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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 219 156
Rank change year-on-year +63 -63 -134
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 224 95 247
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.05% 1.00% 1.58%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.96% 2.45% 5.49%
Number of salaries quoted 114 64 188
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,302 £23,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £51,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £60,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +41.18% -22.73%
75th Percentile £70,938 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £86,750 £86,750 £61,625
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -5.17%

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 4,518 3,884 4,497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.13% 40.82% 28.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,233 1,595 2,768
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,480 £28,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -5.88% -8.93%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,634 £83,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £59,500 £57,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.39% -0.87% -11.54%

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 30 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 30 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 +67 129 £47,500 -20.50% 27
North East -13 58 £65,000 +4.00% 20
Yorkshire -19 37 £45,000 -18.18% 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 (4.02%) IIS
2 6 (2.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.68%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.45%) Apache
3 1 (0.45%) Confluence
3 1 (0.45%) JBoss
3 1 (0.45%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (1.79%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.34%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 35 (15.63%) Azure
2 16 (7.14%) IaaS
3 12 (5.36%) Serverless
4 11 (4.91%) AWS
5 7 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.79%) GCP
6 4 (1.79%) SaaS
7 3 (1.34%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.89%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.45%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.45%) Datadog
9 1 (0.45%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.45%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.45%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (14.29%) Firewall
2 31 (13.84%) Wireless
3 25 (11.16%) WAN
4 20 (8.93%) DNS
5 19 (8.48%) BGP
6 18 (8.04%) LAN
7 17 (7.59%) Network Security
7 17 (7.59%) VPN
8 14 (6.25%) SD-WAN
9 13 (5.80%) OSPF
10 11 (4.91%) Cisco Nexus
10 11 (4.91%) DHCP
10 11 (4.91%) SAN
11 9 (4.02%) MPLS
12 8 (3.57%) Cisco ASA
12 8 (3.57%) SNMP
12 8 (3.57%) VLAN
13 7 (3.13%) VXLAN
14 5 (2.23%) NAS
14 5 (2.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.68%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (5.36%) Snyk
2 3 (1.34%) JIRA
3 1 (0.45%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.45%) Git
3 1 (0.45%) Subversion
General
1 56 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 18 (8.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 17 (7.59%) Finance
4 12 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (3.57%) Telecoms
6 7 (3.13%) Legal
7 4 (1.79%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.34%) Law
9 2 (0.89%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.45%) Banking
10 1 (0.45%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.45%) Games
10 1 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.45%) Military
10 1 (0.45%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 62 (27.68%) Senior
2 33 (14.73%) Data Centre Manager
3 31 (13.84%) Architect
4 30 (13.39%) Data Manager
5 26 (11.61%) IT Technician
6 24 (10.71%) Senior IT Technician
6 24 (10.71%) Senior Technician
7 22 (9.82%) Network Engineer
8 19 (8.48%) Data Centre Engineer
9 17 (7.59%) Cloud Architect
10 16 (7.14%) Cloud Security Architect
10 16 (7.14%) Security Architect
10 16 (7.14%) Senior Architect
10 16 (7.14%) Senior Cloud Architect
10 16 (7.14%) Senior Security Architect
11 15 (6.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (6.70%) Support Engineer
12 12 (5.36%) Senior Network Engineer
13 11 (4.91%) Analyst
14 9 (4.02%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.89%) SAML
2 1 (0.45%) CSS
2 1 (0.45%) CSS3
2 1 (0.45%) HTML
2 1 (0.45%) HTML5
2 1 (0.45%) Keycloak
2 1 (0.45%) OAuth
2 1 (0.45%) OAuth2
2 1 (0.45%) OpenID
2 1 (0.45%) React
Miscellaneous
1 32 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 7 (3.13%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.23%) Enterprise Cloud
3 5 (2.23%) Operational Technology
4 4 (1.79%) Clustering
4 4 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (1.79%) Enterprise Storage
4 4 (1.79%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.79%) Public Cloud
5 2 (0.89%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (0.89%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.45%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.45%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.45%) Social Media
6 1 (0.45%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 46 (20.54%) Windows
2 43 (19.20%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.34%) Linux
3 3 (1.34%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (1.34%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (0.89%) VMS
5 1 (0.45%) Android
5 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.45%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (16.52%) Service Delivery
2 34 (15.18%) High Availability
3 30 (13.39%) Customer Service
4 25 (11.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 25 (11.16%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (9.82%) Project Management
6 21 (9.38%) AI
6 21 (9.38%) CI/CD
6 21 (9.38%) IT Strategy
6 21 (9.38%) Roadmaps
7 19 (8.48%) Cybersecurity
8 18 (8.04%) Commercial Awareness
8 18 (8.04%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (8.04%) Technology Strategy
9 17 (7.59%) Budgeting
9 17 (7.59%) Cost Control
9 17 (7.59%) Customer Retention
9 17 (7.59%) Facilities Management
9 17 (7.59%) People Management
9 17 (7.59%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.25%) Python
2 13 (5.80%) SQL
3 6 (2.68%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.34%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.45%) Bicep
5 1 (0.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 24 (10.71%) DBS Check
2 16 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (7.14%) SC Cleared
2 16 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.46%) CCNA
3 10 (4.46%) CCNP
4 9 (4.02%) Degree
5 8 (3.57%) Azure Certification
6 6 (2.68%) CCIE
6 6 (2.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (2.68%) Network+ Certification
7 5 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.79%) MCSA
9 3 (1.34%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.89%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.89%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (7.59%) ISO 14000
3 13 (5.80%) GRC
4 6 (2.68%) ISO 9001
5 5 (2.23%) Accessibility
5 5 (2.23%) PMO
6 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 36 (16.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (9.82%) Active Directory
3 13 (5.80%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (3.57%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.23%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.79%) ProxySG
7 2 (0.89%) DFS Replication
7 2 (0.89%) vSphere
8 1 (0.45%) KVM
8 1 (0.45%) MetaFrame
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.45%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.45%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (3.13%) Terraform
2 5 (2.23%) Ansible
2 5 (2.23%) VxRail
2 5 (2.23%) WSUS
3 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.89%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.89%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.45%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.45%) Nagios
6 1 (0.45%) Nessus
6 1 (0.45%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 47 (20.98%) Microsoft
2 44 (19.64%) VMware
3 22 (9.82%) Cisco
4 17 (7.59%) Tenable
5 16 (7.14%) Palo Alto
6 12 (5.36%) CrowdStrike
7 10 (4.46%) F5
8 9 (4.02%) HP
8 9 (4.02%) Meraki
9 8 (3.57%) SolarWinds
9 8 (3.57%) Veeam
10 5 (2.23%) Commvault
10 5 (2.23%) Dell
10 5 (2.23%) Oracle
10 5 (2.23%) Zerto
11 4 (1.79%) Arista
11 4 (1.79%) Aruba
11 4 (1.79%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.79%) Infoblox
11 4 (1.79%) Motorola