Data Centre Contracts in Wales

Data Center
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 22 50
Rank change year-on-year -2 +28 +8
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 19 22 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 6.48% 5.57% 1.73%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 17.12% 16.54% 4.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 2 6
10th Percentile £198 - £135
25th Percentile £363 - £169
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £91 £313
Median % change year-on-year +339.56% -70.88% -16.11%
75th Percentile £456 - £492
90th Percentile £475 - £516
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £28.50 - -
25th Percentile £31.88 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - £25.00
75th Percentile £41.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £26.08 £24.44 £21.67
% change year-on-year +6.73% +12.76% -22.26%

All Generic Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 111 133 262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 37.88% 33.67% 41.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 91 185
10th Percentile £160 £160 £161
25th Percentile £267 £394 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £478 £535 £538
90th Percentile £600 £570 £620
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 10
10th Percentile £18.96 - £12.61
25th Percentile £21.01 £11.75 £15.25
Median hourly rate £33.38 £13.50 £17.03
Median % change year-on-year +147.22% -20.73% +17.23%
75th Percentile £44.06 £19.00 £19.81
90th Percentile £45.00 £45.80 £27.64
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Wales

Data Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Data Centre in Wales

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Wales over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in Wales

Data Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre in Wales

Data Centre
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the Wales 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 Wales 0 15 £400 +339.56% 10
Dyfed - 3 £375 -
North Wales - 1 - - 4
Data Centre
UK

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 (10.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS Visio
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.26%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 10 (52.63%) Azure
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (31.58%) Firewall
2 2 (10.53%) BGP
2 2 (10.53%) Cisco Firepower
2 2 (10.53%) DHCP
2 2 (10.53%) DNS
2 2 (10.53%) IPv4
2 2 (10.53%) OSPF
2 2 (10.53%) VPN
2 2 (10.53%) Wireless
3 1 (5.26%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle Database
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle Reports
General
1 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Finance
3 1 (5.26%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) 2nd Line Support
1 4 (21.05%) Consultant
1 4 (21.05%) Data Centre Consultant
1 4 (21.05%) Data Consultant
1 4 (21.05%) Data Migration Consultant
1 4 (21.05%) Migration Consultant
1 4 (21.05%) Support Specialist
1 4 (21.05%) Technical Consultant
2 2 (10.53%) Backup Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) Commvault Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) Data Centre Technician
2 2 (10.53%) Network Engineer
2 2 (10.53%) Senior
2 2 (10.53%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Data Centre Specialist
3 1 (5.26%) Data Manager
3 1 (5.26%) Data Migration Specialist
3 1 (5.26%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (5.26%) Desktop Support
3 1 (5.26%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (10.53%) NHS
3 1 (5.26%) ASTM
3 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Migration
2 6 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (26.32%) TOGAF
4 4 (21.05%) Application Packaging
4 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
4 4 (21.05%) Customer Service
4 4 (21.05%) Incident Management
4 4 (21.05%) ITIL
5 3 (15.79%) Change Management
6 2 (10.53%) Data Migration
6 2 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (10.53%) Performance Tuning
6 2 (10.53%) Problem Management
6 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
6 2 (10.53%) Translating Business Requirements
7 1 (5.26%) Actionable Insight
7 1 (5.26%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (5.26%) Data Protection
7 1 (5.26%) Demand Management
7 1 (5.26%) Server Management
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Azure Certification
1 5 (26.32%) TOGAF Certification
2 4 (21.05%) A+ Certification
2 4 (21.05%) Degree
2 4 (21.05%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (10.53%) CCIE
3 2 (10.53%) CCNP
3 2 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.26%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 4 (21.05%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.26%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) Jamf Pro
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (10.53%) Cisco Prime
2 2 (10.53%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (5.26%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) ServiceNow
2 3 (15.79%) Cisco
2 3 (15.79%) Palo Alto
3 2 (10.53%) Commvault
3 2 (10.53%) Ekahau
3 2 (10.53%) Oracle
3 2 (10.53%) VMware
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.26%) Snow