Data Centre Jobs in Wales

Data Center
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 34 98
Rank change year-on-year -20 +64 +2
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 54 120 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 2.80% 7.02% 1.99%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 11.30% 18.75% 4.90%
Number of salaries quoted 24 15 31
10th Percentile £27,550 £38,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £43,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,238 £70,000 £47,665
Median % change year-on-year -45.37% +46.86% +5.92%
75th Percentile £45,780 £77,500 £66,875
90th Percentile £58,500 £84,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

All Generic Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 478 640 796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 24.78% 37.43% 40.63%
Number of salaries quoted 277 312 392
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £31,746
25th Percentile £32,000 £35,382 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% +31.25%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,988 £67,500
90th Percentile £68,000 £75,000 £78,625
UK median annual salary £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Wales

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Data Centre in Wales

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Wales over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in Wales

Data Centre
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the Wales region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
South Wales -22 40 £44,886 -35.88% 4
North Wales +10 10 £34,000 +1.49% 1
West Wales +1 1 £43,072 -
Data Centre
UK

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 9 (16.67%) Skype for Business
2 5 (9.26%) Apache
3 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (5.56%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (14.81%) Azure
2 5 (9.26%) Amazon S3
3 3 (5.56%) Azure Monitor
3 3 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (5.56%) Nutanix
4 2 (3.70%) AWS
4 2 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 27 (50.00%) Firewall
2 18 (33.33%) DNS
3 13 (24.07%) LAN
3 13 (24.07%) WAN
4 11 (20.37%) Internet
5 9 (16.67%) IP Telephony
5 9 (16.67%) TCP/IP
5 9 (16.67%) Wireless
6 8 (14.81%) VPN
7 7 (12.96%) Cisco ASA
7 7 (12.96%) Cisco IOS
8 5 (9.26%) DHCP
8 5 (9.26%) IPsec
8 5 (9.26%) SNMP
9 3 (5.56%) Extranet
9 3 (5.56%) MPLS
9 3 (5.56%) SAN
9 3 (5.56%) VLAN
9 3 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (5.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.26%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (9.26%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.85%) GIS
2 1 (1.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Git
General
1 13 (24.07%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.52%) Telecoms
3 6 (11.11%) Finance
3 6 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (11.11%) Local Government
3 6 (11.11%) Police
4 5 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.56%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.56%) Welsh Language
6 1 (1.85%) Electronics
6 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.85%) Marketing
6 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 35 (64.81%) Senior
2 17 (31.48%) Consultant
3 12 (22.22%) Network Engineer
3 12 (22.22%) Project Consultant
3 12 (22.22%) Senior Network Engineer
4 9 (16.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 9 (16.67%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
4 9 (16.67%) IT Support
5 7 (12.96%) Senior Consultant
5 7 (12.96%) Senior Network Consultant
5 7 (12.96%) Senior Project Consultant
6 6 (11.11%) ICT Engineer
6 6 (11.11%) IT Support Specialist
6 6 (11.11%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 6 (11.11%) Senior IT Support
6 6 (11.11%) Support Specialist
7 5 (9.26%) NetApp Consultant
7 5 (9.26%) Performance Specialist
7 5 (9.26%) Unix Consultant
8 4 (7.41%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.26%) RabbitMQ
1 5 (9.26%) YAML
2 1 (1.85%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.81%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (3.70%) Driving Licence
2 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.70%) Replication
3 1 (1.85%) IBM Mainframe
3 1 (1.85%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.85%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 16 (29.63%) Windows
2 13 (24.07%) Linux
3 5 (9.26%) AIX
3 5 (9.26%) Data ONTAP
3 5 (9.26%) Solaris
3 5 (9.26%) Unix
4 3 (5.56%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.85%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (48.15%) Actionable Insight
2 16 (29.63%) Project Management
3 15 (27.78%) Customer Service
3 15 (27.78%) ITIL
4 14 (25.93%) Business Continuity
5 13 (24.07%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (22.22%) Network Management
7 10 (18.52%) Change Management
8 9 (16.67%) Incident Management
9 8 (14.81%) Disaster Recovery
10 7 (12.96%) Change Control
10 7 (12.96%) Migration
10 7 (12.96%) Network Design
11 6 (11.11%) Mentoring
12 5 (9.26%) Agile
12 5 (9.26%) Infrastructure Management
12 5 (9.26%) Knowledge Transfer
12 5 (9.26%) Project Planning
12 5 (9.26%) Release Management
12 5 (9.26%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.26%) Python
2 2 (3.70%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (31.48%) SC Cleared
1 17 (31.48%) Security Cleared
2 15 (27.78%) Cisco Certification
3 12 (22.22%) CCNA
3 12 (22.22%) Degree
4 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (9.26%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (24.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (14.81%) Active Directory
2 8 (14.81%) Docker
3 7 (12.96%) Firmware
3 7 (12.96%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (3.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (27.78%) Ansible
2 8 (14.81%) Kubernetes
3 6 (11.11%) SCCM
4 5 (9.26%) Prometheus
4 5 (9.26%) vCenter Server
5 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (5.56%) SCOM
6 1 (1.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (38.89%) Cisco
2 20 (37.04%) Microsoft
3 17 (31.48%) VMware
4 12 (22.22%) Oracle
4 12 (22.22%) Palo Alto
5 10 (18.52%) Red Hat
6 9 (16.67%) Avaya
6 9 (16.67%) Mitel
7 8 (14.81%) NetApp
8 7 (12.96%) CheckPoint
8 7 (12.96%) Fortinet
8 7 (12.96%) McAfee
9 5 (9.26%) SolidFire
10 3 (5.56%) Citrix
10 3 (5.56%) HP
11 2 (3.70%) Veeam
12 1 (1.85%) IBM
12 1 (1.85%) SAP