Routes into Data Centres
Data centre professionals come from more places than you might expect. Explore the industries people came from before joining data centres.
Select your region and job family below to see the routes people took into data centres.
2026 survey answer
What industries did data centre professionals working in Europe work in before joining data centres?
Among data centre professionals working in Europe, 20.3% of answered prior-industry responses came from Energy, the leading route into data centres in this view.
Previous industry
Where people came from
All job families · Europe
Methodology: This view uses Permanent responses to “Which industry did you work in prior to data centres?” from the 2026 DataX Connect Salary Survey. Each percentage is calculated from answered responses within the selected region and job family. Confidence levels are High Confidence (50+ used responses), Moderate Confidence (20–49), and Limited Confidence (fewer than 20). 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.
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