Data Centre Project Manager Contract Job Trends in the South East

Project Manager - Data Centre
England > South East

The median Project Manager - Data Centre daily rate in the South East is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 179 212
Rank change year-on-year +19 +33 +60
Contract jobs requiring a Data Centre Project Manager 2 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.057% 0.043% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% 0.047% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £466 £528 £453
25th Percentile £491 £532 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £556 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.37% +17.11% -3.80%
75th Percentile £591 £575 £506
90th Percentile £619 £575 £518
England median daily rate £600 £550 £538
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.33% -2.27%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 3,146 4,253 5,305
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.14% 92.30% 94.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,032 2,533 3,589
10th Percentile £204 £245 £212
25th Percentile £363 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £598 £625 £613
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 312 250
10th Percentile £13.43 £16.03 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £30.41 £21.05
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.43 £50.71
Median % change year-on-year -56.20% +13.24% +111.29%
75th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £71.95 £80.00 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

Data Centre Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Data Centre Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre Project Manager in the South East

Data Centre Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Centre Project Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Centre Project Manager job vacancies in the South East

Data Centre Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre Project Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre Project Manager in the South East

Data Centre Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre Project Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 September 2025. 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
Berkshire +17 1 £450 -18.18% 4
Thames Valley +12 1 £450 -18.18% 4
Surrey - 1 £625 -
Data Centre Project Manager
England

Data Centre Project Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, Data Centre Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Data Centre Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team Management
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) PMO
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Management
2 1 (50.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Finance

Data Centre Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Case
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Line Management
1 1 (50.00%) Matrix Management
1 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PMO