Data Centre Job Trends 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 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 193 172
Rank change year-on-year +132 -21 -18
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 679 219 462
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.17% 1.80% 1.88%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.45% 3.95% 4.68%
Number of salaries quoted 392 148 367
10th Percentile £50,000 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £59,688 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +15.38% -11.11%
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £125,000 £105,375 £100,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year +8.33% +13.74% -12.08%

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 7,182 5,541 9,868
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 33.50% 45.45% 40.16%
Number of salaries quoted 4,457 3,061 6,883
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% -0.73%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £121,250 £136,250 £130,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in London

Data Centre
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in London over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

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 17 June 2026. 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 +63 102 £97,500 +30.00% 27
West London +22 43 £60,000 +7.14% 5
South London +53 38 £60,000 +20.00% 3
East London +7 29 £55,000 -22.81% 8
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.29%) nginx
2 2 (0.29%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.15%) Confluence
3 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (2.21%) MS Visio
2 11 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.15%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 94 (13.84%) Azure
2 87 (12.81%) AWS
3 26 (3.83%) GCP
4 20 (2.95%) Entra ID
5 18 (2.65%) Cloud Computing
5 18 (2.65%) SaaS
6 15 (2.21%) Datadog
6 15 (2.21%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (2.06%) AWS Direct Connect
8 12 (1.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 8 (1.18%) OCI
9 8 (1.18%) OpenShift
10 7 (1.03%) Nutanix
11 5 (0.74%) Azure AKS
11 5 (0.74%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (0.74%) Rubrik
12 4 (0.59%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (0.59%) ChatGPT
13 3 (0.44%) H2O.ai
14 2 (0.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 104 (15.32%) WAN
2 93 (13.70%) Firewall
3 84 (12.37%) LAN
4 69 (10.16%) SD-WAN
4 69 (10.16%) VPN
5 64 (9.43%) Network Security
6 49 (7.22%) BGP
7 48 (7.07%) OSPF
8 43 (6.33%) Cisco ISE
9 38 (5.60%) Cisco Firepower
10 34 (5.01%) DNS
11 32 (4.71%) Wi-Fi
11 32 (4.71%) Wireless
12 26 (3.83%) WLAN
13 25 (3.68%) TCP/IP
13 25 (3.68%) VXLAN
14 23 (3.39%) Cisco ASA
14 23 (3.39%) MPLS
15 19 (2.80%) VLAN
16 15 (2.21%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.47%) DTS
2 3 (0.44%) Data Lake
2 3 (0.44%) Metadata
3 2 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.29%) MySQL
3 2 (0.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (1.62%) GitLab
2 10 (1.47%) JIRA
3 8 (1.18%) Git
4 5 (0.74%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 141 (20.77%) Finance
2 122 (17.97%) Social Skills
3 31 (4.57%) Banking
4 28 (4.12%) Legal
4 28 (4.12%) Telecoms
5 22 (3.24%) Marketing
6 21 (3.09%) Retail
7 20 (2.95%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (2.36%) Pharmaceutical
9 11 (1.62%) Law
10 10 (1.47%) Games
10 10 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (1.47%) Retail Banking
11 8 (1.18%) Public Sector
12 7 (1.03%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.03%) Local Government
13 5 (0.74%) Aviation
13 5 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.59%) Back Office
14 4 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 73 (10.75%) Senior
2 66 (9.72%) Network Engineer
3 63 (9.28%) Data Centre Manager
4 59 (8.69%) Architect
5 44 (6.48%) Lead
6 38 (5.60%) Account Executive
7 36 (5.30%) Data Centre Engineer
8 32 (4.71%) Project Manager
9 28 (4.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 27 (3.98%) Solutions Architect
11 26 (3.83%) Network Architect
12 22 (3.24%) Presales Solution Architect
13 21 (3.09%) Consultant
14 20 (2.95%) Business Manager
15 19 (2.80%) Junior
15 19 (2.80%) Senior Manager
16 18 (2.65%) Business Development Manager
16 18 (2.65%) Data Centre Project Manager
16 18 (2.65%) Development Manager
16 18 (2.65%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (1.18%) 802.1X
1 8 (1.18%) WebSockets
2 3 (0.44%) Keras
2 3 (0.44%) PyTorch
2 3 (0.44%) TensorFlow
3 2 (0.29%) Guava
3 2 (0.29%) LEMP Stack
3 2 (0.29%) Node.js
4 1 (0.15%) J2EE
4 1 (0.15%) LDAP
4 1 (0.15%) OAuth
4 1 (0.15%) OpenID
4 1 (0.15%) REST
4 1 (0.15%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (2.95%) Security Posture
2 15 (2.21%) Cloud Native
2 15 (2.21%) PKI
3 10 (1.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 10 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
3 10 (1.47%) Management Information System
3 10 (1.47%) NHS
3 10 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (0.74%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (0.59%) Blog
5 4 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (0.59%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (0.59%) Fibre Optics
5 4 (0.59%) Replication
6 3 (0.44%) Digital Media
6 3 (0.44%) Fixed Income
6 3 (0.44%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (0.44%) iPhone
6 3 (0.44%) Life Science
6 3 (0.44%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 61 (8.98%) Linux
2 47 (6.92%) Windows
3 14 (2.06%) Windows Server
4 13 (1.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.74%) VMS
6 4 (0.59%) Rocky
6 4 (0.59%) Windows 7
7 3 (0.44%) CentOS
7 3 (0.44%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.44%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.29%) Unix
9 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (11.78%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (9.13%) Presales
3 45 (6.63%) AI
3 45 (6.63%) Process Improvement
4 44 (6.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 44 (6.48%) Roadmaps
5 43 (6.33%) ITIL
6 41 (6.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 40 (5.89%) Business Development
7 40 (5.89%) Project Management
8 39 (5.74%) High Availability
8 39 (5.74%) Infrastructure as Code
8 39 (5.74%) Service Delivery
9 37 (5.45%) DevOps
10 36 (5.30%) Agile
10 36 (5.30%) Disaster Recovery
10 36 (5.30%) Technical Leadership
11 35 (5.15%) Stakeholder Management
12 33 (4.86%) Migration
13 31 (4.57%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 49 (7.22%) Python
2 20 (2.95%) PowerShell
3 15 (2.21%) Bash
4 11 (1.62%) SQL
5 9 (1.33%) Java
6 5 (0.74%) Go
7 2 (0.29%) C
7 2 (0.29%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.15%) C#
8 1 (0.15%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 89 (13.11%) Cisco Certification
2 66 (9.72%) CCNP
3 60 (8.84%) Degree
4 38 (5.60%) CCIE
5 32 (4.71%) CCNA
6 25 (3.68%) Security Cleared
7 18 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (2.50%) Azure Certification
8 17 (2.50%) CCSA
8 17 (2.50%) CCSE
9 16 (2.36%) Master's Degree
10 15 (2.21%) AWS Certification
11 13 (1.91%) SC Cleared
12 11 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (1.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 9 (1.33%) JNCIP
13 9 (1.33%) PMP
13 9 (1.33%) VCAP
13 9 (1.33%) VCDX
14 8 (1.18%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (2.80%) PCI DSS
2 17 (2.50%) NIST
3 12 (1.77%) SLA
4 10 (1.47%) QA
5 7 (1.03%) PMO
6 6 (0.88%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.59%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.29%) GDPR
9 2 (0.29%) IFRS
9 2 (0.29%) ISO 14000
9 2 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.15%) COBIT
10 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.15%) SOC 1
System Software
1 35 (5.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (3.09%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.62%) VMware NSX
3 11 (1.62%) vSphere
4 7 (1.03%) Docker
5 5 (0.74%) vCloud
6 4 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.44%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 2 (0.29%) Firmware
9 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.15%) OpenAM
9 1 (0.15%) OpenDJ
9 1 (0.15%) OpenIDM
9 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 39 (5.74%) Terraform
2 38 (5.60%) Ansible
3 36 (5.30%) Kubernetes
4 13 (1.91%) Nagios
5 12 (1.77%) FortiGate
6 9 (1.33%) Check_MK
7 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.74%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.59%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.59%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.59%) ServiceCenter
9 4 (0.59%) VxRail
10 3 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.44%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.44%) Kibana
10 3 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.29%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.29%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.29%) SCCM
12 1 (0.15%) Grafana
Vendors
1 104 (15.32%) Cisco
2 55 (8.10%) Microsoft
3 47 (6.92%) Palo Alto
3 47 (6.92%) SolarWinds
3 47 (6.92%) VMware
4 45 (6.63%) Fortinet
5 41 (6.04%) Dell
6 37 (5.45%) CheckPoint
7 25 (3.68%) Arista
8 22 (3.24%) Splunk
9 19 (2.80%) Red Hat
10 18 (2.65%) Meraki
11 15 (2.21%) ForeScout
11 15 (2.21%) Infoblox
11 15 (2.21%) SevOne
12 13 (1.91%) Dynatrace
13 12 (1.77%) F5
13 12 (1.77%) ServiceNow
14 10 (1.47%) Veeam
14 10 (1.47%) Zscaler