Data Centre Job Trends in Merseyside

Data Center
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 58 32
Rank change year-on-year -5 -26 +32
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 1 4 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 0.16% 0.76% 4.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.49% 2.84% 13.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 17
10th Percentile - - £31,550
25th Percentile £26,250 £41,250 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £42,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.29% -50.00% +78.95%
75th Percentile £28,750 £43,750 -
90th Percentile - - £89,000
North West median annual salary £58,750 £47,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +23.68% -24.00% +35.14%

All Generic Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 206 141 151
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 32.54% 26.65% 31.59%
Number of salaries quoted 114 74 106
10th Percentile £29,000 - £29,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +2.15%
75th Percentile £53,000 £58,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £68,045 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% -7.27% -

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Data Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Liverpool -8 1 £27,500 -35.29% 1
Data Centre
North West

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) BYOD
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft