The first table below looks at the demand for TCP/IP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited TCP/IP over the 3 months to 17 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Rank 18 55 67
Rank change year-on-year
+37 +12
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 99 29 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 9.133% 2.938% 1.299%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 37.08% 11.93% 10.19%
Number of salaries quoted 92 27 11
Average salary £48,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.77% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £29,200 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +6.06%
All Communications & Networking
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
267 243 108
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 24.63% 24.62% 12.75%
Number of salaries quoted 241 196 100
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £31,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
TCP/IP
East of England

TCP/IP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire TCP/IP Salary Trend

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing TCP/IP across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bedfordshire TCP/IP Salary Histogram

TCP/IP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Luton +13 31 £50,000 +14.28%
Bedford +12 25 £40,000 -20.00%
Dunstable -2 18 £54,500 +11.22%
TCP/IP
East of England

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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.

1 106 (60.57%) Windows
2 103 (58.86%) Cisco
3 97 (55.43%) Linux
4 80 (45.71%) VMware
5 73 (41.71%) Microsoft
6 64 (36.57%) Change Management
7 63 (36.00%) VMware ESX
8 62 (35.43%) IIS
9 60 (34.29%) Apache
10 59 (33.71%) MySQL
11 58 (33.14%) vSphere
12 57 (32.57%) ITIL
13 56 (32.00%) iSCSI
14 55 (31.43%) SaaS
15 54 (30.86%) DNS
16 48 (27.43%) Problem Management
17 45 (25.71%) Cisco Certification
18 43 (24.57%) SQL
19 41 (23.43%) Oracle
20 39 (22.29%) CCNP
21 37 (21.14%) DHCP
21 37 (21.14%) Firewall
21 37 (21.14%) Degree
22 36 (20.57%) Service Management
23 35 (20.00%) LAN
24 34 (19.43%) SAN
25 32 (18.29%) Windows Server 2008
26 31 (17.71%) WAN
27 30 (17.14%) MS Excel
28 29 (16.57%) UNIX

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 Development
1 3 (1.714%) COM
2 2 (1.143%) Middleware
3 1 (0.571%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 62 (35.43%) IIS
2 60 (34.29%) Apache
3 18 (10.29%) MS Exchange
4 17 (9.714%) Exchange Server 2010
5 15 (8.571%) Exchange Server 2007
6 10 (5.714%) SharePoint Server
7 8 (4.571%) SharePoint
8 5 (2.857%) Exchange Server 2003
9 4 (2.286%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 4 (2.286%) Windows Azure
10 3 (1.714%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.571%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.571%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 30 (17.14%) MS Excel
2 10 (5.714%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.143%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 56 (32.00%) iSCSI
2 54 (30.86%) DNS
3 37 (21.14%) DHCP
3 37 (21.14%) Firewall
4 35 (20.00%) LAN
5 34 (19.43%) SAN
6 31 (17.71%) WAN
7 27 (15.43%) VLAN
8 23 (13.14%) VoIP
9 22 (12.57%) MPLS
9 22 (12.57%) Fibre Channel
10 21 (12.00%) Network Security
11 18 (10.29%) VPN
12 15 (8.571%) SSL
12 15 (8.571%) RIP
13 10 (5.714%) HTTP
13 10 (5.714%) NAS
14 8 (4.571%) Intrusion Detection
14 8 (4.571%) HTTPS
14 8 (4.571%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (33.71%) MySQL
2 28 (16.00%) SQL Server
3 14 (8.000%) SQL Server 2008
4 9 (5.143%) OLTP
5 5 (2.857%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (2.286%) Oracle 11g
6 4 (2.286%) Oracle 10g
7 2 (1.143%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.143%) Oracle 8/8i
7 2 (1.143%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 25 (14.29%) Finance
2 6 (3.429%) Electronics
3 5 (2.857%) Advertising
4 3 (1.714%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (1.714%) Retail
4 3 (1.714%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.143%) Legal
6 1 (0.571%) Banking
Job Titles
1 53 (30.29%) Linux Engineer
2 46 (26.29%) Systems Engineer
3 37 (21.14%) Administrator
4 34 (19.43%) Linux Administrator
5 32 (18.29%) Systems Administrator
6 29 (16.57%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 20 (11.43%) Support Engineer
8 12 (6.857%) Network Manager
9 11 (6.286%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (6.286%) Network Engineer
9 11 (6.286%) Build Manager
10 10 (5.714%) Infrastructure Specialist
10 10 (5.714%) Architect
11 9 (5.143%) Software Engineer
11 9 (5.143%) Consultant
11 9 (5.143%) UNIX Engineer
12 8 (4.571%) Software Support Engineer
12 8 (4.571%) Security Officer
12 8 (4.571%) C Software Engineer
12 8 (4.571%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 55 (31.43%) SaaS
2 27 (15.43%) Computer Science
3 9 (5.143%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.857%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 3 (1.714%) Clustering
6 2 (1.143%) Smartcard
6 2 (1.143%) Blackberry
6 2 (1.143%) Device Driver
6 2 (1.143%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.571%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.571%) PKI
7 1 (0.571%) Handset
7 1 (0.571%) Replication
7 1 (0.571%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 106 (60.57%) Windows
2 97 (55.43%) Linux
3 32 (18.29%) Windows Server 2008
4 29 (16.57%) UNIX
5 24 (13.71%) Windows Server 2003
6 18 (10.29%) Solaris
6 18 (10.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (6.857%) Debian
8 10 (5.714%) Windows 7
9 9 (5.143%) Windows XP
10 8 (4.571%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.571%) AIX
11 1 (0.571%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (36.57%) Change Management
2 57 (32.57%) ITIL
3 48 (27.43%) Problem Management
4 36 (20.57%) Service Management
5 22 (12.57%) Root Cause Analysis
6 18 (10.29%) Network Management
7 16 (9.143%) PRINCE2
7 16 (9.143%) Supplier Management
8 13 (7.429%) Change Control
8 13 (7.429%) Software Engineering
9 12 (6.857%) PRINCE
9 12 (6.857%) Disaster Recovery
10 11 (6.286%) Network Design
11 10 (5.714%) Capacity Planning
12 8 (4.571%) Network Architecture
12 8 (4.571%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 6 (3.429%) Migration
13 6 (3.429%) Incident Management
14 5 (2.857%) Agile Software Development
14 5 (2.857%) Ethical Hacking
Programming Languages
1 43 (24.57%) SQL
2 11 (6.286%) Python
2 11 (6.286%) C#
3 10 (5.714%) C++
3 10 (5.714%) Java
3 10 (5.714%) C
4 6 (3.429%) C-shell
4 6 (3.429%) Shell Script
5 5 (2.857%) Bash shell
6 1 (0.571%) Bourne shell
6 1 (0.571%) Perl
Qualifications
1 45 (25.71%) Cisco Certification
2 39 (22.29%) CCNP
3 37 (21.14%) Degree
4 23 (13.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 20 (11.43%) MCSE
6 16 (9.143%) CCNA
7 13 (7.429%) CISSP
7 13 (7.429%) CISA
7 13 (7.429%) CISM
7 13 (7.429%) CEH
8 9 (5.143%) Security Cleared
9 6 (3.429%) CCSP
9 6 (3.429%) CCDA
9 6 (3.429%) CCDP
10 5 (2.857%) CCIP
10 5 (2.857%) MCP
10 5 (2.857%) RHCE
10 5 (2.857%) MCITP
11 3 (1.714%) HND
11 3 (1.714%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (12.00%) SLA
2 5 (2.857%) QA
3 2 (1.143%) ISO/IEC 14443
System Software
1 63 (36.00%) VMware ESX
2 58 (33.14%) vSphere
3 22 (12.57%) Active Directory
4 21 (12.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (5.714%) NFS
6 5 (2.857%) Terminal Server
6 5 (2.857%) ISA Server
6 5 (2.857%) Samba
6 5 (2.857%) Hyper-V
6 5 (2.857%) Forefront TMG
6 5 (2.857%) UAG
6 5 (2.857%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (2.286%) Terminal Services
7 4 (2.286%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.571%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.571%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (1.714%) OpenView
2 2 (1.143%) ServiceCenter
3 1 (0.571%) BMC PATROL
3 1 (0.571%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 103 (58.86%) Cisco
2 80 (45.71%) VMware
3 73 (41.71%) Microsoft
4 41 (23.43%) Oracle
5 29 (16.57%) Red Hat
6 19 (10.86%) Citrix
7 16 (9.143%) HP
7 16 (9.143%) F5
8 7 (4.000%) Juniper
8 7 (4.000%) CheckPoint
9 4 (2.286%) EMC
9 4 (2.286%) Sun
9 4 (2.286%) Symantec
10 2 (1.143%) Salesforce.com
10 2 (1.143%) Postini
10 2 (1.143%) Atmel
11 1 (0.571%) Acme Packet
11 1 (0.571%) Nimsoft
11 1 (0.571%) Sonus
11 1 (0.571%) BroadSoft
Bedfordshire
Linux Engineer / Linux Systems Administrator ( redhat, RHEL ) required for our client based on Herts/Beds border... Apache, mySQL) Storage Area Networks, including FC and iSCSI switching TCP/IP...
Vadis People
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + 10% bonus plus benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Luton, South East
TCP/IP networking over Cisco Catalyst switches Storage Area Networks, including FC and iSCSI switching Desirable: Windows Server (up to 2008) including Microsoft Cluster Services, Microsoft IIS web...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Luton, South East
Essential: At least 5 years commercial Linux data centre experience Linux server (inc. Apache, mySQL) LAMP TCP/IP networking over Cisco Catalyst switches Storage Area Networks, including FC...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
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: 13 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: 17 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
Bedfordshire, South East
Skills essential:* Solaris 8,9,10* Redhat and or OEL* HP Chassis/Blade based server technology * Cisco UCS Server Platform* TCP, IP, DNS, SSH, DNS, LDAP,* Sun/Oracle...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 25 April 2013