Data Centre Job Trends in Exeter

Data Center
Devon > Exeter

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in Exeter. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 2 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 33 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 3 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Exeter 1.65% 1.32% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.92% 5.13% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £31,629 -
Median % change year-on-year +18.56% - -
Devon median annual salary £53,750 £35,015 £47,500
% change year-on-year +53.51% -26.29% +24.22%

All Generic Skills
Exeter

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 Exeter.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 61 78 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Exeter 33.52% 25.66% 45.51%
Number of salaries quoted 42 55 58
10th Percentile £25,225 £28,000 £26,549
25th Percentile £37,813 £34,404 £30,233
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,491 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.28% +2.33% +16.91%
75th Percentile £51,563 £66,875 £55,361
90th Percentile £68,800 £70,000 £85,977
Devon median annual salary £39,250 £43,491 £42,500
% change year-on-year -9.75% +2.33% +3.50%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Exeter

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Exeter

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Data Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Administrator
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Linux Administrator
1 2 (66.67%) Linux Systems Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Data Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Linux Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Case Management
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Email Filtering
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (33.33%) Web Filtering
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
1 1 (33.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Clearswift
1 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) SolarWinds
1 1 (33.33%) Sophos
1 1 (33.33%) VMware