Data Centre Jobs in Berkshire

Data Center
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 109 78
Rank change year-on-year +45 -31 +61
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 70 46 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 3.18% 2.12% 3.80%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 10.16% 6.22% 7.97%
Number of salaries quoted 32 38 91
10th Percentile £40,013 £37,328 £26,500
25th Percentile £45,941 £48,750 £33,950
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +11.38%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £59,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.18% - +10.00%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

Data Centre falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 689 739 1,593
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 31.29% 33.99% 47.64%
Number of salaries quoted 280 432 829
10th Percentile £36,250 £29,500 £33,950
25th Percentile £47,500 £38,130 £42,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £54,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.68% -9.17% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £65,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,750 £82,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Berkshire

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Data Centre in Berkshire

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Berkshire over the 6 months to 15 November 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in Berkshire

Data Centre
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 15 November 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
Reading +37 40 £50,000 -39.39% 9
Wokingham +2 6 £68,750 - 1
Newbury -2 2 - -
Slough -6 1 - - 18
Data Centre
South East

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (1.43%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.14%) AWS
2 3 (4.29%) Azure
3 1 (1.43%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 24 (34.29%) Firewall
2 16 (22.86%) Network Security
2 16 (22.86%) WAN
3 13 (18.57%) OSPF
4 11 (15.71%) VPN
5 9 (12.86%) LAN
5 9 (12.86%) MPLS
6 8 (11.43%) WLAN
7 7 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (2.86%) BGP
8 2 (2.86%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (2.86%) Cisco Firepower
8 2 (2.86%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (2.86%) EIGRP
8 2 (2.86%) IPsec
8 2 (2.86%) TCP/IP
9 1 (1.43%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (1.43%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
9 1 (1.43%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 1 (1.43%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.43%) JIRA
General
1 6 (8.57%) Automotive
1 6 (8.57%) Legal
1 6 (8.57%) Public Sector
1 6 (8.57%) Social Skills
2 2 (2.86%) Finance
2 2 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (2.86%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.43%) Billing
3 1 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (1.43%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (22.86%) Network Engineer
2 12 (17.14%) Data Centre Engineer
3 8 (11.43%) Field Engineer
3 8 (11.43%) Network Field Engineer
4 7 (10.00%) Architect
4 7 (10.00%) Consultant
4 7 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 7 (10.00%) Security Architect
4 7 (10.00%) Security Consultant
4 7 (10.00%) Senior
4 7 (10.00%) Testing Engineer
5 6 (8.57%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 6 (8.57%) Data Centre Manager
6 5 (7.14%) Contracts Manager
6 5 (7.14%) SCADA Engineer
6 5 (7.14%) Systems Engineer
7 4 (5.71%) Data Centre Technician
7 4 (5.71%) Firewall Specialist
7 4 (5.71%) Network Specialist
7 4 (5.71%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (15.71%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.43%) EDI
2 1 (1.43%) Middleware
2 1 (1.43%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 5 (7.14%) SCADA
3 3 (4.29%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.86%) Replication
5 1 (1.43%) Clustering
5 1 (1.43%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.43%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.43%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.14%) Linux
1 5 (7.14%) Windows
2 3 (4.29%) CentOS
2 3 (4.29%) Debian
2 3 (4.29%) Mac OS
2 3 (4.29%) Ubuntu
3 2 (2.86%) VMS
4 1 (1.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (24.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 14 (20.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 14 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 10 (14.29%) Creative Thinking
5 10 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 10 (14.29%) Network Management
6 9 (12.86%) ITIL
6 9 (12.86%) Project Management
7 8 (11.43%) Change Control
7 8 (11.43%) Identity Access Management
7 8 (11.43%) Network Architecture
7 8 (11.43%) Network Monitoring
7 8 (11.43%) Presales
7 8 (11.43%) Project Planning
7 8 (11.43%) Risk Management
8 7 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
8 7 (10.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 7 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.00%) MATLAB
1 7 (10.00%) Python
2 1 (1.43%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (32.86%) Security Cleared
2 11 (15.71%) CCNA
2 11 (15.71%) CCNP
2 11 (15.71%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (12.86%) SC Cleared
4 8 (11.43%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (10.00%) Degree
6 3 (4.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (2.86%) ISACA
8 1 (1.43%) CCSA
8 1 (1.43%) CCSE
8 1 (1.43%) CISSP
8 1 (1.43%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.43%) JNCIA
8 1 (1.43%) PMI Certification
8 1 (1.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (15.71%) SLA
2 7 (10.00%) COBIT
2 7 (10.00%) GDPR
2 7 (10.00%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (14.29%) Firmware
2 4 (5.71%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.29%) pfSense
4 1 (1.43%) Docker
4 1 (1.43%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (2.86%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.43%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 12 (17.14%) Cisco
2 9 (12.86%) Fortinet
2 9 (12.86%) Palo Alto
3 8 (11.43%) HP
3 8 (11.43%) Juniper
4 6 (8.57%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (1.43%) Aruba
5 1 (1.43%) Blue Coat
5 1 (1.43%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.43%) F5
5 1 (1.43%) McAfee
5 1 (1.43%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.43%) ProCurve
5 1 (1.43%) Zscaler