Data Centre Job Trends in Worcestershire

Data Center
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in Worcestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 4 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Worcestershire 0.91% - 1.56%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.74% - 6.38%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - £24,450
25th Percentile - - £25,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £27,500
75th Percentile - - £28,750
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £60,600 £53,300 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.70% +6.60% -9.09%

All Generic Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 230 69 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 52.27% 39.20% 24.48%
Number of salaries quoted 61 29 44
10th Percentile £29,250 £41,104 £31,125
25th Percentile £30,000 £53,750 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +18.18% +29.41%
75th Percentile £45,000 - £57,500
90th Percentile £69,000 £72,200 £63,900
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% -2.86%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Worcestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Data Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Worcestershire citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Malvern - 4 £80,000 -
Worcester - 4 £80,000 -
Data Centre
West Midlands

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Azure Stack
1 4 (100.00%) Entra ID
General
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (100.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Rocky
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 4 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Dell