Data Centre Jobs in London

Data Center
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 164 262
Rank change year-on-year -14 +98 -46
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 439 755 1,125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.85% 2.27% 1.59%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.57% 4.89% 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 353 518 718
10th Percentile £39,200 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £52,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £82,500 £97,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £58,850
% change year-on-year -12.50% +1.95% +3.25%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 9,614 15,424 35,904
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 40.56% 46.38% 50.82%
Number of salaries quoted 6,784 10,467 15,384
10th Percentile £37,500 £44,015 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,326 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,669 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% +0.89% +3.45%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £130,000 £122,500 £120,000
England 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 London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in London

Data Centre
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Data Centre in London

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in London

Data Centre
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the London region over the 6 months to 23 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
Central London -31 48 £72,500 +3.57% 27
West London -14 18 £50,000 -12.28% 29
East London +3 4 £61,250 +6.52% 22
South London -4 1 £67,500 +35.00% 10
North London -5 1 £30,000 - 3
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 25 (5.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (5.01%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.82%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.59%) Apache
4 7 (1.59%) IIS
5 5 (1.14%) Tomcat
5 5 (1.14%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.68%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.68%) Confluence
6 3 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2013
6 3 (0.68%) nginx
6 3 (0.68%) SAS
7 2 (0.46%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.23%) Site Server
Applications
1 22 (5.01%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.28%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.68%) SPSS
5 1 (0.23%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (0.68%) Primavera
2 1 (0.23%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.23%) C-CURE
2 1 (0.23%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.23%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 132 (30.07%) Azure
2 86 (19.59%) AWS
3 80 (18.22%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (5.92%) SaaS
5 24 (5.47%) IaaS
6 21 (4.78%) PaaS
7 12 (2.73%) Cloud Computing
7 12 (2.73%) GCP
8 11 (2.51%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 10 (2.28%) Amazon EC2
9 10 (2.28%) Amazon S3
9 10 (2.28%) AWS Direct Connect
10 9 (2.05%) Entra ID
11 8 (1.82%) Rubrik
12 5 (1.14%) Datadog
12 5 (1.14%) GitHub
12 5 (1.14%) Power Platform
13 3 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.68%) Azure Stack
13 3 (0.68%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 137 (31.21%) Firewall
2 104 (23.69%) LAN
3 103 (23.46%) WAN
4 85 (19.36%) VPN
5 76 (17.31%) DNS
6 71 (16.17%) MPLS
7 57 (12.98%) Network Security
8 52 (11.85%) DHCP
9 51 (11.62%) BGP
10 47 (10.71%) VLAN
11 46 (10.48%) Wireless
12 44 (10.02%) OSPF
13 42 (9.57%) Wi-Fi
14 40 (9.11%) Internet
15 37 (8.43%) SD-WAN
16 31 (7.06%) TCP/IP
17 25 (5.69%) SAN
18 21 (4.78%) Cisco Nexus
19 20 (4.56%) IPsec
19 20 (4.56%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.78%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (2.28%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (1.82%) MongoDB
5 7 (1.59%) BigQuery
6 5 (1.14%) DB2
6 5 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (1.14%) Tableau
7 4 (0.91%) Power BI
8 3 (0.68%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (0.68%) Big Data
8 3 (0.68%) EDRMS
8 3 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (0.68%) GIS
8 3 (0.68%) Metadata
8 3 (0.68%) MySQL
8 3 (0.68%) Spatial Data
9 2 (0.46%) Bigtable
9 2 (0.46%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.46%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 14 (3.19%) JIRA
2 5 (1.14%) Git
3 3 (0.68%) Subversion
4 2 (0.46%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.46%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.23%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 114 (25.97%) Social Skills
2 99 (22.55%) Finance
3 46 (10.48%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (8.20%) Banking
5 27 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 27 (6.15%) Law
6 26 (5.92%) Telecoms
7 21 (4.78%) Legal
8 15 (3.42%) Billing
9 12 (2.73%) Financial Institution
9 12 (2.73%) Public Sector
9 12 (2.73%) Retail
10 8 (1.82%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.91%) Publishing
13 3 (0.68%) Front Office
13 3 (0.68%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 80 (18.22%) Network Engineer
2 78 (17.77%) Senior
3 58 (13.21%) Architect
4 38 (8.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 35 (7.97%) Project Manager
6 28 (6.38%) Analyst
7 27 (6.15%) Data Centre Engineer
8 25 (5.69%) Data Centre Manager
9 24 (5.47%) Lead
10 23 (5.24%) Infrastructure Architect
10 23 (5.24%) IT Manager
10 23 (5.24%) Senior Network Engineer
11 21 (4.78%) Consultant
12 20 (4.56%) Security Engineer
13 18 (4.10%) Senior Architect
14 17 (3.87%) Systems Engineer
15 16 (3.64%) Data Centre Project Manager
15 16 (3.64%) Infrastructure Manager
16 15 (3.42%) Network Security Engineer
17 12 (2.73%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.38%) 802.1X
2 9 (2.05%) XML
3 8 (1.82%) SAML
4 7 (1.59%) HTML
4 7 (1.59%) RabbitMQ
5 6 (1.37%) Kafka
6 5 (1.14%) WebSphere MQ
6 5 (1.14%) XMPP
6 5 (1.14%) YAML
7 4 (0.91%) .NET
8 3 (0.68%) JSON
8 3 (0.68%) Middleware
9 2 (0.46%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.46%) .NET Framework
9 2 (0.46%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.46%) LDAP
9 2 (0.46%) NETCONF
9 2 (0.46%) RESTful
9 2 (0.46%) XSD
9 2 (0.46%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.61%) Public Cloud
2 24 (5.47%) Replication
3 23 (5.24%) Management Information System
4 18 (4.10%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (2.96%) Client/Server
5 13 (2.96%) Video Conferencing
6 9 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (1.82%) Hedge funds
7 8 (1.82%) Private Cloud
7 8 (1.82%) Virtual Team
8 7 (1.59%) Clustering
8 7 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (1.37%) AS400
10 5 (1.14%) Blog
10 5 (1.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.14%) Onboarding
11 4 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (0.68%) Cybercrime
Operating Systems
1 101 (23.01%) Windows
2 78 (17.77%) Linux
3 32 (7.29%) Windows Server
4 17 (3.87%) Windows Server 2012
5 15 (3.42%) Windows 10
6 12 (2.73%) Unix
7 11 (2.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (2.51%) Ubuntu
8 10 (2.28%) SUSE
9 7 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (1.14%) Data ONTAP
11 4 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
12 2 (0.46%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.23%) CentOS
13 1 (0.23%) Debian
13 1 (0.23%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (16.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 61 (13.90%) ITIL
3 55 (12.53%) Roadmaps
4 54 (12.30%) Mentoring
5 51 (11.62%) Cybersecurity
6 47 (10.71%) Project Management
7 43 (9.79%) Agile
8 39 (8.88%) Project Delivery
9 38 (8.66%) DevOps
9 38 (8.66%) Migration
10 36 (8.20%) Problem-Solving
11 35 (7.97%) Infrastructure Management
11 35 (7.97%) Network Design
12 34 (7.74%) Disaster Recovery
13 33 (7.52%) Load Balancing
14 31 (7.06%) Technology Roadmap
15 29 (6.61%) Presales
16 28 (6.38%) Technical Leadership
17 26 (5.92%) Infrastructure as Code
18 25 (5.69%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (12.30%) PowerShell
2 48 (10.93%) Python
3 30 (6.83%) SQL
4 10 (2.28%) Bash
4 10 (2.28%) RPG
5 7 (1.59%) C#
5 7 (1.59%) Go
5 7 (1.59%) Java
5 7 (1.59%) JavaScript
6 5 (1.14%) PHP
7 4 (0.91%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.46%) Perl
8 2 (0.46%) Ruby
8 2 (0.46%) Scala
8 2 (0.46%) XPath
9 1 (0.23%) Korn
9 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 69 (15.72%) Degree
2 52 (11.85%) Cisco Certification
3 40 (9.11%) CCNP
4 29 (6.61%) CCNA
5 21 (4.78%) Microsoft Certification
6 19 (4.33%) MCSA
7 16 (3.64%) APMP
7 16 (3.64%) Security Cleared
8 14 (3.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 13 (2.96%) MCSE
10 12 (2.73%) SC Cleared
11 9 (2.05%) CCIE
12 7 (1.59%) Azure Certification
13 6 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (1.14%) AWS Certification
14 5 (1.14%) JNCIP
14 5 (1.14%) RHCA
14 5 (1.14%) TOGAF Certification
15 4 (0.91%) A+ Certification
15 4 (0.91%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.64%) SLA
2 8 (1.82%) GDPR
3 7 (1.59%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.37%) NCSC
5 4 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.68%) QA
7 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.23%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.23%) NIST
System Software
1 84 (19.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 80 (18.22%) Active Directory
3 39 (8.88%) VMware ESXi
4 29 (6.61%) vSphere
5 21 (4.78%) Hyper-V
6 15 (3.42%) Docker
7 11 (2.51%) Firmware
8 10 (2.28%) vCloud
9 9 (2.05%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (1.82%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.68%) KVM
12 2 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (0.46%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.23%) IAG
13 1 (0.23%) LXC
13 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.23%) NFS
13 1 (0.23%) Postfix
13 1 (0.23%) Xen
13 1 (0.23%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 22 (5.01%) Kubernetes
2 20 (4.56%) Terraform
3 17 (3.87%) WSUS
4 16 (3.64%) Ansible
5 11 (2.51%) SCOM
6 9 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (1.82%) Progress Chef
7 8 (1.82%) Puppet
7 8 (1.82%) vCenter Server
8 5 (1.14%) Failover Clustering
8 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Clustering
8 5 (1.14%) Pingdom
8 5 (1.14%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.91%) Nessus
9 4 (0.91%) vRealize
9 4 (0.91%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 3 (0.68%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.68%) SCCM
10 3 (0.68%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 118 (26.88%) Microsoft
2 106 (24.15%) VMware
3 104 (23.69%) Cisco
4 43 (9.79%) Juniper
5 39 (8.88%) Palo Alto
6 35 (7.97%) Veeam
7 34 (7.74%) Citrix
8 33 (7.52%) Dell
9 29 (6.61%) HP
10 27 (6.15%) CheckPoint
11 25 (5.69%) SolarWinds
12 23 (5.24%) Fortinet
13 22 (5.01%) NetApp
14 21 (4.78%) IBM
15 19 (4.33%) F5
16 18 (4.10%) Red Hat
17 17 (3.87%) Google
17 17 (3.87%) Ruckus Wireless
18 16 (3.64%) Oracle
19 10 (2.28%) Adobe