The first table below looks at the demand for Network Security 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 Security 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 Communications & Networking category for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Security
Rank 74 81 74
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -7
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 40 19 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 2.372% 1.312% 1.311%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.70% 6.714% 7.025%
Number of salaries quoted 20 15 16
Average salary £40,000 £52,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.80% +69.35%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £56,000 £68,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
All Communications & Networking
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
315 283 242
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 18.68% 19.54% 18.66%
Number of salaries quoted 254 244 219
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -1.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Network Security
West Midlands

Network Security
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Network Security Jobs Demand Trend

Network Security
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Network Security Salary Trend

Network Security
Salary Histogram

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

Birmingham Network Security Salary Histogram

Network Security
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Network Security 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 Security.

1 49 (66.22%) Cisco Certification
2 44 (59.46%) Cisco
3 42 (56.76%) Firewall
4 39 (52.70%) CheckPoint
5 38 (51.35%) CCNP
6 36 (48.65%) Juniper
7 35 (47.30%) F5
8 29 (39.19%) CCSE
8 29 (39.19%) Blue Coat
9 28 (37.84%) Cisco ASA
10 26 (35.14%) Cisco PIX
10 26 (35.14%) Finance
11 25 (33.78%) Telecoms
12 23 (31.08%) JNCIS
12 23 (31.08%) Websense
13 14 (18.92%) CISSP
14 13 (17.57%) Windows
15 12 (16.22%) TCP/IP
15 12 (16.22%) SIEM
16 11 (14.86%) LAN
16 11 (14.86%) WAN
17 9 (12.16%) CCIE
18 8 (10.81%) CEH
18 8 (10.81%) Network Design
18 8 (10.81%) CCSP
18 8 (10.81%) CCNA
19 7 (9.459%) CCDP
19 7 (9.459%) HP
19 7 (9.459%) VPN
19 7 (9.459%) Cisco IOS

Network Security
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Network Security 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 Security. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.703%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (1.351%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.351%) Lync
2 1 (1.351%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (2.703%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.703%) Sentinel
2 1 (1.351%) RMDS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (56.76%) Firewall
2 28 (37.84%) Cisco ASA
3 26 (35.14%) Cisco PIX
4 12 (16.22%) TCP/IP
5 11 (14.86%) LAN
5 11 (14.86%) WAN
6 7 (9.459%) VPN
6 7 (9.459%) Cisco IOS
7 6 (8.108%) Wireless
7 6 (8.108%) WLAN
7 6 (8.108%) Junos
8 4 (5.405%) HSRP
8 4 (5.405%) DHCP
8 4 (5.405%) Ethernet
8 4 (5.405%) ADSL
8 4 (5.405%) DNS
8 4 (5.405%) MPLS
8 4 (5.405%) OSPF
8 4 (5.405%) VRRP
9 3 (4.054%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.405%) RDBMS
General
1 26 (35.14%) Finance
2 25 (33.78%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.054%) Advertising
4 1 (1.351%) Dutch Language
4 1 (1.351%) French Language
4 1 (1.351%) German Language
4 1 (1.351%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 44 (59.46%) Network Engineer
2 31 (41.89%) Network Security Engineer
2 31 (41.89%) Security Engineer
3 23 (31.08%) Firewall Engineer
4 12 (16.22%) Security Specialist
5 10 (13.51%) Consultant
6 9 (12.16%) Network Specialist
7 8 (10.81%) Senior Network Engineer
7 8 (10.81%) Network Security Specialist
8 7 (9.459%) Network Consultant
9 4 (5.405%) Developer
9 4 (5.405%) C++ Developer
9 4 (5.405%) C Developer
10 3 (4.054%) Network Security Consultant
10 3 (4.054%) Senior Network Consultant
10 3 (4.054%) Senior Consultant
10 3 (4.054%) Security Consultant
11 2 (2.703%) Analyst
11 2 (2.703%) Network Support
11 2 (2.703%) Pre Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.351%) CESG
1 1 (1.351%) CESG CLAS
1 1 (1.351%) Clustering
1 1 (1.351%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 13 (17.57%) Windows
2 5 (6.757%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (5.405%) Linux
4 1 (1.351%) Windows Vista
4 1 (1.351%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.351%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.351%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (16.22%) SIEM
2 8 (10.81%) Network Design
3 4 (5.405%) Time Management
4 3 (4.054%) ITIL
4 3 (4.054%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (2.703%) Service Delivery
5 2 (2.703%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (2.703%) Risk Management
5 2 (2.703%) Computer Forensics
5 2 (2.703%) Ethical Hacking
6 1 (1.351%) Load Balancing
6 1 (1.351%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 1 (1.351%) Asset Management
6 1 (1.351%) Change Management
6 1 (1.351%) Project Management
6 1 (1.351%) PRINCE2
6 1 (1.351%) Change Control
6 1 (1.351%) Network Management
6 1 (1.351%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.405%) C
1 4 (5.405%) C++
2 3 (4.054%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.703%) Java
Qualifications
1 49 (66.22%) Cisco Certification
2 38 (51.35%) CCNP
3 29 (39.19%) CCSE
4 23 (31.08%) JNCIS
5 14 (18.92%) CISSP
6 9 (12.16%) CCIE
7 8 (10.81%) CEH
7 8 (10.81%) CCSP
7 8 (10.81%) CCNA
8 7 (9.459%) CCDP
9 6 (8.108%) JNCIP
9 6 (8.108%) CCDA
9 6 (8.108%) SC Cleared
9 6 (8.108%) Security Cleared
10 4 (5.405%) Check Point Certification
10 4 (5.405%) CCSA
10 4 (5.405%) SCSA
11 2 (2.703%) MCP
11 2 (2.703%) MCSE
11 2 (2.703%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.351%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (8.108%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.351%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.703%) FortiGate
1 2 (2.703%) Cisco UCCX
2 1 (1.351%) WSUS
2 1 (1.351%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 44 (59.46%) Cisco
2 39 (52.70%) CheckPoint
3 36 (48.65%) Juniper
4 35 (47.30%) F5
5 29 (39.19%) Blue Coat
6 23 (31.08%) Websense
7 7 (9.459%) HP
8 6 (8.108%) Nokia
8 6 (8.108%) Q1 Labs
8 6 (8.108%) LogLogic
9 4 (5.405%) Microsoft
9 4 (5.405%) Huawei
10 3 (4.054%) VMware
11 2 (2.703%) Aruba
11 2 (2.703%) Trapeze
11 2 (2.703%) Citrix
11 2 (2.703%) CommVault
11 2 (2.703%) Hitachi
11 2 (2.703%) Fortinet
12 1 (1.351%) Symantec
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
My client. Operate in 51 countries in five regions - Middle East & Africa, Europe, Asia Pacific, Australia and the Americas. Their growth has been driven by their clients' need...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + £5,000 Car + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Extensive Networking Knowledge(Routing Protocols, DNS, DHCP,TCP/IP, VLAN) Experience with Network Security. Enterprise Directory Solutions(Microsoft Active Directory, Novell, Open Directory) Virtualised Environments with specific experience...
Bloxx Ltd
Salary: Dependent on experience - Company Car will be provided
Posted: 7 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Experience with frameworks such as Spring and Hibernate... - JavaScript (JQuery, DOJO or any standard frameworks)... - Linux/Redhat Technologies. - Web Servers, IIS, Apache, configuration and implementation. - Virtualisation (VMWare/ESXI)...
Candidate Source
Salary: £28,000 - £35,000 per annum DOE
Posted: 13 May 2013