Data Centre Contract Job Trends, Contractor Rates & Related Skills in North London

Data Center
London > North London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in North London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 26 Dec 2025	Same period 2024	Same period 2023
Rank	-	-	6
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Contract jobs citing Data Centre	0	0	1
As % of all contract jobs in North London	-	-	3.85%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	-	-	33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted	0	0	1
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	£363
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	-	-	£375
75^th Percentile	-	-	£388
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
London median daily rate	£525	£525	£550
% change year-on-year	-	-4.55%	-4.35%

All Generic Skills
North 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 North London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills	9	9	3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North London	37.50%	31.03%	11.54%
Number of daily rates quoted	5	9	3
10^th Percentile	£258	£238	£243
25^th Percentile	£400	£248	£288
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£650	£255	£375
Median % change year-on-year	+154.90%	-32.00%	-14.29%
75^th Percentile	£700	£293	£428
90^th Percentile	-	£378	£453
London median daily rate	£550	£575	£588
% change year-on-year	-4.35%	-2.13%	-2.08%