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 17 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 17 27
Rank change year-on-year -6 +10 +8
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 3 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire 1.92% 1.20% 1.85%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.00% 4.55% 5.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £109 - -
25th Percentile £112 £435 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £121 £436 £400
Median % change year-on-year -72.25% +8.88% +17.65%
75th Percentile £126 £436 -
90th Percentile £127 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £158 £625 £448
% change year-on-year -74.80% +39.66% -20.44%

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 50 22 53
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 32.05% 26.51% 32.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 10 38
10th Percentile £324 £355 £179
25th Percentile £422 £445 £255
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £498 £464
Median % change year-on-year +8.04% +7.28% +17.41%
75th Percentile £625 £538 £530
90th Percentile £638 £679 £586
East Midlands median daily rate £420 £450 £448
% change year-on-year -6.67% +0.56% -0.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £56.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +273.33%
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.87 £23.43 £17.95
% change year-on-year -19.46% +30.57% +2.19%

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 17 January 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 +2 3 £121 -72.25% 3
Data Centre
East Midlands

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) SAN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Field Engineer
1 3 (100.00%) Field Service Engineer
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%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Break/Fix
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 3 (100.00%) CCNA
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) MCSE
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Dell