Data Centre Contracts in South Yorkshire

Data Center
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in South Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 31 44
Rank change year-on-year +4 +13 +2
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 22 25 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 5.90% 5.47% 2.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 16.30% 16.13% 7.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 14 10
10th Percentile £345 £170 £371
25th Percentile £365 £208 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £415 £621
Median % change year-on-year -8.43% -33.17% +51.46%
75th Percentile £438 £430 £666
90th Percentile £493 £544 £676
Yorkshire median daily rate £375 £451 £550
% change year-on-year -16.85% -18.00% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £22.50 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate - £23.69 -

All Generic Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 135 155 167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 36.19% 33.92% 31.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 91 108
10th Percentile £263 £356 £317
25th Percentile £376 £414 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -25.00% +16.67%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £678
90th Percentile £650 £645 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £475 £538
% change year-on-year - -11.63% +9.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 36
10th Percentile - £10.90 -
25th Percentile - £11.04 £9.80
Median hourly rate - £12.75 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year - +19.94% -44.41%
75th Percentile - £23.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £36.91 £14.63 £10.63
% change year-on-year +152.34% +37.58% -43.16%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in South Yorkshire

Data Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in South Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Data Centre in South Yorkshire

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in South Yorkshire

Data Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in South Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre in South Yorkshire

Data Centre
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire 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
Sheffield +13 20 £380 -30.91% 17
Data Centre
Yorkshire

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (45.45%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (50.00%) Oracle Database
2 9 (40.91%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 13 (59.09%) Finance
2 11 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Banking
4 2 (9.09%) Investment Banking
4 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 2 (9.09%) Retail
5 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Backup Engineer
1 8 (36.36%) Commvault Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Project Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Database Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) IT Manager
3 2 (9.09%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (9.09%) Oracle Database Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Test Manager
3 2 (9.09%) VMware Specialist
4 1 (4.55%) Data Centre Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Data Centre Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Data Centre Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Data Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Disaster Recovery Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Hardware Technician
4 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) IT Technician
4 1 (4.55%) Migration Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle Licensing
1 2 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.55%) AS400
2 1 (4.55%) iSeries
2 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Migration
2 11 (50.00%) Change Management
2 11 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 11 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
2 11 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 11 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 9 (40.91%) Data Migration
4 3 (13.64%) Agile
4 3 (13.64%) Project Governance
5 2 (9.09%) Business Transformation
5 2 (9.09%) Data Management
5 2 (9.09%) Data Protection
5 2 (9.09%) DevOps
5 2 (9.09%) ITIL
5 2 (9.09%) Programme Management
5 2 (9.09%) Project Management
5 2 (9.09%) Scrum
5 2 (9.09%) Software Licensing
5 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (9.09%) Degree
3 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.55%) CCNP
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Oracle RAC
1 2 (9.09%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (9.09%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (50.00%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (9.09%) Data Guard
2 2 (9.09%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 2 (9.09%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 11 (50.00%) Commvault
1 11 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (9.09%) Dell
2 2 (9.09%) Intel
2 2 (9.09%) VMware
3 1 (4.55%) Fortinet
3 1 (4.55%) IBM
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.55%) Veeam