Data Centre Operations Contracts in the UK excluding London

Data Center Operations
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 364 433 490
Rank change year-on-year +69 +57 -55
Contract jobs citing Data Centre Operations 21 13 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.10% 0.057% 0.049%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.063% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 10 8
10th Percentile £269 £513 £317
25th Percentile £280 £522 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £550 £481
Median % change year-on-year -43.18% +14.29% +6.65%
75th Percentile £475 £655 £536
90th Percentile £488 £700 £599
UK median daily rate £363 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -34.09% +10.00% +12.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,140 20,557 27,119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.34% 89.47% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,220 14,177 18,943
10th Percentile £250 £256 £238
25th Percentile £381 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.43%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £655
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,064 1,258 1,350
10th Percentile £12.35 £10.63 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.72 £61.52
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.11% +38.82% +5.90%

Data Centre Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Data Centre Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre Operations in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Centre Operations in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Data Centre Operations in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre Operations in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre Operations in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Operations
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Centre Operations in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre Operations in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Operations
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. 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
South East - 11 £285 - 3
Midlands +34 5 £450 - 1
West Midlands - 5 £450 - 1
North of England +22 3 £425 -20.93% 3
East of England - 2 £380 -
North East - 2 £425 -
North West +10 1 £450 -16.28% 3
Data Centre Operations
UK

Data Centre Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) SAN
2 3 (14.29%) Cisco IOS
2 3 (14.29%) Junos
3 2 (9.52%) BGP
3 2 (9.52%) EIGRP
3 2 (9.52%) MPLS
3 2 (9.52%) OSPF
4 1 (4.76%) Network Security
4 1 (4.76%) VoIP
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Hudson
General
1 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 7 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Break Fix Engineer
1 5 (23.81%) Data Centre Engineer
1 5 (23.81%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
1 5 (23.81%) Data Centre Technician
1 5 (23.81%) Data Technician
2 3 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Network Operations Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Operations Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Support Engineer
3 2 (9.52%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) 1st Line Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (4.76%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Disaster Recovery Consultant
4 1 (4.76%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Senior
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (23.81%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 21 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 6 (28.57%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (23.81%) SCADA
4 3 (14.29%) Virtual Team
5 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
5 1 (4.76%) Replication
5 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (4.76%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 11 (52.38%) Unix
2 3 (14.29%) Linux
3 1 (4.76%) Android
3 1 (4.76%) Apple iOS
3 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (33.33%) ITIL
3 6 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 6 (28.57%) Decision-Making
3 6 (28.57%) Incident Management
4 5 (23.81%) Analytical Thinking
4 5 (23.81%) Break/Fix
4 5 (23.81%) Proactive Monitoring
4 5 (23.81%) Release Management
4 5 (23.81%) Service Management
5 3 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 3 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (14.29%) Server Management
6 2 (9.52%) Line Management
6 2 (9.52%) Network Monitoring
7 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (4.76%) Hardware Maintenance
7 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Transformation
7 1 (4.76%) Ticket Management
7 1 (4.76%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) Bash
1 3 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) CCNA
2 2 (9.52%) CCNP
2 2 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (9.52%) JNCIA
2 2 (9.52%) JNCIS
3 1 (4.76%) CISSP
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.76%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.76%) PMP
3 1 (4.76%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (28.57%) Cisco
2 5 (23.81%) BMC
2 5 (23.81%) Juniper
3 3 (14.29%) Dell
3 3 (14.29%) HP
4 1 (4.76%) Citrix
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.76%) Palo Alto