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 16 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 107 135
Rank change year-on-year +33 +28 -121
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 125 70 92
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.88% 2.02% 1.43%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.41% 5.34% 4.51%
Number of salaries quoted 68 38 73
10th Percentile £41,000 £52,200 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +25.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £71,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year +8.33% +13.74% -12.08%

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 1,686 1,311 2,042
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 25.33% 37.86% 31.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,087 514 1,479
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,533 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,600 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.61% +4.55% -15.38%

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 16 July 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 16 July 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 +41 106 £67,500 -3.57% 11
Essex -8 15 £90,000 - 2
Cambridgeshire -26 4 £60,000 -45.45% 9
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (1.60%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 7 (5.60%) Cohesity
2 5 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (1.60%) Azure
4 1 (0.80%) AWS
4 1 (0.80%) H2O.ai
4 1 (0.80%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.80%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.60%) DNS
1 7 (5.60%) SAN
2 2 (1.60%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (1.60%) Firewall
2 2 (1.60%) Internet
2 2 (1.60%) IPv6
2 2 (1.60%) LAN
2 2 (1.60%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (1.60%) VPN
2 2 (1.60%) WAN
2 2 (1.60%) Wireless
3 1 (0.80%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (0.80%) IPsec
3 1 (0.80%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.00%) DTS
2 1 (0.80%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.80%) Metadata
General
1 24 (19.20%) Social Skills
2 21 (16.80%) Finance
3 16 (12.80%) Telecoms
4 13 (10.40%) Electronics
5 8 (6.40%) Legal
6 6 (4.80%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (4.00%) Games
8 4 (3.20%) Advertising
9 2 (1.60%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.80%) Back Office
10 1 (0.80%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.80%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 19 (15.20%) Architect
2 15 (12.00%) Account Manager
3 11 (8.80%) Data Centre Manager
4 9 (7.20%) Infrastructure Architect
5 8 (6.40%) Category Manager
5 8 (6.40%) Infrastructure Manager
5 8 (6.40%) IT Manager
5 8 (6.40%) Sales Manager
6 7 (5.60%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 7 (5.60%) Technical Engineer
6 7 (5.60%) Wintel Engineer
7 6 (4.80%) CyberArk Architect
7 6 (4.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (4.80%) Installation Manager
7 6 (4.80%) Technical Architect
8 4 (3.20%) Presales Solution Architect
8 4 (3.20%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (3.20%) Support Engineer
8 4 (3.20%) Technical Support
8 4 (3.20%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.80%) Keras
1 1 (0.80%) PyTorch
1 1 (0.80%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.20%) Onboarding
2 6 (4.80%) Life Science
3 3 (2.40%) Fat Client
3 3 (2.40%) Thin Client
4 2 (1.60%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.80%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.80%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.80%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.60%) Windows
1 7 (5.60%) Windows Server
1 7 (5.60%) Windows Server 2016
1 7 (5.60%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (10.40%) Analytics
1 13 (10.40%) Continuous Improvement
1 13 (10.40%) Tech Ops
2 12 (9.60%) AI
3 10 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 10 (8.00%) Presales
4 9 (7.20%) Customer Requirements
4 9 (7.20%) Roadmaps
5 8 (6.40%) Contract Negotiation
5 8 (6.40%) Cost Reduction
5 8 (6.40%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (6.40%) Risk Management
6 7 (5.60%) Agile
6 7 (5.60%) Server Building
6 7 (5.60%) Service Delivery
7 6 (4.80%) Business Development
7 6 (4.80%) Customer Engagement
7 6 (4.80%) ITIL
7 6 (4.80%) Requirements Gathering
7 6 (4.80%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.80%) Bicep
1 1 (0.80%) PowerShell
1 1 (0.80%) Python
Qualifications
1 27 (21.60%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.60%) SC Cleared
3 9 (7.20%) Degree
4 6 (4.80%) City & Guilds
5 5 (4.00%) Master's Degree
5 5 (4.00%) NVQ Level 3
6 3 (2.40%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 2 (1.60%) ACCA
7 2 (1.60%) CIMA
8 1 (0.80%) BICSI Certification
8 1 (0.80%) CCNA
8 1 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.60%) SLA
2 1 (0.80%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.80%) QA
System Software
1 8 (6.40%) Active Directory
1 8 (6.40%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (5.60%) WSUS
2 1 (0.80%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (8.00%) Dell
2 9 (7.20%) Microsoft
3 8 (6.40%) VMware
4 7 (5.60%) NetApp
5 6 (4.80%) Computacenter
5 6 (4.80%) CyberArk
6 2 (1.60%) CheckPoint
6 2 (1.60%) Cisco
6 2 (1.60%) F5
6 2 (1.60%) SAP
7 1 (0.80%) Databricks
7 1 (0.80%) NVIDIA