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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 61 140
Rank change year-on-year -43 +79 -42
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 158 286 148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.35% 4.79% 2.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.09% 11.64% 5.39%
Number of salaries quoted 99 90 68
10th Percentile £30,600 £27,875 £37,275
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,750 £52,350 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.79% -8.96% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £77,531 £75,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £92,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £51,000 £52,350 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.58% -4.82% -

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 2,230 2,457 2,745
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 33.17% 41.18% 39.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,484 1,157 1,458
10th Percentile £28,767 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,938 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,000 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £49,500 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.39% +2.73% +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 11 May 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 11 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
Berkshire -27 81 £59,000 +12.70% 33
Buckinghamshire -26 62 £40,000 -36.00% 5
Oxfordshire -3 15 £50,000 +75.44% 6
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 (3.80%) Apache
1 6 (3.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.27%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.63%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 35 (22.15%) Azure
2 23 (14.56%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (12.03%) AWS
4 12 (7.59%) OCI
5 9 (5.70%) Amazon S3
6 8 (5.06%) Entra ID
7 7 (4.43%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (2.53%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.90%) GCP
10 2 (1.27%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.27%) IaaS
10 2 (1.27%) OpenShift
10 2 (1.27%) SaaS
10 2 (1.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (1.27%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.63%) Akamai
11 1 (0.63%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.63%) GitHub
11 1 (0.63%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 36 (22.78%) Firewall
2 21 (13.29%) DNS
3 19 (12.03%) DHCP
3 19 (12.03%) VPN
4 17 (10.76%) WAN
5 15 (9.49%) SAN
6 14 (8.86%) SD-WAN
7 12 (7.59%) Internet
8 11 (6.96%) Network Security
9 10 (6.33%) Structured Cabling
10 9 (5.70%) OSPF
11 8 (5.06%) BGP
11 8 (5.06%) Unified Communications
12 7 (4.43%) Cisco Firepower
12 7 (4.43%) IPsec
13 5 (3.16%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (3.16%) LAN
13 5 (3.16%) SNMP
13 5 (3.16%) Wireless
14 3 (1.90%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.16%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (3.16%) MongoDB
1 5 (3.16%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.27%) MySQL
3 1 (0.63%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Jenkins
General
1 34 (21.52%) Social Skills
2 7 (4.43%) Finance
2 7 (4.43%) Manufacturing
3 6 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (3.16%) Legal
5 3 (1.90%) Aerospace
5 3 (1.90%) Marketing
5 3 (1.90%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.27%) Automotive
6 2 (1.27%) Electronics
6 2 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.63%) Banking
7 1 (0.63%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.63%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 28 (17.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 27 (17.09%) Senior
3 23 (14.56%) Architect
4 20 (12.66%) Data Centre Engineer
5 18 (11.39%) Consultant
6 14 (8.86%) Security Architect
7 12 (7.59%) Cisco Architect
7 12 (7.59%) Senior Architect
7 12 (7.59%) Senior Cisco Architect
8 10 (6.33%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
8 10 (6.33%) DataOps Engineer
9 8 (5.06%) PowerShell Engineer
9 8 (5.06%) Technical Consultant
9 8 (5.06%) VMware Engineer
9 8 (5.06%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (4.43%) Cisco Security Architect
10 7 (4.43%) Junior
10 7 (4.43%) Lead
10 7 (4.43%) Senior Security Architect
10 7 (4.43%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.80%) 802.1X
2 5 (3.16%) RabbitMQ
2 5 (3.16%) Web Services
2 5 (3.16%) YAML
3 1 (0.63%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.63%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.59%) Private Cloud
2 10 (6.33%) Public Cloud
3 9 (5.70%) Management Information System
3 9 (5.70%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.80%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (3.80%) Security Posture
5 4 (2.53%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.53%) PKI
6 2 (1.27%) EMC VNX
6 2 (1.27%) Fibre Optics
6 2 (1.27%) Molecular Biology
6 2 (1.27%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (1.27%) Replication
6 2 (1.27%) Robotics
6 2 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 57 (36.08%) Windows
2 46 (29.11%) Linux
3 21 (13.29%) Windows 10
4 19 (12.03%) Windows Server
5 14 (8.86%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (7.59%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (7.59%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (7.59%) Windows XP
7 6 (3.80%) Data ONTAP
8 5 (3.16%) Kali Linux
9 2 (1.27%) Android
9 2 (1.27%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.27%) CentOS
9 2 (1.27%) OS/2
9 2 (1.27%) Rocky
9 2 (1.27%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.27%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (32.91%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (26.58%) Presales
3 40 (25.32%) Software Licensing
4 38 (24.05%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (17.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 23 (14.56%) Project Management
7 21 (13.29%) Disaster Recovery
8 19 (12.03%) ITIL
9 18 (11.39%) Storage Management
10 17 (10.76%) Time Management
11 15 (9.49%) Server Management
12 13 (8.23%) Identity Access Management
12 13 (8.23%) Proactive Monitoring
13 12 (7.59%) Break/Fix
13 12 (7.59%) Converged Infrastructure
13 12 (7.59%) Customer Engagement
13 12 (7.59%) Performance Monitoring
13 12 (7.59%) Performance Tuning
13 12 (7.59%) Service Delivery
14 11 (6.96%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (12.03%) PowerShell
2 13 (8.23%) Python
3 8 (5.06%) SQL
4 3 (1.90%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.63%) Bash
5 1 (0.63%) Korn
5 1 (0.63%) PHP
Qualifications
1 57 (36.08%) Degree
2 27 (17.09%) Cisco Certification
3 26 (16.46%) CCNP
4 25 (15.82%) CCNA
5 24 (15.19%) Security Cleared
6 16 (10.13%) SC Cleared
7 15 (9.49%) DV Cleared
8 10 (6.33%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (5.70%) AWS Certification
9 9 (5.70%) MCP
10 6 (3.80%) Azure Certification
10 6 (3.80%) CISSP
11 4 (2.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (1.27%) CCIE
12 2 (1.27%) ISACA
13 1 (0.63%) CISA
13 1 (0.63%) CISM
13 1 (0.63%) MCSE
13 1 (0.63%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.96%) SLA
2 10 (6.33%) NIST
3 8 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 5 (3.16%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.53%) COBIT
5 4 (2.53%) GDPR
6 1 (0.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 32 (20.25%) Active Directory
2 24 (15.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (10.13%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (9.49%) Hyper-V
5 14 (8.86%) Docker
6 8 (5.06%) Firmware
7 2 (1.27%) KVM
7 2 (1.27%) QEMU
7 2 (1.27%) Xen
Systems Management
1 19 (12.03%) vCenter Server
2 15 (9.49%) SCCM
3 14 (8.86%) EMC NetWorker
3 14 (8.86%) Kubernetes
3 14 (8.86%) WSUS
4 12 (7.59%) NetBackup
4 12 (7.59%) SCOM
5 11 (6.96%) Ansible
6 7 (4.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (4.43%) Stealthwatch
7 5 (3.16%) CASB
7 5 (3.16%) Prometheus
7 5 (3.16%) Suricata
8 3 (1.90%) Grafana
8 3 (1.90%) Terraform
9 2 (1.27%) Nagios
9 2 (1.27%) Nessus
9 2 (1.27%) SolarWinds Orion
10 1 (0.63%) Autotask
10 1 (0.63%) Icinga
Vendors
1 61 (38.61%) Microsoft
2 40 (25.32%) Adobe
2 40 (25.32%) Apple
3 32 (20.25%) Cisco
4 29 (18.35%) VMware
5 27 (17.09%) Juniper
6 25 (15.82%) Dell
7 23 (14.56%) HP
8 22 (13.92%) Palo Alto
9 16 (10.13%) Extreme Networks
10 14 (8.86%) EMC
10 14 (8.86%) Meraki
10 14 (8.86%) Oracle
10 14 (8.86%) Veeam
11 12 (7.59%) 3PAR
11 12 (7.59%) Symantec
12 11 (6.96%) Samsung
13 7 (4.43%) Red Hat
14 6 (3.80%) Intel
14 6 (3.80%) NetApp