The first table below looks at the demand for the Operations Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Operations Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Operations Engineer
Rank 77 89 -
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Engineer 7 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.654% 0.073% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.680% 0.077% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £29,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £35,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year
+8.57% +4.47%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1029 1301 1496
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 96.08% 95.52% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 603 952 1084
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,750 £26,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Operations Engineer
Scotland

Operations Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Operations Engineer across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Edinburgh Operations Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Operations Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Operations Engineer across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Operations Engineer Salary Trend

Operations Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Operations Engineer across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Edinburgh Operations Engineer Salary Histogram

Operations Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Operations 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 Operations Engineer in their job title.

1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 7 (50.00%) Linux
2 7 (50.00%) VMware
2 7 (50.00%) Amazon AWS
3 6 (42.86%) PowerShell
3 6 (42.86%) Enterprise Storage
3 6 (42.86%) Capacity Management
3 6 (42.86%) Asset Management
3 6 (42.86%) Ruby
3 6 (42.86%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (42.86%) Dell
4 5 (35.71%) MySQL
5 4 (28.57%) Java
5 4 (28.57%) Web Services
5 4 (28.57%) Nagios
5 4 (28.57%) Python
5 4 (28.57%) Replication
5 4 (28.57%) Finance
5 4 (28.57%) NoSQL
5 4 (28.57%) Redis
5 4 (28.57%) Hadoop
5 4 (28.57%) Puppet
5 4 (28.57%) Network Security
5 4 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (28.57%) Django
5 4 (28.57%) Munin
6 3 (21.43%) PHP
6 3 (21.43%) Games
6 3 (21.43%) Internet
7 2 (14.29%) UNIX

Operations Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Operations 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 Operations Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (28.57%) Web Services
1 4 (28.57%) Django
Application Platforms
1 7 (50.00%) Amazon AWS
2 1 (7.143%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Google Apps
1 1 (7.143%) MS Office
1 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) Network Security
2 3 (21.43%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (42.86%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (35.71%) MySQL
3 4 (28.57%) NoSQL
3 4 (28.57%) Redis
3 4 (28.57%) Hadoop
4 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Subversion
1 2 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
1 2 (14.29%) TeamCity
1 2 (14.29%) Git (software)
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Enterprise Storage
2 4 (28.57%) Replication
3 1 (7.143%) Open Source
3 1 (7.143%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (7.143%) Informatics
3 1 (7.143%) Computer Science
3 1 (7.143%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (14.29%) UNIX
2 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Capacity Management
1 6 (42.86%) Asset Management
2 4 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (7.143%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.143%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) PowerShell
1 6 (42.86%) Ruby
2 4 (28.57%) Java
2 4 (28.57%) Python
3 3 (21.43%) PHP
4 1 (7.143%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1 (7.143%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Nagios
1 4 (28.57%) Puppet
1 4 (28.57%) Munin
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 7 (50.00%) VMware
3 6 (42.86%) Dell
4 1 (7.143%) Google