The first table below looks at the demand for TCP/IP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited TCP/IP over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Rank 24 38 -
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 25 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 10.04% 2.000% -
As % of the Communications & Networking category 42.37% 8.333% -
Number of salaries quoted 25 4 0
Average salary £47,500 £50,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +7.69%
All Communications & Networking
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
59 48 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 23.69% 24.00% 5.988%
Number of salaries quoted 58 46 8
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £37,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +19.20%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £28,500 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £46,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
TCP/IP
Bedfordshire

TCP/IP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing TCP/IP across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Bedford TCP/IP Jobs Demand Trend

TCP/IP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing TCP/IP across the Bedford region.

Bedford TCP/IP Salary Trend

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing TCP/IP across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Bedford TCP/IP Salary Histogram

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing TCP/IP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited TCP/IP.

1 32 (65.31%) Windows
2 27 (55.10%) DNS
3 24 (48.98%) Linux
4 23 (46.94%) VMware
5 22 (44.90%) VoIP
6 20 (40.82%) Network Security
7 18 (36.73%) VLAN
7 18 (36.73%) Firewall
7 18 (36.73%) DHCP
7 18 (36.73%) Cisco
7 18 (36.73%) CCNP
7 18 (36.73%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (32.65%) VPN
8 16 (32.65%) SAN
8 16 (32.65%) WAN
8 16 (32.65%) LAN
8 16 (32.65%) IIS
8 16 (32.65%) Change Management
9 14 (28.57%) VMware ESX
10 13 (26.53%) CISA
10 13 (26.53%) CISM
10 13 (26.53%) CISSP
10 13 (26.53%) CEH
10 13 (26.53%) RIP
10 13 (26.53%) MPLS
10 13 (26.53%) Network Management
11 12 (24.49%) Microsoft
11 12 (24.49%) Active Directory
11 12 (24.49%) SQL Server
11 12 (24.49%) Degree

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing TCP/IP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited TCP/IP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 16 (32.65%) IIS
2 11 (22.45%) Apache
3 10 (20.41%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (20.41%) MS Exchange
3 10 (20.41%) Exchange Server 2007
4 7 (14.29%) SharePoint
4 7 (14.29%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (6.122%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 6 (12.24%) MS Excel
2 4 (8.163%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 27 (55.10%) DNS
2 22 (44.90%) VoIP
3 20 (40.82%) Network Security
4 18 (36.73%) VLAN
4 18 (36.73%) Firewall
4 18 (36.73%) DHCP
5 16 (32.65%) VPN
5 16 (32.65%) SAN
5 16 (32.65%) WAN
5 16 (32.65%) LAN
6 13 (26.53%) RIP
6 13 (26.53%) MPLS
7 11 (22.45%) iSCSI
7 11 (22.45%) Fibre Channel
8 8 (16.33%) IP Telephony
8 8 (16.33%) Intrusion Detection
8 8 (16.33%) SS7
9 7 (14.29%) HTTPS
9 7 (14.29%) HTTP
9 7 (14.29%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (24.49%) SQL Server
2 11 (22.45%) MySQL
3 10 (20.41%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (6.122%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (4.082%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (4.082%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (4.082%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (4.082%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (4.082%) Oracle 10g
Job Titles
1 11 (22.45%) Linux Engineer
1 11 (22.45%) Systems Engineer
2 10 (20.41%) Network Engineer
2 10 (20.41%) Support Engineer
3 9 (18.37%) Administrator
3 9 (18.37%) Systems Administrator
3 9 (18.37%) Linux Systems Administrator
3 9 (18.37%) Linux Administrator
4 8 (16.33%) Security Officer
4 8 (16.33%) C Software Engineer
4 8 (16.33%) Software Support Engineer
4 8 (16.33%) Graduate
4 8 (16.33%) Software Engineer
5 7 (14.29%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 6 (12.24%) Data Centre Specialist
7 5 (10.20%) Network Security Engineer
7 5 (10.20%) Security Engineer
7 5 (10.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (8.163%) Data Centre Engineer
9 2 (4.082%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 12 (24.49%) Computer Science
2 11 (22.45%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 32 (65.31%) Windows
2 24 (48.98%) Linux
3 7 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (14.29%) Windows XP
3 7 (14.29%) Windows Vista
3 7 (14.29%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (14.29%) Windows 7
4 5 (10.20%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (32.65%) Change Management
2 13 (26.53%) Network Management
3 11 (22.45%) Supplier Management
4 9 (18.37%) Disaster Recovery
4 9 (18.37%) Capacity Planning
5 8 (16.33%) Network Design
5 8 (16.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 8 (16.33%) Software Engineering
6 5 (10.20%) Penetration Testing
6 5 (10.20%) Ethical Hacking
7 4 (8.163%) Migration
8 1 (2.041%) Data Security
8 1 (2.041%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.33%) Python
1 8 (16.33%) C
1 8 (16.33%) C#
1 8 (16.33%) C++
1 8 (16.33%) Java
2 4 (8.163%) C-shell
2 4 (8.163%) Bash shell
2 4 (8.163%) Shell Script
3 3 (6.122%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (36.73%) CCNP
1 18 (36.73%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (26.53%) CISA
2 13 (26.53%) CISM
2 13 (26.53%) CISSP
2 13 (26.53%) CEH
3 12 (24.49%) Degree
4 8 (16.33%) MCSE
4 8 (16.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (10.20%) CCSP
5 5 (10.20%) CCIP
5 5 (10.20%) CCNA
5 5 (10.20%) CCDP
5 5 (10.20%) MCP
6 4 (8.163%) RHCE
7 3 (6.122%) MCSA
7 3 (6.122%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.041%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (28.57%) VMware ESX
2 12 (24.49%) Active Directory
3 11 (22.45%) vSphere
4 5 (10.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (8.163%) Samba
5 4 (8.163%) Forefront TMG
5 4 (8.163%) UAG
5 4 (8.163%) NFS
5 4 (8.163%) ISA Server
6 3 (6.122%) Terminal Server
6 3 (6.122%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (4.082%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 23 (46.94%) VMware
2 18 (36.73%) Cisco
3 12 (24.49%) Microsoft
4 10 (20.41%) Citrix
5 5 (10.20%) F5
6 2 (4.082%) Oracle
6 2 (4.082%) Red Hat
Bedford, Bedfordshire
The Ideal skill set will include DNS Services, Microsoft Exchange 2007 /2010 and SharePoint services 2007 / 2010. You will have ideally had experience in installing, usage and/or...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
The right Red Hat Specialist / Linux Systems Engineer will have solid datacenter experience, working with Linux server (including Apache & MySQL), SAN (including FC & iSCSI switching) and TCP/IP...
Gregory James
Salary: £50000 to £55000 per annum - excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
The right Linux Systems Administrator / Systems Engineer will have solid datacenter experience, working with Linux server (including Apache & MySQL), SAN (including FC & iSCSI switching) and TCP/IP networking.
Gregory James
Salary: £45000 to £52000 per annum - 10% annual bonus, pension, healthcare
Posted: 17 May 2013