Data Centre Jobs in Manchester

Data Center
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 54 132
Rank change year-on-year -40 +78 +7
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 137 294 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 2.64% 6.02% 2.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.79% 13.64% 5.04%
Number of salaries quoted 103 67 55
10th Percentile £29,750 £38,550 £33,700
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,000 £41,575
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £51,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.21% -5.50% +21.11%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £72,050 £87,500
North West median annual salary £43,673 £51,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year -15.20% -5.50% +23.86%

All Generic Skills
Manchester

Data Centre is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,758 2,156 2,601
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 33.84% 44.16% 46.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,269 1,027 1,524
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,621 £32,097
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,250 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £54,100
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +6.28% +8.20%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,752 £84,234 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Manchester

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Data Centre in Manchester

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Manchester over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in Manchester

Data Centre
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 10 May 2024. 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
Salford +13 23 £35,000 - 2
Rochdale +8 3 £36,500 -
Bury - 1 £70,000 -
Data Centre
North West

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 5 (3.65%) Apache
2 4 (2.92%) CloudStack
2 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.92%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 21 (15.33%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (10.95%) Azure
3 9 (6.57%) Amazon S3
4 8 (5.84%) AWS
5 6 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (3.65%) Entra ID
7 4 (2.92%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (2.92%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (2.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (2.92%) IaaS
7 4 (2.92%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.73%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.73%) GCP
8 1 (0.73%) Kong
8 1 (0.73%) OCI
8 1 (0.73%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 16 (11.68%) WAN
2 14 (10.22%) Wireless
3 13 (9.49%) Firewall
4 12 (8.76%) SD-WAN
5 11 (8.03%) LAN
5 11 (8.03%) Software-Defined Networking
5 11 (8.03%) WLAN
6 10 (7.30%) DNS
6 10 (7.30%) IPsec
6 10 (7.30%) VPN
7 9 (6.57%) Network Security
8 8 (5.84%) Unified Communications
9 7 (5.11%) Cisco Firepower
9 7 (5.11%) NGFW
10 5 (3.65%) DHCP
10 5 (3.65%) Internet
10 5 (3.65%) SNMP
10 5 (3.65%) SSL
11 4 (2.92%) SAN
11 4 (2.92%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.65%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (3.65%) MongoDB
2 4 (2.92%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.92%) Power BI
3 1 (0.73%) Relational Database
General
1 11 (8.03%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (6.57%) Finance
3 6 (4.38%) Law
3 6 (4.38%) Public Sector
3 6 (4.38%) Social Skills
4 1 (0.73%) Banking
Job Titles
1 41 (29.93%) Senior
2 27 (19.71%) Data Centre Engineer
3 18 (13.14%) Architect
4 14 (10.22%) Consultant
5 12 (8.76%) Cisco Architect
5 12 (8.76%) Senior Architect
5 12 (8.76%) Senior Cisco Architect
6 11 (8.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (8.03%) Security Architect
7 8 (5.84%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 8 (5.84%) Senior Technical Specialist
7 8 (5.84%) Senior Technical Support
7 8 (5.84%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
7 8 (5.84%) Support Specialist
7 8 (5.84%) Technical Consultant
7 8 (5.84%) Technical Specialist
7 8 (5.84%) Technical Support
7 8 (5.84%) Technical Support Specialist
8 7 (5.11%) Network Engineer
8 7 (5.11%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.65%) RabbitMQ
1 5 (3.65%) YAML
2 4 (2.92%) LAMP
3 1 (0.73%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.22%) Public Cloud
2 12 (8.76%) Driving Licence
3 9 (6.57%) Private Cloud
4 8 (5.84%) Management Information System
4 8 (5.84%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.92%) Enterprise Storage
5 4 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.19%) CCTV
7 1 (0.73%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.73%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.73%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 44 (32.12%) Windows
2 24 (17.52%) Linux
3 9 (6.57%) Windows 10
4 5 (3.65%) Data ONTAP
4 5 (3.65%) Unix
4 5 (3.65%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.73%) HPUX
5 1 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.73%) Solaris
5 1 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (41.61%) Cybersecurity
2 51 (37.23%) Presales
3 40 (29.20%) Software Licensing
4 23 (16.79%) Cloud Security
4 23 (16.79%) ITIL
5 18 (13.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 17 (12.41%) Customer Service
7 16 (11.68%) Time Management
8 15 (10.95%) Mentoring
9 13 (9.49%) User Experience
10 12 (8.76%) Customer Engagement
10 12 (8.76%) Customer Requirements
10 12 (8.76%) Data Centre Operations
10 12 (8.76%) DevOps
10 12 (8.76%) Incident Management
10 12 (8.76%) Information Security
10 12 (8.76%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (8.76%) Project Management
11 11 (8.03%) Analytics
11 11 (8.03%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.57%) Python
2 1 (0.73%) Bash
2 1 (0.73%) Java
2 1 (0.73%) PHP
2 1 (0.73%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.73%) Shell Script
2 1 (0.73%) SQL
2 1 (0.73%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (27.74%) Degree
2 12 (8.76%) CCNA
2 12 (8.76%) CCNP
2 12 (8.76%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (7.30%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (6.57%) MCP
5 4 (2.92%) AWS Certification
5 4 (2.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (2.92%) CISM
5 4 (2.92%) CISSP
5 4 (2.92%) CRISC
5 4 (2.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 4 (2.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 4 (2.92%) ISSMP
6 1 (0.73%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.73%) MCSE
6 1 (0.73%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.92%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (2.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (2.92%) GDPR
2 4 (2.92%) NIST
3 2 (1.46%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.73%) NCSC
4 1 (0.73%) QA
System Software
1 22 (16.06%) Active Directory
2 17 (12.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (8.76%) Hyper-V
4 6 (4.38%) Docker
5 4 (2.92%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (5.11%) Stealthwatch
2 6 (4.38%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.65%) Ansible
3 5 (3.65%) CASB
3 5 (3.65%) Prometheus
3 5 (3.65%) vCenter Server
4 4 (2.92%) cPanel
4 4 (2.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (2.92%) Plesk
5 1 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.73%) Nagios
5 1 (0.73%) Terraform
Vendors
1 54 (39.42%) Microsoft
2 40 (29.20%) Adobe
2 40 (29.20%) Apple
3 37 (27.01%) Cisco
4 22 (16.06%) Dell
5 19 (13.87%) VMware
6 16 (11.68%) HP
6 16 (11.68%) Palo Alto
7 12 (8.76%) Meraki
7 12 (8.76%) NetApp
8 11 (8.03%) Samsung
9 6 (4.38%) Dynatrace
9 6 (4.38%) Intel
9 6 (4.38%) Red Hat
9 6 (4.38%) Veeam
10 5 (3.65%) SolidFire
11 4 (2.92%) Citrix
11 4 (2.92%) Databricks
11 4 (2.92%) Splunk
12 2 (1.46%) BMC