Data Centre Jobs in Birmingham

Data Center
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Data Centre in permanent job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Data Centre over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 54 86
Rank change year-on-year -39 +32 +17
Permanent jobs citing Data Centre 58 81 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.85% 4.51% 3.63%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.09% 12.76% 8.71%
Number of salaries quoted 29 44 68
10th Percentile - £46,250 £42,125
25th Percentile £38,000 £53,438 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £62,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.60% +38.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £64,000 £76,443 £67,500
West Midlands median annual salary £54,500 £52,500 £46,223
% change year-on-year +3.81% +13.58% +0.48%

All Generic Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 952 635 1,309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 30.33% 35.34% 41.65%
Number of salaries quoted 708 455 896
10th Percentile £31,925 £36,750 £34,250
25th Percentile £41,923 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +13.64% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £81,250 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £52,750 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.09% +10.00% +5.26%

Data Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Data Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Data Centre in Birmingham

Data Centre
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Data Centre in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Data Centre in Birmingham

Data Centre
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Data Centre in Birmingham over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Data Centre in Birmingham

Data Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 10 (17.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (6.90%) SharePoint
3 3 (5.17%) Apache
3 3 (5.17%) IIS
3 3 (5.17%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (1.72%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 23 (39.66%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (25.86%) Azure
3 12 (20.69%) Entra ID
4 10 (17.24%) AWS
5 4 (6.90%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (6.90%) Amazon S3
5 4 (6.90%) OneDrive
6 3 (5.17%) DigitalOcean
7 2 (3.45%) GCP
7 2 (3.45%) Kong
8 1 (1.72%) Cloudflare
8 1 (1.72%) IaaS
8 1 (1.72%) PaaS
8 1 (1.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (43.10%) WAN
2 22 (37.93%) SD-WAN
3 13 (22.41%) Cisco Firepower
4 12 (20.69%) DHCP
4 12 (20.69%) DNS
5 10 (17.24%) Firewall
6 8 (13.79%) Unified Communications
7 6 (10.34%) SNMP
8 4 (6.90%) Fibre Channel
8 4 (6.90%) iSCSI
8 4 (6.90%) Network Security
9 3 (5.17%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (5.17%) LAN
9 3 (5.17%) MPLS
9 3 (5.17%) VoIP
9 3 (5.17%) VPN
9 3 (5.17%) Wireless
10 2 (3.45%) FTP
10 2 (3.45%) HTTP
10 2 (3.45%) Telnet
General
1 8 (13.79%) Social Skills
2 4 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (5.17%) Finance
4 2 (3.45%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.72%) Legal
Job Titles
1 24 (41.38%) Senior
2 18 (31.03%) Architect
3 16 (27.59%) Cisco Architect
3 16 (27.59%) Senior Architect
3 16 (27.59%) Senior Cisco Architect
4 11 (18.97%) Cisco Security Architect
4 11 (18.97%) Security Architect
4 11 (18.97%) Senior Security Architect
5 10 (17.24%) Consultant
6 8 (13.79%) Technical Consultant
7 7 (12.07%) Infrastructure Manager
8 5 (8.62%) Cisco Solutions Architect
8 5 (8.62%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 5 (8.62%) Senior Cisco Solutions Architect
8 5 (8.62%) Senior Solutions Architect
8 5 (8.62%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (6.90%) AWS Consultant
9 4 (6.90%) Cloud Consultant
9 4 (6.90%) IT Infrastructure Manager
9 4 (6.90%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) ARM Templates
1 1 (1.72%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (17.24%) Public Cloud
2 9 (15.52%) Private Cloud
3 4 (6.90%) Management Information System
3 4 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.45%) EFT
4 2 (3.45%) Replication
5 1 (1.72%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.72%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 23 (39.66%) Windows
2 12 (20.69%) Windows 10
3 5 (8.62%) Windows Server
4 4 (6.90%) VMS
5 2 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (70.69%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (55.17%) Presales
2 32 (55.17%) Software Licensing
3 20 (34.48%) Time Management
4 16 (27.59%) Customer Engagement
5 11 (18.97%) Analytics
6 9 (15.52%) ITIL
7 8 (13.79%) Migration
8 7 (12.07%) Service Delivery
9 6 (10.34%) DevOps
9 6 (10.34%) Information Security
9 6 (10.34%) Project Delivery
10 5 (8.62%) Identity Access Management
10 5 (8.62%) Infrastructure as Code
10 5 (8.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 5 (8.62%) Network Management
10 5 (8.62%) Project Management
11 4 (6.90%) Computer Science
11 4 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (6.90%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.07%) SQL
2 3 (5.17%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.72%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 31 (53.45%) Degree
2 21 (36.21%) CCNP
2 21 (36.21%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (31.03%) CCNA
4 10 (17.24%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (13.79%) MCP
6 6 (10.34%) Azure Certification
7 5 (8.62%) AWS Certification
8 4 (6.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (6.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (5.17%) SC Cleared
9 3 (5.17%) Security Cleared
10 2 (3.45%) CCDA
10 2 (3.45%) CCIE
10 2 (3.45%) CESG Certified Professional
10 2 (3.45%) Citrix Certification
10 2 (3.45%) MCITP
11 1 (1.72%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.17%) SLA
2 1 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.72%) PMO
System Software
1 26 (44.83%) Active Directory
2 12 (20.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (10.34%) Hyper-V
4 4 (6.90%) pfSense
5 2 (3.45%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (3.45%) vSphere
5 2 (3.45%) XenApp
5 2 (3.45%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 11 (18.97%) Stealthwatch
2 7 (12.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (8.62%) CASB
4 3 (5.17%) SCCM
5 2 (3.45%) FortiGate
5 2 (3.45%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 44 (75.86%) Microsoft
2 32 (55.17%) Adobe
2 32 (55.17%) Apple
3 26 (44.83%) Cisco
4 20 (34.48%) Meraki
5 14 (24.14%) VMware
6 7 (12.07%) Fortinet
7 6 (10.34%) Veeam
7 6 (10.34%) Zerto
8 5 (8.62%) CheckPoint
8 5 (8.62%) Palo Alto
9 4 (6.90%) BroadSoft
9 4 (6.90%) Brocade
9 4 (6.90%) Citrix
9 4 (6.90%) Dell
9 4 (6.90%) Dell Compellent
9 4 (6.90%) F5
9 4 (6.90%) QNAP
9 4 (6.90%) Ubiquiti
10 3 (5.17%) Aruba