Data Centre Jobs in South Wales

Data Center
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 47 30 82
Rank change year-on-year -17 +52 -2
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 62 90 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 3.66% 7.59% 2.49%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 13.60% 19.44% 5.39%
Number of salaries quoted 19 8 31
10th Percentile £35,195 £55,696 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,973 £65,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,886 £70,000 £47,665
Median % change year-on-year -35.88% +46.86% +36.19%
75th Percentile £61,250 £80,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £62,500 £87,500 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £36,476 £70,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -47.89% +40.00% +17.65%

All Generic Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 456 463 723
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 26.95% 39.07% 46.20%
Number of salaries quoted 245 232 295
10th Percentile £27,157 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,195 £37,500 £39,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,604 £48,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% -7.14% +31.25%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,497 £67,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £82,000
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -14.29% +31.25%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in South Wales

Data Centre
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Data Centre in South Wales

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in South Wales over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in South Wales

Data Centre
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 12 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
Bridgend +23 48 £44,886 -
Cardiff -22 14 £60,000 -14.29% 1
Data Centre
Wales

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 14 (22.58%) Skype for Business
2 5 (8.06%) Apache
2 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (9.68%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (9.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.90%) Azure
2 5 (8.06%) Amazon S3
2 5 (8.06%) Azure Monitor
2 5 (8.06%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (3.23%) AWS
3 2 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.61%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 33 (53.23%) Firewall
2 25 (40.32%) DNS
3 14 (22.58%) IP Telephony
3 14 (22.58%) LAN
3 14 (22.58%) WAN
3 14 (22.58%) Wireless
4 10 (16.13%) Internet
4 10 (16.13%) VPN
5 9 (14.52%) Cisco ASA
5 9 (14.52%) Cisco IOS
5 9 (14.52%) TCP/IP
6 5 (8.06%) Extranet
6 5 (8.06%) IPsec
6 5 (8.06%) MPLS
6 5 (8.06%) Network Security
6 5 (8.06%) SAN
6 5 (8.06%) SNMP
6 5 (8.06%) Unified Communications
6 5 (8.06%) VLAN
6 5 (8.06%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.68%) GIS
2 5 (8.06%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (8.06%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.61%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Git
General
1 19 (30.65%) Social Skills
2 11 (17.74%) Telecoms
3 10 (16.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (16.13%) Local Government
3 10 (16.13%) Police
4 6 (9.68%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (9.68%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (8.06%) Finance
Job Titles
1 43 (69.35%) Senior
2 22 (35.48%) Consultant
3 19 (30.65%) Network Engineer
3 19 (30.65%) Senior Network Engineer
4 17 (27.42%) Project Consultant
5 14 (22.58%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 14 (22.58%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 10 (16.13%) ICT Engineer
7 9 (14.52%) Senior Consultant
7 9 (14.52%) Senior Network Consultant
7 9 (14.52%) Senior Project Consultant
8 8 (12.90%) Unix Consultant
9 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (8.06%) NetApp Consultant
9 5 (8.06%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 5 (8.06%) Senior Technical Engineer
9 5 (8.06%) Technical Engineer
10 4 (6.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 3 (4.84%) Principal Systems Engineer
11 3 (4.84%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.06%) RabbitMQ
1 5 (8.06%) YAML
2 1 (1.61%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (22.58%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (9.68%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 10 (16.13%) Linux
1 10 (16.13%) Windows
2 8 (12.90%) AIX
2 8 (12.90%) Solaris
2 8 (12.90%) Unix
3 5 (8.06%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (58.06%) Actionable Insight
2 23 (37.10%) Business Continuity
3 19 (30.65%) Customer Service
3 19 (30.65%) Network Management
4 18 (29.03%) Project Management
5 14 (22.58%) Incident Management
5 14 (22.58%) Mentoring
6 13 (20.97%) Disaster Recovery
7 11 (17.74%) ITIL
8 10 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (14.52%) Change Control
9 9 (14.52%) Change Management
9 9 (14.52%) Migration
9 9 (14.52%) Network Design
10 8 (12.90%) Knowledge Transfer
11 6 (9.68%) Business Development
11 6 (9.68%) Economics
11 6 (9.68%) Network Architecture
12 5 (8.06%) Project Planning
12 5 (8.06%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.68%) Python
2 2 (3.23%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.61%) Bash
Qualifications
1 23 (37.10%) SC Cleared
1 23 (37.10%) Security Cleared
2 14 (22.58%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (14.52%) CCNA
4 8 (12.90%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 18 (29.03%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (19.35%) Firmware
2 12 (19.35%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (9.68%) Docker
4 5 (8.06%) Active Directory
5 4 (6.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 17 (27.42%) Ansible
2 6 (9.68%) Kubernetes
3 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (8.06%) Prometheus
3 5 (8.06%) SCCM
3 5 (8.06%) SCOM
3 5 (8.06%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.61%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (45.16%) Cisco
2 25 (40.32%) Microsoft
3 22 (35.48%) VMware
4 17 (27.42%) Oracle
5 14 (22.58%) Avaya
5 14 (22.58%) Mitel
5 14 (22.58%) Palo Alto
6 13 (20.97%) Red Hat
7 10 (16.13%) NetApp
8 9 (14.52%) CheckPoint
8 9 (14.52%) Fortinet
8 9 (14.52%) McAfee
9 5 (8.06%) Citrix
9 5 (8.06%) HP
9 5 (8.06%) SolidFire