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 7 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 156 154
Rank change year-on-year -43 -2 -59
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 91 118 217
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.66% 1.60% 1.56%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.96% 4.67% 4.82%
Number of salaries quoted 66 66 178
10th Percentile £30,750 £41,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,188 £46,250 £37,399
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £52,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.84% +10.64% +1.08%
75th Percentile £57,625 £64,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £62,950 £87,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 4,651 2,529 4,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 33.65% 34.22% 32.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2,016 1,299 3,552
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,200 £27,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,500 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,875 £86,500 £82,548
England median annual salary £56,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.40% +13.64% -15.38%

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 7 March 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 7 March 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 -32 51 £48,445 -0.63% 31
Yorkshire -41 28 £45,500 -17.27% 26
North East -10 12 £49,222 -34.37% 6
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 16 (17.58%) SharePoint
2 8 (8.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.20%) IIS
4 1 (1.10%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (6.59%) MS Visio
2 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 44 (48.35%) Azure
2 28 (30.77%) AWS
3 12 (13.19%) OCI
4 10 (10.99%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (9.89%) GCP
6 4 (4.40%) Entra ID
7 3 (3.30%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (2.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (2.20%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (2.20%) IaaS
8 2 (2.20%) PaaS
8 2 (2.20%) SaaS
9 1 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.10%) GitHub
9 1 (1.10%) Nutanix
9 1 (1.10%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 28 (30.77%) Firewall
2 22 (24.18%) Wi-Fi
3 19 (20.88%) WAN
4 17 (18.68%) LAN
5 14 (15.38%) TCP/IP
5 14 (15.38%) VPN
6 12 (13.19%) Network Security
6 12 (13.19%) NGFW
6 12 (13.19%) VXLAN
6 12 (13.19%) Wireshark
7 10 (10.99%) DNS
8 8 (8.79%) DHCP
8 8 (8.79%) VLAN
9 7 (7.69%) BGP
9 7 (7.69%) SNMP
10 6 (6.59%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (6.59%) EIGRP
10 6 (6.59%) OSPF
10 6 (6.59%) Wireless
10 6 (6.59%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.20%) JIRA
2 1 (1.10%) Jenkins
General
1 22 (24.18%) Analytical Skills
1 22 (24.18%) Social Skills
2 13 (14.29%) Finance
2 13 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 8 (8.79%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (7.69%) Telecoms
5 5 (5.49%) Military
6 4 (4.40%) Local Government
6 4 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.30%) French Language
7 3 (3.30%) Italian Language
7 3 (3.30%) Legal
7 3 (3.30%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.30%) Portuguese Language
7 3 (3.30%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.10%) Banking
8 1 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.10%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.10%) Law
Job Titles
1 17 (18.68%) Network Manager
1 17 (18.68%) Network Operations Manager
1 17 (18.68%) Operations Manager
1 17 (18.68%) Senior
2 12 (13.19%) IT Support
2 12 (13.19%) IT Support Technician
2 12 (13.19%) IT Technician
2 12 (13.19%) Support Technician
3 9 (9.89%) Network Engineer
4 8 (8.79%) Document Controller
4 8 (8.79%) Infrastructure Manager
4 8 (8.79%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 8 (8.79%) Project Manager
5 7 (7.69%) Senior IT Support
5 7 (7.69%) Senior IT Technician
5 7 (7.69%) Senior Network Engineer
5 7 (7.69%) Senior Support Technician
5 7 (7.69%) Senior Technician
6 5 (5.49%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (5.49%) IT Sales Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.30%) .NET
1 3 (3.30%) CSS
1 3 (3.30%) HTML
2 1 (1.10%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.38%) Driving Licence
2 12 (13.19%) PKI
3 7 (7.69%) Replication
4 6 (6.59%) Onboarding
5 5 (5.49%) Management Information System
6 4 (4.40%) Algorithms
6 4 (4.40%) Cloud Native
6 4 (4.40%) NHS
7 3 (3.30%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (2.20%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (1.10%) Private Cloud
9 1 (1.10%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 22 (24.18%) Windows
2 12 (13.19%) Windows Server
3 10 (10.99%) Android
4 3 (3.30%) Apple iOS
4 3 (3.30%) Linux
5 2 (2.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (40.66%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (21.98%) Project Delivery
3 19 (20.88%) Mentoring
4 18 (19.78%) Load Balancing
5 17 (18.68%) Business Development
6 15 (16.48%) ITIL
6 15 (16.48%) Service Delivery
7 13 (14.29%) ITSM
7 13 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
8 12 (13.19%) Coaching
8 12 (13.19%) Creative Thinking
9 11 (12.09%) Project Management
10 9 (9.89%) Collaborative Working
10 9 (9.89%) Computer Science
10 9 (9.89%) Customer Service
11 8 (8.79%) Knowledge Transfer
11 8 (8.79%) Requirements Gathering
12 6 (6.59%) Analytical Thinking
12 6 (6.59%) CI/CD
12 6 (6.59%) WAN Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 23 (25.27%) Python
2 3 (3.30%) JavaScript
2 3 (3.30%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.30%) SQL
3 2 (2.20%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 13 (14.29%) Degree
2 12 (13.19%) ITIL Certification
3 9 (9.89%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (8.79%) CCNP
4 8 (8.79%) SC Cleared
4 8 (8.79%) Security Cleared
5 6 (6.59%) CCIE
5 6 (6.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (3.30%) CCNA
7 3 (3.30%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.10%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.10%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.10%) Azure Certification
8 1 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.10%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.79%) ISO 9001
1 8 (8.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (6.59%) PMO
3 5 (5.49%) GDPR
4 4 (4.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 16 (17.58%) Active Directory
2 15 (16.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (15.38%) Hyper-V
4 6 (6.59%) ProxySG
5 1 (1.10%) KVM
5 1 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.10%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (16.48%) Terraform
2 13 (14.29%) Ansible
3 2 (2.20%) VxRail
3 2 (2.20%) WSUS
4 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.10%) PowerCLI
4 1 (1.10%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 16 (17.58%) Microsoft
2 15 (16.48%) VMware
3 12 (13.19%) Arista
3 12 (13.19%) Aruba
3 12 (13.19%) NetScout
4 11 (12.09%) Cisco
5 9 (9.89%) Veeam
6 8 (8.79%) Google
7 6 (6.59%) Blue Coat
7 6 (6.59%) CheckPoint
7 6 (6.59%) F5
7 6 (6.59%) Infoblox
7 6 (6.59%) Motorola
7 6 (6.59%) ServiceNow
7 6 (6.59%) SolarWinds
8 4 (4.40%) Adobe
9 3 (3.30%) Meraki
10 2 (2.20%) HP
10 2 (2.20%) Tenable
10 2 (2.20%) Zerto