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 advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Data Centre over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 44 108
Rank change year-on-year -80 +64 +23
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 238 592 338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.00% 6.39% 3.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.23% 16.74% 7.63%
Number of salaries quoted 183 136 250
10th Percentile £24,000 £33,125 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £46,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +17.65% +3.89%
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £59,688
90th Percentile £68,750 £80,625 £67,625
England median annual salary £54,000 £57,544 £58,000
% change year-on-year -6.16% -0.79% +0.87%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

Data Centre is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,820 3,536 4,429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.17% 38.17% 40.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,664 1,474 2,702
10th Percentile £25,750 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,250 £37,286
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,250 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +8.67% +8.89%
75th Percentile £61,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,175 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +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 9 May 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 9 May 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 -83 124 £54,000 -1.82% 23
East Midlands -55 112 £42,500 -22.73% 16
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 23 (9.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (6.30%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.36%) Apache
4 5 (2.10%) Confluence
5 4 (1.68%) IIS
6 3 (1.26%) nginx
Applications
1 24 (10.08%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.36%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (2.10%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.84%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.84%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 101 (42.44%) Microsoft 365
2 71 (29.83%) Azure
3 38 (15.97%) AWS
4 32 (13.45%) Entra ID
5 10 (4.20%) SaaS
6 9 (3.78%) Amazon S3
6 9 (3.78%) Power Platform
7 6 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.52%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.68%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (1.68%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.26%) DigitalOcean
9 3 (1.26%) GCP
10 2 (0.84%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.84%) IaaS
10 2 (0.84%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.84%) PaaS
10 2 (0.84%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.42%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.42%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 44 (18.49%) Firewall
2 31 (13.03%) WAN
3 28 (11.76%) DNS
4 26 (10.92%) DHCP
4 26 (10.92%) SD-WAN
5 22 (9.24%) Wi-Fi
6 20 (8.40%) LAN
7 17 (7.14%) SNMP
8 14 (5.88%) VPN
9 11 (4.62%) MPLS
9 11 (4.62%) Wireless
10 10 (4.20%) SAN
10 10 (4.20%) TCP/IP
11 9 (3.78%) Internet
12 8 (3.36%) FTP
12 8 (3.36%) HTTP
12 8 (3.36%) IPsec
12 8 (3.36%) SMTP
12 8 (3.36%) SSL
12 8 (3.36%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (2.10%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (2.10%) MongoDB
3 4 (1.68%) MySQL
3 4 (1.68%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.26%) Power BI
5 1 (0.42%) Big Data
5 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 8 (3.36%) JIRA
2 5 (2.10%) Git
3 2 (0.84%) GitLab
4 1 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 42 (17.65%) Finance
2 33 (13.87%) Social Skills
3 17 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (7.14%) Retail
4 15 (6.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (5.88%) Manufacturing
6 7 (2.94%) Automotive
6 7 (2.94%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.52%) Local Government
7 6 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.10%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.84%) Law
9 2 (0.84%) Legal
9 2 (0.84%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.42%) Advertising
10 1 (0.42%) Banking
10 1 (0.42%) Electronics
10 1 (0.42%) Games
10 1 (0.42%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 44 (18.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 37 (15.55%) Senior
3 30 (12.61%) Consultant
4 28 (11.76%) IT Engineer
5 19 (7.98%) 1st Line Support
5 19 (7.98%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (7.14%) Architect
7 16 (6.72%) Infrastructure Manager
8 15 (6.30%) IT Support
9 14 (5.88%) Systems Engineer
10 12 (5.04%) Cisco Architect
10 12 (5.04%) Senior Architect
10 12 (5.04%) Senior Cisco Architect
11 11 (4.62%) IT Manager
11 11 (4.62%) Network Consultant
12 10 (4.20%) Administrator
12 10 (4.20%) Lead
12 10 (4.20%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (4.20%) Support Engineer
13 8 (3.36%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.10%) RabbitMQ
1 5 (2.10%) YAML
2 3 (1.26%) LDAP
3 2 (0.84%) .NET
3 2 (0.84%) SAML
3 2 (0.84%) ServiceStack
3 2 (0.84%) Web Services
4 1 (0.42%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.30%) Management Information System
2 13 (5.46%) Public Cloud
2 13 (5.46%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (4.62%) Private Cloud
4 8 (3.36%) EFT
5 7 (2.94%) CMDB
5 7 (2.94%) Driving Licence
5 7 (2.94%) Operational Technology
5 7 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (2.52%) CCTV
6 6 (2.52%) PKI
7 5 (2.10%) Enterprise Storage
7 5 (2.10%) PMI
8 4 (1.68%) Clustering
9 3 (1.26%) IBM Mainframe
9 3 (1.26%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.84%) Digital Media
10 2 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.84%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 103 (43.28%) Windows
2 45 (18.91%) Windows Server
3 24 (10.08%) Linux
4 14 (5.88%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.52%) VMS
6 5 (2.10%) Data ONTAP
7 4 (1.68%) Android
7 4 (1.68%) Unix
8 3 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (1.26%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.26%) zOS
9 2 (0.84%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.84%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.42%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (36.97%) Cybersecurity
2 51 (21.43%) ITIL
3 46 (19.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 39 (16.39%) Project Management
5 31 (13.03%) Presales
6 28 (11.76%) Software Licensing
7 27 (11.34%) Mentoring
8 26 (10.92%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (10.50%) Service Management
10 22 (9.24%) Information Security
11 21 (8.82%) Customer Service
11 21 (8.82%) Time Management
12 20 (8.40%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (8.40%) ITSM
12 20 (8.40%) Project Delivery
12 20 (8.40%) Roadmaps
13 18 (7.56%) Change Management
13 18 (7.56%) DevOps
13 18 (7.56%) Migration
14 16 (6.72%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 27 (11.34%) SQL
2 23 (9.66%) PowerShell
3 16 (6.72%) Python
4 8 (3.36%) Bash
5 3 (1.26%) C
6 2 (0.84%) C#
6 2 (0.84%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.42%) Bicep
7 1 (0.42%) Java
7 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 65 (27.31%) Degree
2 31 (13.03%) Cisco Certification
3 28 (11.76%) CCNA
4 24 (10.08%) CCNP
5 22 (9.24%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (8.82%) MCP
7 13 (5.46%) DBS Check
8 11 (4.62%) MCSE
8 11 (4.62%) Security Cleared
9 10 (4.20%) SC Cleared
10 9 (3.78%) Azure Certification
10 9 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (2.94%) AWS Certification
12 6 (2.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (2.10%) CCIE
13 5 (2.10%) CISSP
13 5 (2.10%) MCSA
13 5 (2.10%) PMI Certification
14 4 (1.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (1.68%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (4.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 8 (3.36%) PMO
4 7 (2.94%) QA
4 7 (2.94%) SLA
5 6 (2.52%) NIST
5 6 (2.52%) SOC 2
6 5 (2.10%) GDPR
7 3 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 2 (0.84%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.84%) ISO 31000
8 2 (0.84%) NCSC
8 2 (0.84%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.42%) COBIT
9 1 (0.42%) GRC
9 1 (0.42%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 63 (26.47%) Active Directory
2 51 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (7.98%) Hyper-V
4 15 (6.30%) Docker
5 8 (3.36%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.68%) pfSense
7 4 (1.68%) vSphere
8 2 (0.84%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.84%) XenApp
8 2 (0.84%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 18 (7.56%) SCCM
2 16 (6.72%) Kubernetes
3 13 (5.46%) vCenter Server
4 11 (4.62%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (4.20%) Ansible
5 10 (4.20%) Terraform
6 7 (2.94%) Stealthwatch
7 5 (2.10%) CASB
7 5 (2.10%) Prometheus
7 5 (2.10%) WSUS
8 4 (1.68%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (1.68%) Nagios
9 3 (1.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.26%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (1.26%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.26%) SCOM
10 1 (0.42%) Check_MK
10 1 (0.42%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.42%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 107 (44.96%) Microsoft
2 67 (28.15%) VMware
3 47 (19.75%) Cisco
4 32 (13.45%) Apple
5 28 (11.76%) Adobe
6 18 (7.56%) ServiceNow
7 17 (7.14%) Meraki
8 13 (5.46%) Citrix
9 9 (3.78%) Palo Alto
10 8 (3.36%) Globalscape
11 7 (2.94%) Dell
11 7 (2.94%) F5
12 6 (2.52%) NetApp
12 6 (2.52%) Veeam
13 5 (2.10%) Fortinet
13 5 (2.10%) Juniper
13 5 (2.10%) Red Hat
13 5 (2.10%) SolidFire
13 5 (2.10%) Zerto
14 4 (1.68%) Google