Data Centre Contracts with Work from Home Options

Data Center
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 141 78 108
Rank change year-on-year -63 +30 +18
Contract jobs citing Data Centre 229 693 1,015
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.55% 2.81% 2.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.40% 8.92% 7.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 500 757
10th Percentile £400 £400 £363
25th Percentile £458 £463 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £520
% change year-on-year -4.55% +5.77% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - - £22.48
25th Percentile - £20.00 £23.19
Median hourly rate £50.00 £42.50 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +47.83% -43.63%
75th Percentile - £69.38 £52.81
90th Percentile - £72.75 £64.63
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £21.67 £36.28
% change year-on-year +10.75% -40.26% -23.63%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Data Centre is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,242 7,770 13,904
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.74% 31.54% 31.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,893 5,493 9,954
10th Percentile £325 £370 £360
25th Percentile £438 £456 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £650
90th Percentile £825 £793 £750
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 149 225
10th Percentile £15.95 £19.00 £13.66
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.71 £20.75
Median hourly rate £51.00 £52.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +17.98% +29.93%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £66.90
UK median hourly rate £31.38 £22.26 £27.50
% change year-on-year +40.98% -19.07% +4.90%

Data Centre
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Centre trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Centre
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Centre.

Data Centre daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Data Centre
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Centre over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Data Centre daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Centre
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Centre.

Data Centre hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (6.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (5.68%) Confluence
3 5 (2.18%) IIS
4 4 (1.75%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.31%) OpenStack
5 3 (1.31%) SharePoint 2013
6 2 (0.87%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.87%) Oracle Self-Service HR
7 1 (0.44%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.44%) CMS
7 1 (0.44%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.44%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.44%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.18%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.87%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.87%) Revit
3 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (5.24%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.44%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 63 (27.51%) Azure
2 43 (18.78%) AWS
3 19 (8.30%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (6.55%) GitHub
5 12 (5.24%) SaaS
6 11 (4.80%) Entra ID
7 10 (4.37%) IaaS
8 9 (3.93%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (3.06%) AWS Direct Connect
9 7 (3.06%) GCP
10 6 (2.62%) PaaS
10 6 (2.62%) Power Platform
11 5 (2.18%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (2.18%) Amazon S3
11 5 (2.18%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (2.18%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (1.75%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 4 (1.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 4 (1.75%) Serverless
12 4 (1.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 32 (13.97%) Firewall
2 25 (10.92%) WAN
3 17 (7.42%) LAN
4 16 (6.99%) Wireless
5 15 (6.55%) BGP
5 15 (6.55%) SAN
6 13 (5.68%) VPN
7 11 (4.80%) Network Security
7 11 (4.80%) OSPF
7 11 (4.80%) SD-WAN
8 10 (4.37%) Cisco Nexus
8 10 (4.37%) MPLS
9 9 (3.93%) VoIP
10 8 (3.49%) DNS
10 8 (3.49%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 6 (2.62%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (2.62%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 5 (2.18%) IPsec
12 5 (2.18%) SSL
12 5 (2.18%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.99%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.80%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (3.49%) Big Data
4 7 (3.06%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.87%) MySQL
6 2 (0.87%) Oracle Exadata
6 2 (0.87%) Power BI
7 1 (0.44%) GIS
7 1 (0.44%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.44%) Redis
7 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (7.86%) JIRA
2 17 (7.42%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.62%) GitLab
4 4 (1.75%) Git
5 1 (0.44%) Robot Framework
General
1 47 (20.52%) Social Skills
2 38 (16.59%) Finance
3 17 (7.42%) Public Sector
4 15 (6.55%) Banking
5 11 (4.80%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.80%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (3.93%) Telecoms
7 8 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.62%) Law
9 6 (2.62%) Police
10 4 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.75%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.31%) Legal
12 2 (0.87%) Marketing
12 2 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.87%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.44%) Dutch Language
13 1 (0.44%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 44 (19.21%) Senior
2 33 (14.41%) Architect
3 23 (10.04%) Network Engineer
4 22 (9.61%) Project Manager
5 20 (8.73%) Consultant
6 19 (8.30%) Support Engineer
7 18 (7.86%) Applications Engineer
7 18 (7.86%) Applications Support
7 18 (7.86%) Applications Support Engineer
8 13 (5.68%) Data Centre Engineer
9 12 (5.24%) Senior Applications Engineer
9 12 (5.24%) Senior Applications Support
9 12 (5.24%) Senior Support Engineer
10 11 (4.80%) IT Manager
11 10 (4.37%) DevOps Engineer
11 10 (4.37%) Infrastructure Manager
11 10 (4.37%) Migration Engineer
12 9 (3.93%) Data Centre Architect
12 9 (3.93%) DBA
12 9 (3.93%) Senior DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.11%) YAML
2 8 (3.49%) LDAP
3 7 (3.06%) Web Services
4 5 (2.18%) JSON
4 5 (2.18%) REST
5 4 (1.75%) Middleware
5 4 (1.75%) Node.js
6 3 (1.31%) .NET
6 3 (1.31%) EDI
7 2 (0.87%) OpenID
7 2 (0.87%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (0.87%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.87%) SAML
8 1 (0.44%) 802.1X
8 1 (0.44%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.44%) IBM Integration Bus
8 1 (0.44%) PostGIS
8 1 (0.44%) SOAP
8 1 (0.44%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.30%) Replication
2 12 (5.24%) Public Cloud
3 10 (4.37%) Clustering
3 10 (4.37%) Private Cloud
4 9 (3.93%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (3.49%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.18%) Tandem
7 4 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.75%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (1.75%) VxBlock/Vblock
8 3 (1.31%) CCTV
8 3 (1.31%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.31%) SCADA
8 3 (1.31%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.87%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.87%) Enterprise Storage
9 2 (0.87%) IPTV
9 2 (0.87%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.87%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.44%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 54 (23.58%) Windows
2 40 (17.47%) Linux
3 15 (6.55%) Windows Server
4 12 (5.24%) zOS
5 11 (4.80%) VMS
6 7 (3.06%) Unix
7 6 (2.62%) Windows 10
7 6 (2.62%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (1.31%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.87%) Windows 2000
10 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.87%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.44%) CentOS
11 1 (0.44%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (37.12%) Migration
2 51 (22.27%) Agile
3 28 (12.23%) High Availability
4 22 (9.61%) DevOps
4 22 (9.61%) Project Management
5 21 (9.17%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (8.30%) ETL
7 17 (7.42%) Disaster Recovery
7 17 (7.42%) Stakeholder Management
8 16 (6.99%) Storage Management
9 14 (6.11%) Cybersecurity
9 14 (6.11%) Data Migration
9 14 (6.11%) ITIL
9 14 (6.11%) Project Delivery
10 12 (5.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 12 (5.24%) Problem Management
11 11 (4.80%) Roadmaps
12 10 (4.37%) Supplier Management
12 10 (4.37%) Waterfall
12 10 (4.37%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 28 (12.23%) Python
1 28 (12.23%) SQL
2 12 (5.24%) JCL
2 12 (5.24%) PowerShell
2 12 (5.24%) REXX
3 6 (2.62%) Bash
3 6 (2.62%) Java
4 4 (1.75%) ActionScript
5 3 (1.31%) C++
6 2 (0.87%) C
6 2 (0.87%) Perl
6 2 (0.87%) Ruby
6 2 (0.87%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.44%) Go
7 1 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 35 (15.28%) Security Cleared
2 20 (8.73%) SC Cleared
3 17 (7.42%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (6.99%) CCNP
5 12 (5.24%) Degree
6 10 (4.37%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.62%) AWS Certification
7 6 (2.62%) CCIE
8 5 (2.18%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.18%) CTC Cleared
9 4 (1.75%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 4 (1.75%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.75%) PMP
10 3 (1.31%) CCIE Data Center
10 3 (1.31%) CCNA
10 3 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.31%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (1.31%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.87%) CCDP
11 2 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.06%) SLA
2 3 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.44%) COBIT
3 1 (0.44%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.44%) GDPR
3 1 (0.44%) NIST
3 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.44%) PMO
3 1 (0.44%) QA
3 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 33 (14.41%) Active Directory
2 22 (9.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (5.24%) NFS
3 12 (5.24%) Time Sharing Option
3 12 (5.24%) vSphere
4 7 (3.06%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (3.06%) VMware NSX
5 6 (2.62%) Docker
5 6 (2.62%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.87%) Firmware
6 2 (0.87%) KVM
6 2 (0.87%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.44%) vCloud
7 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 21 (9.17%) Ansible
2 19 (8.30%) Terraform
3 17 (7.42%) Kubernetes
4 11 (4.80%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 7 (3.06%) SCCM
6 6 (2.62%) VxRail
7 5 (2.18%) FortiGate
7 5 (2.18%) Grafana
7 5 (2.18%) Puppet
8 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (1.75%) Nagios
8 4 (1.75%) vCenter Server
9 3 (1.31%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.31%) SCOM
10 2 (0.87%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.87%) Kibana
10 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (0.87%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.87%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 39 (17.03%) Cisco
2 36 (15.72%) Microsoft
3 35 (15.28%) VMware
4 24 (10.48%) Palo Alto
5 21 (9.17%) Dell
6 14 (6.11%) Brocade
6 14 (6.11%) IBM
7 12 (5.24%) Broadcom
7 12 (5.24%) CA
7 12 (5.24%) Citrix
7 12 (5.24%) Oracle
8 10 (4.37%) F5
9 7 (3.06%) Atlassian
9 7 (3.06%) Juniper
10 6 (2.62%) Fortinet
10 6 (2.62%) ServiceNow
11 5 (2.18%) Arista
11 5 (2.18%) Aruba
11 5 (2.18%) Red Hat
11 5 (2.18%) Splunk