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 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 183 149 166
Rank change year-on-year -34 +17 +34
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 284 756 927
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.84% 2.24% 2.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.74% 6.30% 5.66%
Number of salaries quoted 217 510 675
10th Percentile £24,450 £36,250 £39,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,078 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -12.80% +4.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £84,100 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -5.17% -

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 5,992 12,005 16,380
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.86% 35.53% 38.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3,850 9,227 11,835
10th Percentile £34,975 £32,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £59,300 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.61% -8.77% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £101,250 £107,500
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 5 May 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 9 (3.17%) Apache
2 8 (2.82%) IIS
3 3 (1.06%) nginx
4 2 (0.70%) Confluence
4 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.70%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.70%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.70%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.35%) IBM Notes
5 1 (0.35%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.35%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.35%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (1.06%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 93 (32.75%) AWS
2 91 (32.04%) Azure
3 23 (8.10%) Microsoft 365
4 20 (7.04%) SaaS
5 8 (2.82%) AWS Direct Connect
6 7 (2.46%) GCP
6 7 (2.46%) OCI
7 6 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (1.76%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (1.41%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.41%) Datadog
9 4 (1.41%) IaaS
9 4 (1.41%) PaaS
9 4 (1.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (1.06%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.06%) GitHub
11 2 (0.70%) AWS Control Tower
11 2 (0.70%) IBM Cloud
11 2 (0.70%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 86 (30.28%) Firewall
2 46 (16.20%) VPN
3 39 (13.73%) WAN
4 35 (12.32%) BGP
5 30 (10.56%) LAN
6 28 (9.86%) SD-WAN
7 23 (8.10%) OSPF
8 22 (7.75%) DNS
9 21 (7.39%) TCP/IP
9 21 (7.39%) Wi-Fi
10 20 (7.04%) VLAN
11 16 (5.63%) Cisco ASA
12 15 (5.28%) IPsec
13 13 (4.58%) Cisco Firepower
13 13 (4.58%) MPLS
13 13 (4.58%) Wireless
13 13 (4.58%) WLAN
14 11 (3.87%) Network Security
15 10 (3.52%) DHCP
16 8 (2.82%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.10%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.52%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.70%) Metadata
3 2 (0.70%) MySQL
3 2 (0.70%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.70%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (1.76%) JIRA
2 4 (1.41%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (0.70%) GitLab
4 2 (0.70%) JMeter
5 1 (0.35%) Git
5 1 (0.35%) Moq
5 1 (0.35%) MSTest
5 1 (0.35%) NUnit
5 1 (0.35%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.35%) xUnit.net
General
1 109 (38.38%) Social Skills
2 59 (20.77%) Finance
3 25 (8.80%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (7.39%) Public Sector
5 15 (5.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (4.23%) Local Government
7 7 (2.46%) Back Office
8 6 (2.11%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.41%) Banking
10 4 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.41%) Humanities
10 4 (1.41%) Law
10 4 (1.41%) Marketing
11 3 (1.06%) Fire and Rescue
11 3 (1.06%) Retail
12 2 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.70%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.70%) Police
Job Titles
1 46 (16.20%) Graduate
1 46 (16.20%) Graduate Sales Executive
1 46 (16.20%) Sales Executive
2 40 (14.08%) Network Engineer
3 34 (11.97%) Architect
4 26 (9.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 25 (8.80%) Senior
6 24 (8.45%) Lead
7 20 (7.04%) Infrastructure Architect
8 17 (5.99%) Vulnerability Manager
9 15 (5.28%) Cloud Architect
10 14 (4.93%) Cisco Engineer
10 14 (4.93%) Cisco Network Engineer
11 13 (4.58%) Analyst
12 12 (4.23%) Infrastructure Manager
13 11 (3.87%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
13 11 (3.87%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
14 10 (3.52%) IT Manager
14 10 (3.52%) Security Architect
15 9 (3.17%) Technical Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.76%) JSON
2 4 (1.41%) 802.1X
2 4 (1.41%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (1.41%) YAML
3 3 (1.06%) Web Services
4 2 (0.70%) LDAP
4 2 (0.70%) Middleware
5 1 (0.35%) .NET
5 1 (0.35%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.35%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.35%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.35%) Kafka
5 1 (0.35%) NHibernate
5 1 (0.35%) Ninject
5 1 (0.35%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 32 (11.27%) Management Information System
2 21 (7.39%) Public Cloud
3 17 (5.99%) SCADA
4 11 (3.87%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.52%) Clustering
5 10 (3.52%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (3.52%) Replication
6 9 (3.17%) Operational Technology
6 9 (3.17%) Renewable Energy
7 8 (2.82%) Driving Licence
7 8 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.46%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (2.11%) Client/Server
9 6 (2.11%) NHS
9 6 (2.11%) Product Ownership
10 5 (1.76%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.41%) Tandem
12 3 (1.06%) Cloud Native
12 3 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (1.06%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 61 (21.48%) Windows
2 57 (20.07%) Linux
3 35 (12.32%) Windows Server
4 10 (3.52%) Windows 10
5 8 (2.82%) AIX
6 7 (2.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.76%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.76%) Unix
8 4 (1.41%) Debian
9 3 (1.06%) CentOS
9 3 (1.06%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.70%) Solaris
10 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.70%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (30.63%) Cybersecurity
2 56 (19.72%) Continuous Improvement
3 55 (19.37%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (17.61%) Customer Experience
5 47 (16.55%) Artificial Intelligence
6 38 (13.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 35 (12.32%) Change Management
7 35 (12.32%) ITIL
8 34 (11.97%) Project Delivery
9 29 (10.21%) Project Management
10 24 (8.45%) Mentoring
11 23 (8.10%) Disaster Recovery
12 22 (7.75%) DevOps
13 21 (7.39%) Agile
13 21 (7.39%) Incident Response
14 20 (7.04%) Technical Leadership
15 18 (6.34%) Business Development
15 18 (6.34%) Vulnerability Management
16 17 (5.99%) Decision-Making
16 17 (5.99%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 24 (8.45%) SQL
2 23 (8.10%) PowerShell
3 18 (6.34%) Python
4 13 (4.58%) Bash
5 6 (2.11%) T-SQL
6 4 (1.41%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.41%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.70%) C
7 2 (0.70%) C#
7 2 (0.70%) C++
7 2 (0.70%) Fortran
7 2 (0.70%) Java
8 1 (0.35%) Bicep
8 1 (0.35%) Go
Qualifications
1 39 (13.73%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (11.27%) Degree
3 30 (10.56%) Security Cleared
4 27 (9.51%) CCNP
5 22 (7.75%) SC Cleared
6 15 (5.28%) AWS Certification
7 12 (4.23%) CCNA
8 10 (3.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (3.17%) Azure Certification
9 9 (3.17%) TOGAF Certification
10 7 (2.46%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (2.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (2.11%) IBM AIX Certification
12 4 (1.41%) Postgraduate
13 3 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (1.06%) DV Cleared
13 3 (1.06%) RIBA
13 3 (1.06%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 2 (0.70%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.28%) QA
2 13 (4.58%) SLA
3 3 (1.06%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.06%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 2 (0.70%) NCSC
5 1 (0.35%) GDPR
5 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
System Software
1 39 (13.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 35 (12.32%) Active Directory
3 21 (7.39%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (5.28%) Hyper-V
5 9 (3.17%) Firmware
6 7 (2.46%) Docker
7 5 (1.76%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (1.41%) vSphere
9 3 (1.06%) pfSense
9 3 (1.06%) Squid
10 2 (0.70%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (0.70%) KVM
10 2 (0.70%) NFS
10 2 (0.70%) SRDF
10 2 (0.70%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (0.70%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.70%) Xen
11 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 17 (5.99%) Terraform
2 11 (3.87%) Ansible
2 11 (3.87%) Kubernetes
3 10 (3.52%) SCCM
4 7 (2.46%) Failover Clustering
5 6 (2.11%) FortiGate
5 6 (2.11%) Prometheus
5 6 (2.11%) ZABBIX
6 5 (1.76%) Puppet
7 4 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (1.41%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.06%) HAProxy
8 3 (1.06%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.70%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.70%) Iperf
9 2 (0.70%) Kibana
9 2 (0.70%) Nagios
9 2 (0.70%) vRealize
9 2 (0.70%) VxRail
9 2 (0.70%) WSUS
Vendors
1 81 (28.52%) Microsoft
2 63 (22.18%) Cisco
3 60 (21.13%) VMware
4 23 (8.10%) CheckPoint
4 23 (8.10%) Palo Alto
5 21 (7.39%) SolarWinds
6 17 (5.99%) Qualys
6 17 (5.99%) Tenable
7 15 (5.28%) Oracle
8 13 (4.58%) YouTube
9 12 (4.23%) Citrix
9 12 (4.23%) Meraki
10 10 (3.52%) Juniper
11 9 (3.17%) Facebook
11 9 (3.17%) Fortinet
12 8 (2.82%) Veeam
13 7 (2.46%) EMC
13 7 (2.46%) F5
14 6 (2.11%) Dynatrace
14 6 (2.11%) Infoblox