Data Centre Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Data Center
South West > Somerset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Somerset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 29 28
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 +6
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 1 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.54% 2.20% 1.62%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.39% 9.52% 6.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £250
Median % change year-on-year - +120.00% +19.05%
South West median daily rate £550 £550 £563
% change year-on-year - -2.22% +7.14%

All Generic Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 72 42 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 38.92% 23.08% 25.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 24 31
10th Percentile £225 £182 £185
25th Percentile £263 £253 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £563 £538
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +4.55% +7.33%
75th Percentile £597 £640 £618
90th Percentile £678 £783 £675
South West median daily rate £537 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.36% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £28.50 -
25th Percentile £57.50 £33.75 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £45.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.44% +28.57% +38.61%
75th Percentile £72.50 £57.50 -
90th Percentile - £63.50 -
South West median hourly rate £23.50 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -66.43% - +9.38%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Somerset

Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Data Centre
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

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 Somerset region over the 6 months to 20 November 2025. 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
Street 0 1 £550 - 5
Data Centre
South West

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Multicast
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Arista
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco