Data Centre Job Trends in Newport

Data Center
South Wales > Newport

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in Newport. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - -21
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 9 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Newport 2.78% - 0.63%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 12.50% - 5.26%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71,250 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +82.24%
75th Percentile £73,750 - £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £73,750 £62,500 £44,886
% change year-on-year +18.00% +39.24% -35.88%

All Generic Skills
Newport

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 Newport.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 72 24 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newport 22.22% 42.86% 11.88%
Number of salaries quoted 37 12 14
10th Percentile £41,250 £32,875 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,468 £40,938 £44,175
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,250 £52,101
Median % change year-on-year -11.65% +19.48% +0.19%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,600 £52,827
90th Percentile £91,436 - £61,381
South Wales median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £46,604
% change year-on-year - +18.02% +2.44%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Newport

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Newport

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Data Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) LAN
1 3 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) IT Manager
1 3 (33.33%) Senior
1 3 (33.33%) Senior IT Manager
1 3 (33.33%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 3 (33.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
1 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (33.33%) IT Strategy
1 3 (33.33%) Logistics
1 3 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
1 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
1 3 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 3 (33.33%) VMware