The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Job Titles advertised for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Engineer
Rank 67 92 64
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 42 10 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 2.493% 0.681% 2.137%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.630% 0.708% 2.234%
Number of salaries quoted 27 10 26
Average salary £42,500 £35,500 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.71% +16.39%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £28,100 £17,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £56,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £38,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +8.57%
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1597 1412 1298
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.78% 96.19% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1338 1263 1129
Average salary £41,500 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.21% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £23,750
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Network Engineer
West Midlands

Network Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Network Engineer across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Birmingham Network Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Network Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Network Engineer Salary Trend

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Engineer across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Birmingham Network Engineer Salary Histogram

Network Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Network Engineer in their job title 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 with Network Engineer in their job title.

1 78 (80.41%) Cisco
2 61 (62.89%) Firewall
3 45 (46.39%) Cisco Certification
4 44 (45.36%) Juniper
4 44 (45.36%) Network Security
5 38 (39.18%) Finance
5 38 (39.18%) CheckPoint
5 38 (39.18%) CCNP
6 36 (37.11%) F5
7 34 (35.05%) Cisco ASA
8 33 (34.02%) Windows
9 31 (31.96%) VPN
10 29 (29.90%) Telecoms
10 29 (29.90%) Blue Coat
11 27 (27.84%) CCSE
12 25 (25.77%) Cisco PIX
13 23 (23.71%) JNCIS
13 23 (23.71%) NetApp
13 23 (23.71%) Websense
13 23 (23.71%) Active Directory
14 22 (22.68%) DNS
14 22 (22.68%) Windows Server 2008
15 21 (21.65%) DHCP
16 19 (19.59%) IP Telephony
17 18 (18.56%) Windows Server 2003
18 17 (17.53%) Time Management
19 16 (16.49%) Banking
19 16 (16.49%) Back Office
20 14 (14.43%) CCNA
21 12 (12.37%) WAN

Network Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Network Engineer in their job title 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 with Network Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (5.155%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (1.031%) MS Office
1 1 (1.031%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (4.124%) assyst
2 2 (2.062%) Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 61 (62.89%) Firewall
2 44 (45.36%) Network Security
3 34 (35.05%) Cisco ASA
4 31 (31.96%) VPN
5 25 (25.77%) Cisco PIX
6 22 (22.68%) DNS
7 21 (21.65%) DHCP
8 19 (19.59%) IP Telephony
9 12 (12.37%) WAN
10 11 (11.34%) LAN
11 9 (9.278%) SAN
12 6 (6.186%) OSPF
12 6 (6.186%) Junos
12 6 (6.186%) Cisco IOS
13 5 (5.155%) SSL
13 5 (5.155%) ADSL
13 5 (5.155%) WLAN
13 5 (5.155%) BGP
13 5 (5.155%) MPLS
13 5 (5.155%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (5.155%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 38 (39.18%) Finance
2 29 (29.90%) Telecoms
3 16 (16.49%) Banking
3 16 (16.49%) Back Office
4 3 (3.093%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.031%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 33 (34.02%) Windows
2 22 (22.68%) Windows Server 2008
3 18 (18.56%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (2.062%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.031%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.031%) Windows Vista
5 1 (1.031%) Linux
5 1 (1.031%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (17.53%) Time Management
2 10 (10.31%) Network Design
3 8 (8.247%) SIEM
4 7 (7.216%) Capacity Planning
4 7 (7.216%) ITIL
5 4 (4.124%) Change Management
5 4 (4.124%) Incident Management
5 4 (4.124%) Problem Management
6 3 (3.093%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (2.062%) Risk Management
7 2 (2.062%) Computer Forensics
7 2 (2.062%) Change Control
8 1 (1.031%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 1 (1.031%) Business Continuity
8 1 (1.031%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (1.031%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.062%) Java
1 2 (2.062%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 45 (46.39%) Cisco Certification
2 38 (39.18%) CCNP
3 27 (27.84%) CCSE
4 23 (23.71%) JNCIS
5 14 (14.43%) CCNA
6 8 (8.247%) CCIE
7 7 (7.216%) CCDP
8 6 (6.186%) CCDA
8 6 (6.186%) JNCIP
9 4 (4.124%) Check Point Certification
9 4 (4.124%) CCSA
10 3 (3.093%) SC Cleared
10 3 (3.093%) Security Cleared
11 2 (2.062%) CISSP
11 2 (2.062%) ACSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.062%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (23.71%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 78 (80.41%) Cisco
2 44 (45.36%) Juniper
3 38 (39.18%) CheckPoint
4 36 (37.11%) F5
5 29 (29.90%) Blue Coat
6 23 (23.71%) NetApp
6 23 (23.71%) Websense
7 9 (9.278%) Fortinet
8 6 (6.186%) HP
8 6 (6.186%) Citrix
8 6 (6.186%) Microsoft
8 6 (6.186%) Q1 Labs
8 6 (6.186%) LogLogic
9 4 (4.124%) McAfee
9 4 (4.124%) Nokia
9 4 (4.124%) Siemens
9 4 (4.124%) Huawei
9 4 (4.124%) Brocade
10 2 (2.062%) CommVault
10 2 (2.062%) Hitachi
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