Data Centre Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Data Center
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 224 140 136
Rank change year-on-year -84 -4 +74
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 291 784 916
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.49% 2.20% 2.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.60% 6.33% 6.32%
Number of salaries quoted 213 515 681
10th Percentile £24,150 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £66,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £54,556 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.98% -9.07% +0.87%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,091 12,391 14,502
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 41.56% 34.79% 38.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,679 9,321 10,862
10th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,860 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,977
90th Percentile £122,500 £105,000 £109,865
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Data Centre
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Centre trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Data Centre
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Data Centre.

Data Centre salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Centre
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Data Centre over the 6 months to 14 June 2025.

Data Centre salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (2.06%) IIS
1 6 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.72%) Apache
3 3 (1.03%) Confluence
4 2 (0.69%) IBM Notes
4 2 (0.69%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.69%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.69%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.34%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.03%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 99 (34.02%) Azure
2 89 (30.58%) AWS
3 38 (13.06%) SaaS
4 22 (7.56%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (6.87%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (6.53%) Entra ID
6 19 (6.53%) IaaS
6 19 (6.53%) PaaS
7 17 (5.84%) Azure Monitor
8 16 (5.50%) Azure AI
8 16 (5.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 16 (5.50%) Azure Key Vault
8 16 (5.50%) Azure Service Bus
8 16 (5.50%) Power Automate
8 16 (5.50%) Power Platform
9 10 (3.44%) AWS Direct Connect
10 7 (2.41%) OCI
11 4 (1.37%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (1.37%) GitHub
11 4 (1.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 80 (27.49%) Firewall
2 55 (18.90%) VPN
3 52 (17.87%) WAN
4 39 (13.40%) SD-WAN
5 30 (10.31%) BGP
6 29 (9.97%) DNS
7 26 (8.93%) LAN
7 26 (8.93%) OSPF
8 20 (6.87%) Cisco ASA
8 20 (6.87%) Cisco Firepower
8 20 (6.87%) TCP/IP
9 19 (6.53%) Wi-Fi
10 18 (6.19%) IPsec
11 17 (5.84%) WLAN
12 14 (4.81%) NX-OS
13 13 (4.47%) MPLS
14 10 (3.44%) VLAN
15 9 (3.09%) Cisco Nexus
16 8 (2.75%) VoIP
16 8 (2.75%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.50%) Data Lake
1 16 (5.50%) MySQL
1 16 (5.50%) Power BI
2 15 (5.15%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.75%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.69%) Metadata
4 2 (0.69%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.69%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 24 (8.25%) Git
2 7 (2.41%) Jenkins
3 6 (2.06%) JIRA
4 3 (1.03%) GitLab
4 3 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.69%) Babel
5 2 (0.69%) JMeter
5 2 (0.69%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.69%) webpack
6 1 (0.34%) Artifactory
General
1 108 (37.11%) Social Skills
2 47 (16.15%) Finance
3 27 (9.28%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (7.90%) Public Sector
5 12 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (3.44%) Local Government
7 9 (3.09%) Fire and Rescue
8 8 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.41%) Back Office
9 7 (2.41%) Banking
10 5 (1.72%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.37%) Humanities
11 4 (1.37%) Law
12 3 (1.03%) Retail
13 2 (0.69%) Games
13 2 (0.69%) Marketing
13 2 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.69%) Police
14 1 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (15.81%) Graduate
1 46 (15.81%) Graduate Sales Executive
1 46 (15.81%) Sales Executive
2 41 (14.09%) Architect
3 36 (12.37%) Network Engineer
4 33 (11.34%) Senior
5 25 (8.59%) Cloud Architect
6 24 (8.25%) Lead
7 17 (5.84%) Vulnerability Manager
8 16 (5.50%) Infrastructure Architect
9 15 (5.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 14 (4.81%) Analyst
11 13 (4.47%) Consultant
12 12 (4.12%) Cisco Engineer
12 12 (4.12%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 9 (3.09%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
13 9 (3.09%) Support Engineer
13 9 (3.09%) Technical Director
14 8 (2.75%) Cloud Engineer
14 8 (2.75%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.06%) Node.js
2 5 (1.72%) JSON
3 4 (1.37%) YAML
4 3 (1.03%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.69%) CSS
5 2 (0.69%) CSS3
5 2 (0.69%) HTML
5 2 (0.69%) HTML5
5 2 (0.69%) LDAP
5 2 (0.69%) Middleware
5 2 (0.69%) React
5 2 (0.69%) Sass
6 1 (0.34%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.34%) REST
6 1 (0.34%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.34%) Management Information System
2 25 (8.59%) NHS
3 18 (6.19%) SCADA
4 17 (5.84%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (4.47%) Operational Technology
6 10 (3.44%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.44%) Public Cloud
7 9 (3.09%) Renewable Energy
7 9 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.06%) Clustering
8 6 (2.06%) Driving Licence
8 6 (2.06%) Replication
9 5 (1.72%) Client/Server
9 5 (1.72%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.37%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.03%) Fibre Optics
11 3 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.03%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.69%) Acoustics
Operating Systems
1 46 (15.81%) Windows
2 42 (14.43%) Linux
3 22 (7.56%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.09%) Unix
5 7 (2.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (2.41%) Windows 10
6 6 (2.06%) Solaris
7 5 (1.72%) AIX
8 4 (1.37%) CentOS
8 4 (1.37%) HPUX
8 4 (1.37%) Oracle Linux
9 3 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.69%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.69%) Rocky
10 2 (0.69%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (28.18%) Cybersecurity
2 62 (21.31%) Artificial Intelligence
3 51 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (17.18%) Project Management
5 49 (16.84%) Customer Experience
6 42 (14.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 40 (13.75%) Roadmaps
8 39 (13.40%) Project Delivery
9 38 (13.06%) ITIL
10 35 (12.03%) DevOps
11 34 (11.68%) Change Management
11 34 (11.68%) Migration
12 32 (11.00%) Agile
13 31 (10.65%) Mentoring
14 27 (9.28%) Analytics
14 27 (9.28%) Service Management
15 25 (8.59%) CI/CD
15 25 (8.59%) TOGAF
16 24 (8.25%) Infrastructure as Code
16 24 (8.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 36 (12.37%) SQL
2 31 (10.65%) PowerShell
3 19 (6.53%) Python
4 16 (5.50%) Bicep
5 10 (3.44%) Bash
6 8 (2.75%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.41%) TypeScript
8 5 (1.72%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.03%) Go
10 2 (0.69%) C
10 2 (0.69%) C++
10 2 (0.69%) Fortran
10 2 (0.69%) Java
11 1 (0.34%) C#
Qualifications
1 37 (12.71%) Degree
2 36 (12.37%) Security Cleared
3 30 (10.31%) SC Cleared
4 26 (8.93%) Azure Certification
5 22 (7.56%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (5.84%) DBS Check
7 14 (4.81%) CCNP
8 12 (4.12%) AWS Certification
9 11 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (2.75%) TOGAF Certification
11 7 (2.41%) CCNA
12 6 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
13 5 (1.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (1.72%) DV Cleared
14 4 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (1.37%) PMP
14 4 (1.37%) Postgraduate
15 3 (1.03%) IBM AIX Certification
15 3 (1.03%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.78%) SLA
2 9 (3.09%) QA
3 5 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.37%) NCSC
5 3 (1.03%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.69%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 1 (0.34%) GDPR
7 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 35 (12.03%) Virtual Machines
2 26 (8.93%) Active Directory
3 24 (8.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (4.12%) Hyper-V
5 8 (2.75%) Firmware
6 5 (1.72%) Docker
7 3 (1.03%) KVM
7 3 (1.03%) vSphere
8 2 (0.69%) NFS
8 2 (0.69%) SRDF
8 2 (0.69%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 2 (0.69%) Xen
9 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.34%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 16 (5.50%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (4.47%) Ansible
3 12 (4.12%) Kubernetes
3 12 (4.12%) Terraform
4 10 (3.44%) SCCM
5 6 (2.06%) Puppet
6 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.72%) ZABBIX
7 4 (1.37%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.37%) WSUS
8 3 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.03%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.03%) Kibana
8 3 (1.03%) Nagios
8 3 (1.03%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.69%) Iperf
10 1 (0.34%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.34%) Opsview
10 1 (0.34%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 60 (20.62%) Microsoft
2 53 (18.21%) Cisco
3 50 (17.18%) VMware
4 27 (9.28%) Meraki
5 25 (8.59%) CheckPoint
6 19 (6.53%) Oracle
6 19 (6.53%) Palo Alto
7 17 (5.84%) Qualys
7 17 (5.84%) Tenable
8 16 (5.50%) Databricks
8 16 (5.50%) SolarWinds
9 10 (3.44%) Dynatrace
9 10 (3.44%) Fortinet
9 10 (3.44%) Infoblox
10 9 (3.09%) Facebook
10 9 (3.09%) YouTube
11 8 (2.75%) Citrix
12 6 (2.06%) F5
12 6 (2.06%) Juniper
13 5 (1.72%) EMC