Data Centre Operations Jobs in England

Data Center Operations
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Data Centre Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre Operations over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 789 871 1136
Rank change year-on-year +82 +265 -304
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre Operations 76 30 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.084% 0.036% 0.038%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.100% 0.037% 0.039%
Number of salaries quoted 54 19 23
10th Percentile £35,750 - £37,775
25th Percentile £40,415 £34,580 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -5.26% -20.83%
75th Percentile £62,875 £56,309 £60,000
90th Percentile £74,625 £77,500 £63,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +27.78% -10.00% -16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Data Centre Operations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76,066 80,344 135,543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 83.60% 95.49% 95.97%
Number of salaries quoted 55,107 48,707 73,448
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,294
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,250 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Data Centre Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre Operations in England

Data Centre Operations
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Data Centre Operations in England

Data Centre Operations
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Data Centre Operations in England

Data Centre Operations
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre Operations within the England 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
East of England +19 21 - - 2
London +123 19 £63,000 +26.00% 12
North West - 17 £40,867 -
North of England - 17 £40,867 -
South East -6 11 £60,000 +73.51% 5
Midlands -12 4 £57,500 +27.78% 1
West Midlands -13 4 £57,500 +27.78%
South West -27 4 £60,918 +63.54%
Data Centre Operations
UK

Data Centre Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (7.89%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.63%) Confluence
4 1 (1.32%) Site Server
Applications
1 5 (6.58%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.63%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 18 (23.68%) Azure
2 17 (22.37%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (13.16%) Entra ID
4 5 (6.58%) AWS
5 4 (5.26%) IaaS
5 4 (5.26%) OneDrive
5 4 (5.26%) PaaS
5 4 (5.26%) SaaS
6 1 (1.32%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 21 (27.63%) SAN
2 14 (18.42%) LAN
3 12 (15.79%) Wireless
4 11 (14.47%) WAN
5 8 (10.53%) DNS
5 8 (10.53%) Internet
5 8 (10.53%) NGFW
6 7 (9.21%) Firewall
6 7 (9.21%) Software-Defined Networking
6 7 (9.21%) WLAN
7 6 (7.89%) Network Security
8 5 (6.58%) DHCP
9 4 (5.26%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (5.26%) iSCSI
9 4 (5.26%) SD-WAN
9 4 (5.26%) SNMP
10 3 (3.95%) TCP/IP
11 2 (2.63%) Structured Cabling
12 1 (1.32%) IP Telephony
12 1 (1.32%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.95%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 32 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.95%) Finance
5 2 (2.63%) Advertising
5 2 (2.63%) Banking
6 1 (1.32%) German Language
6 1 (1.32%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (27.63%) Administrator
1 21 (27.63%) IT Administrator
1 21 (27.63%) Server Administrator
2 13 (17.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 9 (11.84%) Network Engineer
4 8 (10.53%) Data Centre Manager
4 8 (10.53%) Data Manager
4 8 (10.53%) Operations Manager
5 7 (9.21%) IT Manager
6 6 (7.89%) Data Centre Operator
7 5 (6.58%) Data Centre Engineer
7 5 (6.58%) Data Centre Operations Manager
7 5 (6.58%) Network Security Engineer
7 5 (6.58%) Security Engineer
8 4 (5.26%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
8 4 (5.26%) Infrastructure Manager
8 4 (5.26%) IT Infrastructure Manager
8 4 (5.26%) Lead
8 4 (5.26%) Operations Engineer
9 3 (3.95%) IT Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.63%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 76 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 30 (39.47%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (7.89%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 37 (48.68%) Windows
2 29 (38.16%) Windows Server
3 28 (36.84%) Linux
4 7 (9.21%) Windows 10
4 7 (9.21%) Windows Server 2016
4 7 (9.21%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (5.26%) VMS
6 2 (2.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (35.53%) Server Management
2 21 (27.63%) Benchmarking
2 21 (27.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 21 (27.63%) Infrastructure Maintenance
2 21 (27.63%) Performance Monitoring
2 21 (27.63%) Vulnerability Management
3 15 (19.74%) ITIL
4 14 (18.42%) Disaster Recovery
5 13 (17.11%) Project Delivery
6 11 (14.47%) Project Management
7 9 (11.84%) Change Management
8 8 (10.53%) Cloud Security
8 8 (10.53%) Kalman Filter
8 8 (10.53%) Line Management
8 8 (10.53%) Mentoring
8 8 (10.53%) Network Architecture
9 7 (9.21%) Demand Management
9 7 (9.21%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (9.21%) Root Cause Analysis
9 7 (9.21%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 29 (38.16%) PowerShell
2 7 (9.21%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (27.63%) SC Cleared
1 21 (27.63%) Security Cleared
2 15 (19.74%) Degree
3 6 (7.89%) DBS Check
4 4 (5.26%) Azure Certification
4 4 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.63%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.32%) CCNA
6 1 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.63%) GDPR
2 1 (1.32%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 36 (47.37%) Active Directory
2 18 (23.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (11.84%) vSphere
4 6 (7.89%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (6.58%) Hyper-V
6 4 (5.26%) pfSense
7 3 (3.95%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (1.32%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (3.95%) vCenter Server
2 2 (2.63%) Nagios
2 2 (2.63%) vRealize
3 1 (1.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 39 (51.32%) Microsoft
1 39 (51.32%) VMware
2 26 (34.21%) Citrix
3 21 (27.63%) NetApp
4 13 (17.11%) Cisco
5 12 (15.79%) Veeam
6 9 (11.84%) Palo Alto
6 9 (11.84%) ServiceNow
7 4 (5.26%) BroadSoft
7 4 (5.26%) Brocade
7 4 (5.26%) Dell
7 4 (5.26%) Dell Compellent
7 4 (5.26%) Fortinet
7 4 (5.26%) QNAP
7 4 (5.26%) Ubiquiti
7 4 (5.26%) Zerto
8 3 (3.95%) Oracle
9 2 (2.63%) BMC
9 2 (2.63%) Red Hat
9 2 (2.63%) Remedy