Data Centre Contracts in Wakefield

Data Center
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Wakefield. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 7 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 14 -
Rank change year-on-year +12 - -
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wakefield 25.00% 2.04% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 100.00% 8.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £528 - -
25th Percentile £531 £310 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £320 -
Median % change year-on-year +67.97% - -
75th Percentile £544 £330 -
90th Percentile £548 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £563 £525
% change year-on-year -12.98% +7.14% -4.55%

All Generic Skills
Wakefield

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 Wakefield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2 12 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wakefield 25.00% 24.49% 7.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 4
10th Percentile £528 £129 £137
25th Percentile £531 £139 £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £235 £288
Median % change year-on-year +128.72% -18.26% -26.28%
75th Percentile £544 £366 £368
90th Percentile £548 £432 £399
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £530
% change year-on-year - -5.66% +6.00%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wakefield.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Wakefield

Data Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wakefield

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in Wakefield.

Daily rate trend for Data Centre in Wakefield

Data Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wakefield

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in Wakefield.

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre in Wakefield

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wakefield 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 2 (100.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (100.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Data Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Data Centre Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Data Centre Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) IT Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Server Management
2 1 (50.00%) Six Sigma
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow