Data Centre Operations Jobs in the UK excluding London

Data Center Operations
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Data Centre Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre Operations over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 704 716 814
Rank change year-on-year +12 +98 -152
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre Operations 64 20 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.084% 0.035% 0.043%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.037% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 42 10 20
10th Percentile £35,075 £34,580 £37,123
25th Percentile £39,720 £34,998 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £37,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +54.36% -25.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61,167 £47,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £53,250 £60,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +27.78% -10.00% -16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Data Centre Operations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62,202 53,975 69,729
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.87% 95.46% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 42,597 28,532 41,279
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Data Centre Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre Operations in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Operations
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Centre Operations in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Data Centre Operations in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Operations
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre Operations in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Centre Operations in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Operations
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre Operations within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
East of England +19 21 - - 2
North of England - 17 £40,867 -
North West - 17 £40,867 -
South East -6 11 £60,000 +73.51% 5
Scotland - 7 £57,500 -
Midlands -12 4 £57,500 +27.78% 1
West Midlands -13 4 £57,500 +27.78%
South West -27 4 £60,918 +63.54%
Data Centre Operations
UK

Data Centre Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 6 (9.38%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (3.13%) MS Visio
1 2 (3.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 10 (15.63%) Azure
2 8 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 8 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (6.25%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 21 (32.81%) SAN
2 11 (17.19%) LAN
3 10 (15.63%) Wireless
4 8 (12.50%) NGFW
4 8 (12.50%) WAN
5 7 (10.94%) Software-Defined Networking
5 7 (10.94%) WLAN
6 6 (9.38%) Internet
7 5 (7.81%) Firewall
7 5 (7.81%) Network Security
8 4 (6.25%) DHCP
8 4 (6.25%) DNS
8 4 (6.25%) Fibre Channel
8 4 (6.25%) iSCSI
8 4 (6.25%) SD-WAN
8 4 (6.25%) SNMP
9 1 (1.56%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (1.56%) VLAN
General
1 27 (42.19%) Social Skills
2 4 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (1.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (32.81%) Administrator
1 21 (32.81%) IT Administrator
1 21 (32.81%) Server Administrator
2 12 (18.75%) Data Centre Manager
2 12 (18.75%) Data Manager
3 9 (14.06%) Data Centre Operations Manager
3 9 (14.06%) Operations Manager
4 8 (12.50%) Network Engineer
5 6 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (7.81%) Data Centre Engineer
6 5 (7.81%) Network Security Engineer
6 5 (7.81%) Security Engineer
7 4 (6.25%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
7 4 (6.25%) Data Centre Operator
7 4 (6.25%) Infrastructure Manager
7 4 (6.25%) IT Infrastructure Manager
7 4 (6.25%) IT Manager
7 4 (6.25%) Operations Engineer
8 2 (3.13%) Data Centre Team Leader
8 2 (3.13%) Data Entry Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.13%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 64 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 27 (42.19%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (9.38%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.13%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 30 (46.88%) Windows
2 25 (39.06%) Windows Server
3 24 (37.50%) Linux
4 4 (6.25%) VMS
4 4 (6.25%) Windows 10
4 4 (6.25%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (6.25%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (42.19%) Server Management
2 23 (35.94%) Vulnerability Management
3 21 (32.81%) Benchmarking
3 21 (32.81%) Infrastructure Maintenance
3 21 (32.81%) Performance Monitoring
4 16 (25.00%) ITIL
5 12 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 11 (17.19%) Disaster Recovery
7 9 (14.06%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (14.06%) Project Delivery
8 8 (12.50%) Cloud Security
8 8 (12.50%) Network Architecture
8 8 (12.50%) Project Management
9 6 (9.38%) Change Management
9 6 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (9.38%) Mentoring
10 5 (7.81%) Infrastructure Management
10 5 (7.81%) People Management
10 5 (7.81%) Service Delivery
10 5 (7.81%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (39.06%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (32.81%) SC Cleared
1 21 (32.81%) Security Cleared
2 10 (15.63%) Degree
3 4 (6.25%) Azure Certification
3 4 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (6.25%) DBS Check
4 2 (3.13%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.13%) GDPR
System Software
1 31 (48.44%) Active Directory
2 10 (15.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (12.50%) vSphere
4 4 (6.25%) Hyper-V
4 4 (6.25%) pfSense
4 4 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.56%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (3.13%) SCCM
1 2 (3.13%) vCenter Server
1 2 (3.13%) vRealize
2 1 (1.56%) Nagios
Vendors
1 31 (48.44%) Microsoft
1 31 (48.44%) VMware
2 21 (32.81%) Citrix
2 21 (32.81%) NetApp
3 14 (21.88%) Cisco
4 8 (12.50%) Palo Alto
4 8 (12.50%) Veeam
5 6 (9.38%) ServiceNow
6 4 (6.25%) BroadSoft
6 4 (6.25%) Brocade
6 4 (6.25%) Dell
6 4 (6.25%) Dell Compellent
6 4 (6.25%) Fortinet
6 4 (6.25%) QNAP
6 4 (6.25%) Ubiquiti
6 4 (6.25%) Zerto
7 2 (3.13%) BMC
7 2 (3.13%) Red Hat
7 2 (3.13%) Remedy