Data Centre Job Trends in Surrey

Data Center
South East > Surrey

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in Surrey. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 94 73
Rank change year-on-year +14 -21 +40
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 16 7 33
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.95% 0.59% 2.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.37% 1.51% 6.59%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 31
10th Percentile £48,350 £33,200 £46,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile - £71,250 -
90th Percentile - £77,500 £57,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -2.78%

All Generic Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 676 465 501
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 39.93% 39.41% 37.25%
Number of salaries quoted 247 199 338
10th Percentile £27,000 £36,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £43,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,250 £78,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -21.05% +8.57% -4.55%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Surrey

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Data Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 28 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
Woking - 6 £55,000 - 2
Guildford -4 4 - - 4
Chertsey - 3 £55,000 -
Data Centre
South East

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 2 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) Structured Cabling
1 4 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (25.00%) Manufacturing
1 4 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Cabling Engineer
1 4 (25.00%) Data Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Data Centre Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Category Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Data Centre Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Data Manager
3 2 (12.50%) IT Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Lead
4 1 (6.25%) Electrical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Fibre Optics
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Project Management
2 3 (18.75%) Facilities Management
3 2 (12.50%) Agile
3 2 (12.50%) Coaching
3 2 (12.50%) Contract Management
3 2 (12.50%) Contract Negotiation
3 2 (12.50%) Creative Thinking
3 2 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 1 (6.25%) Preventative Maintenance
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared