Data Centre Job Trends in Hampshire

Data Center
South East > Hampshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in Hampshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 112 107
Rank change year-on-year +55 -5 +14
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 67 49 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 2.69% 1.82% 0.89%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.91% 6.00% 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 60 33 8
10th Percentile - £36,500 £57,875
25th Percentile £26,000 £37,500 £63,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £52,500 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% -23.64% +35.72%
75th Percentile £76,000 £60,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £81,375 £66,250 £76,875
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

All Generic Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 676 816 561
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 27.13% 30.31% 29.42%
Number of salaries quoted 395 423 414
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,550 £29,150
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,050 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.75% -3.55% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,300 £84,600 £85,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £56,509 £55,000
% change year-on-year -20.37% +2.74% -

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Data Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Hampshire over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in Hampshire

Data Centre
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 7 January 2026. 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
Basingstoke +17 13 £74,000 -12.94% 5
Southampton +15 11 £75,000 +87.50% 1
Farnborough +5 9 £65,000 +18.18% 5
Portsmouth +3 4 £30,000 -42.86%
Fareham +1 3 £45,000 +28.57% 1
Winchester +3 2 - - 2
Romsey - 1 £26,150 -
Data Centre
South East

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 (1.49%) IIS
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (4.48%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.49%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 30 (44.78%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.49%) Azure
3 1 (1.49%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 21 (31.34%) Firewall
2 18 (26.87%) VPN
3 14 (20.90%) LAN
3 14 (20.90%) WAN
4 12 (17.91%) BGP
5 9 (13.43%) MPLS
5 9 (13.43%) Wireless
6 7 (10.45%) OSPF
7 6 (8.96%) Cisco ASA
7 6 (8.96%) SD-WAN
7 6 (8.96%) VXLAN
8 3 (4.48%) Network Security
8 3 (4.48%) TCP/IP
8 3 (4.48%) VLAN
8 3 (4.48%) Wireshark
9 2 (2.99%) DHCP
9 2 (2.99%) DNS
9 2 (2.99%) IPv4
9 2 (2.99%) IPv6
9 2 (2.99%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.49%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (11.94%) Social Skills
2 4 (5.97%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (4.48%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (4.48%) Public Sector
3 3 (4.48%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.99%) Banking
4 2 (2.99%) Legal
4 2 (2.99%) Marketing
4 2 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (2.99%) Retail
5 1 (1.49%) Finance
5 1 (1.49%) Games
Job Titles
1 14 (20.90%) Consultant
2 8 (11.94%) Network Engineer
2 8 (11.94%) Telesales Executive
3 6 (8.96%) Cisco Consultant
3 6 (8.96%) Cisco Network Consultant
3 6 (8.96%) Network Consultant
3 6 (8.96%) Senior
3 6 (8.96%) WAN Consultant
4 5 (7.46%) Architect
4 5 (7.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (7.46%) Network Architect
5 4 (5.97%) Account Manager
5 4 (5.97%) Customer Service Consultant
5 4 (5.97%) Sales Consultant
5 4 (5.97%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (4.48%) Data Centre Engineer
7 2 (2.99%) Network Design Engineer
7 2 (2.99%) Security Architect
7 2 (2.99%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (2.99%) Senior Network Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.96%) REST
2 1 (1.49%) CSS
2 1 (1.49%) HTML
2 1 (1.49%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 30 (44.78%) Social Media
2 4 (5.97%) Fibre Optics
3 2 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.99%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.49%) CCTV
4 1 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.49%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.49%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.49%) Online Games
4 1 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.49%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.99%) Linux
1 2 (2.99%) Windows
1 2 (2.99%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.49%) Ubuntu
2 1 (1.49%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (47.76%) Customer Service
2 12 (17.91%) High Availability
3 8 (11.94%) Network Management
3 8 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (11.94%) Telesales
4 7 (10.45%) Network Design
5 6 (8.96%) Network Segmentation
6 5 (7.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (7.46%) Requirements Management
7 4 (5.97%) Incident Response
7 4 (5.97%) Mentoring
7 4 (5.97%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (4.48%) Customer Requirements
8 3 (4.48%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (4.48%) Network Monitoring
8 3 (4.48%) Network Virtualisation
8 3 (4.48%) Project Delivery
8 3 (4.48%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (4.48%) Virtual Environments
8 3 (4.48%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.94%) Python
2 3 (4.48%) Bash
3 1 (1.49%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (14.93%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (13.43%) CCNP
2 9 (13.43%) Security Cleared
3 8 (11.94%) SC Cleared
4 5 (7.46%) DV Cleared
5 3 (4.48%) CCNA
5 3 (4.48%) Degree
6 2 (2.99%) JNCIA
6 2 (2.99%) JNCIS
6 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.49%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.49%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.49%) MCSE
7 1 (1.49%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.49%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (1.49%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.49%) ISO 14001
1 1 (1.49%) ISO 9001
1 1 (1.49%) QA
System Software
1 5 (7.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.99%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.99%) KVM
2 2 (2.99%) RHEV
2 2 (2.99%) Slurm Workload Manager
2 2 (2.99%) VMware NSX
2 2 (2.99%) Xen
3 1 (1.49%) Ceph
3 1 (1.49%) Docker
3 1 (1.49%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.49%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 9 (13.43%) Ansible
1 9 (13.43%) FortiGate
2 5 (7.46%) Endace
3 2 (2.99%) Nagios
3 2 (2.99%) Proxmox
3 2 (2.99%) Terraform
4 1 (1.49%) AirWatch
4 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.49%) SCCM
4 1 (1.49%) SCOM
Vendors
1 19 (28.36%) Cisco
2 11 (16.42%) Juniper
3 10 (14.93%) Fortinet
4 6 (8.96%) Meraki
4 6 (8.96%) VMware
5 4 (5.97%) Microsoft
6 3 (4.48%) Aruba
6 3 (4.48%) SolarWinds
7 2 (2.99%) CheckPoint
7 2 (2.99%) F5
8 1 (1.49%) Citrix
8 1 (1.49%) Commvault
8 1 (1.49%) Dell
8 1 (1.49%) Mellanox
8 1 (1.49%) Mitel
8 1 (1.49%) NVIDIA
8 1 (1.49%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.49%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.49%) Veeam
8 1 (1.49%) Veritas