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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 42 104
Rank change year-on-year -78 +62 +24
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 236 595 341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.99% 6.47% 3.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.21% 16.95% 7.64%
Number of salaries quoted 181 137 254
10th Percentile £24,000 £33,500 £36,268
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +16.40% +5.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £59,688
90th Percentile £68,750 £78,750 £69,250
England median annual salary £53,000 £57,669 £58,500
% change year-on-year -8.10% -1.42% +1.74%

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 3,803 3,510 4,463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 32.02% 38.19% 40.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,644 1,471 2,733
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 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +6.50% +9.29%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £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 14 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 14 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 -86 121 £54,000 +2.86% 26
East Midlands -54 113 £42,500 -22.73% 23
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 21 (8.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (6.36%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.39%) Apache
4 5 (2.12%) Confluence
5 4 (1.69%) IIS
6 3 (1.27%) nginx
Applications
1 24 (10.17%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.39%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (2.12%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 99 (41.95%) Microsoft 365
2 70 (29.66%) Azure
3 38 (16.10%) AWS
4 31 (13.14%) Entra ID
5 10 (4.24%) SaaS
6 9 (3.81%) Amazon S3
6 9 (3.81%) Power Platform
7 6 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (2.54%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (1.69%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.27%) DigitalOcean
9 3 (1.27%) GCP
10 2 (0.85%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.85%) IaaS
10 2 (0.85%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.85%) PaaS
10 2 (0.85%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.42%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.42%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 45 (19.07%) Firewall
2 31 (13.14%) WAN
3 27 (11.44%) DNS
4 26 (11.02%) SD-WAN
5 25 (10.59%) DHCP
6 22 (9.32%) Wi-Fi
7 20 (8.47%) LAN
8 16 (6.78%) SNMP
9 14 (5.93%) VPN
10 11 (4.66%) MPLS
10 11 (4.66%) Wireless
11 9 (3.81%) Internet
11 9 (3.81%) SAN
11 9 (3.81%) TCP/IP
12 8 (3.39%) Cisco Firepower
12 8 (3.39%) IPsec
12 8 (3.39%) Unified Communications
13 7 (2.97%) Network Security
13 7 (2.97%) SSH
13 7 (2.97%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (2.12%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (2.12%) MongoDB
3 4 (1.69%) MySQL
3 4 (1.69%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.27%) Power BI
5 1 (0.42%) Big Data
5 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 8 (3.39%) JIRA
2 6 (2.54%) Git
3 2 (0.85%) GitLab
4 1 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 41 (17.37%) Finance
2 33 (13.98%) Social Skills
3 17 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (6.78%) Retail
5 14 (5.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (5.93%) Manufacturing
6 7 (2.97%) Automotive
6 7 (2.97%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.54%) Local Government
7 6 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (2.12%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.85%) Law
9 2 (0.85%) Legal
9 2 (0.85%) 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 (18.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 37 (15.68%) Senior
3 30 (12.71%) Consultant
4 27 (11.44%) IT Engineer
5 19 (8.05%) 1st Line Support
5 19 (8.05%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (7.20%) Architect
7 15 (6.36%) Infrastructure Manager
7 15 (6.36%) IT Support
8 14 (5.93%) Systems Engineer
9 12 (5.08%) Cisco Architect
9 12 (5.08%) Senior Architect
9 12 (5.08%) Senior Cisco Architect
10 11 (4.66%) Network Consultant
11 10 (4.24%) Administrator
11 10 (4.24%) IT Manager
11 10 (4.24%) Lead
11 10 (4.24%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (4.24%) Support Engineer
12 8 (3.39%) Infrastructure Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.12%) RabbitMQ
1 5 (2.12%) YAML
2 3 (1.27%) LDAP
3 2 (0.85%) .NET
3 2 (0.85%) SAML
3 2 (0.85%) ServiceStack
3 2 (0.85%) Web Services
4 1 (0.42%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.36%) Management Information System
2 13 (5.51%) Public Cloud
2 13 (5.51%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (4.66%) Private Cloud
4 7 (2.97%) CMDB
4 7 (2.97%) Driving Licence
4 7 (2.97%) EFT
4 7 (2.97%) Operational Technology
4 7 (2.97%) Security Operations Centre
5 6 (2.54%) CCTV
5 6 (2.54%) PKI
6 5 (2.12%) Enterprise Storage
6 5 (2.12%) PMI
7 3 (1.27%) Clustering
7 3 (1.27%) IBM Mainframe
7 3 (1.27%) Mainframe
8 2 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.85%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 101 (42.80%) Windows
2 43 (18.22%) Windows Server
3 25 (10.59%) Linux
4 14 (5.93%) Windows 10
5 6 (2.54%) VMS
6 5 (2.12%) Data ONTAP
7 4 (1.69%) Android
8 3 (1.27%) Unix
8 3 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.27%) zOS
9 2 (0.85%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.85%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.42%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (37.29%) Cybersecurity
2 49 (20.76%) ITIL
3 46 (19.49%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 38 (16.10%) Project Management
5 31 (13.14%) Presales
6 28 (11.86%) Software Licensing
7 27 (11.44%) Mentoring
8 26 (11.02%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (10.59%) Service Management
10 22 (9.32%) Information Security
11 21 (8.90%) Customer Service
11 21 (8.90%) Time Management
12 20 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (8.47%) ITSM
12 20 (8.47%) Project Delivery
12 20 (8.47%) Roadmaps
13 19 (8.05%) DevOps
14 18 (7.63%) Change Management
14 18 (7.63%) Migration
15 16 (6.78%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 26 (11.02%) SQL
2 22 (9.32%) PowerShell
3 16 (6.78%) Python
4 8 (3.39%) Bash
5 3 (1.27%) C
6 2 (0.85%) C#
6 2 (0.85%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.42%) Bicep
7 1 (0.42%) Java
7 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 64 (27.12%) Degree
2 31 (13.14%) Cisco Certification
3 28 (11.86%) CCNA
4 24 (10.17%) CCNP
5 21 (8.90%) MCP
5 21 (8.90%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (5.51%) DBS Check
7 11 (4.66%) Security Cleared
8 10 (4.24%) MCSE
8 10 (4.24%) SC Cleared
9 9 (3.81%) Azure Certification
9 9 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (2.97%) AWS Certification
11 5 (2.12%) CCIE
11 5 (2.12%) CISSP
11 5 (2.12%) PMI Certification
11 5 (2.12%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (1.69%) CISM
12 4 (1.69%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (4.24%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (3.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 8 (3.39%) PMO
3 8 (3.39%) QA
4 7 (2.97%) SLA
5 6 (2.54%) NIST
5 6 (2.54%) SOC 2
6 5 (2.12%) GDPR
7 3 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 2 (0.85%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.85%) ISO 31000
8 2 (0.85%) NCSC
8 2 (0.85%) 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 61 (25.85%) Active Directory
2 50 (21.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (8.05%) Hyper-V
4 16 (6.78%) Docker
5 7 (2.97%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (2.54%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.69%) pfSense
7 4 (1.69%) vSphere
8 2 (0.85%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.85%) XenApp
8 2 (0.85%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 17 (7.20%) Kubernetes
2 16 (6.78%) SCCM
3 12 (5.08%) vCenter Server
4 11 (4.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (4.66%) Terraform
5 10 (4.24%) Ansible
6 7 (2.97%) Stealthwatch
7 5 (2.12%) CASB
7 5 (2.12%) Prometheus
7 5 (2.12%) WSUS
8 4 (1.69%) Docker Swarm
8 4 (1.69%) Nagios
9 3 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.27%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.85%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.85%) SCOM
11 1 (0.42%) Check_MK
11 1 (0.42%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.42%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 105 (44.49%) Microsoft
2 65 (27.54%) VMware
3 47 (19.92%) Cisco
4 32 (13.56%) Apple
5 28 (11.86%) Adobe
6 18 (7.63%) ServiceNow
7 17 (7.20%) Meraki
8 12 (5.08%) Citrix
9 9 (3.81%) Palo Alto
10 7 (2.97%) Dell
10 7 (2.97%) F5
10 7 (2.97%) Globalscape
11 6 (2.54%) NetApp
11 6 (2.54%) Veeam
12 5 (2.12%) Fortinet
12 5 (2.12%) Juniper
12 5 (2.12%) Red Hat
12 5 (2.12%) SolidFire
12 5 (2.12%) Zerto
13 4 (1.69%) Ubiquiti