Data Centre Contracts 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 49 63
Rank change year-on-year -12 +14 +4
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 31 51 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 3.05% 3.02% 2.78%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.96% 10.92% 9.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 30 56
10th Percentile £322 £170 £316
25th Percentile £361 £333 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £451 £550
Median % change year-on-year -16.85% -18.00% +22.22%
75th Percentile £438 £569 -
90th Percentile £500 £619 £644
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 0
Median hourly rate - £23.69 -
England median hourly rate £24.66 £24.87 £22.09
% change year-on-year -0.84% +12.61% -17.44%

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 346 467 655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 34.02% 27.65% 28.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 254 458
10th Percentile £263 £265 £279
25th Percentile £375 £400 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -11.63% +9.97%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £618
90th Percentile £668 £645 £700
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 69 41
10th Percentile £23.63 - -
25th Percentile £27.56 £12.15 £9.80
Median hourly rate £36.91 £14.63 £10.63
Median % change year-on-year +152.34% +37.58% -43.16%
75th Percentile £82.86 £15.25 -
90th Percentile £97.60 £24.17 £22.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Yorkshire

Data Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Data Centre in Yorkshire

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in Yorkshire

Data Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre in Yorkshire

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 1 May 2025. 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 +4 22 £380 -8.43% 16
West Yorkshire -2 4 £525 -6.67% 10
East Yorkshire - 2 - - 4
North Yorkshire - 2 £200 - 4
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 11 (35.48%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.90%) Firewall
2 1 (3.23%) BGP
2 1 (3.23%) EIGRP
2 1 (3.23%) HSRP
2 1 (3.23%) MPLS
2 1 (3.23%) VLAN
2 1 (3.23%) VPN
2 1 (3.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (38.71%) Oracle Database
2 10 (32.26%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 15 (48.39%) Finance
2 14 (45.16%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (22.58%) Banking
4 5 (16.13%) Social Skills
5 3 (9.68%) Investment Banking
6 2 (6.45%) Aviation
6 2 (6.45%) Fire and Rescue
6 2 (6.45%) Police
6 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
6 2 (6.45%) Retail
6 2 (6.45%) Swedish Language
7 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (29.03%) Backup Engineer
1 9 (29.03%) Commvault Engineer
2 3 (9.68%) Data Centre Engineer
2 3 (9.68%) Project Manager
3 2 (6.45%) Architect
3 2 (6.45%) Database Engineer
3 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (6.45%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
3 2 (6.45%) IT Manager
3 2 (6.45%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (6.45%) Network Engineer
3 2 (6.45%) Oracle Database Engineer
3 2 (6.45%) Security Engineer
3 2 (6.45%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (6.45%) Test Manager
3 2 (6.45%) VMware Specialist
4 1 (3.23%) Data Centre Project Manager
4 1 (3.23%) Disaster Recovery Test Manager
4 1 (3.23%) Hardware Technician
4 1 (3.23%) IT Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (6.45%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (6.45%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (6.45%) Mainframe
1 2 (6.45%) Oracle Licensing
1 2 (6.45%) Product Ownership
1 2 (6.45%) Replication
1 2 (6.45%) Robotics
2 1 (3.23%) AS400
2 1 (3.23%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.23%) iSeries
2 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.13%) Windows
2 4 (12.90%) Linux
3 2 (6.45%) HPUX
3 2 (6.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (6.45%) Solaris
3 2 (6.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (48.39%) Migration
2 14 (45.16%) Disaster Recovery
3 12 (38.71%) Change Management
3 12 (38.71%) Performance Tuning
3 12 (38.71%) Problem Management
3 12 (38.71%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (38.71%) Translating Business Requirements
4 10 (32.26%) Data Migration
5 4 (12.90%) Agile
6 3 (9.68%) Capacity Planning
6 3 (9.68%) DevOps
6 3 (9.68%) Project Governance
6 3 (9.68%) Project Management
6 3 (9.68%) Project Planning
6 3 (9.68%) Software Engineering
6 3 (9.68%) Test Automation
7 2 (6.45%) Business Transformation
7 2 (6.45%) High Availability
7 2 (6.45%) SIEM
7 2 (6.45%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (6.45%) Degree
3 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.23%) CCNA
3 1 (3.23%) CCNP
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) PMO
2 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (6.45%) Oracle RAC
1 2 (6.45%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (6.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (38.71%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (6.45%) Data Guard
2 2 (6.45%) FortiGate
2 2 (6.45%) Grafana
2 2 (6.45%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 2 (6.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 12 (38.71%) Commvault
1 12 (38.71%) Oracle
2 4 (12.90%) IBM
3 3 (9.68%) Dell
4 2 (6.45%) Cisco
4 2 (6.45%) HP
4 2 (6.45%) Intel
4 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
4 2 (6.45%) Ribbon
4 2 (6.45%) Sun
4 2 (6.45%) Tenable
4 2 (6.45%) Unisys
4 2 (6.45%) VMware
5 1 (3.23%) Aruba
5 1 (3.23%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (3.23%) Fortinet
5 1 (3.23%) Veeam