Data Centre Jobs in England

Data Center
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 157 64 213
Rank change year-on-year -93 +149 -32
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 1,583 4,268 2,577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.85% 4.78% 1.91%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.33% 11.07% 4.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,209 1,254 1,661
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £39,000 £42,813 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £57,669 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.10% -1.42% +1.74%
75th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,483
% change year-on-year -8.33% +0.87% +3.45%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 29,672 38,567 63,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.61% 43.19% 46.75%
Number of salaries quoted 20,827 21,121 30,486
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,500 £34,825
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,570 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in England

Data Centre
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Data Centre in England

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in England

Data Centre
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 14 May 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
London -9 445 £65,000 -10.34% 228
South East -76 346 £51,000 -2.72% 110
North of England -111 307 £42,500 -15.00% 66
Midlands -78 236 £50,000 -9.09% 49
North West -88 182 £42,423 -17.63% 36
South West -114 142 £55,000 -25.42% 33
West Midlands -86 121 £54,000 +2.86% 26
East Midlands -54 113 £42,500 -22.73% 23
East of England -109 102 £50,000 -9.09% 45
Yorkshire -76 94 £42,500 -5.56% 19
North East -69 31 £44,274 +18.06% 11
Data Centre
UK

Data Centre
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 78 (4.93%) SharePoint
2 76 (4.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 41 (2.59%) Apache
4 21 (1.33%) OpenStack
5 14 (0.88%) Skype for Business
6 13 (0.82%) Confluence
7 10 (0.63%) IIS
8 9 (0.57%) WordPress
9 7 (0.44%) nginx
10 5 (0.32%) Tomcat
10 5 (0.32%) WebSphere
11 4 (0.25%) CloudStack
12 3 (0.19%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2013
12 3 (0.19%) SAS
13 1 (0.063%) Site Server
13 1 (0.063%) WebLogic
Applications
1 66 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (1.20%) MS Visio
4 18 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.32%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.19%) SPSS
8 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.063%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (0.19%) Primavera
2 2 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.13%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.13%) Shopify
3 1 (0.063%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.063%) C-CURE
3 1 (0.063%) HiPortfolio
3 1 (0.063%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.063%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.063%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 356 (22.49%) Azure
2 322 (20.34%) Microsoft 365
3 244 (15.41%) AWS
4 74 (4.67%) Entra ID
5 68 (4.30%) Amazon S3
6 52 (3.28%) IaaS
7 50 (3.16%) SaaS
8 43 (2.72%) Amazon EC2
9 39 (2.46%) GCP
10 34 (2.15%) Cloud Computing
10 34 (2.15%) Power Platform
11 26 (1.64%) OCI
11 26 (1.64%) PaaS
12 20 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
13 19 (1.20%) CloudFront
14 16 (1.01%) OneDrive
15 15 (0.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 15 (0.95%) Nutanix
16 14 (0.88%) Mimecast
16 14 (0.88%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 385 (24.32%) Firewall
2 250 (15.79%) WAN
3 220 (13.90%) LAN
4 198 (12.51%) VPN
5 150 (9.48%) DNS
6 125 (7.90%) Network Security
6 125 (7.90%) Wi-Fi
7 116 (7.33%) SD-WAN
8 114 (7.20%) DHCP
9 107 (6.76%) Wireless
10 101 (6.38%) SAN
11 99 (6.25%) Internet
12 88 (5.56%) MPLS
13 83 (5.24%) BGP
14 76 (4.80%) OSPF
15 74 (4.67%) TCP/IP
16 69 (4.36%) VLAN
17 66 (4.17%) IPsec
18 60 (3.79%) SNMP
19 54 (3.41%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.10%) MongoDB
2 39 (2.46%) Elasticsearch
2 39 (2.46%) SQL Server
3 30 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
4 25 (1.58%) Power BI
5 23 (1.45%) MySQL
6 20 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (1.01%) NoSQL
9 10 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (0.57%) Data Lake
11 7 (0.44%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.38%) DB2
13 5 (0.32%) Big Data
13 5 (0.32%) Redis
13 5 (0.32%) Tableau
14 3 (0.19%) Apache Cassandra
14 3 (0.19%) EDRMS
14 3 (0.19%) GIS
14 3 (0.19%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 31 (1.96%) JIRA
2 16 (1.01%) Git
3 11 (0.69%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.38%) Cucumber
4 6 (0.38%) JBehave
4 6 (0.38%) RStudio
4 6 (0.38%) Selenium
4 6 (0.38%) SpecFlow
4 6 (0.38%) TeamCity
5 4 (0.25%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.19%) Subversion
7 2 (0.13%) GitLab
7 2 (0.13%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.063%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.063%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.063%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 382 (24.13%) Social Skills
2 229 (14.47%) Finance
3 125 (7.90%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (4.11%) Banking
5 61 (3.85%) Retail
6 56 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 54 (3.41%) Legal
8 53 (3.35%) Manufacturing
9 49 (3.10%) Law
10 48 (3.03%) Telecoms
11 33 (2.08%) Public Sector
12 26 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
13 24 (1.52%) Aerospace
14 22 (1.39%) Billing
15 17 (1.07%) Organisational Skills
16 15 (0.95%) Marketing
17 14 (0.88%) Financial Institution
18 12 (0.76%) Automotive
19 11 (0.69%) Investment Banking
20 8 (0.51%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 256 (16.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 232 (14.66%) Senior
3 177 (11.18%) Architect
4 162 (10.23%) Network Engineer
5 117 (7.39%) Consultant
6 101 (6.38%) Data Centre Engineer
7 96 (6.06%) Lead
8 69 (4.36%) Administrator
8 69 (4.36%) Senior Architect
9 65 (4.11%) Analyst
10 62 (3.92%) Project Manager
11 61 (3.85%) IT Manager
12 59 (3.73%) IT Engineer
13 55 (3.47%) Infrastructure Architect
14 53 (3.35%) Infrastructure Manager
15 50 (3.16%) Systems Engineer
16 46 (2.91%) Data Centre Manager
16 46 (2.91%) Support Engineer
17 43 (2.72%) Team Leader
18 42 (2.65%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (2.91%) RabbitMQ
2 38 (2.40%) 802.1X
3 35 (2.21%) YAML
4 13 (0.82%) LDAP
5 12 (0.76%) .NET
6 11 (0.69%) HTML
6 11 (0.69%) SAML
6 11 (0.69%) Web Services
7 9 (0.57%) XML
8 8 (0.51%) Middleware
9 6 (0.38%) ARM Templates
9 6 (0.38%) Gherkin
9 6 (0.38%) JSON
9 6 (0.38%) Kafka
10 5 (0.32%) WebSphere MQ
10 5 (0.32%) XMPP
11 4 (0.25%) LAMP
12 3 (0.19%) React
13 2 (0.13%) Sass
13 2 (0.13%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 111 (7.01%) Management Information System
2 100 (6.32%) Public Cloud
3 80 (5.05%) Self-Motivation
4 65 (4.11%) Driving Licence
5 48 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
6 44 (2.78%) Private Cloud
7 40 (2.53%) Replication
8 29 (1.83%) PKI
8 29 (1.83%) Virtual Team
9 26 (1.64%) CCTV
10 25 (1.58%) Mainframe
11 22 (1.39%) Onboarding
12 20 (1.26%) Video Conferencing
13 14 (0.88%) Client/Server
14 13 (0.82%) Clustering
14 13 (0.82%) SCADA
15 11 (0.69%) Enterprise Storage
16 10 (0.63%) CMDB
16 10 (0.63%) PMI
17 9 (0.57%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 509 (32.15%) Windows
2 307 (19.39%) Linux
3 216 (13.64%) Windows Server
4 61 (3.85%) Windows 10
5 42 (2.65%) Unix
6 39 (2.46%) Windows Server 2012
7 35 (2.21%) Data ONTAP
8 31 (1.96%) Windows Server 2016
9 29 (1.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 26 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
11 18 (1.14%) Ubuntu
12 16 (1.01%) Android
13 14 (0.88%) Apple iOS
14 13 (0.82%) SUSE
15 12 (0.76%) Windows XP
16 11 (0.69%) zOS
17 8 (0.51%) CentOS
17 8 (0.51%) VMS
18 5 (0.32%) Kali Linux
19 4 (0.25%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (20.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 309 (19.52%) Cybersecurity
3 272 (17.18%) ITIL
4 229 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
5 200 (12.63%) Project Management
6 191 (12.07%) Presales
7 176 (11.12%) Mentoring
8 145 (9.16%) DevOps
9 132 (8.34%) Roadmaps
10 124 (7.83%) Agile
10 124 (7.83%) Project Delivery
11 118 (7.45%) Software Licensing
12 106 (6.70%) Customer Service
13 102 (6.44%) Disaster Recovery
14 101 (6.38%) Migration
15 94 (5.94%) Information Security
16 88 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
17 87 (5.50%) Infrastructure Management
18 85 (5.37%) Service Delivery
19 84 (5.31%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 144 (9.10%) PowerShell
2 135 (8.53%) Python
3 110 (6.95%) SQL
4 31 (1.96%) C#
5 28 (1.77%) Bash
6 21 (1.33%) Java
7 10 (0.63%) JavaScript
7 10 (0.63%) RPG
8 9 (0.57%) PHP
9 7 (0.44%) Go
10 6 (0.38%) R
11 5 (0.32%) C
11 5 (0.32%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.25%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.25%) Ruby
13 3 (0.19%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.19%) MATLAB
13 3 (0.19%) Swift
14 2 (0.13%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 322 (20.34%) Degree
2 170 (10.74%) Cisco Certification
3 147 (9.29%) Security Cleared
4 133 (8.40%) CCNP
5 126 (7.96%) CCNA
6 101 (6.38%) SC Cleared
7 87 (5.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 56 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
9 47 (2.97%) AWS Certification
10 41 (2.59%) MCP
11 37 (2.34%) MCSE
12 36 (2.27%) DV Cleared
13 34 (2.15%) Azure Certification
14 31 (1.96%) CISSP
14 31 (1.96%) MCSA
15 28 (1.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 25 (1.58%) CCIE
17 23 (1.45%) DBS Check
18 21 (1.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 17 (1.07%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (3.60%) SLA
2 45 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 43 (2.72%) GDPR
4 22 (1.39%) NIST
5 18 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
5 18 (1.14%) QA
6 14 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 13 (0.82%) PCI DSS
7 13 (0.82%) PMO
8 10 (0.63%) NCSC
9 8 (0.51%) ISO 9001
10 7 (0.44%) Data Quality
11 6 (0.38%) SOC 2
12 5 (0.32%) COBIT
12 5 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 5 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (0.13%) ISO 26262
14 2 (0.13%) ISO 31000
14 2 (0.13%) NIST 800
System Software
1 302 (19.08%) Active Directory
2 283 (17.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 108 (6.82%) Hyper-V
4 91 (5.75%) VMware ESXi
5 85 (5.37%) Docker
6 83 (5.24%) vSphere
7 46 (2.91%) Firmware
8 25 (1.58%) Virtual Machines
9 15 (0.95%) VMware NSX
10 14 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
10 14 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
11 12 (0.76%) vCloud
12 7 (0.44%) KVM
13 4 (0.25%) pfSense
14 3 (0.19%) Xen
14 3 (0.19%) XenApp
15 2 (0.13%) BitLocker
15 2 (0.13%) NFS
15 2 (0.13%) QEMU
15 2 (0.13%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 113 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 79 (4.99%) Ansible
3 76 (4.80%) vCenter Server
4 60 (3.79%) Terraform
5 51 (3.22%) WSUS
6 42 (2.65%) SCCM
7 39 (2.46%) Prometheus
8 38 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
9 31 (1.96%) SCOM
10 22 (1.39%) Puppet
11 21 (1.33%) Stealthwatch
12 18 (1.14%) FortiGate
13 16 (1.01%) CASB
14 14 (0.88%) EMC NetWorker
14 14 (0.88%) Nagios
14 14 (0.88%) ZABBIX
15 13 (0.82%) NetBackup
16 12 (0.76%) Grafana
17 10 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
18 9 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 494 (31.21%) Microsoft
2 406 (25.65%) VMware
3 333 (21.04%) Cisco
4 123 (7.77%) Dell
5 122 (7.71%) Apple
6 118 (7.45%) Adobe
7 114 (7.20%) HP
8 105 (6.63%) Palo Alto
9 100 (6.32%) Veeam
10 95 (6.00%) NetApp
11 85 (5.37%) Juniper
12 82 (5.18%) Citrix
13 66 (4.17%) Meraki
14 60 (3.79%) Red Hat
15 57 (3.60%) Fortinet
16 50 (3.16%) Oracle
17 49 (3.10%) ServiceNow
18 47 (2.97%) CheckPoint
19 43 (2.72%) SolarWinds
20 39 (2.46%) IBM