Data Centre Jobs in London

Data Center
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 205 175 164
Rank change year-on-year -30 -11 +103
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 218 442 760
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.68% 1.87% 2.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.80% 4.62% 4.79%
Number of salaries quoted 147 354 521
10th Percentile £46,250 £39,000 £39,000
25th Percentile £58,016 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -10.34% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £57,588
% change year-on-year +7.48% -7.10% -2.14%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,730 9,569 15,856
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 44.06% 40.44% 46.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3,204 6,785 10,735
10th Percentile £41,750 £37,500 £44,192
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,532 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £137,125 £128,750 £122,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in London

Data Centre
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Data Centre in London

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in London over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in London

Data Centre
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Central London +12 29 £67,500 -6.90% 40
East London -1 12 £71,250 +16.33% 9
South London +6 6 £61,644 -8.68% 12
West London +7 2 £54,675 +9.35% 35
North London -3 1 £62,500 +108.33% 5
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
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 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.38%) nginx
3 2 (0.92%) Apache
3 2 (0.92%) Confluence
3 2 (0.92%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.46%) IIS
4 1 (0.46%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.46%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 7 (3.21%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.46%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 93 (42.66%) Azure
2 87 (39.91%) AWS
3 20 (9.17%) GCP
3 20 (9.17%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (5.50%) AWS Direct Connect
5 8 (3.67%) Entra ID
6 7 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.75%) Azure AKS
7 6 (2.75%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (2.75%) IaaS
8 5 (2.29%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (2.29%) PaaS
8 5 (2.29%) SaaS
9 4 (1.83%) Datadog
10 3 (1.38%) Nutanix
10 3 (1.38%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.92%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 2 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (0.92%) Rubrik
11 2 (0.92%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 75 (34.40%) Firewall
2 41 (18.81%) WAN
3 35 (16.06%) VPN
4 34 (15.60%) SD-WAN
5 31 (14.22%) LAN
6 23 (10.55%) BGP
7 20 (9.17%) Network Security
8 18 (8.26%) WLAN
9 17 (7.80%) OSPF
10 16 (7.34%) Cisco ASA
10 16 (7.34%) MPLS
10 16 (7.34%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (7.34%) Wireless
11 15 (6.88%) Cisco ISE
11 15 (6.88%) DNS
12 14 (6.42%) Cisco Firepower
13 13 (5.96%) IPsec
14 12 (5.50%) NX-OS
15 11 (5.05%) Cisco Nexus
16 10 (4.59%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.83%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.38%) Power BI
3 2 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.92%) MySQL
3 2 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.46%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (2.29%) GitLab
2 4 (1.83%) Git
2 4 (1.83%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.83%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.46%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.46%) JIRA
General
1 63 (28.90%) Finance
2 57 (26.15%) Social Skills
3 19 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (7.80%) Telecoms
5 12 (5.50%) Banking
6 7 (3.21%) Humanities
6 7 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.21%) Law
7 6 (2.75%) Games
7 6 (2.75%) Legal
8 5 (2.29%) Billing
8 5 (2.29%) Front Office
8 5 (2.29%) Investment Banking
8 5 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.29%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.38%) Fire and Rescue
10 3 (1.38%) German Language
10 3 (1.38%) Local Government
11 2 (0.92%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 31 (14.22%) Network Engineer
2 29 (13.30%) Architect
3 28 (12.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 25 (11.47%) Senior
5 22 (10.09%) Lead
6 19 (8.72%) Analyst
6 19 (8.72%) Infrastructure Manager
7 15 (6.88%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (6.42%) Infrastructure Architect
9 12 (5.50%) Cloud Architect
9 12 (5.50%) Network Architect
10 11 (5.05%) Administrator
10 11 (5.05%) Cisco Engineer
10 11 (5.05%) Cisco Network Engineer
10 11 (5.05%) Data Centre Engineer
11 10 (4.59%) Consultant
11 10 (4.59%) Security Architect
12 9 (4.13%) AWS Architect
12 9 (4.13%) AWS Infrastructure Architect
13 8 (3.67%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.67%) 802.1X
2 5 (2.29%) JSON
3 4 (1.83%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.92%) Nuxt
4 2 (0.92%) RESTful
4 2 (0.92%) Spring Boot
4 2 (0.92%) Vue
5 1 (0.46%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (0.46%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.46%) Jinja
5 1 (0.46%) LEMP Stack
5 1 (0.46%) Node.js
5 1 (0.46%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 31 (14.22%) Management Information System
2 19 (8.72%) Public Cloud
3 15 (6.88%) Hybrid Cloud
4 11 (5.05%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.21%) Clustering
5 7 (3.21%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (3.21%) Replication
6 6 (2.75%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.75%) IoT
7 5 (2.29%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.29%) NHS
8 4 (1.83%) Blackberry
8 4 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.83%) Derivative
8 4 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.83%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.83%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.83%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.38%) Fibre Optics
9 3 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 55 (25.23%) Windows
2 53 (24.31%) Linux
3 23 (10.55%) Windows Server
4 14 (6.42%) Windows 10
5 10 (4.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (3.67%) AIX
7 4 (1.83%) Unix
8 1 (0.46%) CentOS
8 1 (0.46%) Rocky
8 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (21.56%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (15.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 33 (15.14%) ITIL
4 31 (14.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 26 (11.93%) Disaster Recovery
6 25 (11.47%) DevOps
7 22 (10.09%) Change Management
7 22 (10.09%) Migration
8 19 (8.72%) Agile
8 19 (8.72%) Risk Management
8 19 (8.72%) Roadmaps
9 18 (8.26%) Project Management
10 16 (7.34%) Data Centre Operations
11 15 (6.88%) Cloud Security
11 15 (6.88%) Cybersecurity
11 15 (6.88%) Infrastructure as Code
11 15 (6.88%) Infrastructure Management
11 15 (6.88%) Process Improvement
12 14 (6.42%) Collaborative Culture
12 14 (6.42%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (13.30%) Python
2 18 (8.26%) PowerShell
3 14 (6.42%) Bash
4 10 (4.59%) SQL
5 5 (2.29%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.83%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.92%) Bicep
7 2 (0.92%) Java
8 1 (0.46%) C#
8 1 (0.46%) Go
Qualifications
1 44 (20.18%) Cisco Certification
2 36 (16.51%) CCNP
3 31 (14.22%) Degree
4 24 (11.01%) AWS Certification
5 15 (6.88%) Azure Certification
6 12 (5.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 12 (5.50%) SC Cleared
6 12 (5.50%) Security Cleared
7 10 (4.59%) CCNA
7 10 (4.59%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (4.13%) CCIE
8 9 (4.13%) PMP
9 8 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (3.67%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (3.21%) PMI Certification
10 7 (3.21%) Postgraduate
11 6 (2.75%) IBM AIX Certification
12 5 (2.29%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (1.83%) ACCA
13 4 (1.83%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.96%) SLA
2 11 (5.05%) QA
3 3 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 2 (0.92%) NCSC
5 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.46%) GDPR
5 1 (0.46%) NEBOSH
5 1 (0.46%) NIST
5 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 35 (16.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 32 (14.68%) Active Directory
3 12 (5.50%) Docker
4 10 (4.59%) Hyper-V
5 8 (3.67%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (2.75%) Firmware
6 6 (2.75%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.83%) vSphere
8 3 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.46%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 26 (11.93%) Terraform
2 21 (9.63%) Ansible
3 17 (7.80%) SCCM
4 16 (7.34%) Kubernetes
5 15 (6.88%) FortiGate
6 7 (3.21%) Prometheus
7 6 (2.75%) Nagios
7 6 (2.75%) Puppet
8 4 (1.83%) Failover Clustering
8 4 (1.83%) Progress Chef
8 4 (1.83%) VxRail
9 2 (0.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.92%) Graylog
9 2 (0.92%) Kibana
9 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.92%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.92%) WSUS
10 1 (0.46%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.46%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 73 (33.49%) Cisco
2 62 (28.44%) VMware
3 53 (24.31%) Microsoft
4 23 (10.55%) CheckPoint
5 21 (9.63%) SolarWinds
6 17 (7.80%) Citrix
6 17 (7.80%) F5
6 17 (7.80%) Fortinet
7 15 (6.88%) Meraki
8 12 (5.50%) Palo Alto
9 11 (5.05%) Infoblox
10 10 (4.59%) Dynatrace
11 7 (3.21%) Google
11 7 (3.21%) Red Hat
11 7 (3.21%) Remedy
11 7 (3.21%) Zscaler
12 6 (2.75%) ServiceNow
13 5 (2.29%) Arista
13 5 (2.29%) Blue Coat
13 5 (2.29%) Dell