Data Centre Jobs in Lancashire

Data Center
North West > Lancashire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in Lancashire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 68 18
Rank change year-on-year -88 -50 +107
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 5 16 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 0.22% 1.22% 11.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.59% 3.78% 31.97%
Number of salaries quoted 5 15 5
10th Percentile £35,514 - -
25th Percentile £40,620 £42,238 £23,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £55,000 £24,500
Median % change year-on-year +54.55% +124.49% -63.70%
75th Percentile £87,500 £57,500 £25,250
90th Percentile - - £62,600
North West median annual salary £53,000 £41,504 £52,500
% change year-on-year +27.70% -20.94% -

All Generic Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 854 423 244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 36.97% 32.19% 35.11%
Number of salaries quoted 175 348 107
10th Percentile £27,544 £27,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £36,750 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 £50,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.12% +6.38% +12.57%
75th Percentile £59,081 £60,741 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,500 £70,000 £63,750
North West median annual salary £56,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Lancashire

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in Lancashire.

Salary trend for Data Centre in Lancashire

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Lancashire over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in Lancashire

Data Centre
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 22 May 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
Blackburn - 3 £85,000 - 3
Lancaster - 2 £37,924 - 1
Data Centre
North West

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) SAN
1 1 (20.00%) VSAN
General
1 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Administrator
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (20.00%) Junior
3 1 (20.00%) Junior Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 3 (60.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Data Science
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (20.00%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) VMware