Data Centre Contract Job Trends in Swansea

Data Center
West Wales > Swansea

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Swansea. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 11 7
Rank change year-on-year +1 -4 -
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Swansea 3.23% 3.45% 5.56%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 33.33% 25.00% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £338
75th Percentile - - £344
90th Percentile - - -
West Wales median daily rate - - £338
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £22.50 -
West Wales median hourly rate - £22.50 -

All Generic Skills
Swansea

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 Swansea.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swansea 9.68% 13.79% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £195 - £191
25th Percentile £239 - £214
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £323 £145 £256
Median % change year-on-year +122.41% -43.41% +42.36%
75th Percentile £409 - £302
90th Percentile £456 - £327
West Wales median daily rate £323 £128 £256
% change year-on-year +152.94% -50.24% +42.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £20.00 -
West Wales median hourly rate - £20.00 -

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Swansea

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Swansea

Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Swansea

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing Data Centre.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea 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 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco