Data Centre Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Data Center
England > Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 45 61
Rank change year-on-year +2 +16 +12
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 137 73 41
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 4.78% 4.82% 2.70%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 12.40% 12.94% 9.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 53 19
10th Percentile £318 £301 £170
25th Percentile £358 £361 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £405 £563
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -28.00% +2.27%
75th Percentile £514 £492 £599
90th Percentile £554 £521 £619
England median daily rate £529 £525 £538
% change year-on-year +0.76% -2.33% -0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 7
10th Percentile £16.68 - £19.05
25th Percentile £17.68 - £23.92
Median hourly rate £19.34 - £24.87
75th Percentile £23.67 - £25.83
90th Percentile £26.27 - £27.00
England median hourly rate £20.43 £25.15 £23.80
% change year-on-year -18.79% +5.67% +1.28%

All Generic Skills
Yorkshire

Data Centre falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,105 564 436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 38.53% 37.23% 28.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 665 345 255
10th Percentile £322 £303 £220
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £514
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.59% -2.10%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £600
90th Percentile £688 £606 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 6 47
10th Percentile £16.34 £15.00 -
25th Percentile £18.71 £15.88 £12.15
Median hourly rate £26.72 £18.51 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year +44.35% +26.56% -31.67%
75th Percentile £43.96 £20.38 £22.87
90th Percentile £68.75 £59.78 £41.88
England median hourly rate £41.00 £31.36 £47.50
% change year-on-year +30.74% -33.98% +8.36%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Centre relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Data Centre.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 19 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in Yorkshire

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Data Centre.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 August 2026. 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
West Yorkshire -1 56 £500 +2.15% 21
South Yorkshire -26 41 £492 +31.20% 8
East Yorkshire -5 1 - -
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.65%) Confluence
2 1 (0.73%) CICS
2 1 (0.73%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 30 (21.90%) Azure
2 14 (10.22%) AWS
2 14 (10.22%) GitHub
3 10 (7.30%) GCP
3 10 (7.30%) IaaS
4 9 (6.57%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (3.65%) SaaS
6 3 (2.19%) Cloudflare
6 3 (2.19%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (2.19%) OCI
6 3 (2.19%) OpenShift
7 2 (1.46%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (1.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (1.46%) Azure Storage
7 2 (1.46%) Datadog
7 2 (1.46%) Google Compute Engine
8 1 (0.73%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 42 (30.66%) Firewall
2 25 (18.25%) SAN
3 20 (14.60%) DNS
4 17 (12.41%) VLAN
5 14 (10.22%) BGP
5 14 (10.22%) TCP/IP
6 13 (9.49%) Network Security
7 12 (8.76%) DHCP
7 12 (8.76%) OSPF
7 12 (8.76%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (8.03%) BIG-IP
8 11 (8.03%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 11 (8.03%) WLAN
9 10 (7.30%) Cisco Nexus
9 10 (7.30%) LAN
9 10 (7.30%) VPN
9 10 (7.30%) WAN
10 9 (6.57%) Wireless
11 8 (5.84%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 8 (5.84%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.73%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 35 (25.55%) JIRA
2 14 (10.22%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.19%) GitLab
4 2 (1.46%) Git
General
1 34 (24.82%) Social Skills
2 20 (14.60%) Finance
3 15 (10.95%) Banking
4 11 (8.03%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.11%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.65%) Police
7 3 (2.19%) Billing
7 3 (2.19%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.46%) Retail
9 1 (0.73%) Cyber-Physical System
9 1 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.73%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (31.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 34 (24.82%) Data Centre Engineer
3 24 (17.52%) Network Engineer
4 20 (14.60%) Senior
5 14 (10.22%) Senior Network Engineer
6 13 (9.49%) Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (7.30%) ICT Engineer
8 8 (5.84%) Lead
9 7 (5.11%) Architect
9 7 (5.11%) Technical Manager
10 6 (4.38%) Data Centre Manager
11 5 (3.65%) Consultant
11 5 (3.65%) Data Manager
11 5 (3.65%) Design Engineer
11 5 (3.65%) Network Design Engineer
11 5 (3.65%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 4 (2.92%) IT Manager
12 4 (2.92%) Platform Engineer
12 4 (2.92%) Senior Design Engineer
12 4 (2.92%) Storage Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.30%) Redfish
2 3 (2.19%) Middleware
2 3 (2.19%) SAML
3 2 (1.46%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.46%) SLSA
3 2 (1.46%) YAML
4 1 (0.73%) JSON
4 1 (0.73%) REST
4 1 (0.73%) SOAP
4 1 (0.73%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (15.33%) Enterprise Storage
2 12 (8.76%) Cloud Native
3 9 (6.57%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (5.84%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (5.11%) PKI
6 6 (4.38%) Replication
7 5 (3.65%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (3.65%) Onboarding
7 5 (3.65%) Public Cloud
8 4 (2.92%) EMC VMAX
8 4 (2.92%) EMC VNX
8 4 (2.92%) Private Cloud
9 3 (2.19%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.46%) Cyber Security Posture
10 2 (1.46%) Fibre Optics
10 2 (1.46%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.73%) Cloud Security Posture
11 1 (0.73%) Driving Licence
11 1 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
11 1 (0.73%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (15.33%) Windows
2 19 (13.87%) Linux
3 4 (2.92%) Data ONTAP
3 4 (2.92%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.46%) AIX
4 2 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.46%) zOS
5 1 (0.73%) Unix
5 1 (0.73%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (36.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 24 (17.52%) Validation
3 18 (13.14%) Capacity Planning
3 18 (13.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (12.41%) CI/CD
5 16 (11.68%) Data Centre Operations
5 16 (11.68%) DevOps
6 15 (10.95%) Runbook
7 14 (10.22%) Agile
7 14 (10.22%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (8.03%) Infrastructure as Code
8 11 (8.03%) Migration
8 11 (8.03%) Test Automation
9 10 (7.30%) Asset Management
9 10 (7.30%) Cloud Security
9 10 (7.30%) High Availability
9 10 (7.30%) Infrastructure Management
9 10 (7.30%) Inventory Management
10 9 (6.57%) Risk Management
11 8 (5.84%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 20 (14.60%) Python
2 9 (6.57%) PowerShell
3 8 (5.84%) ActionScript
4 7 (5.11%) Bash
5 2 (1.46%) JCL
5 2 (1.46%) REXX
6 1 (0.73%) Go
Qualifications
1 13 (9.49%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (7.30%) CCNP
3 9 (6.57%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.65%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.92%) CISSP
5 4 (2.92%) Degree
6 3 (2.19%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.19%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (2.19%) NCDA
6 3 (2.19%) NCIE
6 3 (2.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (1.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (1.46%) CCNA
7 2 (1.46%) CCSK
7 2 (1.46%) CCSP
7 2 (1.46%) CEH
7 2 (1.46%) CISM
7 2 (1.46%) GIAC
8 1 (0.73%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.73%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.19%) PMO
2 1 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.73%) NIST
2 1 (0.73%) NIST 800
2 1 (0.73%) QA
System Software
1 25 (18.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (10.22%) Firmware
3 13 (9.49%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (4.38%) vSphere
5 4 (2.92%) NFS
6 3 (2.19%) Active Directory
6 3 (2.19%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 3 (2.19%) Hyper-V
6 3 (2.19%) SRDF
7 2 (1.46%) Time Sharing Option
7 2 (1.46%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.73%) ACF2
8 1 (0.73%) RACF
8 1 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (8.03%) Ansible
1 11 (8.03%) Dell DRAC
2 10 (7.30%) Terraform
3 7 (5.11%) Kubernetes
4 6 (4.38%) vCenter Server
5 5 (3.65%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 4 (2.92%) EMC VPLEX
6 4 (2.92%) SnapMirror
7 3 (2.19%) EMC NetWorker
7 3 (2.19%) NetBackup
7 3 (2.19%) Prometheus
7 3 (2.19%) SnapVault
7 3 (2.19%) vMotion
8 2 (1.46%) Argo
8 2 (1.46%) Grafana
9 1 (0.73%) Cilium
9 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.73%) OMEGAMON
9 1 (0.73%) Packer
9 1 (0.73%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (19.71%) VMware
2 23 (16.79%) Cisco
3 17 (12.41%) Juniper
4 14 (10.22%) F5
5 12 (8.76%) Dell
5 12 (8.76%) Microsoft
6 9 (6.57%) CheckPoint
7 8 (5.84%) Brocade
8 7 (5.11%) Palo Alto
9 6 (4.38%) IBM
10 5 (3.65%) ServiceNow
11 4 (2.92%) 3PAR
11 4 (2.92%) Arista
11 4 (2.92%) EMC
11 4 (2.92%) Google
11 4 (2.92%) NetApp
12 3 (2.19%) Atlassian
12 3 (2.19%) ForeScout
12 3 (2.19%) Red Hat
12 3 (2.19%) Veeam