Data Centre Contracts in the North East

Data Center
England > North East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in the North East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 31 42
Rank change year-on-year -6 +11 +4
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 1 7 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 0.31% 2.07% 4.02%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.01% 7.29% 15.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 16
10th Percentile - - £278
25th Percentile £105 £363 £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £110 £448 £638
Median % change year-on-year -75.42% -29.80% +50.00%
75th Percentile £115 £620 £847
90th Percentile - £663 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +5.77%

All Generic Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 99 96 109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 30.94% 28.40% 25.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 56 85
10th Percentile £325 £163 £196
25th Percentile £400 £314 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year +12.42% -20.83% +37.14%
75th Percentile £625 £549 £700
90th Percentile £650 £688 £775
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 0
10th Percentile £27.06 £11.44 -
25th Percentile £39.35 £15.05 -
Median hourly rate £49.09 £32.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +51.05% - -
75th Percentile £53.40 £48.75 -
90th Percentile £55.91 £52.13 -
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in the North East

Data Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in the North East.

Daily rate trend for Data Centre in the North East

Data Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in the North East.

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre in the North East

Data Centre
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Tyne and Wear -11 1 £110 -75.42% 20
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) WebEx
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Bomgar
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft