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 have cited Data Centre over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 150 69 220
Rank change year-on-year -81 +151 -37
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 1,883 4,768 2,966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.92% 4.55% 1.92%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.41% 10.61% 4.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,390 1,448 1,928
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,588 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.49% +0.15% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £97,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000

All Generic Skills
UK

Data Centre is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,798 44,935 72,669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.44% 42.88% 47.15%
Number of salaries quoted 22,967 24,136 34,100
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,178 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in the UK

Data Centre
Top 19 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 26 April 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 -93 1,558 £54,000 -6.09% 541
UK excluding London -111 1,286 £50,000 - 335
Work from Home +21 746 £54,500 -12.80% 238
London +4 445 £65,000 -7.14% 233
South East -77 329 £50,000 -4.49% 117
North of England -101 299 £43,887 -7.61% 64
Midlands -75 235 £47,100 -14.36% 40
North West -87 177 £44,274 -14.03% 34
South West -112 137 £55,000 -24.14% 48
West Midlands -79 123 £54,000 -1.82% 25
East Midlands -46 110 £42,500 +6.25% 15
East of England -98 106 £50,000 -9.09% 46
Yorkshire -71 94 £42,500 -5.56% 22
Wales -6 83 £36,476 -47.89% 16
Scotland -137 80 £55,000 +29.41% 25
North East -71 28 £44,274 +6.05% 8
Isle of Man - 8 £37,000 -
Northern Ireland -15 7 £46,750 -6.50% 3
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -

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 87 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 75 (3.98%) SharePoint
3 63 (3.35%) Apache
4 29 (1.54%) OpenStack
5 28 (1.49%) Skype for Business
6 14 (0.74%) Confluence
7 13 (0.69%) IIS
8 9 (0.48%) WordPress
9 7 (0.37%) nginx
10 5 (0.27%) Tomcat
10 5 (0.27%) WebSphere
11 4 (0.21%) CloudStack
12 3 (0.16%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
12 3 (0.16%) SAS
13 2 (0.11%) Apache Spark
13 2 (0.11%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.053%) JOnAS
14 1 (0.053%) Site Server
14 1 (0.053%) WebLogic
Applications
1 70 (3.72%) Microsoft Office
2 39 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 17 (0.90%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.27%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.16%) SPSS
8 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.053%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (0.16%) Primavera
1 3 (0.16%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.11%) Shopify
3 1 (0.053%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.053%) C-CURE
3 1 (0.053%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.053%) HiPortfolio
3 1 (0.053%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.053%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 440 (23.37%) Azure
2 356 (18.91%) Microsoft 365
3 305 (16.20%) AWS
4 90 (4.78%) Amazon S3
5 85 (4.51%) Entra ID
6 80 (4.25%) IaaS
7 63 (3.35%) SaaS
8 54 (2.87%) GCP
9 50 (2.66%) PaaS
10 45 (2.39%) OCI
11 42 (2.23%) Amazon EC2
12 41 (2.18%) Cloud Computing
13 35 (1.86%) Power Platform
14 24 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
15 22 (1.17%) Nutanix
16 19 (1.01%) CloudFront
17 18 (0.96%) OneDrive
18 17 (0.90%) Mimecast
19 15 (0.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
20 14 (0.74%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 489 (25.97%) Firewall
2 319 (16.94%) WAN
3 293 (15.56%) LAN
4 262 (13.91%) VPN
5 209 (11.10%) DNS
6 140 (7.43%) DHCP
7 139 (7.38%) Network Security
8 138 (7.33%) Wi-Fi
9 134 (7.12%) Wireless
10 132 (7.01%) SD-WAN
11 129 (6.85%) Internet
11 129 (6.85%) SAN
12 105 (5.58%) TCP/IP
13 101 (5.36%) MPLS
14 97 (5.15%) IPsec
15 94 (4.99%) BGP
16 84 (4.46%) OSPF
17 82 (4.35%) SNMP
17 82 (4.35%) VLAN
18 64 (3.40%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (3.72%) MongoDB
2 60 (3.19%) Elasticsearch
2 60 (3.19%) SQL Server
3 28 (1.49%) Power BI
4 27 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
5 24 (1.27%) MySQL
6 21 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (0.90%) NoSQL
9 14 (0.74%) Data Lake
10 13 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (0.53%) Big Data
12 9 (0.48%) GIS
13 7 (0.37%) BigQuery
14 6 (0.32%) DB2
14 6 (0.32%) Redis
14 6 (0.32%) Tableau
15 3 (0.16%) Apache Cassandra
15 3 (0.16%) EDRMS
15 3 (0.16%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 34 (1.81%) JIRA
2 16 (0.85%) Git
3 12 (0.64%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.32%) Cucumber
4 6 (0.32%) JBehave
4 6 (0.32%) RStudio
4 6 (0.32%) Selenium
4 6 (0.32%) SpecFlow
4 6 (0.32%) TeamCity
5 4 (0.21%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.16%) Subversion
7 2 (0.11%) GitLab
7 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.053%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.053%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.053%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 476 (25.28%) Social Skills
2 270 (14.34%) Finance
3 148 (7.86%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (3.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 70 (3.72%) Telecoms
6 64 (3.40%) Banking
7 63 (3.35%) Retail
8 53 (2.81%) Manufacturing
8 53 (2.81%) Public Sector
9 52 (2.76%) Legal
10 48 (2.55%) Law
11 43 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
12 31 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
13 24 (1.27%) Billing
14 21 (1.12%) Aerospace
15 20 (1.06%) Marketing
16 17 (0.90%) Local Government
17 16 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
18 14 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
19 13 (0.69%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 311 (16.52%) Senior
2 284 (15.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 215 (11.42%) Architect
4 194 (10.30%) Network Engineer
5 163 (8.66%) Consultant
6 131 (6.96%) Data Centre Engineer
7 108 (5.74%) Lead
8 68 (3.61%) Analyst
8 68 (3.61%) Senior Architect
9 67 (3.56%) Administrator
10 66 (3.51%) IT Manager
11 64 (3.40%) Project Manager
12 63 (3.35%) Infrastructure Manager
12 63 (3.35%) IT Engineer
13 59 (3.13%) Infrastructure Architect
14 57 (3.03%) Data Centre Manager
14 57 (3.03%) Senior Network Engineer
14 57 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
15 54 (2.87%) NetApp Consultant
16 53 (2.81%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (3.51%) RabbitMQ
2 55 (2.92%) YAML
3 38 (2.02%) 802.1X
4 19 (1.01%) HTML
5 15 (0.80%) LDAP
6 12 (0.64%) .NET
7 11 (0.58%) SAML
8 9 (0.48%) Web Services
8 9 (0.48%) XML
9 8 (0.42%) Kafka
9 8 (0.42%) Middleware
10 7 (0.37%) ARM Templates
10 7 (0.37%) JSON
11 6 (0.32%) Gherkin
12 5 (0.27%) WebSphere MQ
12 5 (0.27%) XMPP
13 4 (0.21%) LAMP
14 3 (0.16%) React
14 3 (0.16%) REST
15 2 (0.11%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 141 (7.49%) Management Information System
2 126 (6.69%) Public Cloud
3 95 (5.05%) Self-Motivation
4 77 (4.09%) Replication
5 73 (3.88%) Driving Licence
6 57 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
7 46 (2.44%) Private Cloud
8 37 (1.96%) Onboarding
9 32 (1.70%) Virtual Team
10 29 (1.54%) PKI
11 27 (1.43%) Mainframe
12 25 (1.33%) CCTV
13 20 (1.06%) Cyberattack
13 20 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
14 16 (0.85%) Clustering
15 14 (0.74%) Client/Server
15 14 (0.74%) IoT
16 13 (0.69%) iPhone
17 12 (0.64%) PMI
17 12 (0.64%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 586 (31.12%) Windows
2 378 (20.07%) Linux
3 253 (13.44%) Windows Server
4 67 (3.56%) Windows 10
5 58 (3.08%) Unix
6 55 (2.92%) Data ONTAP
7 44 (2.34%) Windows Server 2012
8 32 (1.70%) Windows Server 2016
9 29 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 26 (1.38%) Ubuntu
10 26 (1.38%) Windows Server 2019
11 16 (0.85%) CentOS
12 14 (0.74%) Android
12 14 (0.74%) SUSE
13 13 (0.69%) Apple iOS
14 12 (0.64%) Windows XP
14 12 (0.64%) zOS
15 10 (0.53%) Solaris
15 10 (0.53%) VMS
16 9 (0.48%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 341 (18.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 334 (17.74%) ITIL
3 331 (17.58%) Cybersecurity
4 281 (14.92%) Problem-Solving
5 242 (12.85%) Project Management
6 218 (11.58%) Mentoring
7 215 (11.42%) Presales
8 167 (8.87%) Roadmaps
9 165 (8.76%) DevOps
10 158 (8.39%) Disaster Recovery
11 145 (7.70%) Project Delivery
12 143 (7.59%) Customer Service
12 143 (7.59%) Migration
13 134 (7.12%) Agile
14 119 (6.32%) Information Security
15 112 (5.95%) Infrastructure Management
16 110 (5.84%) Software Licensing
17 103 (5.47%) Storage Management
18 101 (5.36%) Continuous Improvement
19 100 (5.31%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 170 (9.03%) Python
2 156 (8.28%) PowerShell
3 121 (6.43%) SQL
4 34 (1.81%) Bash
5 32 (1.70%) C#
6 24 (1.27%) Java
7 11 (0.58%) JavaScript
8 10 (0.53%) RPG
9 9 (0.48%) Go
9 9 (0.48%) PHP
10 7 (0.37%) C
11 6 (0.32%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.32%) R
12 5 (0.27%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.21%) Ruby
14 3 (0.16%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.16%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.16%) Swift
15 2 (0.11%) Scala
15 2 (0.11%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 349 (18.53%) Degree
2 219 (11.63%) Cisco Certification
3 208 (11.05%) Security Cleared
4 157 (8.34%) CCNA
5 150 (7.97%) SC Cleared
6 139 (7.38%) CCNP
7 95 (5.05%) Microsoft Certification
8 69 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
9 64 (3.40%) AWS Certification
10 51 (2.71%) CISSP
11 50 (2.66%) Azure Certification
12 48 (2.55%) DV Cleared
13 45 (2.39%) MCSE
14 41 (2.18%) MCP
15 39 (2.07%) MCSA
16 33 (1.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 30 (1.59%) CCIE
18 27 (1.43%) CISM
19 25 (1.33%) DBS Check
20 21 (1.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 65 (3.45%) SLA
3 43 (2.28%) GDPR
4 28 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
5 25 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 24 (1.27%) PCI DSS
7 21 (1.12%) NIST
7 21 (1.12%) QA
8 15 (0.80%) ISO 9001
9 11 (0.58%) PMO
10 8 (0.42%) NCSC
11 7 (0.37%) Data Quality
12 6 (0.32%) COBIT
12 6 (0.32%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.27%) IASME
13 5 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 3 (0.16%) ISO 14000
14 3 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 2 (0.11%) ISO 22301
15 2 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 366 (19.44%) Active Directory
2 364 (19.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 125 (6.64%) Hyper-V
4 116 (6.16%) Docker
5 88 (4.67%) VMware ESXi
6 82 (4.35%) vSphere
7 56 (2.97%) Firmware
8 39 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
9 26 (1.38%) VMware NSX
10 15 (0.80%) Virtual Servers
11 14 (0.74%) vCloud
11 14 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
12 10 (0.53%) KVM
13 6 (0.32%) DFS Replication
14 4 (0.21%) pfSense
15 3 (0.16%) Xen
16 2 (0.11%) BitLocker
16 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 2 (0.11%) NFS
16 2 (0.11%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 148 (7.86%) Ansible
2 141 (7.49%) Kubernetes
3 97 (5.15%) vCenter Server
4 79 (4.20%) Terraform
5 59 (3.13%) Prometheus
6 57 (3.03%) SCCM
7 51 (2.71%) WSUS
8 43 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
9 38 (2.02%) SCOM
10 34 (1.81%) FortiGate
11 21 (1.12%) Puppet
12 16 (0.85%) CASB
13 15 (0.80%) Nagios
13 15 (0.80%) Stealthwatch
13 15 (0.80%) ZABBIX
14 14 (0.74%) EMC NetWorker
14 14 (0.74%) Grafana
14 14 (0.74%) Progress Chef
15 13 (0.69%) NetBackup
16 10 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 567 (30.11%) Microsoft
2 507 (26.93%) VMware
3 395 (20.98%) Cisco
4 152 (8.07%) Palo Alto
5 138 (7.33%) NetApp
6 124 (6.59%) Dell
7 122 (6.48%) Oracle
8 116 (6.16%) HP
9 114 (6.05%) Apple
9 114 (6.05%) Veeam
10 110 (5.84%) Adobe
11 102 (5.42%) Juniper
12 96 (5.10%) Red Hat
13 92 (4.89%) Citrix
14 73 (3.88%) Meraki
15 69 (3.66%) Fortinet
16 59 (3.13%) CheckPoint
17 54 (2.87%) SolidFire
18 52 (2.76%) IBM
19 51 (2.71%) ServiceNow