Data Centre Job Trends 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 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 66 58
Rank change year-on-year +7 -8 +33
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 16 8 36
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 1.54% 0.91% 3.77%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.76% 2.40% 10.40%
Number of salaries quoted 8 8 23
10th Percentile - £43,196 -
25th Percentile £29,750 £47,807 £40,770
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £43,190
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +50.50% -7.84%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,375 £48,546
90th Percentile - £71,000 £67,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

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 278 333 346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 26.81% 37.80% 36.19%
Number of salaries quoted 178 166 223
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,000 £32,444
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £47,500 £48,546
Median % change year-on-year +6.32% -2.15% +7.88%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £61,452
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,800 £72,433
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Centre relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Wales

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Data Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Wales over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

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 11 January 2026. 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 +5 11 £80,000 +23.08% 20
North Wales - 5 £30,500 -
Data Centre
UK

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Azure
1 3 (18.75%) Azure Stack
1 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
General
1 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
2 1 (6.25%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Break Fix Engineer
1 5 (31.25%) Field Engineer
1 5 (31.25%) Field Service Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) IT Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Area Sales Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Data Centre Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Sales Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Technical Delivery Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Driving Licence
1 5 (31.25%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (18.75%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (18.75%) Onboarding
3 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Linux
1 3 (18.75%) Rocky
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
1 3 (18.75%) Windows Server
1 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Break/Fix
1 5 (31.25%) Hardware Maintenance
1 5 (31.25%) ITSM
1 5 (31.25%) Service Delivery
2 3 (18.75%) Containerisation
2 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (6.25%) Business Development
3 1 (6.25%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (6.25%) Migration
3 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2
3 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (6.25%) Project Delivery
3 1 (6.25%) Project Governance
3 1 (6.25%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (31.25%) DBS Check
3 3 (18.75%) Azure Certification
3 3 (18.75%) DV Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
1 3 (18.75%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Dell
2 5 (31.25%) HP
2 5 (31.25%) IBM