Data Centre Jobs in the South West

Data Center
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 157 48
Rank change year-on-year +25 -109 +158
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 48 136 401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.38% 1.47% 5.81%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.39% 4.62% 14.49%
Number of salaries quoted 33 92 59
10th Percentile £24,000 £35,000 £31,850
25th Percentile £24,750 £42,410 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £55,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -43.64% -24.14% +31.82%
75th Percentile £65,272 £64,063 £95,000
90th Percentile £75,705 £83,625 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £54,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +6.48% -6.09% -

All Generic Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,094 2,941 2,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 31.39% 31.89% 40.08%
Number of salaries quoted 599 2,036 1,396
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £34,500 £36,250 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% -4.76% -1.15%
75th Percentile £68,525 £66,250 £71,313
90th Percentile £80,150 £82,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in the South West

Data Centre
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Data Centre in the South West

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in the South West

Data Centre
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Bristol +74 33 £25,500 -53.64% 24
Devon +1 6 £61,644 +7.21% 8
Wiltshire 0 6 £55,513 -3.46% 23
Gloucestershire +58 2 £53,391 +23.96% 19
Somerset +3 1 £49,000 -6.67% 8
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 5 (10.42%) OpenStack
2 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (25.00%) Azure
2 8 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (10.42%) AWS
4 2 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.08%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (14.58%) Firewall
1 7 (14.58%) LAN
1 7 (14.58%) WAN
2 6 (12.50%) BGP
3 5 (10.42%) Network Security
3 5 (10.42%) SD-WAN
3 5 (10.42%) VPN
3 5 (10.42%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (8.33%) OSPF
4 4 (8.33%) VLAN
5 3 (6.25%) EIGRP
5 3 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (6.25%) MPLS
6 2 (4.17%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (4.17%) DHCP
6 2 (4.17%) DNS
6 2 (4.17%) Ethernet
6 2 (4.17%) HSRP
6 2 (4.17%) TCP/IP
6 2 (4.17%) Wireless
General
1 33 (68.75%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.33%) Retail
4 3 (6.25%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.17%) Finance
5 2 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (33.33%) Graduate
1 16 (33.33%) Graduate Sales Executive
1 16 (33.33%) Sales Executive
2 6 (12.50%) Network Engineer
2 6 (12.50%) Senior
3 5 (10.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (8.33%) Network Manager
5 3 (6.25%) IT Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) Senior Software Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) Software Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) Cabling Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) Cloud Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) Data Centre Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) IT Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Lead Network Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) Senior Cloud Engineer
6 2 (4.17%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.25%) OpenCL
2 1 (2.08%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.42%) Cyber Threat
1 5 (10.42%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.33%) Public Cloud
3 3 (6.25%) CUDA
3 3 (6.25%) Device Driver
3 3 (6.25%) PCIe
3 3 (6.25%) Private Cloud
4 2 (4.17%) CCTV
4 2 (4.17%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (4.17%) Podcast
4 2 (4.17%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (4.17%) SCADA
5 1 (2.08%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 9 (18.75%) Linux
2 5 (10.42%) Windows
3 2 (4.17%) Unix
3 2 (4.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (43.75%) Artificial Intelligence
2 20 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (33.33%) Customer Experience
4 12 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (18.75%) Mentoring
7 8 (16.67%) Decision-Making
8 7 (14.58%) Business Continuity
9 6 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 6 (12.50%) Project Management
9 6 (12.50%) Strategic Planning
10 5 (10.42%) Agile
10 5 (10.42%) Disaster Recovery
10 5 (10.42%) ITIL
10 5 (10.42%) Network Management
10 5 (10.42%) Software Engineering
11 4 (8.33%) Critical Thinking
11 4 (8.33%) Data Centre Operations
11 4 (8.33%) High Availability
11 4 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.58%) Python
2 3 (6.25%) C
2 3 (6.25%) C++
3 2 (4.17%) Bash
3 2 (4.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (20.83%) Security Cleared
2 7 (14.58%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.42%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (10.42%) Degree
4 4 (8.33%) CCNP
5 2 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (4.17%) PMI Certification
5 2 (4.17%) PMP
6 1 (2.08%) CCIE
6 1 (2.08%) CCNA
6 1 (2.08%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.08%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.42%) PCI DSS
2 4 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (8.33%) SLA
3 3 (6.25%) Data Quality
3 3 (6.25%) GDPR
3 3 (6.25%) QA
4 1 (2.08%) HIPAA
System Software
1 4 (8.33%) Virtual Servers
2 3 (6.25%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.25%) Firmware
3 2 (4.17%) Docker
3 2 (4.17%) Hyper-V
3 2 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (10.42%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.17%) Ansible
2 2 (4.17%) Podman
3 1 (2.08%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.08%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (14.58%) Cisco
2 5 (10.42%) Graphcore
2 5 (10.42%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.42%) Palo Alto
2 5 (10.42%) SolarWinds
3 3 (6.25%) Fortinet
3 3 (6.25%) Juniper
3 3 (6.25%) Talend
4 2 (4.17%) CheckPoint
4 2 (4.17%) F5
4 2 (4.17%) Facebook
4 2 (4.17%) Nimble Storage
4 2 (4.17%) Splunk
4 2 (4.17%) Veeam
4 2 (4.17%) VMware
4 2 (4.17%) YouTube
4 2 (4.17%) Zscaler
5 1 (2.08%) Citrix
5 1 (2.08%) Google
5 1 (2.08%) Meraki