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 7 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 43 59
Rank change year-on-year -3 +16 +15
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 130 72 40
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 4.55% 4.80% 2.62%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.83% 12.83% 9.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 52 20
10th Percentile £318 £300 £170
25th Percentile £358 £362 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £405 £563
Median % change year-on-year -9.88% -28.00% +2.27%
75th Percentile £500 £492 £579
90th Percentile £540 £523 £619
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.37% -2.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile £16.68 - -
25th Percentile £17.68 - £23.92
Median hourly rate £19.34 - £24.87
75th Percentile £23.67 - £25.83
90th Percentile £26.27 - £27.29
England median hourly rate £25.39 £25.15 £23.80
% change year-on-year +0.93% +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 1,099 561 434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 38.43% 37.42% 28.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 658 343 248
10th Percentile £330 £303 £259
25th Percentile £413 £375 £414
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 £612 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 6 48
10th Percentile £16.12 £15.00 -
25th Percentile £18.50 £15.88 £12.15
Median hourly rate £26.72 £18.51 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year +44.35% +26.56% -32.76%
75th Percentile £43.96 £20.38 £21.81
90th Percentile £68.75 £59.78 £41.88
England median hourly rate £43.56 £32.05 £47.50
% change year-on-year +35.91% -32.53% +14.46%

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 7 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 7 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 -6 52 £475 -2.96% 18
South Yorkshire -28 39 £485 +29.33% 11
East Yorkshire -6 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 4 (3.08%) Confluence
2 1 (0.77%) CICS
2 1 (0.77%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (2.31%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 24 (18.46%) Azure
2 14 (10.77%) GitHub
3 10 (7.69%) AWS
3 10 (7.69%) IaaS
4 8 (6.15%) GCP
5 6 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (3.85%) SaaS
7 4 (3.08%) OpenShift
8 3 (2.31%) Cloudflare
8 3 (2.31%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (2.31%) OCI
9 2 (1.54%) Azure Storage
9 2 (1.54%) Datadog
9 2 (1.54%) Google Compute Engine
10 1 (0.77%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.77%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 36 (27.69%) Firewall
2 23 (17.69%) SAN
3 14 (10.77%) DNS
4 12 (9.23%) TCP/IP
5 11 (8.46%) BIG-IP
5 11 (8.46%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 11 (8.46%) VLAN
6 10 (7.69%) Network Security
7 8 (6.15%) BGP
7 8 (6.15%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 8 (6.15%) OSPF
7 8 (6.15%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (6.15%) WLAN
8 6 (4.62%) Cisco Nexus
8 6 (4.62%) DHCP
8 6 (4.62%) LAN
8 6 (4.62%) VoIP
8 6 (4.62%) VPN
8 6 (4.62%) WAN
8 6 (4.62%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.77%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 34 (26.15%) JIRA
2 14 (10.77%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.31%) GitLab
4 1 (0.77%) Git
General
1 33 (25.38%) Social Skills
2 20 (15.38%) Finance
3 14 (10.77%) Banking
4 9 (6.92%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.85%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.08%) Police
7 3 (2.31%) Billing
7 3 (2.31%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.54%) Retail
9 1 (0.77%) Cyber-Physical System
9 1 (0.77%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.77%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (33.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 36 (27.69%) Data Centre Engineer
3 16 (12.31%) Network Engineer
4 13 (10.00%) Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (9.23%) Senior
6 10 (7.69%) ICT Engineer
7 8 (6.15%) Lead
8 7 (5.38%) Architect
9 6 (4.62%) Senior Network Engineer
10 5 (3.85%) Consultant
10 5 (3.85%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (3.85%) Storage Engineer
11 4 (3.08%) Analyst
11 4 (3.08%) Azure Engineer
11 4 (3.08%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 4 (3.08%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 4 (3.08%) Platform Engineer
11 4 (3.08%) Project Manager
11 4 (3.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (3.08%) Storage Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.69%) Redfish
2 3 (2.31%) Middleware
2 3 (2.31%) SAML
3 2 (1.54%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.54%) SLSA
3 2 (1.54%) YAML
4 1 (0.77%) JSON
4 1 (0.77%) REST
4 1 (0.77%) SOAP
4 1 (0.77%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (16.15%) Enterprise Storage
2 10 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 7 (5.38%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.62%) Replication
5 5 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.85%) PKI
6 4 (3.08%) EMC VMAX
6 4 (3.08%) EMC VNX
7 2 (1.54%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (1.54%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (1.54%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.77%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.77%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.77%) IoT
8 1 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.77%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.77%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.77%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 20 (15.38%) Windows
2 17 (13.08%) Linux
3 4 (3.08%) Data ONTAP
4 2 (1.54%) AIX
4 2 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.54%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.54%) zOS
5 1 (0.77%) Unix
5 1 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (38.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 22 (16.92%) Validation
3 21 (16.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (13.08%) Agile
4 17 (13.08%) CI/CD
5 16 (12.31%) Capacity Planning
5 16 (12.31%) DevOps
6 15 (11.54%) Runbook
7 14 (10.77%) Data Centre Operations
7 14 (10.77%) Migration
8 12 (9.23%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (8.46%) Test Automation
10 10 (7.69%) Asset Management
10 10 (7.69%) Infrastructure Management
10 10 (7.69%) Inventory Management
11 9 (6.92%) Risk Management
12 8 (6.15%) Cloud Security
12 8 (6.15%) High Availability
12 8 (6.15%) Operations Management
12 8 (6.15%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 21 (16.15%) Python
2 9 (6.92%) PowerShell
3 8 (6.15%) ActionScript
4 7 (5.38%) Bash
5 3 (2.31%) Java
6 2 (1.54%) JCL
6 2 (1.54%) REXX
Qualifications
1 9 (6.92%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (6.15%) Security Cleared
3 6 (4.62%) CCNP
4 4 (3.08%) CISSP
4 4 (3.08%) Degree
4 4 (3.08%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 3 (2.31%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.31%) NCDA
5 3 (2.31%) NCIE
6 2 (1.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (1.54%) CCNA
6 2 (1.54%) CCSK
6 2 (1.54%) CCSP
6 2 (1.54%) CEH
6 2 (1.54%) CISM
6 2 (1.54%) GIAC
7 1 (0.77%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.77%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.77%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.08%) PMO
2 1 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.77%) NIST
2 1 (0.77%) NIST 800
2 1 (0.77%) QA
System Software
1 25 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (10.00%) Firmware
3 12 (9.23%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (3.85%) Hyper-V
4 5 (3.85%) vSphere
5 4 (3.08%) NFS
5 4 (3.08%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (2.31%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 3 (2.31%) SRDF
7 2 (1.54%) KVM
7 2 (1.54%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.77%) ACF2
8 1 (0.77%) Active Directory
8 1 (0.77%) RACF
8 1 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (8.46%) Dell DRAC
2 9 (6.92%) Ansible
3 7 (5.38%) Terraform
4 5 (3.85%) Kubernetes
4 5 (3.85%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 5 (3.85%) vCenter Server
5 4 (3.08%) EMC VPLEX
5 4 (3.08%) SnapMirror
6 3 (2.31%) EMC NetWorker
6 3 (2.31%) NetBackup
6 3 (2.31%) SnapVault
7 2 (1.54%) Argo
7 2 (1.54%) Grafana
7 2 (1.54%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.77%) OMEGAMON
8 1 (0.77%) Packer
8 1 (0.77%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.77%) SCCM
8 1 (0.77%) vMotion
Vendors
1 27 (20.77%) VMware
2 16 (12.31%) Cisco
2 16 (12.31%) Juniper
3 14 (10.77%) F5
4 11 (8.46%) Dell
5 9 (6.92%) Microsoft
6 8 (6.15%) Brocade
7 7 (5.38%) Palo Alto
8 6 (4.62%) IBM
9 5 (3.85%) CheckPoint
9 5 (3.85%) ServiceNow
10 4 (3.08%) 3PAR
10 4 (3.08%) EMC
10 4 (3.08%) NetApp
11 3 (2.31%) Arista
11 3 (2.31%) Aruba
11 3 (2.31%) ForeScout
11 3 (2.31%) Red Hat
11 3 (2.31%) SolarWinds
11 3 (2.31%) Veeam