The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Support 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 Support in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Support
Rank 109 96 87
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Support 5 4 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.297% 0.276% 0.308%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.313% 0.287% 0.321%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 4
Average salary £55,000 £31,750 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+73.22% -2.30%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £31,250
% change year-on-year
- +4.00%
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1598 1396 1246
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.78% 96.41% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1340 1245 1079
Average salary £41,250 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Network Support
West Midlands

Network Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Network Support Jobs Demand Trend

Network Support
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Network Support Salary Trend

Network Support
Salary Histogram

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

Birmingham Network Support Salary Histogram

Network Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Network Support 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 Support in their job title.

1 8 (57.14%) ITIL
1 8 (57.14%) Firewall
2 7 (50.00%) Windows
2 7 (50.00%) Cisco
3 6 (42.86%) VMware
3 6 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (35.71%) Citrix
5 4 (28.57%) SAN
5 4 (28.57%) CheckPoint
5 4 (28.57%) McAfee
5 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
5 4 (28.57%) Change Management
5 4 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (28.57%) Incident Management
5 4 (28.57%) XenApp
5 4 (28.57%) Problem Management
5 4 (28.57%) vSphere
6 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (21.43%) Avaya
6 3 (21.43%) LAN
6 3 (21.43%) WAN
6 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
6 3 (21.43%) HP
7 2 (14.29%) MS Exchange
7 2 (14.29%) CCNA
7 2 (14.29%) CISSP
7 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (14.29%) DHCP

Network Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Network Support 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 Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) MS Exchange
1 2 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (7.143%) IIS
2 1 (7.143%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) Firewall
2 4 (28.57%) SAN
3 3 (21.43%) LAN
3 3 (21.43%) WAN
4 2 (14.29%) DHCP
4 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
4 2 (14.29%) VPN
4 2 (14.29%) DNS
4 2 (14.29%) Network Security
5 1 (7.143%) Wireless
5 1 (7.143%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (28.57%) SQL Server
1 4 (28.57%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
1 1 (7.143%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 7 (50.00%) Windows
2 6 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (7.143%) Windows 7
4 1 (7.143%) Ubuntu
4 1 (7.143%) Windows Vista
4 1 (7.143%) Linux
4 1 (7.143%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) ITIL
2 4 (28.57%) Change Management
2 4 (28.57%) Incident Management
2 4 (28.57%) Problem Management
3 2 (14.29%) SIEM
4 1 (7.143%) Change Control
4 1 (7.143%) Network Design
4 1 (7.143%) Configuration Management
4 1 (7.143%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) CCNA
1 2 (14.29%) CISSP
1 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (14.29%) SCSA
2 1 (7.143%) MCITP
2 1 (7.143%) Degree
2 1 (7.143%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (7.143%) MCSE
2 1 (7.143%) CCNP
2 1 (7.143%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) XenApp
1 4 (28.57%) vSphere
2 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
3 1 (7.143%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (7.143%) WSUS
1 1 (7.143%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Cisco
2 6 (42.86%) VMware
3 5 (35.71%) Citrix
4 4 (28.57%) CheckPoint
4 4 (28.57%) McAfee
4 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 3 (21.43%) Avaya
5 3 (21.43%) HP
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Cisco Firewalls including FWSM and ASAs in multiple context modes. Cisco Loadbalancers including ACE and CSS. Checkpoint Firewalls. Fortigate Firewalls. Understanding of routing protocols including OSPF and BGP...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £50K basic + Car Allow + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013