Data Centre Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Data Center
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 23 20
Rank change year-on-year -12 -3 +33
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 1 7 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.43% 4.14% 4.08%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.47% 11.86% 13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 6
10th Percentile - - £350
25th Percentile £170 £413 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -58.82% +6.25% -27.27%
75th Percentile £180 £556 £425
90th Percentile - £628 £638
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £175 £425 £400
% change year-on-year -58.82% +6.25% -27.27%

All Generic Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 68 59 43
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 29.57% 34.91% 29.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 18 28
10th Percentile £151 £375 £144
25th Percentile £194 £413 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £488 £400
Median % change year-on-year -8.97% +21.88% -23.81%
75th Percentile £537 £628 £591
90th Percentile £600 £719 £645
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £444 £525 £400
% change year-on-year -15.48% +31.25% -23.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £14.69 - £16.65
25th Percentile £16.67 £18.00 £22.13
Median hourly rate £19.97 £19.00 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.11% -40.63% -
75th Percentile £35.99 £20.00 £32.88
90th Percentile £45.59 - £33.40
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £19.97 £19.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year +5.11% -40.63% -

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne

Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Data Centre.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Data Centre.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Electronics
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) SAP