Data Centre Manager Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Data Centre Manager
South East > Thames Valley

The median Data Centre Manager daily rate in the Thames Valley is £444, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 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
9 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 110 120 144
Rank change year-on-year +10 +24 +37
Contract jobs requiring a Data Centre Manager 5 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.31% 0.045% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.049% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £439 - £454
25th Percentile £441 £525 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £550 £488
Median % change year-on-year -19.32% +12.82% -42.65%
75th Percentile £447 £575 £525
90th Percentile £449 - -
South East median daily rate £470 £556 £488
% change year-on-year -15.51% +14.10% -11.36%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,495 2,045 2,655
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.33% 91.42% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 923 1,157 1,797
10th Percentile £263 £266 £250
25th Percentile £393 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £615 £615
90th Percentile £668 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 105 94
10th Percentile £14.20 £18.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.12 £32.00 £21.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £61.06 £49.07
Median % change year-on-year -58.81% +24.45% +173.11%
75th Percentile £62.37 £72.33 £65.96
90th Percentile £87.25 £90.00 £74.63
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +111.01%

Data Centre Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre Manager in the Thames Valley

Data Centre Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Centre Manager job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Data Centre Manager job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Data Centre Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre Manager within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 9 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
Buckinghamshire - 3 - -
Berkshire +17 2 £444 -19.32% 10
Data Centre Manager
South East

Data Centre Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 9 September 2025, Data Centre 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 Thames Valley region featuring Data Centre Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Matrix Management
2 1 (20.00%) BC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Capacity Management
2 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity Management
2 1 (20.00%) Line Management
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team Management
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (20.00%) PMO
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) Preventative Maintenance
2 1 (20.00%) Business Case
2 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) Unix
2 1 (20.00%) SAN
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE

Data Centre Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) SAN
General
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Business Case
1 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity Management
1 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (20.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (20.00%) Change Management
1 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
1 1 (20.00%) Line Management
1 1 (20.00%) Matrix Management
1 1 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
1 1 (20.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 1 (20.00%) PRINCE
1 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (20.00%) Project Management
1 1 (20.00%) Service Management
1 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PMO