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 23 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 225 144
Rank change year-on-year +65 -81 -121
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 216 93 272
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.02% 0.98% 1.64%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.86% 2.42% 5.61%
Number of salaries quoted 111 66 213
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,274 £24,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £51,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +41.18% -22.73%
75th Percentile £69,390 £67,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £62,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £54,312
% change year-on-year +8.33% +10.47% -9.48%

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 4,447 3,850 4,845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.09% 40.75% 29.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3,196 1,574 3,098
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,480 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,507 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.39% -2.99% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £68,114 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £85,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £59,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.48% +4.55% -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 23 July 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 23 July 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 +75 129 £47,500 -20.67% 24
North East -25 49 £65,000 +4.00% 14
Yorkshire -20 38 £48,445 -11.92% 16
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 9 (4.17%) IIS
2 8 (3.70%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.46%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.85%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 37 (17.13%) Azure
2 16 (7.41%) IaaS
3 13 (6.02%) AWS
4 12 (5.56%) Serverless
5 7 (3.24%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.31%) GCP
7 4 (1.85%) SaaS
8 3 (1.39%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.39%) OCI
9 2 (0.93%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.46%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.46%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.46%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.46%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (16.20%) Firewall
2 31 (14.35%) Wireless
3 26 (12.04%) WAN
4 20 (9.26%) DNS
5 19 (8.80%) BGP
5 19 (8.80%) LAN
6 17 (7.87%) Network Security
6 17 (7.87%) VPN
7 14 (6.48%) SD-WAN
8 13 (6.02%) OSPF
9 12 (5.56%) DHCP
10 11 (5.09%) Cisco Nexus
10 11 (5.09%) SAN
11 10 (4.63%) VXLAN
12 9 (4.17%) MPLS
13 8 (3.70%) Cisco ASA
13 8 (3.70%) SNMP
13 8 (3.70%) VLAN
14 7 (3.24%) NGFW
15 6 (2.78%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.24%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (5.56%) Snyk
2 3 (1.39%) JIRA
General
1 58 (26.85%) Social Skills
2 18 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 17 (7.87%) Finance
4 15 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (3.70%) Telecoms
7 7 (3.24%) Legal
8 4 (1.85%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.85%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.39%) Law
10 2 (0.93%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.46%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.46%) French Language
11 1 (0.46%) Games
11 1 (0.46%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.46%) Military
11 1 (0.46%) Portuguese Language
11 1 (0.46%) Retail
11 1 (0.46%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 62 (28.70%) Senior
2 32 (14.81%) Data Centre Manager
3 31 (14.35%) Architect
4 29 (13.43%) Data Manager
5 26 (12.04%) IT Technician
6 24 (11.11%) Senior IT Technician
6 24 (11.11%) Senior Technician
7 22 (10.19%) Network Engineer
8 19 (8.80%) Data Centre Engineer
9 17 (7.87%) Cloud Architect
10 16 (7.41%) Cloud Security Architect
10 16 (7.41%) Security Architect
10 16 (7.41%) Senior Architect
10 16 (7.41%) Senior Cloud Architect
10 16 (7.41%) Senior Security Architect
11 15 (6.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (6.94%) Support Engineer
12 12 (5.56%) Senior Network Engineer
13 11 (5.09%) Analyst
14 9 (4.17%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.93%) SAML
2 1 (0.46%) .NET
2 1 (0.46%) CSS
2 1 (0.46%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (14.81%) Driving Licence
2 8 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.31%) Enterprise Cloud
3 5 (2.31%) Operational Technology
4 4 (1.85%) Clustering
4 4 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (1.85%) Enterprise Storage
4 4 (1.85%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.85%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.39%) PKI
6 2 (0.93%) Algorithms
6 2 (0.93%) Cloud Native
6 2 (0.93%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.46%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.46%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.46%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.46%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 47 (21.76%) Windows
2 43 (19.91%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (0.93%) Android
4 2 (0.93%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.93%) Linux
4 2 (0.93%) VMS
5 1 (0.46%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.46%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (17.59%) Service Delivery
2 32 (14.81%) High Availability
3 30 (13.89%) Customer Service
3 30 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (11.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 23 (10.65%) Project Management
6 22 (10.19%) CI/CD
7 21 (9.72%) AI
7 21 (9.72%) IT Strategy
7 21 (9.72%) Roadmaps
8 19 (8.80%) Cybersecurity
9 18 (8.33%) Commercial Awareness
9 18 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (8.33%) Technology Strategy
10 17 (7.87%) Budgeting
10 17 (7.87%) Cost Control
10 17 (7.87%) Customer Retention
10 17 (7.87%) Facilities Management
10 17 (7.87%) People Management
10 17 (7.87%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.87%) Python
2 14 (6.48%) SQL
3 7 (3.24%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.39%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.46%) Bicep
5 1 (0.46%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 25 (11.57%) DBS Check
2 16 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (7.41%) SC Cleared
2 16 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.63%) CCNA
3 10 (4.63%) CCNP
4 9 (4.17%) Degree
5 8 (3.70%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.78%) CCIE
6 6 (2.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (2.78%) Network+ Certification
7 5 (2.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.85%) MCSA
8 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.93%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.46%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (11.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (7.87%) ISO 14000
3 13 (6.02%) GRC
4 8 (3.70%) ISO 9001
5 5 (2.31%) Accessibility
5 5 (2.31%) PMO
6 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.46%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (17.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (10.19%) Active Directory
3 13 (6.02%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (4.17%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.31%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.85%) ProxySG
7 2 (0.93%) DFS Replication
7 2 (0.93%) vSphere
8 1 (0.46%) KVM
8 1 (0.46%) MetaFrame
8 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.46%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.46%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 10 (4.63%) Terraform
2 8 (3.70%) Ansible
3 6 (2.78%) VxRail
3 6 (2.78%) WSUS
4 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (0.93%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.93%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.46%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.46%) Nessus
6 1 (0.46%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.46%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 46 (21.30%) Microsoft
2 44 (20.37%) VMware
3 23 (10.65%) Cisco
4 18 (8.33%) Tenable
5 16 (7.41%) Palo Alto
6 12 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
7 10 (4.63%) F5
7 10 (4.63%) HP
7 10 (4.63%) Meraki
8 9 (4.17%) Veeam
9 8 (3.70%) SolarWinds
10 7 (3.24%) Arista
10 7 (3.24%) Aruba
11 6 (2.78%) Commvault
11 6 (2.78%) Dell
11 6 (2.78%) Zerto
12 5 (2.31%) Google
12 5 (2.31%) Oracle
13 4 (1.85%) Fortinet
13 4 (1.85%) Huawei