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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 181 82
Rank change year-on-year +44 -99 +130
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 60 72 245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.40% 0.96% 3.93%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.20% 7.32% 22.31%
Number of salaries quoted 31 51 72
10th Percentile £41,000 £30,150 £36,375
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,650 £41,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £43,227 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.20% -27.96% -4.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £77,500
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 492 983 1,098
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.49% 13.13% 17.60%
Number of salaries quoted 313 802 514
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,750 £25,913
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,950 £63,750
90th Percentile £74,852 £67,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £47,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% -4.76%

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 21 May 2025.

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 21 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
Warwickshire - 20 £48,250 - 9
Birmingham +6 18 £56,250 +18.42% 17
Herefordshire - 4 £60,000 -
Coventry - 3 £45,000 - 4
Worcestershire +23 2 - - 9
Staffordshire +13 2 £47,094 +20.75% 4
Solihull +6 1 - - 1
Sutton Coldfield +1 1 - -
Tipton - 1 - -
Willenhall - 1 - -
Wolverhampton - 1 - -
Kingswinford - 1 - -
Rowley Regis - 1 - -
Smethwick - 1 - -
Bilston - 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 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.33%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (3.33%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (3.33%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 18 (30.00%) Azure
2 9 (15.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 6 (10.00%) AWS
4 4 (6.67%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.33%) Cloudflare
5 2 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (3.33%) OCI
6 1 (1.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 22 (36.67%) Internet
1 22 (36.67%) WLAN
2 21 (35.00%) Firewall
3 18 (30.00%) WAN
4 15 (25.00%) VLAN
5 12 (20.00%) SD-WAN
6 7 (11.67%) LAN
6 7 (11.67%) VPN
7 4 (6.67%) BGP
8 3 (5.00%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (5.00%) IPsec
8 3 (5.00%) OSPF
8 3 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (3.33%) ATM
9 2 (3.33%) DHCP
9 2 (3.33%) DNS
9 2 (3.33%) Frame Relay
9 2 (3.33%) MPLS
9 2 (3.33%) SDH
9 2 (3.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.33%) Oracle Database
General
1 9 (15.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.33%) Finance
3 4 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (5.00%) Legal
5 2 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.67%) Automotive
6 1 (1.67%) German Language
6 1 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.67%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.67%) Police
6 1 (1.67%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (41.67%) IT Engineer
2 22 (36.67%) IT Support
2 22 (36.67%) IT Support Engineer
2 22 (36.67%) Support Engineer
3 21 (35.00%) Network Engineer
4 12 (20.00%) Senior
5 7 (11.67%) Senior Network Engineer
6 5 (8.33%) Architect
7 4 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.00%) Consultant
8 3 (5.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.00%) Network Architect
8 3 (5.00%) Security Architect
8 3 (5.00%) Security Engineer
9 2 (3.33%) Cloud Consultant
9 2 (3.33%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
9 2 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Practitioner
9 2 (3.33%) IT Analyst
9 2 (3.33%) Senior Consultant
9 2 (3.33%) Senior IT Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.33%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.67%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (38.33%) Driving Licence
2 6 (10.00%) Security Posture
3 4 (6.67%) Data Centre
4 3 (5.00%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.33%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.67%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.67%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.67%) IoT
6 1 (1.67%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 28 (46.67%) Linux
2 27 (45.00%) Windows
3 3 (5.00%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.33%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (1.67%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (50.00%) ITIL
2 29 (48.33%) Mentoring
3 27 (45.00%) Problem-Solving
4 23 (38.33%) Asset Management
4 23 (38.33%) Network Management
5 22 (36.67%) Computer Science
5 22 (36.67%) IT Asset Management
6 11 (18.33%) Network Monitoring
7 7 (11.67%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (8.33%) Information Security
8 5 (8.33%) Security Management
9 4 (6.67%) Agile
9 4 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (6.67%) Incident Response
9 4 (6.67%) Information Security Management
9 4 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 4 (6.67%) Network Design
10 3 (5.00%) Cloud Security
10 3 (5.00%) DevOps
10 3 (5.00%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 29 (48.33%) Cisco Certification
2 27 (45.00%) CCNP
3 26 (43.33%) CCNA
4 24 (40.00%) Degree
5 23 (38.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (36.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 22 (36.67%) LPIC
6 22 (36.67%) MCP
6 22 (36.67%) MCSE
7 17 (28.33%) SC Cleared
7 17 (28.33%) Security Cleared
8 4 (6.67%) CISSP
9 3 (5.00%) CISM
10 2 (3.33%) CASP
10 2 (3.33%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (3.33%) DV Cleared
11 1 (1.67%) AWS Certification
11 1 (1.67%) Azure Certification
11 1 (1.67%) JNCIA
11 1 (1.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (3.33%) NCSC
2 2 (3.33%) NIST
3 1 (1.67%) QA
3 1 (1.67%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (15.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.33%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (5.00%) Ansible
1 3 (5.00%) Single Sign-On
1 3 (5.00%) Terraform
2 1 (1.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 39 (65.00%) Cisco
2 32 (53.33%) Microsoft
3 8 (13.33%) SolarWinds
4 6 (10.00%) Fortinet
5 4 (6.67%) Aruba
5 4 (6.67%) CheckPoint
5 4 (6.67%) Juniper
5 4 (6.67%) Palo Alto
6 3 (5.00%) VMware
7 2 (3.33%) Hyperion
7 2 (3.33%) JD Edwards
7 2 (3.33%) Meraki
7 2 (3.33%) Oracle
7 2 (3.33%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (1.67%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (1.67%) Dell
8 1 (1.67%) F5
8 1 (1.67%) HP
8 1 (1.67%) NetApp
8 1 (1.67%) Nimble Storage