Data Centre Contracts in Sheffield

Data Center
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 30 43 44
Rank change year-on-year +13 +1 -3
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 20 12 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 6.27% 3.17% 2.64%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 16.39% 9.02% 9.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 3 9
10th Percentile £345 £483 £341
25th Percentile £365 £499 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% -12.00% +49.70%
75th Percentile £438 £581 £675
90th Percentile £493 £585 £678
South Yorkshire median daily rate £380 £415 £621
% change year-on-year -8.43% -33.17% +51.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £22.50 -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate - £22.50 -

All Generic Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 122 133 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 38.24% 35.09% 26.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 76 99
10th Percentile £306 £395 £417
25th Percentile £375 £429 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% -20.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £613 £588 £694
90th Percentile £650 £648 £700
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £450 £600
% change year-on-year +5.56% -25.00% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £10.90 £17.50
Median hourly rate - £17.63 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - -11.88% +13.38%
75th Percentile - £23.75 £22.50
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate - £12.75 £10.63
% change year-on-year - +19.94% -44.41%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Sheffield

Data Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for Data Centre in Sheffield

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Sheffield over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in Sheffield

Data Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in Sheffield.

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre in Sheffield

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 10 (50.00%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (55.00%) Oracle Database
2 9 (45.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 13 (65.00%) Finance
2 11 (55.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (25.00%) Banking
4 2 (10.00%) Investment Banking
4 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.00%) Retail
5 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Backup Engineer
1 8 (40.00%) Commvault Engineer
2 3 (15.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Database Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) IT Manager
3 2 (10.00%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Oracle Database Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Test Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Data Centre Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Data Centre Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Data Centre Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Data Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Engineer
4 1 (5.00%) Disaster Recovery Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Disaster Recovery Test Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Hardware Technician
4 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) IT Technician
4 1 (5.00%) Migration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle Licensing
1 2 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.00%) AS400
2 1 (5.00%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Change Management
1 11 (55.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 11 (55.00%) Migration
1 11 (55.00%) Performance Tuning
1 11 (55.00%) Problem Management
1 11 (55.00%) Problem-Solving
1 11 (55.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 9 (45.00%) Data Migration
3 3 (15.00%) Agile
3 3 (15.00%) Project Governance
4 2 (10.00%) Business Transformation
4 2 (10.00%) Data Management
4 2 (10.00%) DevOps
4 2 (10.00%) ITIL
4 2 (10.00%) Programme Management
4 2 (10.00%) Project Management
4 2 (10.00%) Scrum
4 2 (10.00%) Software Delivery
4 2 (10.00%) Software Licensing
4 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
1 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) CCNP
2 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 11 (55.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (10.00%) Data Guard
2 2 (10.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 11 (55.00%) Commvault
1 11 (55.00%) Oracle
2 2 (10.00%) Dell
2 2 (10.00%) Intel
3 1 (5.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (5.00%) IBM
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) Veeam