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 advertised in Wales. 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 46 40 87
Rank change year-on-year -6 +47 +1
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 83 99 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 4.11% 5.94% 2.96%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 13.11% 14.78% 6.51%
Number of salaries quoted 36 11 44
10th Percentile £30,000 £54,000 £34,896
25th Percentile £32,000 £65,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,476 £70,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -47.89% +40.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £54,063 £76,250 £60,938
90th Percentile £62,500 £87,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,588 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.49% +0.15% -

All Generic Skills
Wales

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 advertised in Wales with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 633 670 860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 31.35% 40.17% 45.53%
Number of salaries quoted 341 323 411
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £36,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,886 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.25% -14.29% +23.53%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,988 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +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 April 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 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
South Wales -5 68 £44,886 -35.88% 13
North Wales +20 11 £34,000 -43.33% 3
West Wales -14 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 14 (16.87%) Skype for Business
2 7 (8.43%) OpenStack
3 5 (6.02%) Apache
3 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.20%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (7.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (7.23%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (7.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (15.66%) Azure
2 7 (8.43%) Nutanix
3 5 (6.02%) Amazon S3
3 5 (6.02%) Azure Monitor
3 5 (6.02%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.41%) AWS
4 2 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.20%) Cloudflare
5 1 (1.20%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 38 (45.78%) Firewall
2 32 (38.55%) DNS
3 19 (22.89%) LAN
3 19 (22.89%) WAN
4 14 (16.87%) IP Telephony
4 14 (16.87%) Wireless
5 13 (15.66%) Internet
6 12 (14.46%) VPN
7 11 (13.25%) Cisco ASA
7 11 (13.25%) Cisco IOS
7 11 (13.25%) TCP/IP
8 7 (8.43%) DHCP
8 7 (8.43%) IPsec
8 7 (8.43%) Network Security
8 7 (8.43%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (6.02%) Extranet
9 5 (6.02%) MPLS
9 5 (6.02%) SAN
9 5 (6.02%) SNMP
9 5 (6.02%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.23%) Elasticsearch
1 6 (7.23%) GIS
1 6 (7.23%) MongoDB
2 2 (2.41%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.20%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.20%) Power BI
3 1 (1.20%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Git
General
1 27 (32.53%) Social Skills
2 13 (15.66%) Telecoms
3 10 (12.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (12.05%) Local Government
3 10 (12.05%) Police
4 6 (7.23%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (7.23%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.02%) Finance
6 3 (3.61%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 58 (69.88%) Senior
2 26 (31.33%) Consultant
3 21 (25.30%) Project Consultant
4 19 (22.89%) Network Engineer
4 19 (22.89%) Senior Network Engineer
5 14 (16.87%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 14 (16.87%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
5 14 (16.87%) IT Support
6 11 (13.25%) IT Support Specialist
6 11 (13.25%) Senior Consultant
6 11 (13.25%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 11 (13.25%) Senior IT Support
6 11 (13.25%) Senior Network Consultant
6 11 (13.25%) Senior Project Consultant
6 11 (13.25%) Support Specialist
7 10 (12.05%) ICT Engineer
8 9 (10.84%) Performance Specialist
9 8 (9.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (9.64%) Unix Consultant
10 6 (7.23%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.02%) RabbitMQ
1 5 (6.02%) YAML
2 1 (1.20%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.87%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (7.23%) Renewable Energy
3 5 (6.02%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.20%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (1.20%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 22 (26.51%) Linux
1 22 (26.51%) Windows
2 9 (10.84%) Windows Server
3 8 (9.64%) AIX
3 8 (9.64%) Solaris
3 8 (9.64%) Unix
4 5 (6.02%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (1.20%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (48.19%) Actionable Insight
2 25 (30.12%) ITIL
2 25 (30.12%) Project Management
3 23 (27.71%) Business Continuity
4 21 (25.30%) Customer Service
5 19 (22.89%) Network Management
6 18 (21.69%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (18.07%) Mentoring
8 14 (16.87%) Change Management
8 14 (16.87%) Incident Management
9 13 (15.66%) Disaster Recovery
9 13 (15.66%) Network Design
10 11 (13.25%) Change Control
10 11 (13.25%) Migration
11 10 (12.05%) Agile
11 10 (12.05%) Knowledge Transfer
12 8 (9.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 7 (8.43%) CI/CD
13 7 (8.43%) Hardware Maintenance
13 7 (8.43%) Infrastructure Maintenance
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.23%) Python
2 4 (4.82%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.20%) Bash
Qualifications
1 28 (33.73%) SC Cleared
1 28 (33.73%) Security Cleared
2 21 (25.30%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (19.28%) CCNA
3 16 (19.28%) Degree
4 5 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (2.41%) CCNP
6 2 (2.41%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.61%) SLA
3 1 (1.20%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 20 (24.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (16.87%) Active Directory
2 14 (16.87%) Docker
3 12 (14.46%) Firmware
3 12 (14.46%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (4.82%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 25 (30.12%) Ansible
2 13 (15.66%) Kubernetes
3 12 (14.46%) SCCM
4 5 (6.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (6.02%) Prometheus
4 5 (6.02%) SCOM
4 5 (6.02%) vCenter Server
5 2 (2.41%) FortiGate
5 2 (2.41%) Terraform
6 1 (1.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 35 (42.17%) Microsoft
2 32 (38.55%) Cisco
3 24 (28.92%) VMware
4 21 (25.30%) Oracle
5 18 (21.69%) Palo Alto
6 14 (16.87%) Avaya
6 14 (16.87%) Mitel
7 13 (15.66%) CheckPoint
7 13 (15.66%) McAfee
7 13 (15.66%) Red Hat
8 11 (13.25%) Fortinet
9 10 (12.05%) NetApp
10 5 (6.02%) Citrix
10 5 (6.02%) HP
10 5 (6.02%) SolidFire
11 2 (2.41%) Forcepoint
11 2 (2.41%) Juniper
12 1 (1.20%) IBM