Data Centre Operations Jobs in the UK excluding London

Data Center Operations
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Data Centre Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre Operations over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 690 748 828
Rank change year-on-year +58 +80 -183
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre Operations 61 20 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.087% 0.033% 0.041%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.034% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 40 12 22
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,580 £36,403
25th Percentile £39,720 £35,833 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +39.39% -2.94% -19.05%
75th Percentile £61,001 £54,375 £52,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £84,000 £60,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +21.05% +11.76% -29.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Data Centre Operations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,415 58,778 66,796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.38% 95.62% 94.04%
Number of salaries quoted 41,129 30,196 41,543
10th Percentile £27,117 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Data Centre Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Data Centre Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

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

Data Centre Operations
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Data Centre Operations in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Operations
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre Operations in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Centre Operations in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Operations
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 Operations within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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 +36 21 - -
North of England - 16 £41,235 - 2
North West - 16 £41,235 - 2
South East +10 9 £60,000 +73.51% 9
Scotland -57 7 £57,500 -23.33%
West Midlands +17 4 £57,500 +27.78% 1
Midlands +14 4 £57,500 +27.78% 1
South West -23 4 £60,918 +63.54%
Data Centre Operations
UK

Data Centre Operations
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (9.84%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (3.28%) MS Visio
1 2 (3.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.39%) Azure
2 8 (13.11%) Entra ID
2 8 (13.11%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (6.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 21 (34.43%) SAN
2 11 (18.03%) LAN
3 9 (14.75%) Wireless
4 8 (13.11%) WAN
5 7 (11.48%) NGFW
5 7 (11.48%) Software-Defined Networking
5 7 (11.48%) WLAN
6 6 (9.84%) Internet
7 5 (8.20%) Network Security
8 4 (6.56%) DHCP
8 4 (6.56%) DNS
8 4 (6.56%) Fibre Channel
8 4 (6.56%) Firewall
8 4 (6.56%) iSCSI
8 4 (6.56%) SD-WAN
8 4 (6.56%) SNMP
9 2 (3.28%) VLAN
10 1 (1.64%) Structured Cabling
General
1 27 (44.26%) Social Skills
2 4 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 21 (34.43%) Administrator
1 21 (34.43%) IT Administrator
1 21 (34.43%) Server Administrator
2 10 (16.39%) Data Centre Manager
2 10 (16.39%) Data Manager
3 7 (11.48%) Data Centre Operations Manager
3 7 (11.48%) Network Engineer
3 7 (11.48%) Operations Manager
4 6 (9.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (8.20%) Network Security Engineer
5 5 (8.20%) Security Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) Data Centre Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) Data Centre Operator
6 4 (6.56%) Infrastructure Manager
6 4 (6.56%) IT Infrastructure Manager
6 4 (6.56%) IT Manager
6 4 (6.56%) Operations Engineer
7 2 (3.28%) Data Entry Technician
7 2 (3.28%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.28%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 61 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 27 (44.26%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (9.84%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.28%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.64%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 29 (47.54%) Windows
2 25 (40.98%) Windows Server
3 24 (39.34%) Linux
4 4 (6.56%) VMS
4 4 (6.56%) Windows 10
4 4 (6.56%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (6.56%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (3.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (44.26%) Server Management
2 23 (37.70%) Vulnerability Management
3 21 (34.43%) Benchmarking
3 21 (34.43%) Infrastructure Maintenance
3 21 (34.43%) Performance Monitoring
4 16 (26.23%) ITIL
5 12 (19.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 10 (16.39%) Disaster Recovery
7 9 (14.75%) Project Delivery
8 8 (13.11%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (13.11%) Project Management
9 7 (11.48%) Cloud Security
9 7 (11.48%) Network Architecture
10 6 (9.84%) Change Management
10 6 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (9.84%) Mentoring
11 5 (8.20%) Infrastructure Management
11 5 (8.20%) People Management
11 5 (8.20%) Service Delivery
11 5 (8.20%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (40.98%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (34.43%) SC Cleared
1 21 (34.43%) Security Cleared
2 10 (16.39%) Degree
3 4 (6.56%) Azure Certification
3 4 (6.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (6.56%) DBS Check
4 2 (3.28%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.28%) GDPR
System Software
1 31 (50.82%) Active Directory
2 10 (16.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (13.11%) vSphere
4 4 (6.56%) Hyper-V
4 4 (6.56%) pfSense
4 4 (6.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (3.28%) SCCM
1 2 (3.28%) vCenter Server
1 2 (3.28%) vRealize
2 1 (1.64%) Nagios
Vendors
1 31 (50.82%) Microsoft
1 31 (50.82%) VMware
2 21 (34.43%) Citrix
2 21 (34.43%) NetApp
3 13 (21.31%) Cisco
4 8 (13.11%) Veeam
5 7 (11.48%) Palo Alto
6 6 (9.84%) ServiceNow
7 4 (6.56%) BroadSoft
7 4 (6.56%) Brocade
7 4 (6.56%) Dell
7 4 (6.56%) Dell Compellent
7 4 (6.56%) Fortinet
7 4 (6.56%) QNAP
7 4 (6.56%) Ubiquiti
7 4 (6.56%) Zerto
8 2 (3.28%) BMC
8 2 (3.28%) Red Hat
8 2 (3.28%) Remedy