Data Center
South East > Home Counties
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in the Home Counties. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 Mar 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +3 |
| Contract jobs citing Data Centre | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the Home Counties | - | - | 18.18% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | - | 66.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | £458 | £440 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.98% | -7.37% | -8.43% |
All Generic Skills
Home Counties
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 the Home Counties.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties | 27.27% | 25.00% | 27.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £490 | - |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £511 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +2.35% | -3.01% |
Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the Home Counties
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Centre relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties.
Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in the Home Counties
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Home Counties citing Data Centre.
Data Centre
Hourly Rate Trend in the Home Counties
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Home Counties citing Data Centre.
