Data Centre Job Trends in Blackburn

Data Center
Lancashire > Blackburn

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in Blackburn. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Blackburn 6.38% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 30.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £60,000 £42,134 £52,000
% change year-on-year +42.40% -18.97% +112.24%

All Generic Skills
Blackburn

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 Blackburn.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 10 10 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Blackburn 21.28% 15.87% 28.57%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 4
10th Percentile £38,117 - £26,112
25th Percentile £54,793 £47,500 £35,040
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +25.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,221 £40,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £72,540 £42,100
Lancashire median annual salary £48,360 £52,500 £44,240
% change year-on-year -7.89% +18.67% -5.17%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackburn

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Blackburn

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Blackburn

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Blackburn citing Data Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Blackburn citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blackburn 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) BGP
1 2 (66.67%) DHCP
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
1 2 (66.67%) OSPF
1 2 (66.67%) SD-WAN
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) VLAN
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) IT Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Network Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Product Director
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) Network Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Strategic Planning
1 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
1 2 (66.67%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CCIE
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) TOGAF Certification
Data Centre jobs