Data Centre Operations Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Data Center Operations
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Data Centre Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre Operations over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 299 342 470
Rank change year-on-year +43 +128 +144
Contract jobs citing Data Centre Operations 5 3 7
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.050% 0.020% 0.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.055% 0.022% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile £317 £294 £495
25th Percentile £338 £341 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £438 £550
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -20.45% -4.35%
75th Percentile £381 £541 £575
90th Percentile £438 £591 £624
UK median daily rate £350 £300 £550
% change year-on-year +16.67% -45.45% +21.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Data Centre Operations
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Centre Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Centre Operations trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Data Centre Operations over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) QA Leader
2 1 (20.00%) QA Manager
2 1 (20.00%) QA Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) Test Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Test Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Defect Management
1 3 (60.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (60.00%) Test Management
1 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (60.00%) Use Case
2 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (40.00%) Resource Management
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Service Management
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Network Management
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (20.00%) Server Management
3 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
1 1 (20.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
3 1 (20.00%) Dell
3 1 (20.00%) Red Hat