Data Centre Job Trends in Cambridge

Data Center
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in Cambridge. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 49 34
Rank change year-on-year 0 -15 +64
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 7 10 27
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 1.34% 2.15% 5.63%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.02% 5.05% 10.98%
Number of salaries quoted 7 9 6
10th Percentile £35,000 - £36,875
25th Percentile £38,500 £51,250 £37,566
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £39,751
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +50.94% -33.75%
75th Percentile - £90,000 £57,250
90th Percentile - - £80,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £53,750 £37,500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +43.33% -40.00%

All Generic Skills
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 174 198 246
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 33.40% 42.49% 51.25%
Number of salaries quoted 104 95 138
10th Percentile £33,250 £38,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,813 £48,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £67,250
90th Percentile £95,500 £80,000 £81,250
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Data Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Cambridge over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in Cambridge

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (14.29%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) SD-WAN
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
1 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (57.14%) Pharmaceutical
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Support Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Technical Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Technical Support
1 4 (57.14%) Technical Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Field Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Field Service Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) CAPA
2 4 (57.14%) Compliance Audit
3 1 (14.29%) Antivirus Management
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) HNC
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Aruba
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto
1 1 (14.29%) Veeam