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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 216 145
Rank change year-on-year +65 -71 -18
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 245 81 200
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.02% 0.84% 1.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.66% 2.10% 5.44%
Number of salaries quoted 126 49 105
10th Percentile £31,625 £25,500 £23,750
25th Percentile £45,721 £42,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +33.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £86,875 £67,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,000 £63,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +4.35% -1.29%

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 5,262 3,861 3,674
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.97% 40.28% 27.43%
Number of salaries quoted 3,596 1,555 1,572
10th Percentile £29,875 £26,100 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -8.65% -9.57%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
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% -4.76%

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 8 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 8 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 +43 105 £50,000 -16.49% 107
North East +10 97 £80,000 +33.33% 52
Yorkshire -15 43 £50,321 -8.51% 49
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%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.86%) IIS
3 2 (0.82%) nginx
4 1 (0.41%) Apache
4 1 (0.41%) Confluence
4 1 (0.41%) JBoss
4 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (3.27%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.63%) AutoCAD
3 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.63%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.22%) Revit
5 2 (0.82%) Navisworks
6 1 (0.41%) Autodesk Smoke
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 31 (12.65%) Azure
2 22 (8.98%) IaaS
3 9 (3.67%) AWS
3 9 (3.67%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (3.67%) Serverless
4 8 (3.27%) GitHub
5 5 (2.04%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.04%) GCP
6 3 (1.22%) Mimecast
6 3 (1.22%) SaaS
7 2 (0.82%) Cohesity
8 1 (0.41%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.41%) Azure App Service
8 1 (0.41%) Datadog
8 1 (0.41%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.41%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.41%) PaaS
8 1 (0.41%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.41%) Rubrik
8 1 (0.41%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 38 (15.51%) Firewall
2 34 (13.88%) Network Security
3 30 (12.24%) 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 12 (4.90%) VPN
9 10 (4.08%) OSPF
9 10 (4.08%) SAN
10 9 (3.67%) MPLS
11 8 (3.27%) BIG-IP
11 8 (3.27%) Cisco Nexus
11 8 (3.27%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 8 (3.27%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 8 (3.27%) VXLAN
12 5 (2.04%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (2.04%) Ethernet VPN
12 5 (2.04%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (1.63%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.41%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 12 (4.90%) JIRA
2 9 (3.67%) Snyk
3 7 (2.86%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.22%) GitLab
5 1 (0.41%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.41%) Git
5 1 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 46 (18.78%) Social Skills
2 21 (8.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 19 (7.76%) Finance
4 17 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (3.67%) Banking
7 8 (3.27%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.04%) Automotive
9 4 (1.63%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.63%) Law
10 3 (1.22%) Legal
10 3 (1.22%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.22%) Public Sector
11 2 (0.82%) Games
11 2 (0.82%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.41%) Aviation
12 1 (0.41%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.41%) Retail
Job Titles
1 39 (15.92%) Data Centre Manager
2 38 (15.51%) Senior
3 33 (13.47%) Data Manager
4 22 (8.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 19 (7.76%) Architect
6 18 (7.35%) Network Engineer
7 12 (4.90%) Data Centre Engineer
8 11 (4.49%) Analyst
8 11 (4.49%) Cloud Architect
8 11 (4.49%) Cloud Security Architect
8 11 (4.49%) Security Architect
8 11 (4.49%) Senior Architect
8 11 (4.49%) Senior Cloud Architect
8 11 (4.49%) Senior Security Architect
8 11 (4.49%) Support Engineer
9 7 (2.86%) Azure Engineer
9 7 (2.86%) Cloud Engineer
9 7 (2.86%) Consultant
9 7 (2.86%) Operations Manager
9 7 (2.86%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.67%) Terraform
2 3 (1.22%) 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 33 (13.47%) Driving Licence
2 13 (5.31%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (4.08%) Public Cloud
4 9 (3.67%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.67%) Private Cloud
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%) Life Science
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%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.98%) Windows
2 16 (6.53%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.63%) Linux
3 4 (1.63%) Windows Server 2016
3 4 (1.63%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (1.22%) VMS
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 37 (15.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 34 (13.88%) High Availability
3 29 (11.84%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (11.43%) AI
4 28 (11.43%) Project Management
5 27 (11.02%) CI/CD
6 26 (10.61%) Cybersecurity
7 22 (8.98%) ITIL
8 21 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (8.16%) Commercial Awareness
10 19 (7.76%) Budgeting
10 19 (7.76%) Cost Control
10 19 (7.76%) IT Strategy
10 19 (7.76%) Roadmaps
11 18 (7.35%) People Management
12 17 (6.94%) Agile
12 17 (6.94%) Customer Retention
12 17 (6.94%) Facilities Management
12 17 (6.94%) Risk Register
12 17 (6.94%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.35%) Python
2 10 (4.08%) SQL
3 7 (2.86%) ActionScript
4 6 (2.45%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.22%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.41%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (7.76%) Degree
2 17 (6.94%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.12%) SC Cleared
4 14 (5.71%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (4.90%) CCNA
6 9 (3.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (3.27%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (2.45%) CCNP
9 6 (2.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 5 (2.04%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.63%) MCSA
11 4 (1.63%) MCSE
12 2 (0.82%) CCIE
12 2 (0.82%) DV Cleared
13 1 (0.41%) A+ Certification
13 1 (0.41%) HNC
13 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (6.94%) ISO 14000
3 9 (3.67%) GRC
3 9 (3.67%) QA
4 6 (2.45%) SLA
5 3 (1.22%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.22%) PMO
6 2 (0.82%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.41%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 21 (8.57%) Active Directory
2 16 (6.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (4.90%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.45%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.63%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.22%) DFS Replication
6 3 (1.22%) vSphere
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 6 (2.45%) Ansible
2 5 (2.04%) FortiGate
3 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Clustering
3 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.63%) VxRail
4 3 (1.22%) WSUS
5 2 (0.82%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.82%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.82%) SCCM
5 2 (0.82%) SolarWinds Orion
5 2 (0.82%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.41%) Nagios
6 1 (0.41%) Nessus
Vendors
1 35 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.20%) VMware
3 20 (8.16%) Cisco
4 16 (6.53%) F5
5 14 (5.71%) Palo Alto
6 12 (4.90%) Tenable
7 9 (3.67%) CrowdStrike
8 8 (3.27%) Meraki
9 7 (2.86%) HP
9 7 (2.86%) SolarWinds
10 6 (2.45%) Aruba
10 6 (2.45%) Dell
10 6 (2.45%) Google
10 6 (2.45%) Veeam
11 4 (1.63%) Arista
11 4 (1.63%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.63%) Huawei
11 4 (1.63%) Polycom
11 4 (1.63%) YouTube
12 3 (1.22%) ANSYS