Data Centre Project Manager Contracts

Project Manager - Data Centre
UK

The median Project Manager - Data Centre daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 660 761
Rank change year-on-year +83 +101 -76
Contract jobs requiring a Data Centre Project Manager 10 35 80
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.062% 0.091%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.066% 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 29 57
10th Percentile £520 £384 £400
25th Percentile £525 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £640 £650 £623
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +15.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,824 53,123 83,534
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.61% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,845 37,082 58,755
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,796 1,480 1,998
10th Percentile £12.81 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +87.50% +6.90%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.28 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £43.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -6.98% +115.00% +5.26%

Data Centre Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Data Centre Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre Project Manager in the UK

Data Centre Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Data Centre Project Manager.

Daily rate trend for Data Centre Project Manager in the UK

Data Centre Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Data Centre Project Manager over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Data Centre Project Manager in the UK

Data Centre Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Data Centre Project Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Data Centre Project Manager in the UK

Data Centre Project Manager
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
England +89 10 £550 +4.76% 7
UK excluding London +54 7 £550 +10.00% 3
Midlands +23 4 £550 -4.35% 1
London +74 3 £550 - 4
West Midlands +16 2 £575 - 1
South East +5 2 £556 +11.25% 2
East Midlands - 2 £550 -
Work from Home +100 1 £550 +29.41% 2
South West - 1 - -

Data Centre Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, Data Centre Project Manager 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 job ads featuring Data Centre Project Manager in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (40.00%) Project Management
4 3 (30.00%) Migration
4 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (30.00%) PMI Certification
4 3 (30.00%) Supplier Management
4 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (30.00%) Finance
4 3 (30.00%) Azure
4 3 (30.00%) Budget Management
5 2 (20.00%) Law
5 2 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (20.00%) Service Design
5 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (20.00%) Line Management
5 2 (20.00%) Agile
5 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
5 2 (20.00%) PMI
6 1 (10.00%) ITSM
6 1 (10.00%) Back Office
6 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
6 1 (10.00%) PMP
6 1 (10.00%) Billing
6 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
6 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
6 1 (10.00%) Unified Communications
6 1 (10.00%) Change Control
6 1 (10.00%) Strategic Planning
6 1 (10.00%) Degree

Data Centre Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (30.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (20.00%) Law
4 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (10.00%) Back Office
4 1 (10.00%) Billing
4 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (20.00%) PMI
3 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Project Management
2 3 (30.00%) Budget Management
2 3 (30.00%) Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (30.00%) Supplier Management
3 2 (20.00%) Agile
3 2 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (20.00%) Line Management
3 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Service Design
4 1 (10.00%) Budget Responsibility
4 1 (10.00%) Business Case
4 1 (10.00%) Change Control
4 1 (10.00%) ITSM
4 1 (10.00%) Resource Management
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (10.00%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (10.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) PMP
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA