Data Centre Job Trends in Glasgow

Data Center
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in Glasgow. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 63 75
Rank change year-on-year +5 +12 +11
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 7 15 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.93% 1.71% 1.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.47% 6.07% 3.43%
Number of salaries quoted 7 9 10
10th Percentile £25,225 £34,500 £50,875
25th Percentile £25,375 £51,250 £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +9.76% +64.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £87,500 £75,938
90th Percentile £70,000 £91,250 £83,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.52% +12.50% +40.27%

All Generic Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 202 247 321
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 26.79% 28.13% 42.57%
Number of salaries quoted 110 127 171
10th Percentile £25,375 £37,800 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £47,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £56,188 £80,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £110,000 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £43,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.91% -8.33% +4.35%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Data Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Glasgow over the 6 months to 10 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in Glasgow

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) SAN
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (42.86%) Legal
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Field Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Field Service Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) IT Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Managing Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Field Hardware Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Field Service Hardware Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Field Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Mindset
1 3 (42.86%) Smartphone
2 2 (28.57%) Life Science
3 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Coaching
2 3 (42.86%) Customer Service
3 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
4 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) A+ Certification
1 3 (42.86%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (42.86%) CCNA
1 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (42.86%) MCSE
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (42.86%) Network+ Certification
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Dell