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 21 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 223 148
Rank change year-on-year +63 -75 -106
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 188 74 289
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.98% 0.93% 1.70%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.92% 2.05% 5.50%
Number of salaries quoted 107 54 237
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,799 £26,900
25th Percentile £36,000 £51,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £57,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.75% +35.29% -16.64%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £86,750 £64,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £58,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.64% +11.90% -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 4,802 3,606 5,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 24.93% 45.55% 30.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,623 1,395 3,945
10th Percentile £29,500 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £35,092
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,463 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 21 May 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 21 May 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 +83 120 £48,445 -11.92% 28
Yorkshire -24 39 £48,445 -11.92% 29
North East -24 29 £62,500 -3.85% 9
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 12 (6.38%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.26%) IIS
3 7 (3.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (4.26%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 48 (25.53%) Azure
2 28 (14.89%) AWS
3 12 (6.38%) OCI
3 12 (6.38%) Serverless
4 10 (5.32%) GCP
5 8 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.13%) IaaS
7 3 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.60%) SaaS
8 1 (0.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.53%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.53%) GitHub
8 1 (0.53%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.53%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.53%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.53%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (22.34%) Firewall
2 32 (17.02%) Wireless
3 25 (13.30%) WAN
4 23 (12.23%) LAN
5 20 (10.64%) Network Security
6 19 (10.11%) VXLAN
7 18 (9.57%) DNS
7 18 (9.57%) Wi-Fi
8 16 (8.51%) BGP
8 16 (8.51%) NGFW
8 16 (8.51%) VPN
9 15 (7.98%) OSPF
10 14 (7.45%) Cisco Nexus
11 12 (6.38%) VLAN
11 12 (6.38%) Wireshark
12 11 (5.85%) Cisco ASA
12 11 (5.85%) DHCP
12 11 (5.85%) SNMP
13 10 (5.32%) TCP/IP
14 9 (4.79%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.19%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.06%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (6.38%) Snyk
2 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.53%) JIRA
General
1 52 (27.66%) Social Skills
2 28 (14.89%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (10.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 18 (9.57%) Finance
5 14 (7.45%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.79%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (4.79%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.19%) Legal
8 3 (1.60%) French Language
8 3 (1.60%) Italian Language
8 3 (1.60%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.60%) Portuguese Language
8 3 (1.60%) Spanish Language
9 2 (1.06%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.06%) Law
10 1 (0.53%) Banking
10 1 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.53%) Military
Job Titles
1 69 (36.70%) Senior
2 30 (15.96%) Architect
3 29 (15.43%) IT Technician
4 27 (14.36%) Network Engineer
4 27 (14.36%) Senior IT Technician
4 27 (14.36%) Senior Technician
5 17 (9.04%) Cloud Architect
5 17 (9.04%) Network Manager
5 17 (9.04%) Network Operations Manager
5 17 (9.04%) Operations Manager
5 17 (9.04%) Senior Network Engineer
6 16 (8.51%) Cloud Security Architect
6 16 (8.51%) Security Architect
6 16 (8.51%) Senior Architect
6 16 (8.51%) Senior Cloud Architect
6 16 (8.51%) Senior Security Architect
7 14 (7.45%) Data Centre Engineer
8 13 (6.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (5.85%) Data Centre Manager
10 10 (5.32%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.60%) .NET
1 3 (1.60%) CSS
1 3 (1.60%) HTML
2 1 (0.53%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.64%) Driving Licence
2 12 (6.38%) PKI
3 8 (4.26%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.66%) Operational Technology
5 4 (2.13%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.13%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.13%) Enterprise Cloud
5 4 (2.13%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.60%) Clustering
6 3 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.60%) Enterprise Storage
6 3 (1.60%) Fibre Optics
6 3 (1.60%) Replication
7 2 (1.06%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.53%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 49 (26.06%) Windows
2 42 (22.34%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.19%) Android
4 3 (1.60%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.60%) Linux
5 2 (1.06%) Unix
5 2 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.53%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (21.28%) Service Delivery
2 38 (20.21%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (15.96%) Customer Service
4 27 (14.36%) Load Balancing
5 25 (13.30%) CI/CD
5 25 (13.30%) Mentoring
6 23 (12.23%) AI
7 21 (11.17%) IT Strategy
8 20 (10.64%) Cybersecurity
8 20 (10.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 20 (10.64%) Roadmaps
9 18 (9.57%) Coaching
9 18 (9.57%) Technology Strategy
10 16 (8.51%) Cloud Security
10 16 (8.51%) High Availability
10 16 (8.51%) Project Delivery
11 15 (7.98%) Application Security
11 15 (7.98%) Project Management
12 14 (7.45%) ITSM
13 13 (6.91%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 29 (15.43%) Python
2 13 (6.91%) SQL
3 7 (3.72%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.60%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.06%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.53%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 27 (14.36%) DBS Check
2 16 (8.51%) SC Cleared
2 16 (8.51%) Security Cleared
3 14 (7.45%) Cisco Certification
4 13 (6.91%) CCNP
5 11 (5.85%) Degree
6 8 (4.26%) CCIE
6 8 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (3.19%) CCNA
8 5 (2.66%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.13%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (2.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (1.60%) MCSA
10 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.06%) A+ Certification
11 2 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (1.06%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.53%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (6.91%) GRC
3 8 (4.26%) ISO 9001
3 8 (4.26%) PMO
4 6 (3.19%) ISO 14000
5 5 (2.66%) Accessibility
System Software
1 38 (20.21%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (10.11%) Active Directory
3 13 (6.91%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (5.85%) Hyper-V
5 8 (4.26%) ProxySG
6 3 (1.60%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.53%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.53%) KVM
7 1 (0.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (9.57%) Terraform
2 13 (6.91%) Ansible
3 6 (3.19%) VxRail
3 6 (3.19%) WSUS
4 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.53%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.53%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.53%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 42 (22.34%) VMware
2 40 (21.28%) Microsoft
3 23 (12.23%) Cisco
4 18 (9.57%) Tenable
5 17 (9.04%) Palo Alto
6 16 (8.51%) Arista
7 15 (7.98%) Aruba
8 12 (6.38%) CrowdStrike
8 12 (6.38%) F5
8 12 (6.38%) NetScout
9 11 (5.85%) Veeam
10 10 (5.32%) SolarWinds
11 9 (4.79%) Google
11 9 (4.79%) HP
12 8 (4.26%) Blue Coat
12 8 (4.26%) CheckPoint
12 8 (4.26%) Infoblox
12 8 (4.26%) Motorola
12 8 (4.26%) ServiceNow
13 7 (3.72%) Meraki