engineer
2 2 (13.33%) Senior
2 2 (13.33%) Test Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Field Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Field Service Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Firewall Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Lead
3 1 (6.67%) Lead Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Server Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Storage Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Technical Delivery Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Technical Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Virtualisation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) Middleware
1 2 (13.33%) RFC 2544
2 1 (6.67%) 802.1X
2 1 (6.67%) React
2 1 (6.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Driving Licence
1 2 (13.33%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (6.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (6.67%) Private Cloud
2 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Linux
1 1 (6.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Migration
2 3 (20.00%) Agile
2 3 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (20.00%) Project Management
3 2 (13.33%) Case Management
3 2 (13.33%) CI/CD
3 2 (13.33%) Defect Management
3 2 (13.33%) DevOps
3 2 (13.33%) Kanban
3 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (13.33%) Project Planning
3 2 (13.33%) Resource Management
3 2 (13.33%) Scrum
3 2 (13.33%) Service Management
3 2 (13.33%) Test Scripting
4 1 (6.67%) Customer Service
4 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (6.67%) Inventory Management
4 1 (6.67%) Platform Engineering
4 1 (6.67%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (13.33%) Python
3 1 (6.67%) Bash
3 1 (6.67%) C#
3 1 (6.67%) Java
3 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 6 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (13.33%) CCNA
4 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (6.67%) A+ Certification
5 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (6.67%) Degree
5 1 (6.67%) MCSE
5 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (6.67%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (6.67%) VCAP
5 1 (6.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (13.33%) vSphere
2 1 (6.67%) Firmware
2 1 (6.67%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (6.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Ansible
1 1 (6.67%) FortiGate
1 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (6.67%) vCenter Server
1 1 (6.67%) vRealize
1 1 (6.67%) vRealize Orchestrator
1 1 (6.67%) VxRail
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Cisco
2 2 (13.33%) F5
2 2 (13.33%) Juniper
2 2 (13.33%) VMware
3 1 (6.67%) Blue Coat
3 1 (6.67%) CheckPoint
3 1 (6.67%) Dell
3 1 (6.67%) EMC
3 1 (6.67%) Red Hat