The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Support 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 Support in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Support
Rank 182 173 158
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Support 20 21 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.379% 0.439% 0.277%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.398% 0.460% 0.291%
Number of salaries quoted 14 20 9
Average salary £32,000 £35,000 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.57% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,250 £25,000 £27,100
10% offered a salary of more than £43,500 £41,550 £35,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £33,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year
+4.47% +8.06%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5030 4566 4118
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.37% 95.50% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4188 4010 3490
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Network Support
England

Network Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Network Support Salary Trend

Network Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Support across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Midlands Network Support Salary Histogram

Network Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Support within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Shropshire +3 6 £45,000 -
Solihull - 6 £25,000 - 1
Birmingham -12 4 £40,000 +25.98% 1
Staffordshire 0 3 £22,500 - 1
Warwickshire +3 1 £33,000 +3.12%
Network Support
England

Network Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 25 (56.82%) Firewall
2 24 (54.55%) Cisco
3 21 (47.73%) Windows
4 19 (43.18%) ITIL
5 14 (31.82%) Citrix
6 13 (29.55%) CheckPoint
6 13 (29.55%) Microsoft
6 13 (29.55%) HP
7 12 (27.27%) SLA
7 12 (27.27%) VMware
8 11 (25.00%) Incident Management
8 11 (25.00%) MS Exchange
8 11 (25.00%) McAfee
9 10 (22.73%) Network Security
9 10 (22.73%) Windows Server 2008
10 9 (20.45%) Remedy
10 9 (20.45%) WAN
10 9 (20.45%) TCP/IP
11 8 (18.18%) Active Directory
11 8 (18.18%) LAN
12 7 (15.91%) Windows Server 2003
12 7 (15.91%) MS Office
12 7 (15.91%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (15.91%) VMware Infrastructure
12 7 (15.91%) Root Cause Analysis
13 6 (13.64%) Windows 7
13 6 (13.64%) CCNA
13 6 (13.64%) SQL
13 6 (13.64%) Advertising
13 6 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management

Network Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 11 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 5 (11.36%) SharePoint
2 5 (11.36%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (9.091%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (4.545%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (15.91%) MS Office
2 4 (9.091%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 25 (56.82%) Firewall
2 10 (22.73%) Network Security
3 9 (20.45%) WAN
3 9 (20.45%) TCP/IP
4 8 (18.18%) LAN
5 4 (9.091%) SAN
5 4 (9.091%) DNS
5 4 (9.091%) VoIP
5 4 (9.091%) DHCP
6 3 (6.818%) VPN
7 2 (4.545%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (4.545%) Wireless
8 1 (2.273%) DWDM
8 1 (2.273%) DMZ
8 1 (2.273%) Cisco PIX
8 1 (2.273%) WAAS
8 1 (2.273%) IP Telephony
8 1 (2.273%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (9.091%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.273%) Crystal Reports
General
1 6 (13.64%) Advertising
2 3 (6.818%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.091%) CCTV
2 1 (2.273%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.273%) Replication
2 1 (2.273%) EqualLogic
2 1 (2.273%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 21 (47.73%) Windows
2 10 (22.73%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (15.91%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (13.64%) Windows 7
5 5 (11.36%) Windows XP
5 5 (11.36%) Windows Vista
6 3 (6.818%) Linux
7 2 (4.545%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (43.18%) ITIL
2 11 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 7 (15.91%) Root Cause Analysis
4 6 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (11.36%) Change Management
5 5 (11.36%) Problem Management
6 4 (9.091%) Asset Management
6 4 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (9.091%) Service Delivery
7 3 (6.818%) SIEM
8 1 (2.273%) ITIL V3
8 1 (2.273%) Infrastructure Management
8 1 (2.273%) Logistics
8 1 (2.273%) Fault Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.64%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (15.91%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (13.64%) CCNA
3 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (9.091%) MCSE
5 3 (6.818%) CCNP
5 3 (6.818%) CISSP
5 3 (6.818%) SCSA
6 1 (2.273%) MCP
6 1 (2.273%) Degree
6 1 (2.273%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (27.27%) SLA
2 1 (2.273%) BS7799
System Software
1 8 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 7 (15.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (11.36%) Hyper-V
4 4 (9.091%) XenApp
4 4 (9.091%) vSphere
4 4 (9.091%) Forefront TMG
5 1 (2.273%) XenDesktop
5 1 (2.273%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.273%) VMware ESX
5 1 (2.273%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (2.273%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 4 (9.091%) SCCM
2 1 (2.273%) Cisco IPCC
2 1 (2.273%) Cisco UCCE
2 1 (2.273%) WSUS
Vendors
1 24 (54.55%) Cisco
2 14 (31.82%) Citrix
3 13 (29.55%) CheckPoint
3 13 (29.55%) Microsoft
3 13 (29.55%) HP
4 12 (27.27%) VMware
5 11 (25.00%) McAfee
6 9 (20.45%) Remedy
7 3 (6.818%) Avaya
8 1 (2.273%) Veritas
8 1 (2.273%) Veeam
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Skills and Experience: Cisco, ASA, ACE, FortiNet, Juniper, Blue Screen network knowledge and experience in a multi-tenant environment Experience of design document production to support commercial bids...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £50K basic + Benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Skills and Experience: Cisco, ASA, ACE, FortiNet, Juniper, Blue Screen network knowledge and experience in a multi-tenant environment Experience of design document production to support commercial bids...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £50K basic + Benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
The role incorporates the full server side support, from UPS control, Backups, disaster recovery, redundancy of servers, monitoring, incident logs etc. through to full network infrastructure management, storage...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £34000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 4 June 2013
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