Network Security Jobs in the West Midlands

Network Security
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Network Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Network Security over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 64 212
Rank change year-on-year -73 +148 -35
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 139 270 83
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.65% 4.67% 1.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.30% 24.91% 7.66%
Number of salaries quoted 61 84 65
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,625 £38,200
25th Percentile £37,000 £41,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,475 £59,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.92% -9.23% +8.79%
75th Percentile £63,750 £64,313 £76,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £84,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

Network Security is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,045 1,084 1,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.37% 18.74% 13.94%
Number of salaries quoted 777 510 700
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £34,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% +3.26%
75th Percentile £56,950 £63,750 £60,156
90th Percentile £68,300 £73,075 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the West Midlands

Network Security
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Network Security in the West Midlands

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in the West Midlands

Network Security
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 Network Security within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 June 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 -19 59 £50,000 -20.00% 12
Worcestershire -11 18 £100,000 +264.15% 2
Warwickshire -2 14 - - 1
Staffordshire -56 12 £39,000 -9.83% 3
Sutton Coldfield - 7 - -
Solihull +2 5 £66,250 +31.84% 1
Shropshire -8 4 £39,750 -50.31%
Walsall -4 2 - -
Stourbridge -2 1 - -
Coventry -3 1 - - 1
Dudley -10 1 - -
Wolverhampton -14 1 - -
Bilston - 1 - -
Tipton - 1 - -
Wednesbury - 1 - -
West Bromwich - 1 - -
Willenhall - 1 - -
Halesowen - 1 - -
Kingswinford - 1 - -
Rowley Regis - 1 - -
Smethwick - 1 - -
Brierley Hill - 1 - -
Network Security
England

Network Security
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 7 (5.04%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.44%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 8 (5.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.88%) Sage 200
2 3 (2.16%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (2.16%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (2.16%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 2 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.44%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (1.44%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 31 (22.30%) Azure
2 19 (13.67%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (3.60%) AWS
3 5 (3.60%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.16%) OCI
5 2 (1.44%) SaaS
6 1 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (0.72%) Cloudflare
6 1 (0.72%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 55 (39.57%) Internet
1 55 (39.57%) WLAN
2 52 (37.41%) Firewall
3 22 (15.83%) VPN
4 21 (15.11%) WAN
5 19 (13.67%) LAN
6 16 (11.51%) VLAN
7 14 (10.07%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (9.35%) MPLS
9 9 (6.47%) BGP
9 9 (6.47%) DNS
9 9 (6.47%) OSPF
10 7 (5.04%) SD-WAN
10 7 (5.04%) Wireless
11 6 (4.32%) IPsec
11 6 (4.32%) TCP/IP
12 5 (3.60%) DHCP
12 5 (3.60%) VoIP
13 4 (2.88%) SAN
14 3 (2.16%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.44%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 2 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (1.44%) SQL Server
1 2 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 13 (9.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 11 (7.91%) Social Skills
3 10 (7.19%) Telecoms
4 7 (5.04%) Finance
5 5 (3.60%) Legal
5 5 (3.60%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.60%) Police
5 5 (3.60%) Public Sector
6 4 (2.88%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.88%) Law
6 4 (2.88%) Retail
7 3 (2.16%) Banking
7 3 (2.16%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 56 (40.29%) IT Engineer
1 56 (40.29%) IT Support
2 50 (35.97%) IT Support Engineer
2 50 (35.97%) Support Engineer
3 28 (20.14%) Network Engineer
4 14 (10.07%) IT Manager
4 14 (10.07%) Senior
5 12 (8.63%) Analyst
6 9 (6.47%) IT Analyst
6 9 (6.47%) Senior Network Engineer
7 6 (4.32%) IT Support Analyst
7 6 (4.32%) Junior
7 6 (4.32%) Junior Analyst
7 6 (4.32%) Support Analyst
8 5 (3.60%) C++ Developer
8 5 (3.60%) Consultant
8 5 (3.60%) Developer
8 5 (3.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (3.60%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (3.60%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.16%) EDI
1 3 (2.16%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 54 (38.85%) Driving Licence
2 50 (35.97%) Onboarding
3 8 (5.76%) Management Information System
4 7 (5.04%) CCTV
4 7 (5.04%) Data Centre
5 6 (4.32%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (3.60%) EPoS
7 4 (2.88%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (2.88%) FMCG
8 3 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.16%) iPad
8 3 (2.16%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (2.16%) Media Streaming
8 3 (2.16%) PKI
8 3 (2.16%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.44%) Private Cloud
9 2 (1.44%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.72%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 1 (0.72%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 71 (51.08%) Windows
2 56 (40.29%) Linux
3 13 (9.35%) Windows Server
4 7 (5.04%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (3.60%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.88%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (2.16%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (1.44%) Android
8 2 (1.44%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (54.68%) ITIL
2 61 (43.88%) Problem-Solving
3 59 (42.45%) Computer Science
4 53 (38.13%) Asset Management
4 53 (38.13%) Mentoring
5 51 (36.69%) IT Asset Management
5 51 (36.69%) Network Management
6 18 (12.95%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (10.79%) Agile
8 10 (7.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (7.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 9 (6.47%) ERP
9 9 (6.47%) Security Operations
9 9 (6.47%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
9 9 (6.47%) Vulnerability Management
10 8 (5.76%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (5.04%) Incident Response
11 7 (5.04%) IT Strategy
11 7 (5.04%) Roadmaps
11 7 (5.04%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.60%) C++
1 5 (3.60%) Go
1 5 (3.60%) Rust
2 4 (2.88%) SQL
3 1 (0.72%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.72%) Python
Qualifications
1 67 (48.20%) Degree
2 65 (46.76%) Cisco Certification
3 62 (44.60%) CCNA
4 61 (43.88%) CCNP
5 58 (41.73%) Microsoft Certification
6 56 (40.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 55 (39.57%) MCP
7 55 (39.57%) MCSE
8 50 (35.97%) LPIC
9 14 (10.07%) Security Cleared
10 10 (7.19%) SC Cleared
11 6 (4.32%) Azure Certification
11 6 (4.32%) CCIE
12 5 (3.60%) DV Cleared
12 5 (3.60%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (2.88%) DBS Check
13 4 (2.88%) JNCIA
14 3 (2.16%) Oracle Certification
15 2 (1.44%) A+ Certification
15 2 (1.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.32%) SLA
2 1 (0.72%) ISO 22301
2 1 (0.72%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.72%) NCSC
2 1 (0.72%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (12.95%) Active Directory
2 13 (9.35%) Hyper-V
3 11 (7.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.72%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.72%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (3.60%) FortiGate
2 4 (2.88%) Terraform
3 1 (0.72%) Ansible
3 1 (0.72%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 96 (69.06%) Cisco
2 80 (57.55%) Microsoft
3 13 (9.35%) VMware
4 10 (7.19%) Meraki
5 9 (6.47%) Juniper
6 8 (5.76%) Aruba
6 8 (5.76%) Ericsson
7 7 (5.04%) Fortinet
7 7 (5.04%) Sage
8 5 (3.60%) CheckPoint
8 5 (3.60%) Nokia
8 5 (3.60%) Palo Alto
9 4 (2.88%) Avaya
9 4 (2.88%) WatchGuard
10 3 (2.16%) Hyperion
10 3 (2.16%) JD Edwards
10 3 (2.16%) Oracle
10 3 (2.16%) PeopleSoft
10 3 (2.16%) Sophos
10 3 (2.16%) ZyXEL