Data Centre Contracts in Hillingdon

Data Center
West London > Hillingdon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Hillingdon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 11 46
Rank change year-on-year -12 +35 -29
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 4 5 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hillingdon 4.60% 7.14% 2.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 30.77% 14.29% 5.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 6
10th Percentile £424 £421 £131
25th Percentile £441 £509 £195
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £315
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +66.67% -
75th Percentile - £538 -
90th Percentile - £605 £358
West London median daily rate £438 £503 £438
% change year-on-year -12.94% +14.86% -18.98%

All Generic Skills
Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13 35 103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hillingdon 14.94% 50.00% 41.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 24 89
10th Percentile £248 £203 £481
25th Percentile £356 £350 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -13.04% +53.33%
75th Percentile - £559 £700
90th Percentile £480 £618 £838
West London median daily rate £425 £488 £558
% change year-on-year -12.82% -12.56% +7.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £42.28 - -
25th Percentile £42.31 - -
Median hourly rate £44.75 £100.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -55.25% - -
75th Percentile £47.31 - -
90th Percentile £47.43 - -
West London median hourly rate £30.98 £23.80 £67.50
% change year-on-year +30.17% -64.74% +309.09%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon

Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hillingdon.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Hillingdon

Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Hillingdon

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

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

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Trend in Hillingdon

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hillingdon citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Contract Job Locations in Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon region over the 6 months to 29 August 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
Uxbridge -2 4 £450 -13.67%
Data Centre
West London

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hillingdon by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) LAN
1 4 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
1 4 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Network Architect
1 4 (100.00%) Network Design Architect
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Fortinet