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 5 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 205 136 126
Rank change year-on-year -69 -10 +53
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 83 187 177
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.87% 1.50% 2.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.56% 5.51% 6.09%
Number of salaries quoted 50 94 145
10th Percentile £25,500 £35,000 £30,128
25th Percentile £30,750 £41,053 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -20.83% +20.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,854 £82,500
90th Percentile £74,125 £64,775 £87,419
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% - -

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 3,243 3,393 2,907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 34.15% 27.28% 37.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,651 1,404 2,132
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £55,440
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -5.30% +0.80%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £54,793 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -8.68% -4.00% -0.79%

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 5 November 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 5 November 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 -48 44 £57,500 +21.05% 72
Yorkshire -4 30 £32,000 -44.35% 15
North East -4 9 £60,000 +33.33% 8
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 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (4.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.20%) AutoCAD
2 1 (1.20%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 28 (33.73%) Azure
2 10 (12.05%) AWS
3 9 (10.84%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (9.64%) Entra ID
4 8 (9.64%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (8.43%) IaaS
5 7 (8.43%) PaaS
5 7 (8.43%) SaaS
6 6 (7.23%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 6 (7.23%) Power Platform
7 4 (4.82%) Azure AI
7 4 (4.82%) Azure Key Vault
7 4 (4.82%) Azure Monitor
7 4 (4.82%) Azure Service Bus
7 4 (4.82%) GCP
7 4 (4.82%) Power Automate
8 3 (3.61%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.20%) Amazon S3
9 1 (1.20%) GitHub
9 1 (1.20%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 27 (32.53%) Firewall
2 21 (25.30%) WAN
3 20 (24.10%) VPN
4 15 (18.07%) LAN
5 14 (16.87%) DNS
5 14 (16.87%) SD-WAN
6 13 (15.66%) TCP/IP
7 11 (13.25%) Network Security
8 10 (12.05%) BGP
9 8 (9.64%) DHCP
10 7 (8.43%) WLAN
11 6 (7.23%) ADSL
11 6 (7.23%) Broadband
11 6 (7.23%) MPLS
11 6 (7.23%) VLAN
11 6 (7.23%) VoIP
11 6 (7.23%) WebEx
12 4 (4.82%) OSPF
12 4 (4.82%) Wi-Fi
13 1 (1.20%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.23%) Data Lake
2 4 (4.82%) MySQL
2 4 (4.82%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Git
2 1 (1.20%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.20%) JIRA
General
1 12 (14.46%) Social Skills
2 11 (13.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (12.05%) Finance
4 5 (6.02%) Local Government
5 4 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.82%) Military
5 4 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (4.82%) Retail
6 2 (2.41%) Financial Institution
6 2 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.20%) Law
7 1 (1.20%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.20%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (18.07%) Architect
2 9 (10.84%) Support Technician
3 8 (9.64%) IT Support
3 8 (9.64%) IT Support Technician
3 8 (9.64%) IT Technician
3 8 (9.64%) Senior
4 7 (8.43%) Technical Support
5 6 (7.23%) Analyst
5 6 (7.23%) Project Manager
5 6 (7.23%) Support Analyst
5 6 (7.23%) Technical Analyst
5 6 (7.23%) Technical Support Analyst
6 5 (6.02%) Design Engineer
6 5 (6.02%) DevOps Engineer
6 5 (6.02%) Infrastructure Manager
6 5 (6.02%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 5 (6.02%) IT Sales Executive
6 5 (6.02%) Principal Engineer
6 5 (6.02%) Sales Executive
7 4 (4.82%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.82%) Flash
2 2 (2.41%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.20%) LAMP
3 1 (1.20%) Software Packaging
3 1 (1.20%) Web Services
3 1 (1.20%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (15.66%) Driving Licence
2 8 (9.64%) NHS
3 6 (7.23%) Handset
4 5 (6.02%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (4.82%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (4.82%) Management Information System
5 4 (4.82%) Replication
5 4 (4.82%) SCADA
6 3 (3.61%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.41%) Cloud Native
7 2 (2.41%) Web Conferencing
8 1 (1.20%) BYOD
8 1 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.20%) Private Cloud
8 1 (1.20%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (16.87%) Windows
2 6 (7.23%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.82%) Android
4 1 (1.20%) Linux
4 1 (1.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (22.89%) ITIL
2 17 (20.48%) AI
3 16 (19.28%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (16.87%) Agile
5 13 (15.66%) Business Development
5 13 (15.66%) Project Management
6 11 (13.25%) Customer Service
6 11 (13.25%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (13.25%) DevOps
6 11 (13.25%) Infrastructure as Code
6 11 (13.25%) Mentoring
6 11 (13.25%) Software Licensing
7 10 (12.05%) Project Delivery
7 10 (12.05%) Service Delivery
8 9 (10.84%) Customer Engagement
8 9 (10.84%) Migration
8 9 (10.84%) Roadmaps
8 9 (10.84%) Time Management
9 8 (9.64%) TOGAF
10 7 (8.43%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.64%) Bicep
2 7 (8.43%) SQL
3 6 (7.23%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.41%) Python
5 1 (1.20%) JCL
5 1 (1.20%) REXX
Qualifications
1 20 (24.10%) Degree
2 12 (14.46%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (9.64%) DBS Check
3 8 (9.64%) ITIL Certification
4 7 (8.43%) CCNA
5 4 (4.82%) Azure Certification
5 4 (4.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (4.82%) CCIE
5 4 (4.82%) CISSP
5 4 (4.82%) Master's Degree
5 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (4.82%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (2.41%) CCNP
7 1 (1.20%) RIBA
7 1 (1.20%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.20%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.02%) GDPR
2 4 (4.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (1.20%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (13.25%) Active Directory
1 11 (13.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (9.64%) Hyper-V
3 4 (4.82%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.20%) Time Sharing Option
4 1 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (7.23%) Terraform
2 4 (4.82%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.20%) Ansible
4 1 (1.20%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.20%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 26 (31.33%) Microsoft
2 15 (18.07%) Adobe
3 12 (14.46%) VMware
4 11 (13.25%) Apple
5 10 (12.05%) Meraki
6 9 (10.84%) Palo Alto
7 8 (9.64%) Cisco
8 7 (8.43%) Dell
8 7 (8.43%) Fortinet
9 6 (7.23%) Aruba
9 6 (7.23%) Huawei
9 6 (7.23%) Polycom
10 5 (6.02%) IBM
11 4 (4.82%) Databricks
11 4 (4.82%) DIgSILENT
11 4 (4.82%) Google
11 4 (4.82%) HP
11 4 (4.82%) Veeam
12 1 (1.20%) ForeScout
12 1 (1.20%) Zscaler