Data Centre Manager Jobs

Data Centre Manager
UK

The median Data Centre Manager salary in the UK is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 689 846 929
Rank change year-on-year +157 +83 +248
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Centre Manager 19 68 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.035% 0.066% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.070% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 9 62 23
10th Percentile £59,250 £50,000 £47,525
25th Percentile £60,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £100,000 £70,000 £105,000
90th Percentile - £90,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £82,500 £60,000 £52,425
% change year-on-year +37.50% +14.45% -8.83%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 49,581 97,268 88,998
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.39% 94.79% 91.42%
Number of salaries quoted 25,819 69,389 56,377
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,875 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%

Data Centre Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Data Centre Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre Manager in the UK

Data Centre Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Centre Manager.

Salary trend for Data Centre Manager in the UK

Data Centre Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre Manager over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Centre Manager in the UK

Data Centre Manager
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
England +139 18 £82,500 +37.50% 54
UK excluding London +167 12 £82,500 +37.50% 35
London +81 7 £90,000 +56.52% 29
East of England +42 7 - - 3
Work from Home +107 5 £100,000 +90.48% 15
South East +85 2 £57,500 -17.86% 17
Midlands +58 2 £88,750 +77.50% 5
West Midlands +54 2 £88,750 +77.50% 4
Wales - 1 - - 1

Data Centre Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Data Centre Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Data Centre Manager in the job title.

1 19 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 8 (42.11%) Business Development
3 7 (36.84%) YouTube
3 7 (36.84%) Customer Service
3 7 (36.84%) Business Enablement
3 7 (36.84%) Technology Enablement
3 7 (36.84%) Business Strategy
4 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
5 4 (21.05%) Project Management
5 4 (21.05%) Risk Management
6 3 (15.79%) Migration
6 3 (15.79%) Logistics
6 3 (15.79%) Service Delivery
6 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (15.79%) Due Diligence
6 3 (15.79%) Presales
6 3 (15.79%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (15.79%) People Management
7 2 (10.53%) Mentoring
7 2 (10.53%) Coaching
7 2 (10.53%) Azure
7 2 (10.53%) NIST
7 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
7 2 (10.53%) Degree
7 2 (10.53%) Finance
7 2 (10.53%) Law
8 1 (5.26%) Programme Management
8 1 (5.26%) Agile
8 1 (5.26%) Mathematics
8 1 (5.26%) Network Security

Data Centre Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Azure
2 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) Firewall
1 1 (5.26%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (5.26%) Network Security
General
1 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.53%) Finance
2 2 (10.53%) Law
3 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 19 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (15.79%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.26%) PMI
3 1 (5.26%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Business Development
2 7 (36.84%) Business Enablement
2 7 (36.84%) Business Strategy
2 7 (36.84%) Customer Service
2 7 (36.84%) Technology Enablement
3 4 (21.05%) Project Management
3 4 (21.05%) Risk Management
4 3 (15.79%) Due Diligence
4 3 (15.79%) Logistics
4 3 (15.79%) Migration
4 3 (15.79%) People Management
4 3 (15.79%) Presales
4 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (15.79%) Service Delivery
5 2 (10.53%) Coaching
5 2 (10.53%) Mentoring
6 1 (5.26%) Agile
6 1 (5.26%) Knowledge Management
6 1 (5.26%) Programme Management
6 1 (5.26%) Tech Ops
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) MRICS
2 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) NIST
2 1 (5.26%) NEBOSH
2 1 (5.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) YouTube
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.26%) Instagram
3 1 (5.26%) Twitter