Data Centre Architect
UK
The median Data Centre Architect daily rate in the UK is £723, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 520 | 578 | 660 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +58 | +82 | +171 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Data Centre Architect | 16 | 13 | 22 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.052% | 0.030% | 0.039% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.056% | 0.032% | 0.042% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 12 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £541 | £528 | £458 |
| 25th Percentile | £603 | £550 | £545 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £723 | £646 | £625 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.84% | +3.36% | +4.60% |
| 75th Percentile | £825 | £750 | £713 |
| 90th Percentile | £850 | - | £818 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £646 | £675 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.30% | +28.57% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 28,350 | 40,134 | 52,706 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.02% | 92.98% | 94.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18,122 | 25,769 | 36,623 |
| 10th Percentile | £288 | £282 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £401 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.33% | +1.42% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £493 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.65% | -1.40% | +4.17% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,269 | 2,866 | 1,533 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.77 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.33 | £16.50 | £19.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.50 | £37.50 | £43.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -29.33% | -12.79% | +69.37% |
| 75th Percentile | £56.25 | £62.50 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £74.00 | £76.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.00 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.13% | - | +100.00% |
Data Centre Architect
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Data Centre Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Data Centre Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Centre Architect.
Data Centre Architect
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre Architect over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.
Data Centre Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Centre Architect.
Data Centre Architect
Top 6 Contract Locations
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 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 |
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| England | +64 | 14 | £723 | +15.60% | 33 |
| London | +49 | 12 | £761 | +8.75% | 23 |
| Work from Home | +38 | 5 | £544 | -1.14% | 8 |
| UK excluding London | +38 | 2 | - | - | 10 |
| Scotland | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| South East | - | 1 | - | - | 7 |
Data Centre Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 July 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 featuring Data Centre Architect in the job title.
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Data Centre Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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