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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 214 142
Rank change year-on-year +57 -72 -53
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 245 79 205
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.02% 0.83% 1.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.70% 2.05% 5.53%
Number of salaries quoted 126 49 110
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,500 £23,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +41.18% -29.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £67,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,000 £60,350
England median annual salary £68,750 £60,000 £56,509
% change year-on-year +14.58% +6.18% -2.57%

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 5,210 3,852 3,710
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.65% 40.35% 27.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3,596 1,533 1,627
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,050 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £33,000 £38,820
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -7.77% -10.43%
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £65,427
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -6.93%

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 1 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 1 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 West +38 111 £52,500 -12.50% 107
North East 0 91 £80,000 +33.33% 71
Yorkshire -13 43 £50,911 -7.44% 51
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 (3.27%) IIS
2 7 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.41%) Apache
3 1 (0.41%) Confluence
3 1 (0.41%) JBoss
3 1 (0.41%) nginx
3 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.63%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.22%) AutoCAD
4 3 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.82%) Revit
6 1 (0.41%) Autodesk Smoke
6 1 (0.41%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 29 (11.84%) Azure
2 19 (7.76%) IaaS
3 12 (4.90%) Serverless
4 8 (3.27%) AWS
4 8 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.45%) GitHub
6 5 (2.04%) GCP
7 4 (1.63%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.82%) Cohesity
8 2 (0.82%) Mimecast
8 2 (0.82%) SaaS
9 1 (0.41%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.41%) Azure App Service
9 1 (0.41%) Datadog
9 1 (0.41%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.41%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.41%) PaaS
9 1 (0.41%) Rubrik
9 1 (0.41%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 36 (14.69%) Firewall
2 30 (12.24%) Network Security
3 27 (11.02%) DNS
4 23 (9.39%) WAN
5 16 (6.53%) BGP
5 16 (6.53%) SD-WAN
6 15 (6.12%) LAN
7 13 (5.31%) DHCP
8 11 (4.49%) SAN
8 11 (4.49%) VPN
9 10 (4.08%) OSPF
10 9 (3.67%) MPLS
11 8 (3.27%) Cisco Nexus
11 8 (3.27%) VXLAN
12 5 (2.04%) BIG-IP
12 5 (2.04%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (2.04%) Ethernet VPN
12 5 (2.04%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 5 (2.04%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 4 (1.63%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.63%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 12 (4.90%) Snyk
2 10 (4.08%) JIRA
3 5 (2.04%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.82%) GitLab
5 1 (0.41%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.41%) Git
5 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 41 (16.73%) Social Skills
2 26 (10.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 19 (7.76%) Finance
4 15 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (3.27%) Banking
5 8 (3.27%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (2.04%) Automotive
6 5 (2.04%) Law
7 4 (1.63%) Aerospace
7 4 (1.63%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.22%) Legal
8 3 (1.22%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.22%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.82%) Games
9 2 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.41%) Aviation
10 1 (0.41%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 44 (17.96%) Senior
2 39 (15.92%) Data Centre Manager
3 33 (13.47%) Data Manager
4 25 (10.20%) Architect
5 21 (8.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (7.35%) Network Engineer
7 16 (6.53%) Cloud Architect
7 16 (6.53%) Cloud Security Architect
7 16 (6.53%) Security Architect
7 16 (6.53%) Senior Architect
7 16 (6.53%) Senior Cloud Architect
7 16 (6.53%) Senior Security Architect
8 13 (5.31%) Data Centre Engineer
9 12 (4.90%) Support Engineer
10 10 (4.08%) Analyst
11 9 (3.67%) Technologist
12 7 (2.86%) Azure Engineer
12 7 (2.86%) Cloud Engineer
12 7 (2.86%) Operations Manager
12 7 (2.86%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.67%) Terraform
2 2 (0.82%) SAML
3 1 (0.41%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.41%) CSS
3 1 (0.41%) CSS3
3 1 (0.41%) HTML
3 1 (0.41%) HTML5
3 1 (0.41%) Keycloak
3 1 (0.41%) OAuth
3 1 (0.41%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.41%) OpenID
3 1 (0.41%) React
Miscellaneous
1 34 (13.88%) Driving Licence
2 9 (3.67%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (3.27%) Private Cloud
3 8 (3.27%) Public Cloud
4 7 (2.86%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.45%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (2.45%) Enterprise Cloud
6 4 (1.63%) Clustering
6 4 (1.63%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.22%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.82%) CSOC
8 2 (0.82%) Fat Client
8 2 (0.82%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.82%) PKI
8 2 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.82%) Social Media
8 2 (0.82%) Thin Client
9 1 (0.41%) CCTV
9 1 (0.41%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.98%) Windows
2 16 (6.53%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.63%) Linux
4 3 (1.22%) VMS
4 3 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.82%) AIX
5 2 (0.82%) Solaris
5 2 (0.82%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.82%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.41%) Android
6 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.41%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (13.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 32 (13.06%) AI
2 32 (13.06%) High Availability
3 28 (11.43%) Cybersecurity
4 27 (11.02%) CI/CD
4 27 (11.02%) Project Management
5 26 (10.61%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (9.80%) IT Strategy
7 22 (8.98%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (8.57%) ITIL
8 21 (8.57%) Technology Strategy
9 20 (8.16%) Roadmaps
10 19 (7.76%) Budgeting
10 19 (7.76%) Commercial Awareness
11 18 (7.35%) Cost Control
11 18 (7.35%) People Management
12 17 (6.94%) Facilities Management
12 17 (6.94%) Risk Register
12 17 (6.94%) Service Delivery
12 17 (6.94%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.53%) Python
2 11 (4.49%) SQL
3 6 (2.45%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.04%) ActionScript
5 3 (1.22%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (7.35%) Security Cleared
2 16 (6.53%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.71%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (5.71%) Degree
4 12 (4.90%) CCNA
5 9 (3.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (2.86%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 6 (2.45%) CCNP
7 6 (2.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 5 (2.04%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.63%) MCSA
9 4 (1.63%) MCSE
10 2 (0.82%) CCIE
10 2 (0.82%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.41%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.41%) HNC
11 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (6.94%) ISO 14000
3 13 (5.31%) GRC
4 7 (2.86%) QA
5 6 (2.45%) SLA
6 4 (1.63%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.22%) PMO
8 2 (0.82%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.41%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 21 (8.57%) Active Directory
2 16 (6.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (5.71%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.45%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.63%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.22%) vSphere
7 2 (0.82%) DFS Replication
7 2 (0.82%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.82%) UAG
8 1 (0.41%) Docker
8 1 (0.41%) MetaFrame
8 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.41%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (2.04%) Ansible
1 5 (2.04%) VxRail
2 4 (1.63%) FortiGate
2 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Clustering
2 4 (1.63%) WSUS
3 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.82%) AirWatch
4 2 (0.82%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.82%) SCCM
4 2 (0.82%) SolarWinds Orion
4 2 (0.82%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.41%) Nagios
5 1 (0.41%) Nessus
Vendors
1 32 (13.06%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.20%) VMware
3 21 (8.57%) Cisco
4 17 (6.94%) Palo Alto
5 16 (6.53%) Tenable
6 13 (5.31%) F5
7 12 (4.90%) CrowdStrike
8 9 (3.67%) Meraki
9 8 (3.27%) HP
10 7 (2.86%) Dell
10 7 (2.86%) Veeam
11 6 (2.45%) Google
11 6 (2.45%) SolarWinds
12 5 (2.04%) Aruba
13 4 (1.63%) Commvault
13 4 (1.63%) Fortinet
13 4 (1.63%) Huawei
13 4 (1.63%) Polycom
13 4 (1.63%) YouTube
13 4 (1.63%) Zerto