The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Specialist role 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 Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Specialist
Rank 194 184 145
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -39
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Specialist 13 5 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.262% 0.111% 0.602%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.273% 0.116% 0.628%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 6
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £43,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -7.51%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £45,000 £34,950
% change year-on-year
+11.11% +28.75%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4760 4322 3982
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.87% 95.98% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3980 3784 3409
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Network Specialist
England

Network Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Network Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Network Specialist
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Network Specialist Salary Trend

Network Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Specialist within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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 -15 12 £50,000 +5.26%
Shropshire - 1 - -
Network Specialist
England

Network Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Network Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 11 (50.00%) Cisco
2 9 (40.91%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (40.91%) CheckPoint
2 9 (40.91%) Firewall
2 9 (40.91%) Network Security
3 8 (36.36%) CISSP
4 6 (27.27%) OSPF
4 6 (27.27%) BGP
4 6 (27.27%) CCSP
4 6 (27.27%) VPN
4 6 (27.27%) CSS
4 6 (27.27%) Technical Architecture
4 6 (27.27%) CEH
4 6 (27.27%) FWSM
4 6 (27.27%) Cisco Nexus
4 6 (27.27%) FortiGate
5 4 (18.18%) ITIL
5 4 (18.18%) Project Management
5 4 (18.18%) Juniper
6 3 (13.64%) CCNA
7 2 (9.091%) CCNP
7 2 (9.091%) TCP/IP
7 2 (9.091%) SCSA
7 2 (9.091%) Finance
7 2 (9.091%) SIEM
8 1 (4.545%) Load Balancing
8 1 (4.545%) BC Cleared
8 1 (4.545%) Security Cleared
8 1 (4.545%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (4.545%) vSphere

Network Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Network Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (27.27%) CSS
Applications
1 1 (4.545%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (40.91%) Firewall
1 9 (40.91%) Network Security
2 6 (27.27%) FWSM
2 6 (27.27%) Cisco Nexus
2 6 (27.27%) VPN
2 6 (27.27%) OSPF
2 6 (27.27%) BGP
3 2 (9.091%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.545%) WAN
General
1 2 (9.091%) Finance
2 1 (4.545%) Marketing
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.545%) Windows
1 1 (4.545%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Technical Architecture
2 4 (18.18%) ITIL
2 4 (18.18%) Project Management
3 2 (9.091%) SIEM
4 1 (4.545%) Change Control
4 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2
4 1 (4.545%) PRINCE
4 1 (4.545%) Load Balancing
4 1 (4.545%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 9 (40.91%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (36.36%) CISSP
3 6 (27.27%) CCSP
3 6 (27.27%) CEH
4 3 (13.64%) CCNA
5 2 (9.091%) CCNP
5 2 (9.091%) SCSA
6 1 (4.545%) BC Cleared
6 1 (4.545%) Security Cleared
6 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (4.545%) PMP
6 1 (4.545%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 1 (4.545%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (27.27%) FortiGate
2 1 (4.545%) OpenView
Vendors
1 11 (50.00%) Cisco
2 9 (40.91%) CheckPoint
3 4 (18.18%) Juniper
4 1 (4.545%) BMC
4 1 (4.545%) Nokia
4 1 (4.545%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.545%) HP
4 1 (4.545%) VMware
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