Data Center
Hertfordshire > Watford
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Watford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 9 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Data Centre | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Watford | - | 5.26% | - |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 20.00% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £175 | - |
| Hertfordshire median daily rate | £523 | £423 | £453 |
| % change year-on-year | +23.67% | -6.63% | -17.73% |
All Generic Skills
Watford
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 Watford.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 13 | 15 | 30 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford | 22.03% | 26.32% | 21.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| 10th Percentile | £285 | £195 | £278 |
| 25th Percentile | £416 | £248 | £292 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £475 | £459 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +3.54% | -23.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £553 | £495 | £619 |
| 90th Percentile | £588 | £542 | £638 |
| Hertfordshire median daily rate | £550 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.00% | - | -9.09% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £30.61 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £32.74 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £34.86 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Hertfordshire median hourly rate | £64.25 | £67.50 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.81% | +3.85% | -5.45% |
Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Centre relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford.
Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Watford
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Data Centre.
Data Centre
Hourly Rate Trend in Watford
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing Data Centre.
