Data Centre Operations Job Trends in Edinburgh

Data Center Operations
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Data Centre Operations skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 - 105
Rank change year-on-year - - +54
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre Operations 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.10% - 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% - 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £52,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.67%
75th Percentile - - £53,000
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £90,000 - £68,500
% change year-on-year - - -8.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

Data Centre Operations falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 870 1,142 935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 87.17% 94.69% 94.06%
Number of salaries quoted 377 449 749
10th Percentile £25,900 £35,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £29,250 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,778 £93,000
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -4.55%

Data Centre Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Data Centre Operations job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Data Centre Operations
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Data Centre Operations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Data Centre Operations

Data Centre Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Stack
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365 Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Process Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (100.00%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Proofpoint
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow