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 6 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 218 147
Rank change year-on-year +72 -71 -128
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 229 97 239
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.05% 1.01% 1.59%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.93% 2.49% 5.62%
Number of salaries quoted 118 65 181
10th Percentile £32,600 £29,750 £23,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £51,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +41.18% -22.73%
75th Percentile £74,063 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,500 £61,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -4.49%

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 4,642 3,902 4,256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.27% 40.72% 28.23%
Number of salaries quoted 3,311 1,601 2,535
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,480 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,634 £82,500 £80,949
England median annual salary £58,750 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +6.82% -4.35% -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 6 August 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 6 August 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 +66 123 £47,500 -20.50% 50
North East -9 66 £70,288 +12.46% 46
Yorkshire -13 40 £45,000 -18.18% 29
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 (3.93%) IIS
2 6 (2.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.75%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.44%) Apache
4 1 (0.44%) Confluence
4 1 (0.44%) JBoss
4 1 (0.44%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (1.75%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.31%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 36 (15.72%) Azure
2 16 (6.99%) IaaS
3 12 (5.24%) Serverless
4 11 (4.80%) AWS
5 7 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.75%) GCP
6 4 (1.75%) SaaS
7 3 (1.31%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.87%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.44%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.44%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.44%) Datadog
9 1 (0.44%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 31 (13.54%) Firewall
1 31 (13.54%) Wireless
2 25 (10.92%) WAN
3 21 (9.17%) Network Security
4 20 (8.73%) DNS
5 19 (8.30%) BGP
6 18 (7.86%) LAN
7 16 (6.99%) VPN
8 14 (6.11%) SD-WAN
9 13 (5.68%) OSPF
10 11 (4.80%) Cisco Nexus
10 11 (4.80%) DHCP
10 11 (4.80%) SAN
11 9 (3.93%) MPLS
12 8 (3.49%) Cisco ASA
12 8 (3.49%) SNMP
13 7 (3.06%) VLAN
13 7 (3.06%) VXLAN
14 5 (2.18%) NAS
14 5 (2.18%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.62%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (5.24%) Snyk
2 3 (1.31%) JIRA
3 1 (0.44%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.44%) Git
3 1 (0.44%) Subversion
General
1 58 (25.33%) Social Skills
2 22 (9.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 18 (7.86%) Finance
4 13 (5.68%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.06%) Legal
5 7 (3.06%) Telecoms
6 6 (2.62%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.31%) Law
8 2 (0.87%) Aerospace
8 2 (0.87%) Banking
8 2 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (0.87%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.44%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.44%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.44%) Games
9 1 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.44%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 64 (27.95%) Senior
2 34 (14.85%) Data Centre Manager
3 31 (13.54%) Architect
3 31 (13.54%) Data Manager
4 26 (11.35%) IT Technician
5 24 (10.48%) Senior IT Technician
5 24 (10.48%) Senior Technician
6 22 (9.61%) Network Engineer
7 18 (7.86%) Data Centre Engineer
8 17 (7.42%) Cloud Architect
9 16 (6.99%) Cloud Security Architect
9 16 (6.99%) Security Architect
9 16 (6.99%) Senior Architect
9 16 (6.99%) Senior Cloud Architect
9 16 (6.99%) Senior Security Architect
10 15 (6.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 15 (6.55%) Support Engineer
11 12 (5.24%) Senior Network Engineer
12 10 (4.37%) Analyst
13 9 (3.93%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.87%) SAML
2 1 (0.44%) CSS
2 1 (0.44%) CSS3
2 1 (0.44%) HTML
2 1 (0.44%) HTML5
2 1 (0.44%) Keycloak
2 1 (0.44%) OAuth
2 1 (0.44%) OAuth2
2 1 (0.44%) OpenID
2 1 (0.44%) React
Miscellaneous
1 31 (13.54%) Driving Licence
2 7 (3.06%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.18%) Enterprise Cloud
3 5 (2.18%) Operational Technology
4 4 (1.75%) Clustering
4 4 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (1.75%) Enterprise Storage
4 4 (1.75%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.75%) Public Cloud
5 2 (0.87%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.44%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.44%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.44%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (0.44%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.44%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.44%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.44%) Social Media
6 1 (0.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 45 (19.65%) Windows
2 42 (18.34%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.31%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (0.87%) Linux
4 2 (0.87%) VMS
5 1 (0.44%) Android
5 1 (0.44%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (16.59%) Service Delivery
2 34 (14.85%) High Availability
3 30 (13.10%) Customer Service
4 26 (11.35%) AI
5 24 (10.48%) Cybersecurity
5 24 (10.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 23 (10.04%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (10.04%) Project Management
7 21 (9.17%) CI/CD
7 21 (9.17%) IT Strategy
7 21 (9.17%) Roadmaps
8 18 (7.86%) Commercial Awareness
8 18 (7.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (7.86%) Technology Strategy
9 17 (7.42%) Budgeting
9 17 (7.42%) Cost Control
9 17 (7.42%) Customer Retention
9 17 (7.42%) Facilities Management
9 17 (7.42%) People Management
9 17 (7.42%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.68%) Python
1 13 (5.68%) SQL
2 5 (2.18%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.31%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.44%) Bicep
4 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 24 (10.48%) DBS Check
2 16 (6.99%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (6.11%) SC Cleared
3 14 (6.11%) Security Cleared
4 11 (4.80%) Degree
5 10 (4.37%) CCNA
5 10 (4.37%) CCNP
6 8 (3.49%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.62%) CCIE
7 6 (2.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 6 (2.62%) Network+ Certification
8 5 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.75%) MCSA
9 4 (1.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.87%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.87%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.44%) HNC
12 1 (0.44%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (7.42%) ISO 14000
3 13 (5.68%) GRC
4 5 (2.18%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.18%) PMO
5 4 (1.75%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.87%) QA
7 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.44%) SLA
System Software
1 34 (14.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (9.61%) Active Directory
3 12 (5.24%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (3.06%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.75%) ProxySG
5 4 (1.75%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.87%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.44%) MetaFrame
7 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.44%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.44%) vSphere
7 1 (0.44%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 7 (3.06%) Terraform
2 5 (2.18%) VxRail
2 5 (2.18%) WSUS
3 4 (1.75%) Ansible
3 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.87%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.87%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.44%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.44%) Nagios
6 1 (0.44%) Nessus
Vendors
1 47 (20.52%) Microsoft
2 42 (18.34%) VMware
3 22 (9.61%) Cisco
4 17 (7.42%) Tenable
5 16 (6.99%) Palo Alto
6 12 (5.24%) CrowdStrike
7 10 (4.37%) F5
8 9 (3.93%) HP
8 9 (3.93%) Meraki
9 8 (3.49%) SolarWinds
9 8 (3.49%) Veeam
10 5 (2.18%) Commvault
10 5 (2.18%) Dell
10 5 (2.18%) Oracle
10 5 (2.18%) Zerto
11 4 (1.75%) Arista
11 4 (1.75%) Aruba
11 4 (1.75%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.75%) Infoblox
11 4 (1.75%) Motorola