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 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 43 46
Rank change year-on-year +6 +3 +6
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 30 18 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 6.07% 3.63% 1.65%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 16.95% 13.53% 5.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 12 6
10th Percentile £307 - £329
25th Percentile £364 £170 £566
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £378 £621
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -39.21% +55.25%
75th Percentile £450 £576 £666
90th Percentile £526 £580 £675
Yorkshire median daily rate £438 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -20.45% +4.76% +9.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £22.50 -
Yorkshire median hourly rate - £24.87 -

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 177 133 146
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 35.83% 26.81% 30.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 71 94
10th Percentile £353 £235 £263
25th Percentile £388 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £514 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.53% -10.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £675
90th Percentile £633 £622 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 27
10th Percentile - £10.90 -
25th Percentile - £11.18 £9.80
Median hourly rate £15.00 £14.00 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +31.70% -44.76%
75th Percentile - £41.88 -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.76 £14.63 £10.63
% change year-on-year +35.08% +37.58% -46.88%

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 July 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 July 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 +14 26 £389 -30.84% 29
Barnsley -6 2 £303 -19.87% 5
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 12 (40.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (10.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Project
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (36.67%) Oracle Database
2 9 (30.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 21 (70.00%) Finance
2 12 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (23.33%) Banking
4 5 (16.67%) Social Skills
5 4 (13.33%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (6.67%) Investment Banking
6 2 (6.67%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (26.67%) Backup Engineer
1 8 (26.67%) Commvault Engineer
1 8 (26.67%) Project Manager
2 6 (20.00%) Analyst
3 5 (16.67%) Business Analyst
4 4 (13.33%) Infrastructure Manager
4 4 (13.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 3 (10.00%) Data Business Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Data Centre Analyst
5 3 (10.00%) Data Centre Business Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Data Centre Manager
6 2 (6.67%) Data Centre Project Manager
6 2 (6.67%) Database Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Financial Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) IT Manager
6 2 (6.67%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (6.67%) Oracle Database Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Service Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Test Manager
6 2 (6.67%) VMware Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (6.67%) Oracle Licensing
1 2 (6.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.33%) AS400
2 1 (3.33%) iSeries
2 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (43.33%) Change Management
1 13 (43.33%) Migration
1 13 (43.33%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (36.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 11 (36.67%) Performance Tuning
2 11 (36.67%) Problem Management
2 11 (36.67%) Translating Business Requirements
3 9 (30.00%) Data Migration
4 7 (23.33%) Agile
5 6 (20.00%) Project Delivery
6 5 (16.67%) Waterfall
7 4 (13.33%) Data Centre Operations
7 4 (13.33%) Decision-Making
7 4 (13.33%) Project Governance
8 3 (10.00%) Business Case
8 3 (10.00%) Data Analysis
8 3 (10.00%) Data Management
8 3 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 2 (6.67%) Data Protection
9 2 (6.67%) Facilities Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (13.33%) RIBA
2 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) Oracle RAC
1 2 (6.67%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (6.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (36.67%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (6.67%) Data Guard
2 2 (6.67%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 2 (6.67%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) Commvault
1 11 (36.67%) Oracle
2 5 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.67%) VMware
4 1 (3.33%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.33%) IBM
4 1 (3.33%) Veeam