The first table below looks at the demand for the Operations Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands 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 22 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Operations Engineer
Rank 193 188 155
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -33
Permanent jobs requiring an Operations Engineer 6 2 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.119% 0.043% 0.393%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.124% 0.045% 0.410%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 15
Average salary £32,500 £41,250 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.21% +17.85%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4823 4426 3898
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.88% 95.90% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 4016 3887 3325
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Operations Engineer
England

Operations Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Operations Engineer Salary Trend

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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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
Coventry - 4 £32,500 -
Staffordshire -1 1 £25,000 -23.07%
Birmingham -12 1 £31,750 -36.50%
Operations Engineer
England

Operations Engineer
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 6 (85.71%) SQL Server
2 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) MySQL
2 4 (57.14%) Red Hat
2 4 (57.14%) Nagios
2 4 (57.14%) Tomcat
2 4 (57.14%) SharePoint
2 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 4 (57.14%) Linux
2 4 (57.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (57.14%) NoSQL
3 2 (28.57%) MCSA
3 2 (28.57%) LAN
3 2 (28.57%) WAN
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco
3 2 (28.57%) CCNA
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) HNC

Operations Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) Tomcat
1 4 (57.14%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) LAN
1 2 (28.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) SQL Server
2 4 (57.14%) MySQL
2 4 (57.14%) NoSQL
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
1 4 (57.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) MCSA
1 2 (28.57%) CCNA
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) HNC
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Nagios
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Red Hat
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
IT Operations Engineer - Support, Linux, SQL Server - Midlands... Technical skills needed include: Linux (Redhat ideally) Nagios Windows Server / Desktop Sharepoint SQL / MySQL Tomcat The company is looking to...
ISL
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Coventry
MS Exchange, Blackberry Enterprise Server, Antivirus, malware prevention, laptop encryption, PBX, DECT, Mobile Carrier based and VOIP, HP Client Automation, enterprise infrastructure deployments Major blue chip client in...
Scope AT
Salary: Competitive + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013