Data Centre Contract Job Trends in Hatfield

Data Center
Hertfordshire > Hatfield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Hatfield. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - 13
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 3 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Hatfield 2.54% - 6.67%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.57% - 19.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £363 - £404
25th Percentile £381 - £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £440
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.00%
75th Percentile £443 - £460
90th Percentile £446 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £600 £423 £440
% change year-on-year +42.01% -3.98% -12.00%

All Generic Skills
Hatfield

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 Hatfield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35 6 21
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hatfield 29.66% 25.00% 35.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 5 18
10th Percentile £431 £495 £301
25th Percentile £553 £525 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £575 £428
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +34.50% -22.27%
75th Percentile £800 £600 £500
90th Percentile £800 £672 £511
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £480 £524
% change year-on-year +14.58% -8.35% -4.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 0
10th Percentile £12.36 - -
25th Percentile £14.84 - -
Median hourly rate £17.14 £15.73 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.96% - -
75th Percentile £18.28 - -
90th Percentile £18.82 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £63.50 £67.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -5.93% +3.85% -2.62%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Hatfield

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Hatfield

Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Hatfield

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

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

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hatfield 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 3 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (66.67%) Data Centre Manager
2 2 (66.67%) Data Centre Project Manager
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Line Management
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Project Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Control
3 1 (33.33%) Order Management
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Computacenter