Data Centre Jobs in the North West

Data Center
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in the North West. 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 112 26 153
Rank change year-on-year -86 +127 -27
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 182 556 217
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.97% 8.59% 2.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.32% 21.08% 4.92%
Number of salaries quoted 129 112 136
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £44,000 £41,181
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,072 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.09% +15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £57,854 £67,070 £72,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £82,250 £74,375
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +7.23%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,880 2,638 4,415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 31.10% 40.77% 43.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,713 1,393 2,354
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,752 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.55% +6.22%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £68,353
90th Percentile £84,919 £84,702 £81,250
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in the North West

Data Centre
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Data Centre in the North West

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in the North West over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in the North West

Data Centre
Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Manchester -45 139 £38,000 -36.13% 12
Merseyside -48 15 £47,250 -15.63% 2
Cheshire -57 13 £56,509 - 7
Lancashire -68 13 £55,000 -21.43%
Cumbria -6 2 £40,000 +45.45% 1
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 10 (5.49%) Apache
2 8 (4.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.65%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.10%) CloudStack
Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (12.09%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (8.24%) Azure
3 10 (5.49%) Amazon S3
4 6 (3.30%) Azure Data Factory
4 6 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (3.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 6 (3.30%) Entra ID
4 6 (3.30%) Kong
4 6 (3.30%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.10%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (1.10%) Rubrik
6 1 (0.55%) AWS
6 1 (0.55%) Cloudflare
6 1 (0.55%) GCP
6 1 (0.55%) IaaS
6 1 (0.55%) Mimecast
6 1 (0.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (14.84%) Firewall
2 25 (13.74%) WAN
3 22 (12.09%) SD-WAN
4 18 (9.89%) IPsec
4 18 (9.89%) VPN
5 14 (7.69%) Network Security
6 13 (7.14%) Cisco Firepower
7 12 (6.59%) DNS
8 11 (6.04%) Internet
8 11 (6.04%) SNMP
9 10 (5.49%) LAN
9 10 (5.49%) Wireless
10 7 (3.85%) DHCP
10 7 (3.85%) Software-Defined Networking
10 7 (3.85%) WLAN
11 6 (3.30%) NGFW
12 5 (2.75%) SAN
12 5 (2.75%) SSL
12 5 (2.75%) VSAN
13 4 (2.20%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.49%) Elasticsearch
1 10 (5.49%) MongoDB
2 6 (3.30%) Power BI
3 4 (2.20%) Big Data
3 4 (2.20%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.55%) MySQL
4 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (0.55%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (10.99%) Social Skills
2 16 (8.79%) Finance
3 12 (6.59%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (6.04%) Law
5 6 (3.30%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.55%) Banking
7 1 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 53 (29.12%) Senior
2 31 (17.03%) Architect
3 28 (15.38%) Data Centre Engineer
4 19 (10.44%) Consultant
5 17 (9.34%) Cisco Architect
5 17 (9.34%) Senior Architect
5 17 (9.34%) Senior Cisco Architect
6 16 (8.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (7.69%) Security Architect
8 12 (6.59%) Cisco Security Architect
8 12 (6.59%) Senior Security Architect
9 10 (5.49%) NetApp Consultant
9 10 (5.49%) Network Engineer
10 8 (4.40%) Data Centre Operations Manager
10 8 (4.40%) IT Engineer
10 8 (4.40%) Lead
10 8 (4.40%) Operations Manager
10 8 (4.40%) Senior Technical Support
10 8 (4.40%) Technical Consultant
10 8 (4.40%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.49%) RabbitMQ
1 10 (5.49%) YAML
2 4 (2.20%) EDI
3 2 (1.10%) LAMP
4 1 (0.55%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.55%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.59%) Public Cloud
2 10 (5.49%) Management Information System
3 9 (4.95%) Driving Licence
3 9 (4.95%) Private Cloud
4 7 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.30%) PKI
6 5 (2.75%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.20%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.10%) CCTV
8 2 (1.10%) Mainframe
8 2 (1.10%) Replication
9 1 (0.55%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.55%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 46 (25.27%) Windows
2 23 (12.64%) Linux
3 13 (7.14%) Windows Server
4 10 (5.49%) Data ONTAP
4 10 (5.49%) Windows 10
5 4 (2.20%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.55%) HPUX
7 1 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.55%) Solaris
7 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.55%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (39.56%) Cybersecurity
2 50 (27.47%) Presales
3 46 (25.27%) Software Licensing
4 35 (19.23%) ITIL
5 30 (16.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 26 (14.29%) Project Management
7 23 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
8 22 (12.09%) Analytics
8 22 (12.09%) Time Management
9 19 (10.44%) Data Centre Operations
10 17 (9.34%) Customer Engagement
10 17 (9.34%) Mentoring
11 16 (8.79%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (8.79%) Information Security
12 14 (7.69%) Cloud Security
12 14 (7.69%) Customer Service
12 14 (7.69%) DevOps
13 12 (6.59%) Disaster Recovery
13 12 (6.59%) Problem Management
13 12 (6.59%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.34%) Python
2 3 (1.65%) SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (24.18%) Degree
2 25 (13.74%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (11.54%) CCNP
4 20 (10.99%) CCNA
5 14 (7.69%) Security Cleared
6 13 (7.14%) CISSP
7 11 (6.04%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (5.49%) SC Cleared
9 9 (4.95%) MCP
10 4 (2.20%) CCIE
10 4 (2.20%) CCIE Routing and Switching
10 4 (2.20%) CISM
10 4 (2.20%) CRISC
10 4 (2.20%) CTC Cleared
10 4 (2.20%) DV Cleared
10 4 (2.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 4 (2.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 4 (2.20%) ISSMP
11 1 (0.55%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.55%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.75%) NIST
3 4 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (2.20%) GDPR
4 3 (1.65%) NCSC
5 2 (1.10%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.55%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.55%) PMO
6 1 (0.55%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (13.74%) Active Directory
2 21 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (5.49%) Docker
3 10 (5.49%) Hyper-V
4 8 (4.40%) vSphere
5 1 (0.55%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.55%) Firmware
5 1 (0.55%) NFS
5 1 (0.55%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.55%) XenApp
5 1 (0.55%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 12 (6.59%) Stealthwatch
2 11 (6.04%) Ansible
3 10 (5.49%) Kubernetes
3 10 (5.49%) Prometheus
3 10 (5.49%) vCenter Server
4 5 (2.75%) CASB
4 5 (2.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.65%) cPanel
6 2 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (1.10%) Plesk
7 1 (0.55%) Nagios
7 1 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.55%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.55%) vRealize
Vendors
1 67 (36.81%) Microsoft
2 54 (29.67%) Cisco
3 46 (25.27%) Adobe
3 46 (25.27%) Apple
4 32 (17.58%) Dell
5 30 (16.48%) NetApp
6 28 (15.38%) VMware
7 18 (9.89%) Meraki
7 18 (9.89%) Palo Alto
8 16 (8.79%) HP
9 11 (6.04%) Red Hat
9 11 (6.04%) Samsung
10 10 (5.49%) SolidFire
10 10 (5.49%) Veeam
11 7 (3.85%) Fortinet
11 7 (3.85%) Juniper
12 6 (3.30%) Databricks
12 6 (3.30%) Intel
13 5 (2.75%) Citrix
14 3 (1.65%) SolarWinds