Data Centre Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Data Center
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Shropshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 0.74% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.62% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £457 - -
25th Percentile £460 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 - -
75th Percentile £466 - -
90th Percentile £466 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £474 £538 £600
% change year-on-year -11.81% -10.42% +14.29%

All Generic Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 138 23 31
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 20.32% 16.20% 21.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 13 21
10th Percentile £290 £231 £141
25th Percentile £421 £313 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £450 £358
Median % change year-on-year +9.33% +25.70% -28.40%
75th Percentile £626 £561 £500
90th Percentile £739 £635 £536
West Midlands median daily rate £498 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -0.50% -4.76% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
Median hourly rate £14.00 - £10.42
Median % change year-on-year - - -81.05%
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.98 £33.91 £23.58
% change year-on-year +0.21% +43.84% -14.27%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

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

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

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

Data Centre
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

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 Shropshire region over the 6 months to 20 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
Telford - 5 £465 - 1
Data Centre
West Midlands

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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 4 (80.00%) Confluence
1 4 (80.00%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 4 (80.00%) Git
1 4 (80.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Operations Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Operations Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Java Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) Spring
1 4 (80.00%) Spring Boot
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
1 4 (80.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (80.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 4 (80.00%) Kanban
2 4 (80.00%) Microservices
2 4 (80.00%) Pair Programming
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (80.00%) Scrum
2 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) TDD
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Java
1 4 (80.00%) Perl
1 4 (80.00%) Shell Script
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft