Data Centre Jobs in the North of England

Data Center
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 40 168
Rank change year-on-year -99 +128 +1
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 304 1,206 384
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.74% 7.00% 2.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.64% 17.75% 4.77%
Number of salaries quoted 240 225 195
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £37,039 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,500 £68,125
90th Percentile £64,000 £73,875 £75,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £57,544 £58,000
% change year-on-year -6.16% -0.79% +0.87%

All Generic Skills
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,390 6,794 8,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 30.86% 39.46% 44.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,990 3,069 4,254
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,200 £29,825
25th Percentile £35,579 £41,250 £38,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
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 the North of England

Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in the North of England

Data Centre
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in the North of England.

Salary trend for Data Centre in the North of England

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in the North of England

Data Centre
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the North of England region over the 6 months to 9 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -89 180 £44,274 -14.03% 33
Yorkshire -72 94 £42,500 -5.56% 18
North East -71 30 £44,274 +10.69% 14
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 15 (4.93%) Apache
2 14 (4.61%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.96%) WordPress
4 8 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.32%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
Applications
1 12 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 51 (16.78%) Microsoft 365
2 40 (13.16%) Azure
3 21 (6.91%) IaaS
4 19 (6.25%) Amazon S3
4 19 (6.25%) AWS
5 11 (3.62%) Mimecast
6 10 (3.29%) Cloud Computing
7 9 (2.96%) Entra ID
8 8 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.64%) Snowflake
10 4 (1.32%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (1.32%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 4 (1.32%) Power Platform
11 3 (0.99%) GCP
11 3 (0.99%) GitHub
11 3 (0.99%) SaaS
12 2 (0.66%) Cloudflare
12 2 (0.66%) PaaS
12 2 (0.66%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 70 (23.03%) Firewall
2 41 (13.49%) VPN
3 35 (11.51%) WAN
4 31 (10.20%) Network Security
5 30 (9.87%) LAN
6 24 (7.89%) Internet
7 23 (7.57%) IPsec
8 21 (6.91%) SD-WAN
9 19 (6.25%) DNS
10 17 (5.59%) Software-Defined Networking
11 16 (5.26%) SAN
11 16 (5.26%) SNMP
12 15 (4.93%) Wireless
12 15 (4.93%) WLAN
13 14 (4.61%) Wi-Fi
14 12 (3.95%) DHCP
14 12 (3.95%) VLAN
15 11 (3.62%) NAS
16 9 (2.96%) TCP/IP
17 8 (2.63%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (8.88%) MongoDB
2 20 (6.58%) Elasticsearch
3 17 (5.59%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (3.95%) MySQL
5 11 (3.62%) SQL Server
6 9 (2.96%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.64%) Redis
8 4 (1.32%) Power BI
9 1 (0.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (0.66%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.33%) Jenkins
General
1 53 (17.43%) Social Skills
2 35 (11.51%) Analytical Skills
2 35 (11.51%) Finance
3 23 (7.57%) Manufacturing
4 12 (3.95%) Law
5 8 (2.63%) Public Sector
6 4 (1.32%) Banking
7 3 (0.99%) Marketing
7 3 (0.99%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.33%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 52 (17.11%) Senior
2 42 (13.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 33 (10.86%) Lead
4 28 (9.21%) Data Centre Engineer
5 25 (8.22%) Architect
6 24 (7.89%) Consultant
7 20 (6.58%) Network Engineer
7 20 (6.58%) Team Leader
8 19 (6.25%) Infrastructure Team Leader
9 17 (5.59%) Analyst
10 16 (5.26%) IT Manager
11 15 (4.93%) NetApp Consultant
11 15 (4.93%) Systems Engineer
12 13 (4.28%) Security Architect
12 13 (4.28%) Service Analyst
12 13 (4.28%) Service Desk Analyst
13 12 (3.95%) Cisco Architect
13 12 (3.95%) Senior Architect
13 12 (3.95%) Senior Cisco Architect
14 11 (3.62%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.26%) YAML
2 15 (4.93%) RabbitMQ
3 6 (1.97%) .NET
4 5 (1.64%) Middleware
5 4 (1.32%) LAMP
6 2 (0.66%) Web Services
7 1 (0.33%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (15.79%) Management Information System
2 34 (11.18%) Public Cloud
3 16 (5.26%) Driving Licence
4 15 (4.93%) Mainframe
5 12 (3.95%) SCADA
6 10 (3.29%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.96%) Private Cloud
8 8 (2.63%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.97%) PKI
10 4 (1.32%) Enterprise Storage
10 4 (1.32%) IoT
11 3 (0.99%) Blog
11 3 (0.99%) CCTV
11 3 (0.99%) EPoS
11 3 (0.99%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.99%) Product Ownership
11 3 (0.99%) Wiki
12 2 (0.66%) IBM Mainframe
12 2 (0.66%) Team-Oriented Environment
13 1 (0.33%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 121 (39.80%) Windows
2 66 (21.71%) Linux
3 32 (10.53%) Windows Server
4 20 (6.58%) Unix
5 15 (4.93%) Data ONTAP
6 11 (3.62%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.32%) CentOS
8 4 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.99%) Android
9 3 (0.99%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.99%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.99%) zOS
10 1 (0.33%) HPUX
10 1 (0.33%) Solaris
10 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (26.64%) Cybersecurity
2 74 (24.34%) ITIL
3 62 (20.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 52 (17.11%) Presales
5 48 (15.79%) Mentoring
6 40 (13.16%) Software Licensing
7 38 (12.50%) Roadmaps
8 35 (11.51%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (11.51%) Project Management
9 30 (9.87%) Customer Service
10 28 (9.21%) Information Security
11 27 (8.88%) Coaching
11 27 (8.88%) Infrastructure Management
12 26 (8.55%) Change Management
13 25 (8.22%) Cloud Security
13 25 (8.22%) Incident Management
14 24 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
15 22 (7.24%) DevOps
16 20 (6.58%) Migration
16 20 (6.58%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (8.55%) SQL
2 23 (7.57%) Python
3 13 (4.28%) C#
4 6 (1.97%) PowerShell
5 3 (0.99%) Bash
5 3 (0.99%) Kotlin
5 3 (0.99%) Swift
6 1 (0.33%) Java
6 1 (0.33%) JCL
6 1 (0.33%) PHP
6 1 (0.33%) REXX
6 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 52 (17.11%) Degree
2 26 (8.55%) Cisco Certification
3 22 (7.24%) CCNP
4 20 (6.58%) CCNA
5 18 (5.92%) CISSP
5 18 (5.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (3.95%) Security Cleared
7 11 (3.62%) MCP
8 8 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.30%) Azure Certification
9 7 (2.30%) SC Cleared
10 5 (1.64%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.64%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (1.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (1.32%) CISM
11 4 (1.32%) CRISC
11 4 (1.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 4 (1.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 4 (1.32%) ISSMP
11 4 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.93%) SLA
2 13 (4.28%) GDPR
3 11 (3.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (1.32%) NIST
5 2 (0.66%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.33%) NCSC
6 1 (0.33%) PMO
6 1 (0.33%) QA
System Software
1 53 (17.43%) Active Directory
2 50 (16.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (8.88%) Hyper-V
4 17 (5.59%) Docker
5 15 (4.93%) vSphere
6 4 (1.32%) Firmware
6 4 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.33%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.33%) KVM
8 1 (0.33%) NFS
8 1 (0.33%) Time Sharing Option
8 1 (0.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 22 (7.24%) Kubernetes
2 20 (6.58%) Prometheus
3 18 (5.92%) Ansible
4 17 (5.59%) vCenter Server
5 8 (2.63%) FortiGate
6 7 (2.30%) Nagios
6 7 (2.30%) Stealthwatch
7 6 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (1.64%) CASB
8 5 (1.64%) Grafana
8 5 (1.64%) SCOM
9 4 (1.32%) cPanel
9 4 (1.32%) Plesk
10 3 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.99%) Terraform
11 2 (0.66%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.66%) vRealize
12 1 (0.33%) Sysdig
12 1 (0.33%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 1 (0.33%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 100 (32.89%) Microsoft
2 78 (25.66%) Cisco
3 67 (22.04%) VMware
4 40 (13.16%) Adobe
4 40 (13.16%) Apple
5 37 (12.17%) Dell
6 35 (11.51%) NetApp
7 27 (8.88%) HP
7 27 (8.88%) Palo Alto
8 22 (7.24%) Dynatrace
9 20 (6.58%) Red Hat
10 17 (5.59%) ServiceNow
10 17 (5.59%) Splunk
11 16 (5.26%) Meraki
12 15 (4.93%) SolidFire
13 14 (4.61%) Veeam
14 11 (3.62%) Samsung
15 10 (3.29%) CheckPoint
15 10 (3.29%) IBM
15 10 (3.29%) Juniper