Data Centre Jobs in Tyne and Wear

Data Center
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 79 19
Rank change year-on-year +37 -60 +42
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 15 23 96
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 3.07% 1.66% 10.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.80% 5.44% 26.74%
Number of salaries quoted 10 22 16
10th Percentile £54,875 £40,988 £33,242
25th Percentile £56,875 £42,238 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £44,274 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +46.81% -19.50% -7.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £75,094
90th Percentile £69,250 - £81,875
North East median annual salary £65,000 £44,274 £37,500
% change year-on-year +46.81% +18.06% +7.14%

All Generic Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 153 423 359
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 31.35% 30.61% 39.36%
Number of salaries quoted 82 343 115
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £34,600
25th Percentile £44,750 £37,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -8.57% +10.53%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,941 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £74,550
North East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £47,711
% change year-on-year +15.79% -0.44% +6.02%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Tyne and Wear

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in Tyne and Wear.

Salary trend for Data Centre in Tyne and Wear

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in Tyne and Wear

Data Centre
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 28 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +36 15 £65,000 +46.81% 35
Data Centre
North East

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 (6.67%) AutoCAD
1 1 (6.67%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 6 (40.00%) AWS
1 6 (40.00%) Azure
1 6 (40.00%) OCI
2 4 (26.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Firewall
1 1 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (6.67%) Network Security
1 1 (6.67%) VPN
General
1 3 (20.00%) Local Government
2 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Architect
2 6 (40.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 5 (33.33%) Principal Engineer
4 4 (26.67%) Cloud Architect
4 4 (26.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
5 3 (20.00%) Civil Engineer
5 3 (20.00%) Design Engineer
5 3 (20.00%) Development Engineer
5 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (13.33%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 2 (13.33%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (13.33%) Technical Director
7 1 (6.67%) Mechanical Design Engineer
7 1 (6.67%) Mechanical Engineer
7 1 (6.67%) Security Architect
7 1 (6.67%) Senior
7 1 (6.67%) Senior Design Engineer
7 1 (6.67%) Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
7 1 (6.67%) Senior Mechanical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 10 (66.67%) SCADA
2 6 (40.00%) Operational Technology
3 2 (13.33%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (6.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (6.67%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 6 (40.00%) Linux
1 6 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Agile
1 6 (40.00%) DevOps
1 6 (40.00%) TOGAF
2 4 (26.67%) Systems Engineering
3 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (13.33%) Business Development
4 2 (13.33%) Business Strategy
4 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
4 2 (13.33%) Project Delivery
4 2 (13.33%) Project Management
4 2 (13.33%) Resource Allocation
4 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (13.33%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (13.33%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (6.67%) Business Continuity
5 1 (6.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (6.67%) Information Security
5 1 (6.67%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) Degree
2 6 (40.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 2 (13.33%) Master's Degree
4 1 (6.67%) CISM
4 1 (6.67%) CISSP
4 1 (6.67%) GIAC
4 1 (6.67%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (6.67%) GDPR
1 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.67%) NIST
1 1 (6.67%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 6 (40.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Oracle
1 6 (40.00%) VMware
2 2 (13.33%) Facebook
2 2 (13.33%) YouTube