Data Centre Jobs in the UK excluding London

Data Center
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 154 40 175
Rank change year-on-year -114 +135 -12
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 1,372 3,770 1,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.81% 6.67% 2.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.58% 16.02% 4.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,001 753 998
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £58,850
% change year-on-year -8.33% +1.95% +6.12%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 24,608 23,533 32,717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.39% 41.62% 44.24%
Number of salaries quoted 15,358 10,839 15,967
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,227 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in the UK excluding London

Data Centre
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Data Centre in the UK excluding London

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Data Centre in the UK excluding London

Data Centre
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 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
South East -73 376 £55,000 +4.76% 133
North of England -115 318 £42,500 -17.48% 43
Midlands -99 238 £50,000 -9.09% 64
North West -88 194 £41,235 -23.99% 24
South West -107 152 £55,000 -8.33% 28
West Midlands -102 123 £54,000 +2.86% 45
East Midlands -54 113 £42,500 -22.73% 19
East of England -102 110 £50,000 -9.09% 58
Yorkshire -86 92 £42,500 -16.64% 13
Wales -8 81 £36,476 -47.89% 5
Scotland -140 79 £55,000 - 26
North East -72 32 £44,274 +4.17% 7
Isle of Man - 8 £37,000 -
Northern Ireland -29 6 £51,000 +2.00% 3
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -
Data Centre
UK

Data Centre
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 60 (4.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 57 (4.15%) SharePoint
3 54 (3.94%) Apache
4 24 (1.75%) OpenStack
5 20 (1.46%) Skype for Business
6 9 (0.66%) WordPress
7 8 (0.58%) Confluence
7 8 (0.58%) IIS
8 4 (0.29%) CloudStack
8 4 (0.29%) nginx
9 1 (0.073%) CMS
9 1 (0.073%) JOnAS
9 1 (0.073%) WebLogic
Applications
1 51 (3.72%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 25 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
5 11 (0.80%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.36%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (0.15%) Shopify
2 1 (0.073%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.073%) HiPortfolio
2 1 (0.073%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 261 (19.02%) Azure
2 257 (18.73%) Microsoft 365
3 186 (13.56%) AWS
4 76 (5.54%) Amazon S3
5 67 (4.88%) Entra ID
6 50 (3.64%) IaaS
7 44 (3.21%) GCP
8 42 (3.06%) SaaS
9 34 (2.48%) Amazon EC2
10 33 (2.41%) Power Platform
11 28 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
12 27 (1.97%) PaaS
13 24 (1.75%) OCI
14 21 (1.53%) OneDrive
15 20 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
15 20 (1.46%) Nutanix
16 17 (1.24%) Mimecast
17 15 (1.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 15 (1.09%) CloudFront
18 12 (0.87%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 335 (24.42%) Firewall
2 199 (14.50%) WAN
3 158 (11.52%) VPN
4 146 (10.64%) LAN
5 123 (8.97%) DNS
6 100 (7.29%) SD-WAN
7 88 (6.41%) Internet
8 84 (6.12%) Wi-Fi
9 83 (6.05%) DHCP
10 82 (5.98%) Wireless
11 77 (5.61%) Network Security
11 77 (5.61%) SAN
12 75 (5.47%) IPsec
13 63 (4.59%) TCP/IP
14 60 (4.37%) SNMP
15 43 (3.13%) Unified Communications
16 37 (2.70%) OSPF
17 34 (2.48%) Cisco Firepower
18 33 (2.41%) BGP
18 33 (2.41%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (4.45%) MongoDB
2 54 (3.94%) Elasticsearch
3 33 (2.41%) SQL Server
4 24 (1.75%) Power BI
5 22 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
6 20 (1.46%) MySQL
7 18 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (1.02%) NoSQL
9 9 (0.66%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (0.44%) GIS
11 5 (0.36%) Redis
12 2 (0.15%) Big Data
12 2 (0.15%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.15%) Relational Database
13 1 (0.073%) DB2
13 1 (0.073%) Oracle Database 12c
13 1 (0.073%) Oracle9i Database
13 1 (0.073%) OrientDB
Development Applications
1 19 (1.38%) JIRA
2 13 (0.95%) Git
3 9 (0.66%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.44%) Cucumber
4 6 (0.44%) JBehave
4 6 (0.44%) RStudio
4 6 (0.44%) Selenium
4 6 (0.44%) SpecFlow
4 6 (0.44%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.15%) GitLab
5 2 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.073%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.073%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (0.073%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 321 (23.40%) Social Skills
2 163 (11.88%) Finance
3 93 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (3.94%) Retail
5 48 (3.50%) Manufacturing
6 44 (3.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 41 (2.99%) Telecoms
8 40 (2.92%) Banking
8 40 (2.92%) Legal
9 26 (1.90%) Public Sector
10 25 (1.82%) Aerospace
11 24 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
12 19 (1.38%) Law
12 19 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
13 16 (1.17%) Local Government
14 14 (1.02%) Automotive
15 13 (0.95%) Marketing
16 11 (0.80%) Police
17 9 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
18 7 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 241 (17.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 231 (16.84%) Senior
3 141 (10.28%) Consultant
4 137 (9.99%) Architect
5 110 (8.02%) Network Engineer
6 93 (6.78%) Data Centre Engineer
7 82 (5.98%) Lead
8 60 (4.37%) Administrator
9 58 (4.23%) Senior Architect
10 51 (3.72%) Team Leader
11 50 (3.64%) IT Engineer
11 50 (3.64%) Support Engineer
12 49 (3.57%) NetApp Consultant
13 48 (3.50%) Solutions Architect
14 45 (3.28%) IT Support
14 45 (3.28%) Security Architect
15 44 (3.21%) Data Centre Manager
16 42 (3.06%) Analyst
16 42 (3.06%) Cisco Architect
16 42 (3.06%) Senior Cisco Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (4.15%) RabbitMQ
2 50 (3.64%) YAML
3 10 (0.73%) 802.1X
4 9 (0.66%) LDAP
4 9 (0.66%) Web Services
5 7 (0.51%) .NET
5 7 (0.51%) Middleware
6 6 (0.44%) Gherkin
7 5 (0.36%) ARM Templates
8 4 (0.29%) HTML
8 4 (0.29%) JSON
8 4 (0.29%) LAMP
8 4 (0.29%) REST
9 3 (0.22%) SAML
10 2 (0.15%) CakePHP
10 2 (0.15%) CSS
10 2 (0.15%) Laravel
10 2 (0.15%) Ruby on Rails
10 2 (0.15%) Sass
10 2 (0.15%) ServiceStack
Miscellaneous
1 96 (7.00%) Management Information System
2 88 (6.41%) Public Cloud
2 88 (6.41%) Self-Motivation
3 62 (4.52%) Driving Licence
4 37 (2.70%) Private Cloud
4 37 (2.70%) Replication
5 36 (2.62%) Hybrid Cloud
6 28 (2.04%) PKI
7 26 (1.90%) Mainframe
8 25 (1.82%) CCTV
9 19 (1.38%) Virtual Team
10 17 (1.24%) Onboarding
11 13 (0.95%) SCADA
12 12 (0.87%) Enterprise Storage
12 12 (0.87%) PMI
13 11 (0.80%) Renewable Energy
14 10 (0.73%) CMDB
15 9 (0.66%) IBM Mainframe
16 7 (0.51%) Clustering
16 7 (0.51%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 460 (33.53%) Windows
2 293 (21.36%) Linux
3 207 (15.09%) Windows Server
4 51 (3.72%) Windows 10
5 49 (3.57%) Data ONTAP
6 38 (2.77%) Unix
7 29 (2.11%) Windows Server 2016
8 24 (1.75%) Windows Server 2012
8 24 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
9 22 (1.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 17 (1.24%) Android
11 16 (1.17%) CentOS
12 15 (1.09%) Apple iOS
13 12 (0.87%) Windows XP
14 11 (0.80%) zOS
15 10 (0.73%) Solaris
15 10 (0.73%) Ubuntu
16 8 (0.58%) AIX
16 8 (0.58%) VMS
17 5 (0.36%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (20.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 264 (19.24%) Cybersecurity
3 243 (17.71%) ITIL
4 232 (16.91%) Problem-Solving
5 193 (14.07%) Project Management
6 178 (12.97%) Presales
7 151 (11.01%) Mentoring
8 132 (9.62%) DevOps
9 123 (8.97%) Customer Service
10 114 (8.31%) Software Licensing
11 108 (7.87%) Disaster Recovery
12 103 (7.51%) Project Delivery
13 90 (6.56%) Actionable Insight
14 89 (6.49%) Agile
15 87 (6.34%) Service Delivery
16 84 (6.12%) Change Management
17 82 (5.98%) Migration
18 81 (5.90%) Roadmaps
19 80 (5.83%) Information Security
19 80 (5.83%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 111 (8.09%) Python
2 87 (6.34%) PowerShell
3 74 (5.39%) SQL
4 23 (1.68%) C#
5 15 (1.09%) Bash
6 14 (1.02%) Java
7 6 (0.44%) R
8 5 (0.36%) MATLAB
9 4 (0.29%) PHP
10 3 (0.22%) C
10 3 (0.22%) JavaScript
10 3 (0.22%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.22%) Swift
11 2 (0.15%) Ruby
11 2 (0.15%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.073%) C++
12 1 (0.073%) Korn
12 1 (0.073%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.073%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.073%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 285 (20.77%) Degree
2 170 (12.39%) Cisco Certification
3 160 (11.66%) Security Cleared
4 136 (9.91%) CCNA
5 120 (8.75%) SC Cleared
6 108 (7.87%) CCNP
7 74 (5.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 57 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 41 (2.99%) AWS Certification
10 39 (2.84%) MCP
11 32 (2.33%) CISSP
11 32 (2.33%) DV Cleared
12 29 (2.11%) Azure Certification
13 25 (1.82%) MCSE
14 21 (1.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 20 (1.46%) CCIE
15 20 (1.46%) DBS Check
16 16 (1.17%) MCSA
17 15 (1.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 14 (1.02%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 48 (3.50%) SLA
3 36 (2.62%) GDPR
4 21 (1.53%) NIST
5 17 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (1.09%) QA
7 13 (0.95%) PCI DSS
8 12 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 12 (0.87%) PMO
9 6 (0.44%) Data Quality
9 6 (0.44%) ISO 9001
9 6 (0.44%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.36%) COBIT
10 5 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 5 (0.36%) NCSC
11 3 (0.22%) ISO 14000
11 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (0.15%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.15%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 257 (18.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 247 (18.00%) Active Directory
3 100 (7.29%) Hyper-V
4 99 (7.22%) Docker
5 57 (4.15%) vSphere
6 51 (3.72%) VMware ESXi
7 46 (3.35%) Firmware
8 34 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
9 25 (1.82%) VMware NSX
10 9 (0.66%) KVM
11 8 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
12 7 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
13 4 (0.29%) pfSense
13 4 (0.29%) XenApp
13 4 (0.29%) XenDesktop
14 2 (0.15%) BitLocker
14 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.15%) QEMU
14 2 (0.15%) Xen
15 1 (0.073%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 122 (8.89%) Kubernetes
2 117 (8.53%) Ansible
3 90 (6.56%) vCenter Server
4 55 (4.01%) Terraform
5 54 (3.94%) Prometheus
5 54 (3.94%) SCCM
6 40 (2.92%) Microsoft Intune
7 32 (2.33%) WSUS
8 29 (2.11%) FortiGate
9 27 (1.97%) Stealthwatch
10 24 (1.75%) SCOM
11 18 (1.31%) Puppet
12 15 (1.09%) CASB
12 15 (1.09%) EMC NetWorker
12 15 (1.09%) Nagios
13 13 (0.95%) NetBackup
13 13 (0.95%) ZABBIX
14 7 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 7 (0.51%) Grafana
15 6 (0.44%) VxRail
Vendors
1 429 (31.27%) Microsoft
2 365 (26.60%) VMware
3 305 (22.23%) Cisco
4 118 (8.60%) Apple
5 114 (8.31%) Adobe
5 114 (8.31%) Palo Alto
6 111 (8.09%) NetApp
7 92 (6.71%) Dell
8 90 (6.56%) HP
9 80 (5.83%) Meraki
10 74 (5.39%) Red Hat
11 72 (5.25%) Veeam
12 59 (4.30%) Citrix
13 55 (4.01%) Juniper
14 52 (3.79%) Fortinet
14 52 (3.79%) Oracle
15 49 (3.57%) SolidFire
16 45 (3.28%) ServiceNow
17 34 (2.48%) CheckPoint
18 23 (1.68%) Dynatrace