Sab DaSilva
Associate Director
EMEA Data Centres: Hiring landscape report 2026
Sab DaSilva
Associate DirectorIntroduction: Data centre recruitment across EMEA
Established in 2010, Pangea is a global recruitment company with offices across Europe, North America, and Asia.
Our Data Centres team specialises in recruitment across digital infrastructure, supporting operators, developers, EPCs, consultants, and infrastructure investors across the full project lifecycle.
Our team works across permanent and contract recruitment, supporting hiring across:
- Construction and project delivery
- Commissioning
- Critical facilities
- Electrical and mechanical engineering
- Operations
- Design
- Infrastructure investment platforms
With extensive experience across the mission-critical infrastructure market, our consultants work closely with clients to deliver talent solutions in an increasingly competitive hiring environment.
Through our live recruitment activity, market mapping, and ongoing client engagement, we have gathered detailed insight into:
- Salary and compensation data
- Contract day rates
- Talent shortages
- Retention challenges
- Hiring hotspots across Europe
- Grid and infrastructure pressures
- The changing nature of technical hiring across the sector
- And more…
Our experts have also added commentary on recruitment across both permanent and contract hiring in EMEA data centres, including current dynamics across Europe/EMEA.
How are Pangea’s clients using the report?
The EMEA data centre market is forever changing, with rising project demand, increasing power constraints, and growing competition for technical talent.
This report has been designed to help businesses:
- Benchmark compensation against the wider market
- Compare their current challenges against competitors’ hiring trends
- Plan workforce growth more effectively
Whether you’re scaling project delivery teams, hiring commissioning specialists, or building long-term operational capability, the report provides practical market intelligence to support better hiring decisions. Click here to view our solutions.
“Hiring is changing quickly across data centre construction; this report helps our clients stay ahead of it.”
George Ibbott, Managing Consultant, Pangea
“This report was built to give clients practical insight into this ever-changing market.”
Sab DaSilva, Associate Director, Pangea
Speak to the team
To view our EMEA Data Centre talent and market insights 2026 report, or discuss your hiring plans in more detail, please contact the team.
Permanent recruitment:
Contract recruitment:
- George Ibbott 📧 george.ibbott@pangea-ts.com
- Emily Jones 📧 emily.jones@pangea-ts.com
- Hayley Miller 📧 hayley.miller@pangea-ts.com
Client services:
- Toby Windridge 📧 toby.windridge@pangea-ts.com
We hope you find the report useful.
FAQs
What is the EMEA Data Centres: Hiring landscape report 2026?
It’s Pangea’s 2026 EMEA Data Centre talent and market insights report, bringing together recruitment market intelligence, hiring trends, salary benchmarks, and sector commentary across the Europe/EMEA data centre market.
Which locations does the report cover?
The report covers the EMEA data centre recruitment market across Europe/EMEA.
What does the report include?
A recruitment market overview across EMEA data centres, salary trends and compensation data, contract day rates, talent shortages, retention challenges, hiring hotspots, and wider infrastructure pressures affecting technical hiring.
Who is the report for?
Operators, developers, EPCs, consultants, and infrastructure investors, hiring across construction, commissioning, critical facilities, electrical and mechanical engineering, operations, and design.
How do I access the report or discuss hiring plans?
Contact the permanent or contract recruitment team at the email addresses listed above to view the report and discuss hiring needs.