Data Centre Job Trends 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 12 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 138 103
Rank change year-on-year +43 -35 -58
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 301 191 326
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.77% 2.17% 2.35%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.18% 5.10% 7.03%
Number of salaries quoted 202 141 241
10th Percentile £32,050 £24,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £31,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.50% -14.17% +10.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £60,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £68,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -5.17%

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 4,192 3,747 4,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 24.67% 42.57% 33.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,898 1,773 2,723
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,400 £27,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £34,988 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,591 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.71% -4.35% -11.54%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in the South East

Data Centre
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in the South East over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

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 12 August 2026. 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 +25 118 £60,000 +14.29% 58
Hampshire +22 103 £55,000 +7.84% 31
Berkshire +45 93 £60,000 +13.07% 38
West Sussex +3 34 £70,000 +81.82% 11
Surrey -34 25 £60,000 +9.09% 21
Buckinghamshire -13 16 £62,500 +152.53% 6
Kent -12 13 £55,000 +60.58% 8
Oxfordshire -25 9 £55,000 -8.33% 15
East Sussex -15 4 £34,000 -63.24%
Home Counties - 3 £85,000 -
Middlesex +32 1 £95,000 +322.22% 2
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (1.33%) OpenStack
2 1 (0.33%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.66%) Revit
3 4 (1.33%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.33%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 55 (18.27%) Azure
2 30 (9.97%) AWS
3 9 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (1.33%) Nutanix
5 3 (1.00%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (1.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 2 (0.66%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.66%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (0.66%) SaaS
7 1 (0.33%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.33%) Cloudflare
7 1 (0.33%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 39 (12.96%) Firewall
2 18 (5.98%) LAN
3 17 (5.65%) VPN
4 16 (5.32%) WAN
5 13 (4.32%) DNS
6 12 (3.99%) Network Security
6 12 (3.99%) NGFW
7 9 (2.99%) BGP
8 8 (2.66%) Cisco Nexus
8 8 (2.66%) OSPF
8 8 (2.66%) SD-WAN
9 6 (1.99%) Cisco Firepower
9 6 (1.99%) Ethernet VPN
10 5 (1.66%) DHCP
10 5 (1.66%) VSAN
11 4 (1.33%) Internet
12 3 (1.00%) NetScaler
12 3 (1.00%) TCP/IP
12 3 (1.00%) VoIP
13 2 (0.66%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.65%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.33%) JIRA
2 1 (0.33%) Git
General
1 58 (19.27%) Social Skills
2 15 (4.98%) Manufacturing
3 14 (4.65%) Public Sector
4 13 (4.32%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (4.32%) Finance
5 8 (2.66%) Aviation
5 8 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (2.33%) Aerospace
6 7 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.33%) Military
6 7 (2.33%) Retail
7 6 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.66%) Banking
9 2 (0.66%) Marketing
9 2 (0.66%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.66%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.33%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 42 (13.95%) Data Centre Manager
2 33 (10.96%) Senior
3 32 (10.63%) Data Centre Engineer
3 32 (10.63%) Lead
4 21 (6.98%) Data Centre Technician
4 21 (6.98%) Data Technician
5 20 (6.64%) Data Manager
6 18 (5.98%) Engineering Manager
7 15 (4.98%) Architect
7 15 (4.98%) Systems Engineer
8 14 (4.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (3.99%) Consultant
9 12 (3.99%) Network Engineer
9 12 (3.99%) Team Leader
10 11 (3.65%) Business Development Manager
10 11 (3.65%) Business Manager
10 11 (3.65%) Development Manager
10 11 (3.65%) Linux Engineer
11 9 (2.99%) IT Engineer
11 9 (2.99%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.00%) EDI
2 1 (0.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.98%) Onboarding
2 17 (5.65%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (5.32%) Fibre Optics
3 16 (5.32%) Hybrid Cloud
4 15 (4.98%) Driving Licence
5 14 (4.65%) Enterprise Storage
5 14 (4.65%) Private Cloud
6 13 (4.32%) iSeries
7 12 (3.99%) Management Information System
7 12 (3.99%) Replication
8 9 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (2.66%) PKI
10 7 (2.33%) PMI
11 5 (1.66%) Clustering
11 5 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (1.33%) Public Cloud
13 3 (1.00%) Life Science
14 2 (0.66%) Linux Command Line
15 1 (0.33%) Cloud Native
15 1 (0.33%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 27 (8.97%) Linux
2 22 (7.31%) Windows
3 14 (4.65%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.99%) VMS
5 4 (1.33%) CentOS
5 4 (1.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.00%) Debian
7 1 (0.33%) FreeBSD
7 1 (0.33%) OpenBSD
7 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 39 (12.96%) ITIL
3 33 (10.96%) Data Centre Operations
3 33 (10.96%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (10.30%) Stakeholder Management
5 26 (8.64%) Disaster Recovery
6 22 (7.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 21 (6.98%) Change Management
7 21 (6.98%) Customer Engagement
7 21 (6.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 20 (6.64%) Business Development
9 19 (6.31%) DevOps
10 18 (5.98%) Service Delivery
11 17 (5.65%) High Availability
11 17 (5.65%) Preventative Maintenance
11 17 (5.65%) Project Management
12 15 (4.98%) Business Strategy
12 15 (4.98%) Cybersecurity
12 15 (4.98%) Project Delivery
12 15 (4.98%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (2.66%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.00%) Python
2 3 (1.00%) SQL
3 2 (0.66%) Bash
Qualifications
1 40 (13.29%) Security Cleared
2 26 (8.64%) Degree
3 25 (8.31%) SC Cleared
4 21 (6.98%) DV Cleared
5 16 (5.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 16 (5.32%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (4.98%) CCNP
7 8 (2.66%) HNC
7 8 (2.66%) HND
7 8 (2.66%) PMI Certification
7 8 (2.66%) TOGAF Certification
7 8 (2.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (1.00%) City & Guilds
8 3 (1.00%) VCAP
8 3 (1.00%) VCDX
9 2 (0.66%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.33%) CCSE
10 1 (0.33%) MBA
10 1 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.33%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (3.32%) SLA
3 9 (2.99%) ISO 9001
3 9 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 8 (2.66%) NCSC
4 8 (2.66%) QA
5 4 (1.33%) NIST
6 3 (1.00%) PMO
7 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.33%) COSHH
8 1 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.33%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.33%) NEBOSH
8 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 33 (10.96%) Hyper-V
2 25 (8.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (4.98%) Active Directory
4 12 (3.99%) VMware NSX
5 11 (3.65%) Firmware
6 6 (1.99%) Docker
7 5 (1.66%) vSphere
8 3 (1.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 3 (1.00%) vCloud
8 3 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.66%) KVM
9 2 (0.66%) UAG
Systems Management
1 16 (5.32%) Ansible
2 12 (3.99%) Terraform
3 5 (1.66%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.66%) Puppet
4 4 (1.33%) ZABBIX
5 3 (1.00%) Grafana
6 2 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.66%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.66%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.33%) Nagios
7 1 (0.33%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 48 (15.95%) VMware
2 42 (13.95%) Microsoft
3 21 (6.98%) Cisco
4 13 (4.32%) IBM
5 11 (3.65%) Commvault
5 11 (3.65%) EMC
5 11 (3.65%) HP
5 11 (3.65%) Veeam
6 8 (2.66%) Palo Alto
7 7 (2.33%) Oracle
7 7 (2.33%) SAP
7 7 (2.33%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.99%) Mellanox
8 6 (1.99%) NVIDIA
9 5 (1.66%) Broadcom
10 3 (1.00%) Citrix
10 3 (1.00%) Dell
10 3 (1.00%) NetApp
10 3 (1.00%) Nimble Storage
11 2 (0.66%) CheckPoint