Data Centre Jobs in the City of London

Data Center
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 138 109
Rank change year-on-year +17 -29 +24
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 21 39 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.08% 1.17% 2.85%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.63% 3.46% 6.96%
Number of salaries quoted 14 30 103
10th Percentile £41,175 £41,000 £48,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £52,875 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £92,500 £82,188 £88,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £87,500 £101,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +10.34% +3.57% -

All Generic Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 799 1,127 1,882
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 41.19% 33.87% 40.96%
Number of salaries quoted 594 867 1,571
10th Percentile £41,625 £40,819 £43,162
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,143 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £79,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -8.81% +2.58%
75th Percentile £102,188 £97,500 £105,000
90th Percentile £141,750 £117,500 £120,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year - -6.45% +3.33%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in the City of London

Data Centre
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in the City of London.

Salary trend for Data Centre in the City of London

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in the City of London over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in the City of London

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (4.76%) Confluence
1 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (52.38%) Azure
2 7 (33.33%) AWS
3 3 (14.29%) GCP
4 2 (9.52%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (9.52%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.76%) GitHub
5 1 (4.76%) IaaS
5 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.76%) Miro
5 1 (4.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (19.05%) Cisco ISE
1 4 (19.05%) Firewall
1 4 (19.05%) SD-WAN
1 4 (19.05%) WAN
2 3 (14.29%) Ethernet
2 3 (14.29%) LAN
3 2 (9.52%) Internet
4 1 (4.76%) BGP
4 1 (4.76%) BIG-IP
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco Wireless
4 1 (4.76%) DNS
4 1 (4.76%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 1 (4.76%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (4.76%) IPsec
4 1 (4.76%) MPLS
4 1 (4.76%) OSPF
4 1 (4.76%) VPN
4 1 (4.76%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (19.05%) Finance
3 4 (19.05%) Humanities
3 4 (19.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 2 (9.52%) Billing
5 2 (9.52%) Games
5 2 (9.52%) Law
5 2 (9.52%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (19.05%) Analyst
1 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure Manager
1 4 (19.05%) Senior
2 3 (14.29%) Architect
2 3 (14.29%) Network Architect
3 2 (9.52%) Data Centre Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Data Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Head of Infrastructure
3 2 (9.52%) Programme Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Senior Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Senior Programme Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Senior Transition Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Transition Manager
4 1 (4.76%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Data Centre Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) IT Programme Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Senior IT Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Senior IT Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) JSON
2 1 (4.76%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Public Cloud
2 2 (9.52%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (9.52%) IoT
2 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.52%) Mobile App
2 2 (9.52%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (4.76%) Client/Server
3 1 (4.76%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (4.76%) Unix
2 1 (4.76%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (33.33%) ITIL
3 5 (23.81%) Due Diligence
3 5 (23.81%) Strategic Planning
4 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure Management
4 4 (19.05%) Psychology
5 3 (14.29%) Agile
5 3 (14.29%) Budget Management
5 3 (14.29%) ITSM
5 3 (14.29%) Migration
5 3 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 3 (14.29%) Service Management
5 3 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
6 2 (9.52%) Analytics
6 2 (9.52%) CI/CD
6 2 (9.52%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (9.52%) Information Security
6 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (9.52%) Risk Management
6 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) Python
2 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) AWS Certification
1 4 (19.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 4 (19.05%) Azure Certification
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (19.05%) Postgraduate
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) ACCA
3 2 (9.52%) CIMA
3 2 (9.52%) PMI Certification
3 2 (9.52%) PMP
4 1 (4.76%) CCIE
4 1 (4.76%) CCNP
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) VMware NSX
2 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) Terraform
2 3 (14.29%) Ansible
2 3 (14.29%) FortiGate
3 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 6 (28.57%) VMware
3 5 (23.81%) Cisco
4 4 (19.05%) CheckPoint
4 4 (19.05%) F5
5 3 (14.29%) Blue Coat
5 3 (14.29%) Google
6 1 (4.76%) Citrix
6 1 (4.76%) NetApp
6 1 (4.76%) Palo Alto
6 1 (4.76%) Red Hat