Data Centre Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Data Centre Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 559 726 750
Rank change year-on-year +167 +24 +112
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Centre Manager 12 39 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.031% 0.053% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.056% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 3 36 8
10th Percentile £61,250 £50,000 -
25th Percentile £68,750 £52,500 £47,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £60,000 £52,425
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% +14.45% -8.83%
75th Percentile £91,875 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £96,750 £75,000 -
UK median annual salary £82,500 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +37.50% -14.29% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,130 69,905 52,029
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 94.92% 89.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17,680 49,398 29,909
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,438 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Data Centre Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Data Centre Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre Manager in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Centre Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Data Centre Manager in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Centre Manager in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre Manager within the UK excluding London 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
East of England +45 7 - - 2
South East +76 2 £57,500 -17.86% 17
West Midlands +62 2 £88,750 +77.50% 4
Midlands +58 2 £88,750 +77.50% 5
Wales - 1 - - 2
Data Centre Manager
UK

Data Centre Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Data Centre Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Data Centre Manager in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 8 (66.67%) Business Development
3 7 (58.33%) YouTube
3 7 (58.33%) Business Enablement
3 7 (58.33%) Technology Enablement
3 7 (58.33%) Business Strategy
3 7 (58.33%) Customer Service
4 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
5 4 (33.33%) Project Management
6 3 (25.00%) Migration
6 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
7 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
7 2 (16.67%) Finance
7 2 (16.67%) Law
7 2 (16.67%) Degree
7 2 (16.67%) NIST
7 2 (16.67%) People Management
7 2 (16.67%) Azure
8 1 (8.33%) Financial Analysis
8 1 (8.33%) Social Media
8 1 (8.33%) Waterfall
8 1 (8.33%) Process Improvement
8 1 (8.33%) Change Control
8 1 (8.33%) Twitter
8 1 (8.33%) Line Management
8 1 (8.33%) Mentoring
8 1 (8.33%) Coaching
8 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (8.33%) Feasibility Study
8 1 (8.33%) Gantt Chart

Data Centre Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
1 1 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (8.33%) Network Security
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Law
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 12 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) PMI
2 1 (8.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Business Development
2 7 (58.33%) Business Enablement
2 7 (58.33%) Business Strategy
2 7 (58.33%) Customer Service
2 7 (58.33%) Technology Enablement
3 4 (33.33%) Project Management
4 3 (25.00%) Migration
4 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) People Management
6 1 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (8.33%) Contract Negotiation
6 1 (8.33%) Cost Control
6 1 (8.33%) Cost Management
6 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
6 1 (8.33%) Feasibility Study
6 1 (8.33%) Gantt Chart
6 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
6 1 (8.33%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) MRICS
2 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) NIST
2 1 (8.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) YouTube
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) Instagram
3 1 (8.33%) Twitter