Data Centre Operations Manager Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Data Centre Operations Manager
South West > Bristol

The median Data Centre Operations Manager daily rate in Bristol is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	86	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Contract Data Centre Operations Manager jobs	3	0	0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol	0.22%	-	-
As % of the Job Titles category	0.24%	-	-
Number of daily rates quoted	3	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£525	-	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	-	-
75^th Percentile	£575	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
South West median daily rate	£550	-	-

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in Bristol matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in Bristol matching a recognised job title	1,244	752	740
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title	92.49%	92.84%	95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted	629	376	412
10^th Percentile	£361	£219	£213
25^th Percentile	£450	£375	£397
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£500	£475
Median % change year-on-year	+10.00%	+5.26%	-7.77%
75^th Percentile	£638	£600	£588
90^th Percentile	£750	£735	£718
South West median daily rate	£550	£520	£525
% change year-on-year	+5.77%	-0.95%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	297	163	99
10^th Percentile	£25.75	£13.46	£16.66
25^th Percentile	£50.00	£18.87	£35.00
Median hourly rate	£65.00	£48.46	£65.50
Median % change year-on-year	+34.13%	-26.02%	+0.77%
75^th Percentile	£70.00	£65.00	£70.25
90^th Percentile	£77.50	£67.84	£74.55
South West median hourly rate	£57.50	£32.50	£65.00
% change year-on-year	+76.92%	-50.00%	+15.06%

Data Centre Operations Manager Skill Set Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 13 November 2026, Data Centre Operations Manager contract job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract Data Centre Operations Manager job ads across the Bristol region.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Data Centre Operations	100.0%	3
2	Analytics	33.3%	1
2	Budget Management	33.3%	1
2	Budgeting and Forecasting	33.3%	1
2	Business Case	33.3%	1
2	Business Continuity	33.3%	1
2	Business Intelligence	33.3%	1
2	Change Control	33.3%	1
2	Change Management	33.3%	1
2	Cybersecurity	33.3%	1
2	Dashboard Development	33.3%	1
2	Data Analytics	33.3%	1
2	Defect Management	33.3%	1
2	Degree	33.3%	1
2	Incident Management	33.3%	1
2	Incident Response	33.3%	1
2	Information Security	33.3%	1
2	ITIL	33.3%	1
2	ITIL Certification	33.3%	1
2	Master's Degree	33.3%	1
2	Matrix Organization	33.3%	1
2	MBA	33.3%	1
2	Migration	33.3%	1
2	Power BI	33.3%	1
2	Power Platform	33.3%	1
2	Preventative Maintenance	33.3%	1
2	Risk Assessment	33.3%	1
2	Risk Management	33.3%	1
2	Structured Cabling	33.3%	1

Data Centre Operations Manager Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

Rank	Job Title	Share	Job Ads