Data Centre Jobs in Berkshire

Data Center
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 80 50
Rank change year-on-year -3 -30 +76
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 37 84 173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.30% 2.72% 5.64%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.83% 8.99% 12.69%
Number of salaries quoted 29 57 63
10th Percentile £37,250 £27,500 £37,893
25th Percentile £49,598 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +12.38% -8.70%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £70,750 £78,500 £92,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £54,250 £53,250
% change year-on-year -7.83% +1.88% -3.18%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 542 934 1,363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 33.62% 30.26% 44.40%
Number of salaries quoted 230 630 665
10th Percentile £29,850 £28,985 £35,302
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,065 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.13% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £88,750
South East median annual salary £57,000 £49,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +16.33% -14.04% +3.64%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Berkshire

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in Berkshire.

Salary trend for Data Centre in Berkshire

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Berkshire over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in Berkshire

Data Centre
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 22 May 2025. 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
Reading +18 10 £55,565 -5.82% 22
Bracknell +23 8 £52,500 +94.44% 9
Slough -27 6 £67,500 +87.50% 51
Maidenhead - 4 £57,500 - 3
Wokingham - 1 - - 2
Data Centre
South East

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 8 (21.62%) IIS
2 5 (13.51%) Apache
3 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) AWS
1 4 (10.81%) Azure
2 1 (2.70%) Azure AI
2 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 1 (2.70%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (2.70%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
2 1 (2.70%) IaaS
2 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.70%) PaaS
2 1 (2.70%) Power Automate
2 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (43.24%) Firewall
2 13 (35.14%) DNS
3 11 (29.73%) VPN
4 8 (21.62%) TCP/IP
5 7 (18.92%) DHCP
6 4 (10.81%) BGP
6 4 (10.81%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (10.81%) Cisco Firepower
6 4 (10.81%) Cisco ISE
6 4 (10.81%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (10.81%) HSRP
6 4 (10.81%) IPsec
6 4 (10.81%) OSPF
6 4 (10.81%) SMTP
6 4 (10.81%) Spanning Tree
6 4 (10.81%) VLAN
7 3 (8.11%) SD-WAN
7 3 (8.11%) WAN
7 3 (8.11%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (5.41%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (32.43%) SQL Server
2 7 (18.92%) Relational Database
3 2 (5.41%) Metadata
3 2 (5.41%) RDBMS
4 1 (2.70%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.70%) MySQL
4 1 (2.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Git
General
1 14 (37.84%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.51%) Back Office
2 5 (13.51%) Local Government
2 5 (13.51%) Public Sector
3 4 (10.81%) Finance
4 3 (8.11%) Retail
5 2 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 9 (24.32%) Infrastructure Manager
2 6 (16.22%) Analyst
2 6 (16.22%) Network Engineer
3 4 (10.81%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 3 (8.11%) Facilities Manager
4 3 (8.11%) Lead
4 3 (8.11%) Senior
5 2 (5.41%) Data Centre Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Data Manager
5 2 (5.41%) Developer
5 2 (5.41%) Scientific Software Developer
5 2 (5.41%) Senior Developer
5 2 (5.41%) Senior Software Developer
5 2 (5.41%) Software Developer
6 1 (2.70%) Architect
6 1 (2.70%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 1 (2.70%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 1 (2.70%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.81%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.62%) Onboarding
2 5 (13.51%) Client/Server
2 5 (13.51%) Management Information System
2 5 (13.51%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (8.11%) Clustering
3 3 (8.11%) Replication
4 2 (5.41%) Acoustics
4 2 (5.41%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (2.70%) IBM Mainframe
5 1 (2.70%) Mainframe
5 1 (2.70%) NHS
5 1 (2.70%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 13 (35.14%) Windows
2 8 (21.62%) Windows Server
3 6 (16.22%) Linux
4 2 (5.41%) Mac OS
4 2 (5.41%) Unix
5 1 (2.70%) AIX
5 1 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.70%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.03%) Project Delivery
2 9 (24.32%) Project Management
3 6 (16.22%) Analytics
3 6 (16.22%) Customer Service
3 6 (16.22%) IT Strategy
3 6 (16.22%) ITIL
3 6 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (16.22%) Server Management
3 6 (16.22%) Service Management
3 6 (16.22%) Strategic Thinking
4 5 (13.51%) Change Management
4 5 (13.51%) Client Onboarding
4 5 (13.51%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (13.51%) Incident Management
4 5 (13.51%) Information Security
4 5 (13.51%) ITSM
5 4 (10.81%) Computer Science
5 4 (10.81%) Infrastructure Management
5 4 (10.81%) Mentoring
5 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (32.43%) PowerShell
2 8 (21.62%) SQL
3 6 (16.22%) Python
4 2 (5.41%) Bash
4 2 (5.41%) C
4 2 (5.41%) C++
4 2 (5.41%) Fortran
5 1 (2.70%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 9 (24.32%) Degree
2 6 (16.22%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (13.51%) CCNP
4 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared
4 4 (10.81%) Security Cleared
5 2 (5.41%) CCNA
5 2 (5.41%) Master's Degree
5 2 (5.41%) PhD
6 1 (2.70%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.70%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.70%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.70%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (21.62%) Hyper-V
2 7 (18.92%) Active Directory
3 5 (13.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.70%) Docker
4 1 (2.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (13.51%) ZABBIX
2 4 (10.81%) WSUS
3 3 (8.11%) Failover Clustering
4 2 (5.41%) FortiGate
5 1 (2.70%) SCCM
5 1 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (45.95%) Microsoft
2 11 (29.73%) Cisco
3 9 (24.32%) VMware
4 6 (16.22%) Oracle
5 4 (10.81%) Citrix
5 4 (10.81%) F5
5 4 (10.81%) Juniper
6 2 (5.41%) Arista
6 2 (5.41%) Extreme Networks
6 2 (5.41%) Palo Alto
7 1 (2.70%) Databricks
7 1 (2.70%) IBM
7 1 (2.70%) Meraki
7 1 (2.70%) Red Hat