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 15 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 220 141
Rank change year-on-year +71 -79 -13
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 248 78 195
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.03% 0.83% 1.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.60% 2.07% 5.51%
Number of salaries quoted 134 47 97
10th Percentile £37,375 £25,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £30,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,576 £59,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.75% +25.79% -20.83%
75th Percentile £90,000 £66,250 £57,500
90th Percentile - £91,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +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 5,386 3,761 3,536
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 22.45% 39.89% 27.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3,664 1,564 1,496
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £30,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £40,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £71,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,167 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.12% -8.33% -4.00%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 East +12 105 £81,750 +36.25% 6
North West +32 100 £50,000 -16.32% 29
Yorkshire -16 43 £50,911 -7.44% 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 9 (3.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.82%) IIS
3 2 (0.81%) nginx
4 1 (0.40%) Apache
4 1 (0.40%) Confluence
4 1 (0.40%) JBoss
4 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.02%) AutoCAD
2 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.61%) Revit
3 4 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.21%) Navisworks
5 1 (0.40%) Autodesk Smoke
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 32 (12.90%) Azure
2 23 (9.27%) IaaS
3 10 (4.03%) AWS
4 9 (3.63%) GitHub
4 9 (3.63%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (2.82%) Serverless
6 6 (2.42%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.42%) GCP
7 4 (1.61%) Mimecast
7 4 (1.61%) SaaS
8 2 (0.81%) Cohesity
8 2 (0.81%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.40%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.40%) Azure App Service
9 1 (0.40%) Datadog
9 1 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.40%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.40%) PaaS
9 1 (0.40%) Rubrik
9 1 (0.40%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 38 (15.32%) Firewall
2 34 (13.71%) Network Security
3 30 (12.10%) DNS
4 22 (8.87%) WAN
5 16 (6.45%) BGP
5 16 (6.45%) SD-WAN
6 14 (5.65%) LAN
7 13 (5.24%) DHCP
8 12 (4.84%) VPN
9 10 (4.03%) OSPF
9 10 (4.03%) SAN
10 9 (3.63%) MPLS
11 8 (3.23%) BIG-IP
11 8 (3.23%) Cisco Nexus
11 8 (3.23%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 8 (3.23%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 8 (3.23%) VXLAN
12 6 (2.42%) Remote Desktop
12 6 (2.42%) SNMP
13 5 (2.02%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (1.61%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 12 (4.84%) JIRA
2 7 (2.82%) Jenkins
2 7 (2.82%) Snyk
3 3 (1.21%) GitLab
4 1 (0.40%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.40%) Git
4 1 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.40%) Subversion
General
1 50 (20.16%) Social Skills
2 19 (7.66%) Finance
3 18 (7.26%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (6.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (5.24%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (3.63%) Banking
7 8 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.02%) Automotive
9 4 (1.61%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.61%) Law
9 4 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.21%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.21%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.81%) Games
11 2 (0.81%) Legal
12 1 (0.40%) Aviation
12 1 (0.40%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.40%) Retail
12 1 (0.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (15.32%) Data Centre Manager
2 37 (14.92%) Senior
3 33 (13.31%) Data Manager
4 22 (8.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 18 (7.26%) Network Engineer
6 16 (6.45%) Architect
7 12 (4.84%) Analyst
7 12 (4.84%) Data Centre Engineer
8 10 (4.03%) Support Engineer
9 8 (3.23%) Cloud Architect
9 8 (3.23%) Cloud Security Architect
9 8 (3.23%) Consultant
9 8 (3.23%) Security Architect
9 8 (3.23%) Senior Architect
9 8 (3.23%) Senior Cloud Architect
9 8 (3.23%) Senior Security Architect
10 7 (2.82%) Azure Engineer
10 7 (2.82%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (2.82%) Operations Manager
10 7 (2.82%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.03%) Terraform
2 4 (1.61%) SAML
3 1 (0.40%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.40%) CSS
3 1 (0.40%) CSS3
3 1 (0.40%) HTML
3 1 (0.40%) HTML5
3 1 (0.40%) Keycloak
3 1 (0.40%) OAuth
3 1 (0.40%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.40%) OpenID
3 1 (0.40%) React
Miscellaneous
1 32 (12.90%) Driving Licence
2 14 (5.65%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (4.03%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.03%) Public Cloud
4 9 (3.63%) Private Cloud
5 6 (2.42%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (2.42%) Enterprise Cloud
6 4 (1.61%) Clustering
6 4 (1.61%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.21%) Life Science
8 2 (0.81%) CSOC
8 2 (0.81%) Fat Client
8 2 (0.81%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.81%) PKI
8 2 (0.81%) Replication
8 2 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.81%) Social Media
8 2 (0.81%) Thin Client
9 1 (0.40%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.87%) Windows
2 16 (6.45%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.02%) Linux
3 5 (2.02%) Windows Server 2016
3 5 (2.02%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (1.21%) VMS
5 2 (0.81%) AIX
5 2 (0.81%) Solaris
5 2 (0.81%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.81%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.40%) Android
6 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.40%) macOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (15.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 35 (14.11%) High Availability
3 31 (12.50%) Project Management
4 28 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (10.48%) CI/CD
6 25 (10.08%) AI
6 25 (10.08%) Cybersecurity
7 22 (8.87%) Commercial Awareness
7 22 (8.87%) ITIL
8 20 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (8.06%) Cost Control
9 19 (7.66%) Budgeting
10 18 (7.26%) People Management
10 18 (7.26%) Roadmaps
10 18 (7.26%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (6.85%) Agile
11 17 (6.85%) Customer Retention
11 17 (6.85%) Facilities Management
11 17 (6.85%) Risk Register
12 16 (6.45%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.26%) Python
2 10 (4.03%) SQL
3 7 (2.82%) ActionScript
3 7 (2.82%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.21%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 25 (10.08%) Degree
2 16 (6.45%) Security Cleared
3 14 (5.65%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (5.65%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.84%) CCNA
5 9 (3.63%) Azure Certification
5 9 (3.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.42%) CCNP
6 6 (2.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (2.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.61%) MCSA
7 4 (1.61%) MCSE
7 4 (1.61%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (0.81%) CCIE
8 2 (0.81%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.40%) HNC
9 1 (0.40%) MRICS
9 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (6.85%) ISO 14000
3 12 (4.84%) QA
4 7 (2.82%) GRC
5 6 (2.42%) SLA
6 3 (1.21%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.21%) PMO
7 2 (0.81%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.40%) GMP
8 1 (0.40%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 21 (8.47%) Active Directory
2 17 (6.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (4.44%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (2.82%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.61%) DFS Replication
5 4 (1.61%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.21%) vSphere
7 2 (0.81%) Docker
7 2 (0.81%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.81%) UAG
8 1 (0.40%) MetaFrame
8 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.40%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (2.42%) Ansible
1 6 (2.42%) FortiGate
2 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Clustering
3 4 (1.61%) VxRail
4 3 (1.21%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.21%) WSUS
5 2 (0.81%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.81%) SCCM
5 2 (0.81%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (0.81%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.40%) Nagios
6 1 (0.40%) Nessus
Vendors
1 35 (14.11%) Microsoft
2 26 (10.48%) VMware
3 20 (8.06%) Cisco
4 16 (6.45%) F5
5 12 (4.84%) Palo Alto
6 10 (4.03%) Tenable
7 8 (3.23%) Meraki
7 8 (3.23%) SolarWinds
8 7 (2.82%) Aruba
8 7 (2.82%) CrowdStrike
8 7 (2.82%) Google
8 7 (2.82%) HP
9 6 (2.42%) Dell
9 6 (2.42%) Veeam
10 4 (1.61%) Arista
10 4 (1.61%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.61%) Huawei
10 4 (1.61%) Polycom
10 4 (1.61%) YouTube
10 4 (1.61%) Zscaler