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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 49 39
Rank change year-on-year -12 -10 0
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 55 30 53
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 2.84% 3.13% 3.89%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 12.79% 10.95% 13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 25 24
10th Percentile £128 £325 £363
25th Percentile £525 £375 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +3.29% +3.90%
75th Percentile £675 £588 £613
90th Percentile £770 £608 £669
South East median daily rate £540 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +20.00% -14.29% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Median hourly rate - - £12.08
South East median hourly rate £20.75 - £12.08
% change year-on-year - - -76.23%

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 430 274 380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 22.23% 28.63% 27.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 176 216
10th Percentile £296 £325 £360
25th Percentile £450 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £545
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% -0.50% +9.05%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £672
90th Percentile £713 £666 £725
South East median daily rate £525 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +6.71% -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 30 48
10th Percentile £15.51 £22.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £26.00 £32.94 £48.80
Median hourly rate £40.00 £50.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -12.82% +4.27%
75th Percentile £60.00 £55.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.90 £63.88 £70.00
South East median hourly rate £38.49 £33.05 £57.35
% change year-on-year +16.44% -42.37% +4.87%

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 September 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 September 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 -7 17 £650 +13.04% 7
Southampton +6 8 £127 -76.91% 5
Portsmouth - 5 £650 - 5
Havant -1 4 £550 +150.00% 1
Andover - 4 £550 - 1
Farnborough -18 3 £750 +87.50% 4
Eastleigh - 1 £600 -
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 3 (5.45%) Azure
2 2 (3.64%) Entra ID
2 2 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.82%) AWS
3 1 (1.82%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.55%) SAN
2 7 (12.73%) Software-Defined Networking
2 7 (12.73%) WAN
3 6 (10.91%) BGP
3 6 (10.91%) Ethernet VPN
3 6 (10.91%) VXLAN
4 5 (9.09%) Network Security
4 5 (9.09%) VPN
5 3 (5.45%) Firewall
6 2 (3.64%) DHCP
6 2 (3.64%) DNS
6 2 (3.64%) LAN
6 2 (3.64%) NAS
6 2 (3.64%) VLAN
7 1 (1.82%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (1.82%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (1.82%) OSPF
7 1 (1.82%) VSAN
7 1 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
General
1 24 (43.64%) Social Skills
2 13 (23.64%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (3.64%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (3.64%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.82%) Finance
4 1 (1.82%) Legal
4 1 (1.82%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 12 (21.82%) Architect
2 10 (18.18%) Network Architect
3 9 (16.36%) Capacity Manager
4 7 (12.73%) Field Engineer
4 7 (12.73%) Field Service Engineer
4 7 (12.73%) IT Engineer
5 4 (7.27%) Analyst
5 4 (7.27%) Coordinator
5 4 (7.27%) Data Analyst
5 4 (7.27%) Data Centre Analyst
5 4 (7.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (7.27%) Security Assurance Coordinator
6 3 (5.45%) Compliance Analyst
6 3 (5.45%) Data Centre Manager
6 3 (5.45%) Data Compliance Analyst
6 3 (5.45%) Data Manager
6 3 (5.45%) Lead
6 3 (5.45%) Strategy Manager
7 2 (3.64%) Compliance Business Analyst
7 2 (3.64%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.82%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.73%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (3.64%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.82%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.82%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.09%) Windows
2 3 (5.45%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.64%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (21.82%) Capacity Management
2 11 (20.00%) ITSM
3 10 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 9 (16.36%) Capacity Planning
4 9 (16.36%) Demand Management
4 9 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (16.36%) Service Management
5 8 (14.55%) Disaster Recovery
6 7 (12.73%) Break/Fix
6 7 (12.73%) Customer Service
7 5 (9.09%) Business Continuity
7 5 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (9.09%) Roadmaps
8 4 (7.27%) Critical Thinking
8 4 (7.27%) Incident Management
8 4 (7.27%) Network Architecture
8 4 (7.27%) Technical Leadership
9 3 (5.45%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (5.45%) Internal Audit
9 3 (5.45%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.82%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 35 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 27 (49.09%) DV Cleared
3 14 (25.45%) SC Cleared
4 8 (14.55%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (12.73%) A+ Certification
5 7 (12.73%) CCNA
5 7 (12.73%) MCSE
5 7 (12.73%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (12.73%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (5.45%) Degree
7 2 (3.64%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.82%) CCNP
8 1 (1.82%) VCAP
8 1 (1.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 9 (16.36%) JSP 440
2 4 (7.27%) RMADS
3 2 (3.64%) NIST
4 1 (1.82%) GRC
4 1 (1.82%) NCSC
4 1 (1.82%) NIST 800
System Software
1 6 (10.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (7.27%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.27%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (5.45%) VMware NSX
3 3 (5.45%) vSphere
4 2 (3.64%) UAG
5 1 (1.82%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (5.45%) vCenter Server
2 2 (3.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.82%) Avamar
3 1 (1.82%) Endace
3 1 (1.82%) PowerCLI
3 1 (1.82%) vRealize
3 1 (1.82%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 8 (14.55%) Dell
2 6 (10.91%) VMware
3 4 (7.27%) Cisco
4 2 (3.64%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.64%) Zerto
5 1 (1.82%) Becrypt
5 1 (1.82%) F5
5 1 (1.82%) Juniper
5 1 (1.82%) Meraki
5 1 (1.82%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.82%) Veeam