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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 215 142
Rank change year-on-year +79 -73 -124
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 248 98 243
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.11% 1.02% 1.60%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.19% 2.54% 5.91%
Number of salaries quoted 129 64 182
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,300 £23,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £51,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +41.18% -23.44%
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £56,875
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,800 £61,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -4.42%

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 4,778 3,865 4,113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.32% 40.32% 27.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,365 1,572 2,355
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,750 £32,500 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -12.62% -10.43%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £93,634 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -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 20 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 20 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 +58 124 £50,000 -14.71% 29
North East -6 78 £80,000 +23.08% 31
Yorkshire -15 46 £45,000 -18.18% 23
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 (3.23%) IIS
2 7 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.81%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.40%) Apache
4 1 (0.40%) Confluence
4 1 (0.40%) JBoss
4 1 (0.40%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.21%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.81%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 33 (13.31%) Azure
2 15 (6.05%) IaaS
3 12 (4.84%) Serverless
4 9 (3.63%) AWS
5 8 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.42%) GCP
7 4 (1.61%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.21%) SaaS
9 2 (0.81%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.40%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.40%) Azure App Service
10 1 (0.40%) Datadog
10 1 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.40%) GitHub
10 1 (0.40%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.40%) PaaS
10 1 (0.40%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.40%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 31 (12.50%) Firewall
2 30 (12.10%) Wireless
3 25 (10.08%) Network Security
4 24 (9.68%) WAN
5 19 (7.66%) DNS
6 18 (7.26%) BGP
7 17 (6.85%) LAN
8 16 (6.45%) SD-WAN
9 14 (5.65%) VPN
10 12 (4.84%) OSPF
11 10 (4.03%) Cisco Nexus
11 10 (4.03%) DHCP
11 10 (4.03%) SAN
12 9 (3.63%) MPLS
13 8 (3.23%) VXLAN
14 7 (2.82%) Cisco ASA
15 6 (2.42%) SNMP
15 6 (2.42%) VLAN
16 5 (2.02%) Ethernet VPN
17 4 (1.61%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.61%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 12 (4.84%) Snyk
2 3 (1.21%) JIRA
3 1 (0.40%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.40%) Git
3 1 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.40%) Subversion
General
1 58 (23.39%) Social Skills
2 25 (10.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (8.47%) Finance
4 14 (5.65%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (2.02%) Banking
5 5 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (2.02%) Legal
5 5 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (2.02%) Telecoms
6 3 (1.21%) Automotive
6 3 (1.21%) Law
6 3 (1.21%) Public Sector
7 2 (0.81%) Aerospace
7 2 (0.81%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.40%) Digital Health
8 1 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.40%) Games
8 1 (0.40%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.40%) Retail
Job Titles
1 67 (27.02%) Senior
2 36 (14.52%) Data Centre Manager
3 32 (12.90%) Data Manager
4 29 (11.69%) Architect
5 26 (10.48%) IT Technician
6 24 (9.68%) Senior IT Technician
6 24 (9.68%) Senior Technician
7 21 (8.47%) Network Engineer
8 17 (6.85%) Data Centre Engineer
9 16 (6.45%) Cloud Architect
9 16 (6.45%) Cloud Security Architect
9 16 (6.45%) Security Architect
9 16 (6.45%) Senior Architect
9 16 (6.45%) Senior Cloud Architect
9 16 (6.45%) Senior Security Architect
10 15 (6.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 15 (6.05%) Support Engineer
11 10 (4.03%) Analyst
11 10 (4.03%) Senior Network Engineer
12 9 (3.63%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.23%) Terraform
2 2 (0.81%) 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 31 (12.50%) Driving Licence
2 6 (2.42%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (2.02%) Enterprise Cloud
3 5 (2.02%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.02%) Operational Technology
4 4 (1.61%) Clustering
4 4 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (1.61%) Enterprise Storage
4 4 (1.61%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.61%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.21%) Private Cloud
6 2 (0.81%) Social Media
7 1 (0.40%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.40%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.40%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.40%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.40%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 44 (17.74%) Windows
2 41 (16.53%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.21%) Linux
3 3 (1.21%) VMS
3 3 (1.21%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (1.21%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.40%) Android
4 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.40%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (15.73%) Service Delivery
2 34 (13.71%) High Availability
3 30 (12.10%) Customer Service
4 28 (11.29%) AI
4 28 (11.29%) Cybersecurity
5 25 (10.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 24 (9.68%) Project Management
7 23 (9.27%) IT Strategy
8 21 (8.47%) CI/CD
8 21 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (8.47%) Roadmaps
9 20 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (8.06%) Technology Strategy
10 18 (7.26%) Budgeting
10 18 (7.26%) Commercial Awareness
10 18 (7.26%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (6.85%) Cost Control
11 17 (6.85%) Customer Retention
11 17 (6.85%) People Management
11 17 (6.85%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.65%) SQL
2 12 (4.84%) Python
3 4 (1.61%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.21%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 25 (10.08%) DBS Check
2 14 (5.65%) Cisco Certification
3 12 (4.84%) SC Cleared
3 12 (4.84%) Security Cleared
4 10 (4.03%) CCNA
5 9 (3.63%) Degree
6 8 (3.23%) CCNP
7 7 (2.82%) Azure Certification
8 6 (2.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 6 (2.42%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.61%) CCIE
10 4 (1.61%) MCSA
10 4 (1.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.81%) A+ Certification
12 2 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
13 1 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (6.85%) ISO 14000
3 13 (5.24%) GRC
4 6 (2.42%) QA
5 5 (2.02%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.21%) PMO
7 1 (0.40%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 34 (13.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (8.87%) Active Directory
3 12 (4.84%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.42%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.61%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.81%) DFS Replication
6 2 (0.81%) ProxySG
7 1 (0.40%) Docker
7 1 (0.40%) MetaFrame
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.40%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.40%) vSphere
7 1 (0.40%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (2.02%) Ansible
1 5 (2.02%) VxRail
2 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Clustering
2 4 (1.61%) WSUS
3 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.81%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.81%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.81%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.40%) Nagios
5 1 (0.40%) Nessus
Vendors
1 48 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 43 (17.34%) VMware
3 21 (8.47%) Cisco
4 17 (6.85%) Palo Alto
5 16 (6.45%) Tenable
6 12 (4.84%) CrowdStrike
7 9 (3.63%) Meraki
8 8 (3.23%) F5
8 8 (3.23%) HP
9 7 (2.82%) Veeam
10 6 (2.42%) SolarWinds
11 5 (2.02%) Aruba
11 5 (2.02%) Dell
11 5 (2.02%) Google
11 5 (2.02%) Oracle
12 4 (1.61%) Commvault
12 4 (1.61%) Fortinet
12 4 (1.61%) Huawei
12 4 (1.61%) Polycom
12 4 (1.61%) Zerto