Data Centre Job Trends in the Midlands

Data Center
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 175 173 131
Rank change year-on-year -2 -42 -96
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 80 49 236
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.64% 0.96% 1.76%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.89% 2.22% 5.79%
Number of salaries quoted 40 23 180
10th Percentile £25,000 £33,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £43,875 £40,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,450 £53,688 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.28% +7.38% -4.76%
75th Percentile £80,625 £63,125 £58,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £79,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £59,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year +9.24% +11.21% -10.83%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,765 2,204 4,076
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 22.06% 43.39% 30.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,628 1,018 2,675
10th Percentile £28,675 £26,375 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,670 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.04% +4.85% -15.38%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Data Centre
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Data Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in the Midlands over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in the Midlands

Data Centre
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 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
West Midlands +12 69 £55,000 +2.44% 21
East Midlands -44 10 £80,000 +49.69% 3
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 6 (7.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (13.75%) Azure
2 10 (12.50%) Serverless
3 6 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.75%) AWS
4 3 (3.75%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.50%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.25%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 20 (25.00%) Firewall
2 16 (20.00%) WAN
3 14 (17.50%) LAN
4 7 (8.75%) DHCP
4 7 (8.75%) DNS
5 6 (7.50%) VPN
6 4 (5.00%) FTP
6 4 (5.00%) Network Security
6 4 (5.00%) VLAN
7 3 (3.75%) SD-WAN
7 3 (3.75%) TCP/IP
7 3 (3.75%) Wireless
8 2 (2.50%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (2.50%) SAN
8 2 (2.50%) SNMP
9 1 (1.25%) BGP
9 1 (1.25%) IPsec
9 1 (1.25%) MPLS
9 1 (1.25%) SSH
9 1 (1.25%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.25%) KNIME
1 1 (1.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (12.50%) Snyk
General
1 15 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 12 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (10.00%) Finance
4 6 (7.50%) Manufacturing
5 5 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.75%) Public Sector
6 3 (3.75%) Retail
7 1 (1.25%) Games
Job Titles
1 18 (22.50%) Senior
2 14 (17.50%) Data Centre Manager
3 12 (15.00%) Support Engineer
3 12 (15.00%) Technical Engineer
3 12 (15.00%) Technical Support
3 12 (15.00%) Technical Support Engineer
4 11 (13.75%) Architect
4 11 (13.75%) Senior Architect
5 10 (12.50%) Cloud Architect
5 10 (12.50%) Cloud Security Architect
5 10 (12.50%) Security Architect
5 10 (12.50%) Senior Cloud Architect
5 10 (12.50%) Senior Security Architect
6 9 (11.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (8.75%) Development Manager
8 6 (7.50%) Business Development Manager
8 6 (7.50%) Business Manager
8 6 (7.50%) Network Manager
9 5 (6.25%) Network Operations Manager
9 5 (6.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (2.50%) Enterprise Storage
2 2 (2.50%) Private Cloud
2 2 (2.50%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.25%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.25%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 26 (32.50%) Windows
2 8 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.75%) Linux
3 3 (3.75%) Windows 10
3 3 (3.75%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
2 15 (18.75%) Proactive Monitoring
3 13 (16.25%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (16.25%) ITIL
4 12 (15.00%) SIEM
5 11 (13.75%) AI
5 11 (13.75%) CI/CD
5 11 (13.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 11 (13.75%) Validation
6 10 (12.50%) Application Security
6 10 (12.50%) Cloud Security
6 10 (12.50%) DevSecOps
6 10 (12.50%) IT Strategy
6 10 (12.50%) Roadmaps
6 10 (12.50%) SDLC
6 10 (12.50%) Security Architecture
6 10 (12.50%) Security Testing
6 10 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
6 10 (12.50%) Threat Modelling
7 9 (11.25%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.50%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.75%) SQL
3 1 (1.25%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 17 (21.25%) Degree
2 7 (8.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (5.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.75%) MCSA
4 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 3 (3.75%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.50%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (1.25%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.25%) CCNA
6 1 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.25%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.25%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.25%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.00%) SLA
2 10 (12.50%) GRC
3 2 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.25%) ISO 14001
4 1 (1.25%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 16 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (11.25%) Active Directory
4 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (3.75%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (2.50%) Firmware
5 2 (2.50%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.25%) Docker
6 1 (1.25%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (2.50%) Terraform
2 1 (1.25%) Ansible
2 1 (1.25%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.25%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (22.50%) Cisco
1 18 (22.50%) Microsoft
2 16 (20.00%) VMware
3 15 (18.75%) Dell
4 12 (15.00%) Juniper
4 12 (15.00%) McAfee
5 10 (12.50%) CrowdStrike
5 10 (12.50%) Palo Alto
5 10 (12.50%) Tenable
6 6 (7.50%) Citrix
7 3 (3.75%) Fortinet
7 3 (3.75%) Meraki
7 3 (3.75%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.50%) Isilon
9 1 (1.25%) CheckPoint
9 1 (1.25%) F5
9 1 (1.25%) NetApp
9 1 (1.25%) Nimble Storage