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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 143 209 57
Rank change year-on-year +66 -152 +123
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 21 79 224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.71% 1.16% 4.98%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.86% 2.46% 12.23%
Number of salaries quoted 11 65 44
10th Percentile £42,500 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £46,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £51,743
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +6.30% -1.44%
75th Percentile £50,250 £67,500 £58,000
90th Percentile £57,000 £84,000 £73,875
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -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 733 3,210 1,831
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 24.62% 47.12% 40.70%
Number of salaries quoted 369 841 764
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,750 £32,618
25th Percentile £48,688 £39,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.63% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £89,459
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

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 28 May 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 28 May 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 -16 12 £47,500 -14.41% 19
Glasgow +135 2 £41,500 -17.00% 22
Dunbartonshire - 2 - -
Inverclyde - 2 - -
Midlothian - 1 - - 2
West Lothian - 1 £48,500 -
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 2 (9.52%) JOnAS
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (9.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 9 (42.86%) AWS
2 8 (38.10%) Azure
3 5 (23.81%) SaaS
4 4 (19.05%) GCP
5 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
6 1 (4.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) Firewall
2 2 (9.52%) BGP
2 2 (9.52%) Internet
2 2 (9.52%) NAS
2 2 (9.52%) TCP/IP
2 2 (9.52%) VLAN
2 2 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (4.76%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (4.76%) Network Security
3 1 (4.76%) NX-OS
3 1 (4.76%) OSPF
3 1 (4.76%) SAN
3 1 (4.76%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (4.76%) VPN
3 1 (4.76%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.76%) Amazon QuickSight
2 1 (4.76%) MySQL
2 1 (4.76%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.76%) Power BI
2 1 (4.76%) Relational Database
2 1 (4.76%) Tableau
General
1 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (19.05%) Public Sector
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Finance
3 2 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Billing
4 1 (4.76%) Financial Institution
4 1 (4.76%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Analyst
1 5 (23.81%) DBA
1 5 (23.81%) SQL DBA
1 5 (23.81%) SQL Server DBA
2 3 (14.29%) Support Engineer
2 3 (14.29%) Technical Director
3 2 (9.52%) Network Analyst
3 2 (9.52%) Network Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Architect
4 1 (4.76%) Field Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Field Service Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Network Support Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (4.76%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Service Analyst
4 1 (4.76%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Public Cloud
2 3 (14.29%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (14.29%) SCADA
3 2 (9.52%) Private Cloud
3 2 (9.52%) Product Ownership
3 2 (9.52%) Replication
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.76%) Driving Licence
4 1 (4.76%) Mainframe
4 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.76%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
2 2 (9.52%) Linux
2 2 (9.52%) VMS
2 2 (9.52%) Windows 10
2 2 (9.52%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (23.81%) Capacity Planning
1 5 (23.81%) Performance Tuning
2 4 (19.05%) Business Strategy
2 4 (19.05%) ITIL
2 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (19.05%) Project Management
2 4 (19.05%) Roadmaps
2 4 (19.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (14.29%) Agile
3 3 (14.29%) Business Development
3 3 (14.29%) CI/CD
3 3 (14.29%) Customer Experience
3 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 3 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 3 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
3 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (14.29%) Strategic Planning
3 3 (14.29%) Systems Analysis
3 3 (14.29%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) SQL
1 5 (23.81%) T-SQL
2 2 (9.52%) PowerShell
2 2 (9.52%) Python
3 1 (4.76%) Bash
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) CCNA
2 2 (9.52%) CCNP
3 1 (4.76%) A+ Certification
3 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
3 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.76%) CISA
3 1 (4.76%) CISSP
3 1 (4.76%) MCSE
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (4.76%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
1 2 (9.52%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (4.76%) Ansible
2 1 (4.76%) FortiGate
2 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.76%) Opsview
2 1 (4.76%) Puppet
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) Facebook
2 3 (14.29%) YouTube
3 2 (9.52%) arcserve
3 2 (9.52%) Nimsoft
3 2 (9.52%) Sage
3 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco
4 1 (4.76%) Dell
4 1 (4.76%) Fortinet
4 1 (4.76%) Google
4 1 (4.76%) Oracle
4 1 (4.76%) SolarWinds
4 1 (4.76%) Symantec