Data Centre Jobs in Berkshire

Data Center
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 80 49 118
Rank change year-on-year -31 +69 -12
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 89 171 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.74% 5.71% 1.96%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.14% 12.84% 4.64%
Number of salaries quoted 60 61 43
10th Percentile £27,500 £36,117 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £52,350 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.70% -8.96% +6.98%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £82,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

Data Centre is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 974 1,332 1,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 29.97% 44.46% 42.19%
Number of salaries quoted 638 664 746
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,266 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,331 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.16% -2.92% +0.84%
75th Percentile £62,500 £74,438 £73,750
90th Percentile £75,750 £88,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,677 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.78% +3.05% +4.76%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Berkshire

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in Berkshire.

Salary trend for Data Centre in Berkshire

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in Berkshire

Data Centre
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Reading -23 52 £59,000 -12.59% 9
Bracknell +10 10 £27,000 -60.00%
Slough -5 4 £36,000 -28.00% 19
Newbury -12 2 £54,500 +21.11%
Data Centre
South East

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 5 (5.62%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 22 (24.72%) Azure
2 12 (13.48%) OCI
3 6 (6.74%) AWS
4 5 (5.62%) Amazon S3
4 5 (5.62%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.25%) SaaS
6 1 (1.12%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.12%) GCP
6 1 (1.12%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (32.58%) Firewall
2 13 (14.61%) DNS
2 13 (14.61%) VPN
3 12 (13.48%) DHCP
3 12 (13.48%) Internet
3 12 (13.48%) SAN
4 11 (12.36%) Network Security
5 10 (11.24%) Structured Cabling
6 7 (7.87%) IPsec
6 7 (7.87%) OSPF
7 5 (5.62%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (5.62%) SNMP
8 4 (4.49%) WAN
9 3 (3.37%) LAN
9 3 (3.37%) Wireless
10 2 (2.25%) BGP
10 2 (2.25%) MPLS
10 2 (2.25%) TCP/IP
11 1 (1.12%) EIGRP
11 1 (1.12%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.62%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (5.62%) MongoDB
2 3 (3.37%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.25%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.12%) JIRA
General
1 20 (22.47%) Social Skills
2 6 (6.74%) Finance
2 6 (6.74%) Legal
3 5 (5.62%) Manufacturing
3 5 (5.62%) Public Sector
4 4 (4.49%) Automotive
5 3 (3.37%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.37%) Marketing
6 2 (2.25%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.12%) Billing
7 1 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (24.72%) Data Centre Engineer
2 15 (16.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 11 (12.36%) Consultant
3 11 (12.36%) Data Centre Manager
4 10 (11.24%) Architect
4 10 (11.24%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
4 10 (11.24%) DataOps Engineer
5 8 (8.99%) PowerShell Engineer
5 8 (8.99%) VMware Engineer
5 8 (8.99%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (7.87%) Data Manager
6 7 (7.87%) Junior
6 7 (7.87%) Security Architect
7 6 (6.74%) Security Consultant
7 6 (6.74%) Senior
7 6 (6.74%) Testing Engineer
8 5 (5.62%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 5 (5.62%) NetApp Consultant
9 4 (4.49%) Data Centre Operations Manager
9 4 (4.49%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.62%) RabbitMQ
1 5 (5.62%) Web Services
1 5 (5.62%) YAML
2 4 (4.49%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.87%) Management Information System
2 6 (6.74%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (6.74%) Security Posture
3 4 (4.49%) Driving Licence
4 3 (3.37%) Private Cloud
5 2 (2.25%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (2.25%) Replication
5 2 (2.25%) Robotics
6 1 (1.12%) PKI
6 1 (1.12%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (25.84%) Linux
2 22 (24.72%) Windows
3 13 (14.61%) Windows Server
3 13 (14.61%) Windows Server 2012
4 12 (13.48%) Windows 10
4 12 (13.48%) Windows Server 2016
4 12 (13.48%) Windows Server 2019
4 12 (13.48%) Windows XP
5 5 (5.62%) Data ONTAP
5 5 (5.62%) Kali Linux
6 2 (2.25%) OS/2
6 2 (2.25%) Ubuntu
7 1 (1.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (34.83%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (23.60%) Project Management
3 18 (20.22%) ITIL
4 17 (19.10%) Storage Management
5 15 (16.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 13 (14.61%) Server Management
7 12 (13.48%) Break/Fix
7 12 (13.48%) Converged Infrastructure
7 12 (13.48%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (13.48%) Performance Monitoring
7 12 (13.48%) Performance Tuning
7 12 (13.48%) Proactive Monitoring
8 10 (11.24%) Asset Management
8 10 (11.24%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (11.24%) DataOps
8 10 (11.24%) Identity Access Management
9 9 (10.11%) Application Security
9 9 (10.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (10.11%) OWASP
9 9 (10.11%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (20.22%) PowerShell
2 15 (16.85%) Python
3 5 (5.62%) MATLAB
3 5 (5.62%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (29.21%) Degree
2 21 (23.60%) Security Cleared
3 15 (16.85%) DV Cleared
4 14 (15.73%) CCNA
4 14 (15.73%) CCNP
4 14 (15.73%) Cisco Certification
4 14 (15.73%) SC Cleared
5 7 (7.87%) CISSP
6 6 (6.74%) Azure Certification
7 5 (5.62%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.25%) ISACA
9 1 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.12%) CCSA
9 1 (1.12%) CCSE
9 1 (1.12%) CCSK
9 1 (1.12%) CISA
9 1 (1.12%) CISM
9 1 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.12%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.24%) NIST
2 8 (8.99%) SLA
3 6 (6.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (5.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 5 (5.62%) PCI DSS
5 4 (4.49%) COBIT
5 4 (4.49%) GDPR
6 1 (1.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 20 (22.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (14.61%) Active Directory
2 13 (14.61%) Hyper-V
2 13 (14.61%) VMware ESXi
3 8 (8.99%) Docker
4 7 (7.87%) Firmware
5 2 (2.25%) KVM
5 2 (2.25%) QEMU
5 2 (2.25%) Xen
Systems Management
1 17 (19.10%) vCenter Server
2 13 (14.61%) WSUS
3 12 (13.48%) EMC NetWorker
3 12 (13.48%) NetBackup
3 12 (13.48%) SCCM
3 12 (13.48%) SCOM
4 8 (8.99%) Kubernetes
5 5 (5.62%) Ansible
5 5 (5.62%) Prometheus
5 5 (5.62%) Suricata
6 1 (1.12%) Grafana
6 1 (1.12%) Nessus
6 1 (1.12%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 24 (26.97%) Palo Alto
2 23 (25.84%) Juniper
3 20 (22.47%) Cisco
3 20 (22.47%) VMware
4 18 (20.22%) Microsoft
5 16 (17.98%) Extreme Networks
6 13 (14.61%) Dell
6 13 (14.61%) HP
7 12 (13.48%) 3PAR
7 12 (13.48%) EMC
7 12 (13.48%) Oracle
7 12 (13.48%) Symantec
7 12 (13.48%) Veeam
8 7 (7.87%) Red Hat
9 5 (5.62%) NetApp
9 5 (5.62%) SolidFire
9 5 (5.62%) Splunk
10 2 (2.25%) Fortinet
11 1 (1.12%) Blue Coat
11 1 (1.12%) CheckPoint