Data Centre Jobs in Scotland

Data Center
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 200 54 173
Rank change year-on-year -146 +119 -65
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 79 228 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.17% 5.01% 1.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.47% 12.55% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 65 46 48
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £39,250
25th Percentile £46,750 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,985 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.87% -2.89% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £84,000 £73,875 £75,000
UK median annual salary £54,556 £60,000 £59,483
% change year-on-year -9.07% +0.87% +3.45%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,203 1,817 2,969
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 47.47% 39.94% 49.57%
Number of salaries quoted 833 772 1,105
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £39,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £89,472 £85,000
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 Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Scotland

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Data Centre in Scotland

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for Data Centre in Scotland

Data Centre
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the Scotland 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
Edinburgh +11 47 £55,500 -4.31% 7
Glasgow -149 31 £50,000 +29.03% 8
Argyll and Bute - 1 £33,000 -
Data Centre
UK

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (12.66%) Apache
2 4 (5.06%) IIS
3 1 (1.27%) JOnAS
Cloud Services
1 22 (27.85%) IaaS
2 18 (22.78%) AWS
2 18 (22.78%) PaaS
3 16 (20.25%) Azure
4 14 (17.72%) GCP
5 10 (12.66%) Amazon S3
6 7 (8.86%) SaaS
7 2 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.27%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 44 (55.70%) Firewall
2 34 (43.04%) VPN
3 30 (37.97%) WAN
4 18 (22.78%) IPsec
5 17 (21.52%) LAN
6 13 (16.46%) SD-WAN
7 11 (13.92%) Internet
7 11 (13.92%) TCP/IP
8 10 (12.66%) SNMP
9 8 (10.13%) DHCP
9 8 (10.13%) DNS
9 8 (10.13%) Spanning Tree
10 5 (6.33%) Wireless
11 4 (5.06%) OSPF
11 4 (5.06%) VLAN
12 3 (3.80%) Cisco Firepower
13 2 (2.53%) BGP
13 2 (2.53%) Cisco ASA
13 2 (2.53%) MPLS
13 2 (2.53%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (16.46%) SQL Server
2 10 (12.66%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (12.66%) MongoDB
General
1 22 (27.85%) Social Skills
2 16 (20.25%) Finance
3 6 (7.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (5.06%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.06%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (2.53%) Banking
5 2 (2.53%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (13.92%) Data Centre Manager
1 11 (13.92%) Data Manager
2 10 (12.66%) Consultant
2 10 (12.66%) NetApp Consultant
3 8 (10.13%) Cloud Engineer
3 8 (10.13%) Network Engineer
3 8 (10.13%) Network Technician
4 7 (8.86%) Architect
4 7 (8.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (8.86%) Support Engineer
5 5 (6.33%) Data Centre Operations Manager
5 5 (6.33%) Operations Manager
5 5 (6.33%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (5.06%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 4 (5.06%) 3rd Line Support
6 4 (5.06%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (5.06%) Analyst
6 4 (5.06%) Presales Specialist
7 3 (3.80%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (3.80%) Network Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (12.66%) RabbitMQ
1 10 (12.66%) YAML
2 2 (2.53%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.72%) Replication
2 13 (16.46%) Public Cloud
3 7 (8.86%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.53%) Mainframe
4 2 (2.53%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.53%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 33 (41.77%) Linux
2 31 (39.24%) Windows
3 17 (21.52%) Windows Server
4 10 (12.66%) Data ONTAP
5 4 (5.06%) CentOS
5 4 (5.06%) Debian
5 4 (5.06%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (5.06%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (5.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.27%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.27%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.27%) VMS
6 1 (1.27%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.32%) Disaster Recovery
2 17 (21.52%) Infrastructure Management
2 17 (21.52%) Project Delivery
3 16 (20.25%) DevOps
4 13 (16.46%) Mentoring
4 13 (16.46%) Network Virtualisation
4 13 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (13.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (12.66%) Actionable Insight
6 10 (12.66%) Project Management
6 10 (12.66%) Project Planning
6 10 (12.66%) Release Management
6 10 (12.66%) Storage Management
7 8 (10.13%) ITSM
7 8 (10.13%) Network Monitoring
7 8 (10.13%) Service Management
8 7 (8.86%) Customer Experience
8 7 (8.86%) Data Centre Operations
8 7 (8.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 7 (8.86%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.92%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (22.78%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (17.72%) CCNA
3 6 (7.59%) Degree
4 4 (5.06%) MCSA
4 4 (5.06%) MCSE
4 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (5.06%) RHCT
5 2 (2.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 2 (2.53%) CCIE
5 2 (2.53%) CCNP
5 2 (2.53%) CISA
5 2 (2.53%) CISSP
5 2 (2.53%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.53%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.53%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.27%) JNCIA
6 1 (1.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.80%) ISO 14000
2 3 (3.80%) PCI DSS
2 3 (3.80%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (36.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (16.46%) VMware NSX
3 11 (13.92%) Docker
4 8 (10.13%) Active Directory
5 5 (6.33%) Hyper-V
6 4 (5.06%) KVM
7 2 (2.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (31.65%) Ansible
2 14 (17.72%) Terraform
3 13 (16.46%) FortiGate
4 11 (13.92%) Kubernetes
5 10 (12.66%) Prometheus
5 10 (12.66%) vCenter Server
6 2 (2.53%) SCCM
7 1 (1.27%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 35 (44.30%) VMware
2 30 (37.97%) Cisco
3 23 (29.11%) NetApp
4 21 (26.58%) Palo Alto
5 14 (17.72%) Red Hat
6 12 (15.19%) Meraki
7 11 (13.92%) Juniper
8 10 (12.66%) SolidFire
9 4 (5.06%) Citrix
10 2 (2.53%) ConnectWise
10 2 (2.53%) Microsoft
10 2 (2.53%) ServiceNow
11 1 (1.27%) arcserve
11 1 (1.27%) Barracuda Networks
11 1 (1.27%) EMC
11 1 (1.27%) Google
11 1 (1.27%) Nimsoft
11 1 (1.27%) Sage