Data Centre Manager Job Trends in England

Data Centre Manager
UK > England

The median Data Centre Manager salary in England is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 564 671 652
Rank change year-on-year +107 -19 +307
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Centre Manager 45 4 15
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.086% 0.008% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.095% 0.009% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 24 4 14
10th Percentile £66,500 £55,049 £60,375
25th Percentile £70,000 £55,122 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £57,004 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +75.43% -40.00% +58.33%
75th Percentile - £74,063 £114,063
90th Percentile - £101,625 £118,500
UK median annual salary £100,000 £57,004 £95,000
% change year-on-year +75.43% -40.00% +58.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 47,242 46,225 43,242
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 93.21% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 29,630 24,644 33,926
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,199 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Data Centre Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Centre Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Data Centre Manager job vacancy trend in England

Data Centre Manager
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Data Centre Manager job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Data Centre Manager job vacancies in England

Data Centre Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre Manager in England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Centre Manager in England

Data Centre Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. 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
London +72 17 £100,000 - 8
East of England - 12 £70,000 - 15
South East +37 7 £95,000 +65.22% 15
Midlands - 4 £65,000 - 11
South West - 3 £60,000 - 6
West Midlands - 3 - - 6
North West +26 2 £100,000 +79.36% 6
North of England +21 2 £100,000 +79.36% 12
East Midlands - 1 £65,000 - 4
Data Centre Manager
UK

Data Centre Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, Data Centre Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Data Centre Manager in the job title.

1 8 (17.78%) Business Development
2 5 (11.11%) Data Centre Operations
3 4 (8.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (6.67%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (4.44%) Agile
5 2 (4.44%) AI
5 2 (4.44%) Budgeting
5 2 (4.44%) Business Case
5 2 (4.44%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (4.44%) Commercial Awareness
5 2 (4.44%) Continuous Delivery
5 2 (4.44%) DevOps
5 2 (4.44%) Migration
5 2 (4.44%) Project Delivery
5 2 (4.44%) Project Management
5 2 (4.44%) Roadmaps
5 2 (4.44%) Scrum
5 2 (4.44%) Security Cleared
5 2 (4.44%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
5 2 (4.44%) TDD
6 1 (2.22%) Asset Management
6 1 (2.22%) AWS
6 1 (2.22%) Azure
6 1 (2.22%) BICSI Certification
6 1 (2.22%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (2.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (2.22%) Degree
6 1 (2.22%) Facilities Management
6 1 (2.22%) Incident Response
6 1 (2.22%) Infrastructure Management

Data Centre Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (2.22%) AWS
1 1 (2.22%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.67%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (2.22%) WAN
General
1 8 (17.78%) Electronics
2 2 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.22%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 45 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.22%) AS400
2 1 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (17.78%) Business Development
2 5 (11.11%) Data Centre Operations
3 4 (8.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (4.44%) Agile
4 2 (4.44%) AI
4 2 (4.44%) Budgeting
4 2 (4.44%) Business Case
4 2 (4.44%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (4.44%) Commercial Awareness
4 2 (4.44%) Continuous Delivery
4 2 (4.44%) DevOps
4 2 (4.44%) Migration
4 2 (4.44%) Project Delivery
4 2 (4.44%) Project Management
4 2 (4.44%) Roadmaps
4 2 (4.44%) Scrum
4 2 (4.44%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
4 2 (4.44%) TDD
5 1 (2.22%) Incident Response
5 1 (2.22%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (4.44%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.22%) BICSI Certification
2 1 (2.22%) Degree
2 1 (2.22%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.22%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.22%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.22%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (2.22%) NVIDIA