Data Centre Job Trends in South London

Data Center
London > South London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in South London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 71 61
Rank change year-on-year +48 -10 +14
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 23 12 1
As % of all permanent jobs in South London 4.78% 2.05% 0.25%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 8.52% 3.57% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 18 11 1
10th Percentile - £42,881 -
25th Percentile - £50,449 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -11.11% +28.57%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,272 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 - -
London median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.13% +14.29% -3.45%

All Generic Skills
South London

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 South London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 270 336 153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 56.13% 57.34% 37.68%
Number of salaries quoted 90 95 121
10th Percentile £27,694 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,656 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.29% -12.24% +14.29%
75th Percentile £50,000 £66,261 £77,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £83,750
London median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £79,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +1.27% +1.94%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in South London

Data Centre
Salary Trend in South London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Data Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in South London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in South London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in South London

Data Centre
Job Locations in South London

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 London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Kingston Upon Thames +12 13 £50,000 +16.60% 2
Merton - 11 £50,000 - 3
Bromley +21 6 £70,500 +17.50%
Croydon +22 4 - -
Data Centre
London

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) H2O.ai
1 1 (4.35%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (4.35%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Data Lake
1 1 (4.35%) Metadata
General
1 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.35%) Advertising
2 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (4.35%) Finance
2 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
2 1 (4.35%) Marketing
2 1 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (47.83%) Account Manager
2 10 (43.48%) Sales Account Manager
2 10 (43.48%) Sales Manager
3 4 (17.39%) Data Centre Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Business Development Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Business Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Development Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Cabling Engineer
5 2 (8.70%) Data Centre Technician
5 2 (8.70%) Data Technician
6 1 (4.35%) Bid Manager
6 1 (4.35%) IT Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Lead
6 1 (4.35%) Senior
6 1 (4.35%) Senior Bid Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) Keras
1 1 (4.35%) PyTorch
1 1 (4.35%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (43.48%) Data Protection
3 4 (17.39%) Business Development
3 4 (17.39%) Data Centre Operations
3 4 (17.39%) ITIL
4 2 (8.70%) Preventative Maintenance
5 1 (4.35%) Business Continuity
5 1 (4.35%) CAFM
5 1 (4.35%) Coaching
5 1 (4.35%) Computer Science
5 1 (4.35%) Conflict Resolution
5 1 (4.35%) Customer Service
5 1 (4.35%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (4.35%) Generative AI
5 1 (4.35%) Observability
5 1 (4.35%) Proactive Maintenance
5 1 (4.35%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
5 1 (4.35%) Risk Management
5 1 (4.35%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.35%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) CCNA
1 4 (17.39%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (17.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 4 (17.39%) Network+ Certification
2 3 (13.04%) City & Guilds
3 1 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.35%) Degree
3 1 (4.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) SLA
2 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.35%) NEBOSH
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Cisco
2 1 (4.35%) Databricks
2 1 (4.35%) Dell
2 1 (4.35%) NVIDIA
2 1 (4.35%) Veeam