Data Centre Jobs in South Wales

Data Center
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 42 31
Rank change year-on-year -20 -11 +58
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 4 64 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 0.46% 4.13% 7.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.74% 14.51% 19.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3 19 8
10th Percentile £53,350 £35,195 £55,696
25th Percentile £54,625 £35,973 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £44,886 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.33% -35.88% +46.86%
75th Percentile £61,375 £61,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £62,050 £62,500 £87,500
Wales median annual salary £56,750 £36,476 £70,000
% change year-on-year +55.58% -47.89% +40.00%

All Generic Skills
South Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 230 441 454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 26.35% 28.47% 39.04%
Number of salaries quoted 147 237 227
10th Percentile £32,000 £26,994 £30,500
25th Percentile £48,015 £35,195 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £46,604 £51,573
Median % change year-on-year +33.04% -9.63% -1.77%
75th Percentile £70,600 £60,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,500 £70,000 £77,500
Wales median annual salary £62,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +37.78% - -14.29%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in South Wales

Data Centre
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Data Centre in South Wales

Data Centre
Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 29 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
Cardiff +24 2 £55,000 -8.33% 26
Glamorgan - 1 £60,000 - 1
Rhondda Cynon Taff - 1 £58,500 -
Data Centre
Wales

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) BGP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) OSPF
2 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) VLAN
2 1 (25.00%) VoIP
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (25.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JMeter
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (25.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Development
2 1 (25.00%) Coaching
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (25.00%) Cost Control
2 1 (25.00%) Cost Management
2 1 (25.00%) Feasibility Study
2 1 (25.00%) Financial Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (25.00%) Network Design
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) CCSA
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) MRICS
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (25.00%) QA
1 1 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (25.00%) Iperf
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) Instagram
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (25.00%) Twitter
1 1 (25.00%) VMware