Data Centre Engineer Contracts in the South East

Data Centre Engineer
England > South East

The median Data Centre Engineer daily rate in the South East is £304, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 187 220
Rank change year-on-year +34 +33 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Data Centre Engineer 6 18 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.20% 0.32% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.35% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 14 2
10th Percentile - - £323
25th Percentile £168 £280 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £304 £285 £375
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -24.00% +17.19%
75th Percentile £440 £290 £413
90th Percentile - £418 £428
England median daily rate £430 £345 £315
% change year-on-year +24.64% +9.52% -1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £24.66 £24.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.75% - -
England median hourly rate £24.66 £24.00 £20.71
% change year-on-year +2.75% +15.91% -3.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 2,767 5,141 5,491
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 92.50% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,821 3,084 3,829
10th Percentile £250 £213 £225
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.42%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £606
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 481 240
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.78 £18.04
25th Percentile £20.06 £18.32 £22.16
Median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%
75th Percentile £63.75 £62.50 £65.16
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Data Centre Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Data Centre Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre Engineer in the South East

Data Centre Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Centre Engineer in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Data Centre Engineer in the South East

Data Centre Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre Engineer in the South East

Data Centre Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Centre Engineer in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre Engineer in the South East

Data Centre Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Surrey +18 3 £168 - 1
Hampshire - 2 £440 - 3
Thames Valley +30 1 - - 6
Berkshire +18 1 - - 4
West Sussex +11 1 - -
Data Centre Engineer
England

Data Centre Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Data Centre Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Data Centre Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (50.00%) Break/Fix
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) HP
2 3 (50.00%) Dell
3 2 (33.33%) SAN
3 2 (33.33%) Ethernet
3 2 (33.33%) SLA
3 2 (33.33%) IBM
3 2 (33.33%) QA
3 2 (33.33%) Time Management
3 2 (33.33%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 2 (33.33%) KVM
3 2 (33.33%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Legal
4 1 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (16.67%) Data Centre Operations
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Android
4 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (16.67%) Wireless
4 1 (16.67%) Apple

Data Centre Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Ethernet
1 2 (33.33%) SAN
1 2 (33.33%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (16.67%) Wireless
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Legal
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (33.33%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Break/Fix
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 2 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data Centre Operations
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
1 2 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) KVM
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Dell
1 3 (50.00%) HP
2 2 (33.33%) IBM
3 1 (16.67%) Apple