Data Centre Jobs in the Midlands

Data Center
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 23 117
Rank change year-on-year -113 +94 -8
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 194 630 349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.67% 8.30% 2.83%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.69% 21.41% 6.78%
Number of salaries quoted 132 181 252
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,250 £35,575
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £50,000 £48,751
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £62,125 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £69,875 £97,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +7.23%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

Data Centre falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,410 2,942 5,144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 29.35% 38.74% 41.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,936 1,477 2,999
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,124 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -13.66% +4.00% +4.17%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in the Midlands

Data Centre
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Data Centre in the Midlands

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in the Midlands

Data Centre
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -96 118 £57,500 +16.01% 15
East Midlands -95 74 £42,500 -19.05% 7
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (9.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (7.73%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.09%) Apache
4 5 (2.58%) Confluence
5 1 (0.52%) IIS
5 1 (0.52%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (4.12%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (2.58%) AutoCAD
4 3 (1.55%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 70 (36.08%) Microsoft 365
2 59 (30.41%) Azure
3 30 (15.46%) AWS
4 22 (11.34%) Entra ID
5 11 (5.67%) Power Platform
5 11 (5.67%) SaaS
6 5 (2.58%) Amazon S3
6 5 (2.58%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (2.58%) OneDrive
6 5 (2.58%) PowerApps
7 3 (1.55%) GCP
8 2 (1.03%) Google Workspace
8 2 (1.03%) IaaS
8 2 (1.03%) Kong
8 2 (1.03%) Mimecast
8 2 (1.03%) PaaS
8 2 (1.03%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.52%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.52%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.52%) DigitalOcean
Communications & Networking
1 40 (20.62%) Firewall
2 37 (19.07%) WAN
3 26 (13.40%) DNS
4 24 (12.37%) DHCP
4 24 (12.37%) SD-WAN
5 20 (10.31%) Wi-Fi
6 17 (8.76%) VPN
7 15 (7.73%) Cisco Firepower
8 14 (7.22%) SNMP
9 13 (6.70%) LAN
10 9 (4.64%) Internet
10 9 (4.64%) SAN
11 8 (4.12%) IPsec
11 8 (4.12%) Network Security
12 7 (3.61%) MPLS
13 6 (3.09%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (3.09%) VLAN
14 5 (2.58%) Intranet
14 5 (2.58%) SSH
14 5 (2.58%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.09%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.58%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (2.58%) MongoDB
2 5 (2.58%) Power BI
3 4 (2.06%) MySQL
4 2 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.52%) Big Data
5 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 8 (4.12%) JIRA
2 6 (3.09%) Git
3 2 (1.03%) GitLab
General
1 39 (20.10%) Social Skills
2 32 (16.49%) Finance
3 14 (7.22%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (7.22%) Retail
4 11 (5.67%) Manufacturing
5 7 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.58%) Automotive
7 5 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.55%) Aerospace
8 3 (1.55%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.55%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.03%) Legal
10 1 (0.52%) Advertising
10 1 (0.52%) Banking
10 1 (0.52%) Law
10 1 (0.52%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 41 (21.13%) Senior
2 36 (18.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 27 (13.92%) Architect
4 19 (9.79%) IT Engineer
5 18 (9.28%) Consultant
5 18 (9.28%) Senior Architect
6 17 (8.76%) Cisco Architect
6 17 (8.76%) Senior Cisco Architect
7 13 (6.70%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (6.70%) Security Architect
7 13 (6.70%) Senior Security Architect
8 12 (6.19%) Cisco Security Architect
8 12 (6.19%) Infrastructure Manager
9 11 (5.67%) Administrator
9 11 (5.67%) Systems Engineer
10 10 (5.15%) Support Engineer
11 9 (4.64%) IT Manager
12 8 (4.12%) Infrastructure Consultant
12 8 (4.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 7 (3.61%) Cybersecurity Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.58%) RabbitMQ
1 5 (2.58%) YAML
2 3 (1.55%) LDAP
3 2 (1.03%) SAML
3 2 (1.03%) ServiceStack
4 1 (0.52%) .NET
4 1 (0.52%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.52%) Software Packaging
4 1 (0.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.22%) Management Information System
2 11 (5.67%) Private Cloud
3 10 (5.15%) Public Cloud
4 8 (4.12%) CMDB
5 6 (3.09%) PKI
5 6 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.58%) EFT
6 5 (2.58%) Enterprise Storage
6 5 (2.58%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.58%) PMI
6 5 (2.58%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (2.06%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.55%) IBM Mainframe
8 3 (1.55%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.55%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.55%) Replication
9 2 (1.03%) Clustering
9 2 (1.03%) Digital Media
9 2 (1.03%) SCADA
9 2 (1.03%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 78 (40.21%) Windows
2 33 (17.01%) Windows Server
3 24 (12.37%) Linux
4 16 (8.25%) Windows 10
5 7 (3.61%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (3.09%) VMS
7 5 (2.58%) Data ONTAP
7 5 (2.58%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (2.06%) Android
9 3 (1.55%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (1.55%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.55%) zOS
10 2 (1.03%) Apple iOS
10 2 (1.03%) Mac OS
10 2 (1.03%) Unix
11 1 (0.52%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (42.78%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (19.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 38 (19.59%) ITIL
3 37 (19.07%) Project Management
4 35 (18.04%) Presales
5 34 (17.53%) Software Licensing
6 29 (14.95%) Time Management
7 21 (10.82%) Information Security
7 21 (10.82%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (10.31%) Analytics
9 19 (9.79%) Project Delivery
9 19 (9.79%) Roadmaps
10 18 (9.28%) DevOps
11 17 (8.76%) Change Management
11 17 (8.76%) Customer Engagement
11 17 (8.76%) Mentoring
12 16 (8.25%) Agile
12 16 (8.25%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (7.73%) Risk Management
13 15 (7.73%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (11.86%) PowerShell
2 17 (8.76%) SQL
3 14 (7.22%) Python
4 7 (3.61%) Bash
5 2 (1.03%) C
5 2 (1.03%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.52%) Bicep
6 1 (0.52%) C#
6 1 (0.52%) Java
6 1 (0.52%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 53 (27.32%) Degree
2 33 (17.01%) Cisco Certification
3 29 (14.95%) CCNA
4 27 (13.92%) CCNP
5 20 (10.31%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (7.22%) Security Cleared
7 13 (6.70%) SC Cleared
8 12 (6.19%) Azure Certification
9 10 (5.15%) MCP
10 8 (4.12%) MCSE
11 7 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (3.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 5 (2.58%) CCIE
12 5 (2.58%) CISSP
12 5 (2.58%) PMI Certification
13 4 (2.06%) CESG Certified Professional
13 4 (2.06%) CISM
14 3 (1.55%) AWS Certification
14 3 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (1.55%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (4.12%) QA
3 6 (3.09%) NIST
3 6 (3.09%) SLA
3 6 (3.09%) SOC 2
4 5 (2.58%) GDPR
4 5 (2.58%) PMO
5 4 (2.06%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 2 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (1.03%) ISO 22301
7 2 (1.03%) ISO 31000
7 2 (1.03%) NCSC
7 2 (1.03%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.52%) COBIT
8 1 (0.52%) GRC
8 1 (0.52%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 50 (25.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 45 (23.20%) Active Directory
3 18 (9.28%) Hyper-V
4 16 (8.25%) Docker
5 8 (4.12%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (2.58%) vSphere
7 4 (2.06%) pfSense
7 4 (2.06%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (1.55%) XenApp
8 3 (1.55%) XenDesktop
9 2 (1.03%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (9.28%) Kubernetes
2 13 (6.70%) vCenter Server
3 12 (6.19%) Stealthwatch
4 11 (5.67%) Terraform
5 10 (5.15%) Ansible
6 8 (4.12%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (4.12%) SCCM
7 7 (3.61%) FortiGate
8 5 (2.58%) CASB
8 5 (2.58%) Prometheus
9 4 (2.06%) Docker Swarm
9 4 (2.06%) WSUS
10 3 (1.55%) Nagios
11 2 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (1.03%) SCOM
11 2 (1.03%) VxRail
11 2 (1.03%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.52%) PowerCLI
12 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 92 (47.42%) Microsoft
2 61 (31.44%) VMware
3 41 (21.13%) Cisco
4 38 (19.59%) Apple
5 34 (17.53%) Adobe
6 25 (12.89%) Meraki
7 15 (7.73%) Dell
8 12 (6.19%) Citrix
8 12 (6.19%) NetApp
8 12 (6.19%) Palo Alto
9 9 (4.64%) Fortinet
9 9 (4.64%) ServiceNow
10 8 (4.12%) Veeam
11 7 (3.61%) F5
12 6 (3.09%) CheckPoint
12 6 (3.09%) Red Hat
12 6 (3.09%) Zerto
13 5 (2.58%) Globalscape
13 5 (2.58%) Google
13 5 (2.58%) SolidFire