Data Centre Jobs in the West Midlands

Data Center
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in the West 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 118 22 120
Rank change year-on-year -96 +98 -6
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 118 408 244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.69% 8.04% 2.79%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.50% 21.50% 6.99%
Number of salaries quoted 78 149 170
10th Percentile £38,000 £31,250 £34,950
25th Percentile £50,000 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £49,565 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.01% +6.59% -7.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,750 £97,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +7.23%

All Generic Skills
West 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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,145 1,898 3,490
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 30.66% 37.39% 39.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,212 1,024 2,081
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,500
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in the West Midlands

Data Centre
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Data Centre in the West Midlands

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Data Centre in the West Midlands

Data Centre
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 within the West 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
Birmingham -38 58 £57,500 -4.17% 3
Warwickshire -13 15 £70,000 -20.00% 6
Staffordshire -55 15 £63,750 +58.19% 3
Coventry -16 6 £63,750 +34.21% 2
Solihull -18 4 £55,650 +22.31% 1
Wolverhampton -22 2 £86,000 +81.05% 1
Worcestershire -25 1 £105,000 +140.00%
Shropshire -26 1 £43,072 -4.28%
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
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 16 (13.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (11.02%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.85%) Apache
3 1 (0.85%) IIS
3 1 (0.85%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.69%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 44 (37.29%) Microsoft 365
2 37 (31.36%) Azure
3 16 (13.56%) Entra ID
4 12 (10.17%) AWS
5 9 (7.63%) Power Platform
6 5 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (4.24%) OneDrive
6 5 (4.24%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.69%) GCP
7 2 (1.69%) Kong
8 1 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.85%) Cloudflare
8 1 (0.85%) DigitalOcean
8 1 (0.85%) IaaS
8 1 (0.85%) PaaS
8 1 (0.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (27.12%) WAN
2 23 (19.49%) SD-WAN
3 17 (14.41%) DHCP
3 17 (14.41%) DNS
3 17 (14.41%) Firewall
4 15 (12.71%) Cisco Firepower
5 9 (7.63%) LAN
5 9 (7.63%) SNMP
6 8 (6.78%) VPN
7 7 (5.93%) MPLS
7 7 (5.93%) Network Security
8 6 (5.08%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (4.24%) FTP
9 5 (4.24%) HTTP
9 5 (4.24%) SAN
9 5 (4.24%) SSH
9 5 (4.24%) SSL
9 5 (4.24%) TCP/IP
9 5 (4.24%) Telnet
9 5 (4.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.39%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.54%) Power BI
3 2 (1.69%) MySQL
General
1 28 (23.73%) Social Skills
2 20 (16.95%) Finance
3 13 (11.02%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.93%) Retail
5 5 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.69%) Automotive
6 2 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.69%) Legal
6 2 (1.69%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.85%) Law
7 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.85%) Marketing
7 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (25.42%) Senior
2 26 (22.03%) Architect
3 18 (15.25%) Senior Architect
4 17 (14.41%) Cisco Architect
4 17 (14.41%) Senior Cisco Architect
5 13 (11.02%) Security Architect
5 13 (11.02%) Senior Security Architect
6 12 (10.17%) Cisco Security Architect
6 12 (10.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 12 (10.17%) Infrastructure Manager
7 7 (5.93%) Consultant
7 7 (5.93%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 7 (5.93%) IT Manager
8 6 (5.08%) Administrator
8 6 (5.08%) IT Infrastructure Manager
8 6 (5.08%) Lead
8 6 (5.08%) Network Engineer
9 5 (4.24%) Configuration Manager
9 5 (4.24%) Developer
9 5 (4.24%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.85%) ARM Templates
1 1 (0.85%) LDAP
1 1 (0.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.32%) Private Cloud
2 8 (6.78%) CMDB
3 7 (5.93%) Public Cloud
4 6 (5.08%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.24%) EFT
5 5 (4.24%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.69%) Clustering
6 2 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.69%) EPoS
6 2 (1.69%) IBM Mainframe
6 2 (1.69%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.69%) Replication
6 2 (1.69%) SCADA
7 1 (0.85%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.85%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 37 (31.36%) Windows
2 14 (11.86%) Windows 10
2 14 (11.86%) Windows Server
3 11 (9.32%) Linux
4 4 (3.39%) VMS
4 4 (3.39%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.69%) Android
5 2 (1.69%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.69%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (44.07%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (28.81%) Presales
2 34 (28.81%) Software Licensing
3 29 (24.58%) ITIL
3 29 (24.58%) Time Management
4 17 (14.41%) Customer Engagement
5 15 (12.71%) Analytics
6 13 (11.02%) Project Delivery
7 12 (10.17%) Information Security
8 11 (9.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 11 (9.32%) Line Management
8 11 (9.32%) Project Management
8 11 (9.32%) Service Management
9 10 (8.47%) Disaster Recovery
9 10 (8.47%) Problem Management
10 9 (7.63%) Migration
10 9 (7.63%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (7.63%) Risk Management
11 8 (6.78%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (6.78%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 18 (15.25%) PowerShell
2 13 (11.02%) SQL
3 5 (4.24%) Bash
3 5 (4.24%) Python
4 2 (1.69%) C
5 1 (0.85%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 43 (36.44%) Degree
2 30 (25.42%) Cisco Certification
3 26 (22.03%) CCNA
3 26 (22.03%) CCNP
4 15 (12.71%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (9.32%) Security Cleared
6 10 (8.47%) Azure Certification
6 10 (8.47%) SC Cleared
7 8 (6.78%) MCP
8 6 (5.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 5 (4.24%) CCIE
10 4 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (3.39%) MCSE
11 3 (2.54%) CCDA
11 3 (2.54%) CESG Certified Professional
11 3 (2.54%) CISM
11 3 (2.54%) CISSP
11 3 (2.54%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (1.69%) Citrix Certification
12 2 (1.69%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (4.24%) NIST
1 5 (4.24%) SLA
2 2 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (1.69%) GDPR
2 2 (1.69%) ISO 22301
2 2 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 2 (1.69%) NCSC
2 2 (1.69%) QA
3 1 (0.85%) ISO 31000
3 1 (0.85%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.85%) NIST 800
3 1 (0.85%) PMO
System Software
1 34 (28.81%) Active Directory
2 22 (18.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (10.17%) Hyper-V
4 7 (5.93%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (4.24%) Docker
6 4 (3.39%) pfSense
6 4 (3.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.69%) VMware NSX
7 2 (1.69%) vSphere
7 2 (1.69%) XenApp
7 2 (1.69%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 12 (10.17%) Stealthwatch
2 8 (6.78%) SCCM
3 7 (5.93%) vCenter Server
4 6 (5.08%) Kubernetes
4 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (5.08%) Terraform
5 5 (4.24%) CASB
5 5 (4.24%) FortiGate
6 3 (2.54%) Nagios
7 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (1.69%) SCOM
7 2 (1.69%) VxRail
7 2 (1.69%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.85%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 67 (56.78%) Microsoft
2 36 (30.51%) Apple
2 36 (30.51%) Cisco
3 34 (28.81%) Adobe
4 28 (23.73%) VMware
5 22 (18.64%) Meraki
6 14 (11.86%) Dell
7 11 (9.32%) Citrix
8 9 (7.63%) Fortinet
9 8 (6.78%) Veeam
10 7 (5.93%) F5
10 7 (5.93%) ServiceNow
11 6 (5.08%) CheckPoint
11 6 (5.08%) NetApp
11 6 (5.08%) Palo Alto
11 6 (5.08%) Zerto
12 5 (4.24%) Globalscape
12 5 (4.24%) Juniper
13 4 (3.39%) Dell Compellent
13 4 (3.39%) EMC