Data Centre Technician Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Data Centre Technician
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Data Centre Technician daily rate in West Yorkshire is £360, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 - 79
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Centre Technician 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.11% - 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £319
25th Percentile £355 - £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 - £339
75th Percentile £365 - £359
90th Percentile - - £360
Yorkshire median daily rate £348 - £339
% change year-on-year - - +1.12%

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 859 562 1,098
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.50% 94.77% 94.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 572 337 692
10th Percentile £290 £255 £275
25th Percentile £400 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £644 £650 £675
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +8.33% -5.26% -8.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 26 23
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £14.25 £19.50 £12.53
Median hourly rate £20.18 £24.18 £17.06
Median % change year-on-year -16.54% +41.78% -31.78%
75th Percentile £52.50 £38.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £69.57 £53.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £37.18 £23.34 £16.58
% change year-on-year +59.30% +40.75% -24.63%

Data Centre Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Data Centre Technician job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Data Centre Technician
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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

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

Data Centre Technician Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 29 January 2026, Data Centre Technician 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 Technician in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) KVM
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Data Centre Technician 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Firmware
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) KVM
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware