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 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 115 146
Rank change year-on-year +27 +31 -41
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Engineer 67 16 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.23% 0.88% 1.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.36% 0.95% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 58 14 50
10th Percentile £26,700 £38,364 £41,250
25th Percentile £27,425 £46,214 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,227 £49,640 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.92% -9.75% +15.79%
75th Percentile £46,500 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £63,000 £67,500
West Midlands median annual salary £46,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% +2.70%

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 2,844 1,680 2,999
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 92.92% 96.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,293 1,329 2,264
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,750 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £69,914 £70,600 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,964 £81,250 £83,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 42 (62.69%) SC Cleared
1 42 (62.69%) Security Cleared
2 33 (49.25%) Firewall
3 32 (47.76%) Juniper
4 31 (46.27%) Cisco
5 30 (44.78%) WAN
6 23 (34.33%) MPLS
7 22 (32.84%) Network Security
8 21 (31.34%) Azure
9 19 (28.36%) IPsec
10 18 (26.87%) SD-WAN
11 15 (22.39%) VPN
12 14 (20.90%) Telecoms
12 14 (20.90%) Aruba
12 14 (20.90%) Cybersecurity
13 13 (19.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 12 (17.91%) Mentoring
14 12 (17.91%) 802.1X
14 12 (17.91%) Fault Management
14 12 (17.91%) LAN
14 12 (17.91%) Configuration Management
14 12 (17.91%) Change Management
14 12 (17.91%) Disaster Recovery
15 11 (16.42%) Cisco Certification
16 9 (13.43%) CCNP
16 9 (13.43%) CCNA
16 9 (13.43%) Customer Service
17 7 (10.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 7 (10.45%) Network Monitoring
17 7 (10.45%) WLAN

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 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.99%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 21 (31.34%) Azure
2 13 (19.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 3 (4.48%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.99%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 33 (49.25%) Firewall
2 30 (44.78%) WAN
3 23 (34.33%) MPLS
4 22 (32.84%) Network Security
5 19 (28.36%) IPsec
6 18 (26.87%) SD-WAN
7 15 (22.39%) VPN
8 12 (17.91%) LAN
9 7 (10.45%) WLAN
10 6 (8.96%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (7.46%) DNS
11 5 (7.46%) VLAN
12 4 (5.97%) BGP
12 4 (5.97%) OSPF
12 4 (5.97%) TCP/IP
13 3 (4.48%) DMZ
13 3 (4.48%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (4.48%) SSL
14 2 (2.99%) DHCP
14 2 (2.99%) Wireless
General
1 14 (20.90%) Telecoms
2 6 (8.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (7.46%) Police
4 4 (5.97%) Law
5 3 (4.48%) Social Skills
6 1 (1.49%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.49%) Legal
6 1 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (17.91%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.48%) PKI
2 1 (1.49%) CCTV
2 1 (1.49%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.48%) Windows
1 3 (4.48%) Windows Server
1 3 (4.48%) Windows Server 2019
2 2 (2.99%) Windows 10
2 2 (2.99%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (2.99%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (20.90%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (17.91%) Change Management
2 12 (17.91%) Configuration Management
2 12 (17.91%) Disaster Recovery
2 12 (17.91%) Fault Management
2 12 (17.91%) Mentoring
3 9 (13.43%) Customer Service
4 7 (10.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 7 (10.45%) ITIL
4 7 (10.45%) Network Monitoring
5 6 (8.96%) Network Architecture
6 5 (7.46%) Agile
6 5 (7.46%) Collaborative Culture
6 5 (7.46%) Computer Science
6 5 (7.46%) Tech Ops
7 4 (5.97%) Capacity Planning
8 3 (4.48%) Presales
8 3 (4.48%) Project Delivery
8 3 (4.48%) Reverse Engineering
9 2 (2.99%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.49%) SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (62.69%) SC Cleared
1 42 (62.69%) Security Cleared
2 11 (16.42%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (13.43%) CCNA
3 9 (13.43%) CCNP
4 6 (8.96%) Degree
5 5 (7.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (7.46%) DV Cleared
6 4 (5.97%) Azure Certification
6 4 (5.97%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.48%) SLA
2 1 (1.49%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (5.97%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.99%) SCCM
Vendors
1 32 (47.76%) Juniper
2 31 (46.27%) Cisco
3 14 (20.90%) Aruba
4 3 (4.48%) CheckPoint
4 3 (4.48%) Fortinet
4 3 (4.48%) Meraki
5 2 (2.99%) Acronis
5 2 (2.99%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.99%) Snow
5 2 (2.99%) SolarWinds
5 2 (2.99%) WatchGuard
6 1 (1.49%) VMware