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 18 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 220 139
Rank change year-on-year +65 -81 -106
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 200 77 323
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.00% 0.93% 1.62%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.71% 2.12% 5.52%
Number of salaries quoted 110 54 257
10th Percentile £35,000 £47,675 £25,200
25th Percentile £38,875 £51,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £59,100 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.03% +39.06% -19.05%
75th Percentile £64,688 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,800 £64,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +14.29% -12.50%

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 4,245 3,640 5,847
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.21% 44.17% 29.41%
Number of salaries quoted 3,037 1,390 4,011
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,480 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,250 £35,579
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.37% +1.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 18 June 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 18 June 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 +95 129 £47,972 -12.78% 25
Yorkshire -25 39 £48,445 -14.41% 23
North East -32 32 £62,500 -3.85% 8
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 9 (4.50%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.00%) IIS
3 5 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (3.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 45 (22.50%) Azure
2 24 (12.00%) AWS
3 12 (6.00%) OCI
3 12 (6.00%) Serverless
4 8 (4.00%) GCP
5 7 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.50%) IaaS
7 4 (2.00%) SaaS
8 3 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.00%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.00%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.50%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.50%) GitHub
10 1 (0.50%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.50%) OpenShift
10 1 (0.50%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 45 (22.50%) Firewall
2 32 (16.00%) Wireless
3 23 (11.50%) WAN
4 21 (10.50%) LAN
5 19 (9.50%) DNS
5 19 (9.50%) Network Security
5 19 (9.50%) VXLAN
6 17 (8.50%) VPN
7 16 (8.00%) BGP
7 16 (8.00%) NGFW
8 15 (7.50%) OSPF
8 15 (7.50%) Wi-Fi
9 14 (7.00%) Wireshark
10 13 (6.50%) Cisco Nexus
11 12 (6.00%) DHCP
12 11 (5.50%) SAN
13 10 (5.00%) Cisco ASA
13 10 (5.00%) SNMP
13 10 (5.00%) VLAN
14 8 (4.00%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.50%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (6.00%) Snyk
2 1 (0.50%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.50%) JIRA
General
1 56 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 27 (13.50%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (9.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 16 (8.00%) Finance
5 14 (7.00%) Public Sector
6 10 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (4.50%) Telecoms
8 7 (3.50%) Legal
9 5 (2.50%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.50%) French Language
10 3 (1.50%) Italian Language
10 3 (1.50%) Law
10 3 (1.50%) Portuguese Language
10 3 (1.50%) Spanish Language
11 2 (1.00%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.50%) Banking
12 1 (0.50%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 65 (32.50%) Senior
2 31 (15.50%) Architect
3 27 (13.50%) Network Engineer
4 26 (13.00%) IT Technician
5 24 (12.00%) Senior IT Technician
5 24 (12.00%) Senior Technician
6 19 (9.50%) Data Centre Engineer
7 17 (8.50%) Cloud Architect
7 17 (8.50%) Network Manager
7 17 (8.50%) Network Operations Manager
7 17 (8.50%) Operations Manager
8 16 (8.00%) Cloud Security Architect
8 16 (8.00%) Security Architect
8 16 (8.00%) Senior Architect
8 16 (8.00%) Senior Cloud Architect
8 16 (8.00%) Senior Security Architect
9 15 (7.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 15 (7.50%) Senior Network Engineer
9 15 (7.50%) Support Engineer
10 14 (7.00%) Data Centre Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.50%) .NET
1 3 (1.50%) CSS
1 3 (1.50%) HTML
2 2 (1.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.50%) Driving Licence
2 12 (6.00%) PKI
3 8 (4.00%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.50%) Operational Technology
5 4 (2.00%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.00%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.00%) Clustering
5 4 (2.00%) Enterprise Cloud
5 4 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.00%) Enterprise Storage
5 4 (2.00%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.00%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.50%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.50%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.50%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 48 (24.00%) Windows
2 42 (21.00%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.00%) Android
3 4 (2.00%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.50%) Linux
4 3 (1.50%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (1.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.00%) Unix
5 2 (1.00%) VMS
6 1 (0.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (19.00%) Problem-Solving
1 38 (19.00%) Service Delivery
2 27 (13.50%) Customer Service
2 27 (13.50%) Load Balancing
3 25 (12.50%) CI/CD
3 25 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 23 (11.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 22 (11.00%) AI
6 21 (10.50%) Cybersecurity
6 21 (10.50%) High Availability
6 21 (10.50%) IT Strategy
7 20 (10.00%) Roadmaps
8 18 (9.00%) Coaching
8 18 (9.00%) Technology Strategy
9 16 (8.00%) Application Security
9 16 (8.00%) Cloud Security
9 16 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (8.00%) Project Delivery
10 15 (7.50%) Disaster Recovery
11 14 (7.00%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 29 (14.50%) Python
2 15 (7.50%) SQL
3 7 (3.50%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.50%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.00%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.50%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 27 (13.50%) DBS Check
2 18 (9.00%) SC Cleared
2 18 (9.00%) Security Cleared
3 15 (7.50%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (7.00%) CCNP
5 11 (5.50%) Degree
6 9 (4.50%) CCNA
7 7 (3.50%) Azure Certification
8 6 (3.00%) CCIE
8 6 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (2.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (2.00%) MCSA
10 4 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (1.00%) A+ Certification
12 2 (1.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (1.00%) Network+ Certification
13 1 (0.50%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (6.50%) GRC
3 9 (4.50%) ISO 9001
4 6 (3.00%) ISO 14000
4 6 (3.00%) PMO
5 5 (2.50%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.50%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (18.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (10.00%) Active Directory
3 13 (6.50%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (4.50%) Hyper-V
5 6 (3.00%) ProxySG
6 4 (2.00%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.00%) DFS Replication
7 2 (1.00%) vSphere
8 1 (0.50%) KVM
8 1 (0.50%) MetaFrame
8 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.50%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.50%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 18 (9.00%) Terraform
2 15 (7.50%) Ansible
3 6 (3.00%) VxRail
3 6 (3.00%) WSUS
4 4 (2.00%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (1.00%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.50%) Nessus
6 1 (0.50%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 43 (21.50%) VMware
2 41 (20.50%) Microsoft
3 22 (11.00%) Cisco
4 18 (9.00%) Tenable
5 17 (8.50%) Palo Alto
6 16 (8.00%) Arista
6 16 (8.00%) Aruba
7 12 (6.00%) CrowdStrike
7 12 (6.00%) NetScout
8 10 (5.00%) F5
8 10 (5.00%) HP
8 10 (5.00%) SolarWinds
9 8 (4.00%) Veeam
10 7 (3.50%) Google
10 7 (3.50%) Meraki
11 6 (3.00%) Commvault
11 6 (3.00%) Dell
11 6 (3.00%) Infoblox
11 6 (3.00%) Motorola
11 6 (3.00%) ServiceNow