Data Centre Contract Job Trends in Kent

Data Center
South East > Kent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Kent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 23 27
Rank change year-on-year +9 +4 +3
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 7 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 5.07% 1.34% 2.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 18.42% 3.13% 5.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 2
10th Percentile £431 £537 £352
25th Percentile £433 £539 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £443 £556 £451
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% +23.27% -17.95%
75th Percentile £453 £572 £503
90th Percentile £501 £573 £525
South East median daily rate £455 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -9.00% -4.76% -

All Generic Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 38 64 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 27.54% 42.95% 46.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 30 62
10th Percentile £146 £189 £154
25th Percentile £183 £225 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £506 £365
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +38.70% -14.12%
75th Percentile £484 £578 £538
90th Percentile £538 £623 £642
South East median daily rate £491 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -5.35% +3.75% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 11
10th Percentile - £19.54 £16.25
25th Percentile £12.75 £22.40 £19.88
Median hourly rate £13.50 £67.02 £46.87
Median % change year-on-year -79.86% +42.99% +55.82%
75th Percentile £14.25 £75.16 £55.13
90th Percentile - - £61.25
South East median hourly rate £23.50 £33.75 £52.50
% change year-on-year -30.37% -35.71% +61.54%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Kent

Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in Kent

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Kent over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in Kent

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

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

Data Centre
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Maidstone +6 4 £439 -20.23% 2
Sevenoaks - 1 £443 -
Data Centre
South East

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) Firewall
1 7 (100.00%) LAN
1 7 (100.00%) WAN
2 6 (85.71%) BGP
2 6 (85.71%) IPsec
2 6 (85.71%) OSPF
2 6 (85.71%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (14.29%) VXLAN
General
1 6 (85.71%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Network Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco Network Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Customer Requirements
2 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Bill of Materials
3 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) CCNP
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) Degree
3 3 (42.86%) CCNA
4 1 (14.29%) CCSE
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Aruba
1 7 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 7 (100.00%) Cisco
1 7 (100.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
2 1 (14.29%) Juniper