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 advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 132 137
Rank change year-on-year +5 +5 +16
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 332 522 827
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.88% 1.99% 2.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.65% 5.54% 5.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 351 620
10th Percentile £336 £400 £350
25th Percentile £413 £500 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £540
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +11.11% +8.00%
75th Percentile £625 £738 £625
90th Percentile £725 £820 £713
England median daily rate £525 £550 £520
% change year-on-year -4.55% +5.77% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 7 8
10th Percentile £22.08 £20.22 £20.20
25th Percentile £22.30 £20.95 £22.94
Median hourly rate £23.80 £23.50 £36.28
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% -35.22% -23.63%
75th Percentile £41.25 £68.75 £63.00
90th Percentile - £75.50 £72.45
England median hourly rate £24.87 £21.67 £26.50
% change year-on-year +14.77% -18.23% -33.33%

All Generic Skills
London

Data Centre is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,879 9,414 14,157
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 33.23% 35.82% 36.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,161 6,755 10,305
10th Percentile £313 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £725 £743 £713
90th Percentile £850 £838 £800
England median daily rate £550 £573 £550
% change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 152 112 197
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.99 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.41 £21.25 £23.91
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £43.80
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% -20.09% +32.73%
75th Percentile £49.13 £65.00 £55.25
90th Percentile £68.75 £84.88 £71.85
England median hourly rate £32.25 £22.49 £26.50
% change year-on-year +43.43% -15.15% +1.50%

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 8 May 2024.

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 8 May 2024.

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 8 May 2024. 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 +27 46 £518 -10.00% 20
West London +16 16 £400 -1.23% 16
East London +2 8 £519 +47.16% 18
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 15 (4.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (4.22%) Confluence
3 13 (3.92%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.51%) IBM Domino
4 5 (1.51%) SharePoint 2013
5 4 (1.20%) OpenStack
5 4 (1.20%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.90%) IBM Notes
6 3 (0.90%) IIS
7 2 (0.60%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.60%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.30%) Apache
8 1 (0.30%) GeoServer
Applications
1 11 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.41%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.20%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.90%) Revit
6 2 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 73 (21.99%) Azure
2 46 (13.86%) AWS
3 29 (8.73%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (5.12%) SaaS
5 15 (4.52%) Entra ID
6 10 (3.01%) PaaS
7 9 (2.71%) GCP
7 9 (2.71%) IaaS
8 8 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (2.41%) Mimecast
8 8 (2.41%) Power Platform
9 7 (2.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 7 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (2.11%) Nutanix
10 4 (1.20%) Amazon S3
10 4 (1.20%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (1.20%) Azure AKS
10 4 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (0.90%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 65 (19.58%) Firewall
2 32 (9.64%) DNS
3 25 (7.53%) LAN
3 25 (7.53%) Network Security
3 25 (7.53%) WAN
4 23 (6.93%) BGP
4 23 (6.93%) VPN
5 22 (6.63%) OSPF
6 20 (6.02%) IPsec
7 19 (5.72%) DHCP
7 19 (5.72%) TCP/IP
7 19 (5.72%) Wi-Fi
8 18 (5.42%) HTTP
8 18 (5.42%) MPLS
9 17 (5.12%) Cisco Nexus
9 17 (5.12%) Wireless
10 16 (4.82%) Internet
10 16 (4.82%) SAN
10 16 (4.82%) SSL
11 14 (4.22%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.51%) NoSQL
1 5 (1.51%) Oracle Database
1 5 (1.51%) Oracle Exadata
1 5 (1.51%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.60%) Big Data
4 1 (0.30%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.30%) GIS
4 1 (0.30%) Metadata
4 1 (0.30%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.30%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 20 (6.02%) JIRA
2 15 (4.52%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.20%) GitLab
4 2 (0.60%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.60%) Git
5 1 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 68 (20.48%) Finance
2 64 (19.28%) Social Skills
3 25 (7.53%) Banking
4 21 (6.33%) Public Sector
5 18 (5.42%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (3.01%) Telecoms
7 9 (2.71%) Marketing
8 7 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.11%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.81%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.81%) Police
10 5 (1.51%) Billing
10 5 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.90%) Electronics
11 3 (0.90%) Local Government
12 2 (0.60%) Legal
12 2 (0.60%) Military
12 2 (0.60%) Retail
Job Titles
1 63 (18.98%) Network Engineer
2 52 (15.66%) Architect
3 34 (10.24%) Project Manager
4 33 (9.94%) Senior
5 17 (5.12%) Consultant
6 16 (4.82%) Analyst
6 16 (4.82%) Data Centre Engineer
7 14 (4.22%) Linux Engineer
7 14 (4.22%) Server Engineer
7 14 (4.22%) Support Engineer
8 13 (3.92%) Senior Network Engineer
9 12 (3.61%) Linux Server Engineer
10 11 (3.31%) Technical Architect
11 10 (3.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (3.01%) Infrastructure Manager
11 10 (3.01%) Network Architect
11 10 (3.01%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (3.01%) Technical Manager
11 10 (3.01%) Technical Project Manager
12 9 (2.71%) Data Centre Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.41%) LDAP
2 6 (1.81%) Node.js
3 5 (1.51%) YAML
4 4 (1.20%) .NET
4 4 (1.20%) REST
4 4 (1.20%) Web Services
5 3 (0.90%) 802.1X
5 3 (0.90%) SAML
6 2 (0.60%) NETCONF
6 2 (0.60%) Software Packaging
7 1 (0.30%) IBM Integration Bus
7 1 (0.30%) Kafka
7 1 (0.30%) Middleware
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.30%) PostGIS
7 1 (0.30%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.42%) Hybrid Cloud
2 14 (4.22%) Public Cloud
3 13 (3.92%) Data Protection Act
4 9 (2.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 8 (2.41%) PKI
6 7 (2.11%) Clustering
6 7 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.81%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (1.81%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.51%) Market Risk
8 5 (1.51%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.51%) Private Cloud
8 5 (1.51%) Social Media
8 5 (1.51%) Taxonomies
9 4 (1.20%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.20%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.20%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.20%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.20%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.90%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 58 (17.47%) Linux
2 56 (16.87%) Windows
3 22 (6.63%) Windows Server
4 14 (4.22%) Unix
5 6 (1.81%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.90%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.30%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.30%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.30%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (29.82%) Migration
2 44 (13.25%) Agile
3 38 (11.45%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (10.24%) CI/CD
5 30 (9.04%) Change Management
6 25 (7.53%) Disaster Recovery
7 24 (7.23%) DevOps
7 24 (7.23%) Project Management
8 23 (6.93%) ITIL
8 23 (6.93%) Roadmaps
8 23 (6.93%) Stakeholder Management
9 21 (6.33%) Capacity Management
9 21 (6.33%) Computer Science
9 21 (6.33%) Data Migration
9 21 (6.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 20 (6.02%) Project Delivery
11 18 (5.42%) Mentoring
12 17 (5.12%) Data Protection
13 15 (4.52%) Load Balancing
14 13 (3.92%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 28 (8.43%) PowerShell
2 25 (7.53%) Python
3 13 (3.92%) SQL
4 9 (2.71%) Bash
4 9 (2.71%) Java
5 7 (2.11%) VBScript
6 6 (1.81%) Go
7 4 (1.20%) C
8 2 (0.60%) C#
8 2 (0.60%) Ruby
9 1 (0.30%) C++
9 1 (0.30%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.30%) VBA
Qualifications
1 66 (19.88%) Security Cleared
2 44 (13.25%) Cisco Certification
3 39 (11.75%) SC Cleared
4 35 (10.54%) Degree
5 28 (8.43%) CCNP
5 28 (8.43%) DV Cleared
6 21 (6.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (3.31%) CCIE
8 10 (3.01%) CCNA
9 6 (1.81%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.81%) CTC Cleared
10 5 (1.51%) BICSI RCDD
10 5 (1.51%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.90%) CISSP
12 3 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 2 (0.60%) A+ Certification
13 2 (0.60%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 2 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.60%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.22%) SLA
2 5 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.90%) NIST
3 3 (0.90%) QA
4 1 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.30%) IASME
4 1 (0.30%) PMO
System Software
1 36 (10.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 34 (10.24%) Active Directory
3 16 (4.82%) Hyper-V
4 14 (4.22%) vSphere
5 12 (3.61%) Docker
6 9 (2.71%) VMware NSX
7 7 (2.11%) KVM
8 6 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (1.20%) Firmware
9 4 (1.20%) vCloud
9 4 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.60%) BitLocker
10 2 (0.60%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.60%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 20 (6.02%) Terraform
2 19 (5.72%) Kubernetes
3 16 (4.82%) SCCM
4 13 (3.92%) Puppet
5 12 (3.61%) Ansible
5 12 (3.61%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (3.61%) Progress Chef
6 9 (2.71%) SCOM
7 8 (2.41%) FortiGate
8 7 (2.11%) SCVMM
9 6 (1.81%) vCenter Server
10 5 (1.51%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 5 (1.51%) VxRail
11 4 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.90%) Grafana
12 3 (0.90%) Kibana
12 3 (0.90%) NetBackup
13 2 (0.60%) Nagios
13 2 (0.60%) Nmap
13 2 (0.60%) OpenNMS
Vendors
1 72 (21.69%) Cisco
2 61 (18.37%) Microsoft
3 50 (15.06%) VMware
4 35 (10.54%) Palo Alto
5 21 (6.33%) Arista
6 19 (5.72%) Dell
7 15 (4.52%) F5
7 15 (4.52%) Juniper
8 14 (4.22%) Oracle
9 13 (3.92%) Red Hat
10 12 (3.61%) CheckPoint
10 12 (3.61%) Citrix
10 12 (3.61%) Fortinet
10 12 (3.61%) IBM
11 10 (3.01%) HP
11 10 (3.01%) ServiceNow
11 10 (3.01%) SolarWinds
12 9 (2.71%) Atlassian
13 6 (1.81%) Aruba
13 6 (1.81%) Proofpoint