Data Centre Engineer
UK
The median Data Centre Engineer salary in the UK is £36,000 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 | 748 | 896 | 1224 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +148 | +328 | -326 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Data Centre Engineer | 160 | 51 | 37 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.15% | 0.054% | 0.022% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.16% | 0.059% | 0.023% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 115 | 46 | 33 |
| 10th Percentile | £23,000 | £26,250 | £25,800 |
| 25th Percentile | £28,000 | £36,250 | £33,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £36,000 | £53,750 | £40,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -33.02% | +34.38% | -33.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £50,000 | £63,750 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £55,600 | £77,500 | £82,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £35,000 | £60,000 | £34,250 |
| % change year-on-year | -41.67% | +75.18% | -52.76% |
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 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Data Centre Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Data Centre Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Centre Engineer.
Data Centre Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre Engineer over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
Data Centre Engineer
Top 13 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre Engineer 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 |
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| England | +110 | 117 | £36,000 | -17.71% | 31 |
| UK excluding London | +37 | 93 | £35,000 | -41.67% | 16 |
| South East | +26 | 38 | £30,000 | -50.00% | 8 |
| North of England | +65 | 36 | £35,000 | +27.27% | |
| North West | - | 34 | £35,000 | - | |
| London | +122 | 27 | £47,500 | +25.00% | 16 |
| Work from Home | +54 | 16 | £50,000 | -16.67% | 7 |
| East of England | +3 | 12 | £50,000 | -20.00% | 1 |
| Midlands | -14 | 4 | £23,000 | -16.36% | 5 |
| West Midlands | -12 | 3 | £18,000 | -68.70% | 3 |
| Scotland | - | 3 | £26,000 | - | 2 |
| North East | - | 2 | £23,000 | - | |
| East Midlands | -21 | 1 | £28,000 | +1.82% | 2 |
Data Centre Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Data Centre Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.
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Data Centre Engineer 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:
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