Data Centre Jobs in Scotland

Data Center
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 182 50
Rank change year-on-year +41 -132 +131
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 24 89 227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.74% 1.38% 5.54%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.88% 3.14% 14.24%
Number of salaries quoted 12 73 46
10th Percentile £27,025 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,000 £47,500 £46,638
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -5.17% +10.48%
75th Percentile £53,063 £71,250 £72,906
90th Percentile £57,450 £85,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +0.87%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 833 2,830 1,594
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 25.57% 44.04% 38.87%
Number of salaries quoted 391 815 751
10th Percentile £32,000 £28,885 £32,893
25th Percentile £48,469 £39,885 £42,874
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.63% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,778 £80,000 £84,056
UK median annual salary £57,560 £55,000 £64,179
% change year-on-year +4.65% -14.30% +2.69%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Scotland

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in Scotland.

Salary trend for Data Centre in Scotland

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Scotland over the 6 months to 11 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in Scotland

Data Centre
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 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 11 July 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 -15 13 £47,500 -13.64% 17
Glasgow +102 4 £40,250 -19.50% 18
Dunbartonshire - 3 - -
Inverclyde - 2 - - 3
West Lothian +5 1 £48,500 +2.11%
Midlothian - 1 - - 2
Data Centre
UK

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (12.50%) JOnAS
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 8 (33.33%) AWS
2 7 (29.17%) Azure
3 5 (20.83%) SaaS
4 3 (12.50%) GCP
4 3 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (25.00%) Firewall
2 4 (16.67%) BGP
2 4 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 3 (12.50%) Cisco IOS
3 3 (12.50%) Internet
3 3 (12.50%) NAS
3 3 (12.50%) NX-OS
3 3 (12.50%) OSPF
3 3 (12.50%) Software-Defined Networking
3 3 (12.50%) VLAN
3 3 (12.50%) VXLAN
3 3 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (8.33%) SAN
5 1 (4.17%) Network Security
5 1 (4.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (29.17%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.17%) MySQL
2 1 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.17%) Relational Database
General
1 10 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Public Sector
3 4 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (8.33%) Legal
6 1 (4.17%) Finance
6 1 (4.17%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 5 (20.83%) DBA
1 5 (20.83%) SQL DBA
1 5 (20.83%) SQL Server DBA
2 4 (16.67%) Network Engineer
2 4 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Analyst
3 3 (12.50%) Data Centre Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Data Network Engineer
3 3 (12.50%) Technical Director
4 2 (8.33%) Field Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Field Service Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (8.33%) IT Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.17%) Hardware Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Network Analyst
5 1 (4.17%) Network Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Network Support
5 1 (4.17%) Network Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Public Cloud
1 3 (12.50%) Renewable Energy
1 3 (12.50%) Replication
1 3 (12.50%) SCADA
2 2 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (8.33%) Driving Licence
2 2 (8.33%) Product Ownership
2 2 (8.33%) Smartphone
3 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.17%) Mainframe
3 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.17%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Windows
2 3 (12.50%) VMS
2 3 (12.50%) Windows 10
2 3 (12.50%) Windows 7
3 1 (4.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (25.00%) Customer Experience
3 5 (20.83%) Capacity Planning
3 5 (20.83%) Performance Tuning
3 5 (20.83%) Roadmaps
4 4 (16.67%) Agile
4 4 (16.67%) Business Strategy
4 4 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (16.67%) ITIL
4 4 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 4 (16.67%) Project Management
4 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
5 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (12.50%) Migration
5 3 (12.50%) Strategic Planning
5 3 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
5 3 (12.50%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) SQL
1 5 (20.83%) T-SQL
2 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (12.50%) Degree
2 2 (8.33%) A+ Certification
2 2 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (8.33%) CCNA
2 2 (8.33%) MCSE
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (8.33%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (4.17%) CCNP
3 1 (4.17%) CISA
3 1 (4.17%) CISSP
System Software
1 3 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 3 (12.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Ansible
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.17%) FortiGate
2 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.17%) Puppet
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) arcserve
2 3 (12.50%) Cisco
2 3 (12.50%) Facebook
2 3 (12.50%) Nimsoft
2 3 (12.50%) Sage
2 3 (12.50%) ServiceNow
2 3 (12.50%) YouTube
3 2 (8.33%) Dell
4 1 (4.17%) Fortinet
4 1 (4.17%) Oracle
4 1 (4.17%) Symantec