Data Centre Jobs 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 141 30 167
Rank change year-on-year -111 +137 +9
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 1,197 3,733 1,755
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.83% 7.75% 2.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.92% 19.41% 5.14%
Number of salaries quoted 844 786 1,081
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £53,000 £50,654
Median % change year-on-year -3.77% +4.63% +1.31%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £88,125 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

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 20,220 19,230 34,139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.98% 39.94% 43.59%
Number of salaries quoted 11,541 10,409 17,070
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,970
UK median annual salary £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in the UK excluding London

Data Centre
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Data Centre in the UK excluding London

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 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
South East -61 355 £55,000 +4.76% 91
North of England -120 273 £42,500 -22.73% 47
Midlands -113 194 £54,000 +8.00% 22
North West -86 182 £43,072 -25.09% 24
South West -87 153 £53,750 -2.27% 23
West Midlands -96 118 £57,500 +16.01% 15
Scotland -122 84 £55,000 -6.78% 19
Yorkshire -88 77 £42,500 -22.73% 17
East Midlands -95 74 £42,500 -19.05% 7
East of England -104 73 £50,000 -9.09% 37
Wales -20 54 £38,238 -45.37% 5
North East -72 14 £42,500 -19.05% 7
Northern Ireland -27 6 £51,000 +2.00% 9
Isle of Man - 3 £37,000 - 2
Channel Islands - 2 £85,000 -
Data Centre
UK

Data Centre
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 56 (4.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 52 (4.34%) Apache
3 51 (4.26%) SharePoint
4 20 (1.67%) OpenStack
5 15 (1.25%) Skype for Business
6 7 (0.58%) Confluence
7 4 (0.33%) IIS
8 2 (0.17%) CloudStack
8 2 (0.17%) nginx
9 1 (0.084%) CMS
9 1 (0.084%) JOnAS
9 1 (0.084%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.084%) WordPress
Applications
1 26 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.00%) Microsoft Project
5 9 (0.75%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.42%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.25%) HiPortfolio
2 2 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.17%) Shopify
3 1 (0.084%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.084%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 205 (17.13%) Azure
2 185 (15.46%) Microsoft 365
3 140 (11.70%) AWS
4 59 (4.93%) Amazon S3
5 57 (4.76%) SaaS
6 53 (4.43%) Entra ID
7 35 (2.92%) Power Platform
8 34 (2.84%) IaaS
9 30 (2.51%) GCP
9 30 (2.51%) PaaS
10 25 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
11 19 (1.59%) Amazon EC2
11 19 (1.59%) OneDrive
12 16 (1.34%) Azure Data Factory
13 15 (1.25%) Mimecast
14 14 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
15 10 (0.84%) CloudFront
15 10 (0.84%) Kong
15 10 (0.84%) Nutanix
16 7 (0.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 281 (23.48%) Firewall
2 196 (16.37%) WAN
3 148 (12.36%) VPN
4 115 (9.61%) LAN
5 98 (8.19%) SD-WAN
6 96 (8.02%) DNS
7 84 (7.02%) Internet
8 77 (6.43%) Network Security
9 76 (6.35%) IPsec
10 70 (5.85%) DHCP
11 68 (5.68%) Wi-Fi
12 64 (5.35%) SNMP
13 61 (5.10%) TCP/IP
14 49 (4.09%) Wireless
15 46 (3.84%) Cisco Firepower
16 43 (3.59%) OSPF
17 38 (3.17%) SAN
18 27 (2.26%) BGP
18 27 (2.26%) VLAN
19 26 (2.17%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (4.93%) MongoDB
2 58 (4.85%) Elasticsearch
3 46 (3.84%) SQL Server
4 24 (2.01%) Power BI
5 20 (1.67%) Amazon RDS
5 20 (1.67%) MySQL
6 14 (1.17%) Oracle Database
7 13 (1.09%) NoSQL
8 10 (0.84%) Big Data
9 6 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (0.50%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.42%) Redis
11 3 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.25%) Relational Database
12 1 (0.084%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.084%) DB2
12 1 (0.084%) Oracle Database 11g
12 1 (0.084%) Oracle Database 12c
12 1 (0.084%) Oracle9i Database
12 1 (0.084%) OrientDB
Development Applications
1 13 (1.09%) JIRA
1 13 (1.09%) Oracle Forms
2 12 (1.00%) Git
3 6 (0.50%) GitLab
3 6 (0.50%) RStudio
4 2 (0.17%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.084%) ScriptRunner
5 1 (0.084%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.084%) Visual Studio
General
1 230 (19.21%) Social Skills
2 158 (13.20%) Finance
3 78 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (3.84%) Retail
5 45 (3.76%) Manufacturing
6 43 (3.59%) Banking
7 41 (3.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 41 (3.43%) Telecoms
8 31 (2.59%) Legal
9 28 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
10 25 (2.09%) Public Sector
11 23 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (1.75%) Law
13 15 (1.25%) Aerospace
14 14 (1.17%) Automotive
14 14 (1.17%) Marketing
15 7 (0.58%) Police
16 6 (0.50%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (0.50%) French Language
16 6 (0.50%) German Language
Job Titles
1 204 (17.04%) Senior
2 192 (16.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 137 (11.45%) Architect
4 122 (10.19%) Consultant
5 94 (7.85%) Network Engineer
6 87 (7.27%) Data Centre Engineer
7 75 (6.27%) Lead
8 59 (4.93%) Senior Architect
9 55 (4.59%) Security Architect
10 53 (4.43%) Data Centre Manager
11 51 (4.26%) Cisco Architect
11 51 (4.26%) Senior Cisco Architect
12 49 (4.09%) NetApp Consultant
13 45 (3.76%) IT Engineer
14 43 (3.59%) Support Engineer
14 43 (3.59%) Team Leader
15 37 (3.09%) Senior Security Architect
16 36 (3.01%) Cisco Security Architect
16 36 (3.01%) Systems Engineer
17 35 (2.92%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (4.59%) RabbitMQ
2 49 (4.09%) YAML
3 19 (1.59%) 802.1X
4 10 (0.84%) LDAP
5 8 (0.67%) EDI
5 8 (0.67%) Web Services
6 7 (0.58%) Middleware
7 6 (0.50%) .NET
8 4 (0.33%) REST
9 3 (0.25%) SAML
10 2 (0.17%) ARM Templates
10 2 (0.17%) HTML
10 2 (0.17%) LAMP
10 2 (0.17%) ServiceStack
11 1 (0.084%) CSS
11 1 (0.084%) J2EE
11 1 (0.084%) JSON
11 1 (0.084%) Ruby on Rails
11 1 (0.084%) SOAP
11 1 (0.084%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 84 (7.02%) Management Information System
2 61 (5.10%) Public Cloud
3 55 (4.59%) Driving Licence
4 45 (3.76%) Hybrid Cloud
5 33 (2.76%) Private Cloud
5 33 (2.76%) Replication
6 30 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
7 29 (2.42%) PKI
8 24 (2.01%) Mainframe
9 17 (1.42%) SCADA
10 15 (1.25%) Enterprise Storage
11 14 (1.17%) Virtual Team
12 11 (0.92%) Onboarding
13 10 (0.84%) CCTV
14 9 (0.75%) CMDB
14 9 (0.75%) Fibre Optics
14 9 (0.75%) IBM Mainframe
14 9 (0.75%) PMI
15 8 (0.67%) IoT
16 7 (0.58%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 352 (29.41%) Windows
2 262 (21.89%) Linux
3 137 (11.45%) Windows Server
4 49 (4.09%) Data ONTAP
5 43 (3.59%) Windows 10
6 31 (2.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 23 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
8 16 (1.34%) Android
8 16 (1.34%) Unix
9 15 (1.25%) CentOS
9 15 (1.25%) Windows Server 2019
10 14 (1.17%) Apple iOS
10 14 (1.17%) Windows Server 2012
11 13 (1.09%) Ubuntu
12 10 (0.84%) zOS
13 9 (0.75%) VMS
14 8 (0.67%) Solaris
15 6 (0.50%) Debian
15 6 (0.50%) Rocky
15 6 (0.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (22.97%) Cybersecurity
2 226 (18.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 203 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
4 178 (14.87%) ITIL
5 174 (14.54%) Project Management
6 164 (13.70%) Presales
7 126 (10.53%) Software Licensing
8 115 (9.61%) Mentoring
9 103 (8.60%) DevOps
10 98 (8.19%) Disaster Recovery
11 89 (7.44%) Information Security
12 85 (7.10%) Service Delivery
13 84 (7.02%) Time Management
14 81 (6.77%) Agile
15 80 (6.68%) Actionable Insight
15 80 (6.68%) Continuous Improvement
16 77 (6.43%) Analytics
17 76 (6.35%) Customer Service
18 74 (6.18%) Infrastructure Management
19 71 (5.93%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 112 (9.36%) Python
2 65 (5.43%) SQL
3 56 (4.68%) PowerShell
4 19 (1.59%) Bash
5 17 (1.42%) C#
6 10 (0.84%) Java
6 10 (0.84%) MATLAB
7 6 (0.50%) PHP
7 6 (0.50%) R
8 4 (0.33%) Perl
8 4 (0.33%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.25%) C
10 2 (0.17%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.17%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.084%) Bicep
11 1 (0.084%) Korn
11 1 (0.084%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.084%) ProC
11 1 (0.084%) Ruby
11 1 (0.084%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 263 (21.97%) Degree
2 164 (13.70%) Cisco Certification
3 129 (10.78%) CCNA
4 125 (10.44%) Security Cleared
5 110 (9.19%) CCNP
6 80 (6.68%) SC Cleared
7 68 (5.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 42 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 33 (2.76%) CISSP
10 29 (2.42%) DV Cleared
11 28 (2.34%) MCP
12 27 (2.26%) Azure Certification
13 21 (1.75%) CCIE
14 17 (1.42%) MCSE
15 15 (1.25%) AWS Certification
16 13 (1.09%) PMI Certification
16 13 (1.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 11 (0.92%) MCSA
18 10 (0.84%) CISM
18 10 (0.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (5.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 58 (4.85%) SLA
3 33 (2.76%) GDPR
4 25 (2.09%) NIST
5 15 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (1.17%) PCI DSS
7 11 (0.92%) PMO
7 11 (0.92%) QA
8 8 (0.67%) COBIT
9 7 (0.58%) SOC 2
10 6 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.50%) Data Quality
10 6 (0.50%) ISO 9001
11 5 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 5 (0.42%) NCSC
12 3 (0.25%) ISO 14000
12 3 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (0.17%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.17%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 211 (17.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 182 (15.20%) Active Directory
3 88 (7.35%) Docker
4 70 (5.85%) Hyper-V
5 48 (4.01%) vSphere
6 44 (3.68%) VMware ESXi
7 38 (3.17%) Firmware
8 28 (2.34%) VMware NSX
9 25 (2.09%) Virtual Machines
10 13 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
11 8 (0.67%) KVM
11 8 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
12 5 (0.42%) pfSense
13 4 (0.33%) XenApp
13 4 (0.33%) XenDesktop
14 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.17%) QEMU
15 2 (0.17%) Xen
16 1 (0.084%) DFS Replication
16 1 (0.084%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 115 (9.61%) Kubernetes
2 108 (9.02%) Ansible
3 83 (6.93%) vCenter Server
4 54 (4.51%) Prometheus
5 50 (4.18%) Terraform
6 36 (3.01%) Stealthwatch
7 35 (2.92%) SCCM
8 34 (2.84%) Microsoft Intune
9 24 (2.01%) Puppet
10 23 (1.92%) WSUS
11 21 (1.75%) FortiGate
12 16 (1.34%) ZABBIX
13 15 (1.25%) CASB
13 15 (1.25%) SCOM
14 14 (1.17%) Nagios
15 13 (1.09%) Grafana
16 8 (0.67%) VxRail
17 7 (0.58%) EMC NetWorker
18 6 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
19 5 (0.42%) Suricata
Vendors
1 361 (30.16%) Microsoft
2 274 (22.89%) VMware
3 271 (22.64%) Cisco
4 131 (10.94%) Apple
5 126 (10.53%) Adobe
6 107 (8.94%) Dell
7 106 (8.86%) NetApp
8 101 (8.44%) Palo Alto
9 82 (6.85%) Meraki
10 81 (6.77%) Red Hat
11 79 (6.60%) HP
12 49 (4.09%) SolidFire
13 48 (4.01%) Veeam
14 47 (3.93%) Juniper
15 45 (3.76%) Fortinet
16 41 (3.43%) Oracle
17 30 (2.51%) ServiceNow
18 26 (2.17%) Citrix
19 22 (1.84%) Samsung
20 19 (1.59%) CheckPoint