The first table below looks at the demand for Network Design skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network Design over the 3 months to 22 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Design
Rank 158 170 123
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -47
Permanent jobs citing Network Design 41 20 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.815% 0.433% 1.178%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.090% 0.624% 1.715%
Number of salaries quoted 25 16 43
Average salary £57,500 £51,250 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.19% +36.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £23,500 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £53,750 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3760 3207 2799
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 74.75% 69.49% 68.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3164 2776 2362
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Network Design
England

Network Design
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Network Design Salary Trend

Network Design
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Design across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Midlands Network Design Salary Histogram

Network Design
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Design within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Birmingham -4 15 £58,750 +11.90%
Shropshire +2 10 £55,000 +10.00%
Worcestershire +9 5 £34,000 +44.68%
Solihull -11 2 £53,750 +138.88%
Staffordshire - 1 £30,000 -
Coventry - 1 £52,000 -
Network Design
England

Network Design
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 54 (79.41%) Cisco
2 41 (60.29%) Cisco Certification
3 30 (44.12%) CCNP
4 29 (42.65%) WAN
5 28 (41.18%) CCIE
6 27 (39.71%) LAN
7 26 (38.24%) Firewall
8 25 (36.76%) OSPF
8 25 (36.76%) BGP
9 22 (32.35%) Windows
10 18 (26.47%) CheckPoint
11 17 (25.00%) CCNA
12 16 (23.53%) HP
12 16 (23.53%) F5
13 15 (22.06%) Juniper
14 14 (20.59%) CCDP
14 14 (20.59%) TCP/IP
15 13 (19.12%) MPLS
15 13 (19.12%) Change Management
16 12 (17.65%) VMware
16 12 (17.65%) Citrix
16 12 (17.65%) Microsoft
17 11 (16.18%) Linux
17 11 (16.18%) EIGRP
17 11 (16.18%) Network Security
18 10 (14.71%) Cisco Nexus
18 10 (14.71%) VMware Infrastructure
19 9 (13.24%) CCIP
20 8 (11.76%) Nokia
20 8 (11.76%) CiscoWorks

Network Design
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 Development
1 5 (7.353%) .NET
2 4 (5.882%) OpenGL
2 4 (5.882%) DirectX
Application Platforms
1 6 (8.824%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.882%) Tomcat
2 4 (5.882%) IIS
3 2 (2.941%) MS Exchange
4 1 (1.471%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (1.471%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (1.471%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (5.882%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 29 (42.65%) WAN
2 27 (39.71%) LAN
3 26 (38.24%) Firewall
4 25 (36.76%) OSPF
4 25 (36.76%) BGP
5 14 (20.59%) TCP/IP
6 13 (19.12%) MPLS
7 11 (16.18%) EIGRP
7 11 (16.18%) Network Security
8 10 (14.71%) Cisco Nexus
9 8 (11.76%) Intrusion Detection
9 8 (11.76%) BIG-IP
9 8 (11.76%) IP Telephony
10 7 (10.29%) Cisco IPT
10 7 (10.29%) VoIP
10 7 (10.29%) Cisco IOS
10 7 (10.29%) Junos
11 6 (8.824%) VPN
12 5 (7.353%) DNS
13 4 (5.882%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.353%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (5.882%) Rational DOORS
General
1 4 (5.882%) Aerospace
1 4 (5.882%) Advertising
1 4 (5.882%) Games
2 3 (4.412%) Banking
2 3 (4.412%) Finance
3 1 (1.471%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (44.12%) Network Engineer
2 16 (23.53%) Implementation Engineer
3 15 (22.06%) Consultant
4 13 (19.12%) Network Implementation Engineer
5 11 (16.18%) Cisco Engineer
6 7 (10.29%) Senior Network Engineer
6 7 (10.29%) Cisco Consultant
6 7 (10.29%) Architect
7 6 (8.824%) Cisco Network Engineer
8 5 (7.353%) Design Engineer
8 5 (7.353%) Network Consultant
9 4 (5.882%) Designer
9 4 (5.882%) Software Engineer
9 4 (5.882%) Technical Consultant
9 4 (5.882%) Voice Engineer
9 4 (5.882%) Senior Voice Engineer
9 4 (5.882%) Network Architect
10 3 (4.412%) Senior Cisco Engineer
10 3 (4.412%) Technical Designer
10 3 (4.412%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.824%) Clustering
2 4 (5.882%) Visualisation
3 1 (1.471%) e-Health
3 1 (1.471%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 22 (32.35%) Windows
2 11 (16.18%) Linux
3 5 (7.353%) Solaris
4 1 (1.471%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.471%) UNIX
4 1 (1.471%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (19.12%) Change Management
2 5 (7.353%) Data Security
2 5 (7.353%) ITIL
2 5 (7.353%) Network Management
3 4 (5.882%) Network Architecture
3 4 (5.882%) UML
3 4 (5.882%) Load Balancing
3 4 (5.882%) Requirements Management
3 4 (5.882%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (4.412%) Migration
4 3 (4.412%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (4.412%) Business Continuity
4 3 (4.412%) E-Commerce
5 2 (2.941%) ITIL V3
5 2 (2.941%) Project Management
5 2 (2.941%) Service Delivery
5 2 (2.941%) Time Management
6 1 (1.471%) Security Management
6 1 (1.471%) Configuration Management
6 1 (1.471%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.353%) Java
1 5 (7.353%) SQL
2 4 (5.882%) C#
2 4 (5.882%) C++
Qualifications
1 41 (60.29%) Cisco Certification
2 30 (44.12%) CCNP
3 28 (41.18%) CCIE
4 17 (25.00%) CCNA
5 14 (20.59%) CCDP
6 9 (13.24%) CCIP
7 8 (11.76%) CCVP
8 7 (10.29%) JNCIP
8 7 (10.29%) CCDA
9 6 (8.824%) Degree
10 5 (7.353%) Security Cleared
11 2 (2.941%) HP ASE
11 2 (2.941%) HP MASE
11 2 (2.941%) MCSE
11 2 (2.941%) CCSP
11 2 (2.941%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (2.941%) SC Cleared
11 2 (2.941%) MCITP
12 1 (1.471%) CCSE
12 1 (1.471%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.882%) ISO 9001
1 4 (5.882%) TickIT
1 4 (5.882%) QA
System Software
1 10 (14.71%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (8.824%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.471%) XenApp
3 1 (1.471%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (11.76%) CiscoWorks
2 2 (2.941%) SCCM
3 1 (1.471%) NetBackup
3 1 (1.471%) Netcool
Vendors
1 54 (79.41%) Cisco
2 18 (26.47%) CheckPoint
3 16 (23.53%) HP
3 16 (23.53%) F5
4 15 (22.06%) Juniper
5 12 (17.65%) VMware
5 12 (17.65%) Citrix
5 12 (17.65%) Microsoft
6 8 (11.76%) Nokia
7 5 (7.353%) Sun
7 5 (7.353%) IBM
8 4 (5.882%) Twitter
9 2 (2.941%) Aruba
9 2 (2.941%) ProCurve
9 2 (2.941%) 3Com
9 2 (2.941%) Brocade
10 1 (1.471%) Avaya
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
They provide bespoke IP and Network requirements on a national and international level and due to rapid growth, along with an internal promotion, are currently looking for a...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
They provide bespoke IP and Network requirements on a national and international level and due to rapid growth, along with an internal promotion, are currently looking for a...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
You will contribute as a technical resource to their project roadmap, both as a technical lead and with planning / network design. This role is suitable for a Network...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 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
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Skills o Excellent written and oral communications skills o Strong facilitation and negotiation skills o Ability to moderate and build consensus o Ability to articulate and sell a...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £59000 - £61000 per annum + Car Allowance + Bonus + Overtime
Posted: 21 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
A University Graduate or similar with solid MS Excel, Access and/or SQL analytical skills, will have an excellent career opportunity to receive full training on customer supply...
Next Move IT
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013