Data Centre Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Data Center
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 112 92
Rank change year-on-year +15 -20 -34
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 89 94 166
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.44% 2.59% 2.52%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.74% 5.86% 7.97%
Number of salaries quoted 34 72 93
10th Percentile £53,000 £24,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £24,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,783 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.67% +5.57% -2.30%
75th Percentile £73,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £68,375 £79,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% +0.92%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,551 1,603 2,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 25.18% 44.23% 31.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,040 656 1,337
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,375 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -13.04%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,125 £82,500 £75,000
South East median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -13.04%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Data Centre
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Data Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in the Thames Valley

Data Centre
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 July 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
Berkshire +32 66 £60,000 +8.53% 27
Buckinghamshire -28 13 £62,750 +153.54% 2
Oxfordshire -19 10 £55,000 -8.33% 2
Data Centre
South East

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.12%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 14 (15.73%) Azure
2 11 (12.36%) AWS
3 2 (2.25%) Entra ID
3 2 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.12%) Nutanix
4 1 (1.12%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.74%) Firewall
2 5 (5.62%) VPN
3 4 (4.49%) Cisco Firepower
3 4 (4.49%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (3.37%) LAN
4 3 (3.37%) Network Security
4 3 (3.37%) NGFW
4 3 (3.37%) SD-WAN
4 3 (3.37%) WAN
5 2 (2.25%) DNS
6 1 (1.12%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (1.12%) DHCP
6 1 (1.12%) HTTP
6 1 (1.12%) HTTPS
6 1 (1.12%) Modbus
6 1 (1.12%) SMTP
6 1 (1.12%) SSL
6 1 (1.12%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (1.12%) VLAN
6 1 (1.12%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.12%) Git
General
1 6 (6.74%) Social Skills
2 5 (5.62%) Manufacturing
3 4 (4.49%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (2.25%) Banking
5 1 (1.12%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.12%) Aviation
5 1 (1.12%) Finance
5 1 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.12%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (26.97%) Data Centre Manager
2 18 (20.22%) Engineering Manager
3 11 (12.36%) Systems Engineer
4 10 (11.24%) Architect
5 9 (10.11%) Senior
6 7 (7.87%) Azure Engineer
6 7 (7.87%) Data Centre Technician
6 7 (7.87%) Data Technician
7 6 (6.74%) Account Manager
7 6 (6.74%) Data Centre Architect
7 6 (6.74%) Data Manager
7 6 (6.74%) Facilities Manager
7 6 (6.74%) IT Architect
7 6 (6.74%) Systems Architect
7 6 (6.74%) Technical Manager
8 5 (5.62%) Business Development Manager
8 5 (5.62%) Business Manager
8 5 (5.62%) Consultant
8 5 (5.62%) Development Manager
9 4 (4.49%) Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.62%) Onboarding
2 3 (3.37%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (3.37%) Private Cloud
3 1 (1.12%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.12%) Clustering
3 1 (1.12%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (1.12%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.12%) Replication
3 1 (1.12%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.74%) Linux
2 3 (3.37%) Windows
3 1 (1.12%) FreeBSD
3 1 (1.12%) OpenBSD
3 1 (1.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (16.85%) Data Centre Operations
2 6 (6.74%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (6.74%) Facilities Management
2 6 (6.74%) Incident Response
2 6 (6.74%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (5.62%) Business Development
3 5 (5.62%) Preventative Maintenance
3 5 (5.62%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (4.49%) ITIL
4 4 (4.49%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (4.49%) TOGAF
5 3 (3.37%) Cloud Security
5 3 (3.37%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (3.37%) Fintech
5 3 (3.37%) Low Latency
5 3 (3.37%) Network Architecture
5 3 (3.37%) Risk Management
5 3 (3.37%) Zero Trust
6 2 (2.25%) Presales
6 2 (2.25%) Proactive Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.37%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.12%) Bash
2 1 (1.12%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (5.62%) Security Cleared
2 4 (4.49%) CCNP
2 4 (4.49%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (3.37%) Degree
3 3 (3.37%) DV Cleared
3 3 (3.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (1.12%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.12%) BICSI Certification
4 1 (1.12%) CCSE
4 1 (1.12%) CCSM
4 1 (1.12%) CISSP
4 1 (1.12%) City & Guilds
4 1 (1.12%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (1.12%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.49%) NCSC
1 4 (4.49%) SLA
2 3 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.12%) ISO 22301
4 1 (1.12%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (11.24%) Hyper-V
2 4 (4.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (4.49%) VMware NSX
3 3 (3.37%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.12%) Docker
4 1 (1.12%) KVM
4 1 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.12%) Ansible
2 1 (1.12%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (1.12%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.12%) Proxmox
2 1 (1.12%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (14.61%) Microsoft
1 13 (14.61%) VMware
2 5 (5.62%) Cisco
3 4 (4.49%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.12%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.12%) Fortinet