Data Centre Contracts 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 19 23
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 +4
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 3 6 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 2.61% 2.90% 5.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.00% 8.33% 10.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 11
10th Percentile - £356 £406
25th Percentile £413 £392 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £494 £733
Median % change year-on-year -13.92% -32.59% +39.52%
75th Percentile £438 £574 £768
90th Percentile - - £788
South East median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +11.11%

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 50 72 104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 43.48% 34.78% 48.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 47 85
10th Percentile £160 £188 £178
25th Percentile £194 £205 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £333 £350
Median % change year-on-year -33.83% -5.00% -19.08%
75th Percentile £412 £394 £419
90th Percentile £548 £460 £630
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 4
10th Percentile - £13.83 £48.58
25th Percentile - £35.25 £54.48
Median hourly rate - £70.32 £62.25
Median % change year-on-year - +12.96% +159.38%
75th Percentile - £75.16 £69.85
90th Percentile - - £75.46
South East median hourly rate £47.81 £48.75 £50.00
% change year-on-year -1.94% -2.50% +132.56%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Kent

Data Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in Kent.

Daily rate trend for Data Centre in Kent

Data Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in Kent.

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre in Kent

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 29 May 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 - 2 - - 22
Data Centre
South East

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 3 (100.00%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (33.33%) BGP
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) IPsec
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) OSPF
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Cabling Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Customer Requirements
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Aruba
1 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto