Data Centre Manager
UK

The median Data Centre Manager salary in the UK is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 846 967 1180
Rank change year-on-year +121 +213 -306
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Centre Manager 58 26 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.059% 0.025% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.027% 0.033%
Number of salaries quoted 52 24 42
10th Percentile - £47,525 £49,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,188 £50,213
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £115,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,750 £52,425 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.06% +4.85% -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,314 94,990 150,394
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.53% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,914 59,752 85,367
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Centre Manager in the UK

Data Centre Manager
Top 10 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 3 May 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
England +109 45 £60,000 -7.69% 22
UK excluding London +39 31 £58,750 +12.06% 14
London +132 25 £55,000 -26.67% 9
Work from Home +99 18 £52,500 -12.50% 5
Scotland - 11 £57,500 - 1
South East +12 10 £70,000 +33.72% 10
Midlands - 6 £50,000 -
West Midlands - 6 £50,000 -
South West - 3 - - 1
East of England - 1 £60,000 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, 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 58 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 21 (36.21%) Project Management
3 19 (32.76%) Social Skills
4 13 (22.41%) LAN
4 13 (22.41%) WAN
5 12 (20.69%) DHCP
5 12 (20.69%) VPN
5 12 (20.69%) DNS
5 12 (20.69%) PRINCE2
5 12 (20.69%) Cisco
5 12 (20.69%) Microsoft
5 12 (20.69%) Active Directory
5 12 (20.69%) SharePoint
5 12 (20.69%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (20.69%) MPLS
5 12 (20.69%) Firewall
5 12 (20.69%) Wi-Fi
5 12 (20.69%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (20.69%) WSUS
5 12 (20.69%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (20.69%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (20.69%) Hyper-V
5 12 (20.69%) Agile
5 12 (20.69%) VMware
5 12 (20.69%) VLAN
5 12 (20.69%) Remote Desktop
5 12 (20.69%) APMP
5 12 (20.69%) Ruckus Wireless
5 12 (20.69%) Public Cloud
6 11 (18.97%) Data Centre Operations

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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (20.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 12 (20.69%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 12 (20.69%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (22.41%) LAN
1 13 (22.41%) WAN
2 12 (20.69%) DHCP
2 12 (20.69%) DNS
2 12 (20.69%) Firewall
2 12 (20.69%) MPLS
2 12 (20.69%) Remote Desktop
2 12 (20.69%) VLAN
2 12 (20.69%) VPN
2 12 (20.69%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.72%) Extranet
3 1 (1.72%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (1.72%) Wireless
General
1 19 (32.76%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.34%) Finance
3 3 (5.17%) Aerospace
3 3 (5.17%) Billing
4 2 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.72%) Banking
5 1 (1.72%) Legal
5 1 (1.72%) Retail
5 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 58 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 12 (20.69%) Public Cloud
3 3 (5.17%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (5.17%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.62%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (36.21%) Project Management
2 12 (20.69%) Agile
2 12 (20.69%) PRINCE2
3 11 (18.97%) Data Centre Operations
4 8 (13.79%) Service Management
5 5 (8.62%) Cost Management
5 5 (8.62%) Cost Reduction
5 5 (8.62%) Infrastructure Management
5 5 (8.62%) ITIL
5 5 (8.62%) People Management
5 5 (8.62%) Project Delivery
6 4 (6.90%) Business Development
7 3 (5.17%) Change Control
7 3 (5.17%) Impact Assessments
7 3 (5.17%) Problem Management
7 3 (5.17%) Process Improvement
8 2 (3.45%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (1.72%) B2B
9 1 (1.72%) Computer Science
9 1 (1.72%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 12 (20.69%) APMP
2 3 (5.17%) SC Cleared
2 3 (5.17%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.72%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.17%) ISO 14000
1 3 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (5.17%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.72%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (20.69%) Active Directory
1 12 (20.69%) Hyper-V
1 12 (20.69%) VMware ESXi
1 12 (20.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (20.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 12 (20.69%) Cisco
1 12 (20.69%) Microsoft
1 12 (20.69%) Ruckus Wireless
1 12 (20.69%) VMware
2 3 (5.17%) Oracle