Data Centre Architect Contracts with Work from Home Options

Data Centre Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Data Centre Architect daily rate in Work from Home is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 336 466 601
Rank change year-on-year +130 +135 -136
Contract jobs requiring a Data Centre Architect 10 5 19
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.066% 0.020% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.070% 0.020% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 12
10th Percentile £525 £505 -
25th Percentile - £550 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £613 £650
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% -5.77% +10.64%
75th Percentile £646 £619 £688
90th Percentile £705 - £736
UK median daily rate £688 £613 £640
% change year-on-year +12.24% -4.30% +6.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,245 24,407 42,723
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 95.35% 95.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,541 17,249 30,859
10th Percentile £325 £357 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 558 605
10th Percentile £14.33 £18.50 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.29 £25.95 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £62.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%

Data Centre Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Data Centre Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Centre Architect trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Centre Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Centre Architect.

Data Centre Architect daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Data Centre Architect
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Centre Architect over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Data Centre Architect daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Centre Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Data Centre Architect 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Data Centre Architect in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 4 (40.00%) VMware
2 4 (40.00%) TOGAF
2 4 (40.00%) Dell
2 4 (40.00%) vSphere
2 4 (40.00%) VxRail
3 3 (30.00%) Data Migration
3 3 (30.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (30.00%) LAN
3 3 (30.00%) WAN
3 3 (30.00%) Cisco
3 3 (30.00%) Degree
3 3 (30.00%) Migration
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) Agile
4 2 (20.00%) JIRA
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (20.00%) VxBlock/Vblock
4 2 (20.00%) VSAN
4 2 (20.00%) vCenter Server
4 2 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (20.00%) Palo Alto
4 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (20.00%) Performance Metrics

Data Centre Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) LAN
1 3 (30.00%) WAN
2 2 (20.00%) VSAN
3 1 (10.00%) Firewall
3 1 (10.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (10.00%) Unified Communications
3 1 (10.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (20.00%) VxBlock/Vblock
3 1 (10.00%) FMCG
3 1 (10.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
1 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (30.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Migration
3 2 (20.00%) Agile
3 2 (20.00%) Capacity Management
3 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 2 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (20.00%) Kanban
3 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
3 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (20.00%) Time Management
4 1 (10.00%) Load Balancing
4 1 (10.00%) Privileged Access Management
4 1 (10.00%) SIEM
4 1 (10.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
1 3 (30.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) vSphere
2 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) VxRail
2 2 (20.00%) FortiGate
2 2 (20.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Dell
1 4 (40.00%) VMware
2 3 (30.00%) Cisco
3 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (20.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (10.00%) Citrix
4 1 (10.00%) Juniper
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle
4 1 (10.00%) Red Hat