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 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 174 163 160
Rank change year-on-year -11 -3 +29
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 217 331 457
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.45% 2.01% 2.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.21% 5.09% 5.52%
Number of salaries quoted 124 190 357
10th Percentile £45,000 £36,750 £38,055
25th Percentile £65,313 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £77,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

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 5,156 6,498 8,283
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.49% 39.54% 38.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,286 3,593 6,536
10th Percentile £28,000 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

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 12 January 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 5 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.84%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.46%) HCL Notes
3 1 (0.46%) IIS
3 1 (0.46%) OpenStack
Applications
1 6 (2.76%) AutoCAD
1 6 (2.76%) MS Visio
2 5 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.92%) Weka
Business Applications
1 2 (0.92%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 60 (27.65%) Azure
2 41 (18.89%) AWS
3 16 (7.37%) SaaS
4 8 (3.69%) GCP
5 7 (3.23%) AWS Direct Connect
5 7 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (3.23%) Entra ID
5 7 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (3.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 4 (1.84%) Azure Stack
6 4 (1.84%) IaaS
6 4 (1.84%) Nutanix
7 3 (1.38%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (1.38%) Amazon ECS
7 3 (1.38%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (1.38%) Amazon S3
7 3 (1.38%) GitHub
7 3 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (1.38%) Route 53
8 2 (0.92%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 69 (31.80%) Firewall
2 56 (25.81%) WAN
3 55 (25.35%) LAN
4 54 (24.88%) SD-WAN
5 31 (14.29%) Wireless
6 30 (13.82%) Wireshark
7 27 (12.44%) VPN
8 21 (9.68%) BGP
9 17 (7.83%) Network Security
10 16 (7.37%) Cisco ASA
11 14 (6.45%) TCP/IP
12 12 (5.53%) DNS
12 12 (5.53%) Structured Cabling
12 12 (5.53%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (4.15%) DHCP
13 9 (4.15%) OSPF
13 9 (4.15%) VLAN
14 8 (3.69%) MPLS
14 8 (3.69%) VoIP
14 8 (3.69%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (1.38%) MySQL
2 2 (0.92%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.46%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (5.53%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.30%) Git
3 4 (1.84%) Babel
3 4 (1.84%) webpack
4 3 (1.38%) GitLab
4 3 (1.38%) JIRA
4 3 (1.38%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.92%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.46%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.46%) SoapUI
General
1 67 (30.88%) Finance
2 66 (30.41%) Social Skills
3 30 (13.82%) Telecoms
4 29 (13.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (12.90%) Banking
6 17 (7.83%) Retail
7 16 (7.37%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (5.99%) Documentation Skills
8 13 (5.99%) Public Sector
9 11 (5.07%) Financial Institution
9 11 (5.07%) Law
10 9 (4.15%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (3.69%) Back Office
12 3 (1.38%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.38%) Marketing
13 2 (0.92%) Advertising
13 2 (0.92%) Fire and Rescue
13 2 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.46%) Electronics
14 1 (0.46%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 46 (21.20%) Architect
2 43 (19.82%) Network Engineer
3 32 (14.75%) Senior
4 25 (11.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 17 (7.83%) Infrastructure Architect
6 12 (5.53%) AWS Engineer
7 11 (5.07%) Analyst
7 11 (5.07%) Data Centre Manager
7 11 (5.07%) Lead
8 10 (4.61%) Senior Network Engineer
9 9 (4.15%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (4.15%) Development Manager
9 9 (4.15%) Network Architect
9 9 (4.15%) Support Analyst
10 8 (3.69%) Network Analyst
10 8 (3.69%) Network Support
10 8 (3.69%) Network Support Analyst
10 8 (3.69%) Project Manager
11 7 (3.23%) Business Development Manager
11 7 (3.23%) Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.30%) CSS
1 5 (2.30%) HTML
2 4 (1.84%) CSS3
2 4 (1.84%) HTML5
2 4 (1.84%) JSON
2 4 (1.84%) Node.js
2 4 (1.84%) React
2 4 (1.84%) Sass
3 3 (1.38%) .NET
3 3 (1.38%) LAMP
3 3 (1.38%) RESTful
4 1 (0.46%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.46%) SOAP
4 1 (0.46%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.46%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 34 (15.67%) Management Information System
2 30 (13.82%) Hybrid Cloud
3 19 (8.76%) Public Cloud
4 14 (6.45%) Cloud Native
5 10 (4.61%) Fibre Optics
6 9 (4.15%) Private Cloud
7 7 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (2.76%) Security Posture
9 5 (2.30%) Clustering
9 5 (2.30%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.38%) CMDB
10 3 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (1.38%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.38%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.38%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.38%) Web3
11 2 (0.92%) Blog
11 2 (0.92%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 26 (11.98%) Linux
2 17 (7.83%) Windows
3 9 (4.15%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.76%) Rocky
5 4 (1.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.84%) Unix
5 4 (1.84%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.38%) CentOS
6 3 (1.38%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.46%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (20.74%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (17.51%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (17.05%) Change Management
4 35 (16.13%) Infrastructure as Code
5 33 (15.21%) Load Balancing
6 31 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
6 31 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 31 (14.29%) Network Virtualisation
7 30 (13.82%) Customer Service
7 30 (13.82%) Network Monitoring
8 28 (12.90%) AI
8 28 (12.90%) Asset Management
8 28 (12.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 28 (12.90%) ITIL
9 26 (11.98%) Roadmaps
9 26 (11.98%) Technical Leadership
10 24 (11.06%) Coaching
10 24 (11.06%) Network Planning
10 24 (11.06%) Problem Management
11 21 (9.68%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.99%) Python
2 6 (2.76%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.30%) Java
3 5 (2.30%) JavaScript
3 5 (2.30%) TypeScript
4 4 (1.84%) Bash
4 4 (1.84%) SQL
5 3 (1.38%) Go
5 3 (1.38%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.92%) Bicep
7 1 (0.46%) Perl
Qualifications
1 34 (15.67%) Degree
2 30 (13.82%) Security Cleared
3 28 (12.90%) SC Cleared
4 21 (9.68%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (5.53%) CCNP
6 9 (4.15%) AWS Certification
6 9 (4.15%) Azure Certification
7 8 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (3.23%) Network+ Certification
9 6 (2.76%) CCNA
9 6 (2.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (2.30%) DV Cleared
11 4 (1.84%) CCIE
11 4 (1.84%) CISM
11 4 (1.84%) CISSP
11 4 (1.84%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.84%) VCAP
11 4 (1.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (1.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 12 (5.53%) SLA
2 8 (3.69%) PCI DSS
2 8 (3.69%) SOC 2
3 5 (2.30%) QA
4 4 (1.84%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.84%) NIST
5 3 (1.38%) PMO
6 2 (0.92%) GDPR
6 2 (0.92%) NCSC
7 1 (0.46%) Basel III
7 1 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 1 (0.46%) MiFID
System Software
1 17 (7.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (4.15%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.15%) VMware NSX
3 7 (3.23%) Firmware
4 6 (2.76%) Docker
5 4 (1.84%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 4 (1.84%) vSphere
6 3 (1.38%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.38%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 3 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.92%) Ceph
7 2 (0.92%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 30 (13.82%) Ansible
2 29 (13.36%) Terraform
3 15 (6.91%) Kubernetes
4 12 (5.53%) FortiGate
5 6 (2.76%) Nagios
6 3 (1.38%) Dell DRAC
6 3 (1.38%) Endace
7 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.46%) Forefront Identity Manager
7 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.46%) Puppet
Vendors
1 76 (35.02%) Cisco
2 49 (22.58%) Palo Alto
3 40 (18.43%) CheckPoint
4 35 (16.13%) Meraki
5 34 (15.67%) Microsoft
6 32 (14.75%) SolarWinds
7 23 (10.60%) VMware
8 18 (8.29%) Fortinet
9 16 (7.37%) Adobe
9 16 (7.37%) Apple
10 9 (4.15%) Extreme Networks
10 9 (4.15%) F5
11 8 (3.69%) Dell
11 8 (3.69%) Red Hat
12 7 (3.23%) Aruba
13 6 (2.76%) Avaya
13 6 (2.76%) Juniper
13 6 (2.76%) ServiceNow
14 5 (2.30%) Dynatrace
15 4 (1.84%) Google