Data Centre Jobs in England

Data Center
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 250 159 63
Rank change year-on-year -91 -96 +150
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 642 1,582 4,277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.30% 1.84% 4.82%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.51% 5.30% 10.96%
Number of salaries quoted 466 1,208 1,250
10th Percentile £24,875 £32,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,125 £39,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,750 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -9.05% -1.44%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +0.87%

All Generic Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,282 29,848 39,029
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 37.16% 34.76% 43.99%
Number of salaries quoted 8,839 20,843 20,948
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in England

Data Centre
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Data Centre in England

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in England

Data Centre
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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 -27 219 £72,940 +12.21% 767
South East -17 172 £50,000 -4.31% 412
North of England -118 75 £55,000 +29.41% 164
East of England +8 59 £64,000 +28.00% 123
South West +23 47 £25,500 -53.64% 105
Midlands -92 42 £45,000 -10.00% 73
North West -127 38 £55,000 +31.66% 93
West Midlands -34 24 £47,844 -11.40% 36
Yorkshire -1 23 £55,000 +29.41% 53
East Midlands -58 16 £50,000 +17.65% 32
North East +28 14 £65,000 +46.81% 26
Data Centre
UK

Data Centre
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 17 (2.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (1.71%) Apache
2 11 (1.71%) IIS
3 9 (1.40%) OpenStack
4 6 (0.93%) nginx
5 4 (0.62%) Confluence
5 4 (0.62%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.47%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.31%) IBM Notes
7 2 (0.31%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.31%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.16%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 27 (4.21%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.25%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.31%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (1.09%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.16%) C-CURE
2 1 (0.16%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.16%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 195 (30.37%) Azure
2 158 (24.61%) AWS
3 52 (8.10%) Microsoft 365
4 40 (6.23%) GCP
5 34 (5.30%) SaaS
6 32 (4.98%) Entra ID
7 24 (3.74%) IaaS
8 22 (3.43%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (3.27%) PaaS
10 19 (2.96%) Azure Monitor
11 18 (2.80%) Power Platform
12 15 (2.34%) AWS Direct Connect
12 15 (2.34%) Azure AI
12 15 (2.34%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 15 (2.34%) Azure Key Vault
12 15 (2.34%) Azure Service Bus
12 15 (2.34%) Cloud Computing
12 15 (2.34%) Power Automate
13 9 (1.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 8 (1.25%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 194 (30.22%) Firewall
2 117 (18.22%) WAN
3 101 (15.73%) VPN
4 89 (13.86%) LAN
5 88 (13.71%) SD-WAN
6 64 (9.97%) BGP
7 63 (9.81%) DNS
8 54 (8.41%) OSPF
9 42 (6.54%) TCP/IP
10 39 (6.07%) Cisco ISE
11 38 (5.92%) DHCP
12 37 (5.76%) Network Security
13 34 (5.30%) VLAN
14 33 (5.14%) Cisco ASA
15 32 (4.98%) MPLS
16 31 (4.83%) IPsec
17 27 (4.21%) Wi-Fi
18 26 (4.05%) Wireless
19 25 (3.89%) Cisco Firepower
19 25 (3.89%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.05%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.96%) MySQL
3 18 (2.80%) Power BI
4 15 (2.34%) Data Lake
5 9 (1.40%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.31%) Big Data
7 2 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.31%) Metadata
7 2 (0.31%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.31%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.16%) Amazon QuickSight
8 1 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.16%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (3.27%) Git
2 11 (1.71%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.25%) JIRA
3 8 (1.25%) Sonatype Nexus
4 7 (1.09%) GitLab
5 2 (0.31%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.16%) Moq
6 1 (0.16%) MSTest
6 1 (0.16%) NUnit
6 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.16%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.16%) xUnit.net
General
1 201 (31.31%) Social Skills
2 92 (14.33%) Finance
3 43 (6.70%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (3.74%) Public Sector
5 20 (3.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (2.80%) Telecoms
7 17 (2.65%) Banking
8 15 (2.34%) Local Government
9 13 (2.02%) Retail
10 11 (1.71%) Back Office
10 11 (1.71%) Law
10 11 (1.71%) Marketing
11 10 (1.56%) Electronics
11 10 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.40%) Legal
13 7 (1.09%) Humanities
13 7 (1.09%) Manufacturing
14 6 (0.93%) Games
15 5 (0.78%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 86 (13.40%) Architect
2 76 (11.84%) Network Engineer
3 73 (11.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 53 (8.26%) Senior
5 46 (7.17%) Graduate
5 46 (7.17%) Graduate Sales Executive
5 46 (7.17%) Sales Executive
6 41 (6.39%) Lead
7 35 (5.45%) Infrastructure Manager
8 33 (5.14%) Cloud Architect
9 31 (4.83%) Network Architect
10 30 (4.67%) Support Engineer
11 29 (4.52%) Analyst
12 25 (3.89%) Infrastructure Architect
13 23 (3.58%) Administrator
14 22 (3.43%) Data Centre Engineer
15 19 (2.96%) Business Development Manager
15 19 (2.96%) Development Manager
16 18 (2.80%) Business Manager
16 18 (2.80%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (4.21%) JSON
2 14 (2.18%) 802.1X
3 6 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
3 6 (0.93%) LDAP
4 5 (0.78%) YAML
5 4 (0.62%) OpenCL
6 2 (0.31%) Middleware
6 2 (0.31%) Node.js
6 2 (0.31%) Nuxt
6 2 (0.31%) RESTful
6 2 (0.31%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.31%) Vue
6 2 (0.31%) Web Services
6 2 (0.31%) WebSockets
7 1 (0.16%) .NET
7 1 (0.16%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.16%) FIX Protocol
7 1 (0.16%) Flash
7 1 (0.16%) NHibernate
7 1 (0.16%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 52 (8.10%) Public Cloud
2 46 (7.17%) Management Information System
3 33 (5.14%) Driving Licence
4 26 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (3.74%) Hybrid Cloud
6 19 (2.96%) NHS
7 16 (2.49%) SCADA
8 15 (2.34%) Operational Technology
9 14 (2.18%) Onboarding
9 14 (2.18%) Replication
10 13 (2.02%) Clustering
11 11 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
11 11 (1.71%) Private Cloud
12 9 (1.40%) Cloud Native
13 7 (1.09%) Client/Server
13 7 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
13 7 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (1.09%) Fibre Optics
13 7 (1.09%) IoT
13 7 (1.09%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 143 (22.27%) Windows
2 110 (17.13%) Linux
3 59 (9.19%) Windows Server
4 19 (2.96%) Windows 10
5 14 (2.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (1.71%) Unix
7 10 (1.56%) CentOS
8 9 (1.40%) AIX
8 9 (1.40%) Ubuntu
9 7 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (0.62%) Debian
11 4 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.31%) Android
12 2 (0.31%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.31%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.31%) Solaris
13 1 (0.16%) Data ONTAP
13 1 (0.16%) VMS
13 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (18.54%) Cybersecurity
2 114 (17.76%) Problem-Solving
3 88 (13.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 87 (13.55%) Continuous Improvement
5 77 (11.99%) Artificial Intelligence
5 77 (11.99%) ITIL
6 65 (10.12%) Agile
7 64 (9.97%) DevOps
7 64 (9.97%) Project Management
8 57 (8.88%) Customer Service
9 54 (8.41%) Roadmaps
10 52 (8.10%) Migration
11 50 (7.79%) Customer Experience
12 49 (7.63%) Project Delivery
13 45 (7.01%) Disaster Recovery
14 44 (6.85%) Change Management
15 37 (5.76%) Mentoring
16 36 (5.61%) CI/CD
16 36 (5.61%) Infrastructure as Code
17 35 (5.45%) Data Centre Operations
Programming Languages
1 72 (11.21%) Python
2 64 (9.97%) PowerShell
3 42 (6.54%) SQL
4 30 (4.67%) Bash
5 16 (2.49%) Bicep
6 7 (1.09%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.78%) C
7 5 (0.78%) C++
7 5 (0.78%) TypeScript
8 4 (0.62%) Java
9 2 (0.31%) C#
9 2 (0.31%) Fortran
10 1 (0.16%) Go
10 1 (0.16%) JCL
10 1 (0.16%) Perl
10 1 (0.16%) REXX
10 1 (0.16%) Scala
10 1 (0.16%) SystemVerilog
10 1 (0.16%) Tcl
10 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 95 (14.80%) Degree
2 87 (13.55%) Cisco Certification
3 83 (12.93%) Security Cleared
4 64 (9.97%) CCNP
4 64 (9.97%) SC Cleared
5 40 (6.23%) CCNA
6 32 (4.98%) Azure Certification
7 30 (4.67%) AWS Certification
8 23 (3.58%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (3.43%) DV Cleared
10 19 (2.96%) PMI Certification
11 18 (2.80%) DBS Check
12 15 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
13 14 (2.18%) PMP
13 14 (2.18%) TOGAF Certification
14 12 (1.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 11 (1.71%) CCIE
16 10 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 9 (1.40%) Network+ Certification
18 8 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.67%) SLA
2 18 (2.80%) QA
3 13 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (1.87%) PCI DSS
5 6 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (0.93%) NIST
6 5 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.78%) GDPR
7 3 (0.47%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.47%) NCSC
7 3 (0.47%) PMO
8 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.16%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.16%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.16%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 97 (15.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 76 (11.84%) Active Directory
3 37 (5.76%) Hyper-V
3 37 (5.76%) Virtual Machines
4 28 (4.36%) VMware NSX
5 22 (3.43%) Docker
6 13 (2.02%) Firmware
7 11 (1.71%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (1.56%) vSphere
9 8 (1.25%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (1.09%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.62%) KVM
11 4 (0.62%) NFS
12 2 (0.31%) SRDF
12 2 (0.31%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 2 (0.31%) Xen
13 1 (0.16%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.16%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 1 (0.16%) Squid
13 1 (0.16%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 57 (8.88%) Terraform
2 52 (8.10%) Ansible
3 40 (6.23%) FortiGate
4 29 (4.52%) Kubernetes
5 20 (3.12%) SCCM
6 16 (2.49%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (1.87%) Puppet
8 9 (1.40%) Nagios
8 9 (1.40%) Prometheus
9 8 (1.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 8 (1.25%) Failover Clustering
10 7 (1.09%) ZABBIX
11 6 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
12 5 (0.78%) VxRail
12 5 (0.78%) WSUS
13 4 (0.62%) Graylog
13 4 (0.62%) Progress Chef
14 3 (0.47%) Grafana
14 3 (0.47%) Proxmox
14 3 (0.47%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 165 (25.70%) Cisco
2 153 (23.83%) VMware
3 141 (21.96%) Microsoft
4 50 (7.79%) CheckPoint
5 43 (6.70%) F5
6 37 (5.76%) Juniper
7 34 (5.30%) Meraki
7 34 (5.30%) SolarWinds
8 33 (5.14%) Fortinet
9 32 (4.98%) Citrix
10 29 (4.52%) Palo Alto
11 28 (4.36%) Google
12 23 (3.58%) Dell
13 22 (3.43%) Blue Coat
14 21 (3.27%) Oracle
15 19 (2.96%) YouTube
16 18 (2.80%) Red Hat
17 17 (2.65%) Qualys
17 17 (2.65%) Tenable
18 15 (2.34%) Databricks