Data Centre Architect Contracts in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Architect
UK > UK excluding London

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Data Centre Architect daily rate in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 334 393 459
Rank change year-on-year +59 +66 +46
Contract jobs requiring a Data Centre Architect 2 6 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.016% 0.029% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.031% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 1
10th Percentile - £586 -
25th Percentile - £646 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £667 £613
Median % change year-on-year - +8.86% -15.52%
75th Percentile - £792 £619
90th Percentile - £825 -
UK median daily rate £544 £688 £613
% change year-on-year -20.91% +12.24% -4.30%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Data Centre Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Data Centre Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre Architect in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Centre Architect in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Data Centre Architect in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Centre Architect in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre Architect in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Architect
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre Architect within the UK excluding London 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
South East +46 1 - -
Scotland +12 1 - -
Data Centre Architect
UK

Data Centre Architect Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Data Centre Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Data Centre Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Measurement
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Management

Data Centre Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Measurement
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft