Data Centre Jobs in the Thames Valley

Data Center
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 63 144
Rank change year-on-year -30 +81 -46
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 165 280 152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.37% 4.78% 2.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.19% 11.81% 5.27%
Number of salaries quoted 103 82 66
10th Percentile £30,800 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,750 £45,000 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,350 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.49% -8.96% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £76,750 £92,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,294 2,370 2,885
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 32.93% 40.43% 39.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,492 1,113 1,450
10th Percentile £28,865 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,000 £73,875 £73,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in the Thames Valley

Data Centre
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Data Centre in the Thames Valley

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in the Thames Valley

Data Centre
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 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
Berkshire -38 87 £59,000 +12.70% 28
Buckinghamshire -32 62 £40,000 -36.00% 8
Oxfordshire -10 16 £51,000 +78.95% 5
Data Centre
South East

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (3.64%) Apache
2 5 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.61%) nginx
3 1 (0.61%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 35 (21.21%) Azure
2 23 (13.94%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (11.52%) AWS
4 12 (7.27%) OCI
5 9 (5.45%) Amazon S3
6 8 (4.85%) Entra ID
7 6 (3.64%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (2.42%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (2.42%) GCP
9 3 (1.82%) OpenShift
10 2 (1.21%) AWS Direct Connect
10 2 (1.21%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.21%) IaaS
10 2 (1.21%) SaaS
10 2 (1.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 1 (0.61%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.61%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.61%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.61%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 36 (21.82%) Firewall
2 21 (12.73%) DNS
3 20 (12.12%) WAN
4 19 (11.52%) VPN
5 18 (10.91%) DHCP
6 17 (10.30%) SD-WAN
7 14 (8.48%) SAN
8 12 (7.27%) Internet
8 12 (7.27%) Network Security
9 10 (6.06%) Cisco Firepower
9 10 (6.06%) Structured Cabling
10 9 (5.45%) OSPF
11 8 (4.85%) BGP
11 8 (4.85%) IPsec
11 8 (4.85%) Unified Communications
12 5 (3.03%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (3.03%) LAN
12 5 (3.03%) SNMP
12 5 (3.03%) Wireless
13 3 (1.82%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.64%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.03%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (3.03%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.82%) MySQL
4 1 (0.61%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.21%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.61%) JIRA
General
1 32 (19.39%) Social Skills
2 8 (4.85%) Finance
3 7 (4.24%) Manufacturing
4 6 (3.64%) Legal
5 5 (3.03%) Automotive
6 4 (2.42%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.42%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.82%) Aerospace
7 3 (1.82%) Marketing
7 3 (1.82%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.21%) Electronics
8 2 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.61%) Banking
9 1 (0.61%) Billing
9 1 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.61%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (18.79%) Senior
2 28 (16.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 25 (15.15%) Architect
4 22 (13.33%) Data Centre Engineer
5 19 (11.52%) Consultant
6 16 (9.70%) Security Architect
7 14 (8.48%) Cisco Architect
7 14 (8.48%) Senior Architect
7 14 (8.48%) Senior Cisco Architect
8 10 (6.06%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
8 10 (6.06%) DataOps Engineer
9 9 (5.45%) Cisco Security Architect
9 9 (5.45%) Data Centre Manager
9 9 (5.45%) Senior Security Architect
10 8 (4.85%) PowerShell Engineer
10 8 (4.85%) Technical Consultant
10 8 (4.85%) VMware Engineer
10 8 (4.85%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (4.24%) Lead
11 7 (4.24%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.64%) 802.1X
2 5 (3.03%) RabbitMQ
2 5 (3.03%) Web Services
2 5 (3.03%) YAML
3 1 (0.61%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.61%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.27%) Private Cloud
2 10 (6.06%) Public Cloud
3 9 (5.45%) Management Information System
3 9 (5.45%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.64%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (3.64%) Security Posture
5 4 (2.42%) Driving Licence
5 4 (2.42%) PKI
6 3 (1.82%) EMC VNX
7 2 (1.21%) Fibre Optics
7 2 (1.21%) Molecular Biology
7 2 (1.21%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.21%) Replication
7 2 (1.21%) Robotics
7 2 (1.21%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 57 (34.55%) Windows
2 47 (28.48%) Linux
3 21 (12.73%) Windows 10
4 19 (11.52%) Windows Server
5 14 (8.48%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (7.27%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (7.27%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (7.27%) Windows XP
7 5 (3.03%) Data ONTAP
7 5 (3.03%) Kali Linux
8 3 (1.82%) CentOS
8 3 (1.82%) Rocky
9 2 (1.21%) Android
9 2 (1.21%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.21%) OS/2
9 2 (1.21%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.21%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (32.12%) Cybersecurity
2 44 (26.67%) Presales
3 42 (25.45%) Software Licensing
4 38 (23.03%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (16.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 25 (15.15%) Project Management
7 21 (12.73%) Disaster Recovery
8 19 (11.52%) ITIL
8 19 (11.52%) Time Management
9 17 (10.30%) Storage Management
10 15 (9.09%) Server Management
11 14 (8.48%) Customer Engagement
11 14 (8.48%) Identity Access Management
12 12 (7.27%) Break/Fix
12 12 (7.27%) Converged Infrastructure
12 12 (7.27%) Performance Monitoring
12 12 (7.27%) Performance Tuning
12 12 (7.27%) Proactive Monitoring
12 12 (7.27%) Service Delivery
13 11 (6.67%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 19 (11.52%) PowerShell
2 15 (9.09%) Python
3 8 (4.85%) SQL
4 5 (3.03%) MATLAB
5 1 (0.61%) Bash
5 1 (0.61%) Korn
5 1 (0.61%) PHP
Qualifications
1 61 (36.97%) Degree
2 30 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
3 29 (17.58%) CCNP
4 28 (16.97%) CCNA
5 24 (14.55%) Security Cleared
6 17 (10.30%) SC Cleared
7 15 (9.09%) DV Cleared
8 10 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (5.45%) AWS Certification
9 9 (5.45%) MCP
10 7 (4.24%) CISSP
11 6 (3.64%) Azure Certification
12 4 (2.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 2 (1.21%) CCIE
13 2 (1.21%) ISACA
14 1 (0.61%) CCSE
14 1 (0.61%) CISA
14 1 (0.61%) MCSE
14 1 (0.61%) PMI Certification
14 1 (0.61%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.67%) SLA
2 10 (6.06%) NIST
3 8 (4.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 5 (3.03%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.42%) COBIT
5 4 (2.42%) GDPR
6 1 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 32 (19.39%) Active Directory
2 22 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (10.30%) VMware ESXi
4 15 (9.09%) Docker
5 14 (8.48%) Hyper-V
6 8 (4.85%) Firmware
7 2 (1.21%) KVM
7 2 (1.21%) QEMU
7 2 (1.21%) Xen
Systems Management
1 20 (12.12%) vCenter Server
2 16 (9.70%) SCCM
3 15 (9.09%) EMC NetWorker
3 15 (9.09%) Kubernetes
4 14 (8.48%) WSUS
5 12 (7.27%) NetBackup
5 12 (7.27%) SCOM
6 11 (6.67%) Ansible
7 9 (5.45%) Stealthwatch
8 7 (4.24%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (3.03%) CASB
9 5 (3.03%) Prometheus
9 5 (3.03%) Suricata
10 3 (1.82%) Nagios
10 3 (1.82%) Terraform
11 2 (1.21%) Grafana
11 2 (1.21%) Nessus
11 2 (1.21%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 64 (38.79%) Microsoft
2 42 (25.45%) Adobe
2 42 (25.45%) Apple
3 34 (20.61%) Cisco
4 28 (16.97%) VMware
5 27 (16.36%) Juniper
6 25 (15.15%) Dell
7 23 (13.94%) HP
7 23 (13.94%) Palo Alto
8 17 (10.30%) Meraki
9 16 (9.70%) Extreme Networks
10 15 (9.09%) EMC
10 15 (9.09%) Oracle
10 15 (9.09%) Veeam
11 12 (7.27%) 3PAR
11 12 (7.27%) Symantec
12 11 (6.67%) Samsung
13 7 (4.24%) Red Hat
14 6 (3.64%) Intel
15 5 (3.03%) NetApp