Network Management Jobs in the West Midlands

Network Management
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Network Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Management over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 246 229
Rank change year-on-year +120 -17 +38
Permanent jobs citing Network Management 65 12 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.56% 0.16% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.71% 0.19% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26 6 29
10th Percentile - £40,875 £32,350
25th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -8.00% +19.05%
75th Percentile - £58,750 £71,250
90th Percentile - £91,875 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -0.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Network Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,809 6,182 5,998
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.12% 82.39% 96.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,534 4,565 3,136
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,313 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,050 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Network Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Network Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Network Management in the West Midlands

Network Management
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Management in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Network Management in the West Midlands

Network Management
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Network Management in the West Midlands

Network Management
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Management within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham +64 29 £65,000 +13.04% 1
Solihull - 10 £60,000 -
Warwickshire +6 9 - -
Willenhall - 4 - -
Coventry - 3 £78,250 -
Worcestershire - 2 - - 3
Sutton Coldfield +5 1 - -
Bilston - 1 - -
Kingswinford - 1 - -
Rowley Regis - 1 - -
Smethwick - 1 - -
Wolverhampton - 1 - - 1
Tipton - 1 - -
Network Management
England

Network Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.54%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.08%) AWS
1 2 (3.08%) Azure
2 1 (1.54%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 28 (43.08%) WAN
2 23 (35.38%) Internet
2 23 (35.38%) Network Security
3 22 (33.85%) WLAN
4 11 (16.92%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (4.62%) MPLS
6 2 (3.08%) Ethernet
6 2 (3.08%) LAN
6 2 (3.08%) VoIP
7 1 (1.54%) BGP
7 1 (1.54%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (1.54%) Firewall
7 1 (1.54%) Modbus
7 1 (1.54%) OSPF
7 1 (1.54%) TACACS
7 1 (1.54%) Unified Communications
7 1 (1.54%) VLAN
7 1 (1.54%) VPN
7 1 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.54%) Wireless
General
1 3 (4.62%) Finance
1 3 (4.62%) Influencing Skills
1 3 (4.62%) Legal
1 3 (4.62%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (47.69%) Architect
2 29 (44.62%) Network Architect
3 22 (33.85%) IT Engineer
3 22 (33.85%) IT Support
3 22 (33.85%) IT Support Engineer
3 22 (33.85%) Support Engineer
4 9 (13.85%) Designer
4 9 (13.85%) Network Designer
5 4 (6.15%) Network Engineer
6 1 (1.54%) Network Security Architect
6 1 (1.54%) Network Security Engineer
6 1 (1.54%) Security Architect
6 1 (1.54%) Security Engineer
6 1 (1.54%) Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
1 23 (35.38%) Driving Licence
2 1 (1.54%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.54%) Industrial Internet of Things
2 1 (1.54%) IoT
2 1 (1.54%) NB-IoT
2 1 (1.54%) Operational Technology
2 1 (1.54%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 24 (36.92%) Linux
2 22 (33.85%) Windows
3 2 (3.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (35.38%) ITIL
2 22 (33.85%) Asset Management
2 22 (33.85%) Computer Science
2 22 (33.85%) IT Asset Management
2 22 (33.85%) Mentoring
2 22 (33.85%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (4.62%) Configuration Management
3 3 (4.62%) Incident Management
3 3 (4.62%) Network Optimisation
3 3 (4.62%) Programme Delivery
3 3 (4.62%) Risk Management
4 2 (3.08%) Performance Monitoring
5 1 (1.54%) Contingency Planning
5 1 (1.54%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (1.54%) Data Acquisition
5 1 (1.54%) Decision-Making
5 1 (1.54%) High Availability
5 1 (1.54%) Network Segmentation
5 1 (1.54%) Predictive Analytics
5 1 (1.54%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.54%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.54%) Python
Qualifications
1 36 (55.38%) Security Cleared
2 27 (41.54%) SC Cleared
3 25 (38.46%) Degree
4 23 (35.38%) CCNP
4 23 (35.38%) Cisco Certification
5 22 (33.85%) CCNA
5 22 (33.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (33.85%) LPIC
5 22 (33.85%) MCP
5 22 (33.85%) MCSE
5 22 (33.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.54%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.54%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.54%) NCSC
1 1 (1.54%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.54%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 61 (93.85%) Cisco
2 37 (56.92%) Juniper
3 26 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 11 (16.92%) SevOne
4 11 (16.92%) VMware
5 2 (3.08%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.54%) Aruba
6 1 (1.54%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.54%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.54%) Meraki
6 1 (1.54%) Mitel
6 1 (1.54%) Palo Alto