Data Centre Engineer Job Trends in Birmingham

Data Centre Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Data Centre Engineer salary in Birmingham is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 - 129
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Data Centre Engineer 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.053% - 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% - 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £57,500
75th Percentile - - £58,750
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £65,000 - £57,500

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,740 1,638 1,857
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.77% 94.30% 94.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,262 803 1,562
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,163 £43,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,250 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.91% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,988 £88,750 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £53,688 £49,000
% change year-on-year -6.87% +9.57% -6.67%

Data Centre Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Data Centre Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Data Centre Engineer job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Data Centre Engineer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for Data Centre Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Salary distribution trend for Data Centre Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham

Data Centre Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 10 February 2026, Data Centre Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Data Centre Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Nutanix
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Data Centre Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Nutanix
General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001