Data Centre Jobs with Work from Home Options

Data Center
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 144 158 207
Rank change year-on-year +14 +49 -35
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 757 925 1,434
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.24% 2.28% 2.03%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.25% 5.91% 4.33%
Number of salaries quoted 505 676 825
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,036 £46,350 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,556 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.07% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £82,548 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,750 £103,750 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,483
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.87% +3.45%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,103 15,660 33,098
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.77% 38.60% 46.94%
Number of salaries quoted 9,268 11,464 16,904
10th Percentile £32,500 £39,294 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,556 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.38% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £102,500 £109,531 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Data Centre
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Centre trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Centre
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Centre.

Data Centre salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Centre
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Centre over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Data Centre salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 59 (7.79%) Apache
2 50 (6.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (3.96%) SharePoint
4 25 (3.30%) OpenStack
5 9 (1.19%) WordPress
6 7 (0.92%) IIS
7 5 (0.66%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.53%) nginx
8 4 (0.53%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.40%) Exchange Server 2013
9 3 (0.40%) SAS
10 2 (0.26%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.26%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.13%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.79%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.40%) SPSS
5 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.13%) HiPortfolio
1 1 (0.13%) Markit EDM
1 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.13%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 147 (19.42%) Azure
2 134 (17.70%) AWS
3 128 (16.91%) Microsoft 365
4 83 (10.96%) Amazon S3
5 44 (5.81%) IaaS
6 39 (5.15%) Entra ID
7 32 (4.23%) Amazon EC2
8 24 (3.17%) SaaS
9 20 (2.64%) PaaS
10 17 (2.25%) Cloud Computing
10 17 (2.25%) GCP
11 15 (1.98%) CloudFront
12 14 (1.85%) Nutanix
13 11 (1.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 10 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
15 9 (1.19%) Serverless
16 8 (1.06%) Amazon EKS
16 8 (1.06%) AWS CloudFormation
16 8 (1.06%) Power Platform
16 8 (1.06%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 205 (27.08%) Firewall
2 153 (20.21%) WAN
3 145 (19.15%) VPN
4 118 (15.59%) LAN
5 90 (11.89%) DNS
6 76 (10.04%) IPsec
6 76 (10.04%) SD-WAN
7 72 (9.51%) Internet
8 67 (8.85%) DHCP
9 64 (8.45%) SNMP
10 62 (8.19%) Network Security
11 55 (7.27%) SAN
12 53 (7.00%) TCP/IP
12 53 (7.00%) Wireless
13 49 (6.47%) Wi-Fi
14 39 (5.15%) MPLS
15 38 (5.02%) VLAN
16 36 (4.76%) BGP
17 35 (4.62%) Unified Communications
18 31 (4.10%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (7.79%) Elasticsearch
2 54 (7.13%) MongoDB
3 19 (2.51%) Amazon RDS
4 18 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (1.72%) SQL Server
6 10 (1.32%) NoSQL
7 8 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (0.79%) Big Data
8 6 (0.79%) Power BI
9 5 (0.66%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.66%) DB2
9 5 (0.66%) Redis
10 3 (0.40%) EDRMS
10 3 (0.40%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.26%) Apache Hive
11 2 (0.26%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.26%) Flink
11 2 (0.26%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.26%) Presto
11 2 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (1.59%) Git
2 9 (1.19%) JIRA
3 8 (1.06%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.79%) Cucumber
4 6 (0.79%) JBehave
4 6 (0.79%) Selenium
4 6 (0.79%) SpecFlow
4 6 (0.79%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.13%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (0.13%) Subversion
General
1 206 (27.21%) Social Skills
2 138 (18.23%) Finance
3 38 (5.02%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (4.10%) Banking
4 31 (4.10%) Retail
5 29 (3.83%) Legal
6 25 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 25 (3.30%) Law
7 16 (2.11%) Public Sector
8 13 (1.72%) Manufacturing
8 13 (1.72%) Telecoms
9 9 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.06%) Marketing
11 7 (0.92%) Advertising
11 7 (0.92%) Publishing
12 5 (0.66%) Automotive
13 4 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.53%) Games
13 4 (0.53%) Military
14 3 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 111 (14.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 110 (14.53%) Senior
3 107 (14.13%) Consultant
4 98 (12.95%) Architect
5 61 (8.06%) Network Engineer
6 54 (7.13%) NetApp Consultant
7 46 (6.08%) Senior Architect
8 45 (5.94%) Lead
9 39 (5.15%) Cisco Architect
9 39 (5.15%) Senior Cisco Architect
10 35 (4.62%) Administrator
11 34 (4.49%) Security Architect
12 33 (4.36%) Project Manager
13 29 (3.83%) Solutions Architect
14 27 (3.57%) Technical Consultant
15 26 (3.43%) Infrastructure Manager
16 25 (3.30%) Cloud Engineer
16 25 (3.30%) IT Administrator
16 25 (3.30%) IT Manager
17 24 (3.17%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (8.19%) RabbitMQ
2 54 (7.13%) YAML
3 8 (1.06%) HTML
3 8 (1.06%) Kafka
3 8 (1.06%) LDAP
3 8 (1.06%) Middleware
4 6 (0.79%) 802.1X
4 6 (0.79%) Gherkin
4 6 (0.79%) Web Services
5 5 (0.66%) .NET
5 5 (0.66%) XMPP
6 4 (0.53%) WebSphere MQ
7 2 (0.26%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.26%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.26%) JSON
7 2 (0.26%) REST
7 2 (0.26%) RESTful
7 2 (0.26%) XML
7 2 (0.26%) XSD
7 2 (0.26%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 71 (9.38%) Public Cloud
2 62 (8.19%) Management Information System
3 59 (7.79%) Self-Motivation
4 33 (4.36%) Private Cloud
5 26 (3.43%) Hybrid Cloud
6 17 (2.25%) Replication
7 12 (1.59%) Virtual Team
8 11 (1.45%) PKI
9 10 (1.32%) IBM Mainframe
9 10 (1.32%) Mainframe
10 9 (1.19%) IoT
11 8 (1.06%) Blog
12 7 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (0.92%) Driving Licence
12 7 (0.92%) EFT
13 6 (0.79%) Algorithms
13 6 (0.79%) Data Structures
13 6 (0.79%) Onboarding
14 5 (0.66%) Client/Server
14 5 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 254 (33.55%) Windows
2 175 (23.12%) Linux
3 84 (11.10%) Windows Server
4 54 (7.13%) Data ONTAP
5 35 (4.62%) Windows 10
6 33 (4.36%) Unix
7 11 (1.45%) zOS
8 10 (1.32%) Android
8 10 (1.32%) Apple iOS
9 9 (1.19%) AIX
10 8 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (1.06%) Solaris
10 8 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.26%) CentOS
11 2 (0.26%) VMS
12 1 (0.13%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (21.66%) Cybersecurity
2 163 (21.53%) Presales
3 149 (19.68%) Project Management
4 147 (19.42%) Problem-Solving
5 136 (17.97%) ITIL
6 131 (17.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 121 (15.98%) Software Licensing
8 102 (13.47%) DevOps
9 101 (13.34%) Mentoring
10 83 (10.96%) Agile
11 79 (10.44%) Infrastructure Management
12 75 (9.91%) Migration
13 73 (9.64%) Storage Management
14 64 (8.45%) Information Security
15 62 (8.19%) Actionable Insight
16 61 (8.06%) Release Management
16 61 (8.06%) Roadmaps
17 57 (7.53%) Disaster Recovery
18 56 (7.40%) Time Management
19 55 (7.27%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 111 (14.66%) Python
2 58 (7.66%) PowerShell
3 26 (3.43%) SQL
4 18 (2.38%) Java
5 14 (1.85%) C#
6 9 (1.19%) Bash
7 7 (0.92%) Go
8 3 (0.40%) Kotlin
8 3 (0.40%) PHP
8 3 (0.40%) Swift
8 3 (0.40%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.26%) Korn
9 2 (0.26%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.26%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.26%) XPath
10 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 215 (28.40%) Degree
2 91 (12.02%) Cisco Certification
3 75 (9.91%) Security Cleared
4 73 (9.64%) CCNP
5 65 (8.59%) CCNA
6 50 (6.61%) SC Cleared
7 48 (6.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 44 (5.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 30 (3.96%) AWS Certification
10 26 (3.43%) MCP
11 19 (2.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 16 (2.11%) APMP
13 15 (1.98%) DV Cleared
14 13 (1.72%) Azure Certification
15 12 (1.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 11 (1.45%) CISSP
17 9 (1.19%) CCIE
17 9 (1.19%) TOGAF Certification
18 8 (1.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
19 7 (0.92%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (2.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (2.11%) GDPR
2 16 (2.11%) SLA
3 14 (1.85%) QA
4 11 (1.45%) PCI DSS
5 8 (1.06%) NIST
5 8 (1.06%) PMO
6 7 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.53%) COBIT
9 1 (0.13%) GRC
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 31000
9 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 161 (21.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 158 (20.87%) Active Directory
3 96 (12.68%) Docker
4 54 (7.13%) Hyper-V
5 29 (3.83%) VMware ESXi
6 25 (3.30%) vSphere
7 23 (3.04%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (2.25%) Firmware
9 14 (1.85%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.92%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.40%) DFS Replication
12 2 (0.26%) XenApp
12 2 (0.26%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.13%) Postfix
13 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 121 (15.98%) Kubernetes
2 114 (15.06%) Ansible
3 62 (8.19%) vCenter Server
4 59 (7.79%) Prometheus
5 36 (4.76%) WSUS
6 25 (3.30%) Terraform
7 24 (3.17%) Stealthwatch
8 20 (2.64%) SCCM
9 17 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
10 15 (1.98%) CASB
11 14 (1.85%) Puppet
12 12 (1.59%) FortiGate
13 11 (1.45%) ZABBIX
14 8 (1.06%) Grafana
14 8 (1.06%) SCOM
15 6 (0.79%) Nagios
16 5 (0.66%) Pingdom
17 4 (0.53%) Docker Swarm
17 4 (0.53%) SolarWinds Orion
18 2 (0.26%) Nessus
Vendors
1 279 (36.86%) Microsoft
2 213 (28.14%) VMware
3 172 (22.72%) Cisco
4 121 (15.98%) Adobe
4 121 (15.98%) Apple
5 88 (11.62%) Palo Alto
6 84 (11.10%) NetApp
7 66 (8.72%) Red Hat
8 58 (7.66%) Meraki
9 54 (7.13%) SolidFire
10 50 (6.61%) Citrix
11 49 (6.47%) Dell
12 48 (6.34%) HP
13 35 (4.62%) Veeam
14 32 (4.23%) Samsung
15 30 (3.96%) Juniper
16 29 (3.83%) IBM
17 22 (2.91%) Dynatrace
17 22 (2.91%) Oracle
18 21 (2.77%) SolarWinds