Data Centre Contract Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Data Center
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Nottinghamshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 2 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Nottinghamshire 0.53% - 3.07%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.00% - 9.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £321 - £191
25th Percentile £334 - £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 - £275
Median % change year-on-year - - -65.63%
75th Percentile £384 - £575
90th Percentile £394 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £363 £516 £450
% change year-on-year -29.70% +14.58% -10.45%

All Generic Skills
Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 100 44 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 26.53% 29.73% 31.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 25 27
10th Percentile £190 £269 £254
25th Percentile £224 £405 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -7.69% -11.36%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £538
90th Percentile £656 £583 £600
East Midlands median daily rate £460 £439 £449
% change year-on-year +4.90% -2.34% -0.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 4
10th Percentile - - £13.21
25th Percentile £12.95 - £15.41
Median hourly rate £13.51 £13.81 £21.32
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -35.21% +6.58%
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - £14.96 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.87 £20.06 £14.00
% change year-on-year -10.92% +43.29% -37.11%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Centre relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire.

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Data Centre.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Data Centre.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Contract Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 30 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
Nottingham - 1 £400 - 4
Data Centre
East Midlands

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Server Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Storage Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Server Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) NetApp
1 1 (50.00%) VMware