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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 141 104
Rank change year-on-year +4 -37 +17
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 23 47 148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.96% 1.24% 2.96%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.34% 3.54% 7.23%
Number of salaries quoted 15 38 113
10th Percentile £47,400 £47,300 £49,050
25th Percentile £60,500 £57,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.14% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £96,250 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £87,875 £100,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% -13.33% +7.14%

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 985 1,327 2,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 41.04% 35.10% 40.93%
Number of salaries quoted 655 968 1,691
10th Percentile £42,500 £39,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,125 £50,000 £56,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -6.45% +3.33%
75th Percentile £102,625 £97,500 £103,750
90th Percentile £140,000 £115,000 £120,000
London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £76,446
% change year-on-year +6.67% -1.89% +1.93%

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 31 May 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 31 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 +20 20 £70,000 -3.45% 14
City of Westminster - 6 - -
West End of London +4 2 £102,500 +36.67%
Kensington and Chelsea - 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 (4.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 12 (52.17%) Azure
2 9 (39.13%) AWS
3 3 (13.04%) GCP
3 3 (13.04%) IaaS
4 2 (8.70%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (8.70%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (8.70%) PaaS
5 1 (4.35%) GitHub
5 1 (4.35%) Miro
5 1 (4.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) Cisco ISE
1 4 (17.39%) Firewall
1 4 (17.39%) SD-WAN
1 4 (17.39%) WAN
2 3 (13.04%) Ethernet
2 3 (13.04%) LAN
3 2 (8.70%) Internet
4 1 (4.35%) BGP
4 1 (4.35%) BIG-IP
4 1 (4.35%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (4.35%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (4.35%) Cisco Wireless
4 1 (4.35%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 1 (4.35%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (4.35%) IPsec
4 1 (4.35%) MPLS
4 1 (4.35%) OSPF
4 1 (4.35%) VPN
4 1 (4.35%) VXLAN
4 1 (4.35%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 9 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 7 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (26.09%) Finance
4 4 (17.39%) Humanities
4 4 (17.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (17.39%) Telecoms
5 2 (8.70%) Billing
5 2 (8.70%) Games
5 2 (8.70%) Law
5 2 (8.70%) Legal
6 1 (4.35%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (17.39%) Infrastructure Manager
1 4 (17.39%) Senior
2 3 (13.04%) Analyst
2 3 (13.04%) Architect
2 3 (13.04%) Network Architect
3 2 (8.70%) Data Centre Manager
3 2 (8.70%) Data Manager
3 2 (8.70%) Head of Infrastructure
3 2 (8.70%) Programme Manager
3 2 (8.70%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (8.70%) Senior Manager
3 2 (8.70%) Senior Programme Manager
3 2 (8.70%) Senior Transition Manager
3 2 (8.70%) Transition Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Data Centre Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.35%) Network Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Network Project Manager
4 1 (4.35%) Senior IT Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.04%) JSON
2 1 (4.35%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Public Cloud
2 2 (8.70%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (8.70%) IoT
2 2 (8.70%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.70%) Mobile App
2 2 (8.70%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (8.70%) Virtual Team
3 1 (4.35%) Client/Server
3 1 (4.35%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Linux
2 1 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (4.35%) Unix
2 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (26.09%) ITIL
3 5 (21.74%) Due Diligence
3 5 (21.74%) Migration
3 5 (21.74%) Strategic Planning
4 4 (17.39%) Agile
4 4 (17.39%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (17.39%) Infrastructure Management
4 4 (17.39%) Psychology
5 3 (13.04%) Budget Management
5 3 (13.04%) Process Improvement
5 3 (13.04%) Strategic Thinking
6 2 (8.70%) CI/CD
6 2 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (8.70%) Customer Insight
6 2 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (8.70%) Project Delivery
6 2 (8.70%) Thought Leadership
6 2 (8.70%) Virtual Team Management
6 2 (8.70%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) Python
2 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (26.09%) AWS Certification
1 6 (26.09%) Azure Certification
1 6 (26.09%) Degree
2 4 (17.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (17.39%) Postgraduate
3 3 (13.04%) PMI Certification
3 3 (13.04%) PMP
3 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
3 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
4 2 (8.70%) ACCA
4 2 (8.70%) CCIE
4 2 (8.70%) CCNP
4 2 (8.70%) CIMA
4 2 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) VMware NSX
2 1 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) Terraform
2 3 (13.04%) Ansible
2 3 (13.04%) FortiGate
3 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 6 (26.09%) Cisco
3 5 (21.74%) VMware
4 4 (17.39%) CheckPoint
4 4 (17.39%) F5
5 3 (13.04%) Blue Coat
5 3 (13.04%) Google
6 1 (4.35%) Palo Alto
6 1 (4.35%) Red Hat