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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 254 152 42
Rank change year-on-year -102 -110 +131
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 421 1,335 3,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.08% 1.81% 6.47%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.17% 5.49% 15.34%
Number of salaries quoted 303 978 759
10th Percentile £24,750 £30,525 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +0.87%

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 13,271 24,318 24,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.13% 33.02% 42.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5,777 15,252 11,013
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,925 £35,000 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

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 28 May 2025.

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 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
South East -30 175 £52,500 -4.55% 252
North of England -130 68 £60,000 +41.18% 161
East of England +3 60 £64,000 +28.00% 100
South West +25 45 £25,500 -53.64% 90
Midlands -99 39 £53,094 +6.19% 101
North West -136 32 £54,000 +30.96% 82
West Midlands -28 22 £53,688 -0.58% 53
Scotland +66 21 £47,500 -13.64% 58
Yorkshire -10 21 £62,500 +47.06% 62
East Midlands -51 17 £52,500 +23.53% 43
North East +32 15 £65,000 +46.81% 19
Wales -23 7 £55,000 +50.79% 16
Northern Ireland +40 3 - - 12
Isle of Man +9 3 £91,000 +145.95%
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 14 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (2.38%) Apache
3 9 (2.14%) IIS
4 8 (1.90%) OpenStack
5 4 (0.95%) nginx
5 4 (0.95%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.48%) Confluence
6 2 (0.48%) IBM Notes
6 2 (0.48%) JOnAS
6 2 (0.48%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.48%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.48%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.24%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 26 (6.18%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.90%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.66%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.48%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.24%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (0.95%) Primavera
2 1 (0.24%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 80 (19.00%) Azure
2 68 (16.15%) AWS
3 35 (8.31%) SaaS
4 28 (6.65%) Microsoft 365
5 23 (5.46%) Entra ID
6 16 (3.80%) Power Platform
7 15 (3.56%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (3.56%) IaaS
7 15 (3.56%) PaaS
8 14 (3.33%) Azure AI
8 14 (3.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 14 (3.33%) Azure Key Vault
8 14 (3.33%) Azure Monitor
8 14 (3.33%) Azure Service Bus
8 14 (3.33%) Power Automate
9 7 (1.66%) GCP
9 7 (1.66%) OCI
10 5 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (1.19%) Cloudflare
11 4 (0.95%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 100 (23.75%) Firewall
2 59 (14.01%) VPN
3 50 (11.88%) WAN
4 43 (10.21%) DNS
5 40 (9.50%) TCP/IP
6 38 (9.03%) BGP
7 36 (8.55%) OSPF
8 32 (7.60%) LAN
9 30 (7.13%) SD-WAN
10 28 (6.65%) VLAN
11 24 (5.70%) DHCP
12 17 (4.04%) Cisco ASA
12 17 (4.04%) IPsec
13 14 (3.33%) Cisco Firepower
13 14 (3.33%) MPLS
14 13 (3.09%) Network Security
14 13 (3.09%) Wi-Fi
15 11 (2.61%) Cisco Nexus
15 11 (2.61%) VoIP
16 10 (2.38%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (6.89%) SQL Server
2 17 (4.04%) MySQL
3 16 (3.80%) Power BI
4 14 (3.33%) Data Lake
5 10 (2.38%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.48%) Big Data
6 2 (0.48%) Metadata
6 2 (0.48%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.48%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.24%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.24%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.24%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (3.56%) Git
2 7 (1.66%) Jenkins
2 7 (1.66%) JIRA
3 5 (1.19%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (0.71%) GitLab
5 2 (0.48%) JMeter
6 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.24%) Moq
6 1 (0.24%) MSTest
6 1 (0.24%) NUnit
6 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.24%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.24%) xUnit.net
General
1 160 (38.00%) Social Skills
2 33 (7.84%) Finance
3 25 (5.94%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (5.23%) Public Sector
5 18 (4.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (2.61%) Back Office
6 11 (2.61%) Local Government
6 11 (2.61%) Retail
7 10 (2.38%) Marketing
8 9 (2.14%) Electronics
9 8 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (1.43%) Legal
10 6 (1.43%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.19%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.95%) Banking
12 4 (0.95%) Law
13 2 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.48%) Police
14 1 (0.24%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 46 (10.93%) Graduate
1 46 (10.93%) Graduate Sales Executive
1 46 (10.93%) Sales Executive
2 41 (9.74%) Network Engineer
3 38 (9.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 36 (8.55%) Architect
5 27 (6.41%) Senior
6 26 (6.18%) Support Engineer
7 24 (5.70%) Lead
8 19 (4.51%) Cloud Architect
8 19 (4.51%) Systems Engineer
9 17 (4.04%) Analyst
9 17 (4.04%) Vulnerability Manager
10 16 (3.80%) Business Development Manager
10 16 (3.80%) Business Manager
10 16 (3.80%) Development Manager
10 16 (3.80%) Infrastructure Manager
11 13 (3.09%) Electrical Engineer
12 12 (2.85%) Administrator
12 12 (2.85%) Data Centre Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.43%) LDAP
2 5 (1.19%) 802.1X
2 5 (1.19%) JSON
2 5 (1.19%) YAML
3 4 (0.95%) Middleware
3 4 (0.95%) OpenCL
4 2 (0.48%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.48%) Flash
5 1 (0.24%) .NET
5 1 (0.24%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.24%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.24%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.24%) ModSecurity
5 1 (0.24%) NHibernate
5 1 (0.24%) Ninject
5 1 (0.24%) Node.js
5 1 (0.24%) RFC 2544
5 1 (0.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.60%) Driving Licence
2 20 (4.75%) SCADA
3 16 (3.80%) Operational Technology
4 15 (3.56%) NHS
4 15 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (3.33%) Public Cloud
6 13 (3.09%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.85%) Onboarding
8 10 (2.38%) Private Cloud
9 8 (1.90%) Renewable Energy
10 7 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.66%) PMI
10 7 (1.66%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.66%) Replication
11 5 (1.19%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.19%) Fibre Optics
12 4 (0.95%) Clustering
12 4 (0.95%) CUDA
12 4 (0.95%) PCIe
12 4 (0.95%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 84 (19.95%) Windows
2 55 (13.06%) Linux
3 32 (7.60%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.14%) CentOS
4 9 (2.14%) Ubuntu
5 6 (1.43%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.19%) Unix
6 5 (1.19%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.71%) Debian
8 3 (0.71%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.48%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.48%) Solaris
9 2 (0.48%) VMS
9 2 (0.48%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.24%) AIX
10 1 (0.24%) SUSE
10 1 (0.24%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (24.23%) Cybersecurity
2 71 (16.86%) Artificial Intelligence
3 68 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
4 62 (14.73%) Customer Service
5 52 (12.35%) Customer Experience
5 52 (12.35%) Project Management
6 51 (12.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 50 (11.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 47 (11.16%) ITIL
9 45 (10.69%) Agile
10 44 (10.45%) Project Delivery
11 38 (9.03%) Roadmaps
12 37 (8.79%) DevOps
13 28 (6.65%) Business Strategy
13 28 (6.65%) Mentoring
14 27 (6.41%) Business Development
14 27 (6.41%) Migration
15 26 (6.18%) Service Management
16 24 (5.70%) CI/CD
16 24 (5.70%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 45 (10.69%) PowerShell
2 36 (8.55%) SQL
3 24 (5.70%) Python
4 15 (3.56%) Bash
5 14 (3.33%) Bicep
6 6 (1.43%) T-SQL
7 5 (1.19%) C
7 5 (1.19%) C++
8 2 (0.48%) Fortran
8 2 (0.48%) Java
9 1 (0.24%) C#
9 1 (0.24%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.24%) JCL
9 1 (0.24%) Perl
9 1 (0.24%) REXX
9 1 (0.24%) Scala
9 1 (0.24%) SystemVerilog
9 1 (0.24%) Tcl
9 1 (0.24%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 72 (17.10%) Degree
2 49 (11.64%) Security Cleared
3 44 (10.45%) Cisco Certification
4 34 (8.08%) SC Cleared
5 31 (7.36%) CCNA
6 27 (6.41%) CCNP
7 18 (4.28%) Azure Certification
8 17 (4.04%) DV Cleared
9 16 (3.80%) DBS Check
10 12 (2.85%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (2.61%) PMI Certification
12 9 (2.14%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (1.90%) MCSE
13 8 (1.90%) Network+ Certification
14 7 (1.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 6 (1.43%) Master's Degree
15 6 (1.43%) MCSA
16 5 (1.19%) PMP
17 4 (0.95%) AWS Certification
17 4 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.28%) SLA
2 8 (1.90%) PCI DSS
2 8 (1.90%) QA
3 6 (1.43%) GDPR
3 6 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.19%) NIST
5 3 (0.71%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.48%) PMO
6 2 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.24%) NCSC
7 1 (0.24%) SOC 2
System Software
1 53 (12.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 42 (9.98%) Active Directory
3 34 (8.08%) Virtual Machines
4 22 (5.23%) Hyper-V
5 7 (1.66%) Firmware
6 6 (1.43%) Docker
7 5 (1.19%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (0.95%) NFS
8 4 (0.95%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.71%) KVM
10 2 (0.48%) SRDF
10 2 (0.48%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (0.48%) vSphere
10 2 (0.48%) Xen
11 1 (0.24%) Squid
11 1 (0.24%) Time Sharing Option
11 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.24%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (3.33%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (3.09%) Ansible
3 11 (2.61%) Terraform
4 10 (2.38%) Kubernetes
5 7 (1.66%) FortiGate
6 6 (1.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (1.43%) Puppet
7 5 (1.19%) ZABBIX
8 4 (0.95%) Nagios
8 4 (0.95%) WSUS
9 3 (0.71%) Graylog
9 3 (0.71%) Rundeck
9 3 (0.71%) SCCM
10 2 (0.48%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.48%) Grafana
10 2 (0.48%) Iperf
10 2 (0.48%) Podman
10 2 (0.48%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.48%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 89 (21.14%) Microsoft
2 68 (16.15%) Cisco
3 67 (15.91%) VMware
4 31 (7.36%) Juniper
5 23 (5.46%) YouTube
6 19 (4.51%) Oracle
7 18 (4.28%) Citrix
7 18 (4.28%) Meraki
8 17 (4.04%) Dell
8 17 (4.04%) Qualys
8 17 (4.04%) Tenable
9 14 (3.33%) Databricks
10 13 (3.09%) Fortinet
10 13 (3.09%) Palo Alto
11 9 (2.14%) F5
11 9 (2.14%) Intel
12 8 (1.90%) Facebook
12 8 (1.90%) NetApp
12 8 (1.90%) Red Hat
13 7 (1.66%) CheckPoint