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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 46 43
Rank change year-on-year +12 -3 +3
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 19 10 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 5.37% 2.60% 1.81%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 14.50% 7.58% 7.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 3 6
10th Percentile £345 £483 £341
25th Percentile £365 £499 £584
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £550 £621
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% -11.43% +48.74%
75th Percentile £438 £581 £666
90th Percentile £493 £585 £675
South Yorkshire median daily rate £380 £415 £617
% change year-on-year -8.43% -32.74% +47.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 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 131 132 110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 37.01% 34.29% 24.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 73 88
10th Percentile £304 £400 £412
25th Percentile £375 £425 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £472 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.51% -21.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £700
90th Percentile £625 £622 -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £448 £600
% change year-on-year +0.56% -25.42% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £10.90 £17.50
Median hourly rate - £22.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year - +12.50% +9.17%
75th Percentile - £41.88 £22.50
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate - £13.38 £10.63
% change year-on-year - +25.82% -44.76%

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 29 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 (52.63%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.26%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (57.89%) Oracle Database
2 9 (47.37%) Oracle Reports
General
1 14 (73.68%) Finance
2 11 (57.89%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (26.32%) Banking
4 2 (10.53%) Investment Banking
4 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.53%) Retail
5 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Backup Engineer
1 8 (42.11%) Commvault Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Project Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Database Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) IT Manager
3 2 (10.53%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Oracle Database Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Test Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Data Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Data Centre Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Data Centre Business Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Data Centre Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Data Centre Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Data Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Disaster Recovery Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Migration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (10.53%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle Licensing
1 2 (10.53%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.26%) AS400
2 1 (5.26%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (63.16%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (57.89%) Change Management
2 11 (57.89%) Disaster Recovery
2 11 (57.89%) Migration
2 11 (57.89%) Performance Tuning
2 11 (57.89%) Problem Management
2 11 (57.89%) Translating Business Requirements
3 9 (47.37%) Data Migration
4 3 (15.79%) Decision-Making
4 3 (15.79%) Project Governance
5 2 (10.53%) Backlog Management
5 2 (10.53%) Budget Management
5 2 (10.53%) Budgeting
5 2 (10.53%) Business Transformation
5 2 (10.53%) Database Migration
5 2 (10.53%) Kanban
5 2 (10.53%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (10.53%) Project Delivery
5 2 (10.53%) Software Delivery
5 2 (10.53%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 11 (57.89%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (10.53%) Data Guard
2 2 (10.53%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 11 (57.89%) Commvault
1 11 (57.89%) Oracle
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.26%) Fortinet
3 1 (5.26%) IBM
3 1 (5.26%) Veeam