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 29 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 196 143 143
Rank change year-on-year -53 0 +21
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 71 136 147
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.67% 1.43% 1.96%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.73% 4.72% 5.50%
Number of salaries quoted 43 66 115
10th Percentile £25,500 £40,310 £30,000
25th Percentile £29,375 £45,000 £40,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -20.83% +26.32%
75th Percentile £62,500 £56,875 £73,125
90th Percentile £64,850 £84,250 £101,774
England median annual salary £58,000 £59,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -2.52% +3.48% -

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 4,104 2,884 2,674
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 38.97% 30.40% 35.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,591 1,323 2,034
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £31,125
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £41,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,603 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £86,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 29 December 2025.

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 29 December 2025. 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 -31 40 £57,500 +21.05% 73
Yorkshire -2 25 £30,000 -44.19% 65
North East +3 6 £66,250 +47.22% 13
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 8 (11.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (9.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 27 (38.03%) Azure
2 11 (15.49%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (11.27%) AWS
4 6 (8.45%) GCP
5 4 (5.63%) Entra ID
6 3 (4.23%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (4.23%) IaaS
6 3 (4.23%) PaaS
6 3 (4.23%) SaaS
7 2 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (2.82%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 22 (30.99%) Firewall
1 22 (30.99%) WAN
2 19 (26.76%) LAN
3 18 (25.35%) VPN
4 16 (22.54%) TCP/IP
5 12 (16.90%) BGP
6 10 (14.08%) DNS
6 10 (14.08%) Network Security
6 10 (14.08%) SD-WAN
7 8 (11.27%) DHCP
7 8 (11.27%) VLAN
8 7 (9.86%) ADSL
8 7 (9.86%) MPLS
8 7 (9.86%) VoIP
8 7 (9.86%) WebEx
8 7 (9.86%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (9.86%) WLAN
9 6 (8.45%) Broadband
10 5 (7.04%) OSPF
11 3 (4.23%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.82%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (1.41%) JIRA
General
1 12 (16.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 10 (14.08%) Finance
3 9 (12.68%) Social Skills
4 4 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.63%) Local Government
4 4 (5.63%) Military
4 4 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (4.23%) Retail
6 2 (2.82%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.82%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.41%) Law
Job Titles
1 12 (16.90%) Senior
1 12 (16.90%) Support Technician
2 11 (15.49%) Architect
2 11 (15.49%) IT Support
2 11 (15.49%) IT Support Technician
2 11 (15.49%) IT Technician
3 7 (9.86%) Analyst
3 7 (9.86%) Senior IT Support
3 7 (9.86%) Senior IT Technician
3 7 (9.86%) Senior Support Technician
3 7 (9.86%) Senior Technician
3 7 (9.86%) Support Analyst
3 7 (9.86%) Technical Support
4 6 (8.45%) Infrastructure Manager
4 6 (8.45%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 6 (8.45%) Project Manager
4 6 (8.45%) Technical Analyst
4 6 (8.45%) Technical Support Analyst
5 5 (7.04%) IT Sales Executive
5 5 (7.04%) Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.82%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.41%) Flash
2 1 (1.41%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 14 (19.72%) Driving Licence
2 7 (9.86%) Replication
3 6 (8.45%) Handset
4 4 (5.63%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (5.63%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.63%) NHS
5 2 (2.82%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.82%) Web Conferencing
6 1 (1.41%) BYOD
6 1 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.41%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.41%) SCADA
6 1 (1.41%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (23.94%) Windows
2 10 (14.08%) Windows Server
3 7 (9.86%) Android
4 1 (1.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (26.76%) ITIL
2 15 (21.13%) Business Development
2 15 (21.13%) Customer Service
2 15 (21.13%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (19.72%) AI
4 12 (16.90%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (16.90%) Project Delivery
5 11 (15.49%) Software Licensing
6 10 (14.08%) Service Delivery
7 9 (12.68%) Customer Engagement
7 9 (12.68%) Mentoring
7 9 (12.68%) Time Management
8 7 (9.86%) Agile
8 7 (9.86%) Knowledge Transfer
9 6 (8.45%) Infrastructure as Code
9 6 (8.45%) Project Management
9 6 (8.45%) Requirements Gathering
9 6 (8.45%) Supplier Management
10 5 (7.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 5 (7.04%) Lead Generation
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.63%) Bicep
2 3 (4.23%) Python
2 3 (4.23%) SQL
3 2 (2.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (22.54%) Degree
2 14 (19.72%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (15.49%) ITIL Certification
4 9 (12.68%) CCNA
5 5 (7.04%) CCIE
6 4 (5.63%) CCNP
6 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (4.23%) CISSP
7 3 (4.23%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.82%) DBS Check
8 2 (2.82%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.82%) Security Cleared
9 1 (1.41%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.04%) GDPR
2 4 (5.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 2 (2.82%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (21.13%) Active Directory
2 14 (19.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (15.49%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.82%) ProxySG
5 1 (1.41%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (7.04%) Terraform
2 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.41%) Ansible
3 1 (1.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 27 (38.03%) Microsoft
2 15 (21.13%) Adobe
3 14 (19.72%) VMware
4 11 (15.49%) Apple
4 11 (15.49%) Cisco
5 10 (14.08%) Palo Alto
6 7 (9.86%) Fortinet
6 7 (9.86%) Huawei
6 7 (9.86%) Meraki
6 7 (9.86%) Polycom
6 7 (9.86%) Veeam
7 6 (8.45%) Aruba
7 6 (8.45%) Google
8 4 (5.63%) Dell
9 2 (2.82%) Blue Coat
9 2 (2.82%) CheckPoint
9 2 (2.82%) F5
9 2 (2.82%) HP
9 2 (2.82%) IBM
9 2 (2.82%) Motorola