Data Centre Engineer Jobs in Central London

Data Centre Engineer
London > Central London

The median Data Centre Engineer salary in Central London is £62,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 187 242
Rank change year-on-year +28 +55 +53
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Centre Engineer 1 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.040% 0.027% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.028% 0.060%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,000 £54,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £55,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% +46.67% -41.86%
75th Percentile £63,000 £56,000 £40,625
90th Percentile - - £41,750
London median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 £39,000
% change year-on-year +26.32% +21.79% -44.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Central London with a recognized job title 2,297 3,585 4,963
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.37% 95.14% 95.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,638 2,795 4,134
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,250 £54,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £73,480
Median % change year-on-year - -1.33% +1.35%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

Data Centre Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured Data Centre Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre Engineer in Central London

Data Centre Engineer
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Centre Engineer in Central London.

Salary trend for Data Centre Engineer in Central London

Data Centre Engineer
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 10 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
City of London +29 1 £62,000 +12.73% 2
Data Centre Engineer
London

Data Centre Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 10 May 2025, Data Centre Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Central London region featuring Data Centre Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity

Data Centre Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft