Data Centre Operations Contract Job Trends in the North East

Data Center Operations
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Data Centre Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Centre Operations 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.21% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £113 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £125 - -
75th Percentile £138 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £513 £365 £295
% change year-on-year +40.41% +23.73% -43.81%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

Data Centre Operations falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 401 298 259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 85.32% 90.30% 83.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 157 146
10th Percentile £174 £305 £204
25th Percentile £363 £358 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £452
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.09% -17.82%
75th Percentile £525 £588 £573
90th Percentile £588 £660 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 22 42
10th Percentile £17.20 £13.84 £11.50
25th Percentile £30.68 £15.06 £12.13
Median hourly rate £52.50 £16.50 £16.75
Median % change year-on-year +218.18% -1.49% -53.15%
75th Percentile £58.75 £46.18 £48.75
90th Percentile £63.75 - £50.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.31 £36.42
% change year-on-year -26.69% -5.80% +4.05%

Data Centre Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Centre Operations relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Data Centre Operations job vacancy trend in the North East

Data Centre Operations
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Data Centre Operations.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Data Centre Operations

Data Centre Operations
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre Operations within the North East region over the 6 months to 31 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
Tyne and Wear - 1 £125 - 2
Data Centre Operations
England

Data Centre Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) Junior
1 1 (100.00%) Junior IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree