Data Centre Architect Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Data Centre Architect
England > Midlands

The median Data Centre Architect daily rate in the Midlands is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Centre Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.023% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £725 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
75th Percentile £775 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £538 £544 £625
% change year-on-year -1.15% -13.00% -4.76%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 4,052 1,958 2,747
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.03% 90.06% 92.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,483 1,277 1,816
10th Percentile £313 £200 £213
25th Percentile £405 £350 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £450 £465
Median % change year-on-year +6.94% -3.23% -3.13%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £588
90th Percentile £675 £638 £675
England median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 311 139 240
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.62 £11.83
25th Percentile £17.10 £14.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.05 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.06% +16.05% -8.23%
75th Percentile £50.25 £31.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £67.84 £50.00 £51.91
England median hourly rate £45.00 £29.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year +55.17% -26.68% -10.76%

Data Centre Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Centre Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Data Centre Architect job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Data Centre Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Centre Architect job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Centre Architect job vacancies in the Midlands

Data Centre Architect
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre Architect within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 June 2026. 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
West Midlands - 1 £750 -
Data Centre Architect
England

Data Centre Architect Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 15 June 2026, Data Centre Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring Data Centre Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Data Services

Data Centre Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Data Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering