Data Centre Engineer Contracts in London

Data Centre Engineer
England > London

The median Data Centre Engineer daily rate in London is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 348 370 451
Rank change year-on-year +22 +81 +130
Contract jobs requiring a Data Centre Engineer 12 6 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.088% 0.037% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.095% 0.039% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 5
10th Percentile £153 - £291
25th Percentile £179 £213 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £350 £315
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +11.11% -41.67%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £325
90th Percentile £605 £495 £366
England median daily rate £250 £475 £308
% change year-on-year -47.37% +54.47% -7.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,618 15,275 22,445
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.96% 94.09% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,538 10,757 16,439
10th Percentile £325 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.48% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 201 243
10th Percentile £17.89 £17.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.98 £22.00 £23.23
Median hourly rate £29.54 £33.07 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.69% -12.97% +15.85%
75th Percentile £49.56 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.88 £71.88 £81.80
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -44.11% +8.43% +61.60%

Data Centre Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Data Centre Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre Engineer in London

Data Centre Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Data Centre Engineer in London

Data Centre Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre Engineer in London over the 6 months to 11 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre Engineer in London

Data Centre Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre Engineer in London

Data Centre Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 11 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
Central London - 2 £575 -
East London - 2 £155 -
Data Centre Engineer
England

Data Centre Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 11 August 2025, Data Centre Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Data Centre Engineer in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 5 (41.67%) HP
2 5 (41.67%) Dell
2 5 (41.67%) Banking
3 4 (33.33%) Cisco
3 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 4 (33.33%) Arista
4 3 (25.00%) Preventative Maintenance
4 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (25.00%) JIRA
4 3 (25.00%) Confluence
4 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (25.00%) MS Visio
4 3 (25.00%) SLA
4 3 (25.00%) Asset Management
5 2 (16.67%) Change Management
5 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
5 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 2 (16.67%) Unix
5 2 (16.67%) PCI DSS
5 2 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (16.67%) Problem Management
5 2 (16.67%) Fault Management
5 2 (16.67%) Electronic Trading
5 2 (16.67%) Budget Management
5 2 (16.67%) Budgeting
5 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (16.67%) NIST
5 2 (16.67%) Break/Fix
5 2 (16.67%) Data Centre Operations

Data Centre Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (25.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Structured Cabling
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (41.67%) Banking
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Investment Banking
4 1 (8.33%) Legal
4 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 12 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (25.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 2 (16.67%) Break/Fix
2 2 (16.67%) Budget Management
2 2 (16.67%) Budgeting
2 2 (16.67%) Change Management
2 2 (16.67%) Data Centre Operations
2 2 (16.67%) Electronic Trading
2 2 (16.67%) Fault Management
2 2 (16.67%) Problem Management
2 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (16.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (8.33%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (8.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (8.33%) Facilities Management
3 1 (8.33%) High Availability
3 1 (8.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (8.33%) Migration
3 1 (8.33%) Project Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) SLA
2 2 (16.67%) NIST
2 2 (16.67%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Dell
1 5 (41.67%) HP
2 4 (33.33%) Arista
2 4 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (8.33%) IBM