Data Centre Contracts in Northern Ireland

Data Center
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Northern Ireland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - +5
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland - - 0.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - - 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median daily rate £500 £529 £550
% change year-on-year -5.44% -3.86% +4.76%

All Generic Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 77 36 50
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 41.40% 22.93% 26.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 6 26
10th Percentile £155 £149 £163
25th Percentile £300 £163 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £320 £400
Median % change year-on-year +27.34% -20.00% +6.67%
75th Percentile £538 £488 £585
90th Percentile £606 £519 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 20 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.78 £12.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £15.05 £14.31 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.17% +6.00% -28.95%
75th Percentile £62.68 £23.64 £13.75
90th Percentile £78.47 £31.88 -
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £34.21 £22.00
% change year-on-year -3.54% +55.50% -18.46%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Northern Ireland

Data Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for Data Centre in Northern Ireland