Data Centre Operations Contracts with Work from Home Options

Data Center Operations
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Data Centre Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre Operations over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 333 460 607
Rank change year-on-year +127 +147 -126
Contract jobs citing Data Centre Operations 4 7 18
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.026% 0.027% 0.040%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.030% 0.030% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 11
10th Percentile £294 £495 £388
25th Percentile £341 £525 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% -4.35% +24.32%
75th Percentile £541 £575 £644
90th Percentile £591 £624 £753
UK median daily rate £300 £550 £452
% change year-on-year -45.45% +21.68% +0.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Data Centre Operations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,316 22,957 40,627
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.76% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,913 16,228 29,490
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £626
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 528 539
10th Percentile £15.17 £18.93 £13.70
25th Percentile £24.63 £30.00 £19.96
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.13
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.25 £67.56
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%

Data Centre Operations
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Centre Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Centre Operations trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Centre Operations
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Centre Operations.

Data Centre Operations daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Data Centre Operations
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Centre Operations over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Data Centre Operations daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Centre Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Broadband
1 2 (50.00%) GPON
1 2 (50.00%) IGMP
1 2 (50.00%) MPLS
1 2 (50.00%) VoIP
2 1 (25.00%) BGP
2 1 (25.00%) VLAN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) IP Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Network Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Operations Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (50.00%) IPTV
3 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (25.00%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) CCNP
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Citrix