Data Centre Operations Jobs in the West Midlands

Data Center Operations
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Data Centre Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre Operations over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 192 253 258
Rank change year-on-year +61 +5 +30
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre Operations 1 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.024% 0.051% 0.049%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% 0.063% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £38,750 £56,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.57% +27.78% +12.50%
75th Percentile £42,250 £58,750 £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +21.74% +27.78% +5.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Data Centre Operations falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,747 6,332 5,932
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.17% 81.48% 96.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,523 4,654 3,182
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,605
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Data Centre Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre Operations in the West Midlands

Data Centre Operations
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Data Centre Operations in the West Midlands

Data Centre Operations
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Data Centre Operations within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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
Staffordshire - 1 £40,500 - 1
Data Centre Operations
England

Data Centre Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Environments
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Nimble Storage
1 1 (100.00%) VMware