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 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 19 26
Rank change year-on-year 0 +7 -
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 3 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire 2.31% 1.72% 1.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.82% 5.56% 4.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £111 - -
25th Percentile £117 £575 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £127 £600 £400
Median % change year-on-year -78.88% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £379 £625 -
90th Percentile £530 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £525 £445 £563
% change year-on-year +17.98% -20.89% +7.14%

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 44 36 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 33.85% 31.03% 25.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 22 31
10th Percentile £126 £198 £350
25th Percentile £250 £425 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £499 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.31% -0.20% +28.21%
75th Percentile £488 £564 £530
90th Percentile £533 £625 £563
East Midlands median daily rate £431 £465 £500
% change year-on-year -7.26% -7.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.50
Median hourly rate £21.30 - £21.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.00%
75th Percentile - - £21.50
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.30 £16.63 £21.00
% change year-on-year +28.08% -20.81% +19.59%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre 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
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre in Leicestershire

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 16 September 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
Leicester +3 3 £127 -78.88% 6
Data Centre
East Midlands

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) SAN
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Field Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Field Service Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Field Hardware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Field Service Hardware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Hardware Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Break/Fix
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) A+ Certification
1 2 (66.67%) CCNA
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) MCSE
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (66.67%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Dell