Data Center
West Midlands > Staffordshire
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Staffordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
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6 months to 2 Jul 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
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| Rank | - | 14 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Data Centre | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire | - | 1.67% | - |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 4.55% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £474 | £538 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.81% | -10.42% | +14.29% |
All Generic Skills
Staffordshire
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 Staffordshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 28 | 22 | 35 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire | 28.57% | 36.67% | 28.69% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 16 | 11 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | £165 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £225 | £140 | £125 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £413 | £350 | £215 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +17.86% | +62.79% | -57.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £488 | £320 |
| 90th Percentile | £759 | £500 | £545 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.76% | +2.94% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £13.95 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £29.00 | £14.71 |
| Median hourly rate | £13.10 | £30.00 | £15.61 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -56.33% | +92.25% | -43.25% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £31.00 | £16.67 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £40.64 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £33.99 | £33.91 | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.22% | +50.71% | -18.18% |
Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Centre relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.
Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Data Centre.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Data Centre.
