Data Centre Jobs in Cardiff

Data Center
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in Cardiff. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 51 32
Rank change year-on-year +24 -19 +42
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 2 14 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 1.14% 1.92% 6.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.78% 6.93% 14.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 7
10th Percentile - £49,200 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £82,500
90th Percentile - - £87,500
South Wales median annual salary £58,500 £44,886 £70,000
% change year-on-year +30.33% -35.88% +46.86%

All Generic Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 72 202 240
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 41.14% 27.71% 43.56%
Number of salaries quoted 55 174 176
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,872 £32,035
25th Percentile £36,585 £35,482 £43,122
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +2.27%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,688 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,130 £72,433 £78,750
South Wales median annual salary £62,000 £46,604 £51,573
% change year-on-year +33.04% -9.63% -1.77%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Cardiff

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for Data Centre in Cardiff

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) BGP
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) OSPF
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JMeter
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (50.00%) Business Development
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Feasibility Study
1 1 (50.00%) Financial Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (50.00%) Line Management
1 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) MRICS
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Iperf
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Instagram
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (50.00%) Twitter
1 1 (50.00%) VMware