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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 22 19
Rank change year-on-year - -3 -
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 0 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire - 0.78% 2.84%
As % of the Miscellaneous category - 2.22% 9.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - £540
25th Percentile - £610 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £620 £600
Median % change year-on-year - +3.33% -
75th Percentile - £630 £625
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £363 £545 £450
% change year-on-year -33.49% +21.11% -14.29%

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 28 45 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 18.30% 34.88% 29.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 26 27
10th Percentile £197 £250 £230
25th Percentile £263 £322 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £463 £520
Median % change year-on-year +10.81% -11.06% +17.18%
75th Percentile £538 £523 £575
90th Percentile £575 £630 £625
East Midlands median daily rate £473 £447 £450
% change year-on-year +5.70% -0.67% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £14.73 - -
25th Percentile £16.51 - £11.75
Median hourly rate £22.20 £21.30 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.23% +57.78% -35.71%
75th Percentile £27.68 - £15.25
90th Percentile £29.07 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.87 £20.83 £14.00
% change year-on-year -14.21% +48.79% -76.67%

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