Network Security Jobs in Birmingham

Network Security
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for Network Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Network Security over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 79 150
Rank change year-on-year -17 +71 -17
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 52 56 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.75% 3.09% 1.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.54% 20.59% 10.02%
Number of salaries quoted 31 29 33
10th Percentile £30,150 £52,400 £43,000
25th Percentile £43,227 £60,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £64,656 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.67% -7.63% +7.69%
75th Percentile £63,125 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £72,500 - £86,750
West Midlands median annual salary £43,227 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -27.96% -7.69% +14.04%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

Network Security is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 384 272 439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 12.91% 15.01% 14.12%
Number of salaries quoted 306 194 336
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,575 £30,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,688 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,988 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.39% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -3.23% +1.09%

Network Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Network Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Network Security in Birmingham

Network Security
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Network Security in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Network Security in Birmingham

Network Security
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Network Security in Birmingham over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Network Security in Birmingham

Network Security
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (3.85%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (3.85%) PeopleSoft HCM
1 2 (3.85%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 15 (28.85%) Azure
2 2 (3.85%) AWS
2 2 (3.85%) Entra ID
2 2 (3.85%) OCI
2 2 (3.85%) SaaS
3 1 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 30 (57.69%) Firewall
2 16 (30.77%) VPN
3 15 (28.85%) WAN
4 13 (25.00%) LAN
5 12 (23.08%) MPLS
6 10 (19.23%) VLAN
7 9 (17.31%) BGP
7 9 (17.31%) OSPF
8 7 (13.46%) SD-WAN
9 5 (9.62%) DNS
9 5 (9.62%) IPsec
9 5 (9.62%) TCP/IP
9 5 (9.62%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (9.62%) WLAN
10 3 (5.77%) DMZ
10 3 (5.77%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (5.77%) SSL
10 3 (5.77%) Wireless
11 2 (3.85%) Cisco Firepower
11 2 (3.85%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.85%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 10 (19.23%) Telecoms
3 6 (11.54%) Social Skills
4 5 (9.62%) Police
5 4 (7.69%) Finance
6 3 (5.77%) Banking
6 3 (5.77%) Legal
7 2 (3.85%) Law
7 2 (3.85%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.92%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (42.31%) Network Engineer
2 11 (21.15%) Senior
3 7 (13.46%) Senior Network Engineer
4 6 (11.54%) Analyst
4 6 (11.54%) IT Manager
5 5 (9.62%) Mobile Engineer
5 5 (9.62%) Security Analyst
6 4 (7.69%) Chief Technology Officer
6 4 (7.69%) Consultant
6 4 (7.69%) IT Security Manager
6 4 (7.69%) Security Manager
7 3 (5.77%) Firewall Engineer
7 3 (5.77%) IT Analyst
7 3 (5.77%) IT Security Analyst
7 3 (5.77%) Junior
7 3 (5.77%) Junior Analyst
7 3 (5.77%) Junior Security Analyst
7 3 (5.77%) Network Analyst
7 3 (5.77%) Presales Engineer
7 3 (5.77%) Presales Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.77%) EDI
2 2 (3.85%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.46%) Management Information System
2 6 (11.54%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (5.77%) Data Centre
3 3 (5.77%) PKI
4 2 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.85%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (3.85%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.92%) Replication
5 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.85%) Linux
1 2 (3.85%) Oracle Linux
1 2 (3.85%) Windows
1 2 (3.85%) Windows Server
1 2 (3.85%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (34.62%) ITIL
2 14 (26.92%) Agile
3 9 (17.31%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (17.31%) Security Operations
3 9 (17.31%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 9 (17.31%) Vulnerability Management
4 8 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (13.46%) Proactive Monitoring
5 7 (13.46%) Service Delivery
6 6 (11.54%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 6 (11.54%) Incident Response
6 6 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (11.54%) Threat Intelligence
6 6 (11.54%) Threat Management
7 5 (9.62%) Collaborative Culture
7 5 (9.62%) Cost Optimisation
7 5 (9.62%) Customer Service
7 5 (9.62%) Network Monitoring
7 5 (9.62%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (9.62%) Tech Ops
Qualifications
1 12 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 8 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 7 (13.46%) CCNP
3 7 (13.46%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (11.54%) Degree
5 5 (9.62%) CCNA
5 5 (9.62%) DV Cleared
6 4 (7.69%) Azure Certification
6 4 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (7.69%) JNCIA
7 2 (3.85%) CCIE
7 2 (3.85%) DBS Check
7 2 (3.85%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (1.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.85%) SLA
2 1 (1.92%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (5.77%) Terraform
2 2 (3.85%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 25 (48.08%) Cisco
2 9 (17.31%) Juniper
3 8 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 7 (13.46%) Aruba
5 5 (9.62%) Ericsson
5 5 (9.62%) Fortinet
5 5 (9.62%) Nokia
6 4 (7.69%) Palo Alto
7 3 (5.77%) CheckPoint
7 3 (5.77%) Meraki
8 2 (3.85%) F5
8 2 (3.85%) Hyperion
8 2 (3.85%) JD Edwards
8 2 (3.85%) Oracle
8 2 (3.85%) PeopleSoft
8 2 (3.85%) SAP
8 2 (3.85%) Zscaler
9 1 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (1.92%) Okta
9 1 (1.92%) Zerto