Data Centre Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Data Center
Hampshire > Portsmouth

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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 17 35
Rank change year-on-year -4 +18 +2
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 2 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 1.24% 3.57% 1.05%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.67% 11.43% 3.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £310 - -
25th Percentile £344 £388 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% -15.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £481 £463 £550
90th Percentile £515 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £445 £425
% change year-on-year +12.36% +4.71% -22.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.50
Median hourly rate - - £21.00
75th Percentile - - £21.50
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate - - £21.00

All Generic Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 30 35 79
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 18.63% 31.25% 27.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 14 38
10th Percentile £280 £360 £404
25th Percentile £476 £391 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £530
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +1.42% +9.56%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £582
90th Percentile £680 £664 £623
Hampshire median daily rate £520 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -5.45% +4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 16
10th Percentile £50.50 - £24.00
25th Percentile £51.25 £31.25 £46.88
Median hourly rate £52.50 £35.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -41.67% -11.11%
75th Percentile £53.75 £50.00 -
90th Percentile £54.50 £71.25 £65.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -28.57% -33.33% +25.75%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 6 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in Portsmouth

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Structured Cabling
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre Operations
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001