Data Centre Job Trends in the East of England

Data Center
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 109 42
Rank change year-on-year +34 -67 +67
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 86 75 102
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.08% 2.10% 4.71%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.50% 5.47% 11.50%
Number of salaries quoted 46 59 68
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £46,160 £31,561 £37,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £74,900 £85,000
England median annual salary £58,250 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -0.43% +1.74% -0.43%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,324 1,371 887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 31.98% 38.40% 40.93%
Number of salaries quoted 622 543 588
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,537 £28,375
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,875 £38,642
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,125 £78,750 £87,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in the East of England

Data Centre
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Data Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in the East of England over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in the East of England

Data Centre
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the East of England region over the 6 months to 2 January 2026. 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
Hertfordshire +34 49 £50,000 -9.09% 13
Cambridgeshire +11 17 £50,000 -6.98%
Suffolk - 14 £62,500 -
Bedfordshire +26 5 £24,000 -46.67% 1
Essex -23 1 - - 2
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (3.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (6.98%) AutoCAD
1 6 (6.98%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 14 (16.28%) Azure
2 8 (9.30%) AWS
3 4 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.49%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.33%) Cohesity
5 2 (2.33%) GCP
6 1 (1.16%) H2O.ai
6 1 (1.16%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.16%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 13 (15.12%) LAN
2 8 (9.30%) Firewall
3 7 (8.14%) SAN
3 7 (8.14%) SD-WAN
3 7 (8.14%) WAN
4 6 (6.98%) HSRP
4 6 (6.98%) TCP/IP
4 6 (6.98%) VoIP
4 6 (6.98%) VRRP
5 5 (5.81%) Internet
5 5 (5.81%) VPN
6 4 (4.65%) Cisco ASA
6 4 (4.65%) WLAN
7 1 (1.16%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (1.16%) iSCSI
7 1 (1.16%) Network Security
7 1 (1.16%) VLAN
7 1 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.16%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.16%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (1.16%) GitLab
1 1 (1.16%) TeamCity
General
1 13 (15.12%) Finance
2 9 (10.47%) Social Skills
3 8 (9.30%) Electronics
4 7 (8.14%) Retail
5 5 (5.81%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (4.65%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.33%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.33%) Marketing
8 1 (1.16%) Local Government
8 1 (1.16%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.16%) Military
8 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (13.95%) Data Centre Manager
2 9 (10.47%) Account Manager
2 9 (10.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (10.47%) Technical Manager
3 6 (6.98%) Network Manager
4 5 (5.81%) Delivery Manager
4 5 (5.81%) Technical Delivery Manager
5 4 (4.65%) Infrastructure Manager
5 4 (4.65%) Lead
5 4 (4.65%) Network Engineer
5 4 (4.65%) Sales Manager
5 4 (4.65%) Security Officer
5 4 (4.65%) Senior
5 4 (4.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (4.65%) Support Engineer
5 4 (4.65%) Technical Engineer
5 4 (4.65%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
5 4 (4.65%) Technical Support
5 4 (4.65%) Technical Support Engineer
6 2 (2.33%) Storage and Backup Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.49%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.16%) Keras
2 1 (1.16%) LDAP
2 1 (1.16%) PyTorch
2 1 (1.16%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.30%) Enterprise Software
1 8 (9.30%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (5.81%) Enterprise Storage
2 5 (5.81%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (5.81%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 11 (12.79%) Windows
2 10 (11.63%) Windows Server
3 9 (10.47%) Linux
4 2 (2.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (17.44%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (15.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 12 (13.95%) ITIL
4 10 (11.63%) AI
4 10 (11.63%) Network Management
4 10 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (10.47%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (8.14%) Information Security
7 6 (6.98%) Business Development
8 5 (5.81%) Change Management
8 5 (5.81%) Computer Science
8 5 (5.81%) Customer Experience
8 5 (5.81%) High Availability
8 5 (5.81%) Infrastructure as Code
8 5 (5.81%) IT Strategy
8 5 (5.81%) PRINCE2
8 5 (5.81%) Proactive Monitoring
8 5 (5.81%) Virtual Environments
9 4 (4.65%) Budgeting
9 4 (4.65%) Cost Control
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.14%) PowerShell
1 7 (8.14%) Python
2 3 (3.49%) SQL
3 1 (1.16%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (11.63%) SC Cleared
1 10 (11.63%) Security Cleared
2 5 (5.81%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (5.81%) Degree
3 4 (4.65%) CCNA
3 4 (4.65%) CCNP
3 4 (4.65%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (4.65%) HNC
3 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (4.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (1.16%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.16%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.16%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (1.16%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (11.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (9.30%) Hyper-V
3 6 (6.98%) vSphere
4 5 (5.81%) Active Directory
5 2 (2.33%) Docker
5 2 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (1.16%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (5.81%) Terraform
2 4 (4.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (4.65%) FortiGate
3 2 (2.33%) Ansible
3 2 (2.33%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.33%) NetBackup
3 2 (2.33%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.16%) Endace
Vendors
1 14 (16.28%) Cisco
2 12 (13.95%) Microsoft
3 10 (11.63%) VMware
4 9 (10.47%) Palo Alto
5 8 (9.30%) CrowdStrike
5 8 (9.30%) Fortinet
6 6 (6.98%) Avaya
6 6 (6.98%) Extreme Networks
7 5 (5.81%) Dell
7 5 (5.81%) Intel
7 5 (5.81%) Veeam
8 3 (3.49%) NVIDIA
9 2 (2.33%) Red Hat
10 1 (1.16%) Aruba
10 1 (1.16%) Databricks
10 1 (1.16%) Juniper