Data Centre Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Data Center
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in Gloucestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 72 88
Rank change year-on-year +23 +16 +1
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 10 4 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 1.55% 0.61% 1.76%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.25% 1.47% 4.35%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 11
10th Percentile - £56,062 -
25th Percentile - £62,611 £22,940
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £68,750 £25,760
Median % change year-on-year +16.36% +166.89% -57.07%
75th Percentile - £71,250 -
90th Percentile - £73,500 £57,500
South West median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +15.79% -6.90%

All Generic Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 160 272 368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 24.73% 41.21% 40.48%
Number of salaries quoted 112 89 203
10th Percentile £31,275 £35,100 £29,440
25th Percentile £36,250 £47,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +26.32% -5.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £61,825
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,000 £73,500
South West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Data Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the Gloucestershire 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
Gloucester +18 7 £80,000 +49.84% 5
Cheltenham +8 3 - - 9
Data Centre
South West

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 2 (20.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Azure
1 5 (50.00%) Azure Stack
1 5 (50.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Firewall
1 3 (30.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (20.00%) Aerospace
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 5 (50.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Business Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
2 2 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Lead Network Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 5 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (30.00%) CMDB
3 2 (20.00%) PMI
3 2 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Linux
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
2 5 (50.00%) Rocky
2 5 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 5 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 5 (50.00%) Use Case
3 3 (30.00%) Asset Management
3 3 (30.00%) Change Control
3 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (30.00%) ITIL
3 3 (30.00%) ITSM
4 2 (20.00%) Agile
4 2 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Change Management
4 2 (20.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Financial Modelling
4 2 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Network Design
4 2 (20.00%) Scrum
4 2 (20.00%) Service Management
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (80.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (70.00%) DV Cleared
4 5 (50.00%) Azure Certification
4 5 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (50.00%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (30.00%) CCIE
5 3 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (20.00%) CBAP
6 2 (20.00%) Degree
6 2 (20.00%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (50.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (30.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Dell
2 3 (30.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (30.00%) Cisco
2 3 (30.00%) F5
2 3 (30.00%) Fortinet