Data Centre Operations Jobs in London

Data Center Operations
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Data Centre Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre Operations over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 490 601
Rank change year-on-year +116 +111 +295
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre Operations 18 22 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.14% 0.092% 0.030%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.10% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 12 22 9
10th Percentile £58,200 £50,250 -
25th Percentile £63,750 £53,750 £34,580
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,750 £60,918 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.48% +21.84% +31.58%
75th Percentile £105,625 £74,688 £73,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +21.74% +27.78% +5.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,045 21,522 31,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.26% 90.48% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,842 15,847 22,804
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £42,874
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Data Centre Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre Operations in London

Data Centre Operations
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Data Centre Operations in London

Data Centre Operations
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre Operations in London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Centre Operations in London

Data Centre Operations
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 Operations within the London region over the 6 months to 28 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
East London - 4 £96,250 -
Central London +35 1 £42,500 -41.38% 3
North London - 1 £70,000 -
West London - 1 - - 9
Data Centre Operations
England

Data Centre Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (66.67%) AWS
2 9 (50.00%) Azure
3 5 (27.78%) AWS Direct Connect
4 3 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 12 (66.67%) Firewall
2 11 (61.11%) VPN
3 9 (50.00%) Cisco ASA
3 9 (50.00%) Cisco Firepower
4 5 (27.78%) BGP
4 5 (27.78%) IPsec
4 5 (27.78%) MPLS
4 5 (27.78%) NX-OS
4 5 (27.78%) OSPF
4 5 (27.78%) SD-WAN
4 5 (27.78%) WAN
4 5 (27.78%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (27.78%) WLAN
5 2 (11.11%) Network Security
5 2 (11.11%) VLAN
6 1 (5.56%) Junos
6 1 (5.56%) VSAT
6 1 (5.56%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Artifactory
1 1 (5.56%) Git
1 1 (5.56%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Avionics
3 1 (5.56%) Law
3 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Lead
2 5 (27.78%) Senior
3 3 (16.67%) Network Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Network Operations Specialist
4 2 (11.11%) Network Specialist
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Network Operations Specialist
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Network Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) Data Centre Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Data Centre Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Data Centre Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Data Centre Operations Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Data Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Linux Engineer
5 1 (5.56%) Network Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 18 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 5 (27.78%) Management Information System
3 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.56%) Client/Server
4 1 (5.56%) Driving Licence
4 1 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (5.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Linux
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
2 2 (11.11%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Change Management
1 9 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 9 (50.00%) Runbook
2 5 (27.78%) Cloud Security
2 5 (27.78%) Network Monitoring
3 4 (22.22%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (22.22%) Incident Management
3 4 (22.22%) Incident Response
3 4 (22.22%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.11%) BCP
5 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (11.11%) Patch Management
5 2 (11.11%) People Management
5 2 (11.11%) Power Management
5 2 (11.11%) Preventative Maintenance
5 2 (11.11%) Tech Ops
5 2 (11.11%) Time Management
5 2 (11.11%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) Python
2 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 2 (11.11%) SQL
3 1 (5.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) CCNA
2 2 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (11.11%) PMP
3 1 (5.56%) AWS Certification
3 1 (5.56%) CCNP
3 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.56%) Linux+ Certification
3 1 (5.56%) MCSA
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.56%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.11%) Hyper-V
2 2 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (5.56%) Docker
3 1 (5.56%) KVM
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Ansible
1 1 (5.56%) Puppet
Vendors
1 14 (77.78%) Cisco
2 9 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 5 (27.78%) Dynatrace
3 5 (27.78%) Infoblox
3 5 (27.78%) SolarWinds
3 5 (27.78%) VMware
4 2 (11.11%) Arista
4 2 (11.11%) Fortinet
4 2 (11.11%) Palo Alto
5 1 (5.56%) Dell
5 1 (5.56%) HP
5 1 (5.56%) Juniper
5 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
5 1 (5.56%) NetApp
5 1 (5.56%) Red Hat