Data Centre Operations Jobs in England

Data Center Operations
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Data Centre Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre Operations over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 644 774 875
Rank change year-on-year +130 +101 +254
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre Operations 35 76 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.071% 0.085% 0.035%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.076% 0.10% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 27 54 19
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,750 -
25th Percentile £55,250 £40,415 £34,580
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% +27.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £79,750 £62,875 £56,309
90th Percentile £106,000 £74,625 £77,500
UK median annual salary £68,750 £57,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +19.57% +27.78% -5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,342 75,409 81,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.97% 83.96% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 23,102 54,812 48,959
10th Percentile £29,250 £29,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

Data Centre Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Data Centre Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre Operations in England

Data Centre Operations
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Centre Operations in England.

Salary trend for Data Centre Operations in England

Data Centre Operations
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre Operations in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Centre Operations in England

Data Centre Operations
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 Operations within the England region over the 6 months to 31 May 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 +104 18 £83,750 +32.94% 60
South East +78 11 £67,500 +12.50% 6
South West +111 3 £42,500 -30.23%
Midlands +62 1 £40,500 -29.57% 2
West Midlands +53 1 £40,500 -29.57%
East of England +30 1 £55,000 - 5
North of England +22 1 £60,000 +46.82% 5
North West -14 1 £60,000 +46.82%
Data Centre Operations
UK

Data Centre Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (5.71%) OpenStack
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 17 (48.57%) AWS
2 14 (40.00%) Azure
3 5 (14.29%) AWS Direct Connect
4 4 (11.43%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (54.29%) Firewall
2 17 (48.57%) VPN
3 10 (28.57%) BGP
3 10 (28.57%) MPLS
3 10 (28.57%) OSPF
3 10 (28.57%) SD-WAN
3 10 (28.57%) WAN
4 9 (25.71%) Cisco ASA
4 9 (25.71%) Cisco Firepower
5 8 (22.86%) VLAN
6 6 (17.14%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (14.29%) IPsec
7 5 (14.29%) LAN
7 5 (14.29%) NX-OS
7 5 (14.29%) TCP/IP
7 5 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (14.29%) WLAN
8 4 (11.43%) Network Security
9 3 (8.57%) SAN
10 2 (5.71%) DHCP
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Artifactory
1 1 (2.86%) Git
1 1 (2.86%) Jenkins
General
1 15 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Avionics
4 1 (2.86%) Law
4 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Lead
2 9 (25.71%) Senior
3 5 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (14.29%) Network Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) Facilities Manager
4 3 (8.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) Senior Network Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Data Centre Operations Technician
5 2 (5.71%) Data Centre Technician
5 2 (5.71%) Development Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Infrastructure Team Leader
5 2 (5.71%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Network Infrastructure Team Leader
5 2 (5.71%) Network Operations Specialist
5 2 (5.71%) Network Specialist
5 2 (5.71%) Network Team Leader
5 2 (5.71%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 2 (5.71%) Senior Development Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Senior Network Operations Specialist
5 2 (5.71%) Senior Network Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) OpenCL
1 1 (2.86%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 35 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 5 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 5 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 4 (11.43%) Private Cloud
3 4 (11.43%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (8.57%) Driving Licence
5 2 (5.71%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.86%) Client/Server
6 1 (2.86%) CUDA
6 1 (2.86%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (2.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (20.00%) Linux
2 5 (14.29%) Windows
3 3 (8.57%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.86%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (31.43%) Network Monitoring
3 9 (25.71%) Change Management
3 9 (25.71%) Runbook
4 7 (20.00%) BCP
4 7 (20.00%) Server Management
5 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (14.29%) Business Continuity
6 5 (14.29%) Business Continuity Planning
6 5 (14.29%) Cloud Security
6 5 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (14.29%) Incident Response
6 5 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (14.29%) Network Architecture
6 5 (14.29%) Network Segmentation
6 5 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 4 (11.43%) Collaborative Culture
7 4 (11.43%) Incident Management
7 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure Monitoring
8 3 (8.57%) Internal Audit
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.57%) Python
2 2 (5.71%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.71%) SQL
3 1 (2.86%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (11.43%) CCNA
1 4 (11.43%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (11.43%) Degree
2 2 (5.71%) CCNP
2 2 (5.71%) PMP
2 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.71%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.86%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.86%) Linux+ Certification
3 1 (2.86%) MCSA
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.86%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (25.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (22.86%) Hyper-V
3 3 (8.57%) Active Directory
3 3 (8.57%) Docker
4 2 (5.71%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (5.71%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.86%) Firmware
5 1 (2.86%) KVM
5 1 (2.86%) NFS
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) Kubernetes
1 2 (5.71%) Podman
2 1 (2.86%) Ansible
2 1 (2.86%) Puppet
Vendors
1 15 (42.86%) Cisco
2 11 (31.43%) VMware
3 9 (25.71%) CheckPoint
4 7 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 5 (14.29%) Dynatrace
5 5 (14.29%) Infoblox
5 5 (14.29%) SolarWinds
6 3 (8.57%) Fortinet
7 2 (5.71%) Arista
7 2 (5.71%) Graphcore
7 2 (5.71%) Juniper
7 2 (5.71%) NetApp
7 2 (5.71%) Palo Alto
8 1 (2.86%) Barracuda Networks
8 1 (2.86%) Dell
8 1 (2.86%) HP
8 1 (2.86%) Nimble Storage
8 1 (2.86%) Red Hat
8 1 (2.86%) Sophos