Data Centre Jobs 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 143 23 159
Rank change year-on-year -120 +136 -3
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 273 1,137 416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.67% 8.76% 2.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.80% 21.12% 5.09%
Number of salaries quoted 199 198 243
10th Percentile £23,750 £30,971 £28,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £69,688 £72,500
90th Percentile £61,500 £87,419 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +7.23%

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 4,706 5,384 8,177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 28.87% 41.48% 42.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2,872 2,853 4,681
10th Percentile £28,025 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £55,000 £52,839
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +4.09% +5.68%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,175 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £56,124 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -13.66% +4.00% +4.17%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in the North of England

Data Centre
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in the North of England.

Salary trend for Data Centre in the North of England

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 -86 182 £43,072 -25.09% 24
Yorkshire -88 77 £42,500 -22.73% 17
North East -72 14 £42,500 -19.05% 7
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (5.49%) Apache
2 13 (4.76%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.73%) CloudStack
5 1 (0.37%) CMS
5 1 (0.37%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (4.03%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 36 (13.19%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (10.99%) Azure
3 15 (5.49%) Amazon S3
4 11 (4.03%) Mimecast
5 10 (3.66%) AWS
6 9 (3.30%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (2.93%) Entra ID
7 8 (2.93%) Kong
8 6 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (2.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 6 (2.20%) Power Platform
9 5 (1.83%) Snowflake
10 4 (1.47%) GCP
10 4 (1.47%) IaaS
10 4 (1.47%) SaaS
11 3 (1.10%) Cloudflare
11 3 (1.10%) PaaS
11 3 (1.10%) Rubrik
11 3 (1.10%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 49 (17.95%) Firewall
2 35 (12.82%) WAN
3 32 (11.72%) VPN
4 28 (10.26%) SD-WAN
5 25 (9.16%) Network Security
6 23 (8.42%) Internet
6 23 (8.42%) IPsec
7 20 (7.33%) DNS
8 16 (5.86%) SNMP
9 15 (5.49%) LAN
10 13 (4.76%) Cisco Firepower
10 13 (4.76%) DHCP
10 13 (4.76%) Software-Defined Networking
11 12 (4.40%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (3.66%) MPLS
12 10 (3.66%) Wireless
13 9 (3.30%) TCP/IP
13 9 (3.30%) WLAN
14 8 (2.93%) SAN
15 6 (2.20%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (9.16%) MongoDB
2 20 (7.33%) Elasticsearch
3 11 (4.03%) MySQL
4 9 (3.30%) NoSQL
5 7 (2.56%) SQL Server
6 6 (2.20%) Power BI
7 5 (1.83%) Redis
8 4 (1.47%) Big Data
9 1 (0.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.37%) JIRA
1 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio
General
1 42 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 29 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (10.26%) Finance
4 19 (6.96%) Manufacturing
5 16 (5.86%) Law
6 7 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.20%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.47%) Retail
10 3 (1.10%) Online Betting
11 2 (0.73%) Marketing
11 2 (0.73%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.37%) Banking
12 1 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.37%) Police
12 1 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 55 (20.15%) Senior
2 40 (14.65%) Architect
3 30 (10.99%) Consultant
3 30 (10.99%) Data Centre Engineer
4 22 (8.06%) Lead
5 21 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (6.23%) Cisco Architect
6 17 (6.23%) Senior Architect
6 17 (6.23%) Senior Cisco Architect
7 15 (5.49%) NetApp Consultant
7 15 (5.49%) Network Engineer
8 14 (5.13%) Analyst
8 14 (5.13%) IT Engineer
8 14 (5.13%) Security Architect
9 12 (4.40%) Cisco Security Architect
9 12 (4.40%) Infrastructure Team Leader
9 12 (4.40%) IT Manager
9 12 (4.40%) IT Support
9 12 (4.40%) Senior Security Architect
9 12 (4.40%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.49%) RabbitMQ
1 15 (5.49%) YAML
2 5 (1.83%) .NET
2 5 (1.83%) Middleware
3 4 (1.47%) EDI
4 2 (0.73%) LAMP
4 2 (0.73%) Web Services
5 1 (0.37%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.37%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.37%) JSON
5 1 (0.37%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.37%) REST
5 1 (0.37%) SAML
5 1 (0.37%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.62%) Management Information System
2 21 (7.69%) Public Cloud
3 13 (4.76%) Driving Licence
3 13 (4.76%) Mainframe
4 10 (3.66%) SCADA
5 9 (3.30%) Private Cloud
6 8 (2.93%) PKI
7 7 (2.56%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (1.83%) IoT
9 4 (1.47%) Enterprise Storage
10 3 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.10%) Wiki
11 2 (0.73%) CCTV
11 2 (0.73%) EPoS
11 2 (0.73%) IBM Mainframe
11 2 (0.73%) Replication
11 2 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.73%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 1 (0.37%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 84 (30.77%) Windows
2 45 (16.48%) Linux
3 26 (9.52%) Windows Server
4 15 (5.49%) Data ONTAP
5 10 (3.66%) Windows 10
6 5 (1.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.83%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.47%) CentOS
8 3 (1.10%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.73%) zOS
10 1 (0.37%) HPUX
10 1 (0.37%) Solaris
10 1 (0.37%) SUSE
10 1 (0.37%) Unix
10 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (31.50%) Cybersecurity
2 52 (19.05%) Presales
3 50 (18.32%) ITIL
4 46 (16.85%) Software Licensing
5 38 (13.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 35 (12.82%) Project Management
7 33 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (10.99%) Mentoring
9 24 (8.79%) Time Management
10 23 (8.42%) Infrastructure Management
11 22 (8.06%) Analytics
11 22 (8.06%) DevOps
12 20 (7.33%) Customer Service
12 20 (7.33%) Information Security
13 19 (6.96%) Data Centre Operations
13 19 (6.96%) Incident Management
14 18 (6.59%) Continuous Improvement
14 18 (6.59%) Disaster Recovery
14 18 (6.59%) Storage Management
15 17 (6.23%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 23 (8.42%) Python
2 21 (7.69%) SQL
3 11 (4.03%) C#
4 2 (0.73%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.37%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 56 (20.51%) Degree
2 36 (13.19%) Cisco Certification
3 30 (10.99%) CCNP
4 22 (8.06%) CCNA
5 19 (6.96%) Security Cleared
6 18 (6.59%) CISSP
7 16 (5.86%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (5.49%) SC Cleared
9 9 (3.30%) CCIE
9 9 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (3.30%) MCP
10 7 (2.56%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.83%) CCDP
11 5 (1.83%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (1.47%) CISM
12 4 (1.47%) CRISC
12 4 (1.47%) CTC Cleared
12 4 (1.47%) DV Cleared
12 4 (1.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 4 (1.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 14 (5.13%) SLA
2 7 (2.56%) GDPR
3 6 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.83%) NIST
5 4 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.10%) NCSC
6 3 (1.10%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.73%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.37%) PMO
8 1 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 48 (17.58%) Active Directory
2 31 (11.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (6.59%) Hyper-V
4 16 (5.86%) Docker
5 10 (3.66%) vSphere
6 4 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.10%) Firmware
8 2 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.37%) DFS Replication
9 1 (0.37%) KVM
9 1 (0.37%) NFS
9 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.37%) XenApp
9 1 (0.37%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 21 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 20 (7.33%) Prometheus
3 18 (6.59%) vCenter Server
4 17 (6.23%) Ansible
5 12 (4.40%) Stealthwatch
6 6 (2.20%) SCOM
7 5 (1.83%) CASB
7 5 (1.83%) Grafana
7 5 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (1.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.10%) cPanel
10 2 (0.73%) Plesk
11 1 (0.37%) Oracle ZFS
11 1 (0.37%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.37%) Puppet
11 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.37%) Sysdig
11 1 (0.37%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.37%) vRealize
11 1 (0.37%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 99 (36.26%) Microsoft
2 79 (28.94%) Cisco
3 47 (17.22%) Dell
3 47 (17.22%) VMware
4 46 (16.85%) Adobe
4 46 (16.85%) Apple
5 45 (16.48%) NetApp
6 28 (10.26%) HP
7 26 (9.52%) Palo Alto
8 25 (9.16%) Meraki
9 20 (7.33%) Red Hat
10 15 (5.49%) SolidFire
11 14 (5.13%) ServiceNow
12 13 (4.76%) Fortinet
12 13 (4.76%) Veeam
13 11 (4.03%) Samsung
14 9 (3.30%) SolarWinds
15 8 (2.93%) Citrix
16 7 (2.56%) Juniper
17 6 (2.20%) Intel