Data Centre Contracts in London

Data Center
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 148 123
Rank change year-on-year -12 -25 +13
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 213 304 517
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.75% 1.74% 2.03%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.85% 5.23% 5.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 228 349
10th Percentile £388 £336 £404
25th Percentile £463 £431 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £528 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% -12.08% +11.11%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £738
90th Percentile £725 £700 £820
England median daily rate £520 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -2.80% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 12 6
10th Percentile - £22.10 £20.22
25th Percentile £24.66 £23.43 £20.58
Median hourly rate £38.75 £25.40 £22.59
Median % change year-on-year +52.56% +12.46% -48.44%
75th Percentile £43.75 £41.25 £58.56
90th Percentile - - £76.88
England median hourly rate £38.75 £24.87 £21.67
% change year-on-year +55.81% +14.77% -18.23%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,390 5,812 9,182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.07% 33.25% 36.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,945 4,101 6,654
10th Percentile £336 £313 £375
25th Percentile £450 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% -
75th Percentile £738 £725 £743
90th Percentile £838 £850 £838
England median daily rate £531 £550 £570
% change year-on-year -3.41% -3.51% +3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 149 105
10th Percentile £15.84 £15.49 £18.37
25th Percentile £22.86 £18.79 £21.24
Median hourly rate £31.00 £27.84 £34.62
Median % change year-on-year +11.35% -19.58% -18.54%
75th Percentile £48.13 £50.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £71.25 £86.98
England median hourly rate £33.91 £35.50 £22.26
% change year-on-year -4.48% +59.48% -16.00%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in London

Data Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Data Centre in London

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in London

Data Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre in London

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Data Centre in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Data Centre in London

Data Centre
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 30 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
Central London 0 36 £550 +4.76% 13
East London +23 9 £568 +13.50% 8
West London 0 3 £400 -12.81% 63
South London - 1 £525 - 16
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
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 8 (3.76%) Confluence
1 8 (3.76%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.88%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.47%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 7 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.88%) AutoCAD
2 4 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.88%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.88%) Revit
3 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 62 (29.11%) Azure
2 42 (19.72%) AWS
3 18 (8.45%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (4.69%) SaaS
5 9 (4.23%) Entra ID
6 8 (3.76%) Azure AKS
6 8 (3.76%) OneDrive
7 5 (2.35%) Mimecast
8 4 (1.88%) GCP
8 4 (1.88%) OpenShift
9 2 (0.94%) Amazon EventBridge
9 2 (0.94%) Amazon S3
9 2 (0.94%) AWS Fargate
9 2 (0.94%) AWS KMS
9 2 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.94%) Azure Pipelines
9 2 (0.94%) IaaS
9 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (0.94%) PaaS
9 2 (0.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 51 (23.94%) Firewall
2 30 (14.08%) BGP
3 29 (13.62%) WAN
4 28 (13.15%) Network Security
5 26 (12.21%) OSPF
6 24 (11.27%) Wireless
7 22 (10.33%) Cisco Nexus
8 20 (9.39%) VPN
9 17 (7.98%) LAN
9 17 (7.98%) VXLAN
10 15 (7.04%) SD-WAN
11 13 (6.10%) Ethernet VPN
11 13 (6.10%) Multicast
11 13 (6.10%) VLAN
12 12 (5.63%) DNS
13 10 (4.69%) TCP/IP
13 10 (4.69%) Wi-Fi
14 9 (4.23%) Cisco ASA
14 9 (4.23%) MPLS
14 9 (4.23%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.63%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 6 (2.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (1.88%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.41%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.41%) Relational Database
5 2 (0.94%) Big Data
5 2 (0.94%) MySQL
6 1 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 10 (4.69%) JIRA
1 10 (4.69%) Sonatype Nexus
2 8 (3.76%) GitLab
3 3 (1.41%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.47%) ScriptRunner
General
1 63 (29.58%) Finance
2 45 (21.13%) Social Skills
3 23 (10.80%) Banking
4 14 (6.57%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (6.57%) Telecoms
5 9 (4.23%) Legal
6 7 (3.29%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.29%) Retail
7 6 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.41%) Law
8 3 (1.41%) Local Government
9 2 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.94%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.94%) Marketing
10 1 (0.47%) Advertising
10 1 (0.47%) Front Office
10 1 (0.47%) Military
10 1 (0.47%) Police
10 1 (0.47%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (20.19%) Network Engineer
2 32 (15.02%) Architect
3 24 (11.27%) Project Manager
3 24 (11.27%) Senior
4 15 (7.04%) Data Centre Engineer
4 15 (7.04%) Lead
5 14 (6.57%) Consultant
6 13 (6.10%) Infrastructure Manager
7 12 (5.63%) Senior Network Engineer
8 11 (5.16%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 9 (4.23%) Network Architect
9 9 (4.23%) Security Architect
10 8 (3.76%) Analyst
10 8 (3.76%) Infrastructure Architect
11 7 (3.29%) Applications Support
11 7 (3.29%) AWS Architect
11 7 (3.29%) Network Manager
11 7 (3.29%) Network Project Manager
12 6 (2.82%) Cloud Engineer
12 6 (2.82%) Migration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.76%) Kafka
2 3 (1.41%) JSON
3 2 (0.94%) 802.1X
3 2 (0.94%) Middleware
3 2 (0.94%) REST
4 1 (0.47%) gRPC
4 1 (0.47%) OAuth
4 1 (0.47%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (0.47%) RESTful
4 1 (0.47%) SOAP
4 1 (0.47%) Spring
4 1 (0.47%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.47%) Web Services
4 1 (0.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.16%) Management Information System
2 8 (3.76%) Cloud Native
2 8 (3.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (3.29%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (2.82%) PKI
5 5 (2.35%) Hedge funds
5 5 (2.35%) SCADA
6 4 (1.88%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (1.88%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (1.88%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.41%) FPGA
7 3 (1.41%) PCIe
7 3 (1.41%) Replication
7 3 (1.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 3 (1.41%) Verilog
7 3 (1.41%) VHDL
8 2 (0.94%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (0.94%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 43 (20.19%) Windows
2 29 (13.62%) Linux
3 12 (5.63%) Unix
3 12 (5.63%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.82%) Android
4 6 (2.82%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.88%) CentOS
5 4 (1.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.88%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.94%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (24.41%) Migration
2 30 (14.08%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (10.80%) Project Management
3 23 (10.80%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (9.39%) DevOps
5 19 (8.92%) Roadmaps
6 18 (8.45%) Agile
7 17 (7.98%) ITIL
8 16 (7.51%) CI/CD
8 16 (7.51%) Configuration Management
8 16 (7.51%) Network Design
9 15 (7.04%) Project Delivery
10 14 (6.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 14 (6.57%) Low Latency
10 14 (6.57%) Network Virtualisation
11 13 (6.10%) Infrastructure Management
12 12 (5.63%) Infrastructure Automation
13 11 (5.16%) Break/Fix
14 10 (4.69%) High Availability
14 10 (4.69%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 30 (14.08%) Python
2 12 (5.63%) PowerShell
3 10 (4.69%) SQL
4 4 (1.88%) Bash
4 4 (1.88%) Go
4 4 (1.88%) Tcl
5 3 (1.41%) Java
5 3 (1.41%) SystemVerilog
6 2 (0.94%) Perl
7 1 (0.47%) C
7 1 (0.47%) C#
7 1 (0.47%) Groovy
7 1 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 27 (12.68%) Security Cleared
2 25 (11.74%) Cisco Certification
3 22 (10.33%) SC Cleared
4 18 (8.45%) Degree
5 17 (7.98%) CCNP
6 10 (4.69%) CCIE
7 9 (4.23%) AWS Certification
8 5 (2.35%) PMI Certification
8 5 (2.35%) PMP
9 4 (1.88%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.41%) CCIE Data Center
10 3 (1.41%) CISA
10 3 (1.41%) CISM
10 3 (1.41%) CISSP
10 3 (1.41%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.94%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.94%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.94%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.47%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.29%) NIST
2 5 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.35%) SLA
3 4 (1.88%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.88%) PMO
4 3 (1.41%) GDPR
4 3 (1.41%) QA
5 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.47%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 20 (9.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (7.98%) Active Directory
3 13 (6.10%) Docker
4 8 (3.76%) vSphere
5 4 (1.88%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (1.41%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.41%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.94%) Firmware
7 2 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.94%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.94%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.47%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.47%) KVM
8 1 (0.47%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (13.62%) Ansible
2 23 (10.80%) Kubernetes
3 20 (9.39%) Terraform
4 7 (3.29%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (2.82%) Progress Chef
5 6 (2.82%) Puppet
6 5 (2.35%) SCCM
7 3 (1.41%) Grafana
7 3 (1.41%) Podman
8 2 (0.94%) Cisco LMS
8 2 (0.94%) Cisco Prime
8 2 (0.94%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (0.94%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.47%) Cobbler
9 1 (0.47%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.47%) Nagios
9 1 (0.47%) Netcool
9 1 (0.47%) OPNET
9 1 (0.47%) vMotion
9 1 (0.47%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 61 (28.64%) Cisco
2 25 (11.74%) Arista
2 25 (11.74%) Microsoft
2 25 (11.74%) Palo Alto
3 24 (11.27%) VMware
4 19 (8.92%) Dell
5 18 (8.45%) HP
6 17 (7.98%) CheckPoint
7 16 (7.51%) F5
8 15 (7.04%) Fortinet
9 12 (5.63%) Juniper
10 9 (4.23%) Red Hat
11 8 (3.76%) Meraki
12 7 (3.29%) Oracle
13 6 (2.82%) Apple
13 6 (2.82%) Ericsson
13 6 (2.82%) ServiceNow
14 5 (2.35%) Citrix
14 5 (2.35%) IBM
15 4 (1.88%) SolarWinds