The first table below looks at the demand for TCP/IP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Rank 80 70 46
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -24
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 29 32 47
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 1.721% 2.180% 3.464%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.236% 11.19% 19.03%
Number of salaries quoted 29 27 45
Average salary £30,000 £35,000 £35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% -1.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,000 £24,900
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £55,000 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +7.69%
All Communications & Networking
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
314 286 247
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 18.64% 19.48% 18.20%
Number of salaries quoted 253 249 224
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
TCP/IP
West Midlands

TCP/IP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham TCP/IP Salary Trend

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram

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

Birmingham TCP/IP Salary Histogram

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 30 (50.00%) Windows
2 23 (38.33%) Microsoft
3 20 (33.33%) Cisco
3 20 (33.33%) Linux
4 16 (26.67%) MS Excel
4 16 (26.67%) Firewall
5 15 (25.00%) C
6 14 (23.33%) Active Directory
7 13 (21.67%) Finance
8 12 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (20.00%) SQL
8 12 (20.00%) ITIL
8 12 (20.00%) DNS
8 12 (20.00%) Migration
8 12 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
9 11 (18.33%) Network Security
9 11 (18.33%) WAN
9 11 (18.33%) CheckPoint
10 10 (16.67%) Project Management
10 10 (16.67%) LAN
10 10 (16.67%) VPN
11 9 (15.00%) CCNP
11 9 (15.00%) DHCP
11 9 (15.00%) Computer Science
12 8 (13.33%) VMware
12 8 (13.33%) Change Management
12 8 (13.33%) Windows Server 2003
12 8 (13.33%) Juniper
12 8 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (13.33%) Citrix

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 4 (6.667%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 4 (6.667%) OpenGL
1 4 (6.667%) DirectX
1 4 (6.667%) XML
1 4 (6.667%) SOAP
1 4 (6.667%) STL
2 2 (3.333%) Middleware
3 1 (1.667%) JMS
3 1 (1.667%) Web Services
3 1 (1.667%) .NET
3 1 (1.667%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 6 (10.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (6.667%) SharePoint
3 3 (5.000%) IIS
3 3 (5.000%) Apache
3 3 (5.000%) Tomcat
3 3 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (5.000%) Lync
4 2 (3.333%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (1.667%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 1 (1.667%) ColdFusion
5 1 (1.667%) Lotus Domino
5 1 (1.667%) WebLogic
5 1 (1.667%) WebSphere Process Server
5 1 (1.667%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (1.667%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (1.667%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 16 (26.67%) MS Excel
2 7 (11.67%) MS Office
3 6 (10.00%) MS PowerPoint
4 5 (8.333%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (3.333%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 16 (26.67%) Firewall
2 12 (20.00%) DNS
3 11 (18.33%) Network Security
3 11 (18.33%) WAN
4 10 (16.67%) LAN
4 10 (16.67%) VPN
5 9 (15.00%) DHCP
6 8 (13.33%) Ethernet
7 7 (11.67%) HTTP
8 6 (10.00%) VoIP
9 5 (8.333%) SAN
10 4 (6.667%) IP Telephony
10 4 (6.667%) SSL
10 4 (6.667%) FTP
11 3 (5.000%) SNMP
11 3 (5.000%) MPLS
11 3 (5.000%) OSPF
11 3 (5.000%) BGP
11 3 (5.000%) Wireless
11 3 (5.000%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.333%) RDBMS
2 4 (6.667%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.667%) MS Access
3 1 (1.667%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (1.667%) DB2
3 1 (1.667%) SQLPlus
3 1 (1.667%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 4 (6.667%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (21.67%) Finance
2 7 (11.67%) Telecoms
2 7 (11.67%) Banking
3 5 (8.333%) Back Office
3 5 (8.333%) Legal
3 5 (8.333%) Marketing
4 4 (6.667%) Games
5 3 (5.000%) Advertising
6 2 (3.333%) Retail
6 2 (3.333%) Investment Banking
6 2 (3.333%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (1.667%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.667%) Dutch Language
7 1 (1.667%) French Language
7 1 (1.667%) German Language
7 1 (1.667%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 11 (18.33%) Analyst
2 9 (15.00%) Developer
3 8 (13.33%) C++ Developer
4 7 (11.67%) Project Manager
4 7 (11.67%) Field Engineer
5 6 (10.00%) Support Engineer
6 5 (8.333%) Field Service Engineer
6 5 (8.333%) Consultant
6 5 (8.333%) Technical Project Manager
6 5 (8.333%) Information Analyst
6 5 (8.333%) Technical Manager
7 4 (6.667%) Security Analyst
7 4 (6.667%) Information Security Analyst
7 4 (6.667%) C Developer
7 4 (6.667%) Network Consultant
8 3 (5.000%) Senior Consultant
8 3 (5.000%) Architect
8 3 (5.000%) Support Technician
8 3 (5.000%) Network Engineer
8 3 (5.000%) Service Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 5 (8.333%) Cryptography
3 5 (8.333%) Clustering
4 2 (3.333%) iSeries
4 2 (3.333%) Replication
4 2 (3.333%) AS400
4 2 (3.333%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.667%) Statistics
5 1 (1.667%) SecurID
5 1 (1.667%) iPhone
5 1 (1.667%) Open Source
5 1 (1.667%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 30 (50.00%) Windows
2 20 (33.33%) Linux
3 12 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (13.33%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (8.333%) Windows 7
6 3 (5.000%) Windows XP
7 2 (3.333%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (3.333%) Windows Vista
7 2 (3.333%) UNIX
7 2 (3.333%) Windows 2000
8 1 (1.667%) Mac OS X
8 1 (1.667%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.667%) Android
8 1 (1.667%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.667%) Windows Phone
8 1 (1.667%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (20.00%) ITIL
1 12 (20.00%) Migration
2 10 (16.67%) Project Management
3 8 (13.33%) Change Management
4 7 (11.67%) Network Management
5 5 (8.333%) Service Delivery
5 5 (8.333%) Information Security Management
5 5 (8.333%) Security Management
5 5 (8.333%) PRINCE
5 5 (8.333%) Systems Analysis
5 5 (8.333%) Validation
5 5 (8.333%) Information Security
5 5 (8.333%) E-Discovery
5 5 (8.333%) Vulnerability Management
6 4 (6.667%) Load Balancing
6 4 (6.667%) Problem Management
6 4 (6.667%) PRINCE2
7 3 (5.000%) CRM
7 3 (5.000%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (5.000%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 15 (25.00%) C
2 12 (20.00%) SQL
3 8 (13.33%) C++
4 4 (6.667%) Python
4 4 (6.667%) C#
5 3 (5.000%) VB
5 3 (5.000%) Shell Script
6 2 (3.333%) Bash shell
7 1 (1.667%) COBOL
7 1 (1.667%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 9 (15.00%) CCNP
3 8 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (13.33%) CCNA
3 8 (13.33%) MCSE
4 6 (10.00%) MCDST
5 5 (8.333%) HNC
5 5 (8.333%) HND
5 5 (8.333%) CISA
5 5 (8.333%) CISM
5 5 (8.333%) CISSP
5 5 (8.333%) PMP
5 5 (8.333%) PMI Certification
5 5 (8.333%) Degree
6 3 (5.000%) CCDP
7 2 (3.333%) HP ASE
7 2 (3.333%) HP MASE
7 2 (3.333%) MCITP
7 2 (3.333%) MCP
8 1 (1.667%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.333%) SLA
1 2 (3.333%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 14 (23.33%) Active Directory
2 7 (11.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (6.667%) Hyper-V
4 2 (3.333%) XenServer
4 2 (3.333%) XenDesktop
4 2 (3.333%) VMware ESX
5 1 (1.667%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 4 (6.667%) WSUS
2 1 (1.667%) Cacti
Vendors
1 23 (38.33%) Microsoft
2 20 (33.33%) Cisco
3 11 (18.33%) CheckPoint
4 8 (13.33%) VMware
4 8 (13.33%) Juniper
4 8 (13.33%) Citrix
5 5 (8.333%) HP
6 3 (5.000%) IBM
6 3 (5.000%) Oracle
6 3 (5.000%) NetApp
7 2 (3.333%) F5
7 2 (3.333%) Aruba
7 2 (3.333%) ProCurve
7 2 (3.333%) 3Com
7 2 (3.333%) Brocade
7 2 (3.333%) Sophos
8 1 (1.667%) JBoss
8 1 (1.667%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.667%) Avaya
8 1 (1.667%) Google
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