Data Centre Contracts with Work from Home Options

Data Center
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 79 112
Rank change year-on-year -59 +33 +17
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 235 710 1,021
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.55% 2.78% 2.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.44% 8.84% 7.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 509 765
10th Percentile £400 £401 £363
25th Percentile £458 £463 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £600
90th Percentile £699 £717 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £520
% change year-on-year -4.55% +5.77% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 3
10th Percentile £50.85 - £22.48
25th Percentile £52.13 £20.00 £23.19
Median hourly rate £56.50 £42.50 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year +32.94% +47.83% -44.17%
75th Percentile £63.13 £69.38 £52.81
90th Percentile £65.75 £72.75 £64.63
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £21.67 £27.00
% change year-on-year +10.75% -19.74% -43.16%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Data Centre is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,322 8,030 13,983
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.52% 31.44% 31.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,947 5,647 9,980
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £431 £451 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% +9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £650
90th Percentile £800 £792 £750
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 193 154 225
10th Percentile £15.44 £19.00 £12.42
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +23.60% +29.93%
75th Percentile £65.03 £70.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £66.15
UK median hourly rate £30.14 £22.49 £27.25
% change year-on-year +34.04% -17.49% +3.52%

Data Centre
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Centre trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Centre
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.

Data Centre daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Centre over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Data Centre daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Data Centre hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Data Centre
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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (6.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (5.11%) Confluence
3 5 (2.13%) IIS
4 4 (1.70%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.28%) OpenStack
5 3 (1.28%) SharePoint 2013
6 2 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.43%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.43%) CMS
7 1 (0.43%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.43%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.43%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.85%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.85%) Revit
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.43%) Weka
Business Applications
1 12 (5.11%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.43%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 66 (28.09%) Azure
2 42 (17.87%) AWS
3 22 (9.36%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (6.38%) GitHub
5 12 (5.11%) IaaS
6 10 (4.26%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (4.26%) Entra ID
6 10 (4.26%) SaaS
7 8 (3.40%) AWS Direct Connect
8 7 (2.98%) PaaS
8 7 (2.98%) Power Platform
9 6 (2.55%) Amazon S3
10 5 (2.13%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (2.13%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.13%) GCP
11 4 (1.70%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 4 (1.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 4 (1.70%) Mimecast
11 4 (1.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 35 (14.89%) Firewall
2 24 (10.21%) WAN
3 16 (6.81%) BGP
3 16 (6.81%) LAN
3 16 (6.81%) SAN
3 16 (6.81%) Wireless
4 14 (5.96%) VPN
5 12 (5.11%) MPLS
5 12 (5.11%) OSPF
6 11 (4.68%) Network Security
7 10 (4.26%) Cisco Nexus
7 10 (4.26%) DNS
7 10 (4.26%) SD-WAN
8 9 (3.83%) VoIP
9 8 (3.40%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 7 (2.98%) IPsec
11 6 (2.55%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (2.55%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 6 (2.55%) SSL
12 5 (2.13%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.38%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.83%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (3.40%) Big Data
4 7 (2.98%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.85%) Oracle Exadata
5 2 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.85%) Power BI
5 2 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.43%) GIS
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.43%) Redis
Development Applications
1 17 (7.23%) Jenkins
1 17 (7.23%) JIRA
2 6 (2.55%) GitLab
3 4 (1.70%) Git
4 1 (0.43%) Robot Framework
General
1 50 (21.28%) Social Skills
2 39 (16.60%) Finance
3 16 (6.81%) Public Sector
4 14 (5.96%) Banking
5 12 (5.11%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (3.83%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (3.83%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.55%) Law
9 6 (2.55%) Police
10 4 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.70%) Legal
11 3 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.28%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.85%) Marketing
12 2 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.85%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.43%) Dutch Language
13 1 (0.43%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 46 (19.57%) Senior
2 36 (15.32%) Architect
3 24 (10.21%) Network Engineer
4 22 (9.36%) Project Manager
5 18 (7.66%) Consultant
5 18 (7.66%) Support Engineer
6 17 (7.23%) Applications Engineer
6 17 (7.23%) Applications Support
6 17 (7.23%) Applications Support Engineer
7 14 (5.96%) Data Centre Engineer
8 12 (5.11%) Senior Applications Engineer
8 12 (5.11%) Senior Applications Support
8 12 (5.11%) Senior Support Engineer
9 11 (4.68%) Infrastructure Manager
9 11 (4.68%) IT Manager
10 10 (4.26%) Data Centre Architect
10 10 (4.26%) DevOps Engineer
10 10 (4.26%) Migration Engineer
11 9 (3.83%) DBA
11 9 (3.83%) Senior DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.38%) YAML
2 6 (2.55%) LDAP
2 6 (2.55%) Web Services
3 5 (2.13%) JSON
4 4 (1.70%) Middleware
4 4 (1.70%) Node.js
4 4 (1.70%) REST
5 3 (1.28%) .NET
5 3 (1.28%) EDI
6 2 (0.85%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.43%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.43%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.43%) IBM Integration Bus
7 1 (0.43%) PostGIS
7 1 (0.43%) SOAP
7 1 (0.43%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.09%) Replication
2 13 (5.53%) Public Cloud
3 11 (4.68%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (4.68%) Private Cloud
4 9 (3.83%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.40%) Clustering
6 5 (2.13%) Tandem
7 4 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.70%) VxBlock/Vblock
8 3 (1.28%) CCTV
8 3 (1.28%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.28%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.28%) SCADA
8 3 (1.28%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.85%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (0.85%) IPTV
9 2 (0.85%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.85%) PKI
9 2 (0.85%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 56 (23.83%) Windows
2 39 (16.60%) Linux
3 17 (7.23%) Windows Server
4 12 (5.11%) zOS
5 11 (4.68%) VMS
6 8 (3.40%) Unix
7 7 (2.98%) Windows 10
8 6 (2.55%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.70%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.28%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.85%) Windows 2000
11 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2008
11 2 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.85%) Windows XP
12 1 (0.43%) CentOS
12 1 (0.43%) Rocky
12 1 (0.43%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (38.30%) Migration
2 51 (21.70%) Agile
3 28 (11.91%) High Availability
4 23 (9.79%) DevOps
5 22 (9.36%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (9.36%) Project Management
6 19 (8.09%) Disaster Recovery
7 18 (7.66%) ETL
7 18 (7.66%) ITIL
7 18 (7.66%) Stakeholder Management
8 16 (6.81%) Storage Management
9 15 (6.38%) Data Migration
10 14 (5.96%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (5.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 14 (5.96%) Project Delivery
11 12 (5.11%) Problem Management
12 10 (4.26%) Roadmaps
12 10 (4.26%) Supplier Management
12 10 (4.26%) TOGAF
12 10 (4.26%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 29 (12.34%) Python
1 29 (12.34%) SQL
2 12 (5.11%) JCL
2 12 (5.11%) REXX
3 11 (4.68%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.55%) Bash
4 6 (2.55%) Java
5 4 (1.70%) ActionScript
6 3 (1.28%) C++
7 2 (0.85%) C
7 2 (0.85%) Perl
7 2 (0.85%) Ruby
7 2 (0.85%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.43%) Go
8 1 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 33 (14.04%) Security Cleared
2 19 (8.09%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (7.23%) SC Cleared
4 16 (6.81%) CCNP
5 13 (5.53%) Degree
6 11 (4.68%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.55%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.55%) CCIE
8 5 (2.13%) CCNA
8 5 (2.13%) CTC Cleared
9 4 (1.70%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 4 (1.70%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (1.70%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.70%) PMP
9 4 (1.70%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (1.28%) CCIE Data Center
10 3 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.98%) SLA
2 4 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.85%) QA
4 1 (0.43%) COBIT
4 1 (0.43%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.43%) GDPR
4 1 (0.43%) NIST
4 1 (0.43%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.43%) PMO
4 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (14.89%) Active Directory
2 25 (10.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (5.11%) NFS
3 12 (5.11%) Time Sharing Option
3 12 (5.11%) vSphere
4 8 (3.40%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (2.98%) VMware NSX
6 6 (2.55%) Docker
6 6 (2.55%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (1.28%) KVM
8 2 (0.85%) Firmware
8 2 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.85%) VMware Server
9 1 (0.43%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 1 (0.43%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.43%) vCloud
9 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.43%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 21 (8.94%) Ansible
2 19 (8.09%) Terraform
3 18 (7.66%) Kubernetes
4 11 (4.68%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 7 (2.98%) SCCM
6 6 (2.55%) VxRail
7 5 (2.13%) FortiGate
7 5 (2.13%) Grafana
7 5 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (2.13%) Puppet
7 5 (2.13%) vCenter Server
8 4 (1.70%) Nagios
9 3 (1.28%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.28%) SCOM
10 2 (0.85%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.85%) Kibana
10 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.85%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.85%) Red Hat Satellite
11 1 (0.43%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 41 (17.45%) Cisco
1 41 (17.45%) Microsoft
2 38 (16.17%) VMware
3 25 (10.64%) Palo Alto
4 21 (8.94%) Dell
5 14 (5.96%) Brocade
5 14 (5.96%) Citrix
5 14 (5.96%) IBM
6 12 (5.11%) Broadcom
6 12 (5.11%) CA
6 12 (5.11%) F5
7 10 (4.26%) Oracle
8 9 (3.83%) Juniper
9 8 (3.40%) Fortinet
10 6 (2.55%) Arista
10 6 (2.55%) Atlassian
10 6 (2.55%) Red Hat
11 5 (2.13%) Splunk
12 4 (1.70%) ServiceNow
12 4 (1.70%) SolarWinds