Data Centre Project Manager Contracts

Project Manager - Data Centre
UK

The median Project Manager - Data Centre daily rate in the UK is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 575 679
Rank change year-on-year +65 +104 +108
Contract jobs requiring a Data Centre Project Manager 10 7 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.034% 0.016% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.017% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 35
10th Percentile £489 - £402
25th Percentile £500 £525 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £731 £575 £613
90th Percentile £780 £638 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Data Centre Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre Project Manager in the UK

Data Centre Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Data Centre Project Manager in the UK

Data Centre Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre Project Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre Project Manager in the UK

Data Centre Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre Project Manager in the UK

Data Centre Project Manager
Top 10 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +59 9 £600 +9.09% 9
UK excluding London +62 4 £600 +9.09% 3
London +40 4 £550 -12.00% 7
Work from Home +42 2 £700 +27.27% 3
North of England - 2 £500 -
South East +46 1 - - 2
Midlands +20 1 £700 +27.27%
East Midlands +9 1 £700 +27.27%
Yorkshire - 1 £500 -
North West - 1 - -

Data Centre Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 featuring Data Centre Project Manager in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 7 (70.00%) Project Management
3 6 (60.00%) Migration
4 5 (50.00%) Risk Management
5 4 (40.00%) Resource Allocation
5 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
6 3 (30.00%) Agile
6 3 (30.00%) Finance
6 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
7 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
7 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
7 2 (20.00%) ITIL
7 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (20.00%) Waterfall
7 2 (20.00%) Degree
7 2 (20.00%) JIRA
7 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
8 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
8 1 (10.00%) Architecture Governance
8 1 (10.00%) Budget Management
8 1 (10.00%) Budgeting
8 1 (10.00%) Gantt Chart
8 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
8 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
8 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
8 1 (10.00%) German Language

Data Centre Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) NAS
1 1 (10.00%) SAN
1 1 (10.00%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (10.00%) German Language
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (10.00%) PMI
2 1 (10.00%) Replication
2 1 (10.00%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Project Management
2 6 (60.00%) Migration
3 5 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 4 (40.00%) Resource Allocation
5 3 (30.00%) Agile
5 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
6 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (20.00%) ITIL
6 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
6 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (20.00%) Waterfall
7 1 (10.00%) Architecture Governance
7 1 (10.00%) Budget Management
7 1 (10.00%) Budgeting
7 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
7 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
7 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
7 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
7 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (10.00%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (10.00%) APMP
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (10.00%) PMP
2 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) ISO 14001
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) KVM
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Fortinet