Data Centre Contract Job Trends in the South West

Data Center
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 75 95
Rank change year-on-year 0 +20 -7
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 44 64 57
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 2.21% 2.55% 1.80%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.69% 9.26% 6.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 45 46
10th Percentile £441 £449 £250
25th Percentile £509 £513 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £556
Median % change year-on-year +2.23% -3.28% +5.95%
75th Percentile £719 £667 £647
90th Percentile £775 £738 £675
England median daily rate £500 £535 £548
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.28% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £13.50 -
England median hourly rate £25.15 £23.80 £23.50
% change year-on-year +5.67% +1.28% -61.79%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 658 691 897
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 33.08% 27.52% 28.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 394 370 650
10th Percentile £225 £207 £287
25th Percentile £363 £433 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £672 £674
90th Percentile £713 £725 £738
England median daily rate £525 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -3.23% -1.36% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 93 51
10th Percentile £6.00 £20.36 £18.50
25th Percentile £15.48 £66.25 £56.25
Median hourly rate £18.87 £70.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year -73.04% -10.26% +37.18%
75th Percentile £43.61 £72.50 £83.40
90th Percentile £73.25 £74.75 -
England median hourly rate £29.50 £53.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -44.34% +14.77% +78.27%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in the South West

Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Data Centre.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in the South West over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in the South West

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Data Centre.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Bristol +7 13 £550 +91.30% 9
Wiltshire -14 12 £619 +15.12% 1
Gloucestershire +13 8 £550 -24.14% 4
Somerset +4 7 £550 - 6
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (6.82%) Confluence
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (36.36%) AWS
2 15 (34.09%) Azure
3 4 (9.09%) GCP
3 4 (9.09%) npm
3 4 (9.09%) OpenShift
4 2 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.27%) AWS Direct Connect
5 1 (2.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (2.27%) Azure Stack
5 1 (2.27%) IaaS
5 1 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.27%) PaaS
5 1 (2.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (18.18%) Firewall
2 6 (13.64%) WAN
3 5 (11.36%) BGP
3 5 (11.36%) Network Security
4 4 (9.09%) AMQP
4 4 (9.09%) Ethernet VPN
4 4 (9.09%) Multicast
5 3 (6.82%) LAN
5 3 (6.82%) SD-WAN
5 3 (6.82%) Skype
5 3 (6.82%) VPN
5 3 (6.82%) VSAN
6 2 (4.55%) DWDM
6 2 (4.55%) SDH
7 1 (2.27%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (2.27%) IGMP
7 1 (2.27%) MPLS
7 1 (2.27%) OSPF
7 1 (2.27%) SAN
7 1 (2.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.09%) RDBMS
1 4 (9.09%) Relational Database
2 2 (4.55%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 4 (9.09%) Git
1 4 (9.09%) Maven
2 3 (6.82%) JIRA
3 2 (4.55%) Rational DOORS
General
1 11 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 4 (9.09%) Finance
5 3 (6.82%) Telecoms
6 2 (4.55%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (29.55%) Architect
2 6 (13.64%) Network Engineer
3 5 (11.36%) Analyst
3 5 (11.36%) Network Architect
4 4 (9.09%) Security Architect
4 4 (9.09%) Support Engineer
5 3 (6.82%) Business Analyst
5 3 (6.82%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.55%) Applications Support
6 2 (4.55%) Applications Support Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) Coordinator
6 2 (4.55%) Data Centre Manager
6 2 (4.55%) Data Migration Analyst
6 2 (4.55%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (4.55%) Head of Technology
6 2 (4.55%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (4.55%) Security Engineer
6 2 (4.55%) Technical Architect
6 2 (4.55%) Technical Manager
6 2 (4.55%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) ModSecurity
2 1 (2.27%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.09%) Cloud Native
1 4 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.82%) Cyber Defence
2 3 (6.82%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (6.82%) PKI
2 3 (6.82%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.27%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.27%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.27%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (22.73%) Windows
2 8 (18.18%) Linux
3 5 (11.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (9.09%) CentOS
4 4 (9.09%) Unix
4 4 (9.09%) Windows 10
5 3 (6.82%) Windows Server
5 3 (6.82%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (4.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (27.27%) Migration
2 9 (20.45%) ITIL
3 6 (13.64%) Infrastructure as Code
3 6 (13.64%) Roadmaps
3 6 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (13.64%) Validation
4 5 (11.36%) CI/CD
4 5 (11.36%) DevOps
5 4 (9.09%) Agile
5 4 (9.09%) Decision-Making
5 4 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (9.09%) End-to-End Testing
5 4 (9.09%) Network Architecture
5 4 (9.09%) People Management
5 4 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (9.09%) Server Migrations
5 4 (9.09%) Test Automation
5 4 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (6.82%) Network Design
6 3 (6.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.09%) Java
2 3 (6.82%) SQL
3 2 (4.55%) C
4 1 (2.27%) Bicep
4 1 (2.27%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (34.09%) Security Cleared
2 8 (18.18%) DV Cleared
3 6 (13.64%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.82%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (6.82%) CISSP
5 2 (4.55%) CCNP
5 2 (4.55%) CESG Certified Professional
5 2 (4.55%) CISA
5 2 (4.55%) Degree
6 1 (2.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (2.27%) CCNA
6 1 (2.27%) CCSP
6 1 (2.27%) CISM
6 1 (2.27%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (6.82%) NCSC
2 2 (4.55%) JSP 440
2 2 (4.55%) RMADS
3 1 (2.27%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (9.09%) Docker
1 4 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
1 4 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (11.36%) Terraform
2 4 (9.09%) Ansible
2 4 (9.09%) Grafana
3 3 (6.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (6.82%) OPNET
3 3 (6.82%) vCenter Server
4 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (18.18%) Cisco
2 5 (11.36%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.36%) Oracle
2 5 (11.36%) VMware
3 3 (6.82%) Arista
3 3 (6.82%) F5
3 3 (6.82%) Juniper
3 3 (6.82%) Palo Alto
4 2 (4.55%) IBM
4 2 (4.55%) Nokia
4 2 (4.55%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.27%) Brocade
5 1 (2.27%) CheckPoint
5 1 (2.27%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (2.27%) NetApp
5 1 (2.27%) Zscaler