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 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 153 141
Rank change year-on-year +43 -12 +7
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 178 162 171
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.72% 1.80% 1.94%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.71% 5.14% 5.99%
Number of salaries quoted 112 94 151
10th Percentile £26,000 £37,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £43,911 £37,328
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £63,438 £67,500
90th Percentile £104,500 £69,625 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +5.26% -0.87%

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 3,118 3,149 2,856
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 30.04% 35.07% 32.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,600 1,340 1,921
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,975 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,177 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +4.59% -0.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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
Hampshire +49 70 £30,000 -42.86% 26
Thames Valley -11 54 £55,283 -3.86% 47
Berkshire +4 53 £55,283 +0.51% 34
Surrey +21 24 £55,000 -8.33% 11
Kent -5 16 £70,000 +47.37% 8
West Sussex +1 12 £51,250 -16.33% 12
Buckinghamshire -19 1 - - 7
Middlesex - 1 - -
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 3 (1.69%) IIS
1 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.12%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.56%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (3.93%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.69%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.56%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 30 (16.85%) Cloud Computing
2 18 (10.11%) Azure
3 6 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.25%) SaaS
5 3 (1.69%) AWS
6 2 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (1.12%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.56%) H2O.ai
7 1 (0.56%) IaaS
7 1 (0.56%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.56%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 31 (17.42%) Firewall
2 23 (12.92%) VPN
3 20 (11.24%) LAN
4 19 (10.67%) WAN
5 17 (9.55%) BGP
6 13 (7.30%) Wireless
7 10 (5.62%) MPLS
8 9 (5.06%) OSPF
8 9 (5.06%) SD-WAN
9 8 (4.49%) Cisco ASA
9 8 (4.49%) VXLAN
10 7 (3.93%) TCP/IP
11 5 (2.81%) DHCP
11 5 (2.81%) DNS
11 5 (2.81%) SAN
11 5 (2.81%) VLAN
11 5 (2.81%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (2.25%) Network Security
12 4 (2.25%) Structured Cabling
13 3 (1.69%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.93%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.56%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 7 (3.93%) JIRA
2 3 (1.69%) GitLab
3 2 (1.12%) Artifactory
General
1 46 (25.84%) Social Skills
2 36 (20.22%) Finance
3 32 (17.98%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.06%) Marketing
4 9 (5.06%) Telecoms
5 7 (3.93%) Banking
5 7 (3.93%) Manufacturing
5 7 (3.93%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.25%) Legal
6 4 (2.25%) Retail
7 2 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.56%) Environmental Health
8 1 (0.56%) Games
8 1 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.56%) Law
8 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (25.84%) Lead
2 45 (25.28%) Senior
3 15 (8.43%) Consultant
4 12 (6.74%) Network Engineer
4 12 (6.74%) Team Leader
5 8 (4.49%) Telesales Executive
6 7 (3.93%) Analyst
6 7 (3.93%) Cisco Consultant
6 7 (3.93%) Cisco Network Consultant
6 7 (3.93%) Data Centre Engineer
6 7 (3.93%) Network Consultant
6 7 (3.93%) Senior Network Engineer
6 7 (3.93%) WAN Consultant
7 6 (3.37%) Account Manager
7 6 (3.37%) Data Centre Manager
7 6 (3.37%) Field Engineer
7 6 (3.37%) Field Service Engineer
7 6 (3.37%) Help Desk Team Lead
8 5 (2.81%) Data Centre Analyst
8 5 (2.81%) Head of IT
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.93%) REST
2 1 (0.56%) CSS
2 1 (0.56%) HTML
2 1 (0.56%) JSON
2 1 (0.56%) Keras
2 1 (0.56%) PyTorch
2 1 (0.56%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 31 (17.42%) Analytical Mindset
1 31 (17.42%) Social Media
2 11 (6.18%) Fibre Optics
3 6 (3.37%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.81%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.25%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.25%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.69%) Clustering
6 3 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.69%) Smartphone
7 2 (1.12%) Replication
8 1 (0.56%) AS400
8 1 (0.56%) CCTV
8 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.56%) iPhone
8 1 (0.56%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.56%) Online Games
8 1 (0.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.55%) Linux
2 6 (3.37%) Windows
2 6 (3.37%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.56%) Android
3 1 (0.56%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.56%) Unix
3 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (23.03%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (22.47%) Stakeholder Management
3 38 (21.35%) Project Management
4 37 (20.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 36 (20.22%) Customer Service
6 32 (17.98%) Change Management
6 32 (17.98%) ERP
6 32 (17.98%) Matrix Management
7 30 (16.85%) Business Strategy
8 28 (15.73%) Analytics
8 28 (15.73%) Business Transformation
8 28 (15.73%) Use Case
9 27 (15.17%) Digital Enablement
9 27 (15.17%) Resource Allocation
9 27 (15.17%) Revenue Management
10 17 (9.55%) High Availability
11 14 (7.87%) Mentoring
12 12 (6.74%) Service Delivery
13 11 (6.18%) Cybersecurity
14 10 (5.62%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.62%) Python
2 4 (2.25%) Bash
2 4 (2.25%) SQL
3 3 (1.69%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.56%) Perl
Qualifications
1 16 (8.99%) Security Cleared
2 15 (8.43%) SC Cleared
3 14 (7.87%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (6.74%) Degree
5 11 (6.18%) CCNP
6 6 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (2.81%) CCNA
7 5 (2.81%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.25%) City & Guilds
8 4 (2.25%) Master's Degree
8 4 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.69%) A+ Certification
9 3 (1.69%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.69%) DBS Check
9 3 (1.69%) MCSE
9 3 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (1.12%) HND
10 2 (1.12%) JNCIA
10 2 (1.12%) JNCIS
10 2 (1.12%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.56%) Data Quality
1 1 (0.56%) ISO 14001
1 1 (0.56%) ISO 9001
1 1 (0.56%) QA
System Software
1 8 (4.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (3.93%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.25%) Docker
3 4 (2.25%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.25%) VMware NSX
4 2 (1.12%) KVM
4 2 (1.12%) RHEV
4 2 (1.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 2 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.12%) Xen
5 1 (0.56%) Ceph
5 1 (0.56%) Lustre
5 1 (0.56%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (7.87%) FortiGate
2 11 (6.18%) Ansible
3 6 (3.37%) ZABBIX
4 5 (2.81%) Endace
4 5 (2.81%) Terraform
5 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.12%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (1.12%) Nagios
6 2 (1.12%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.56%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.56%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.56%) Puppet
7 1 (0.56%) SCCM
7 1 (0.56%) SCOM
Vendors
1 27 (15.17%) Cisco
2 12 (6.74%) Fortinet
2 12 (6.74%) Microsoft
3 11 (6.18%) Juniper
4 9 (5.06%) Meraki
4 9 (5.06%) VMware
5 7 (3.93%) Dell
6 5 (2.81%) Palo Alto
7 4 (2.25%) Aruba
7 4 (2.25%) CheckPoint
7 4 (2.25%) ConnectWise
7 4 (2.25%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.69%) Arista
8 3 (1.69%) Extreme Networks
8 3 (1.69%) HP
8 3 (1.69%) IBM
8 3 (1.69%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.12%) Citrix
9 2 (1.12%) NVIDIA
9 2 (1.12%) Sophos