Hybrid/Remote Data Centre Job Trends

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 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 194 151
Rank change year-on-year +36 -43 +4
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 306 291 701
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.64% 1.96% 2.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.82% 4.31% 5.96%
Number of salaries quoted 207 208 509
10th Percentile £40,000 £24,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £30,594 £41,036
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £54,556
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% +0.81% -12.71%
75th Percentile £85,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £91,500 £84,200
UK median annual salary £65,576 £57,500 £54,556
% change year-on-year +14.04% +5.40% -9.07%

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 6,350 6,746 11,769
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.12% 45.54% 36.24%
Number of salaries quoted 4,020 3,578 9,263
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -8.42%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Centre and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Data Centre job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Data Centre
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Data Centre over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Data Centre salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (3.59%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.63%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.65%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 87 (28.43%) Azure
2 65 (21.24%) AWS
3 29 (9.48%) Nutanix
4 24 (7.84%) Serverless
5 21 (6.86%) SaaS
6 18 (5.88%) OCI
7 15 (4.90%) AWS Direct Connect
7 15 (4.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 14 (4.58%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (4.25%) Entra ID
10 8 (2.61%) GCP
11 3 (0.98%) IaaS
12 2 (0.65%) Amazon EC2
12 2 (0.65%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (0.65%) AWS Lambda
12 2 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 1 (0.33%) Azure Sentinel
13 1 (0.33%) Azure Stack
13 1 (0.33%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 82 (26.80%) Firewall
2 45 (14.71%) WAN
3 38 (12.42%) VXLAN
4 35 (11.44%) LAN
4 35 (11.44%) SD-WAN
5 33 (10.78%) Wi-Fi
6 29 (9.48%) BGP
7 28 (9.15%) VPN
8 24 (7.84%) Cisco ASA
9 22 (7.19%) MPLS
9 22 (7.19%) NGFW
10 20 (6.54%) Cisco Firepower
10 20 (6.54%) Cisco ISE
10 20 (6.54%) OSPF
11 19 (6.21%) Network Security
11 19 (6.21%) VSAN
11 19 (6.21%) WLAN
12 17 (5.56%) NX-OS
13 15 (4.90%) DNS
13 15 (4.90%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.98%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.33%) RDBMS
2 1 (0.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 22 (7.19%) Snyk
2 8 (2.61%) Git
3 5 (1.63%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.31%) Babel
4 4 (1.31%) GitLab
4 4 (1.31%) JIRA
4 4 (1.31%) webpack
General
1 75 (24.51%) Finance
2 70 (22.88%) Social Skills
3 48 (15.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 32 (10.46%) Public Sector
4 32 (10.46%) Telecoms
5 29 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (7.52%) Banking
7 18 (5.88%) Legal
7 18 (5.88%) Retail
8 12 (3.92%) Law
9 10 (3.27%) Marketing
10 9 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (2.61%) Financial Institution
11 8 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.96%) Back Office
13 5 (1.63%) Aviation
13 5 (1.63%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.98%) Electronics
15 2 (0.65%) International Banking
15 2 (0.65%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 77 (25.16%) Senior
2 58 (18.95%) Architect
3 34 (11.11%) Cloud Architect
3 34 (11.11%) Network Engineer
4 29 (9.48%) Consultant
5 28 (9.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 28 (9.15%) IT Manager
6 27 (8.82%) Senior Architect
7 23 (7.52%) Security Architect
8 22 (7.19%) Cloud Security Architect
8 22 (7.19%) Network Manager
8 22 (7.19%) Senior Cloud Architect
8 22 (7.19%) Senior Security Architect
9 21 (6.86%) Operations Manager
10 20 (6.54%) Network Operations Manager
10 20 (6.54%) VMware Consultant
11 19 (6.21%) Category Manager
12 14 (4.58%) Lead
12 14 (4.58%) Network Architect
13 13 (4.25%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.31%) CSS
1 4 (1.31%) CSS3
1 4 (1.31%) HTML
1 4 (1.31%) HTML5
1 4 (1.31%) React
1 4 (1.31%) Sass
2 3 (0.98%) EDI
2 3 (0.98%) Node.js
3 1 (0.33%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.54%) Onboarding
2 15 (4.90%) PKI
3 13 (4.25%) Enterprise Storage
4 12 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (3.27%) Cloud Native
5 10 (3.27%) Management Information System
5 10 (3.27%) Private Cloud
5 10 (3.27%) Replication
6 9 (2.94%) iSeries
6 9 (2.94%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.96%) Blog
7 6 (1.96%) Clustering
7 6 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (1.96%) Security Posture
8 5 (1.63%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.31%) VxBlock/Vblock
10 3 (0.98%) Life Science
10 3 (0.98%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.65%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 41 (13.40%) Linux
2 22 (7.19%) Windows
3 10 (3.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (2.29%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.96%) Debian
6 4 (1.31%) CentOS
6 4 (1.31%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.31%) Unix
7 3 (0.98%) VMS
8 2 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.33%) FreeBSD
9 1 (0.33%) OpenBSD
9 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (16.34%) Cybersecurity
3 44 (14.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 44 (14.38%) Presales
4 43 (14.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 39 (12.75%) AI
5 39 (12.75%) Cloud Security
6 37 (12.09%) CI/CD
7 36 (11.76%) Technology Strategy
8 35 (11.44%) IT Strategy
9 33 (10.78%) ITIL
9 33 (10.78%) Roadmaps
10 29 (9.48%) Mentoring
11 28 (9.15%) Disaster Recovery
12 26 (8.50%) DevOps
12 26 (8.50%) Infrastructure as Code
12 26 (8.50%) Load Balancing
12 26 (8.50%) Risk Management
13 25 (8.17%) Security Architecture
14 24 (7.84%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 28 (9.15%) Python
2 13 (4.25%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.29%) JavaScript
3 7 (2.29%) TypeScript
4 6 (1.96%) Java
4 6 (1.96%) SQL
5 5 (1.63%) Bash
6 3 (0.98%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.65%) Go
7 2 (0.65%) Perl
8 1 (0.33%) Bicep
8 1 (0.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 40 (13.07%) Security Cleared
2 38 (12.42%) SC Cleared
3 26 (8.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 24 (7.84%) VCAP
5 22 (7.19%) Cisco Certification
6 21 (6.86%) Degree
7 17 (5.56%) VCDX
8 13 (4.25%) CCNA
8 13 (4.25%) CCNP
9 10 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (2.94%) AWS Certification
10 9 (2.94%) Azure Certification
11 8 (2.61%) CCIE
12 6 (1.96%) CCSE
12 6 (1.96%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (1.63%) CCSA
13 5 (1.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 4 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (1.31%) JNCIE
14 4 (1.31%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.52%) GRC
2 15 (4.90%) PMO
3 12 (3.92%) SLA
4 11 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.61%) ISO 9001
6 6 (1.96%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.96%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.31%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.65%) NIST
9 1 (0.33%) Basel III
9 1 (0.33%) GDPR
9 1 (0.33%) MiFID
9 1 (0.33%) QA
System Software
1 57 (18.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 31 (10.13%) VMware NSX
3 24 (7.84%) vSphere
4 23 (7.52%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (6.21%) Hyper-V
6 16 (5.23%) vCloud
7 15 (4.90%) Active Directory
8 14 (4.58%) Firmware
9 7 (2.29%) Docker
10 4 (1.31%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 4 (1.31%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.98%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 2 (0.65%) KVM
Systems Management
1 42 (13.73%) Terraform
2 39 (12.75%) Ansible
3 15 (4.90%) Kubernetes
4 6 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.63%) Puppet
6 4 (1.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.31%) Avamar
6 4 (1.31%) Dell DRAC
6 4 (1.31%) EMC NetWorker
6 4 (1.31%) EMC VPLEX
6 4 (1.31%) FortiGate
6 4 (1.31%) VxRail
7 3 (0.98%) Grafana
7 3 (0.98%) Nagios
7 3 (0.98%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.98%) Red Hat Satellite
7 3 (0.98%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.98%) ZABBIX
8 2 (0.65%) Kibana
8 2 (0.65%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 62 (20.26%) VMware
2 56 (18.30%) Cisco
3 42 (13.73%) Microsoft
4 37 (12.09%) Palo Alto
5 29 (9.48%) CheckPoint
6 26 (8.50%) Fortinet
7 24 (7.84%) NetApp
8 22 (7.19%) CrowdStrike
8 22 (7.19%) Meraki
8 22 (7.19%) Tenable
9 21 (6.86%) Arista
9 21 (6.86%) Dell
10 20 (6.54%) Nimble Storage
11 19 (6.21%) Veeam
12 17 (5.56%) Aruba
12 17 (5.56%) Broadcom
13 16 (5.23%) SolarWinds
14 15 (4.90%) Dynatrace
14 15 (4.90%) Red Hat
14 15 (4.90%) ServiceNow