Data Centre Operations Job Trends in Scotland

Data Center Operations
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Data Centre Operations skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 - 171
Rank change year-on-year - - +49
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre Operations 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.037% - 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.045% - 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £54,150
25th Percentile - - £58,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £68,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.67%
75th Percentile - - £78,875
90th Percentile - - £84,050
UK median annual salary £51,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -7.27% +2.80% -24.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Data Centre Operations falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,240 2,547 2,578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 81.81% 91.52% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,142 1,118 1,721
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,656 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,927 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.60%

Data Centre Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Centre Operations relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Data Centre Operations job vacancy trend in Scotland

Data Centre Operations
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Data Centre Operations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Data Centre Operations

Data Centre Operations
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre Operations within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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
Edinburgh - 1 £90,000 -
Data Centre Operations
UK

Data Centre Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Stack
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365 Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Process Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (100.00%) Forefront Identity Manager
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Proofpoint
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow