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 13 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 220 146
Rank change year-on-year +57 -74 -104
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 177 75 285
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.96% 0.98% 1.69%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.79% 2.19% 5.47%
Number of salaries quoted 97 55 234
10th Percentile £34,000 £43,169 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £51,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% +29.41% -15.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £72,750 £86,500 £64,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +13.04% +9.52% -8.84%

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 4,675 3,429 5,212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 25.33% 44.86% 30.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,501 1,387 3,922
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £35,023
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% +6.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £82,500
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 13 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 13 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 +74 114 £48,445 -11.92% 40
Yorkshire -48 35 £48,445 -11.92% 20
North East -24 28 £62,500 -3.85% 15
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 (6.78%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.52%) IIS
3 6 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (4.52%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 45 (25.42%) Azure
2 28 (15.82%) AWS
3 12 (6.78%) OCI
3 12 (6.78%) Serverless
4 9 (5.08%) GCP
5 7 (3.95%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.69%) IaaS
7 2 (1.13%) SaaS
8 1 (0.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.56%) GitHub
8 1 (0.56%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.56%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.56%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (19.77%) Firewall
2 32 (18.08%) Wireless
3 23 (12.99%) WAN
4 22 (12.43%) LAN
5 18 (10.17%) Wi-Fi
6 17 (9.60%) Network Security
7 15 (8.47%) VPN
7 15 (8.47%) VXLAN
8 13 (7.34%) DNS
8 13 (7.34%) NGFW
9 12 (6.78%) BGP
9 12 (6.78%) Cisco Nexus
9 12 (6.78%) VLAN
9 12 (6.78%) Wireshark
10 11 (6.21%) OSPF
11 10 (5.65%) Cisco ASA
11 10 (5.65%) TCP/IP
12 9 (5.08%) DHCP
12 9 (5.08%) SNMP
13 8 (4.52%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.39%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (6.78%) Snyk
2 1 (0.56%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.56%) JIRA
General
1 49 (27.68%) Social Skills
2 26 (14.69%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (10.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 18 (10.17%) Finance
5 14 (7.91%) Public Sector
6 9 (5.08%) Telecoms
7 8 (4.52%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.82%) Legal
9 3 (1.69%) French Language
9 3 (1.69%) Italian Language
9 3 (1.69%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.69%) Portuguese Language
9 3 (1.69%) Spanish Language
10 2 (1.13%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.56%) Banking
11 1 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.56%) Law
11 1 (0.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 65 (36.72%) Senior
2 29 (16.38%) IT Technician
3 28 (15.82%) Architect
4 27 (15.25%) Senior IT Technician
4 27 (15.25%) Senior Technician
5 21 (11.86%) Network Engineer
6 17 (9.60%) Cloud Architect
6 17 (9.60%) Network Manager
6 17 (9.60%) Network Operations Manager
6 17 (9.60%) Operations Manager
7 16 (9.04%) Cloud Security Architect
7 16 (9.04%) Security Architect
7 16 (9.04%) Senior Architect
7 16 (9.04%) Senior Cloud Architect
7 16 (9.04%) Senior Security Architect
8 13 (7.34%) Data Centre Engineer
8 13 (7.34%) Senior Network Engineer
9 11 (6.21%) Data Centre Manager
9 11 (6.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (5.08%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.69%) .NET
1 3 (1.69%) CSS
1 3 (1.69%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.17%) Driving Licence
2 12 (6.78%) PKI
3 8 (4.52%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.82%) Operational Technology
5 4 (2.26%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.26%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.69%) Enterprise Cloud
6 3 (1.69%) Fibre Optics
6 3 (1.69%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.69%) Replication
7 2 (1.13%) Clustering
7 2 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.13%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 46 (25.99%) Windows
2 39 (22.03%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.39%) Android
4 3 (1.69%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.69%) Linux
5 2 (1.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (22.03%) Service Delivery
2 36 (20.34%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (16.95%) Customer Service
4 23 (12.99%) AI
4 23 (12.99%) Load Balancing
5 21 (11.86%) CI/CD
5 21 (11.86%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (11.86%) IT Strategy
5 21 (11.86%) Mentoring
6 19 (10.73%) Roadmaps
7 18 (10.17%) Technology Strategy
8 16 (9.04%) Cloud Security
9 15 (8.47%) Coaching
9 15 (8.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 15 (8.47%) Project Delivery
10 14 (7.91%) Application Security
10 14 (7.91%) ITSM
10 14 (7.91%) Project Management
11 13 (7.34%) High Availability
11 13 (7.34%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 28 (15.82%) Python
2 12 (6.78%) SQL
3 7 (3.95%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.69%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.13%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.56%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 27 (15.25%) DBS Check
2 14 (7.91%) SC Cleared
2 14 (7.91%) Security Cleared
3 13 (7.34%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (6.78%) CCNP
5 11 (6.21%) Degree
6 8 (4.52%) CCIE
6 8 (4.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.82%) CCNA
8 4 (2.26%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.69%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.13%) A+ Certification
10 2 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (1.13%) MCSA
10 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.13%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.56%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (7.34%) GRC
3 8 (4.52%) ISO 9001
3 8 (4.52%) PMO
4 6 (3.39%) ISO 14000
5 5 (2.82%) Accessibility
System Software
1 37 (20.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (9.04%) Active Directory
3 13 (7.34%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (5.65%) Hyper-V
5 8 (4.52%) ProxySG
6 3 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.56%) KVM
7 1 (0.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (9.60%) Terraform
2 13 (7.34%) Ansible
3 6 (3.39%) VxRail
3 6 (3.39%) WSUS
4 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.56%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 39 (22.03%) VMware
2 38 (21.47%) Microsoft
3 21 (11.86%) Cisco
4 18 (10.17%) Tenable
5 14 (7.91%) Aruba
5 14 (7.91%) Palo Alto
6 13 (7.34%) Arista
7 12 (6.78%) CrowdStrike
7 12 (6.78%) NetScout
8 11 (6.21%) Veeam
9 9 (5.08%) F5
10 8 (4.52%) Blue Coat
10 8 (4.52%) CheckPoint
10 8 (4.52%) Google
10 8 (4.52%) HP
10 8 (4.52%) Infoblox
10 8 (4.52%) Motorola
10 8 (4.52%) ServiceNow
10 8 (4.52%) SolarWinds
11 7 (3.95%) Meraki