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 16 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 224 145
Rank change year-on-year +68 -79 -119
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 214 92 305
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.03% 0.98% 1.67%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.83% 2.40% 5.69%
Number of salaries quoted 110 66 244
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,274 £26,450
25th Percentile £36,250 £51,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £60,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.26% +41.18% -22.73%
75th Percentile £68,918 £67,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £79,125 £86,250 £62,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year +8.33% +13.74% -12.08%

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 4,435 3,829 5,361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 21.30% 40.65% 29.40%
Number of salaries quoted 3,199 1,552 3,547
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,480 £27,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,875 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £93,634 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £59,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.61% +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 16 July 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 16 July 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 +80 131 £47,500 -13.64% 26
North East -30 44 £62,500 - 11
Yorkshire -23 39 £48,445 -11.92% 19
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 (4.21%) IIS
1 9 (4.21%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (1.87%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 38 (17.76%) Azure
2 16 (7.48%) AWS
3 13 (6.07%) IaaS
4 12 (5.61%) Serverless
5 7 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.80%) OCI
7 5 (2.34%) GCP
8 4 (1.87%) SaaS
9 3 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.93%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.93%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.47%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.47%) OpenShift
11 1 (0.47%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (18.22%) Firewall
2 31 (14.49%) Wireless
3 27 (12.62%) WAN
4 20 (9.35%) DNS
4 20 (9.35%) LAN
5 19 (8.88%) BGP
6 17 (7.94%) VPN
7 16 (7.48%) Network Security
8 14 (6.54%) SD-WAN
9 13 (6.07%) OSPF
9 13 (6.07%) VXLAN
10 12 (5.61%) DHCP
11 11 (5.14%) Cisco Nexus
11 11 (5.14%) SAN
12 10 (4.67%) NGFW
12 10 (4.67%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (4.21%) MPLS
14 8 (3.74%) Cisco ASA
14 8 (3.74%) SNMP
14 8 (3.74%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.27%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.87%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (5.61%) Snyk
2 3 (1.40%) JIRA
General
1 60 (28.04%) Social Skills
2 19 (8.88%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (8.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (7.01%) Finance
5 10 (4.67%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (4.21%) Telecoms
7 8 (3.74%) Public Sector
8 7 (3.27%) Legal
9 5 (2.34%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.40%) French Language
10 3 (1.40%) Italian Language
10 3 (1.40%) Law
10 3 (1.40%) Portuguese Language
10 3 (1.40%) Spanish Language
11 2 (0.93%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.47%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.47%) Military
Job Titles
1 62 (28.97%) Senior
2 31 (14.49%) Architect
3 28 (13.08%) Data Centre Manager
4 26 (12.15%) IT Technician
5 25 (11.68%) Data Manager
6 24 (11.21%) Senior IT Technician
6 24 (11.21%) Senior Technician
7 23 (10.75%) Network Engineer
8 19 (8.88%) Data Centre Engineer
9 17 (7.94%) Cloud Architect
10 16 (7.48%) Cloud Security Architect
10 16 (7.48%) Security Architect
10 16 (7.48%) Senior Architect
10 16 (7.48%) Senior Cloud Architect
10 16 (7.48%) Senior Security Architect
11 15 (7.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (7.01%) Support Engineer
12 12 (5.61%) Senior Network Engineer
13 11 (5.14%) Analyst
14 10 (4.67%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.40%) .NET
1 3 (1.40%) CSS
1 3 (1.40%) HTML
2 2 (0.93%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (13.55%) Driving Licence
2 10 (4.67%) Onboarding
3 6 (2.80%) PKI
4 5 (2.34%) Operational Technology
5 4 (1.87%) Algorithms
5 4 (1.87%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.87%) Clustering
5 4 (1.87%) Enterprise Cloud
5 4 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.87%) Enterprise Storage
5 4 (1.87%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.87%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.40%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.47%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.47%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.47%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.47%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 45 (21.03%) Windows
2 42 (19.63%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.87%) Android
3 4 (1.87%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.40%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (0.93%) Linux
5 2 (0.93%) VMS
6 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.47%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (18.69%) Service Delivery
2 34 (15.89%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (14.02%) Customer Service
4 29 (13.55%) High Availability
5 25 (11.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 24 (11.21%) CI/CD
7 23 (10.75%) AI
8 21 (9.81%) Cybersecurity
8 21 (9.81%) IT Strategy
8 21 (9.81%) Roadmaps
9 20 (9.35%) Project Management
10 19 (8.88%) Load Balancing
10 19 (8.88%) Mentoring
11 18 (8.41%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (8.41%) Technology Strategy
12 16 (7.48%) Application Security
12 16 (7.48%) Cloud Security
12 16 (7.48%) Validation
13 15 (7.01%) Commercial Awareness
13 15 (7.01%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 22 (10.28%) Python
2 16 (7.48%) SQL
3 7 (3.27%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.40%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.40%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.47%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 27 (12.62%) DBS Check
2 17 (7.94%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (7.94%) SC Cleared
2 17 (7.94%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.14%) CCNA
3 11 (5.14%) CCNP
3 11 (5.14%) Degree
4 7 (3.27%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.80%) CCIE
5 6 (2.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 6 (2.80%) Network+ Certification
6 5 (2.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.87%) MCSA
7 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.93%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.47%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (6.54%) ISO 14000
3 13 (6.07%) GRC
4 9 (4.21%) ISO 9001
5 5 (2.34%) Accessibility
6 4 (1.87%) PMO
7 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (17.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (9.81%) Active Directory
3 13 (6.07%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (4.21%) Hyper-V
5 5 (2.34%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (1.87%) ProxySG
7 2 (0.93%) DFS Replication
7 2 (0.93%) vSphere
8 1 (0.47%) KVM
8 1 (0.47%) MetaFrame
8 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.47%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.47%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 13 (6.07%) Terraform
2 11 (5.14%) Ansible
3 6 (2.80%) VxRail
3 6 (2.80%) WSUS
4 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (0.93%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.93%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.47%) Nessus
6 1 (0.47%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.47%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 44 (20.56%) Microsoft
1 44 (20.56%) VMware
2 24 (11.21%) Cisco
3 18 (8.41%) Tenable
4 16 (7.48%) Palo Alto
5 12 (5.61%) CrowdStrike
6 10 (4.67%) Arista
6 10 (4.67%) Aruba
6 10 (4.67%) F5
6 10 (4.67%) HP
6 10 (4.67%) Meraki
7 9 (4.21%) Veeam
8 8 (3.74%) SolarWinds
9 6 (2.80%) Commvault
9 6 (2.80%) Dell
9 6 (2.80%) NetScout
9 6 (2.80%) Zerto
10 5 (2.34%) Google
10 5 (2.34%) Oracle
11 4 (1.87%) Huawei