Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in West Yorkshire is £335, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 - 76
Rank change year-on-year - - +31
Contract jobs requiring a Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.11% - 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £318 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 - £350
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.50%
75th Percentile £353 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £335 - £350
% change year-on-year - - -12.50%

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 887 490 1,052
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.06% 94.78% 94.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 568 310 641
10th Percentile £290 £235 £263
25th Percentile £400 £350 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £573 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £669
Yorkshire median daily rate £487 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +8.22% - -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 18 24
10th Percentile £13.50 £17.08 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.25 £22.14 £12.25
Median hourly rate £19.00 £24.18 £14.37
Median % change year-on-year -21.42% +68.33% -57.47%
75th Percentile £46.25 £32.80 £48.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £98.25 £53.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £29.68 £22.14 £13.96
% change year-on-year +34.06% +58.60% -36.55%

Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 4 March 2026, Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Yorkshire region featuring Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure

Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Storage
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) VMware