Data Centre Job Trends in the North of England

Data Center
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 227 152
Rank change year-on-year +64 -75 -111
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 194 68 291
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.98% 0.88% 1.67%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.92% 1.92% 5.52%
Number of salaries quoted 112 49 239
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,799 £25,600
25th Percentile £36,250 £51,000 £35,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £60,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.26% +41.18% -17.48%
75th Percentile £64,063 £67,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £74,625 £81,800 £64,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +13.04% +9.52% -12.50%

All Generic Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,947 3,547 5,272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 25.03% 45.76% 30.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,752 1,298 3,935
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £26,850
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £35,242
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,400 £72,500 £66,459
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £81,786
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in the North of England

Data Centre
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Data Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in the North of England

Data Centre
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the North of England region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
North West +81 123 £48,445 -10.29% 30
Yorkshire -31 41 £48,445 -22.49% 28
North East -29 30 £62,500 -3.85% 9
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 12 (6.19%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.12%) IIS
2 8 (4.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (4.12%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 50 (25.77%) Azure
2 26 (13.40%) AWS
3 12 (6.19%) OCI
3 12 (6.19%) Serverless
4 9 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (4.12%) GCP
6 5 (2.58%) IaaS
7 4 (2.06%) SaaS
8 3 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.03%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.03%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.52%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.52%) GitHub
10 1 (0.52%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.52%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.52%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (23.71%) Firewall
2 32 (16.49%) Wireless
3 26 (13.40%) WAN
4 24 (12.37%) LAN
5 21 (10.82%) Network Security
6 20 (10.31%) DNS
7 19 (9.79%) VXLAN
8 18 (9.28%) Wi-Fi
9 17 (8.76%) VPN
10 16 (8.25%) BGP
10 16 (8.25%) NGFW
11 15 (7.73%) Cisco Nexus
11 15 (7.73%) OSPF
12 13 (6.70%) DHCP
12 13 (6.70%) SNMP
13 12 (6.19%) Cisco ASA
13 12 (6.19%) VLAN
13 12 (6.19%) Wireshark
14 11 (5.67%) SAN
15 10 (5.15%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.61%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (6.19%) Snyk
2 1 (0.52%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.52%) JIRA
General
1 53 (27.32%) Social Skills
2 30 (15.46%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (9.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 16 (8.25%) Finance
5 14 (7.22%) Public Sector
6 10 (5.15%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (4.64%) Telecoms
8 7 (3.61%) Legal
9 3 (1.55%) French Language
9 3 (1.55%) Italian Language
9 3 (1.55%) Law
9 3 (1.55%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.55%) Portuguese Language
9 3 (1.55%) Spanish Language
10 2 (1.03%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.52%) Banking
11 1 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.52%) Military
Job Titles
1 70 (36.08%) Senior
2 31 (15.98%) Architect
3 29 (14.95%) IT Technician
3 29 (14.95%) Network Engineer
4 27 (13.92%) Senior IT Technician
4 27 (13.92%) Senior Technician
5 17 (8.76%) Cloud Architect
5 17 (8.76%) Network Manager
5 17 (8.76%) Network Operations Manager
5 17 (8.76%) Operations Manager
5 17 (8.76%) Senior Network Engineer
6 16 (8.25%) Cloud Security Architect
6 16 (8.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 16 (8.25%) Security Architect
6 16 (8.25%) Senior Architect
6 16 (8.25%) Senior Cloud Architect
6 16 (8.25%) Senior Security Architect
7 14 (7.22%) Data Centre Engineer
8 11 (5.67%) Data Centre Manager
9 10 (5.15%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.55%) .NET
1 3 (1.55%) CSS
1 3 (1.55%) HTML
2 2 (1.03%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (11.34%) Driving Licence
2 12 (6.19%) PKI
3 8 (4.12%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.58%) Operational Technology
5 4 (2.06%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.06%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.06%) Clustering
5 4 (2.06%) Enterprise Cloud
5 4 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.06%) Enterprise Storage
5 4 (2.06%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.55%) Fibre Optics
6 3 (1.55%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.55%) Replication
7 1 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.52%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.52%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 51 (26.29%) Windows
2 46 (23.71%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.09%) Android
4 3 (1.55%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.55%) Linux
4 3 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (1.55%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.03%) Unix
5 2 (1.03%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (21.13%) Service Delivery
2 39 (20.10%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (15.46%) Customer Service
4 29 (14.95%) Load Balancing
5 25 (12.89%) CI/CD
5 25 (12.89%) Mentoring
6 23 (11.86%) AI
6 23 (11.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 21 (10.82%) IT Strategy
7 21 (10.82%) Roadmaps
8 20 (10.31%) Cybersecurity
9 19 (9.79%) High Availability
10 18 (9.28%) Coaching
10 18 (9.28%) Technology Strategy
11 16 (8.25%) Application Security
11 16 (8.25%) Cloud Security
12 15 (7.73%) Disaster Recovery
12 15 (7.73%) Project Delivery
13 14 (7.22%) ITSM
13 14 (7.22%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (14.95%) Python
2 15 (7.73%) SQL
3 7 (3.61%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.55%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.03%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.52%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 27 (13.92%) DBS Check
2 18 (9.28%) SC Cleared
2 18 (9.28%) Security Cleared
3 15 (7.73%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (7.22%) CCNP
5 11 (5.67%) Degree
6 8 (4.12%) CCIE
6 8 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (3.61%) Azure Certification
7 7 (3.61%) CCNA
8 5 (2.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (2.06%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (2.06%) MCSA
9 4 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.03%) A+ Certification
11 2 (1.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (1.03%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.52%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (6.70%) GRC
3 9 (4.64%) ISO 9001
4 8 (4.12%) PMO
5 6 (3.09%) ISO 14000
6 5 (2.58%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 40 (20.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (11.86%) Active Directory
3 13 (6.70%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (6.19%) Hyper-V
5 8 (4.12%) ProxySG
6 4 (2.06%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.03%) DFS Replication
7 2 (1.03%) vSphere
8 1 (0.52%) KVM
8 1 (0.52%) MetaFrame
8 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.52%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.52%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 18 (9.28%) Terraform
2 13 (6.70%) Ansible
3 6 (3.09%) VxRail
3 6 (3.09%) WSUS
4 4 (2.06%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (1.03%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.52%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.52%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 46 (23.71%) VMware
2 44 (22.68%) Microsoft
3 24 (12.37%) Cisco
4 18 (9.28%) Tenable
5 17 (8.76%) Palo Alto
6 16 (8.25%) Arista
6 16 (8.25%) Aruba
7 12 (6.19%) CrowdStrike
7 12 (6.19%) F5
7 12 (6.19%) NetScout
7 12 (6.19%) SolarWinds
8 11 (5.67%) Veeam
9 10 (5.15%) HP
10 8 (4.12%) Blue Coat
10 8 (4.12%) CheckPoint
10 8 (4.12%) Infoblox
10 8 (4.12%) Motorola
10 8 (4.12%) ServiceNow
11 7 (3.61%) Google
11 7 (3.61%) Meraki