Data Centre Operations Jobs in the UK excluding London

Data Center Operations
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Data Centre Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre Operations 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 719 707 843
Rank change year-on-year -12 +136 -178
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre Operations 61 21 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.076% 0.038% 0.041%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.094% 0.040% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 46 9 19
10th Percentile £35,375 - £36,470
25th Percentile £39,720 £34,580 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,254 £37,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +52.04% -26.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,918 £47,500 £53,125
90th Percentile £70,000 £59,000 £60,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £45,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year +27.78% -7.69% -18.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Data Centre Operations falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,702 52,760 72,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.77% 95.48% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 43,767 28,367 41,386
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +8.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Data Centre Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre Operations in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Operations
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Data Centre Operations in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Operations
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre Operations in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Centre Operations in the UK excluding London

Data Centre Operations
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 Operations within the UK excluding London 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
North West - 19 £41,235 - 3
North of England - 19 £41,235 - 3
East of England +5 16 £55,000 - 3
South East -29 11 £60,000 +73.51% 6
Scotland - 7 £57,500 -
West Midlands -9 4 £57,500 +27.78%
Midlands -36 4 £57,500 +27.78% 1
South West -40 4 £60,918 +64.64% 2
Data Centre Operations
UK

Data Centre Operations
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 6 (9.84%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (3.28%) MS Visio
1 2 (3.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.39%) Azure
2 8 (13.11%) Entra ID
2 8 (13.11%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (6.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 16 (26.23%) SAN
2 11 (18.03%) LAN
3 10 (16.39%) Wireless
4 8 (13.11%) NGFW
4 8 (13.11%) WAN
5 7 (11.48%) Software-Defined Networking
5 7 (11.48%) WLAN
6 6 (9.84%) Internet
7 5 (8.20%) Firewall
7 5 (8.20%) Network Security
8 4 (6.56%) DHCP
8 4 (6.56%) DNS
8 4 (6.56%) Fibre Channel
8 4 (6.56%) iSCSI
8 4 (6.56%) SD-WAN
8 4 (6.56%) SNMP
9 1 (1.64%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (1.64%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) Big Data
General
1 20 (32.79%) Social Skills
2 4 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (1.64%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (22.95%) Administrator
1 14 (22.95%) Data Centre Manager
1 14 (22.95%) Data Manager
1 14 (22.95%) IT Administrator
1 14 (22.95%) Server Administrator
2 11 (18.03%) Data Centre Operations Manager
2 11 (18.03%) Operations Manager
3 8 (13.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 8 (13.11%) Network Engineer
4 5 (8.20%) Data Centre Engineer
4 5 (8.20%) Network Security Engineer
4 5 (8.20%) Security Engineer
5 4 (6.56%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
5 4 (6.56%) Data Centre Operator
5 4 (6.56%) Infrastructure Manager
5 4 (6.56%) IT Infrastructure Manager
5 4 (6.56%) IT Manager
5 4 (6.56%) Operations Engineer
6 2 (3.28%) Data Centre Team Leader
6 2 (3.28%) Data Entry Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.28%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (1.64%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 61 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 20 (32.79%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (11.48%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.28%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (3.28%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 23 (37.70%) Windows
2 19 (31.15%) Linux
3 18 (29.51%) Windows Server
4 4 (6.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (6.56%) VMS
4 4 (6.56%) Windows 10
4 4 (6.56%) Windows Server 2016
4 4 (6.56%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (3.28%) Debian
5 2 (3.28%) Rocky
5 2 (3.28%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (32.79%) Server Management
2 16 (26.23%) ITIL
2 16 (26.23%) Vulnerability Management
3 14 (22.95%) Benchmarking
3 14 (22.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 14 (22.95%) Infrastructure Maintenance
3 14 (22.95%) Performance Monitoring
4 12 (19.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 10 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (14.75%) Project Delivery
6 9 (14.75%) Project Management
7 8 (13.11%) Cloud Security
7 8 (13.11%) Network Architecture
8 7 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (9.84%) Change Management
9 6 (9.84%) Cost Reduction
9 6 (9.84%) Mentoring
10 5 (8.20%) Cost Management
10 5 (8.20%) Service Delivery
10 5 (8.20%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (32.79%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.56%) SQL
3 2 (3.28%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (24.59%) SC Cleared
1 15 (24.59%) Security Cleared
2 10 (16.39%) Degree
3 4 (6.56%) Azure Certification
3 4 (6.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (6.56%) DBS Check
4 2 (3.28%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.64%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (1.64%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.28%) GDPR
System Software
1 24 (39.34%) Active Directory
2 12 (19.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (13.11%) vSphere
4 4 (6.56%) Hyper-V
4 4 (6.56%) pfSense
4 4 (6.56%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (3.28%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (1.64%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (6.56%) vCenter Server
2 2 (3.28%) Ansible
2 2 (3.28%) Kubernetes
2 2 (3.28%) Puppet
2 2 (3.28%) SCCM
2 2 (3.28%) Terraform
2 2 (3.28%) vRealize
3 1 (1.64%) Nagios
Vendors
1 26 (42.62%) VMware
2 24 (39.34%) Microsoft
3 14 (22.95%) Cisco
3 14 (22.95%) Citrix
3 14 (22.95%) NetApp
4 8 (13.11%) Palo Alto
4 8 (13.11%) Veeam
5 6 (9.84%) ServiceNow
6 4 (6.56%) BroadSoft
6 4 (6.56%) Brocade
6 4 (6.56%) Dell
6 4 (6.56%) Dell Compellent
6 4 (6.56%) Fortinet
6 4 (6.56%) QNAP
6 4 (6.56%) Ubiquiti
6 4 (6.56%) Zerto
7 2 (3.28%) BMC
7 2 (3.28%) Red Hat
7 2 (3.28%) Remedy