Data Centre Jobs with Work from Home Options

Data Center
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre over the 6 months to 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 139 139 210
Rank change year-on-year 0 +71 -36
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 783 939 1,512
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.22% 2.46% 2.01%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.36% 6.31% 4.24%
Number of salaries quoted 517 689 848
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £46,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £84,385 £102,500 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,305 14,887 35,661
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.88% 39.07% 47.37%
Number of salaries quoted 9,304 11,008 17,393
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £49,441 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £109,865 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Data Centre
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Data Centre trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Centre
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Data Centre.

Data Centre salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Data Centre
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Data Centre over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Data Centre salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 59 (7.54%) Apache
2 48 (6.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 31 (3.96%) SharePoint
4 25 (3.19%) OpenStack
5 9 (1.15%) WordPress
6 8 (1.02%) IIS
7 5 (0.64%) Tomcat
8 4 (0.51%) nginx
8 4 (0.51%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2013
9 3 (0.38%) SAS
10 2 (0.26%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.26%) Confluence
10 2 (0.26%) Jupyter
Applications
1 9 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (1.15%) MS Visio
2 8 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.38%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.13%) HiPortfolio
1 1 (0.13%) Markit EDM
1 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 151 (19.28%) Azure
2 137 (17.50%) AWS
3 132 (16.86%) Microsoft 365
4 83 (10.60%) Amazon S3
5 40 (5.11%) IaaS
6 38 (4.85%) Entra ID
7 35 (4.47%) Amazon EC2
8 25 (3.19%) SaaS
9 20 (2.55%) PaaS
10 18 (2.30%) GCP
11 17 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
12 15 (1.92%) CloudFront
13 14 (1.79%) Nutanix
14 12 (1.53%) Power Platform
15 11 (1.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 11 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
16 9 (1.15%) Kong
16 9 (1.15%) Serverless
17 8 (1.02%) Amazon EKS
17 8 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 210 (26.82%) Firewall
2 163 (20.82%) WAN
3 142 (18.14%) VPN
4 116 (14.81%) LAN
5 88 (11.24%) DNS
6 86 (10.98%) SD-WAN
7 74 (9.45%) IPsec
8 73 (9.32%) Internet
9 68 (8.68%) DHCP
10 63 (8.05%) SNMP
11 60 (7.66%) Network Security
12 53 (6.77%) Wireless
13 52 (6.64%) TCP/IP
14 50 (6.39%) Wi-Fi
15 47 (6.00%) SAN
16 43 (5.49%) MPLS
17 40 (5.11%) VLAN
18 34 (4.34%) Cisco Firepower
18 34 (4.34%) Unified Communications
19 33 (4.21%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (7.54%) Elasticsearch
2 54 (6.90%) MongoDB
3 23 (2.94%) Amazon RDS
4 18 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (1.79%) SQL Server
6 10 (1.28%) NoSQL
7 9 (1.15%) Power BI
8 8 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (0.77%) Big Data
10 5 (0.64%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.64%) DB2
10 5 (0.64%) Redis
11 3 (0.38%) EDRMS
11 3 (0.38%) Relational Database
12 2 (0.26%) Apache Hive
12 2 (0.26%) Apache Pinot
12 2 (0.26%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.26%) Flink
12 2 (0.26%) Presto
12 2 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (1.53%) Git
2 8 (1.02%) JIRA
3 7 (0.89%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.64%) Cucumber
4 5 (0.64%) JBehave
4 5 (0.64%) Selenium
4 5 (0.64%) SpecFlow
4 5 (0.64%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.13%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.13%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.13%) Subversion
General
1 216 (27.59%) Social Skills
2 141 (18.01%) Finance
3 40 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (3.96%) Legal
5 30 (3.83%) Banking
6 27 (3.45%) Retail
7 25 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (3.19%) Law
8 16 (2.04%) Public Sector
9 12 (1.53%) Manufacturing
9 12 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (1.53%) Telecoms
10 7 (0.89%) Advertising
10 7 (0.89%) Automotive
10 7 (0.89%) Marketing
11 6 (0.77%) Publishing
12 5 (0.64%) German Language
13 4 (0.51%) French Language
13 4 (0.51%) Games
13 4 (0.51%) Military
Job Titles
1 126 (16.09%) Senior
2 114 (14.56%) Consultant
3 110 (14.05%) Architect
3 110 (14.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 69 (8.81%) Network Engineer
5 54 (6.90%) NetApp Consultant
6 52 (6.64%) Senior Architect
7 51 (6.51%) Lead
8 45 (5.75%) Cisco Architect
8 45 (5.75%) Senior Cisco Architect
9 40 (5.11%) Security Architect
10 33 (4.21%) Project Manager
11 31 (3.96%) Administrator
12 30 (3.83%) Cisco Security Architect
12 30 (3.83%) Senior Security Architect
12 30 (3.83%) Solutions Architect
12 30 (3.83%) Technical Consultant
13 26 (3.32%) Infrastructure Manager
13 26 (3.32%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 25 (3.19%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (7.92%) RabbitMQ
2 54 (6.90%) YAML
3 8 (1.02%) HTML
3 8 (1.02%) Kafka
3 8 (1.02%) LDAP
3 8 (1.02%) Middleware
4 6 (0.77%) Web Services
5 5 (0.64%) .NET
5 5 (0.64%) 802.1X
5 5 (0.64%) Gherkin
5 5 (0.64%) XMPP
6 4 (0.51%) WebSphere MQ
7 2 (0.26%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.26%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.26%) JSON
7 2 (0.26%) REST
7 2 (0.26%) RESTful
7 2 (0.26%) XML
7 2 (0.26%) XSD
7 2 (0.26%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 78 (9.96%) Public Cloud
2 62 (7.92%) Management Information System
3 58 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (4.34%) Private Cloud
5 25 (3.19%) Hybrid Cloud
6 15 (1.92%) Replication
7 14 (1.79%) Virtual Team
8 10 (1.28%) IBM Mainframe
8 10 (1.28%) IoT
8 10 (1.28%) Mainframe
8 10 (1.28%) PKI
9 8 (1.02%) Blog
10 7 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (0.89%) Driving Licence
11 6 (0.77%) Data Structures
11 6 (0.77%) EFT
11 6 (0.77%) Onboarding
12 5 (0.64%) Algorithms
12 5 (0.64%) Client/Server
12 5 (0.64%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 253 (32.31%) Windows
2 176 (22.48%) Linux
3 79 (10.09%) Windows Server
4 54 (6.90%) Data ONTAP
5 35 (4.47%) Windows 10
6 30 (3.83%) Unix
7 12 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 11 (1.40%) Android
8 11 (1.40%) Apple iOS
8 11 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (1.40%) zOS
9 10 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (1.02%) AIX
11 8 (1.02%) Solaris
12 2 (0.26%) CentOS
13 1 (0.13%) OpenBSD
13 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (22.09%) Presales
2 171 (21.84%) Cybersecurity
3 154 (19.67%) Project Management
4 148 (18.90%) Problem-Solving
5 137 (17.50%) ITIL
6 132 (16.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 127 (16.22%) Software Licensing
8 110 (14.05%) DevOps
9 106 (13.54%) Mentoring
10 86 (10.98%) Agile
11 79 (10.09%) Infrastructure Management
12 73 (9.32%) Migration
12 73 (9.32%) Storage Management
13 67 (8.56%) Information Security
14 64 (8.17%) Time Management
15 63 (8.05%) Actionable Insight
16 61 (7.79%) Release Management
16 61 (7.79%) Roadmaps
17 58 (7.41%) Analytics
17 58 (7.41%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 114 (14.56%) Python
2 52 (6.64%) PowerShell
3 23 (2.94%) SQL
4 18 (2.30%) Java
5 14 (1.79%) C#
6 8 (1.02%) Bash
7 7 (0.89%) Go
8 4 (0.51%) MATLAB
9 3 (0.38%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.38%) PHP
9 3 (0.38%) Swift
9 3 (0.38%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.26%) Korn
10 2 (0.26%) XPath
11 1 (0.13%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 226 (28.86%) Degree
2 106 (13.54%) Cisco Certification
3 85 (10.86%) CCNP
4 72 (9.20%) CCNA
5 70 (8.94%) Security Cleared
6 48 (6.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 46 (5.87%) SC Cleared
8 45 (5.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 30 (3.83%) AWS Certification
10 26 (3.32%) MCP
11 19 (2.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 16 (2.04%) APMP
12 16 (2.04%) Azure Certification
13 15 (1.92%) CCIE
13 15 (1.92%) DV Cleared
14 11 (1.40%) CISSP
15 10 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 9 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
17 8 (1.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 7 (0.89%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (2.17%) GDPR
3 15 (1.92%) SLA
4 14 (1.79%) QA
5 10 (1.28%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (1.02%) NIST
7 7 (0.89%) PMO
8 5 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.51%) COBIT
10 1 (0.13%) GRC
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 31000
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.13%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 162 (20.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 153 (19.54%) Active Directory
3 94 (12.01%) Docker
4 57 (7.28%) Hyper-V
5 28 (3.58%) VMware ESXi
5 28 (3.58%) vSphere
6 23 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (2.30%) Firmware
8 15 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.89%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (0.51%) XenApp
10 4 (0.51%) XenDesktop
11 2 (0.26%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.13%) Postfix
12 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 123 (15.71%) Kubernetes
2 113 (14.43%) Ansible
3 62 (7.92%) vCenter Server
4 59 (7.54%) Prometheus
5 34 (4.34%) WSUS
6 30 (3.83%) Stealthwatch
7 24 (3.07%) Terraform
8 18 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
8 18 (2.30%) Puppet
9 17 (2.17%) SCCM
10 15 (1.92%) CASB
11 13 (1.66%) FortiGate
12 12 (1.53%) ZABBIX
13 7 (0.89%) Grafana
13 7 (0.89%) Nagios
14 6 (0.77%) SCOM
15 5 (0.64%) Pingdom
16 4 (0.51%) Docker Swarm
17 3 (0.38%) SolarWinds Orion
18 2 (0.26%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 284 (36.27%) Microsoft
2 211 (26.95%) VMware
3 188 (24.01%) Cisco
4 127 (16.22%) Adobe
4 127 (16.22%) Apple
5 91 (11.62%) Palo Alto
6 78 (9.96%) NetApp
7 68 (8.68%) Meraki
8 66 (8.43%) Red Hat
9 54 (6.90%) SolidFire
10 51 (6.51%) Citrix
11 50 (6.39%) Dell
11 50 (6.39%) HP
12 35 (4.47%) Veeam
13 33 (4.21%) Juniper
14 32 (4.09%) Samsung
15 31 (3.96%) Fortinet
16 30 (3.83%) IBM
17 22 (2.81%) Dynatrace
17 22 (2.81%) F5