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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 174 68 215
Rank change year-on-year -106 +147 -40
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 82 265 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.02% 4.56% 1.05%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.29% 24.54% 7.44%
Number of salaries quoted 56 79 62
10th Percentile £30,700 £37,250 £38,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £41,625 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,351 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.08% -7.69% +14.04%
75th Percentile £63,750 £72,500 £76,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,750 £84,875
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 989 1,080 1,075
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.29% 18.57% 14.07%
Number of salaries quoted 791 504 702
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £26,775
25th Percentile £31,125 £32,000 £34,963
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -4.26% +2.17%
75th Percentile £56,250 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £73,751 £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 3 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 3 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 -26 52 £50,000 -22.67% 13
Staffordshire -50 9 £39,000 -9.83% 2
Worcestershire -17 7 £40,000 +45.66% 4
Sutton Coldfield - 6 - -
Solihull -2 4 £66,250 +31.84% 1
Shropshire -8 4 £39,750 -50.31%
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 (8.54%) SharePoint
2 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.44%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 7 (8.54%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (4.88%) Sage 200
2 2 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.44%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (2.44%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (2.44%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (2.44%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 2 (2.44%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 31 (37.80%) Azure
2 19 (23.17%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (6.10%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.66%) AWS
5 2 (2.44%) OCI
5 2 (2.44%) SaaS
6 1 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.22%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 49 (59.76%) Firewall
2 20 (24.39%) VPN
3 19 (23.17%) WAN
4 17 (20.73%) LAN
5 15 (18.29%) VLAN
6 14 (17.07%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (14.63%) MPLS
8 9 (10.98%) BGP
8 9 (10.98%) DNS
8 9 (10.98%) OSPF
9 7 (8.54%) SD-WAN
9 7 (8.54%) Wireless
10 6 (7.32%) TCP/IP
11 5 (6.10%) DHCP
11 5 (6.10%) Internet
11 5 (6.10%) IPsec
11 5 (6.10%) WLAN
12 4 (4.88%) SAN
12 4 (4.88%) VoIP
13 3 (3.66%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.44%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 2 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (2.44%) SQL Server
1 2 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (2.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 12 (14.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 11 (13.41%) Social Skills
3 10 (12.20%) Telecoms
4 6 (7.32%) Finance
5 5 (6.10%) Legal
5 5 (6.10%) Manufacturing
5 5 (6.10%) Police
5 5 (6.10%) Public Sector
6 4 (4.88%) Retail
7 3 (3.66%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.66%) Banking
7 3 (3.66%) Multimedia
8 2 (2.44%) Law
9 1 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (32.93%) Network Engineer
2 13 (15.85%) IT Manager
3 12 (14.63%) Analyst
4 11 (13.41%) Senior
5 9 (10.98%) IT Analyst
6 7 (8.54%) Senior Network Engineer
7 6 (7.32%) IT Engineer
7 6 (7.32%) IT Support
7 6 (7.32%) IT Support Analyst
7 6 (7.32%) Junior
7 6 (7.32%) Junior Analyst
7 6 (7.32%) Support Analyst
8 5 (6.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (6.10%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (6.10%) Mobile Engineer
8 5 (6.10%) Security Analyst
9 4 (4.88%) Chief Technology Officer
9 4 (4.88%) Consultant
9 4 (4.88%) IT Security Manager
9 4 (4.88%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.66%) EDI
2 2 (2.44%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.76%) Management Information System
2 7 (8.54%) CCTV
3 6 (7.32%) Data Centre
3 6 (7.32%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (6.10%) EPoS
5 4 (4.88%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (4.88%) FMCG
6 3 (3.66%) Driving Licence
6 3 (3.66%) iPad
6 3 (3.66%) Media Streaming
6 3 (3.66%) PKI
6 3 (3.66%) Public Cloud
7 2 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.44%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (2.44%) Private Cloud
7 2 (2.44%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (1.22%) Replication
8 1 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (23.17%) Windows
2 12 (14.63%) Windows Server
3 6 (7.32%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (6.10%) Linux
4 5 (6.10%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (4.88%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (2.44%) Android
6 2 (2.44%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (1.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (29.27%) ITIL
2 15 (18.29%) Agile
2 15 (18.29%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 10 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (10.98%) Computer Science
4 9 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (10.98%) Security Operations
4 9 (10.98%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 9 (10.98%) Vulnerability Management
5 8 (9.76%) Disaster Recovery
5 8 (9.76%) ERP
6 7 (8.54%) Incident Response
6 7 (8.54%) IT Strategy
6 7 (8.54%) Proactive Monitoring
6 7 (8.54%) Roadmaps
6 7 (8.54%) Service Delivery
7 6 (7.32%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 6 (7.32%) Network Monitoring
7 6 (7.32%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.88%) SQL
2 2 (2.44%) C++
2 2 (2.44%) Go
2 2 (2.44%) Rust
3 1 (1.22%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (20.73%) Degree
2 15 (18.29%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (17.07%) Security Cleared
4 13 (15.85%) CCNA
5 11 (13.41%) CCNP
6 10 (12.20%) SC Cleared
7 7 (8.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (7.32%) Azure Certification
8 6 (7.32%) CCIE
8 6 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (6.10%) DV Cleared
9 5 (6.10%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (6.10%) MCSE
10 4 (4.88%) JNCIA
10 4 (4.88%) MCP
11 3 (3.66%) DBS Check
12 2 (2.44%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (2.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (1.22%) A+ Certification
13 1 (1.22%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.66%) SLA
2 1 (1.22%) ISO 22301
2 1 (1.22%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.22%) NCSC
2 1 (1.22%) NIST
System Software
1 16 (19.51%) Active Directory
2 13 (15.85%) Hyper-V
3 11 (13.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.22%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (6.10%) FortiGate
2 3 (3.66%) Terraform
3 1 (1.22%) Ansible
3 1 (1.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 44 (53.66%) Cisco
2 27 (32.93%) Microsoft
3 13 (15.85%) VMware
4 9 (10.98%) Juniper
4 9 (10.98%) Meraki
5 8 (9.76%) Ericsson
6 7 (8.54%) Aruba
6 7 (8.54%) Sage
7 6 (7.32%) Fortinet
8 5 (6.10%) Nokia
9 4 (4.88%) Avaya
9 4 (4.88%) Palo Alto
9 4 (4.88%) WatchGuard
10 3 (3.66%) CheckPoint
10 3 (3.66%) Sophos
10 3 (3.66%) ZyXEL
11 2 (2.44%) Apple
11 2 (2.44%) Hyperion
11 2 (2.44%) JD Edwards
11 2 (2.44%) PeopleSoft