Data Centre Job Trends 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 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 153 144
Rank change year-on-year +21 -9 -101
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 69 25 126
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.88% 0.81% 1.54%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.85% 1.94% 4.83%
Number of salaries quoted 31 11 88
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £39,875 £42,139
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,688 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -0.58% +2.86%
75th Percentile £82,500 £69,375 £66,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £71,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £58,200 £53,000
% change year-on-year +11.68% +9.81% -11.67%

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 1,791 1,290 2,608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 22.84% 41.91% 31.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,038 675 1,689
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,925 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -15.38%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Data Centre relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Data Centre job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Data Centre
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Data Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Data Centre

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

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 7 June 2026. 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 +18 32 £90,000 -5.26% 10
Warwickshire -4 14 £24,500 -2.00% 3
Staffordshire -7 8 £48,344 -9.95% 1
Coventry -16 5 £46,550 - 1
Shropshire - 5 - - 1
Worcestershire -22 3 £25,000 -68.75% 6
Herefordshire - 1 £67,500 - 2
Data Centre
England

Data Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (14.49%) Serverless
2 9 (13.04%) Azure
3 5 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.35%) AWS
5 2 (2.90%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.90%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.45%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 17 (24.64%) Firewall
2 15 (21.74%) WAN
3 13 (18.84%) LAN
4 5 (7.25%) DHCP
4 5 (7.25%) DNS
5 4 (5.80%) FTP
6 3 (4.35%) Network Security
6 3 (4.35%) SD-WAN
6 3 (4.35%) TCP/IP
6 3 (4.35%) VLAN
6 3 (4.35%) VPN
7 2 (2.90%) SAN
7 2 (2.90%) SNMP
7 2 (2.90%) Wireless
8 1 (1.45%) HTTP
8 1 (1.45%) SMTP
8 1 (1.45%) SSH
8 1 (1.45%) SSL
8 1 (1.45%) Telnet
8 1 (1.45%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (14.49%) Snyk
General
1 14 (20.29%) Social Skills
2 12 (17.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (11.59%) Finance
4 6 (8.70%) Manufacturing
5 5 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (4.35%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.35%) Retail
7 1 (1.45%) Games
Job Titles
1 16 (23.19%) Senior
2 14 (20.29%) Data Centre Manager
3 12 (17.39%) Support Engineer
3 12 (17.39%) Technical Engineer
3 12 (17.39%) Technical Support
3 12 (17.39%) Technical Support Engineer
4 11 (15.94%) Architect
4 11 (15.94%) Senior Architect
5 10 (14.49%) Cloud Architect
5 10 (14.49%) Cloud Security Architect
5 10 (14.49%) Security Architect
5 10 (14.49%) Senior Cloud Architect
5 10 (14.49%) Senior Security Architect
6 7 (10.14%) Development Manager
6 7 (10.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (8.70%) Business Development Manager
7 6 (8.70%) Business Manager
7 6 (8.70%) Network Manager
8 5 (7.25%) Network Operations Manager
8 5 (7.25%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.25%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (2.90%) Enterprise Storage
2 2 (2.90%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.45%) Private Cloud
3 1 (1.45%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.45%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 24 (34.78%) Windows
2 6 (8.70%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.35%) Windows 10
3 3 (4.35%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.45%) Linux
4 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (31.88%) Continuous Improvement
2 15 (21.74%) Proactive Monitoring
3 13 (18.84%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (17.39%) SIEM
5 11 (15.94%) AI
5 11 (15.94%) CI/CD
5 11 (15.94%) Validation
6 10 (14.49%) Application Security
6 10 (14.49%) Cloud Security
6 10 (14.49%) DevSecOps
6 10 (14.49%) IT Strategy
6 10 (14.49%) ITIL
6 10 (14.49%) Roadmaps
6 10 (14.49%) SDLC
6 10 (14.49%) Security Architecture
6 10 (14.49%) Security Testing
6 10 (14.49%) Technology Strategy
6 10 (14.49%) Threat Modelling
7 9 (13.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 9 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.80%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (24.64%) Degree
2 6 (8.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (4.35%) MCSA
3 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 2 (2.90%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.45%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.45%) CCNA
5 1 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.45%) MCSE
5 1 (1.45%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (17.39%) SLA
2 10 (14.49%) GRC
3 2 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.45%) ISO 14001
4 1 (1.45%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 15 (21.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (14.49%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (10.14%) Active Directory
4 3 (4.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (4.35%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (2.90%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.45%) Firmware
6 1 (1.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (2.90%) Terraform
2 1 (1.45%) Ansible
2 1 (1.45%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (23.19%) Microsoft
2 15 (21.74%) Cisco
2 15 (21.74%) Dell
2 15 (21.74%) VMware
3 12 (17.39%) Juniper
3 12 (17.39%) McAfee
4 10 (14.49%) CrowdStrike
4 10 (14.49%) Palo Alto
4 10 (14.49%) Tenable
5 6 (8.70%) Citrix
6 3 (4.35%) ServiceNow
7 2 (2.90%) Fortinet
7 2 (2.90%) Isilon
7 2 (2.90%) Meraki
8 1 (1.45%) NetApp
8 1 (1.45%) Nimble Storage