Network Support Jobs in the West Midlands

Network Support
England > West Midlands

The median Network Support salary in the West Midlands is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 238 257 286
Rank change year-on-year +19 +29 -71
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Support 10 17 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.14% 0.25% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.28% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 9 10 6
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,638 -
25th Percentile £34,000 £29,938 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £37,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +25.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £47,500 £43,750 £32,500
90th Percentile £54,700 £55,000 -
England median annual salary £40,000 £36,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +9.59% -8.75% +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 the West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,802 6,013 6,864
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 90.01% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5,143 3,357 4,774
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,900 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £63,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%

Network Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Network Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Network Support in the West Midlands

Network Support
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Network Support in the West Midlands

Network Support
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Support in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Support in the West Midlands

Network Support
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 Support within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Coventry +33 2 £57,500 +4.55%
Birmingham -12 2 £36,000 -34.55%
Staffordshire -15 1 £45,000 +46.34%
Worcestershire -17 1 £49,000 +15.29%
Brierley Hill - 1 £33,500 -
Solihull - 1 - - 1
Network Support
England

Network Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Network Support 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 West Midlands region featuring Network Support in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Azure
2 5 (50.00%) Firewall
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 4 (40.00%) DHCP
3 4 (40.00%) DNS
3 4 (40.00%) Cisco
4 3 (30.00%) WAN
4 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
4 3 (30.00%) Windows
4 3 (30.00%) Entra ID
4 3 (30.00%) Windows Server
4 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (20.00%) Preventative Maintenance
5 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
5 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (20.00%) FortiGate
5 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (20.00%) OneDrive
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (20.00%) Law
5 2 (20.00%) Hyper-V
5 2 (20.00%) Aruba
5 2 (20.00%) Acronis
5 2 (20.00%) VLAN

Network Support Skill Set
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 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Azure
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (30.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (20.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) Firewall
2 4 (40.00%) DHCP
2 4 (40.00%) DNS
3 3 (30.00%) WAN
4 2 (20.00%) Internet
4 2 (20.00%) MPLS
4 2 (20.00%) VLAN
4 2 (20.00%) Wireless
5 1 (10.00%) ADSL
5 1 (10.00%) Ethernet
5 1 (10.00%) HTTP
5 1 (10.00%) IPsec
5 1 (10.00%) NetScaler
5 1 (10.00%) SD-WAN
5 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
5 1 (10.00%) VPN
5 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (20.00%) Law
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Linux Command Line
1 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
1 3 (30.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (10.00%) Linux
3 1 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Preventative Maintenance
3 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (20.00%) Service Management
4 1 (10.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (10.00%) Load Balancing
4 1 (10.00%) Migration
4 1 (10.00%) Presales
4 1 (10.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (10.00%) Product Management
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) CCNA
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (10.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (10.00%) MCSE
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (20.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (10.00%) Squid
3 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) FortiGate
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Cisco
3 2 (20.00%) Acronis
3 2 (20.00%) Aruba
3 2 (20.00%) Fortinet
3 2 (20.00%) WatchGuard
4 1 (10.00%) Citrix
4 1 (10.00%) Draytek
4 1 (10.00%) HP
4 1 (10.00%) Huawei
4 1 (10.00%) Juniper
4 1 (10.00%) VMware
4 1 (10.00%) Zscaler