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 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 115 47
Rank change year-on-year -39 -68 +118
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 195 374 660
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.89% 2.24% 5.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.57% 6.82% 14.00%
Number of salaries quoted 147 279 159
10th Percentile £24,450 £34,600 £32,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,631 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% -0.91%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £73,875
90th Percentile £74,500 £85,000 £92,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +4.35%

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 4,265 5,483 4,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 41.38% 32.81% 39.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,107 3,416 2,843
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -12.28% +3.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £73,875
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £57,560 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.65% -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 18 July 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 18 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
Thames Valley -15 94 £52,783 +5.57% 105
Berkshire -18 48 £55,283 -6.30% 74
Surrey +26 37 £55,000 +10.00% 53
Hampshire +48 35 £42,500 -32.00% 46
Buckinghamshire -8 28 £24,750 -34.87% 23
Oxfordshire +47 18 £60,000 +20.00% 10
West Sussex -13 11 £38,500 -40.77% 9
Kent +9 6 £31,000 -52.31% 17
Middlesex -13 5 £22,500 -43.75% 7
East Sussex +21 4 £92,500 +42.31% 4
Sussex +17 3 £37,500 +7.14% 4
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 9 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.56%) Apache
2 5 (2.56%) IIS
3 1 (0.51%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 26 (13.33%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (3.08%) MS Visio
4 3 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 16 (8.21%) Azure
2 12 (6.15%) AWS
3 9 (4.62%) SaaS
4 6 (3.08%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.05%) Azure AI
6 4 (2.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 4 (2.05%) Azure Key Vault
6 4 (2.05%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (2.05%) Azure Service Bus
6 4 (2.05%) IaaS
6 4 (2.05%) PaaS
6 4 (2.05%) Power Automate
6 4 (2.05%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.03%) Asana
8 1 (0.51%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.51%) Nutanix
8 1 (0.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 27 (13.85%) Firewall
2 26 (13.33%) VPN
3 20 (10.26%) WAN
4 19 (9.74%) BGP
4 19 (9.74%) OSPF
5 18 (9.23%) DNS
6 17 (8.72%) LAN
7 16 (8.21%) TCP/IP
8 14 (7.18%) SNMP
9 13 (6.67%) VLAN
10 12 (6.15%) DHCP
11 11 (5.64%) SD-WAN
12 8 (4.10%) IPsec
13 7 (3.59%) Cisco ASA
13 7 (3.59%) Cisco Firepower
13 7 (3.59%) Ethernet
13 7 (3.59%) MPLS
14 6 (3.08%) Modbus
14 6 (3.08%) MQTT
14 6 (3.08%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.15%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.59%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.05%) Data Lake
3 4 (2.05%) MySQL
3 4 (2.05%) Power BI
4 2 (1.03%) Metadata
4 2 (1.03%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 5 (2.56%) Git
2 2 (1.03%) JIRA
3 1 (0.51%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.51%) GitLab
General
1 93 (47.69%) Social Skills
2 11 (5.64%) Finance
3 7 (3.59%) Manufacturing
3 7 (3.59%) Pharmaceutical
4 6 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (2.56%) Back Office
5 5 (2.56%) Local Government
5 5 (2.56%) Marketing
5 5 (2.56%) Public Sector
6 3 (1.54%) Retail
7 2 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.51%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.51%) Legal
8 1 (0.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (15.38%) Graduate
1 30 (15.38%) Graduate Sales Executive
1 30 (15.38%) Sales Executive
2 21 (10.77%) Network Engineer
3 18 (9.23%) Field Engineer
4 17 (8.72%) Field Service Engineer
4 17 (8.72%) Vulnerability Manager
5 16 (8.21%) Senior
6 15 (7.69%) Lead
7 14 (7.18%) Systems Engineer
8 9 (4.62%) Analyst
9 8 (4.10%) IT Manager
10 7 (3.59%) Data Centre Engineer
11 6 (3.08%) Automation Engineer
11 6 (3.08%) Electrical Engineer
11 6 (3.08%) Infrastructure Manager
11 6 (3.08%) Project Manager
11 6 (3.08%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 5 (2.56%) 1st Line Engineer
12 5 (2.56%) Mechanical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.05%) 802.1X
2 3 (1.54%) .NET
2 3 (1.54%) CSS
3 1 (0.51%) JSON
3 1 (0.51%) Node.js
3 1 (0.51%) RFC 2544
3 1 (0.51%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (12.82%) Driving Licence
2 11 (5.64%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (4.10%) IoT
3 8 (4.10%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.10%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.10%) Operational Technology
3 8 (4.10%) SCADA
4 7 (3.59%) PMI
5 6 (3.08%) Biopharmaceutical
5 6 (3.08%) Industry 4.0
5 6 (3.08%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (2.56%) Client/Server
7 4 (2.05%) NHS
8 3 (1.54%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (1.03%) Acoustics
9 2 (1.03%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 2 (1.03%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.51%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.51%) Private Cloud
10 1 (0.51%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.72%) Windows
2 8 (4.10%) Linux
3 7 (3.59%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.03%) CentOS
4 2 (1.03%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.03%) Unix
5 1 (0.51%) AIX
5 1 (0.51%) Android
5 1 (0.51%) SUSE
5 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.51%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (38.97%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (17.44%) Artificial Intelligence
3 33 (16.92%) Project Delivery
4 31 (15.90%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (15.38%) Customer Experience
5 30 (15.38%) Customer Service
6 25 (12.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (10.26%) Preventative Maintenance
8 19 (9.74%) Incident Response
9 18 (9.23%) Vulnerability Management
10 17 (8.72%) Agile
10 17 (8.72%) Mentoring
10 17 (8.72%) Project Management
11 13 (6.67%) Data Centre Operations
12 12 (6.15%) Service Delivery
13 11 (5.64%) Asset Management
13 11 (5.64%) Facilities Management
13 11 (5.64%) Service Management
14 10 (5.13%) ITIL
15 9 (4.62%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.18%) PowerShell
2 13 (6.67%) SQL
3 10 (5.13%) Python
4 4 (2.05%) Bicep
4 4 (2.05%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.54%) C#
6 2 (1.03%) Bash
6 2 (1.03%) C
6 2 (1.03%) C++
6 2 (1.03%) Fortran
7 1 (0.51%) Perl
7 1 (0.51%) SystemVerilog
7 1 (0.51%) Tcl
7 1 (0.51%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 41 (21.03%) Degree
2 23 (11.79%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (9.23%) CCNA
4 13 (6.67%) Security Cleared
5 11 (5.64%) CCNP
5 11 (5.64%) PMI Certification
6 7 (3.59%) DBS Check
6 7 (3.59%) SC Cleared
7 6 (3.08%) Chartered Engineer
7 6 (3.08%) HNC
7 6 (3.08%) HND
8 5 (2.56%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.56%) PMP
9 4 (2.05%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.54%) Master's Degree
11 2 (1.03%) PhD
11 2 (1.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.51%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.13%) SLA
2 2 (1.03%) QA
3 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 26 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (11.28%) Virtual Machines
3 13 (6.67%) Hyper-V
4 11 (5.64%) Active Directory
5 6 (3.08%) Firmware
5 6 (3.08%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.51%) KVM
6 1 (0.51%) NFS
6 1 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.51%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.51%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (3.08%) Functional Safety
1 6 (3.08%) WSUS
2 5 (2.56%) ZABBIX
3 4 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.03%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.03%) SCCM
5 1 (0.51%) Amdocs OSS
5 1 (0.51%) Netcool
5 1 (0.51%) Terraform
5 1 (0.51%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 53 (27.18%) Microsoft
2 33 (16.92%) VMware
3 26 (13.33%) Cisco
4 17 (8.72%) Qualys
4 17 (8.72%) Tenable
5 14 (7.18%) Juniper
6 9 (4.62%) Fortinet
7 8 (4.10%) Dell
7 8 (4.10%) Oracle
8 7 (3.59%) Citrix
8 7 (3.59%) Siemens
9 6 (3.08%) AVEVA
9 6 (3.08%) IBM
9 6 (3.08%) Rockwell
10 4 (2.05%) Databricks
10 4 (2.05%) F5
10 4 (2.05%) Meraki
11 3 (1.54%) HP
11 3 (1.54%) Palo Alto
12 2 (1.03%) Arista