Data Centre Jobs in the Thames Valley

Data Center
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 62 137
Rank change year-on-year -46 +75 -32
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 148 294 157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.19% 4.76% 2.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.61% 11.39% 5.86%
Number of salaries quoted 97 101 71
10th Percentile £30,450 £27,875 £35,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,856 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,750 £52,350 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.79% -4.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £60,000 £73,875 £75,000
90th Percentile £86,400 £88,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.91% -6.36% -

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,240 2,581 2,677
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 33.20% 41.78% 39.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,510 1,220 1,474
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,875 £55,000 £56,750
Median % change year-on-year -12.95% -3.08% +3.18%
75th Percentile £61,250 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.91% - +4.76%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in the Thames Valley

Data Centre
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Data Centre in the Thames Valley

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in the Thames Valley

Data Centre
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 23 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
Berkshire -46 74 £59,000 +12.70% 42
Buckinghamshire -36 59 £40,000 -36.00% 4
Oxfordshire -3 15 £50,000 +69.49% 7
Data Centre
South East

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 6 (4.05%) Apache
1 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.35%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.68%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 31 (20.95%) Azure
2 23 (15.54%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (10.81%) AWS
4 12 (8.11%) OCI
5 9 (6.08%) Amazon S3
6 8 (5.41%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.70%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.03%) GCP
9 2 (1.35%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.35%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (1.35%) IaaS
9 2 (1.35%) OpenShift
9 2 (1.35%) SaaS
9 2 (1.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (1.35%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.68%) Akamai
10 1 (0.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.68%) GitHub
10 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 32 (21.62%) Firewall
2 22 (14.86%) DNS
3 20 (13.51%) DHCP
4 16 (10.81%) VPN
5 15 (10.14%) SAN
5 15 (10.14%) WAN
6 12 (8.11%) SD-WAN
7 10 (6.76%) Structured Cabling
8 9 (6.08%) Internet
8 9 (6.08%) OSPF
9 8 (5.41%) BGP
9 8 (5.41%) Network Security
9 8 (5.41%) Unified Communications
10 7 (4.73%) IPsec
11 5 (3.38%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (3.38%) LAN
11 5 (3.38%) SNMP
11 5 (3.38%) Wireless
12 3 (2.03%) TCP/IP
13 2 (1.35%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.73%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.38%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (3.38%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.35%) MySQL
4 1 (0.68%) Power BI
4 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.35%) Jenkins
General
1 32 (21.62%) Social Skills
2 7 (4.73%) Finance
2 7 (4.73%) Manufacturing
3 6 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (2.70%) Legal
5 3 (2.03%) Aerospace
5 3 (2.03%) Marketing
5 3 (2.03%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.35%) Electronics
6 2 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.35%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.68%) Automotive
7 1 (0.68%) Banking
7 1 (0.68%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (18.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 22 (14.86%) Architect
2 22 (14.86%) Senior
3 18 (12.16%) Consultant
4 17 (11.49%) Data Centre Engineer
5 10 (6.76%) Cisco Architect
5 10 (6.76%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
5 10 (6.76%) DataOps Engineer
5 10 (6.76%) Senior Architect
5 10 (6.76%) Senior Cisco Architect
6 9 (6.08%) Security Architect
7 8 (5.41%) PowerShell Engineer
7 8 (5.41%) Technical Consultant
7 8 (5.41%) VMware Engineer
7 8 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (4.73%) Junior
8 7 (4.73%) Technical Support
9 6 (4.05%) Infrastructure Architect
9 6 (4.05%) Software Engineer
9 6 (4.05%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.05%) 802.1X
2 5 (3.38%) RabbitMQ
2 5 (3.38%) YAML
3 2 (1.35%) Web Services
4 1 (0.68%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.68%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.81%) Private Cloud
2 10 (6.76%) Public Cloud
3 9 (6.08%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.73%) PKI
5 6 (4.05%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.70%) Driving Licence
7 3 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.03%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.35%) EMC VNX
8 2 (1.35%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (1.35%) Molecular Biology
8 2 (1.35%) Robotics
8 2 (1.35%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.68%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 56 (37.84%) Windows
2 45 (30.41%) Linux
3 21 (14.19%) Windows 10
4 19 (12.84%) Windows Server
5 14 (9.46%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (8.11%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (8.11%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (8.11%) Windows XP
7 6 (4.05%) Data ONTAP
8 2 (1.35%) Android
8 2 (1.35%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.35%) CentOS
8 2 (1.35%) Kali Linux
8 2 (1.35%) OS/2
8 2 (1.35%) Rocky
8 2 (1.35%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (31.08%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (26.35%) Presales
3 37 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (25.00%) Software Licensing
4 28 (18.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 22 (14.86%) Project Management
6 21 (14.19%) Disaster Recovery
7 19 (12.84%) ITIL
8 18 (12.16%) Storage Management
9 15 (10.14%) Server Management
9 15 (10.14%) Time Management
10 13 (8.78%) Proactive Monitoring
11 12 (8.11%) Break/Fix
11 12 (8.11%) Converged Infrastructure
11 12 (8.11%) Performance Monitoring
11 12 (8.11%) Performance Tuning
11 12 (8.11%) Service Delivery
12 11 (7.43%) SIEM
13 10 (6.76%) Customer Engagement
13 10 (6.76%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 16 (10.81%) PowerShell
2 8 (5.41%) Python
3 7 (4.73%) SQL
4 1 (0.68%) Bash
4 1 (0.68%) Korn
4 1 (0.68%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.68%) PHP
Qualifications
1 48 (32.43%) Degree
2 28 (18.92%) Security Cleared
3 25 (16.89%) Cisco Certification
4 24 (16.22%) CCNP
5 23 (15.54%) CCNA
6 19 (12.84%) DV Cleared
7 16 (10.81%) SC Cleared
8 10 (6.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (6.08%) MCP
10 6 (4.05%) AWS Certification
11 4 (2.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (2.03%) Azure Certification
12 3 (2.03%) CISSP
13 2 (1.35%) CCIE
13 2 (1.35%) ISACA
14 1 (0.68%) CCSK
14 1 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.68%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.68%) MCSE
14 1 (0.68%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.43%) SLA
2 7 (4.73%) NIST
3 5 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.70%) COBIT
4 4 (2.70%) GDPR
5 2 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (1.35%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 32 (21.62%) Active Directory
2 24 (16.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (10.81%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (10.14%) Hyper-V
5 14 (9.46%) Docker
6 8 (5.41%) Firmware
7 2 (1.35%) KVM
7 2 (1.35%) QEMU
7 2 (1.35%) Xen
Systems Management
1 19 (12.84%) vCenter Server
2 15 (10.14%) SCCM
3 14 (9.46%) EMC NetWorker
3 14 (9.46%) Kubernetes
3 14 (9.46%) WSUS
4 12 (8.11%) NetBackup
4 12 (8.11%) SCOM
5 11 (7.43%) Ansible
6 7 (4.73%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (3.38%) CASB
7 5 (3.38%) Prometheus
7 5 (3.38%) Stealthwatch
8 3 (2.03%) Grafana
8 3 (2.03%) Terraform
9 2 (1.35%) Nagios
9 2 (1.35%) Nessus
9 2 (1.35%) SolarWinds Orion
9 2 (1.35%) Suricata
10 1 (0.68%) Autotask
10 1 (0.68%) Icinga
Vendors
1 55 (37.16%) Microsoft
2 37 (25.00%) Adobe
2 37 (25.00%) Apple
3 29 (19.59%) VMware
4 27 (18.24%) Cisco
5 24 (16.22%) Dell
5 24 (16.22%) Juniper
6 22 (14.86%) HP
7 19 (12.84%) Palo Alto
8 16 (10.81%) Extreme Networks
9 14 (9.46%) EMC
9 14 (9.46%) Oracle
9 14 (9.46%) Veeam
10 12 (8.11%) 3PAR
10 12 (8.11%) Meraki
10 12 (8.11%) Symantec
11 10 (6.76%) Samsung
12 7 (4.73%) Red Hat
13 6 (4.05%) NetApp
14 5 (3.38%) SolarWinds