Data Centre Jobs in the North West

Data Center
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 128 40 153
Rank change year-on-year -88 +113 -27
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 182 574 204
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.85% 7.35% 2.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.87% 17.71% 4.47%
Number of salaries quoted 138 110 114
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £41,563 £41,575
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,423 £51,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.63% -3.74% +24.42%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £79,250
England median annual salary £53,000 £57,669 £58,500
% change year-on-year -8.10% -1.42% +1.74%

All Generic Skills
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,100 3,242 4,563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 31.43% 41.54% 48.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,271 1,495 2,151
10th Percentile £26,750 £32,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £38,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,548 £83,750 £81,750
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 the North West

Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in the North West

Data Centre
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in the North West.

Salary trend for Data Centre in the North West

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Data Centre in the North West

Data Centre
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the North West 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
Manchester -47 137 £38,000 -26.21% 27
Merseyside -57 21 £42,153 -11.26% 3
Lancashire -52 16 £55,000 +124.49% 3
Cheshire -57 6 £57,500 -23.33% 1
Cumbria -8 2 £40,000 +45.45% 2
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 10 (5.49%) Apache
2 8 (4.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.20%) CloudStack
3 4 (2.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 22 (12.09%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (9.89%) Azure
3 14 (7.69%) Amazon S3
4 11 (6.04%) IaaS
5 9 (4.95%) AWS
6 6 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.75%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.20%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (2.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (2.20%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.55%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.55%) GCP
9 1 (0.55%) Kong
9 1 (0.55%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.55%) OCI
9 1 (0.55%) Rubrik
9 1 (0.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (13.74%) Firewall
2 18 (9.89%) IPsec
2 18 (9.89%) Network Security
2 18 (9.89%) VPN
2 18 (9.89%) WAN
3 15 (8.24%) LAN
3 15 (8.24%) Wireless
4 14 (7.69%) SD-WAN
5 12 (6.59%) DNS
6 11 (6.04%) SNMP
6 11 (6.04%) Software-Defined Networking
6 11 (6.04%) WLAN
7 10 (5.49%) Internet
8 8 (4.40%) Unified Communications
9 7 (3.85%) Cisco Firepower
9 7 (3.85%) DHCP
9 7 (3.85%) NGFW
9 7 (3.85%) SAN
10 5 (2.75%) SSL
10 5 (2.75%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.49%) Data Warehouse
1 10 (5.49%) Elasticsearch
1 10 (5.49%) MongoDB
2 5 (2.75%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.20%) Power BI
4 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (1.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 2 (1.10%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (11.54%) Finance
2 19 (10.44%) Social Skills
3 15 (8.24%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (6.04%) Law
5 7 (3.85%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.55%) Banking
6 1 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (26.37%) Senior
2 28 (15.38%) Data Centre Engineer
3 23 (12.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 19 (10.44%) Consultant
5 18 (9.89%) Architect
6 12 (6.59%) Cisco Architect
6 12 (6.59%) Senior Architect
6 12 (6.59%) Senior Cisco Architect
7 11 (6.04%) Network Engineer
7 11 (6.04%) Security Architect
8 10 (5.49%) NetApp Consultant
9 8 (4.40%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 8 (4.40%) Senior Technical Specialist
9 8 (4.40%) Senior Technical Support
9 8 (4.40%) Senior Unix Technical Specialist
9 8 (4.40%) Support Specialist
9 8 (4.40%) Technical Consultant
9 8 (4.40%) Technical Specialist
9 8 (4.40%) Technical Support
9 8 (4.40%) Technical Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.49%) RabbitMQ
1 10 (5.49%) YAML
2 4 (2.20%) LAMP
3 1 (0.55%) .NET
3 1 (0.55%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.99%) Public Cloud
2 16 (8.79%) Management Information System
3 12 (6.59%) Driving Licence
4 9 (4.95%) Private Cloud
5 8 (4.40%) Onboarding
5 8 (4.40%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.20%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (2.20%) PKI
7 3 (1.65%) CCTV
8 2 (1.10%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.55%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.55%) IBM Mainframe
9 1 (0.55%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 63 (34.62%) Windows
2 33 (18.13%) Linux
3 11 (6.04%) Unix
3 11 (6.04%) Windows 10
3 11 (6.04%) Windows Server
4 10 (5.49%) Data ONTAP
5 4 (2.20%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.65%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.55%) HPUX
7 1 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.55%) Solaris
7 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.55%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (36.26%) Cybersecurity
2 51 (28.02%) Presales
3 48 (26.37%) ITIL
4 40 (21.98%) Software Licensing
5 39 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 26 (14.29%) Mentoring
7 23 (12.64%) Cloud Security
7 23 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (12.64%) Project Management
8 17 (9.34%) Customer Service
9 16 (8.79%) Data Centre Operations
9 16 (8.79%) Time Management
10 15 (8.24%) Change Management
10 15 (8.24%) Service Delivery
11 14 (7.69%) Information Security
12 13 (7.14%) Roadmaps
12 13 (7.14%) User Experience
13 12 (6.59%) Coaching
13 12 (6.59%) Customer Requirements
13 12 (6.59%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (8.24%) Python
2 4 (2.20%) SQL
3 1 (0.55%) Bash
3 1 (0.55%) Java
3 1 (0.55%) PHP
3 1 (0.55%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.55%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.55%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (22.53%) Degree
2 17 (9.34%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (8.79%) CCNA
3 16 (8.79%) CCNP
4 13 (7.14%) CISSP
5 12 (6.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (4.95%) MCP
7 8 (4.40%) Security Cleared
8 5 (2.75%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (2.20%) CISM
9 4 (2.20%) CRISC
9 4 (2.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 4 (2.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 4 (2.20%) ISSMP
9 4 (2.20%) SC Cleared
10 2 (1.10%) MCSE
11 1 (0.55%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 1 (0.55%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (2.20%) GDPR
2 4 (2.20%) NIST
3 2 (1.10%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.55%) NCSC
4 1 (0.55%) PMO
4 1 (0.55%) QA
System Software
1 25 (13.74%) Active Directory
1 25 (13.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (7.14%) Hyper-V
3 11 (6.04%) Docker
4 7 (3.85%) vSphere
5 1 (0.55%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.55%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (6.04%) Ansible
1 11 (6.04%) Kubernetes
2 10 (5.49%) Prometheus
2 10 (5.49%) vCenter Server
3 7 (3.85%) Stealthwatch
4 5 (2.75%) CASB
4 5 (2.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.20%) cPanel
5 4 (2.20%) Plesk
6 2 (1.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (1.10%) vRealize
7 1 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.55%) Nagios
7 1 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 60 (32.97%) Microsoft
2 46 (25.27%) Cisco
3 40 (21.98%) Adobe
3 40 (21.98%) Apple
4 31 (17.03%) VMware
5 22 (12.09%) Dell
6 21 (11.54%) Palo Alto
7 20 (10.99%) NetApp
8 16 (8.79%) HP
9 12 (6.59%) Dynatrace
9 12 (6.59%) Meraki
10 11 (6.04%) Red Hat
10 11 (6.04%) Samsung
11 10 (5.49%) SolidFire
11 10 (5.49%) Splunk
12 6 (3.30%) Intel
12 6 (3.30%) Veeam
13 4 (2.20%) Citrix
13 4 (2.20%) Databricks
14 3 (1.65%) Fortinet