Data Center & Facilities Skills in Demand

Facilities and data center teams keep physical infrastructure running, from power and cooling to site construction. Demand for these roles has grown alongside AI compute, and hands-on electrical and mechanical knowledge is central.

We analyzed 92 U.S. job descriptions from 18 employers for Data Center & Facilities roles. The most requested skills were Excel (23%), HVAC and cooling (17%) and Electrical systems (16%).

689open U.S. roles tracked
3 yearstypical experience asked for
$116,652median advertised pay, from 38 roles that state it

Business tools

  • Excel23%
  • PowerPoint12%

Hardware

  • HVAC and cooling17%
  • Electrical systems16%
  • CAD14%

Operations

  • OSHA12%
  • Root cause analysis12%

Product & design

  • Project management11%

Languages

  • MATLAB9%

Updated November 7, 2026, using job descriptions collected since September 26, 2026. Shares show how many of the sampled descriptions mention a skill, so a low share can still be a firm requirement in the roles that list it. We sample a limited number of descriptions per employer so that no single company dominates, and we only report figures backed by several employers. Advertised pay comes from a different group of roles than H1B filings, so the two are not directly comparable.

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