Data Centre Project Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Project Manager - Data Centre
UK > UK excluding London

The median Project Manager - Data Centre daily rate in the UK excluding London is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 June 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
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 340 397 426
Rank change year-on-year +57 +29 +56
Contract jobs requiring a Data Centre Project Manager 5 7 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.037% 0.033% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.035% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 6
10th Percentile £415 £520 £469
25th Percentile £438 £525 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +7.32% -6.82%
75th Percentile £519 £575 £538
90th Percentile £553 £595 £563
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +3.70%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 12,329 19,829 21,515
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.46% 92.44% 94.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,725 11,772 14,915
10th Percentile £220 £213 £228
25th Percentile £363 £363 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 951 2,566 1,099
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.66 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.84 £15.99 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -3.61% +107.50%
75th Percentile £58.75 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.37 £75.69
UK median hourly rate £27.45 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.80% -16.67% +76.47%

Data Centre Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

Data Centre Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 June 2025.

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

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

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

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

Data Centre Project 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 Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 June 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
South East +51 2 £450 -19.10% 4
Yorkshire - 2 £450 - 4
North of England - 2 £450 - 5
South West - 1 £550 - 1
Data Centre Project Manager
UK

Data Centre Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 20 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring Data Centre Project Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Migration
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
4 1 (20.00%) Line Management
4 1 (20.00%) Matrix Management
4 1 (20.00%) Azure
4 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team Management
4 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
4 1 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (20.00%) Gantt Chart
4 1 (20.00%) PMO
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) RIBA
4 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Business Case
4 1 (20.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office

Data Centre Project 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) PMI
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
1 2 (40.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (20.00%) Business Case
2 1 (20.00%) Change Management
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) Gantt Chart
2 1 (20.00%) Line Management
2 1 (20.00%) Matrix Management
2 1 (20.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Team Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (20.00%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Fortinet