Data Centre Operations Job Trends in Kent

Data Center Operations
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Data Centre Operations skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre Operations 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.096% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 - -
75th Percentile £29,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £54,750 £44,982 £40,885
% change year-on-year +21.72% +10.02% +25.80%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

Data Centre Operations falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 855 636 478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 81.98% 87.60% 81.15%
Number of salaries quoted 446 222 374
10th Percentile £27,375 £28,650 £25,550
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £54,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +20.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £68,063 £58,750
90th Percentile £71,250 £79,425 £67,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%

Data Centre Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Data Centre Operations job vacancy trend in Kent

Data Centre Operations
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Data Centre Operations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Data Centre Operations

Data Centre Operations
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre Operations within the Kent region over the 6 months to 28 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
Maidstone - 1 £28,000 -
Data Centre Operations
South East

Data Centre Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) VoIP
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory Support
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) iPhone
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft