Network Security Jobs in Birmingham

Network Security
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 90 76 146
Rank change year-on-year -14 +70 -16
Permanent jobs citing Network Security 61 55 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.94% 3.06% 1.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 15.56% 20.45% 10.41%
Number of salaries quoted 32 28 35
10th Percentile £30,765 £52,100 £44,750
25th Percentile £43,227 £59,375 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -10.71% +3.70%
75th Percentile £62,813 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £72,250 - £84,750
West Midlands median annual salary £45,475 £59,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -22.92% -9.23% +4.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 392 269 442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 12.49% 14.97% 14.06%
Number of salaries quoted 298 193 336
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,550 £30,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,238 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.75% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,375 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,125 £77,500 £78,750
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% +3.26%

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 12 June 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (6.56%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (6.56%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (6.56%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 2 (3.28%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 15 (24.59%) Azure
2 5 (8.20%) AWS
3 4 (6.56%) OCI
4 2 (3.28%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.28%) SaaS
5 1 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.64%) Cloudflare
5 1 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 31 (50.82%) Firewall
2 19 (31.15%) VPN
3 18 (29.51%) WAN
4 16 (26.23%) LAN
5 13 (21.31%) MPLS
6 11 (18.03%) VLAN
7 9 (14.75%) BGP
7 9 (14.75%) OSPF
7 9 (14.75%) WLAN
8 8 (13.11%) SD-WAN
9 7 (11.48%) IPsec
10 5 (8.20%) DNS
10 5 (8.20%) TCP/IP
10 5 (8.20%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (6.56%) Internet
12 3 (4.92%) DMZ
12 3 (4.92%) Intrusion Detection
12 3 (4.92%) SSL
12 3 (4.92%) Wireless
13 2 (3.28%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.28%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (22.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 10 (16.39%) Telecoms
3 6 (9.84%) Finance
4 5 (8.20%) Law
4 5 (8.20%) Police
4 5 (8.20%) Social Skills
5 4 (6.56%) Legal
6 3 (4.92%) Banking
7 2 (3.28%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.28%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 24 (39.34%) Network Engineer
2 15 (24.59%) Senior
3 10 (16.39%) Senior Network Engineer
4 6 (9.84%) Analyst
4 6 (9.84%) Consultant
4 6 (9.84%) IT Manager
5 5 (8.20%) IT Engineer
5 5 (8.20%) Mobile Engineer
5 5 (8.20%) Security Analyst
6 4 (6.56%) Chief Technology Officer
6 4 (6.56%) IT Security Manager
6 4 (6.56%) IT Support
6 4 (6.56%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (6.56%) JDE CNC Consultant
6 4 (6.56%) JDE Consultant
6 4 (6.56%) Security Manager
6 4 (6.56%) Support Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Firewall Engineer
7 3 (4.92%) Junior
7 3 (4.92%) Junior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.56%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (4.92%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.48%) Management Information System
2 6 (9.84%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (8.20%) Driving Licence
4 4 (6.56%) Data Centre
4 4 (6.56%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (6.56%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (6.56%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.92%) PKI
6 2 (3.28%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.64%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.11%) Linux
2 7 (11.48%) Windows
3 4 (6.56%) Oracle Linux
4 3 (4.92%) Windows Server
4 3 (4.92%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (40.98%) ITIL
2 14 (22.95%) Agile
3 9 (14.75%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (14.75%) Security Operations
3 9 (14.75%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 9 (14.75%) Vulnerability Management
4 8 (13.11%) Computer Science
4 8 (13.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (13.11%) Mentoring
5 7 (11.48%) Service Delivery
6 6 (9.84%) Asset Management
6 6 (9.84%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 6 (9.84%) ERP
6 6 (9.84%) Incident Response
6 6 (9.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 6 (9.84%) Proactive Monitoring
6 6 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (9.84%) Threat Intelligence
6 6 (9.84%) Threat Management
7 5 (8.20%) Tech Ops
Qualifications
1 12 (19.67%) Security Cleared
2 11 (18.03%) CCNP
2 11 (18.03%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (16.39%) Degree
4 8 (13.11%) CCNA
4 8 (13.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (13.11%) SC Cleared
5 5 (8.20%) DV Cleared
6 4 (6.56%) Azure Certification
6 4 (6.56%) JNCIA
6 4 (6.56%) LPIC
6 4 (6.56%) MCP
6 4 (6.56%) MCSE
6 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (6.56%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (3.28%) CCIE
7 2 (3.28%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.64%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.84%) SLA
2 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.64%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (4.92%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (8.20%) Terraform
2 2 (3.28%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 32 (52.46%) Cisco
2 15 (24.59%) Microsoft
3 9 (14.75%) Juniper
4 8 (13.11%) Aruba
5 6 (9.84%) CheckPoint
5 6 (9.84%) Fortinet
6 5 (8.20%) Ericsson
6 5 (8.20%) Nokia
6 5 (8.20%) Palo Alto
7 4 (6.56%) Hyperion
7 4 (6.56%) JD Edwards
7 4 (6.56%) Meraki
7 4 (6.56%) Oracle
7 4 (6.56%) PeopleSoft
8 2 (3.28%) F5
8 2 (3.28%) SAP
8 2 (3.28%) Zscaler
9 1 (1.64%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (1.64%) Okta
9 1 (1.64%) Zerto