The first table below looks at the demand for Network Design skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Design over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Design
Rank 98 93 62
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -31
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 16 7 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.949% 0.483% 2.236%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.277% 0.700% 3.502%
Number of salaries quoted 13 7 26
Average salary £57,500 £52,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.52% +40.00%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £46,750 £52,000
% change year-on-year
+6.95% -10.09%
All Processes & Methodologies
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1253 1000 828
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 74.32% 69.06% 63.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1056 871 706
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £27,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Network Design
West Midlands

Network Design
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Network Design across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Birmingham Network Design Jobs Demand Trend

Network Design
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Network Design across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Network Design Salary Trend

Network Design
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Design across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Birmingham Network Design Salary Histogram

Network Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Network Design also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Network Design.

1 20 (83.33%) Cisco
2 18 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (58.33%) CCIE
3 14 (58.33%) CCNP
4 11 (45.83%) CCDP
5 10 (41.67%) Windows
6 9 (37.50%) HP
7 8 (33.33%) Firewall
7 8 (33.33%) Network Security
8 6 (25.00%) JNCIP
8 6 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
8 6 (25.00%) Junos
8 6 (25.00%) F5
8 6 (25.00%) CCDA
8 6 (25.00%) Juniper
8 6 (25.00%) WAN
9 5 (20.83%) VPN
9 5 (20.83%) DNS
9 5 (20.83%) LAN
9 5 (20.83%) OSPF
9 5 (20.83%) BGP
10 4 (16.67%) TCP/IP
10 4 (16.67%) CCNA
10 4 (16.67%) ITIL
11 3 (12.50%) Cisco IPT
11 3 (12.50%) IP Telephony
11 3 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
11 3 (12.50%) Ethernet
11 3 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
11 3 (12.50%) CCVP

Network Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Network Design also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Network Design. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (4.167%) MS Exchange
1 1 (4.167%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 8 (33.33%) Firewall
1 8 (33.33%) Network Security
2 6 (25.00%) Cisco IOS
2 6 (25.00%) Junos
2 6 (25.00%) WAN
3 5 (20.83%) VPN
3 5 (20.83%) DNS
3 5 (20.83%) LAN
3 5 (20.83%) OSPF
3 5 (20.83%) BGP
4 4 (16.67%) TCP/IP
5 3 (12.50%) Cisco IPT
5 3 (12.50%) IP Telephony
5 3 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (12.50%) Ethernet
5 3 (12.50%) MPLS
6 2 (8.333%) Wireless
6 2 (8.333%) SNMP
6 2 (8.333%) DHCP
6 2 (8.333%) SSL
General
1 2 (8.333%) Finance
1 2 (8.333%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) Network Engineer
2 6 (25.00%) Consultant
2 6 (25.00%) Senior Network Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Cisco Consultant
4 3 (12.50%) Implementation Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Technology Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Manager
4 3 (12.50%) Architect
5 2 (8.333%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (8.333%) Sales Consultant
5 2 (8.333%) Pre Sales Consultant
5 2 (8.333%) Cisco Engineer
5 2 (8.333%) Network Implementation Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Data Consultant
6 1 (4.167%) Senior Cisco Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Network Team Leader
6 1 (4.167%) Voice Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Senior Voice Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Cisco Voice Engineer
6 1 (4.167%) Network Architect
Operating Systems
1 10 (41.67%) Windows
2 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (4.167%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (16.67%) ITIL
2 3 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (12.50%) Business Continuity
3 2 (8.333%) Project Management
3 2 (8.333%) Service Delivery
3 2 (8.333%) Migration
3 2 (8.333%) E-Commerce
3 2 (8.333%) Load Balancing
3 2 (8.333%) ITIL V3
4 1 (4.167%) Time Management
4 1 (4.167%) Network Management
4 1 (4.167%) Change Control
4 1 (4.167%) Configuration Management
4 1 (4.167%) Data Security
Qualifications
1 18 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (58.33%) CCIE
2 14 (58.33%) CCNP
3 11 (45.83%) CCDP
4 6 (25.00%) JNCIP
4 6 (25.00%) CCDA
5 4 (16.67%) CCNA
6 3 (12.50%) CCVP
7 2 (8.333%) HP ASE
7 2 (8.333%) HP MASE
8 1 (4.167%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (4.167%) Degree
8 1 (4.167%) MCITP
8 1 (4.167%) SC Cleared
8 1 (4.167%) Security Cleared
8 1 (4.167%) MCSE
8 1 (4.167%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (4.167%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (4.167%) XenApp
1 1 (4.167%) vSphere
1 1 (4.167%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.167%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 20 (83.33%) Cisco
2 9 (37.50%) HP
3 6 (25.00%) F5
3 6 (25.00%) Juniper
4 2 (8.333%) CheckPoint
4 2 (8.333%) 3Com
4 2 (8.333%) ProCurve
4 2 (8.333%) Aruba
4 2 (8.333%) Brocade
5 1 (4.167%) Twitter
5 1 (4.167%) Microsoft
5 1 (4.167%) Citrix
5 1 (4.167%) Avaya
5 1 (4.167%) VMware
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
You will have a technical Network Design background with a CCDP or CCNP and have experience with the Cisco Borderless Networking Portfolio and Cisco Data Centre Networking Solutions,...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + Car Allowance + 10-20% Bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following; - VMware - NetApp - CCNP - CCNA - Cisco Routing, Switching & Firewalls - Cisco Security (PIX and ASA...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013