Data Centre Job Trends in Stoke-on-Trent

Data Center
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 28 36
Rank change year-on-year +2 +8 -24
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 4 2 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Stoke-on-Trent 1.33% 2.44% 2.51%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.00% 5.13% 7.77%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £36,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £37,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% -41.18% +96.15%
75th Percentile £41,963 £38,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £50,895 - -
Staffordshire median annual salary £37,000 £53,300 £55,000
% change year-on-year -30.58% -3.09% +30.18%

All Generic Skills
Stoke-on-Trent

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 Stoke-on-Trent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 40 39 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 13.33% 47.56% 32.29%
Number of salaries quoted 17 35 80
10th Percentile £31,500 - £30,950
25th Percentile £37,000 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £35,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -30.00% -0.50%
75th Percentile £55,000 £40,375 £60,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £51,500 £62,500
Staffordshire median annual salary £35,000 £36,925 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.21% -7.69% -15.79%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Centre relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent.

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stoke-on-Trent citing Data Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stoke-on-Trent citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in Stoke-on-Trent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Stoke-on-Trent over the 6 months to 6 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in Stoke-on-Trent

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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 3 (75.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) DHCP
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
1 3 (75.00%) FTP
General
1 3 (75.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre Operations
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) MCSA
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 3 (75.00%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix