Data Centre Operator Jobs

Data Centre Operator
UK

The median Data Centre Operator salary in the UK is £41,235 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 900 - 1259
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Centre Operator 7 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% - 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - 0.001%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £37,832 - -
25th Percentile £39,720 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,235 - -
75th Percentile £52,625 - -
90th Percentile £62,500 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,235 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Data Centre Operator
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Data Centre Operator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre Operator in the UK

Data Centre Operator
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Centre Operator in the UK

Data Centre Operator
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre Operator over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Centre Operator in the UK

Data Centre Operator
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre Operator within the UK 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
England - 7 £41,235 -
UK excluding London - 5 £41,235 -
North of England - 5 £41,235 -
North West - 5 £41,235 -
London - 2 £60,000 -

Data Centre Operator Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Data Centre Operator job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Data Centre Operator in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 6 (85.71%) Data Centre Operations
3 4 (57.14%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (57.14%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (57.14%) Asset Management
4 2 (28.57%) Banking
4 2 (28.57%) Batch Processing

Data Centre Operator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

General
1 2 (28.57%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 7 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 4 (57.14%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Data Centre Operations
2 4 (57.14%) Asset Management
2 4 (57.14%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (28.57%) Batch Processing