Data Centre Jobs in the North West

Data Center
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 40 155
Rank change year-on-year -83 +115 -27
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 181 575 208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.86% 7.24% 2.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.85% 17.22% 4.55%
Number of salaries quoted 137 111 115
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £35,920 £41,875 £41,575
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,274 £51,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.03% -5.50% +26.74%
75th Percentile £57,500 £64,375 £72,500
90th Percentile £63,500 £75,000 £80,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.09% - -

All Generic Skills
North West

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 West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,094 3,340 4,567
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 31.78% 42.05% 48.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,261 1,515 2,186
10th Percentile £26,750 £32,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £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 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,056 £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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in the North West

Data Centre
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Data Centre in the North West

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in the North West over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in the North West

Data Centre
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 5 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
Manchester -39 136 £38,000 -26.21% 21
Merseyside -56 20 £43,072 -9.32% 4
Lancashire -50 16 £55,000 +124.49%
Cheshire -60 6 £57,500 -23.33% 3
Cumbria -8 3 £40,000 +45.45% 2
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 10 (5.52%) Apache
2 8 (4.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.21%) CloudStack
3 4 (2.21%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (12.15%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (10.50%) Azure
3 14 (7.73%) Amazon S3
4 11 (6.08%) IaaS
5 9 (4.97%) AWS
6 6 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.76%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.21%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (2.21%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (2.21%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (2.21%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.10%) GCP
10 1 (0.55%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.55%) Kong
10 1 (0.55%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.55%) OCI
10 1 (0.55%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (14.36%) Firewall
2 18 (9.94%) IPsec
2 18 (9.94%) Network Security
2 18 (9.94%) VPN
2 18 (9.94%) WAN
3 16 (8.84%) LAN
4 15 (8.29%) Wireless
5 14 (7.73%) SD-WAN
6 12 (6.63%) DNS
7 11 (6.08%) SNMP
7 11 (6.08%) Software-Defined Networking
7 11 (6.08%) WLAN
8 10 (5.52%) Internet
9 8 (4.42%) Unified Communications
10 7 (3.87%) Cisco Firepower
10 7 (3.87%) DHCP
10 7 (3.87%) NGFW
10 7 (3.87%) SAN
11 5 (2.76%) SSL
11 5 (2.76%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.52%) Data Warehouse
1 10 (5.52%) Elasticsearch
1 10 (5.52%) MongoDB
2 5 (2.76%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.21%) Power BI
4 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (1.10%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (11.60%) Finance
2 19 (10.50%) Social Skills
3 15 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (6.08%) Law
5 6 (3.31%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.55%) Banking
6 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (26.52%) Senior
2 25 (13.81%) Data Centre Engineer
3 23 (12.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 19 (10.50%) Consultant
5 18 (9.94%) Architect
6 11 (6.08%) Cisco Architect
6 11 (6.08%) Network Engineer
6 11 (6.08%) Senior Architect
6 11 (6.08%) Senior Cisco Architect
7 10 (5.52%) NetApp Consultant
7 10 (5.52%) Security Architect
8 8 (4.42%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 8 (4.42%) Senior Technical Specialist
8 8 (4.42%) Senior Technical Support
8 8 (4.42%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
8 8 (4.42%) Support Specialist
8 8 (4.42%) Technical Consultant
8 8 (4.42%) Technical Specialist
8 8 (4.42%) Technical Support
8 8 (4.42%) Technical Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.52%) RabbitMQ
1 10 (5.52%) YAML
2 4 (2.21%) LAMP
3 1 (0.55%) .NET
3 1 (0.55%) JSON
3 1 (0.55%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.60%) Public Cloud
2 16 (8.84%) Management Information System
3 12 (6.63%) Driving Licence
4 9 (4.97%) Private Cloud
5 8 (4.42%) Onboarding
5 8 (4.42%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.21%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (2.21%) PKI
7 3 (1.66%) CCTV
8 2 (1.10%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.55%) Blockchain
9 1 (0.55%) Culture of Ownership
9 1 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.55%) IBM Mainframe
9 1 (0.55%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 63 (34.81%) Windows
2 34 (18.78%) Linux
3 11 (6.08%) Unix
3 11 (6.08%) Windows 10
3 11 (6.08%) Windows Server
4 10 (5.52%) Data ONTAP
5 4 (2.21%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.66%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.55%) HPUX
7 1 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.55%) Solaris
7 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.55%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (36.46%) Cybersecurity
2 51 (28.18%) Presales
3 48 (26.52%) ITIL
4 39 (21.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 39 (21.55%) Software Licensing
5 27 (14.92%) Mentoring
6 24 (13.26%) Cloud Security
7 23 (12.71%) Project Management
8 22 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (9.39%) Customer Service
10 16 (8.84%) Data Centre Operations
11 15 (8.29%) Change Management
11 15 (8.29%) Service Delivery
11 15 (8.29%) Time Management
12 14 (7.73%) Information Security
13 13 (7.18%) Coaching
13 13 (7.18%) DevOps
13 13 (7.18%) Incident Management
13 13 (7.18%) Roadmaps
13 13 (7.18%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 16 (8.84%) Python
2 4 (2.21%) SQL
3 1 (0.55%) Bash
3 1 (0.55%) Java
3 1 (0.55%) PHP
3 1 (0.55%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.55%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.55%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (22.10%) Degree
2 16 (8.84%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (8.29%) CCNA
3 15 (8.29%) CCNP
4 13 (7.18%) CISSP
5 12 (6.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (4.97%) MCP
6 9 (4.97%) Security Cleared
7 5 (2.76%) AWS Certification
7 5 (2.76%) SC Cleared
8 4 (2.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (2.21%) CISM
8 4 (2.21%) CRISC
8 4 (2.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 4 (2.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 4 (2.21%) ISSMP
9 2 (1.10%) MCSE
10 1 (0.55%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 1 (0.55%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (2.21%) GDPR
2 4 (2.21%) NIST
3 2 (1.10%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.55%) NCSC
4 1 (0.55%) PMO
4 1 (0.55%) QA
System Software
1 26 (14.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (13.81%) Active Directory
3 13 (7.18%) Hyper-V
4 11 (6.08%) Docker
5 7 (3.87%) vSphere
6 1 (0.55%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.55%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (6.63%) Ansible
2 11 (6.08%) Kubernetes
3 10 (5.52%) Prometheus
3 10 (5.52%) vCenter Server
4 6 (3.31%) Stealthwatch
5 5 (2.76%) CASB
5 5 (2.76%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (2.21%) cPanel
6 4 (2.21%) Plesk
7 2 (1.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (1.10%) Terraform
7 2 (1.10%) vRealize
8 1 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.55%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.55%) Nagios
8 1 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 59 (32.60%) Microsoft
2 46 (25.41%) Cisco
3 39 (21.55%) Adobe
3 39 (21.55%) Apple
4 32 (17.68%) VMware
5 22 (12.15%) Dell
6 21 (11.60%) Palo Alto
7 20 (11.05%) NetApp
8 16 (8.84%) HP
9 12 (6.63%) Dynatrace
10 11 (6.08%) Meraki
10 11 (6.08%) Red Hat
10 11 (6.08%) Samsung
11 10 (5.52%) SolidFire
11 10 (5.52%) Splunk
12 6 (3.31%) Intel
12 6 (3.31%) Veeam
13 4 (2.21%) Citrix
13 4 (2.21%) Databricks
13 4 (2.21%) Fortinet