Data Centre Job Trends in Chelmsford

Data Center
Essex > Chelmsford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in Chelmsford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - 17
Rank change year-on-year - - -13
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Chelmsford 0.38% - 1.80%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.85% - 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £38,507
25th Percentile - - £38,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £40,019
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.00%
75th Percentile - - £41,506
90th Percentile - - £41,507
Essex median annual salary £90,000 - £54,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.66%

All Generic Skills
Chelmsford

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 Chelmsford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 54 24 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chelmsford 20.38% 19.67% 14.41%
Number of salaries quoted 36 22 16
10th Percentile £25,000 £51,050 -
25th Percentile £29,125 £55,938 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £75,000 £46,297
Median % change year-on-year -54.00% +62.00% +54.32%
75th Percentile £39,245 £79,000 £50,938
90th Percentile £44,318 £79,900 £62,325
Essex median annual salary £42,500 £43,750 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.86% -7.89% -13.64%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Chelmsford

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Chelmsford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chelmsford citing Data Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chelmsford citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelmsford 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Business Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Development Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Sales Business Development Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Sales Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Acoustics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development