Data Centre Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Data Centre Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £725 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 377 436 491
Rank change year-on-year +59 +55 -73
Contract jobs requiring a Data Centre Manager 11 17 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.054% 0.072% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.077% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 12
10th Percentile - £463 £359
25th Percentile £525 £475 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +31.82% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £850 £600 £675
90th Percentile £853 £681 -
UK median daily rate £700 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +27.27% +4.76% +7.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,947 22,165 29,135
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 94.32% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,551 15,483 20,411
10th Percentile £213 £225 £202
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,261 1,134 1,449
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.31
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +2.56%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £44.03
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +5.89%

Data Centre Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre Manager in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Centre Manager in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Data Centre Manager in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre Manager in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Centre Manager in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre Manager in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. 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
Midlands +33 9 £725 +20.83%
West Midlands +19 7 £800 +33.33%
East Midlands +23 2 £550 -8.33%
South East +17 1 £550 +10.00% 8
South West +9 1 - - 1
Data Centre Manager
UK

Data Centre Manager Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Data Centre Manager in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 8 (72.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (63.64%) Law
3 7 (63.64%) Migration
4 5 (45.45%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (27.27%) Azure
5 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
5 3 (27.27%) Budget Management
5 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
6 2 (18.18%) Supplier Management
6 2 (18.18%) Service Design
7 1 (9.09%) Impact Assessments
7 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
7 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
7 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
7 1 (9.09%) Billing
7 1 (9.09%) Finance
7 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
7 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2
7 1 (9.09%) PMI
7 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
7 1 (9.09%) Project Management

Data Centre Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
General
1 7 (63.64%) Law
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Telecoms
3 1 (9.09%) Aerospace
3 1 (9.09%) Billing
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 11 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 5 (45.45%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 1 (9.09%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (63.64%) Migration
3 3 (27.27%) Budget Management
4 2 (18.18%) Service Design
4 2 (18.18%) Supplier Management
5 1 (9.09%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (9.09%) PRINCE2
5 1 (9.09%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared