Data Centre Project Manager Job Trends

Project Manager - Data Centre
UK

The median Project Manager - Data Centre salary in the UK is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 637 - 715
Rank change year-on-year - - +272
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Centre Project Manager 4 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.007% - 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £88,750 - -
25th Percentile £90,625 - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.52%
75th Percentile £98,125 - £58,750
90th Percentile £99,250 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £95,000 - £57,500
% change year-on-year - - -0.86%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 53,964 49,873 52,801
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.60% 92.94% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 33,374 25,957 40,710
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.18%

Data Centre Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Centre Project Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Data Centre Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Data Centre Project Manager
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Data Centre Project Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Data Centre Project Manager job vacancies in the UK

Data Centre Project Manager
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 10 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England - 4 £95,000 - 2
UK excluding London - 4 £95,000 - 1
Work from Home - 2 - -
Midlands - 2 - -
South East - 2 £95,000 -
West Midlands - 2 - -

Data Centre Project Manager Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 January 2026, Data Centre Project Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Data Centre Project Manager in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 2 (50.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) WAN

Data Centre Project Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) AS400
2 1 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Scrum
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 2 (50.00%) TDD