Data Centre Operations Contract Job Trends in Preston

Data Center Operations
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Data Centre Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Data Centre Operations 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 1.48% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £375 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £425 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £400 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 105 71 53
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 77.78% 91.03% 88.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 45 22
10th Percentile £272 £355 £216
25th Percentile £425 £405 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £475 £600
Median % change year-on-year +26.21% -20.77% +37.03%
75th Percentile £672 £625 £649
90th Percentile £744 £671 £953
Lancashire median daily rate £575 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +15.00% -2.44% +2.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 12 24
10th Percentile £37.25 £23.68 -
25th Percentile £60.00 £26.88 -
Median hourly rate £69.00 £34.67 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year +99.02% +115.88% -65.00%
75th Percentile £71.50 £47.12 -
90th Percentile £80.00 £58.08 £27.69
Lancashire median hourly rate £61.57 £40.83 £26.40
% change year-on-year +50.81% +54.64% -42.83%

Data Centre Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Data Centre Operations job vacancy trend in Preston

Data Centre Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Data Centre Operations.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Data Centre Operations

Data Centre Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) IaaS
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Maintenance
2 1 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) VMware