The Data Centre Benchmarking Hub

Annual Leave Benchmark

Compare annual leave allowances across countries and see how your package stacks up against the market.

ALL FIGURES EXCLUDE PUBLIC / BANK HOLIDAYS

Select a country below to see how your annual leave compares with the market.

Explore annual leave by country.

Select a country to see the median annual leave allowance for data centre professionals.

AustriaBelgiumBulgariaCroatiaCzech RepublicDenmarkFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceIcelandIrelandItalyNetherlandsNorwayPolandPortugalSpainSwedenSwitzerlandTurkeyUK

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2026 survey answer

How many days annual leave do data centre professionals receive?

Across eligible Permanent respondents in the 2026 survey, the median annual leave allowance is 25 days. Country figures shown in the tool exclude public and bank holidays.

Methodology: Figures are calculated from responses to “How many days holiday do you get annually?” in the 2026 DataX Connect Salary Survey. Public and bank holidays are excluded. Confidence levels are High Confidence (30+ used country responses), Medium Confidence (10–29), and Low / Limited Confidence (fewer than 10). C-suite data is not displayed publicly due to confidentiality and the significant variation in executive roles and reward structures. For executive-level benchmarking, Data eXec, our Executive Search company can provide tailored insight through a private and confidential conversation. Results with fewer than five used responses are directional only.

Our data comes directly from professionals working across the data centre industry, not advertised salaries or scraped job-board data. The results shown provide a broad market benchmark. When you work with us, we go deeper, adding our recruitment data and real-time market intelligence, including current salaries and candidate expectations, talent availability, competitor activity, new projects and market entrants.

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