Data Centre Operations Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Data Center Operations
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Data Centre Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 63 -
Rank change year-on-year -16 - -
Contract jobs citing Data Centre Operations 3 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.33% 0.71% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.81% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile £341 - -
25th Percentile £410 £358 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £365 -
Median % change year-on-year +43.84% - -
75th Percentile £538 £373 -
90th Percentile £545 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £365 -
% change year-on-year +43.84% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

Data Centre Operations falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in West Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 785 615 1,066
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 85.89% 86.74% 90.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 532 385 685
10th Percentile £285 £300 £313
25th Percentile £400 £388 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £515
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.77% -1.90%
75th Percentile £573 £565 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £482 £477 £500
% change year-on-year +1.05% -4.60% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 22 13
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.27 £13.60
25th Percentile £15.97 £17.43 £16.92
Median hourly rate £22.14 £32.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.88% +71.05% -11.63%
75th Percentile £46.56 £40.81 £21.97
90th Percentile £81.25 £92.60 £29.42
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £21.75 £21.31
% change year-on-year +15.63% +2.06% +1.48%

Data Centre Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Data Centre Operations relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Data Centre Operations job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Data Centre Operations
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Data Centre Operations.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Data Centre Operations

Data Centre Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre Operations in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre Operations in West Yorkshire

Data Centre Operations
Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Data Centre Operations.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Data Centre Operations

Data Centre Operations
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre Operations within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 16 December 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
Wakefield 0 3 £525 +43.84% 2
Data Centre Operations
Yorkshire

Data Centre Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) MS Visio
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Data Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 1 (33.33%) Inventory Management
1 1 (33.33%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Server Management
1 1 (33.33%) Six Sigma
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
1 1 (33.33%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow