Datacenter Operating System (DC/OS)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for DC/OS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited DC/OS over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 19 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 845 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -133 |
| Contract jobs citing DC/OS | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | - | 0.001% |
| As % of the Operating Systems category | - | - | 0.008% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -31.03% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | - |
All Operating Systems
UK
DC/OS is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills | 5,675 | 9,252 | 13,029 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 13.34% | 16.15% | 14.85% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,836 | 6,457 | 8,858 |
| 10th Percentile | £185 | £190 | £175 |
| 25th Percentile | £300 | £338 | £341 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £470 | £503 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.50% | +0.54% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £638 | £613 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £719 | £700 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £475 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.26% | +11.76% | +6.25% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 392 | 404 | 593 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £14.08 | £13.28 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.44 | £17.74 | £15.93 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.00 | £39.05 | £22.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -43.66% | +73.56% | +28.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.75 | £64.13 | £52.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | £75.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £22.50 | £30.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -25.00% | +50.00% | +21.21% |
DC/OS
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing DC/OS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
DC/OS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing DC/OS.