Data Centre Contract Job Trends in Leicestershire

Data Center
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies in Leicestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 20 18
Rank change year-on-year -8 -2 +9
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 5 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 2.24% 2.05% 0.95%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.36% 6.25% 3.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - £111 -
25th Percentile - £117 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £127 £436
Median % change year-on-year - -70.91% +8.88%
75th Percentile - £379 £436
90th Percentile - £530 -
East Midlands median daily rate £425 £395 £430
% change year-on-year +7.59% -8.19% -2.22%

All Generic Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

6 months to
22 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 44 48 29
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 19.73% 32.88% 27.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 28 18
10th Percentile £204 £126 £246
25th Percentile £263 £422 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £485 £485
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% - -3.00%
75th Percentile £575 £569 £530
90th Percentile - £638 £575
East Midlands median daily rate £450 £438 £445
% change year-on-year +2.86% -1.69% -6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £18.44 - -
25th Percentile £19.85 - -
Median hourly rate £22.20 £21.30 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.23% - -
75th Percentile £24.55 - -
90th Percentile £25.96 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £19.29 £21.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -9.63% -57.31% +138.10%

Data Centre Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Leicestershire

Data Centre Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

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

Data Centre Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

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

Data Centre Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 22 October 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
Leicester -5 5 - - 1
Data Centre
East Midlands