Data Centre Operations Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Data Center Operations
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Data Centre Operations skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 494 552 539
Rank change year-on-year +58 -13 +218
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre Operations 15 14 34
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.035% 0.039% 0.099%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.045% 0.044% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 9 13 12
10th Percentile £35,400 £32,599 £30,059
25th Percentile £51,000 £37,500 £33,952
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £44,982 £45,443
Median % change year-on-year +28.94% -1.01% +2.12%
75th Percentile £64,890 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,128 - £68,750
UK median annual salary £51,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -26.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Data Centre Operations falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,283 31,985 30,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.49% 89.04% 88.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19,187 14,363 22,780
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Data Centre Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Data Centre Operations job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Operations
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Centre Operations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Data Centre Operations

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 14 January 2026.

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 14 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
South East +36 7 £54,750 +21.72% 15
East of England +26 4 - - 8
Midlands +23 2 £60,000 +9.09% 1
West Midlands +22 2 £60,000 +9.09% 1
South West +12 1 £37,500 - 3
Scotland - 1 £90,000 - 3
Data Centre Operations
UK

Data Centre Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (6.67%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (66.67%) Azure
2 6 (40.00%) AWS
3 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
5 1 (6.67%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (6.67%) Azure Stack
5 1 (6.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (6.67%) GCP
5 1 (6.67%) IaaS
5 1 (6.67%) OneDrive
5 1 (6.67%) ShareGate
5 1 (6.67%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) SAN
2 3 (20.00%) VPN
3 2 (13.33%) DHCP
3 2 (13.33%) DNS
3 2 (13.33%) VoIP
4 1 (6.67%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (6.67%) Firewall
4 1 (6.67%) LAN
4 1 (6.67%) NAS
4 1 (6.67%) NetScaler
4 1 (6.67%) PBX
4 1 (6.67%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (6.67%) TCP/IP
4 1 (6.67%) Unified Communications
4 1 (6.67%) VLAN
4 1 (6.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (6.67%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (6.67%) Marketing
2 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Infrastructure Manager
1 4 (26.67%) Technical Infrastructure Manager
1 4 (26.67%) Technical Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Active Directory Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Active Directory Support
3 1 (6.67%) Active Directory Support Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Data Centre Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) Engineering Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (6.67%) IT Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) IT Support
3 1 (6.67%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365 Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 15 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 5 (33.33%) Enterprise Storage
3 4 (26.67%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (26.67%) Management Information System
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (6.67%) Driving Licence
4 1 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (6.67%) iPhone
4 1 (6.67%) Private Cloud
4 1 (6.67%) Public Cloud
4 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (53.33%) Windows
1 8 (53.33%) Windows Server
2 5 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (6.67%) Android
3 1 (6.67%) Ubuntu
3 1 (6.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) High Availability
2 6 (40.00%) ITIL
2 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 5 (33.33%) ITSM
3 5 (33.33%) Service Management
4 4 (26.67%) AI
4 4 (26.67%) Asset Management
4 4 (26.67%) Business Continuity
4 4 (26.67%) Change Management
4 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
4 4 (26.67%) Cost Control
4 4 (26.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (26.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 4 (26.67%) Information Security
4 4 (26.67%) IT Governance
4 4 (26.67%) Performance Tuning
4 4 (26.67%) Process Improvement
4 4 (26.67%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.67%) Bash
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) Degree
2 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 4 (26.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (13.33%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (6.67%) Azure Certification
5 1 (6.67%) City & Guilds
5 1 (6.67%) HND
5 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
5 1 (6.67%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (6.67%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 8 (53.33%) Active Directory
2 6 (40.00%) Hyper-V
2 6 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (26.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (33.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (13.33%) SCCM
4 1 (6.67%) AirWatch
4 1 (6.67%) Forefront Identity Manager
4 1 (6.67%) SCOM
4 1 (6.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 10 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (40.00%) Fortinet
2 6 (40.00%) VMware
3 5 (33.33%) Palo Alto
3 5 (33.33%) Veeam
4 4 (26.67%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (26.67%) Dell
5 2 (13.33%) SolarWinds
6 1 (6.67%) Cisco
6 1 (6.67%) Citrix
6 1 (6.67%) Clearswift
6 1 (6.67%) Commvault
6 1 (6.67%) Juniper
6 1 (6.67%) Mitel
6 1 (6.67%) Proofpoint
6 1 (6.67%) Red Hat
6 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow
6 1 (6.67%) Sophos
6 1 (6.67%) Teradata
6 1 (6.67%) Veritas