Data Centre Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Data Center
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 204 151
Rank change year-on-year +56 -53 -115
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 784 463 1,362
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.17% 1.56% 1.74%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.26% 3.75% 5.45%
Number of salaries quoted 484 315 1,035
10th Percentile £28,000 £24,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,500 £63,284
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £65,576 £60,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +9.29% +10.09% -9.17%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 14,897 12,351 25,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 22.29% 41.65% 31.97%
Number of salaries quoted 9,744 5,360 15,510
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,988 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,356 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.71% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Data Centre
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in the UK excluding London

Data Centre
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 June 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 +11 216 £65,000 +23.81% 101
North of England +63 202 £48,445 -16.76% 51
North West +79 129 £47,972 -12.78% 23
East of England +33 124 £68,750 +7.42% 28
South West +2 114 £38,500 -9.41% 35
Midlands +2 78 £55,000 +1.78% 22
West Midlands +21 67 £55,000 +2.44% 18
Yorkshire -31 40 £48,445 -11.92% 21
North East -27 33 £62,500 -3.85% 7
Scotland +26 30 £60,000 +26.32% 10
Northern Ireland -22 11 - - 3
Wales -40 10 £72,500 +22.36% 7
East Midlands -43 10 £80,000 +40.49% 4
Data Centre
UK

Data Centre
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 12 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (1.40%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.15%) IIS
4 8 (1.02%) Confluence
5 7 (0.89%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (0.89%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (0.89%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 110 (14.03%) Azure
2 42 (5.36%) AWS
3 24 (3.06%) Serverless
4 23 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (1.79%) Entra ID
6 12 (1.53%) OCI
7 10 (1.28%) GCP
8 8 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
9 7 (0.89%) Cohesity
9 7 (0.89%) Nutanix
10 5 (0.64%) IaaS
10 5 (0.64%) SaaS
11 4 (0.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (0.38%) Amazon EC2
13 2 (0.26%) Amazon EKS
13 2 (0.26%) AWS Lambda
13 2 (0.26%) GitHub
13 2 (0.26%) Mimecast
13 2 (0.26%) OpenShift
14 1 (0.13%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 126 (16.07%) Firewall
2 69 (8.80%) WAN
3 62 (7.91%) LAN
4 50 (6.38%) DNS
5 48 (6.12%) VPN
6 43 (5.48%) BGP
7 41 (5.23%) Network Security
7 41 (5.23%) Wireless
8 37 (4.72%) SAN
9 31 (3.95%) Wi-Fi
10 30 (3.83%) DHCP
11 29 (3.70%) OSPF
11 29 (3.70%) VXLAN
12 25 (3.19%) SD-WAN
13 24 (3.06%) NGFW
14 21 (2.68%) Structured Cabling
15 19 (2.42%) VLAN
16 17 (2.17%) Cisco ASA
16 17 (2.17%) Cisco Nexus
16 17 (2.17%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.02%) SQL Server
2 7 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (0.64%) DTS
4 2 (0.26%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.13%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.13%) KNIME
5 1 (0.13%) Metadata
5 1 (0.13%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 22 (2.81%) Snyk
2 10 (1.28%) JIRA
3 6 (0.77%) GitLab
4 2 (0.26%) Git
4 2 (0.26%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.13%) MSI
General
1 150 (19.13%) Social Skills
2 75 (9.57%) Finance
3 72 (9.18%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (7.53%) Public Sector
5 47 (5.99%) Telecoms
6 40 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 38 (4.85%) Manufacturing
8 36 (4.59%) Legal
9 18 (2.30%) Electronics
9 18 (2.30%) Marketing
10 17 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (1.53%) Retail
12 7 (0.89%) Banking
12 7 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (0.77%) Games
14 5 (0.64%) Aerospace
15 3 (0.38%) French Language
15 3 (0.38%) Italian Language
15 3 (0.38%) Law
15 3 (0.38%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 135 (17.22%) Senior
2 78 (9.95%) Data Centre Manager
3 69 (8.80%) Architect
4 63 (8.04%) Network Engineer
5 61 (7.78%) Data Centre Engineer
6 52 (6.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 40 (5.10%) Lead
8 32 (4.08%) IT Manager
8 32 (4.08%) Support Engineer
9 31 (3.95%) Account Manager
9 31 (3.95%) Cloud Architect
9 31 (3.95%) Data Manager
10 30 (3.83%) IT Engineer
11 28 (3.57%) IT Technician
11 28 (3.57%) Senior Network Engineer
12 27 (3.44%) Senior Architect
12 27 (3.44%) Senior Technician
13 26 (3.32%) Analyst
13 26 (3.32%) Security Architect
13 26 (3.32%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (0.77%) REST
2 4 (0.51%) .NET
2 4 (0.51%) CSS
2 4 (0.51%) HTML
2 4 (0.51%) ModSecurity
3 3 (0.38%) Apache NiFi
3 3 (0.38%) EDI
4 2 (0.26%) GeoJSON
4 2 (0.26%) RESTful
4 2 (0.26%) SAML
5 1 (0.13%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.13%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.13%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.13%) CSS3
5 1 (0.13%) Keras
5 1 (0.13%) OpenAPI
5 1 (0.13%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.13%) Swagger
5 1 (0.13%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.13%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.08%) Fibre Optics
2 27 (3.44%) Driving Licence
3 25 (3.19%) Onboarding
4 20 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (2.42%) Enterprise Storage
6 16 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
6 16 (2.04%) Management Information System
7 14 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (1.79%) PKI
7 14 (1.79%) Replication
8 12 (1.53%) iSeries
8 12 (1.53%) Public Cloud
8 12 (1.53%) Smartphone
9 10 (1.28%) Clustering
10 9 (1.15%) Cloud Native
10 9 (1.15%) Life Science
11 8 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (0.77%) CMDB
12 6 (0.77%) Private Cloud
12 6 (0.77%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 111 (14.16%) Windows
2 75 (9.57%) Windows Server
3 63 (8.04%) Linux
4 11 (1.40%) VMS
4 11 (1.40%) Windows Server 2016
4 11 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.77%) Debian
7 5 (0.64%) Android
8 4 (0.51%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.51%) CentOS
8 4 (0.51%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.38%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.26%) Unix
11 1 (0.13%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.13%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.13%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 80 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
3 79 (10.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 65 (8.29%) Service Delivery
5 64 (8.16%) ITIL
6 59 (7.53%) Cybersecurity
7 52 (6.63%) High Availability
8 50 (6.38%) AI
8 50 (6.38%) Project Delivery
9 48 (6.12%) Customer Service
10 46 (5.87%) CI/CD
10 46 (5.87%) Stakeholder Management
11 44 (5.61%) Disaster Recovery
12 42 (5.36%) IT Strategy
12 42 (5.36%) Project Management
12 42 (5.36%) Roadmaps
13 38 (4.85%) Coaching
13 38 (4.85%) Mentoring
14 36 (4.59%) Load Balancing
15 35 (4.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 47 (5.99%) Python
2 23 (2.93%) PowerShell
3 21 (2.68%) SQL
4 6 (0.77%) Bash
5 5 (0.64%) Bicep
6 4 (0.51%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.38%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.26%) Perl
9 1 (0.13%) C#
9 1 (0.13%) PHP
9 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 109 (13.90%) Security Cleared
2 77 (9.82%) SC Cleared
3 65 (8.29%) Degree
4 58 (7.40%) Cisco Certification
5 38 (4.85%) CCNP
6 28 (3.57%) DBS Check
7 27 (3.44%) CCNA
7 27 (3.44%) DV Cleared
8 26 (3.32%) BPSS Clearance
8 26 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (2.55%) Network+ Certification
11 19 (2.42%) A+ Certification
12 16 (2.04%) MCSE
13 15 (1.91%) CCIE
14 11 (1.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 10 (1.28%) Azure Certification
16 7 (0.89%) MCSA
17 5 (0.64%) City & Guilds
17 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (4.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (3.83%) SLA
3 26 (3.32%) ISO 9001
4 23 (2.93%) GRC
5 12 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 9 (1.15%) PMO
7 7 (0.89%) NIST
7 7 (0.89%) QA
8 6 (0.77%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.77%) ISO 14000
9 5 (0.64%) NCSC
10 4 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.38%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.13%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.13%) NEBOSH
12 1 (0.13%) WCAG
System Software
1 108 (13.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 61 (7.78%) Active Directory
3 39 (4.97%) Hyper-V
4 24 (3.06%) Virtual Machines
5 22 (2.81%) VMware NSX
6 14 (1.79%) Firmware
7 11 (1.40%) Docker
8 10 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (1.02%) vSphere
10 7 (0.89%) ProxySG
11 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
11 4 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.38%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 3 (0.38%) vCloud
13 2 (0.26%) DFS Replication
13 2 (0.26%) KVM
13 2 (0.26%) UAG
14 1 (0.13%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.13%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 52 (6.63%) Ansible
2 45 (5.74%) Terraform
3 13 (1.66%) WSUS
4 11 (1.40%) FortiGate
4 11 (1.40%) Kubernetes
5 10 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.89%) Puppet
7 6 (0.77%) vCenter Server
7 6 (0.77%) VxRail
8 5 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (0.51%) Grafana
9 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Clustering
9 4 (0.51%) Nagios
9 4 (0.51%) ZABBIX
10 3 (0.38%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.38%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.26%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.26%) vRealize
Vendors
1 128 (16.33%) VMware
2 122 (15.56%) Microsoft
3 82 (10.46%) Cisco
4 52 (6.63%) Dell
5 31 (3.95%) Palo Alto
6 28 (3.57%) Tenable
7 22 (2.81%) CrowdStrike
8 21 (2.68%) HP
9 20 (2.55%) Veeam
10 18 (2.30%) Commvault
11 17 (2.17%) Arista
11 17 (2.17%) F5
11 17 (2.17%) Juniper
12 16 (2.04%) Aruba
12 16 (2.04%) NetApp
13 15 (1.91%) CheckPoint
13 15 (1.91%) Meraki
14 13 (1.66%) Fortinet
14 13 (1.66%) ServiceNow
15 12 (1.53%) NetScout