Network Security Jobs in Birmingham

Network Security
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 94 151
Rank change year-on-year -12 +57 -19
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 40 50 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.48% 2.48% 1.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.70% 16.72% 9.07%
Number of salaries quoted 25 23 27
10th Percentile £29,460 £50,600 £40,150
25th Percentile £43,227 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - +27.27%
75th Percentile £63,750 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £72,500 - £82,750
West Midlands median annual salary £42,864 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -28.56% +9.09% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 374 299 430
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 13.81% 14.82% 13.77%
Number of salaries quoted 308 212 315
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,938 £34,063 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.45% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,563 £60,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £76,250
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -4.76%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Birmingham

Network Security
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Network Security in Birmingham

Network Security
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Birmingham over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in Birmingham

Network Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (5.00%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 15 (37.50%) Azure
2 2 (5.00%) SaaS
3 1 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 23 (57.50%) Firewall
2 14 (35.00%) VPN
3 12 (30.00%) MPLS
4 11 (27.50%) LAN
4 11 (27.50%) WAN
5 10 (25.00%) VLAN
6 9 (22.50%) BGP
6 9 (22.50%) OSPF
7 5 (12.50%) TCP/IP
7 5 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (12.50%) WLAN
8 4 (10.00%) DNS
8 4 (10.00%) SD-WAN
9 3 (7.50%) DMZ
9 3 (7.50%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (7.50%) IPsec
9 3 (7.50%) SSL
10 1 (2.50%) 3GPP
10 1 (2.50%) EIGRP
10 1 (2.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (22.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 6 (15.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (12.50%) Police
5 3 (7.50%) Banking
6 2 (5.00%) Finance
6 2 (5.00%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.50%) Legal
7 1 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (47.50%) Network Engineer
2 6 (15.00%) Analyst
3 5 (12.50%) Mobile Engineer
3 5 (12.50%) Security Analyst
3 5 (12.50%) Senior
4 4 (10.00%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Firewall Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) IT Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) IT Security Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Junior
5 3 (7.50%) Junior Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Junior Security Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Network Analyst
5 3 (7.50%) Presales Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) Presales Network Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) Azure Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) IT Security Officer
6 2 (5.00%) Network Security Analyst
6 2 (5.00%) SAP Manager
6 2 (5.00%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.50%) Management Information System
2 3 (7.50%) PKI
3 2 (5.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (2.50%) Cybercrime
4 1 (2.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (2.50%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (32.50%) ITIL
2 10 (25.00%) Agile
3 7 (17.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (17.50%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
4 5 (12.50%) Cost Optimisation
4 5 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 5 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 5 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 5 (12.50%) Network Architecture
4 5 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
4 5 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (12.50%) Security Operations
4 5 (12.50%) Tech Ops
4 5 (12.50%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 5 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
4 5 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
5 4 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 4 (10.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 8 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (15.00%) Degree
2 6 (15.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (12.50%) CCNA
3 5 (12.50%) CCNP
3 5 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (12.50%) DV Cleared
4 4 (10.00%) Azure Certification
4 4 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (10.00%) JNCIA
5 2 (5.00%) DBS Check
6 1 (2.50%) CISMP
6 1 (2.50%) CISSP
6 1 (2.50%) CREST Certified
6 1 (2.50%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.50%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (52.50%) Cisco
2 9 (22.50%) Juniper
3 5 (12.50%) Aruba
3 5 (12.50%) Ericsson
3 5 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 5 (12.50%) Nokia
4 3 (7.50%) Fortinet
5 2 (5.00%) Palo Alto
5 2 (5.00%) SAP
6 1 (2.50%) Meraki
6 1 (2.50%) Zscaler