Network Security Jobs in the West Midlands

Network Security
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Network Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Network Security over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 97 215
Rank change year-on-year -1 +118 -26
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 129 104 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.13% 2.69% 1.09%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.93% 13.61% 9.09%
Number of salaries quoted 38 88 72
10th Percentile £39,625 £37,000 £40,688
25th Percentile £40,684 £41,625 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -2.04%
75th Percentile £61,500 £63,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £74,125 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

Network Security falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 762 764 1,001
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 12.60% 19.75% 11.96%
Number of salaries quoted 360 569 725
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,750 £44,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.91% -11.50% +12.36%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,789 £73,750 £76,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in the West Midlands

Network Security
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Network Security in the West Midlands

Network Security
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in the West Midlands

Network Security
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 Security within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 September 2024. 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 +9 49 £56,000 -10.40% 6
Warwickshire -17 17 £50,000 -16.67%
Worcestershire -9 14 £100,000 +62.60% 2
Staffordshire -53 10 £39,500 -8.67% 5
Sutton Coldfield - 7 - -
Shropshire - 6 £39,750 - 1
Herefordshire - 4 £60,000 - 1
Coventry +14 3 £52,500 +16.67% 2
Solihull - 2 £70,000 - 1
Walsall - 2 - -
Stourbridge +1 1 - -
Wolverhampton -1 1 - -
Bilston - 1 - -
Tipton - 1 - -
Wednesbury - 1 - -
West Bromwich - 1 - -
Willenhall - 1 - -
Brierley Hill - 1 - -
Dudley - 1 - -
Halesowen - 1 - -
Kingswinford - 1 - -
Rowley Regis - 1 - -
Smethwick - 1 - -
Network Security
England

Network Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.78%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (0.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.10%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (3.10%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (3.10%) PeopleSoft HCM
1 4 (3.10%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.78%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 20 (15.50%) Azure
2 15 (11.63%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (5.43%) AWS
4 4 (3.10%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 4 (3.10%) Entra ID
4 4 (3.10%) OCI
5 2 (1.55%) Cloudflare
6 1 (0.78%) GCP
6 1 (0.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (38.76%) Internet
1 50 (38.76%) WLAN
2 43 (33.33%) Firewall
3 15 (11.63%) WAN
4 14 (10.85%) VPN
5 13 (10.08%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (9.30%) VLAN
7 9 (6.98%) 5G
7 9 (6.98%) DHCP
7 9 (6.98%) DNS
7 9 (6.98%) LAN
7 9 (6.98%) Wireless
8 8 (6.20%) SD-WAN
9 4 (3.10%) BIG-IP
9 4 (3.10%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (3.10%) IPsec
9 4 (3.10%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (1.55%) DMZ
10 2 (1.55%) SAN
10 2 (1.55%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.78%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 17 (13.18%) Finance
2 13 (10.08%) Telecoms
3 6 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (4.65%) Law
4 5 (3.88%) Social Skills
5 4 (3.10%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.10%) Legal
5 4 (3.10%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.33%) Manufacturing
6 3 (2.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 55 (42.64%) IT Engineer
2 53 (41.09%) IT Support
3 50 (38.76%) IT Support Engineer
3 50 (38.76%) Support Engineer
4 20 (15.50%) Network Engineer
5 14 (10.85%) Senior
6 11 (8.53%) IT Manager
7 9 (6.98%) Technical Manager
8 8 (6.20%) Project Manager
8 8 (6.20%) Technical Project Manager
9 7 (5.43%) Analyst
9 7 (5.43%) Senior Network Engineer
10 6 (4.65%) Consultant
10 6 (4.65%) Security Manager
11 5 (3.88%) C++ Developer
11 5 (3.88%) Developer
11 5 (3.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (3.88%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (3.88%) IT Security Manager
12 4 (3.10%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.10%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (2.33%) SAML
3 1 (0.78%) .NET
3 1 (0.78%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 52 (40.31%) Driving Licence
2 50 (38.76%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.65%) FMCG
4 5 (3.88%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.10%) CCTV
5 4 (3.10%) EMV
5 4 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.10%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (3.10%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (2.33%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.55%) CMDB
7 2 (1.55%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.78%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.78%) PKI
8 1 (0.78%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.78%) Replication
8 1 (0.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 65 (50.39%) Windows
2 54 (41.86%) Linux
3 8 (6.20%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.88%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (3.10%) Oracle Linux
6 3 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.55%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.55%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (51.16%) ITIL
2 58 (44.96%) Problem-Solving
3 55 (42.64%) Computer Science
3 55 (42.64%) Mentoring
4 52 (40.31%) Asset Management
4 52 (40.31%) Network Management
5 50 (38.76%) IT Asset Management
6 21 (16.28%) Cybersecurity
7 16 (12.40%) Project Delivery
8 9 (6.98%) Agile
8 9 (6.98%) Coaching
8 9 (6.98%) Disaster Recovery
8 9 (6.98%) Network Virtualisation
9 8 (6.20%) ERP
9 8 (6.20%) Proactive Monitoring
10 7 (5.43%) Network Design
11 6 (4.65%) Analytics
11 6 (4.65%) Incident Response
11 6 (4.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 6 (4.65%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.65%) C++
2 5 (3.88%) Go
2 5 (3.88%) Rust
3 4 (3.10%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.10%) SQL
4 1 (0.78%) C
4 1 (0.78%) Java
4 1 (0.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 57 (44.19%) CCNP
1 57 (44.19%) Cisco Certification
1 57 (44.19%) Degree
2 52 (40.31%) Computer Science Degree
2 52 (40.31%) MCP
2 52 (40.31%) Microsoft Certification
3 51 (39.53%) CCNA
4 50 (38.76%) LPIC
4 50 (38.76%) MCSE
5 11 (8.53%) Security Cleared
6 7 (5.43%) SC Cleared
7 5 (3.88%) CISSP
8 4 (3.10%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (2.33%) CCIE
9 3 (2.33%) CISA
10 2 (1.55%) AWS Certification
10 2 (1.55%) CEH
10 2 (1.55%) CISM
10 2 (1.55%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.20%) SLA
2 5 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.78%) NCSC
3 1 (0.78%) NIST
System Software
1 19 (14.73%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.20%) Hyper-V
3 6 (4.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.33%) Firmware
5 1 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.78%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.78%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (5.43%) Terraform
2 6 (4.65%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (3.10%) Ansible
4 3 (2.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.55%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.78%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 79 (61.24%) Cisco
2 68 (52.71%) Microsoft
3 11 (8.53%) CheckPoint
4 9 (6.98%) Palo Alto
5 8 (6.20%) F5
6 7 (5.43%) Aruba
7 6 (4.65%) Fortinet
7 6 (4.65%) VMware
8 4 (3.10%) Avaya
8 4 (3.10%) Hyperion
8 4 (3.10%) JD Edwards
8 4 (3.10%) Meraki
8 4 (3.10%) Oracle
8 4 (3.10%) PeopleSoft
8 4 (3.10%) Sage
8 4 (3.10%) WatchGuard
9 3 (2.33%) Juniper
10 2 (1.55%) Imperva
10 2 (1.55%) Radware
11 1 (0.78%) Proofpoint