Data Centre Jobs

Data Center
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 215 150 67
Rank change year-on-year -65 -83 +149
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 735 1,886 4,821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.41% 1.92% 4.64%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.08% 5.38% 10.64%
Number of salaries quoted 538 1,393 1,452
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £44,099 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,588
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.49% +0.15%
75th Percentile £75,246 £67,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,300 £50,000 £50,743
% change year-on-year +6.60% -1.46% +1.49%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,032 35,027 45,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.57% 35.62% 43.58%
Number of salaries quoted 9,839 23,030 23,975
10th Percentile £31,500 £28,000 £35,271
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in the UK

Data Centre
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Centre in the UK

Data Centre
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in the UK

Data Centre
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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 -57 642 £57,500 +6.48% 886
UK excluding London -74 422 £53,300 +6.60% 461
Work from Home -17 293 £55,000 +0.92% 307
London -29 227 £73,379 +12.89% 458
South East 0 165 £47,500 -5.00% 170
North of England -93 76 £55,000 +27.06% 85
East of England +15 57 £60,750 +21.50% 68
South West +38 50 £31,000 -43.64% 68
Midlands -86 41 £50,000 +5.71% 51
North West -95 39 £54,000 +21.97% 43
West Midlands -39 25 £53,300 -1.30% 31
Yorkshire +3 24 £55,000 +29.41% 27
Scotland +68 20 £47,500 -13.64% 29
North East +36 13 £65,000 +46.81% 18
East Midlands -43 12 £53,444 +25.75% 20
Wales -22 11 £60,000 +64.49% 7
Northern Ireland +32 3 - - 6

Data Centre
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 21 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (1.90%) Apache
3 12 (1.63%) IIS
4 9 (1.22%) nginx
4 9 (1.22%) OpenStack
5 8 (1.09%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.54%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.27%) Confluence
7 2 (0.27%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.14%) IBM Notes
8 1 (0.14%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 23 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (1.09%) MS Visio
4 6 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.27%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.14%) Revit
Business Applications
1 7 (0.95%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.41%) Primavera
3 2 (0.27%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.14%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 212 (28.84%) Azure
2 161 (21.90%) AWS
3 67 (9.12%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (6.39%) GCP
5 33 (4.49%) SaaS
6 21 (2.86%) Entra ID
7 18 (2.45%) Cloud Computing
8 17 (2.31%) IaaS
9 12 (1.63%) PaaS
10 11 (1.50%) AWS Direct Connect
11 8 (1.09%) OCI
12 7 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (0.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 6 (0.82%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (0.82%) Azure AKS
13 6 (0.82%) Cloudflare
13 6 (0.82%) GitHub
14 5 (0.68%) Azure Monitor
14 5 (0.68%) Mimecast
14 5 (0.68%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 210 (28.57%) Firewall
2 114 (15.51%) WAN
3 100 (13.61%) LAN
4 94 (12.79%) VPN
5 85 (11.56%) SD-WAN
6 71 (9.66%) BGP
7 58 (7.89%) DNS
8 55 (7.48%) OSPF
9 49 (6.67%) TCP/IP
10 43 (5.85%) Cisco ISE
11 41 (5.58%) DHCP
12 40 (5.44%) Network Security
13 36 (4.90%) VLAN
14 34 (4.63%) MPLS
15 32 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
15 32 (4.35%) Wireless
16 31 (4.22%) Cisco ASA
17 28 (3.81%) Ethernet
18 27 (3.67%) IPsec
19 25 (3.40%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (4.22%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.36%) Relational Database
3 6 (0.82%) MySQL
4 4 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.54%) Power BI
5 2 (0.27%) Amazon QuickSight
5 2 (0.27%) Big Data
5 2 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.27%) Metadata
5 2 (0.27%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.27%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.27%) Tableau
6 1 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.14%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.14%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 11 (1.50%) Sonatype Nexus
2 10 (1.36%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.22%) GitLab
4 7 (0.95%) JIRA
5 4 (0.54%) Git
6 2 (0.27%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.27%) JMeter
7 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.14%) Moq
7 1 (0.14%) MSTest
7 1 (0.14%) NUnit
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.14%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.14%) xUnit.net
General
1 234 (31.84%) Social Skills
2 107 (14.56%) Finance
3 52 (7.07%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (4.90%) Public Sector
5 35 (4.76%) Marketing
6 26 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 24 (3.27%) Banking
8 22 (2.99%) Telecoms
9 20 (2.72%) Electronics
10 15 (2.04%) Local Government
11 12 (1.63%) Legal
11 12 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (1.63%) Retail
12 11 (1.50%) Back Office
13 10 (1.36%) Law
14 9 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (1.09%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.95%) Humanities
17 6 (0.82%) Billing
17 6 (0.82%) Police
Job Titles
1 90 (12.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 86 (11.70%) Network Engineer
3 85 (11.56%) Architect
4 59 (8.03%) Senior
5 46 (6.26%) Graduate
5 46 (6.26%) Graduate Sales Executive
5 46 (6.26%) Lead
5 46 (6.26%) Sales Executive
6 39 (5.31%) Business Development Manager
6 39 (5.31%) Development Manager
7 38 (5.17%) Business Manager
8 37 (5.03%) Network Architect
9 36 (4.90%) Infrastructure Manager
10 35 (4.76%) Analyst
11 30 (4.08%) Support Engineer
12 27 (3.67%) Infrastructure Architect
13 22 (2.99%) Administrator
13 22 (2.99%) Cisco Engineer
13 22 (2.99%) Cisco Network Engineer
14 20 (2.72%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (4.08%) JSON
2 14 (1.90%) 802.1X
3 6 (0.82%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (0.68%) LDAP
4 5 (0.68%) YAML
5 4 (0.54%) Middleware
5 4 (0.54%) OpenCL
5 4 (0.54%) Web Services
6 3 (0.41%) SAML
7 2 (0.27%) Nuxt
7 2 (0.27%) RESTful
7 2 (0.27%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.27%) Vue
7 2 (0.27%) WebSockets
8 1 (0.14%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.14%) Azure Blueprints
8 1 (0.14%) Kafka
8 1 (0.14%) LEMP Stack
8 1 (0.14%) ModSecurity
8 1 (0.14%) NHibernate
Miscellaneous
1 64 (8.71%) Public Cloud
2 49 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 33 (4.49%) Driving Licence
4 28 (3.81%) Onboarding
5 24 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
7 18 (2.45%) SCADA
8 16 (2.18%) Replication
9 15 (2.04%) Operational Technology
10 14 (1.90%) Virtual Team
11 13 (1.77%) Clustering
11 13 (1.77%) Private Cloud
11 13 (1.77%) Tandem
12 12 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (1.50%) NHS
14 9 (1.22%) Product Ownership
14 9 (1.22%) Renewable Energy
15 8 (1.09%) Cloud Native
15 8 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
16 7 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 159 (21.63%) Windows
2 124 (16.87%) Linux
3 71 (9.66%) Windows Server
4 20 (2.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 20 (2.72%) Windows 10
5 17 (2.31%) CentOS
6 16 (2.18%) Ubuntu
7 11 (1.50%) Unix
8 10 (1.36%) AIX
8 10 (1.36%) Debian
9 8 (1.09%) Mac OS
9 8 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.27%) Android
12 2 (0.27%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.27%) Solaris
13 1 (0.14%) SUSE
13 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (19.18%) Problem-Solving
2 129 (17.55%) Cybersecurity
3 110 (14.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 92 (12.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 83 (11.29%) ITIL
6 65 (8.84%) Project Management
7 64 (8.71%) Customer Service
8 63 (8.57%) Artificial Intelligence
8 63 (8.57%) Project Delivery
9 59 (8.03%) Business Development
10 58 (7.89%) Disaster Recovery
11 56 (7.62%) Agile
12 52 (7.07%) DevOps
13 51 (6.94%) Change Management
13 51 (6.94%) Customer Experience
14 49 (6.67%) Roadmaps
15 44 (5.99%) Business Enablement
16 43 (5.85%) Mentoring
17 40 (5.44%) Migration
18 35 (4.76%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 79 (10.75%) Python
2 54 (7.35%) PowerShell
3 34 (4.63%) SQL
4 33 (4.49%) Bash
5 6 (0.82%) T-SQL
6 5 (0.68%) C
6 5 (0.68%) C++
6 5 (0.68%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.54%) Java
7 4 (0.54%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.27%) Bicep
8 2 (0.27%) C#
8 2 (0.27%) Fortran
9 1 (0.14%) Go
9 1 (0.14%) JCL
9 1 (0.14%) Perl
9 1 (0.14%) REXX
9 1 (0.14%) Scala
9 1 (0.14%) SystemVerilog
9 1 (0.14%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 99 (13.47%) Degree
2 98 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 97 (13.20%) Cisco Certification
4 75 (10.20%) SC Cleared
5 73 (9.93%) CCNP
6 41 (5.58%) CCNA
7 30 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (3.81%) AWS Certification
9 24 (3.27%) DV Cleared
10 20 (2.72%) PMI Certification
11 19 (2.59%) Azure Certification
12 15 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
12 15 (2.04%) PMP
13 14 (1.90%) TOGAF Certification
14 13 (1.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 12 (1.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 10 (1.36%) CCIE
16 10 (1.36%) MCSE
16 10 (1.36%) Network+ Certification
17 9 (1.22%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.08%) SLA
2 23 (3.13%) QA
3 14 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (1.90%) PCI DSS
4 9 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (0.95%) GDPR
6 5 (0.68%) PMO
7 4 (0.54%) NIST
8 3 (0.41%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.41%) NCSC
9 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 1 (0.14%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.14%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.14%) NEBOSH
10 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 112 (15.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 92 (12.52%) Active Directory
3 38 (5.17%) Hyper-V
4 35 (4.76%) VMware NSX
5 27 (3.67%) Virtual Machines
6 22 (2.99%) Docker
7 15 (2.04%) Firmware
8 14 (1.90%) VMware ESXi
9 11 (1.50%) vSphere
10 9 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
11 7 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
12 6 (0.82%) pfSense
13 4 (0.54%) NFS
14 3 (0.41%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.41%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 3 (0.41%) KVM
14 3 (0.41%) Squid
15 2 (0.27%) SRDF
15 2 (0.27%) Veritas Cluster Server
15 2 (0.27%) Xen
Systems Management
1 60 (8.16%) Terraform
2 58 (7.89%) Ansible
3 49 (6.67%) FortiGate
4 31 (4.22%) Kubernetes
5 22 (2.99%) SCCM
6 13 (1.77%) Puppet
7 10 (1.36%) Failover Clustering
7 10 (1.36%) Nagios
8 9 (1.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 9 (1.22%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (1.22%) Prometheus
9 8 (1.09%) VxRail
9 8 (1.09%) ZABBIX
10 6 (0.82%) vCenter Server
11 5 (0.68%) Graylog
12 4 (0.54%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.54%) Rundeck
12 4 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
12 4 (0.54%) WSUS
13 3 (0.41%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 182 (24.76%) Cisco
2 174 (23.67%) VMware
3 169 (22.99%) Microsoft
4 55 (7.48%) CheckPoint
5 50 (6.80%) F5
6 43 (5.85%) SolarWinds
7 40 (5.44%) Palo Alto
8 38 (5.17%) Juniper
9 37 (5.03%) Citrix
10 34 (4.63%) Fortinet
11 33 (4.49%) YouTube
12 32 (4.35%) Google
13 26 (3.54%) Dell
14 25 (3.40%) Blue Coat
15 24 (3.27%) NetApp
16 22 (2.99%) Oracle
17 21 (2.86%) Red Hat
18 20 (2.72%) Intel
19 19 (2.59%) Meraki
20 17 (2.31%) Qualys