Data Centre Engineer Contracts in West Yorkshire

Data Centre Engineer
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Data Centre Engineer daily rate in West Yorkshire is £563 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 - 114
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Centre Engineer 13 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 1.30% - 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.40% - 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile £319 - -
25th Percentile £438 - £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 - £230
75th Percentile £619 - £245
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £563 - £230

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 929 1,588 1,876
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 97.48% 97.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 559 1,102 1,351
10th Percentile £275 £325 £250
25th Percentile £400 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +6.06% +10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £558
90th Percentile £668 £700 £644
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 17 54
10th Percentile £11.75 £12.70 £10.33
25th Percentile £12.25 £15.75 £12.00
Median hourly rate £15.17 £32.50 £17.18
Median % change year-on-year -53.32% +89.23% -21.00%
75th Percentile £22.75 £63.75 £21.38
90th Percentile £53.75 £70.00 £26.50
Yorkshire median hourly rate £14.50 £22.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -34.09% +25.71% -7.89%

Data Centre Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Job postings that featured Data Centre Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre Engineer in West Yorkshire

Data Centre Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Centre Engineer in West Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Data Centre Engineer in West Yorkshire

Data Centre Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre Engineer in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre Engineer in West Yorkshire

Data Centre Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Centre Engineer in West Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre Engineer in West Yorkshire

Data Centre Engineer
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre Engineer within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Leeds - 9 £588 - 1
Wakefield - 5 £338 -
Data Centre Engineer
Yorkshire

Data Centre Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Data Centre Engineer 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 across the West Yorkshire region featuring Data Centre Engineer in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Migration
1 13 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 11 (84.62%) Finance
3 9 (69.23%) Active Directory
3 9 (69.23%) Windows
4 8 (61.54%) VMS
4 8 (61.54%) Big Data
5 5 (38.46%) Network Monitoring
5 5 (38.46%) KVM
5 5 (38.46%) Windows 7
5 5 (38.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (38.46%) Banking
5 5 (38.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (38.46%) VMware
5 5 (38.46%) VMware Workstation
5 5 (38.46%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (38.46%) DHCP
5 5 (38.46%) DNS
5 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
5 5 (38.46%) Windows 10
5 5 (38.46%) Remote Desktop
5 5 (38.46%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (38.46%) vCenter Server
5 5 (38.46%) Runbook
5 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
5 5 (38.46%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (30.77%) Windows Server

Data Centre Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 4 (30.77%) IIS
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) DHCP
1 5 (38.46%) DNS
1 5 (38.46%) Remote Desktop
1 5 (38.46%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (30.77%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (61.54%) Big Data
General
1 11 (84.62%) Finance
2 5 (38.46%) Banking
2 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 13 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 4 (30.77%) Clustering
3 3 (23.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 9 (69.23%) Windows
2 8 (61.54%) VMS
3 5 (38.46%) Windows 10
3 5 (38.46%) Windows 7
4 4 (30.77%) Linux
4 4 (30.77%) Windows Server
4 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Migration
2 5 (38.46%) Network Monitoring
2 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (38.46%) Runbook
3 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
4 2 (15.38%) Project Management
4 2 (15.38%) Test Automation
4 2 (15.38%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (23.08%) A+ Certification
2 3 (23.08%) CCNA
2 3 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 3 (23.08%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) QA
System Software
1 9 (69.23%) Active Directory
2 5 (38.46%) KVM
2 5 (38.46%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (38.46%) VMware ESXi
2 5 (38.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (38.46%) VMware Workstation
3 3 (23.08%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
1 5 (38.46%) VMware