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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - 21
Rank change year-on-year - - -15
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 6 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Hatfield 4.62% - 1.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 20.69% - 5.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £383 - -
25th Percentile £394 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £431 - -
90th Percentile £443 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £477 £324 £350
% change year-on-year +47.07% -7.43% -19.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £16.34 - -
25th Percentile £16.84 - -
Median hourly rate £18.22 - -
75th Percentile £19.05 - -
90th Percentile £19.22 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £18.22 £24.66 -
% change year-on-year -26.11% - -

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 29 11 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hatfield 22.31% 23.40% 22.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 8 14
10th Percentile £289 £496 -
25th Percentile £402 £519 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £463
Median % change year-on-year -4.61% +18.92% -15.91%
75th Percentile £659 £691 £511
90th Percentile £713 £816 £568
Hertfordshire median daily rate £475 £550 £439
% change year-on-year -13.64% +25.36% -12.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £14.99 - -
25th Percentile £16.26 - -
Median hourly rate £16.35 - -
75th Percentile £16.82 - -
90th Percentile £18.55 - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £70.00 £72.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -3.45% +11.54% +13.04%

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
Hourly Rate Trend in Hatfield

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

Contractor hourly 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 3 (50.00%) Data Centre Manager
2 3 (50.00%) Data Centre Project Manager
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Data Centre Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Data Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Project Management
2 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (66.67%) Change Management
3 4 (66.67%) PRINCE2
4 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (33.33%) Project Planning
5 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
5 2 (33.33%) Time Management
6 1 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
6 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
6 1 (16.67%) Line Management
6 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 1 (16.67%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
2 1 (16.67%) PMP
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Computacenter
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft