Data Center
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 153 63 222
Rank change year-on-year -90 +159 -40
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 1,913 4,810 3,080
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.91% 4.85% 1.92%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.44% 11.36% 4.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,406 1,423 1,941
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,550 £34,242
25th Percentile £39,720 £44,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £59,483
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +0.87% +3.45%
75th Percentile £67,500 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £100,000 £92,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,573 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.05% +3.15% -

All Generic Skills
UK

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 requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,145 42,330 76,975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.18% 42.69% 47.89%
Number of salaries quoted 23,044 23,098 33,984
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,427 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £109,865 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in the UK

Data Centre
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Data Centre in the UK

Data Centre
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in the UK

Data Centre
Top 19 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 18 May 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 -96 1,590 £52,750 -12.08% 544
UK excluding London -114 1,318 £50,000 -3.05% 326
Work from Home +15 757 £54,556 -16.07% 156
London -5 445 £65,000 -13.33% 256
South East -73 349 £53,500 +1.90% 120
North of England -102 310 £42,500 -16.64% 64
Midlands -87 235 £50,000 -9.09% 50
North West -87 184 £41,774 -18.89% 34
South West -107 144 £55,000 -20.00% 30
West Midlands -82 121 £54,000 +2.86% 27
East Midlands -49 112 £42,500 -22.73% 23
East of England -107 102 £50,000 -9.09% 52
Yorkshire -78 94 £42,500 -16.64% 21
Wales -7 81 £36,476 -47.89% 11
Scotland -151 79 £55,000 +10.00% 22
North East -70 32 £44,274 +18.06% 9
Isle of Man - 8 £37,000 -
Northern Ireland -29 7 £46,750 -6.50% 2
Channel Islands - 4 £85,000 -

Data Centre
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:

Application Platforms
1 85 (4.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 77 (4.03%) SharePoint
3 63 (3.29%) Apache
4 28 (1.46%) Skype for Business
5 26 (1.36%) OpenStack
6 14 (0.73%) IIS
7 12 (0.63%) Confluence
8 9 (0.47%) WordPress
9 7 (0.37%) nginx
10 5 (0.26%) Tomcat
10 5 (0.26%) WebSphere
11 4 (0.21%) CloudStack
12 3 (0.16%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.16%) Exchange Server 2013
12 3 (0.16%) SAS
13 2 (0.10%) Apache Spark
13 2 (0.10%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.052%) JOnAS
14 1 (0.052%) Site Server
14 1 (0.052%) WebLogic
Applications
1 72 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.99%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.26%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.16%) SPSS
8 2 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.052%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (0.16%) Primavera
2 2 (0.10%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.10%) Shopify
3 1 (0.052%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.052%) C-CURE
3 1 (0.052%) HiPortfolio
3 1 (0.052%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.052%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.052%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.052%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 427 (22.32%) Azure
2 342 (17.88%) Microsoft 365
3 299 (15.63%) AWS
4 88 (4.60%) Amazon S3
5 82 (4.29%) IaaS
6 81 (4.23%) Entra ID
7 67 (3.50%) SaaS
8 52 (2.72%) PaaS
9 50 (2.61%) GCP
10 45 (2.35%) OCI
11 43 (2.25%) Cloud Computing
12 42 (2.20%) Amazon EC2
13 38 (1.99%) Power Platform
14 23 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
15 22 (1.15%) Nutanix
16 20 (1.05%) OneDrive
17 18 (0.94%) Mimecast
18 17 (0.89%) CloudFront
19 15 (0.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
20 14 (0.73%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 482 (25.20%) Firewall
2 321 (16.78%) WAN
3 284 (14.85%) LAN
4 252 (13.17%) VPN
5 201 (10.51%) DNS
6 143 (7.48%) Network Security
7 141 (7.37%) SD-WAN
8 135 (7.06%) DHCP
8 135 (7.06%) Wireless
9 134 (7.00%) Wi-Fi
10 131 (6.85%) Internet
11 121 (6.33%) SAN
12 103 (5.38%) TCP/IP
13 101 (5.28%) MPLS
14 95 (4.97%) IPsec
15 91 (4.76%) BGP
16 84 (4.39%) OSPF
17 80 (4.18%) VLAN
18 79 (4.13%) SNMP
19 66 (3.45%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (3.66%) MongoDB
2 60 (3.14%) Elasticsearch
3 54 (2.82%) SQL Server
4 29 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
4 29 (1.52%) Power BI
5 23 (1.20%) MySQL
6 20 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (0.89%) NoSQL
9 14 (0.73%) Data Lake
10 11 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (0.52%) Big Data
12 9 (0.47%) GIS
13 8 (0.42%) Tableau
14 7 (0.37%) BigQuery
15 6 (0.31%) DB2
15 6 (0.31%) Redis
16 3 (0.16%) Apache Cassandra
16 3 (0.16%) EDRMS
16 3 (0.16%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 34 (1.78%) JIRA
2 18 (0.94%) Git
3 11 (0.58%) Jenkins
4 6 (0.31%) Cucumber
4 6 (0.31%) JBehave
4 6 (0.31%) RStudio
4 6 (0.31%) Selenium
4 6 (0.31%) SpecFlow
4 6 (0.31%) TeamCity
5 4 (0.21%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.16%) Subversion
7 2 (0.10%) GitLab
7 2 (0.10%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 2 (0.10%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.10%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.052%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.052%) ScriptRunner
General
1 473 (24.73%) Social Skills
2 272 (14.22%) Finance
3 147 (7.68%) Analytical Skills
4 72 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 70 (3.66%) Telecoms
6 69 (3.61%) Banking
7 67 (3.50%) Retail
8 56 (2.93%) Public Sector
9 55 (2.88%) Legal
10 52 (2.72%) Manufacturing
11 48 (2.51%) Law
12 41 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
13 26 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
14 24 (1.25%) Aerospace
15 22 (1.15%) Marketing
16 21 (1.10%) Billing
17 16 (0.84%) Local Government
18 14 (0.73%) Financial Institution
19 13 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
20 12 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 325 (16.99%) Senior
2 278 (14.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 221 (11.55%) Architect
4 193 (10.09%) Network Engineer
5 165 (8.63%) Consultant
6 147 (7.68%) Data Centre Engineer
7 104 (5.44%) Lead
8 77 (4.03%) Senior Architect
9 70 (3.66%) Administrator
9 70 (3.66%) Project Manager
10 69 (3.61%) Analyst
11 63 (3.29%) IT Engineer
12 60 (3.14%) Data Centre Manager
12 60 (3.14%) IT Manager
12 60 (3.14%) Senior Network Engineer
13 59 (3.08%) Security Architect
14 57 (2.98%) Solutions Architect
15 55 (2.88%) Infrastructure Architect
15 55 (2.88%) Infrastructure Manager
15 55 (2.88%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (3.35%) RabbitMQ
2 55 (2.88%) YAML
3 38 (1.99%) 802.1X
4 19 (0.99%) HTML
5 11 (0.58%) .NET
5 11 (0.58%) LDAP
5 11 (0.58%) SAML
5 11 (0.58%) Web Services
6 10 (0.52%) Middleware
7 9 (0.47%) XML
8 8 (0.42%) Kafka
9 6 (0.31%) ARM Templates
9 6 (0.31%) Gherkin
9 6 (0.31%) JSON
10 5 (0.26%) WebSphere MQ
10 5 (0.26%) XMPP
11 4 (0.21%) LAMP
12 3 (0.16%) React
12 3 (0.16%) REST
13 2 (0.10%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 140 (7.32%) Management Information System
2 117 (6.12%) Public Cloud
3 94 (4.91%) Self-Motivation
4 72 (3.76%) Replication
5 71 (3.71%) Driving Licence
6 57 (2.98%) Hybrid Cloud
7 44 (2.30%) Private Cloud
8 34 (1.78%) Onboarding
9 29 (1.52%) PKI
9 29 (1.52%) Virtual Team
10 28 (1.46%) Mainframe
11 26 (1.36%) CCTV
12 20 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
13 18 (0.94%) Cyberattack
14 15 (0.78%) Clustering
15 14 (0.73%) Client/Server
15 14 (0.73%) IoT
16 13 (0.68%) SCADA
17 12 (0.63%) Enterprise Storage
17 12 (0.63%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 573 (29.95%) Windows
2 372 (19.45%) Linux
3 243 (12.70%) Windows Server
4 65 (3.40%) Windows 10
5 55 (2.88%) Data ONTAP
6 53 (2.77%) Unix
7 41 (2.14%) Windows Server 2012
8 34 (1.78%) Windows Server 2016
9 30 (1.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 26 (1.36%) Windows Server 2019
11 22 (1.15%) Ubuntu
12 16 (0.84%) Android
13 15 (0.78%) CentOS
14 14 (0.73%) Apple iOS
15 12 (0.63%) SUSE
15 12 (0.63%) Windows XP
15 12 (0.63%) zOS
16 10 (0.52%) Solaris
17 9 (0.47%) AIX
17 9 (0.47%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (17.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 341 (17.83%) Cybersecurity
3 319 (16.68%) ITIL
4 279 (14.58%) Problem-Solving
5 246 (12.86%) Project Management
6 223 (11.66%) Presales
7 213 (11.13%) Mentoring
8 168 (8.78%) DevOps
9 164 (8.57%) Roadmaps
10 151 (7.89%) Disaster Recovery
11 143 (7.48%) Customer Service
11 143 (7.48%) Migration
12 142 (7.42%) Project Delivery
13 138 (7.21%) Agile
14 121 (6.33%) Software Licensing
15 116 (6.06%) Information Security
16 114 (5.96%) Infrastructure Management
17 105 (5.49%) Continuous Improvement
18 97 (5.07%) Actionable Insight
18 97 (5.07%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 169 (8.83%) Python
2 147 (7.68%) PowerShell
3 112 (5.85%) SQL
4 30 (1.57%) C#
5 28 (1.46%) Bash
6 24 (1.25%) Java
7 10 (0.52%) JavaScript
7 10 (0.52%) RPG
8 9 (0.47%) Go
8 9 (0.47%) PHP
9 6 (0.31%) R
10 5 (0.26%) C
10 5 (0.26%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.21%) Ruby
12 3 (0.16%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.16%) MATLAB
12 3 (0.16%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.16%) Swift
13 2 (0.10%) Scala
13 2 (0.10%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 364 (19.03%) Degree
2 230 (12.02%) Cisco Certification
3 205 (10.72%) Security Cleared
4 163 (8.52%) CCNA
5 149 (7.79%) CCNP
6 147 (7.68%) SC Cleared
7 95 (4.97%) Microsoft Certification
8 68 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 64 (3.35%) AWS Certification
10 51 (2.67%) Azure Certification
11 50 (2.61%) CISSP
12 44 (2.30%) DV Cleared
13 41 (2.14%) MCP
13 41 (2.14%) MCSE
14 35 (1.83%) MCSA
15 31 (1.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 27 (1.41%) CCIE
17 26 (1.36%) CISM
17 26 (1.36%) DBS Check
18 21 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 66 (3.45%) SLA
3 45 (2.35%) GDPR
4 26 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
5 24 (1.25%) PCI DSS
5 24 (1.25%) QA
6 23 (1.20%) NIST
7 22 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 15 (0.78%) ISO 9001
9 13 (0.68%) PMO
10 11 (0.58%) NCSC
11 7 (0.37%) Data Quality
12 6 (0.31%) COBIT
12 6 (0.31%) SOC 2
13 5 (0.26%) IASME
13 5 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 5 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 3 (0.16%) ISO 14000
14 3 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 2 (0.10%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 348 (18.19%) Active Directory
2 346 (18.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 119 (6.22%) Hyper-V
4 116 (6.06%) Docker
5 91 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
6 84 (4.39%) vSphere
7 58 (3.03%) Firmware
8 39 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
9 28 (1.46%) VMware NSX
10 15 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
11 14 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
12 11 (0.58%) vCloud
13 10 (0.52%) KVM
14 4 (0.21%) DFS Replication
14 4 (0.21%) pfSense
15 3 (0.16%) Xen
15 3 (0.16%) XenApp
16 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 2 (0.10%) NFS
16 2 (0.10%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 143 (7.48%) Kubernetes
2 140 (7.32%) Ansible
3 97 (5.07%) vCenter Server
4 77 (4.03%) Terraform
5 59 (3.08%) Prometheus
6 57 (2.98%) SCCM
7 50 (2.61%) WSUS
8 43 (2.25%) Microsoft Intune
9 37 (1.93%) SCOM
10 32 (1.67%) FortiGate
11 24 (1.25%) Puppet
11 24 (1.25%) Stealthwatch
12 16 (0.84%) CASB
13 15 (0.78%) Nagios
13 15 (0.78%) ZABBIX
14 14 (0.73%) EMC NetWorker
15 13 (0.68%) NetBackup
16 12 (0.63%) Grafana
17 11 (0.58%) Progress Chef
18 10 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 568 (29.69%) Microsoft
2 489 (25.56%) VMware
3 408 (21.33%) Cisco
4 153 (8.00%) Palo Alto
5 138 (7.21%) NetApp
6 126 (6.59%) Dell
7 125 (6.53%) Apple
8 121 (6.33%) Adobe
9 118 (6.17%) Oracle
10 117 (6.12%) HP
11 107 (5.59%) Veeam
12 100 (5.23%) Juniper
13 91 (4.76%) Red Hat
14 89 (4.65%) Citrix
15 81 (4.23%) Meraki
16 71 (3.71%) Fortinet
17 59 (3.08%) CheckPoint
18 54 (2.82%) SolidFire
19 53 (2.77%) IBM
20 52 (2.72%) ServiceNow