Data Centre Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Data Center
South East > West Sussex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in West Sussex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 23 40
Rank change year-on-year -6 +17 +5
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 5 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 2.18% 0.78% 0.78%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.17% 3.45% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £643 - -
25th Percentile £688 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £800 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% - -
75th Percentile £800 - -
90th Percentile £823 - -
South East median daily rate £419 £520 £513
% change year-on-year -19.47% +1.46% -0.24%

All Generic Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 81 29 60
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 35.37% 22.66% 23.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 22 52
10th Percentile £170 £170 £160
25th Percentile £286 £217 £241
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £375
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +20.16% -28.67%
75th Percentile £703 £647 £591
90th Percentile £720 £800 £678
South East median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 - -
Median hourly rate £18.82 - £70.07
75th Percentile £20.69 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £23.00 £51.25 £52.50
% change year-on-year -55.12% -2.38% +47.89%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Centre relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Data Centre job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Data Centre.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in West Sussex over the 6 months to 9 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in West Sussex

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Data Centre.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 West Sussex region over the 6 months to 9 November 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
Worthing -3 4 £750 -6.25%
Data Centre
South East

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) ThingWorx
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) 4G
1 3 (60.00%) ADSL
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (20.00%) Back Office
1 1 (20.00%) Front Office
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Technology Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (20.00%) Lead Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Security Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
1 3 (60.00%) IoT
1 3 (60.00%) Operational Technology
1 3 (60.00%) SCADA
2 1 (20.00%) CCTV
2 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Capacity Management
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Fit Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Security Management
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Citrix
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) VMware