Data Centre Jobs in Central London

Data Center
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 17 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 137 108
Rank change year-on-year +7 -29 +4
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 24 58 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 1.09% 1.68% 2.61%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.52% 4.36% 6.98%
Number of salaries quoted 23 46 87
10th Percentile £48,600 £50,176 £47,000
25th Percentile £60,500 £64,063 £58,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £78,750 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.78% +5.36%
75th Percentile £100,000 £88,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,650 £92,875 £114,000
London median annual salary £74,500 £63,000 £73,125
% change year-on-year +18.25% -13.85% +7.54%

All Generic Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 953 1,330 1,633
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 43.30% 38.62% 37.33%
Number of salaries quoted 689 832 1,366
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,938 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -6.45% +3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £102,500
90th Percentile £132,500 £115,000 £120,000
London median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £76,086
% change year-on-year -3.13% +5.14% +1.45%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Central London

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Data Centre in Central London

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Central London over the 6 months to 17 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in Central London

Data Centre
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 within the Central London region over the 6 months to 17 August 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 +7 20 £75,000 -3.23% 59
West End of London - 2 £102,500 -
City of Westminster - 1 £30,000 -
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 - -
Southwark - 1 £102,000 - 1
Data Centre
London

Data Centre
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) Azure
2 3 (12.50%) AWS
2 3 (12.50%) IaaS
2 3 (12.50%) PaaS
3 1 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.17%) Miro
3 1 (4.17%) Nutanix
3 1 (4.17%) OpenShift
3 1 (4.17%) SaaS
3 1 (4.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) Firewall
2 4 (16.67%) BGP
2 4 (16.67%) Network Security
2 4 (16.67%) OSPF
3 3 (12.50%) Spanning Tree
4 1 (4.17%) BIG-IP
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (4.17%) Cisco Wireless
4 1 (4.17%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 1 (4.17%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (4.17%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (4.17%) MPLS
4 1 (4.17%) NAS
4 1 (4.17%) SAN
4 1 (4.17%) SD-WAN
4 1 (4.17%) VPN
4 1 (4.17%) VXLAN
4 1 (4.17%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 9 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 8 (33.33%) Finance
3 7 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (20.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (12.50%) Mandarin Language
6 1 (4.17%) Banking
6 1 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 3 (12.50%) Senior
3 2 (8.33%) Analyst
3 2 (8.33%) Data Centre Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Data Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) IT Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Lead
3 2 (8.33%) Programme Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Senior Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Senior Programme Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Senior Transition Manager
3 2 (8.33%) Storage Engineer
3 2 (8.33%) Transition Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Data Centre Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Head of IT
4 1 (4.17%) IT Programme Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Security Engineer
4 1 (4.17%) Senior IT Programme Manager
4 1 (4.17%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) 802.1X
1 1 (4.17%) REST
1 1 (4.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (12.50%) Virtual Team
3 2 (8.33%) Clustering
3 2 (8.33%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (4.17%) Derivative
4 1 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) iPhone
4 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.17%) Public Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Windows
2 2 (8.33%) Linux
3 1 (4.17%) Mac OS
3 1 (4.17%) Unix
3 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (29.17%) Migration
3 6 (25.00%) Information Security
4 5 (20.83%) Collaborative Working
5 4 (16.67%) Agile
5 4 (16.67%) SIEM
5 4 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 4 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (12.50%) ITIL
6 3 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 3 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
6 3 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (12.50%) Presales
6 3 (12.50%) Project Delivery
6 3 (12.50%) Project Governance
6 3 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (12.50%) Thought Leadership
6 3 (12.50%) Virtual Team Management
6 3 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) Python
2 1 (4.17%) JCL
2 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.17%) REXX
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (12.50%) CCNP
2 3 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (12.50%) PMI Certification
2 3 (12.50%) PMP
3 2 (8.33%) AWS Certification
3 2 (8.33%) Azure Certification
3 2 (8.33%) CCIE
4 1 (4.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (4.17%) CCNA
4 1 (4.17%) CCSP
4 1 (4.17%) CISA
4 1 (4.17%) CISM
4 1 (4.17%) CISSP
4 1 (4.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (4.17%) MCITP
4 1 (4.17%) MCSA
4 1 (4.17%) MCSE
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (4.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) GDPR
1 1 (4.17%) HIPAA
1 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Docker
1 1 (4.17%) Hyper-V
1 1 (4.17%) Time Sharing Option
1 1 (4.17%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) Cisco
2 2 (8.33%) VMware
3 1 (4.17%) Broadcom
3 1 (4.17%) CheckPoint
3 1 (4.17%) Dell
3 1 (4.17%) F5
3 1 (4.17%) IBM
3 1 (4.17%) Palo Alto
3 1 (4.17%) Red Hat
3 1 (4.17%) ServiceNow