Data Centre Manager Job Trends in London

Data Centre Manager
England > London

The median Data Centre Manager salary in London is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 437 432
Rank change year-on-year +75 -5 +249
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Centre Manager 17 1 7
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.12% 0.006% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.007% 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 13 1 7
10th Percentile - - £102,250
25th Percentile - £80,000 £104,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £100,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +76.00%
75th Percentile - £120,000 £117,500
90th Percentile - - £127,000
England median annual salary £100,000 £57,004 £95,000
% change year-on-year +75.43% -40.00% +58.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,433 14,742 16,770
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 93.00% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 8,215 8,650 13,551
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Data Centre Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Centre Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

Data Centre Manager job vacancy trend in London

Data Centre Manager
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Data Centre Manager job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Data Centre Manager job vacancies in London

Data Centre Manager
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre Manager in London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Centre Manager in London

Data Centre Manager
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre Manager within the London region over the 6 months to 31 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
West London - 1 £70,000 -
Data Centre Manager
England

Data Centre Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, Data Centre Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Data Centre Manager in the job title.

1 5 (29.41%) Data Centre Operations
2 3 (17.65%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (11.76%) Budgeting
3 2 (11.76%) Business Development
3 2 (11.76%) Commercial Awareness
3 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
3 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) Asset Management
4 1 (5.88%) BICSI Certification
4 1 (5.88%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.88%) Degree
4 1 (5.88%) Facilities Management
4 1 (5.88%) Incident Response
4 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree
4 1 (5.88%) NVIDIA
4 1 (5.88%) PMI Certification
4 1 (5.88%) PMP
4 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.88%) SLA
4 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management

Data Centre Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Structured Cabling
General
1 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 17 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Data Centre Operations
2 2 (11.76%) Budgeting
2 2 (11.76%) Business Development
2 2 (11.76%) Commercial Awareness
2 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
3 1 (5.88%) Asset Management
3 1 (5.88%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (5.88%) Facilities Management
3 1 (5.88%) Incident Response
3 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) BICSI Certification
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.88%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.88%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) NVIDIA