Data Centre Jobs in London

Data Center
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 171 166 262
Rank change year-on-year -5 +96 -51
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 445 757 1,044
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.90% 2.11% 1.60%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.71% 4.57% 3.21%
Number of salaries quoted 358 513 709
10th Percentile £39,700 £38,800 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.09% - -

All Generic Skills
London

Data Centre is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 9,444 16,554 32,551
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 40.23% 46.22% 49.81%
Number of salaries quoted 6,719 11,032 15,382
10th Percentile £37,500 £44,192 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,000 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £126,250 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in London

Data Centre
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in London.

Salary trend for Data Centre in London

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in London

Data Centre
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the London region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -37 50 £75,000 +11.11% 20
West London -10 16 £48,750 -14.47% 15
East London +7 5 £55,000 -4.35% 16
North London -4 3 £30,000 - 4
South London -5 1 £67,500 +31.71% 4
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 25 (5.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (5.17%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.80%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.57%) Apache
5 6 (1.35%) Confluence
6 5 (1.12%) IIS
6 5 (1.12%) Tomcat
6 5 (1.12%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.67%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2013
7 3 (0.67%) nginx
7 3 (0.67%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.67%) SAS
8 1 (0.22%) Site Server
Applications
1 21 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.25%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.67%) SPSS
5 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.22%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (0.67%) Primavera
1 3 (0.67%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.45%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.22%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.22%) C-CURE
3 1 (0.22%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 142 (31.91%) Azure
2 91 (20.45%) AWS
3 90 (20.22%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (5.62%) SaaS
5 23 (5.17%) IaaS
6 19 (4.27%) PaaS
7 14 (3.15%) GCP
8 13 (2.92%) Entra ID
9 11 (2.47%) Amazon EC2
9 11 (2.47%) Amazon S3
9 11 (2.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 10 (2.25%) AWS Direct Connect
10 10 (2.25%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (1.80%) Rubrik
12 5 (1.12%) Datadog
12 5 (1.12%) GitHub
12 5 (1.12%) Power Platform
13 4 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (0.67%) Dropbox
14 3 (0.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 149 (33.48%) Firewall
2 110 (24.72%) WAN
3 108 (24.27%) LAN
4 91 (20.45%) VPN
5 78 (17.53%) DNS
6 69 (15.51%) MPLS
7 55 (12.36%) Network Security
8 51 (11.46%) BGP
9 50 (11.24%) DHCP
10 48 (10.79%) VLAN
11 47 (10.56%) Wireless
12 46 (10.34%) Wi-Fi
13 41 (9.21%) OSPF
14 40 (8.99%) Internet
15 36 (8.09%) SD-WAN
16 30 (6.74%) SAN
16 30 (6.74%) TCP/IP
17 20 (4.49%) Cisco Nexus
17 20 (4.49%) SNMP
17 20 (4.49%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.94%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.47%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (1.80%) MongoDB
4 7 (1.57%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.12%) DB2
5 5 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.90%) Power BI
7 3 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.67%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (0.67%) Big Data
7 3 (0.67%) EDRMS
7 3 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (0.67%) GIS
7 3 (0.67%) Metadata
7 3 (0.67%) MySQL
7 3 (0.67%) Spatial Data
7 3 (0.67%) Tableau
8 2 (0.45%) Neo4j
8 2 (0.45%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (3.15%) JIRA
2 5 (1.12%) Git
3 3 (0.67%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.67%) Subversion
4 2 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 119 (26.74%) Social Skills
2 97 (21.80%) Finance
3 49 (11.01%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (7.87%) Banking
5 26 (5.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (5.84%) Law
6 22 (4.94%) Telecoms
7 21 (4.72%) Legal
8 19 (4.27%) Billing
9 12 (2.70%) Public Sector
9 12 (2.70%) Retail
10 11 (2.47%) Financial Institution
11 9 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.80%) Investment Banking
13 7 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.90%) Publishing
16 3 (0.67%) Advertising
16 3 (0.67%) Front Office
16 3 (0.67%) Games
Job Titles
1 82 (18.43%) Network Engineer
2 80 (17.98%) Senior
3 64 (14.38%) Architect
4 40 (8.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 33 (7.42%) Project Manager
6 29 (6.52%) Lead
7 28 (6.29%) Analyst
8 27 (6.07%) Infrastructure Architect
9 25 (5.62%) Data Centre Manager
10 24 (5.39%) Data Centre Engineer
10 24 (5.39%) IT Manager
11 22 (4.94%) Security Engineer
11 22 (4.94%) Senior Network Engineer
12 21 (4.72%) Infrastructure Manager
13 20 (4.49%) Consultant
14 18 (4.04%) Senior Architect
15 16 (3.60%) Data Centre Project Manager
16 15 (3.37%) Network Security Engineer
17 14 (3.15%) Infrastructure Project Manager
17 14 (3.15%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.29%) 802.1X
2 9 (2.02%) XML
3 8 (1.80%) RabbitMQ
3 8 (1.80%) SAML
4 7 (1.57%) HTML
5 6 (1.35%) Kafka
6 5 (1.12%) LDAP
6 5 (1.12%) WebSphere MQ
6 5 (1.12%) XMPP
6 5 (1.12%) YAML
7 4 (0.90%) .NET
8 3 (0.67%) JSON
9 2 (0.45%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.45%) .NET Framework
9 2 (0.45%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.45%) NETCONF
9 2 (0.45%) RESTful
9 2 (0.45%) Web Services
9 2 (0.45%) XSD
9 2 (0.45%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 36 (8.09%) Public Cloud
2 29 (6.52%) Replication
3 23 (5.17%) Management Information System
4 18 (4.04%) Hybrid Cloud
5 14 (3.15%) Client/Server
6 13 (2.92%) Video Conferencing
6 13 (2.92%) Virtual Team
7 9 (2.02%) Hedge funds
8 8 (1.80%) Private Cloud
8 8 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.57%) Clustering
9 7 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.57%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.35%) AS400
11 5 (1.12%) Blog
11 5 (1.12%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.90%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (0.67%) Cybercrime
Operating Systems
1 107 (24.04%) Windows
2 90 (20.22%) Linux
3 35 (7.87%) Windows Server
4 22 (4.94%) Windows Server 2012
5 17 (3.82%) Windows 10
6 15 (3.37%) Ubuntu
7 14 (3.15%) SUSE
8 12 (2.70%) Unix
9 11 (2.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (1.57%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (1.12%) Data ONTAP
11 5 (1.12%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.90%) Debian
12 4 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.22%) AIX
13 1 (0.22%) CentOS
13 1 (0.22%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.22%) VMS
13 1 (0.22%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (15.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 65 (14.61%) ITIL
3 60 (13.48%) Mentoring
4 56 (12.58%) Roadmaps
5 53 (11.91%) Cybersecurity
6 44 (9.89%) Project Management
7 42 (9.44%) Agile
8 39 (8.76%) Disaster Recovery
8 39 (8.76%) Problem-Solving
8 39 (8.76%) Project Delivery
9 38 (8.54%) DevOps
9 38 (8.54%) Network Design
10 36 (8.09%) Migration
11 35 (7.87%) Infrastructure Management
12 33 (7.42%) Load Balancing
13 32 (7.19%) Presales
13 32 (7.19%) Technology Roadmap
14 30 (6.74%) High Availability
15 28 (6.29%) Technical Leadership
16 26 (5.84%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 61 (13.71%) PowerShell
2 53 (11.91%) Python
3 35 (7.87%) SQL
4 18 (4.04%) Bash
5 10 (2.25%) RPG
6 7 (1.57%) C#
6 7 (1.57%) Go
6 7 (1.57%) Java
6 7 (1.57%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.12%) PHP
8 4 (0.90%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.45%) Perl
9 2 (0.45%) Ruby
9 2 (0.45%) Scala
9 2 (0.45%) XPath
10 1 (0.22%) Korn
10 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 72 (16.18%) Degree
2 52 (11.69%) Cisco Certification
3 41 (9.21%) CCNP
4 30 (6.74%) CCNA
5 25 (5.62%) Microsoft Certification
6 23 (5.17%) MCSA
7 18 (4.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 17 (3.82%) MCSE
9 16 (3.60%) APMP
10 15 (3.37%) Security Cleared
11 14 (3.15%) CCIE
12 11 (2.47%) SC Cleared
13 7 (1.57%) Azure Certification
14 6 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
15 5 (1.12%) AWS Certification
15 5 (1.12%) RHCA
15 5 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
16 4 (0.90%) A+ Certification
16 4 (0.90%) CISSP
16 4 (0.90%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.15%) SLA
2 9 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (2.02%) PCI DSS
3 8 (1.80%) GDPR
4 5 (1.12%) NCSC
5 4 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.67%) QA
7 2 (0.45%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.22%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.22%) NIST
System Software
1 93 (20.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 89 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 39 (8.76%) VMware ESXi
4 32 (7.19%) vSphere
5 23 (5.17%) Hyper-V
6 15 (3.37%) Docker
7 14 (3.15%) vCloud
8 11 (2.47%) Firmware
9 9 (2.02%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (1.80%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.67%) KVM
12 2 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.45%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.22%) LXC
13 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.22%) NFS
13 1 (0.22%) Postfix
13 1 (0.22%) Xen
13 1 (0.22%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 23 (5.17%) Kubernetes
2 21 (4.72%) Ansible
3 19 (4.27%) Terraform
4 18 (4.04%) WSUS
5 11 (2.47%) Progress Chef
5 11 (2.47%) SCOM
6 9 (2.02%) Puppet
6 9 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.57%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.12%) Failover Clustering
8 5 (1.12%) Grafana
8 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Clustering
8 5 (1.12%) Pingdom
8 5 (1.12%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.90%) Nessus
9 4 (0.90%) SCCM
9 4 (0.90%) SolarWinds Orion
9 4 (0.90%) vRealize
9 4 (0.90%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 3 (0.67%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 126 (28.31%) Microsoft
2 115 (25.84%) VMware
3 103 (23.15%) Cisco
4 45 (10.11%) Juniper
5 42 (9.44%) Veeam
6 39 (8.76%) Palo Alto
7 34 (7.64%) Citrix
8 33 (7.42%) Dell
8 33 (7.42%) HP
9 25 (5.62%) CheckPoint
10 23 (5.17%) NetApp
10 23 (5.17%) SolarWinds
11 21 (4.72%) Fortinet
11 21 (4.72%) IBM
11 21 (4.72%) Red Hat
12 17 (3.82%) F5
12 17 (3.82%) Google
12 17 (3.82%) Oracle
12 17 (3.82%) Ruckus Wireless
13 14 (3.15%) Fujitsu