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 8 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 49 62
Rank change year-on-year +2 +13 +9
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 121 49 43
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 4.48% 4.42% 2.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.96% 12.22% 9.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 38 26
10th Percentile £318 £316 £170
25th Percentile £336 £368 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £415 £474
Median % change year-on-year -12.05% -12.35% -13.91%
75th Percentile £499 £492 £573
90th Percentile £530 £541 £619
England median daily rate £495 £520 £535
% change year-on-year -4.81% -2.80% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile £16.68 - £21.25
25th Percentile £17.68 - £21.92
Median hourly rate £19.34 - £24.87
75th Percentile £23.67 - £25.83
90th Percentile £26.27 - -
England median hourly rate £22.81 £40.00 £24.87
% change year-on-year -42.98% +60.84% +14.77%

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 1,012 401 467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 37.50% 36.16% 27.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 612 239 252
10th Percentile £318 £263 £263
25th Percentile £413 £381 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £483 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.63% -3.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £586 £575 £588
90th Percentile £688 £625 £643
England median daily rate £525 £526 £550
% change year-on-year -0.10% -4.45% -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 6 71
10th Percentile £14.68 £18.51 -
25th Percentile £18.50 £19.13 £12.15
Median hourly rate £28.00 £24.25 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year +15.46% +65.81% +37.58%
75th Percentile £57.63 £32.80 £18.51
90th Percentile £68.75 £66.35 £25.83
England median hourly rate £43.96 £33.91 £36.50
% change year-on-year +29.64% -7.10% +62.33%

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 8 June 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 8 June 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
South Yorkshire -26 49 £474 +22.16% 7
West Yorkshire -3 45 £335 -30.93% 15
East Yorkshire -10 1 - - 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 2 (1.65%) Confluence
1 2 (1.65%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.83%) CICS
2 1 (0.83%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (2.48%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.65%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 24 (19.83%) Azure
2 15 (12.40%) AWS
3 13 (10.74%) GCP
3 13 (10.74%) GitHub
4 9 (7.44%) IaaS
5 6 (4.96%) OpenShift
6 5 (4.13%) Azure Storage
6 5 (4.13%) SaaS
7 3 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.48%) Azure Functions
7 3 (2.48%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (2.48%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (2.48%) Nutanix
7 3 (2.48%) OCI
7 3 (2.48%) Serverless
8 2 (1.65%) Datadog
8 2 (1.65%) Google Compute Engine
8 2 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.65%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.83%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 21 (17.36%) Firewall
2 17 (14.05%) SAN
3 10 (8.26%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 9 (7.44%) BIG-IP
5 8 (6.61%) DNS
6 6 (4.96%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 6 (4.96%) NAS
6 6 (4.96%) Network Security
7 4 (3.31%) TCP/IP
8 3 (2.48%) BGP
8 3 (2.48%) Ethernet VPN
8 3 (2.48%) OSPF
8 3 (2.48%) SD-WAN
8 3 (2.48%) SSL
8 3 (2.48%) Structured Cabling
8 3 (2.48%) VLAN
8 3 (2.48%) VXLAN
8 3 (2.48%) WAN
8 3 (2.48%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (2.48%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.65%) Power BI
1 2 (1.65%) Power Query
1 2 (1.65%) PowerPivot
2 1 (0.83%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 26 (21.49%) JIRA
2 13 (10.74%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.48%) GitLab
4 1 (0.83%) Git
General
1 32 (26.45%) Social Skills
2 26 (21.49%) Finance
3 15 (12.40%) Banking
4 5 (4.13%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (2.48%) Legal
6 2 (1.65%) Billing
6 2 (1.65%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.83%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (23.97%) Data Centre Engineer
2 26 (21.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 14 (11.57%) Lead
4 10 (8.26%) ICT Engineer
5 7 (5.79%) Azure Engineer
6 6 (4.96%) Architect
6 6 (4.96%) Network Engineer
6 6 (4.96%) Project Manager
6 6 (4.96%) Senior
6 6 (4.96%) Storage Engineer
7 5 (4.13%) Analyst
7 5 (4.13%) Consultant
8 4 (3.31%) Azure Platform Engineer
8 4 (3.31%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 4 (3.31%) Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (3.31%) Data Centre Manager
8 4 (3.31%) Platform Engineer
8 4 (3.31%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (3.31%) Storage Architect
9 3 (2.48%) Data Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.26%) Redfish
2 3 (2.48%) ARM Templates
2 3 (2.48%) Middleware
3 2 (1.65%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.65%) SLSA
3 2 (1.65%) YAML
4 1 (0.83%) JSON
4 1 (0.83%) REST
4 1 (0.83%) SOAP
4 1 (0.83%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.40%) Enterprise Storage
2 8 (6.61%) Cloud Native
3 6 (4.96%) Replication
4 4 (3.31%) EMC VMAX
4 4 (3.31%) EMC VNX
4 4 (3.31%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.48%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.65%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.65%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (1.65%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.83%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (0.83%) CMDB
7 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.83%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.83%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (0.83%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.83%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.83%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 21 (17.36%) Windows
2 20 (16.53%) Linux
3 4 (3.31%) Data ONTAP
4 2 (1.65%) AIX
4 2 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.65%) zOS
5 1 (0.83%) Unix
5 1 (0.83%) VMS
5 1 (0.83%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 22 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 19 (15.70%) CI/CD
3 19 (15.70%) DevOps
4 16 (13.22%) Agile
4 16 (13.22%) Capacity Planning
4 16 (13.22%) Validation
5 15 (12.40%) Data Centre Operations
5 15 (12.40%) Runbook
6 13 (10.74%) Migration
7 12 (9.92%) Infrastructure as Code
8 11 (9.09%) Inventory Management
8 11 (9.09%) Test Automation
9 10 (8.26%) Asset Management
9 10 (8.26%) Infrastructure Management
9 10 (8.26%) Performance Tuning
9 10 (8.26%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (7.44%) Operations Management
10 9 (7.44%) Project Management
10 9 (7.44%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (24.79%) Python
2 18 (14.88%) PowerShell
3 13 (10.74%) Bash
4 6 (4.96%) ActionScript
5 3 (2.48%) Bicep
5 3 (2.48%) Java
6 2 (1.65%) JCL
6 2 (1.65%) REXX
6 2 (1.65%) SQL
6 2 (1.65%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (4.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (3.31%) Degree
2 4 (3.31%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.48%) Azure Certification
3 3 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (2.48%) NCDA
3 3 (2.48%) NCIE
4 2 (1.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (1.65%) CCSK
4 2 (1.65%) CCSP
4 2 (1.65%) CISM
4 2 (1.65%) CISSP
5 1 (0.83%) BICSI Certification
5 1 (0.83%) CCNA
5 1 (0.83%) CCNP
5 1 (0.83%) City & Guilds
5 1 (0.83%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.83%) PMP
5 1 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.61%) PMO
2 1 (0.83%) QA
System Software
1 24 (19.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (13.22%) Firmware
3 12 (9.92%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (8.26%) Hyper-V
5 8 (6.61%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (5.79%) KVM
7 6 (4.96%) vSphere
8 4 (3.31%) NFS
9 3 (2.48%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 3 (2.48%) SRDF
10 2 (1.65%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.83%) ACF2
11 1 (0.83%) Active Directory
11 1 (0.83%) RACF
11 1 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (9.92%) Ansible
1 12 (9.92%) Terraform
2 10 (8.26%) Dell DRAC
3 6 (4.96%) vCenter Server
4 5 (4.13%) Kubernetes
4 5 (4.13%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 4 (3.31%) EMC VPLEX
5 4 (3.31%) SnapMirror
6 3 (2.48%) EMC NetWorker
6 3 (2.48%) NetBackup
6 3 (2.48%) PowerCLI
6 3 (2.48%) SnapVault
7 2 (1.65%) Argo
7 2 (1.65%) Grafana
7 2 (1.65%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.83%) Control-M
8 1 (0.83%) OMEGAMON
8 1 (0.83%) Packer
8 1 (0.83%) SCCM
8 1 (0.83%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 26 (21.49%) VMware
2 14 (11.57%) Microsoft
3 12 (9.92%) Dell
4 11 (9.09%) Juniper
5 10 (8.26%) F5
6 8 (6.61%) Brocade
7 7 (5.79%) Cisco
7 7 (5.79%) Google
8 6 (4.96%) IBM
9 4 (3.31%) 3PAR
9 4 (3.31%) Alibaba
9 4 (3.31%) EMC
9 4 (3.31%) NetApp
9 4 (3.31%) ServiceNow
10 3 (2.48%) Arista
10 3 (2.48%) Aruba
10 3 (2.48%) OpenAI
10 3 (2.48%) Palo Alto
10 3 (2.48%) Red Hat
10 3 (2.48%) Veeam