The first table below looks at the demand for TCP/IP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited TCP/IP over the 3 months to 24 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Rank 64 51 72
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +21
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 61 84 54
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 3.361% 4.179% 2.520%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.65% 22.52% 11.87%
Number of salaries quoted 51 69 50
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £34,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £52,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +7.69%
All Communications & Networking
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
327 373 455
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 18.02% 18.56% 21.23%
Number of salaries quoted 255 309 401
Average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £30,550 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £53,850
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
TCP/IP
Cambridgeshire

TCP/IP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge TCP/IP Salary Trend

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing TCP/IP across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cambridge TCP/IP Salary Histogram

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 94 (80.34%) Linux
2 78 (66.67%) Windows
3 57 (48.72%) Degree
4 44 (37.61%) C
5 38 (32.48%) Python
6 36 (30.77%) VMware
7 34 (29.06%) Microsoft
8 29 (24.79%) UNIX
8 29 (24.79%) Perl
8 29 (24.79%) Cisco
9 28 (23.93%) DNS
10 22 (18.80%) Firewall
11 21 (17.95%) Active Directory
12 19 (16.24%) Ethernet
13 17 (14.53%) Apache
13 17 (14.53%) VMware Infrastructure
14 16 (13.68%) DHCP
15 15 (12.82%) IIS
15 15 (12.82%) SAN
15 15 (12.82%) Ubuntu
15 15 (12.82%) Device Driver
16 14 (11.97%) Electronic Design Automation
16 14 (11.97%) Windows Server 2008
16 14 (11.97%) Windows 7
17 13 (11.11%) Xen
17 13 (11.11%) VHDL
17 13 (11.11%) Verilog
17 13 (11.11%) HTTP
17 13 (11.11%) VoIP
18 12 (10.26%) SNMP

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 6 (5.128%) XML
1 6 (5.128%) HTML
2 5 (4.274%) Web Services
2 5 (4.274%) Middleware
3 2 (1.709%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.709%) .NET
3 2 (1.709%) MFC
4 1 (0.855%) HTML5
4 1 (0.855%) Ajax
4 1 (0.855%) Silverlight
4 1 (0.855%) Flash
4 1 (0.855%) COM
Application Platforms
1 17 (14.53%) Apache
2 15 (12.82%) IIS
3 4 (3.419%) MS Exchange
4 3 (2.564%) Amazon AWS
5 2 (1.709%) Site Server
5 2 (1.709%) Tomcat
5 2 (1.709%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (0.855%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.855%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 10 (8.547%) MS Office
2 7 (5.983%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 28 (23.93%) DNS
2 22 (18.80%) Firewall
3 19 (16.24%) Ethernet
4 16 (13.68%) DHCP
5 15 (12.82%) SAN
6 13 (11.11%) HTTP
6 13 (11.11%) VoIP
7 12 (10.26%) SNMP
7 12 (10.26%) Internet
8 7 (5.983%) Cisco ASA
8 7 (5.983%) ICMP
9 6 (5.128%) DSLAM
10 4 (3.419%) LAN
10 4 (3.419%) WAN
11 3 (2.564%) Fibre Channel
11 3 (2.564%) NAS
11 3 (2.564%) iSCSI
11 3 (2.564%) Intrusion Detection
12 2 (1.709%) DVB
12 2 (1.709%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.547%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.564%) SQL Server 2012
2 3 (2.564%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.709%) MySQL
3 2 (1.709%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.855%) Big Data
4 1 (0.855%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 12 (10.26%) Selenium
2 11 (9.402%) LabVIEW
3 2 (1.709%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.855%) WATIR
General
1 12 (10.26%) Telecoms
2 5 (4.274%) Finance
3 4 (3.419%) Manufacturing
3 4 (3.419%) Back Office
4 2 (1.709%) Electronics
4 2 (1.709%) Games
4 2 (1.709%) German Language
5 1 (0.855%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (21.37%) Administrator
2 24 (20.51%) Software Engineer
2 24 (20.51%) Development Engineer
3 19 (16.24%) Systems Administrator
4 17 (14.53%) Test Engineer
5 16 (13.68%) C Software Engineer
6 13 (11.11%) Software Development Engineer
6 13 (11.11%) Linux Administrator
7 11 (9.402%) Test Development Engineer
7 11 (9.402%) Systems Test Engineer
7 11 (9.402%) Systems Engineer
8 10 (8.547%) Analyst
9 9 (7.692%) Linux Systems Administrator
9 9 (7.692%) Support Engineer
10 7 (5.983%) Senior Software Engineer
10 7 (5.983%) Security Analyst
11 6 (5.128%) Support Consultant
11 6 (5.128%) Consultant
11 6 (5.128%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (5.128%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.82%) Device Driver
2 13 (11.11%) VHDL
2 13 (11.11%) Verilog
3 8 (6.838%) Embedded Systems
3 8 (6.838%) Computer Science
4 6 (5.128%) Digital Media
4 6 (5.128%) Open Source
5 5 (4.274%) Video Conferencing
6 4 (3.419%) Blackberry
7 3 (2.564%) SaaS
8 2 (1.709%) MPEG
8 2 (1.709%) STB
8 2 (1.709%) Streaming Video
8 2 (1.709%) Online Games
8 2 (1.709%) IPTV
8 2 (1.709%) Kindle
8 2 (1.709%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.855%) Streaming Media
9 1 (0.855%) Life Science
9 1 (0.855%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 94 (80.34%) Linux
2 78 (66.67%) Windows
3 29 (24.79%) UNIX
4 15 (12.82%) Ubuntu
5 14 (11.97%) Windows Server 2008
5 14 (11.97%) Windows 7
6 11 (9.402%) Debian
7 9 (7.692%) CentOS
8 6 (5.128%) Windows XP
9 4 (3.419%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (3.419%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.855%) Scientific Linux
10 1 (0.855%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (0.855%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (11.97%) Electronic Design Automation
2 8 (6.838%) Service Delivery
2 8 (6.838%) ITIL
3 7 (5.983%) SIEM
4 6 (5.128%) E-Commerce
5 5 (4.274%) Project Management
6 4 (3.419%) Information Security
6 4 (3.419%) Incident Management
6 4 (3.419%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (2.564%) Change Control
7 3 (2.564%) Capacity Planning
7 3 (2.564%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (1.709%) Configuration Management
8 2 (1.709%) Service Management
8 2 (1.709%) MVC
8 2 (1.709%) OO
8 2 (1.709%) OOD
8 2 (1.709%) Scrum
8 2 (1.709%) Multithreading
8 2 (1.709%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 44 (37.61%) C
2 38 (32.48%) Python
3 29 (24.79%) Perl
4 11 (9.402%) Tcl
5 10 (8.547%) C++
5 10 (8.547%) Bash shell
6 9 (7.692%) SQL
7 4 (3.419%) Shell Script
8 3 (2.564%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.709%) Java
9 2 (1.709%) C#
9 2 (1.709%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.855%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.855%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 57 (48.72%) Degree
2 8 (6.838%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (6.838%) HND
3 7 (5.983%) CCNP
4 5 (4.274%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.564%) MCDST
5 3 (2.564%) MCSE
5 3 (2.564%) HNC
5 3 (2.564%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.709%) CEH
6 2 (1.709%) GCIA
6 2 (1.709%) GCIH
7 1 (0.855%) JNCIA
7 1 (0.855%) JNCIS
7 1 (0.855%) JNCIP
7 1 (0.855%) JNCIE
7 1 (0.855%) CCIE
7 1 (0.855%) CCIP
7 1 (0.855%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.983%) SLA
2 3 (2.564%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.709%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.855%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (17.95%) Active Directory
2 17 (14.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (11.11%) Xen
4 6 (5.128%) VMware ESX
4 6 (5.128%) Hyper-V
5 4 (3.419%) NFS
6 3 (2.564%) Cygwin
6 3 (2.564%) VirtualBox
7 2 (1.709%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 1 (0.855%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.855%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (3.419%) Nagios
2 3 (2.564%) Zenoss
3 2 (1.709%) Puppet
Vendors
1 36 (30.77%) VMware
2 34 (29.06%) Microsoft
3 29 (24.79%) Cisco
4 12 (10.26%) Juniper
4 12 (10.26%) Red Hat
4 12 (10.26%) CheckPoint
5 9 (7.692%) F5
6 7 (5.983%) Sourcefire
6 7 (5.983%) NetApp
6 7 (5.983%) Symantec
7 6 (5.128%) HP
8 5 (4.274%) Qualys
8 5 (4.274%) Fortinet
9 4 (3.419%) Apple
9 4 (3.419%) Isilon
10 3 (2.564%) Twitter
10 3 (2.564%) Perforce
10 3 (2.564%) Sybase
11 2 (1.709%) Citrix
11 2 (1.709%) JBoss
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