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 10 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 218 137
Rank change year-on-year +85 -81 -100
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 263 83 223
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.13% 0.88% 1.57%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.30% 2.19% 5.83%
Number of salaries quoted 137 54 140
10th Percentile £35,000 £25,725 £23,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £51,438 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +41.18% -27.35%
75th Percentile £85,000 £67,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £79,950 £60,025
England median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% +9.09% -5.58%

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 4,958 3,794 3,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.22% 40.40% 26.94%
Number of salaries quoted 3,506 1,528 1,827
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,750 £29,178
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,750 £38,530
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £46,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.57% -9.80% -11.30%
75th Percentile £74,985 £66,250 £66,355
90th Percentile £92,125 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -7.69%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 +69 130 £47,500 -20.67% 36
North East +2 87 £80,000 +23.08% 23
Yorkshire -20 46 £47,661 -13.34% 30
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 (3.04%) IIS
2 7 (2.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.38%) Apache
3 1 (0.38%) Confluence
3 1 (0.38%) JBoss
3 1 (0.38%) nginx
3 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (1.90%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 33 (12.55%) Azure
2 15 (5.70%) IaaS
3 12 (4.56%) Serverless
4 9 (3.42%) AWS
5 7 (2.66%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.28%) GCP
7 4 (1.52%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.14%) SaaS
9 2 (0.76%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.38%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.38%) Azure App Service
10 1 (0.38%) Cohesity
10 1 (0.38%) Datadog
10 1 (0.38%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.38%) GitHub
10 1 (0.38%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.38%) PaaS
10 1 (0.38%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.38%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 32 (12.17%) Firewall
2 29 (11.03%) Wireless
3 25 (9.51%) Network Security
4 22 (8.37%) WAN
5 21 (7.98%) DNS
6 17 (6.46%) BGP
7 16 (6.08%) SD-WAN
8 15 (5.70%) LAN
9 13 (4.94%) VPN
10 12 (4.56%) DHCP
11 11 (4.18%) OSPF
12 10 (3.80%) SAN
13 9 (3.42%) Cisco Nexus
13 9 (3.42%) MPLS
14 8 (3.04%) VXLAN
15 6 (2.28%) Cisco ASA
16 5 (1.90%) Ethernet VPN
16 5 (1.90%) SNMP
16 5 (1.90%) VLAN
17 4 (1.52%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.52%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 12 (4.56%) Snyk
2 5 (1.90%) JIRA
3 2 (0.76%) GitLab
4 1 (0.38%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.38%) Git
4 1 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.38%) Subversion
General
1 59 (22.43%) Social Skills
2 25 (9.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 19 (7.22%) Finance
4 14 (5.32%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (1.90%) Automotive
6 5 (1.90%) Banking
6 5 (1.90%) Law
6 5 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (1.52%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.14%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.14%) Legal
8 3 (1.14%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.76%) Games
9 2 (0.76%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.38%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 68 (25.86%) Senior
2 38 (14.45%) Data Centre Manager
3 32 (12.17%) Data Manager
4 29 (11.03%) Architect
5 25 (9.51%) IT Technician
6 24 (9.13%) Senior IT Technician
6 24 (9.13%) Senior Technician
7 20 (7.60%) Network Engineer
8 18 (6.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (6.46%) Data Centre Engineer
10 16 (6.08%) Cloud Architect
10 16 (6.08%) Cloud Security Architect
10 16 (6.08%) Security Architect
10 16 (6.08%) Senior Architect
10 16 (6.08%) Senior Cloud Architect
10 16 (6.08%) Senior Security Architect
11 15 (5.70%) Support Engineer
12 10 (3.80%) Analyst
13 9 (3.42%) Senior Network Engineer
13 9 (3.42%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.80%) Terraform
2 2 (0.76%) SAML
3 1 (0.38%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.38%) CSS
3 1 (0.38%) CSS3
3 1 (0.38%) HTML
3 1 (0.38%) HTML5
3 1 (0.38%) Keycloak
3 1 (0.38%) OAuth
3 1 (0.38%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.38%) OpenID
3 1 (0.38%) React
Miscellaneous
1 32 (12.17%) Driving Licence
2 6 (2.28%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (2.28%) Enterprise Cloud
3 5 (1.90%) Management Information System
3 5 (1.90%) Operational Technology
4 4 (1.52%) Clustering
4 4 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (1.52%) Enterprise Storage
4 4 (1.52%) Private Cloud
4 4 (1.52%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.14%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.76%) PKI
6 2 (0.76%) Social Media
7 1 (0.38%) CSOC
7 1 (0.38%) Fat Client
7 1 (0.38%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.38%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.38%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.38%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 45 (17.11%) Windows
2 40 (15.21%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.14%) Linux
3 3 (1.14%) VMS
3 3 (1.14%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (1.14%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.38%) AIX
4 1 (0.38%) Android
4 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.38%) Solaris
4 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.38%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (14.83%) Service Delivery
2 34 (12.93%) High Availability
3 30 (11.41%) Customer Service
4 29 (11.03%) AI
5 28 (10.65%) Cybersecurity
5 28 (10.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 26 (9.89%) Project Management
7 24 (9.13%) IT Strategy
8 23 (8.75%) CI/CD
8 23 (8.75%) Roadmaps
9 21 (7.98%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (7.98%) Technology Strategy
10 20 (7.60%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (6.84%) Budgeting
11 18 (6.84%) Commercial Awareness
12 17 (6.46%) Cost Control
12 17 (6.46%) Customer Retention
12 17 (6.46%) People Management
12 17 (6.46%) Risk Register
12 17 (6.46%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.32%) SQL
2 13 (4.94%) Python
3 6 (2.28%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.14%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 25 (9.51%) DBS Check
2 15 (5.70%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (5.32%) Security Cleared
4 13 (4.94%) SC Cleared
5 12 (4.56%) CCNA
6 11 (4.18%) Degree
7 8 (3.04%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (2.66%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.66%) CCNP
9 6 (2.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (1.90%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (1.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (1.52%) MCSA
12 3 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.14%) CCIE
12 3 (1.14%) MCSE
13 2 (0.76%) DV Cleared
14 1 (0.38%) A+ Certification
14 1 (0.38%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (6.46%) ISO 14000
3 13 (4.94%) GRC
4 7 (2.66%) QA
5 5 (1.90%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.52%) SLA
7 3 (1.14%) PMO
8 1 (0.38%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 38 (14.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (7.98%) Active Directory
3 14 (5.32%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (2.28%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.14%) vSphere
7 2 (0.76%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.38%) Docker
8 1 (0.38%) MetaFrame
8 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.38%) ProxySG
8 1 (0.38%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.38%) UAG
8 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.38%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (1.90%) Ansible
1 5 (1.90%) VxRail
2 4 (1.52%) FortiGate
2 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Clustering
2 4 (1.52%) WSUS
3 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.76%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.76%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (0.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.38%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.38%) Nagios
5 1 (0.38%) Nessus
5 1 (0.38%) SCCM
5 1 (0.38%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 50 (19.01%) Microsoft
2 47 (17.87%) VMware
3 22 (8.37%) Cisco
4 17 (6.46%) Palo Alto
5 16 (6.08%) Tenable
6 12 (4.56%) CrowdStrike
7 9 (3.42%) Meraki
8 8 (3.04%) F5
8 8 (3.04%) HP
9 7 (2.66%) Veeam
10 6 (2.28%) Dell
10 6 (2.28%) Google
10 6 (2.28%) SolarWinds
11 5 (1.90%) Aruba
11 5 (1.90%) Oracle
12 4 (1.52%) Commvault
12 4 (1.52%) Fortinet
12 4 (1.52%) Huawei
12 4 (1.52%) Polycom
12 4 (1.52%) Zerto