Data Centre Engineer Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Data Centre Engineer
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Data Centre Engineer daily rate in South Yorkshire is £365, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
6 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 47 57
Rank change year-on-year -42 +10 -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Centre Engineer 8 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.80% 0.28% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% 0.31% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 1
10th Percentile £346 - -
25th Percentile £358 £310 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £320 £340
Median % change year-on-year +14.06% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £373 £330 £360
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £365 £350 £563
% change year-on-year +4.29% -37.78% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 905 322 387
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.77% 90.70% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 609 217 237
10th Percentile £335 £213 £225
25th Percentile £408 £385 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year +0.63% +1.06% -14.55%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £564
90th Percentile £650 £638 £638
Yorkshire median daily rate £480 £463 £463
% change year-on-year +3.78% - -11.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 17
10th Percentile - £16.37 £10.90
25th Percentile - £18.10 £12.63
Median hourly rate - £18.21 £13.23
Median % change year-on-year - +37.60% -29.85%
75th Percentile - £18.50 £23.75
90th Percentile - £18.51 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £42.50 £21.24 £14.45
% change year-on-year +100.09% +46.96% -46.96%

Data Centre Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Centre Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Data Centre Engineer job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Data Centre Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Centre Engineer job vacancies in South Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Centre Engineer job vacancies in South Yorkshire

Data Centre Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 6 April 2026, Data Centre Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South Yorkshire region featuring Data Centre Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Firmware
1 7 (87.50%) Linux
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) Capacity Planning
2 6 (75.00%) Data Centre Operations
3 5 (62.50%) Asset Management
3 5 (62.50%) Dell DRAC
3 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure Management
3 5 (62.50%) Inventory Management
3 5 (62.50%) Redfish
3 5 (62.50%) Runbook
3 5 (62.50%) Test Automation
4 3 (37.50%) JIRA
4 3 (37.50%) SAN
5 2 (25.00%) Bash
5 2 (25.00%) Hyper-V
5 2 (25.00%) KVM
5 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
5 2 (25.00%) Python
5 2 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (25.00%) VMware
5 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure

Data Centre Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 3 (37.50%) SAN
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (62.50%) Redfish
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Linux
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Capacity Planning
1 6 (75.00%) Data Centre Operations
2 5 (62.50%) Asset Management
2 5 (62.50%) Infrastructure Management
2 5 (62.50%) Inventory Management
2 5 (62.50%) Runbook
2 5 (62.50%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Bash
1 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (25.00%) Python
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) Firmware
2 2 (25.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (25.00%) KVM
2 2 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (62.50%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) VMware
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