Hybrid/Remote Data Centre Technician Contract Job Trends

Data Centre Technician
UK > Work from Home

The median Data Centre Technician daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £437, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 September 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
4 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 332 -
Rank change year-on-year +27 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Data Centre Technician 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.021% 0.008% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.008% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £437 - -
25th Percentile £437 £213 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £437 £225 -
Median % change year-on-year +94.33% - -
75th Percentile £437 £238 -
90th Percentile £437 - -
UK median daily rate £437 £205 £200
% change year-on-year +113.29% +2.50% -40.56%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,066 11,805 19,578
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.75% 93.53% 94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,957 7,733 13,834
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £419 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -0.94% -2.75%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 294 310 458
10th Percentile £13.08 £19.22 £16.98
25th Percentile £19.07 £31.25 £24.65
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -8.16% +3.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £66.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £79.06
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%

Data Centre Technician
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Data Centre Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

Data Centre Technician
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Data Centre Technician job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Data Centre Technician job vacancies

Data Centre Technician Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 4 September 2025, Data Centre Technician 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Data Centre Technician in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SAN
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Front Office
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Server+ Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity Management
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) BC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Finance

Data Centre Technician Skill Set
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 2 (100.00%) SAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Front Office
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity Management
1 2 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Preventative Maintenance
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Server+ Certification
2 1 (50.00%) BC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
8 Data Centre Technician jobs Nationwide