The first table below looks at the demand for the Operations Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Operations Engineer
Rank 211 210 191
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -19
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Engineer 9 17 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 0.171% 0.283% 0.429%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.179% 0.294% 0.454%
Number of salaries quoted 9 11 23
Average salary £50,000 £38,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.57% +8.57%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £35,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year
+8.57% +4.47%
All Job Titles
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5024 5773 5069
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 95.26% 95.96% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4066 5050 4444
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £28,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Operations Engineer
South East

Operations Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Operations Engineer Salary Trend

Operations Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Surrey Operations Engineer Salary Histogram

Operations Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Engineer within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Dorking -11 8 £50,000 +31.57%
Guildford - 1 £32,500 -
Operations Engineer
South East

Operations Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 23 (100.00%) Cisco
2 17 (73.91%) CCNA
2 17 (73.91%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (73.91%) Microsoft
3 16 (69.57%) WAN
4 12 (52.17%) Linux
4 12 (52.17%) MPLS
5 11 (47.83%) OSPF
5 11 (47.83%) BGP
5 11 (47.83%) CCDA
5 11 (47.83%) VoIP
5 11 (47.83%) CCSP
5 11 (47.83%) CCNP
5 11 (47.83%) CCIP
5 11 (47.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (47.83%) VMware
5 11 (47.83%) VLAN
5 11 (47.83%) Cisco IOS
5 11 (47.83%) F5
6 10 (43.48%) Firewall
7 6 (26.09%) Windows
7 6 (26.09%) Network Security
7 6 (26.09%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (21.74%) MS Excel
8 5 (21.74%) ADSL
8 5 (21.74%) Ethernet
8 5 (21.74%) TCP/IP
8 5 (21.74%) Frame Relay
9 4 (17.39%) Juniper
10 3 (13.04%) ProCurve

Operations Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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.

Applications
1 5 (21.74%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (69.57%) WAN
2 12 (52.17%) MPLS
3 11 (47.83%) OSPF
3 11 (47.83%) BGP
3 11 (47.83%) VoIP
3 11 (47.83%) VLAN
3 11 (47.83%) Cisco IOS
4 10 (43.48%) Firewall
5 6 (26.09%) Network Security
5 6 (26.09%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (21.74%) ADSL
6 5 (21.74%) Ethernet
6 5 (21.74%) TCP/IP
6 5 (21.74%) Frame Relay
7 3 (13.04%) SSH
7 3 (13.04%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (13.04%) FTP
8 2 (8.696%) Cisco PIX
9 1 (4.348%) VPLS
9 1 (4.348%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (4.348%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 12 (52.17%) Linux
2 6 (26.09%) Windows
3 1 (4.348%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.04%) Capacity Management
1 3 (13.04%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.348%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (73.91%) CCNA
1 17 (73.91%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (47.83%) CCDA
2 11 (47.83%) CCSP
2 11 (47.83%) CCNP
2 11 (47.83%) CCIP
3 1 (4.348%) JNCIA
System Software
1 11 (47.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) Cisco
2 17 (73.91%) Microsoft
3 11 (47.83%) VMware
3 11 (47.83%) F5
4 4 (17.39%) Juniper
5 3 (13.04%) ProCurve
5 3 (13.04%) Riverbed
5 3 (13.04%) NetApp
5 3 (13.04%) HP
5 3 (13.04%) Dell
5 3 (13.04%) EMC
6 2 (8.696%) CheckPoint
7 1 (4.348%) Oracle
Woking, Surrey
Good knowledge of UNIX. Knowledge of firewall rules... PRTG, Nagios. Strong MS Office skills, particularly Outlook, Excel, and Word... Essential Skills and Knowledge - Data Centre Operations - Networks specific...
Fidessa
Posted: 20 May 2013