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This section looks at the demand for the Data Centre Engineer role in IT jobs within the Birmingham region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Data Centre Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Data Centre Engineer
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank136-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads10
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.041 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted10
Average minimum salary£30,000-
Average salary£35,000-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£40,000-
UK excluding London average salary£33,897£33,459
% change on same period last year+1.31 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads24402739
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.332 %1.150 %
Salaries quoted21342352
Average minimum salary£35,551£36,650
Average salary£39,054£40,194
% change on same period last year-2.83 %
Average maximum salary£42,558£43,738
UK excluding London average salary£38,060£39,458
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Data Centre Engineer West MidlandsData Centre Engineer
West Midlands

Data Centre Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Data Centre Engineer across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Birmingham Data Centre Engineer Demand Trend

Data Centre Engineer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Data Centre Engineer across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Data Centre Engineer Salary Trend

Data Centre Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Data Centre Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Data Centre Engineer in their job title.

110 (100.00 %)Citrix
27 (70.00 %)SAN
27 (70.00 %)ITIL
27 (70.00 %)Windows
27 (70.00 %)MS Exchange
27 (70.00 %)Citrix Presentation Server
36 (60.00 %)BMC Performance Manager
36 (60.00 %)NetScreen
36 (60.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
36 (60.00 %)Security Cleared
36 (60.00 %)Red Hat Linux
36 (60.00 %)Altiris
36 (60.00 %)Firewall
36 (60.00 %)Red Hat
36 (60.00 %)TCP/IP
36 (60.00 %)Cisco
36 (60.00 %)Linux
36 (60.00 %)Active Directory
36 (60.00 %)BMC
44 (40.00 %)Microsoft
44 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
44 (40.00 %)Government
53 (30.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
53 (30.00 %)NetBackup
53 (30.00 %)Symantec
53 (30.00 %)Norton AntiVirus
53 (30.00 %)Configuration Management
53 (30.00 %)Service Management
53 (30.00 %)Windows 2000
53 (30.00 %)UNIX

Data Centre Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Data Centre Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Data Centre Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (70.00 %)MS Exchange
26 (60.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
33 (30.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
Birmingham IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (10.00 %)MS Excel
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (70.00 %)SAN
26 (60.00 %)NetScreen
26 (60.00 %)Firewall
26 (60.00 %)TCP/IP
Birmingham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (40.00 %)Government
Birmingham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)Clustering
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (70.00 %)Windows
26 (60.00 %)Linux
26 (60.00 %)Red Hat Linux
34 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (30.00 %)UNIX
43 (30.00 %)Windows 2000
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (70.00 %)ITIL
26 (60.00 %)Security Cleared
33 (30.00 %)Configuration Management
33 (30.00 %)Service Management
33 (30.00 %)SC Cleared
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (10.00 %)VB
Birmingham IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (70.00 %)Citrix Presentation Server
26 (60.00 %)Active Directory
33 (30.00 %)NetBackup
41 (10.00 %)MetaFrame
Birmingham IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (60.00 %)BMC Performance Manager
23 (30.00 %)Norton AntiVirus
31 (10.00 %)Legato
Birmingham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (100.00 %)Citrix
26 (60.00 %)BMC
26 (60.00 %)Cisco
26 (60.00 %)Red Hat
26 (60.00 %)Altiris
34 (40.00 %)Microsoft
43 (30.00 %)Symantec
51 (10.00 %)VMware
51 (10.00 %)Novell