Data Centre Job Trends in Yorkshire

Data Center
England > Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 138 123
Rank change year-on-year -16 -15 -98
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 42 31 68
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.57% 0.88% 1.28%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.65% 2.81% 5.38%
Number of salaries quoted 31 19 53
10th Percentile £25,625 - £23,750
25th Percentile £26,956 £25,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +29.41% -19.81%
75th Percentile £69,390 £67,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £70,000 - £60,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -5.17%

All Generic Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,585 1,102 1,264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 21.67% 31.21% 23.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,047 549 766
10th Percentile £29,500 £25,140 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £65,603
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £57,591 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.71% -4.35% -11.54%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Data Centre job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Data Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in Yorkshire

Data Centre
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 12 August 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
West Yorkshire -20 22 £61,538 +5.73% 27
South Yorkshire -29 10 £45,000 -40.00% 13
North Yorkshire +10 8 £26,250 -40.68% 1
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 (11.90%) IIS
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.90%) Azure
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (33.33%) WAN
2 10 (23.81%) Firewall
2 10 (23.81%) LAN
3 9 (21.43%) BGP
3 9 (21.43%) DNS
4 7 (16.67%) DHCP
4 7 (16.67%) MPLS
4 7 (16.67%) SD-WAN
5 6 (14.29%) Network Security
6 5 (11.90%) NAS
6 5 (11.90%) OSPF
6 5 (11.90%) SAN
6 5 (11.90%) TCP/IP
6 5 (11.90%) VXLAN
7 4 (9.52%) ADSL
7 4 (9.52%) VoIP
7 4 (9.52%) VPN
7 4 (9.52%) WebEx
7 4 (9.52%) Wireless
8 3 (7.14%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.90%) Amazon RDS
General
1 16 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (9.52%) Banking
2 4 (9.52%) Finance
2 4 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.38%) Digital Health
4 1 (2.38%) Law
4 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (35.71%) Senior
2 8 (19.05%) Network Engineer
3 7 (16.67%) Architect
4 6 (14.29%) IT Technician
5 5 (11.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (11.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) Analyst
6 4 (9.52%) Junior
6 4 (9.52%) Junior Analyst
6 4 (9.52%) Junior Network Analyst
6 4 (9.52%) Junior Network Support
6 4 (9.52%) Junior Support Analyst
6 4 (9.52%) Network Analyst
6 4 (9.52%) Network Support Analyst
6 4 (9.52%) Operations Manager
6 4 (9.52%) Platform Architect
6 4 (9.52%) Senior IT Technician
6 4 (9.52%) Senior Manager
6 4 (9.52%) Senior Technician
6 4 (9.52%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.14%) Driving Licence
2 2 (4.76%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.38%) Fibre Optics
3 1 (2.38%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (30.95%) Windows
2 11 (26.19%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.38%) Android
3 1 (2.38%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.38%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (30.95%) Service Delivery
2 10 (23.81%) Customer Service
3 8 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (16.67%) High Availability
4 7 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (14.29%) ITIL
6 5 (11.90%) Data Loss Prevention
6 5 (11.90%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (9.52%) AI
7 4 (9.52%) Business Case
7 4 (9.52%) Cost Reduction
7 4 (9.52%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 4 (9.52%) Incident Management
7 4 (9.52%) Infrastructure Transformation
7 4 (9.52%) Operations Management
7 4 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (7.14%) Collaborative Culture
8 3 (7.14%) Migration
8 3 (7.14%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.90%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (14.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 6 (14.29%) Network+ Certification
2 4 (9.52%) CCNA
2 4 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (9.52%) DBS Check
3 2 (4.76%) A+ Certification
System Software
1 9 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (19.05%) Active Directory
3 5 (11.90%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (11.90%) VxRail
1 5 (11.90%) WSUS
2 1 (2.38%) Nessus
Vendors
1 13 (30.95%) Microsoft
2 12 (28.57%) Cisco
3 9 (21.43%) Meraki
3 9 (21.43%) VMware
4 5 (11.90%) Commvault
4 5 (11.90%) Dell
4 5 (11.90%) HP
4 5 (11.90%) Tenable
4 5 (11.90%) Veeam
4 5 (11.90%) Zerto
5 4 (9.52%) Fortinet
5 4 (9.52%) Huawei
5 4 (9.52%) Polycom
6 3 (7.14%) Juniper
7 2 (4.76%) Arista
7 2 (4.76%) F5
7 2 (4.76%) Palo Alto
8 1 (2.38%) BT
8 1 (2.38%) MikroTik