Data Centre Jobs in the South East

Data Center
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 124 55
Rank change year-on-year -28 -69 +123
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 182 365 722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.88% 2.07% 5.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.82% 6.16% 12.17%
Number of salaries quoted 155 278 210
10th Percentile £24,750 £31,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,875 £87,625
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.98% -10.42% +3.68%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,779 5,922 5,933
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 39.02% 33.61% 42.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,889 3,792 3,056
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £34,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £56,588
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -11.64% +2.89%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £73,875
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £87,500
England 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 the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in the South East

Data Centre
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in the South East.

Salary trend for Data Centre in the South East

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in the South East over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in the South East

Data Centre
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 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
Thames Valley -4 78 £52,500 +5.00% 103
Hampshire +71 49 £46,250 -26.00% 46
Berkshire -6 39 £55,283 -6.30% 75
Surrey +18 32 £55,000 +2.80% 19
Buckinghamshire -2 26 £24,750 -38.13% 17
Oxfordshire +35 13 £60,000 +17.65% 24
West Sussex +14 10 £39,000 -40.00% 15
East Sussex +22 4 £92,500 +42.31% 4
Middlesex -21 4 - - 3
Sussex +12 3 £37,500 +7.14% 4
Kent +13 2 £38,750 -40.38% 8
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (3.30%) Apache
1 6 (3.30%) IIS
1 6 (3.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.55%) nginx
2 1 (0.55%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 18 (9.89%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.30%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.65%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 18 (9.89%) AWS
2 16 (8.79%) Azure
3 8 (4.40%) SaaS
4 5 (2.75%) Entra ID
5 4 (2.20%) AWS CloudFormation
5 4 (2.20%) Azure AI
5 4 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (2.20%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 4 (2.20%) Azure Key Vault
5 4 (2.20%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (2.20%) Azure Service Bus
5 4 (2.20%) IaaS
5 4 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (2.20%) PaaS
5 4 (2.20%) Power Automate
5 4 (2.20%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (1.10%) Asana
7 1 (0.55%) GitHub
7 1 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 37 (20.33%) Firewall
2 35 (19.23%) VPN
3 25 (13.74%) BGP
3 25 (13.74%) OSPF
4 22 (12.09%) DNS
4 22 (12.09%) TCP/IP
5 21 (11.54%) WAN
6 16 (8.79%) LAN
7 15 (8.24%) DHCP
8 14 (7.69%) IPsec
8 14 (7.69%) VLAN
9 11 (6.04%) Cisco ASA
9 11 (6.04%) SD-WAN
10 10 (5.49%) MPLS
11 9 (4.95%) Cisco Firepower
11 9 (4.95%) Ethernet VPN
11 9 (4.95%) SNMP
11 9 (4.95%) SSL
12 8 (4.40%) VXLAN
12 8 (4.40%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.59%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.85%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.20%) Data Lake
3 4 (2.20%) MySQL
3 4 (2.20%) Power BI
4 2 (1.10%) Metadata
4 2 (1.10%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 5 (2.75%) Git
2 2 (1.10%) JIRA
3 1 (0.55%) TeamCity
General
1 85 (46.70%) Social Skills
2 6 (3.30%) Finance
3 5 (2.75%) Back Office
3 5 (2.75%) Local Government
3 5 (2.75%) Public Sector
4 4 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (1.65%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (1.65%) Retail
6 2 (1.10%) Legal
6 2 (1.10%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.10%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 30 (16.48%) Graduate
1 30 (16.48%) Graduate Sales Executive
1 30 (16.48%) Network Engineer
1 30 (16.48%) Sales Executive
2 17 (9.34%) Vulnerability Manager
3 15 (8.24%) Senior
4 12 (6.59%) Lead
5 11 (6.04%) Field Engineer
6 10 (5.49%) Field Service Engineer
7 9 (4.95%) Analyst
7 9 (4.95%) Infrastructure Manager
8 8 (4.40%) Systems Engineer
9 7 (3.85%) Senior Network Engineer
10 6 (3.30%) Electrical Engineer
10 6 (3.30%) NOC Engineer
10 6 (3.30%) Project Manager
11 5 (2.75%) 1st Line Engineer
11 5 (2.75%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
12 4 (2.20%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 4 (2.20%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.20%) 802.1X
1 4 (2.20%) JSON
1 4 (2.20%) YAML
2 1 (0.55%) .NET
2 1 (0.55%) CSS
2 1 (0.55%) Node.js
2 1 (0.55%) RFC 2544
2 1 (0.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.54%) Driving Licence
2 8 (4.40%) Onboarding
3 7 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.85%) PMI
3 7 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.75%) Client/Server
5 4 (2.20%) IoT
5 4 (2.20%) NHS
5 4 (2.20%) Operational Technology
5 4 (2.20%) SCADA
6 3 (1.65%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (1.10%) Acoustics
7 2 (1.10%) Biopharmaceutical
7 2 (1.10%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 2 (1.10%) Industry 4.0
7 2 (1.10%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.55%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.55%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.55%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.44%) Windows
2 15 (8.24%) Linux
3 9 (4.95%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.85%) CentOS
5 6 (3.30%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.10%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.10%) Unix
7 1 (0.55%) AIX
7 1 (0.55%) SUSE
7 1 (0.55%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (36.81%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (18.68%) Artificial Intelligence
3 30 (16.48%) Customer Experience
4 28 (15.38%) Project Delivery
5 27 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 24 (13.19%) Customer Service
8 19 (10.44%) Incident Response
9 18 (9.89%) Vulnerability Management
10 17 (9.34%) Project Management
11 15 (8.24%) Agile
12 14 (7.69%) Preventative Maintenance
12 14 (7.69%) Service Delivery
13 12 (6.59%) Information Security
13 12 (6.59%) Service Management
14 11 (6.04%) Change Management
14 11 (6.04%) Data Centre Operations
14 11 (6.04%) ITIL
15 10 (5.49%) Computer Science
15 10 (5.49%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.69%) PowerShell
2 13 (7.14%) SQL
3 8 (4.40%) Python
4 4 (2.20%) Bicep
5 2 (1.10%) Bash
5 2 (1.10%) C
5 2 (1.10%) C++
5 2 (1.10%) Fortran
5 2 (1.10%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.55%) C#
6 1 (0.55%) Perl
6 1 (0.55%) SystemVerilog
6 1 (0.55%) Tcl
6 1 (0.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 35 (19.23%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (17.58%) Degree
3 28 (15.38%) CCNA
4 22 (12.09%) Security Cleared
5 21 (11.54%) CCNP
6 11 (6.04%) PMI Certification
7 10 (5.49%) SC Cleared
8 8 (4.40%) DV Cleared
8 8 (4.40%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (3.85%) MCSE
9 7 (3.85%) Network+ Certification
9 7 (3.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 6 (3.30%) MCSA
11 5 (2.75%) PMP
12 4 (2.20%) Azure Certification
12 4 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (2.20%) DBS Check
13 3 (1.65%) JNCIS
13 3 (1.65%) Master's Degree
14 2 (1.10%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.40%) SLA
2 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.10%) QA
System Software
1 31 (17.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 24 (13.19%) Virtual Machines
3 14 (7.69%) Hyper-V
4 10 (5.49%) Active Directory
5 5 (2.75%) Firmware
6 3 (1.65%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.55%) KVM
7 1 (0.55%) NFS
7 1 (0.55%) Squid
7 1 (0.55%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.55%) vSphere
7 1 (0.55%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (2.75%) WSUS
1 5 (2.75%) ZABBIX
2 4 (2.20%) FortiGate
2 4 (2.20%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.10%) Functional Safety
3 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.55%) Amdocs OSS
4 1 (0.55%) Ansible
4 1 (0.55%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.55%) HAProxy
4 1 (0.55%) Netcool
4 1 (0.55%) SCCM
4 1 (0.55%) Terraform
4 1 (0.55%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 55 (30.22%) Microsoft
2 41 (22.53%) Cisco
3 37 (20.33%) VMware
4 20 (10.99%) Juniper
5 17 (9.34%) Qualys
5 17 (9.34%) Tenable
6 9 (4.95%) Fortinet
7 8 (4.40%) Oracle
7 8 (4.40%) Palo Alto
8 7 (3.85%) Red Hat
9 6 (3.30%) Citrix
9 6 (3.30%) Dell
10 5 (2.75%) Meraki
11 4 (2.20%) Databricks
11 4 (2.20%) F5
12 3 (1.65%) IBM
12 3 (1.65%) Siemens
12 3 (1.65%) SolarWinds
13 2 (1.10%) Arista
13 2 (1.10%) Aruba