Data Centre Job Trends in Basingstoke

Data Center
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in Basingstoke. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 53 41
Rank change year-on-year +20 -12 -6
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 13 3 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Basingstoke 4.14% 0.48% 2.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 16.25% 4.92% 8.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9 1 5
10th Percentile £37,900 - £40,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £82,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £85,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.94% +21.43% +27.27%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 -
90th Percentile £83,350 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £30,000 £52,500 £68,750
% change year-on-year -42.86% -23.64% +43.75%

All Generic Skills
Basingstoke

Data Centre falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Basingstoke.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 80 61 99
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Basingstoke 25.48% 9.85% 30.84%
Number of salaries quoted 65 39 70
10th Percentile £19,250 £39,400 £31,000
25th Percentile £27,500 £50,625 £37,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £65,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.92% +25.00% -5.45%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £97,500 - £70,250
Hampshire median annual salary £48,924 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.05% - -

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Centre relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Basingstoke

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Data Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in Basingstoke

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Basingstoke over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in Basingstoke

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 3 (23.08%) MS Visio
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (61.54%) Firewall
2 7 (53.85%) LAN
2 7 (53.85%) VPN
2 7 (53.85%) WAN
3 2 (15.38%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (15.38%) IPv4
3 2 (15.38%) IPv6
3 2 (15.38%) Network Security
3 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
3 2 (15.38%) VLAN
4 1 (7.69%) DHCP
4 1 (7.69%) DNS
General
1 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Games
2 1 (7.69%) Legal
2 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Architect
1 5 (38.46%) Network Architect
2 4 (30.77%) Account Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Design Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Network Design Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Network Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Network Security Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Security Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Senior
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Design Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Network Design Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Compliance Advisor
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Server Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Windows Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Windows Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Fibre Optics
2 1 (7.69%) CCTV
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
1 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Network Design
2 5 (38.46%) High Availability
2 5 (38.46%) Requirements Management
3 2 (15.38%) Capacity Management
3 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
3 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
3 2 (15.38%) Network Management
3 2 (15.38%) Performance Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (15.38%) Task Automation
4 1 (7.69%) Compliance Audit
4 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (7.69%) Data Collection
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (7.69%) Logistics
4 1 (7.69%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
1 5 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) DV Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) CCNA
3 2 (15.38%) CCNP
3 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (15.38%) JNCIA
3 2 (15.38%) JNCIS
4 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) ISO 14001
1 1 (7.69%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) KVM
1 2 (15.38%) RHEV
1 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (15.38%) Xen
2 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) Endace
2 2 (15.38%) Nagios
2 2 (15.38%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Cisco
1 7 (53.85%) Juniper
2 2 (15.38%) F5
2 2 (15.38%) SolarWinds
2 2 (15.38%) VMware
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft