Network Engineer Jobs in Birmingham

Network Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Network Engineer salary in Birmingham is £43,227 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 126 146
Rank change year-on-year +39 +20 -44
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 64 15 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.35% 0.75% 1.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.49% 0.80% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 55 8 40
10th Percentile - £31,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £26,700 £44,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,227 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.66% -4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £46,500 £56,563 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,000 £60,000
West Midlands median annual salary £46,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +9.41% -5.56% +5.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,566 1,870 3,002
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.23% 93.41% 95.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,092 1,432 2,320
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £69,914 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,500 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%

Network Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings that featured Network Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Network Engineer in Birmingham

Network Engineer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Network Engineer in Birmingham

Network Engineer
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Engineer in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Engineer in Birmingham

Network Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Network Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Network Engineer in the job title.

1 41 (64.06%) SC Cleared
1 41 (64.06%) Security Cleared
2 33 (51.56%) Juniper
3 31 (48.44%) Firewall
4 29 (45.31%) Cisco
5 26 (40.63%) WAN
6 22 (34.38%) MPLS
7 21 (32.81%) Azure
8 19 (29.69%) Network Security
9 18 (28.13%) IPsec
10 16 (25.00%) SD-WAN
11 14 (21.88%) Aruba
11 14 (21.88%) Telecoms
11 14 (21.88%) VPN
12 13 (20.31%) Cybersecurity
12 13 (20.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 12 (18.75%) 802.1X
13 12 (18.75%) Mentoring
13 12 (18.75%) Fault Management
13 12 (18.75%) Configuration Management
13 12 (18.75%) Change Management
13 12 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
14 10 (15.63%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (14.06%) CCNA
15 9 (14.06%) LAN
15 9 (14.06%) Customer Service
16 8 (12.50%) CCNP
17 7 (10.94%) Network Architecture
17 7 (10.94%) Network Monitoring
18 6 (9.38%) Degree

Network Engineer Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.13%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 21 (32.81%) Azure
2 13 (20.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 3 (4.69%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.13%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 31 (48.44%) Firewall
2 26 (40.63%) WAN
3 22 (34.38%) MPLS
4 19 (29.69%) Network Security
5 18 (28.13%) IPsec
6 16 (25.00%) SD-WAN
7 14 (21.88%) VPN
8 9 (14.06%) LAN
9 6 (9.38%) DNS
9 6 (9.38%) VLAN
9 6 (9.38%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (9.38%) WLAN
10 5 (7.81%) BGP
10 5 (7.81%) OSPF
11 4 (6.25%) TCP/IP
12 3 (4.69%) DMZ
12 3 (4.69%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (4.69%) SSL
13 2 (3.13%) Cisco IOS
13 2 (3.13%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (1.56%) JIRA
General
1 14 (21.88%) Telecoms
2 6 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (7.81%) Police
4 4 (6.25%) Social Skills
5 2 (3.13%) Law
6 1 (1.56%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.56%) Legal
6 1 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (18.75%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.69%) PKI
2 1 (1.56%) CCTV
2 1 (1.56%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.13%) Windows
1 2 (3.13%) Windows 10
1 2 (3.13%) Windows Server
1 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2012
1 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
1 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (20.31%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (18.75%) Change Management
2 12 (18.75%) Configuration Management
2 12 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
2 12 (18.75%) Fault Management
2 12 (18.75%) Mentoring
3 9 (14.06%) Customer Service
4 7 (10.94%) Network Architecture
4 7 (10.94%) Network Monitoring
5 6 (9.38%) Agile
5 6 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (9.38%) ITIL
6 5 (7.81%) Collaborative Culture
6 5 (7.81%) Computer Science
6 5 (7.81%) Tech Ops
7 4 (6.25%) Capacity Planning
8 3 (4.69%) Presales
8 3 (4.69%) Reverse Engineering
9 2 (3.13%) Network Virtualisation
9 2 (3.13%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (64.06%) SC Cleared
1 41 (64.06%) Security Cleared
2 10 (15.63%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (14.06%) CCNA
4 8 (12.50%) CCNP
5 6 (9.38%) Degree
6 5 (7.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (7.81%) DV Cleared
7 4 (6.25%) Azure Certification
7 4 (6.25%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.56%) NCSC
1 1 (1.56%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.13%) SCCM
2 1 (1.56%) Icinga
2 1 (1.56%) Nagios
Vendors
1 33 (51.56%) Juniper
2 29 (45.31%) Cisco
3 14 (21.88%) Aruba
4 3 (4.69%) Fortinet
5 2 (3.13%) Acronis
5 2 (3.13%) Meraki
5 2 (3.13%) Microsoft
5 2 (3.13%) WatchGuard
6 1 (1.56%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.56%) MikroTik
6 1 (1.56%) Snow
6 1 (1.56%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.56%) TP-LINK
6 1 (1.56%) VMware
6 1 (1.56%) ZyXEL