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The Data Centre Talent Flow Map

See who’s looking to move and why. Discover which regions have the most settled workforces, where people are most open to change, and what’s driving them to consider their next move. Based on real responses to the 2026 DataX Connect Salary Survey.

2026 DATAX CONNECT SALARY SURVEY · CONFIDENCE-LED BENCHMARKS

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2026 survey answer

What percentage of data centre professionals working in UK & Europe are planning to change company?

In UK & Europe, 39% of data centre professionals are planning to change company in the next 12 months.

LegendSettled (0-30%)Stirring (31-45%)Restless (46%+)Bubble size = number of survey responses

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UK

2026 DataX Connect Salary Survey (High Confidence)

Regional average
39%
Looking to move in UK & Europe
Planning to Move
36.8%
Stirring

Top reasons to move in this country

1Career development
2Salary
3Other remuneration (e.g. bonus, commission, equity...)

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Methodology: Mobility figures are based on Permanent respondents who answered whether they plan to change company in the next 12 months. Confidence levels reflect the amount of data available in each market, and results based on very limited data should be treated as directional. High Confidence (50+ used market responses), Moderate Confidence (20–49), and Limited Confidence (fewer than 20); USA uses High Confidence (20+), Moderate Confidence (10–19), and 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. Only locations with a sufficient volume of responses to provide a meaningful comparison have been included.

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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