The first table below looks at the demand for TCP/IP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited TCP/IP over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Rank 46 58 40
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -18
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 14 7 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 3.057% 1.403% 3.836%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.73% 10.94% 28.30%
Number of salaries quoted 14 7 15
Average salary £31,000 £25,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.56% -36.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £18,400 £24,800
10% offered a salary of more than £41,400 £35,000 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +4.47%
All Communications & Networking
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
102 64 53
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 22.27% 12.83% 13.55%
Number of salaries quoted 92 58 52
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,300 £24,500 £20,900
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £43,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
TCP/IP
North West

TCP/IP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire TCP/IP Salary Trend

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing TCP/IP across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Preston +7 5 £35,000 +29.62% 1
Blackpool - 4 £39,250 - 1
Blackburn +1 1 £29,000 -17.14%
Darwen 0 1 £18,500 -30.18%
TCP/IP
North West

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 20 (86.96%) Windows
1 20 (86.96%) Microsoft
2 18 (78.26%) Active Directory
3 14 (60.87%) MS Exchange
4 13 (56.52%) LAN
5 12 (52.17%) VMware
6 11 (47.83%) WAN
7 10 (43.48%) Windows Server 2003
7 10 (43.48%) VMware Infrastructure
7 10 (43.48%) Windows Server 2008
8 9 (39.13%) Cisco
9 8 (34.78%) MS Excel
9 8 (34.78%) CCNA
9 8 (34.78%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (34.78%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (30.43%) SAN
10 7 (30.43%) Windows XP
10 7 (30.43%) MS Office
10 7 (30.43%) DNS
10 7 (30.43%) DHCP
10 7 (30.43%) Exchange Server 2007
11 6 (26.09%) Windows 7
11 6 (26.09%) Exchange Server 2003
11 6 (26.09%) VoIP
11 6 (26.09%) Firewall
12 5 (21.74%) Citrix
12 5 (21.74%) SQL Server
12 5 (21.74%) PRINCE2
12 5 (21.74%) SCCM
13 4 (17.39%) Exchange Server 2010

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 14 (60.87%) MS Exchange
2 7 (30.43%) Exchange Server 2007
3 6 (26.09%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (17.39%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (8.696%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 8 (34.78%) MS Excel
2 7 (30.43%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.348%) BPCS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (56.52%) LAN
2 11 (47.83%) WAN
3 7 (30.43%) SAN
3 7 (30.43%) DNS
3 7 (30.43%) DHCP
4 6 (26.09%) VoIP
4 6 (26.09%) Firewall
5 4 (17.39%) VPN
6 3 (13.04%) WLAN
6 3 (13.04%) Wireless
6 3 (13.04%) IMAP
7 2 (8.696%) NAS
7 2 (8.696%) Ethernet
7 2 (8.696%) SSL
7 2 (8.696%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (4.348%) Internet
8 1 (4.348%) MPLS
8 1 (4.348%) HTTPS
8 1 (4.348%) HTTP
8 1 (4.348%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (21.74%) SQL Server
2 3 (13.04%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (13.04%) SQL Server 2012
2 3 (13.04%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (8.696%) MSI
General
1 1 (4.348%) Telecoms
1 1 (4.348%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (17.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (17.39%) Technical Engineer
2 3 (13.04%) 3rd Line Support
2 3 (13.04%) Network Engineer
3 2 (8.696%) Technical Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (8.696%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 2 (8.696%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (8.696%) Deployment Engineer
3 2 (8.696%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (8.696%) Support Analyst
3 2 (8.696%) Desktop Support
3 2 (8.696%) Analyst
4 1 (4.348%) Consultant
4 1 (4.348%) Support Consultant
4 1 (4.348%) Applications Support
4 1 (4.348%) Support Technician
4 1 (4.348%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
4 1 (4.348%) Technical Manager
4 1 (4.348%) Service Manager
4 1 (4.348%) Applications Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.696%) NHS
1 2 (8.696%) Blackberry
2 1 (4.348%) Client/Server
2 1 (4.348%) AS400
2 1 (4.348%) Handset
2 1 (4.348%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 20 (86.96%) Windows
2 10 (43.48%) Windows Server 2003
2 10 (43.48%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (30.43%) Windows XP
4 6 (26.09%) Windows 7
5 3 (13.04%) Windows Vista
6 2 (8.696%) Windows 8
6 2 (8.696%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (8.696%) Windows 2000
6 2 (8.696%) Windows NT
7 1 (4.348%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (21.74%) PRINCE2
2 4 (17.39%) Project Management
3 3 (13.04%) ITIL
3 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (8.696%) Software Deployment
4 2 (8.696%) Content Management
5 1 (4.348%) ERP
5 1 (4.348%) Migration
5 1 (4.348%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (4.348%) WAN Optimisation
5 1 (4.348%) Time Management
5 1 (4.348%) Market Research
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) SQL
2 2 (8.696%) VBScript
2 2 (8.696%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (34.78%) CCNA
1 8 (34.78%) Cisco Certification
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (13.04%) MCP
2 3 (13.04%) MCSE
3 2 (8.696%) SC Cleared
3 2 (8.696%) Security Cleared
3 2 (8.696%) Degree
3 2 (8.696%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (8.696%) CCNP
4 1 (4.348%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.348%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (78.26%) Active Directory
2 10 (43.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (13.04%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (13.04%) Hyper-V
4 1 (4.348%) ISA Server
4 1 (4.348%) Terminal Server
4 1 (4.348%) VMware ESX
4 1 (4.348%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) SCCM
2 2 (8.696%) WMI
2 2 (8.696%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (4.348%) ARCserve
3 1 (4.348%) NetBackup
3 1 (4.348%) NetCrunch
3 1 (4.348%) WSUS
Vendors
1 20 (86.96%) Microsoft
2 12 (52.17%) VMware
3 9 (39.13%) Cisco
4 5 (21.74%) Citrix
5 3 (13.04%) HP
6 2 (8.696%) Avaya
7 1 (4.348%) McAfee
7 1 (4.348%) NetApp
7 1 (4.348%) Apple
7 1 (4.348%) EMC
7 1 (4.348%) Intel
7 1 (4.348%) Huawei
7 1 (4.348%) BT
7 1 (4.348%) 3Com
7 1 (4.348%) Veeam
Preston, Lancashire
Information Technology related degree, or equivalent proven knowledge in IT and Technology fields with associated qualifications such as CCNA, CCNP, VCP *Extensive knowledge of MS Windows 2000/XP,...
Reed Technology
Salary: £23000 - £26000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Blackpool, Lancashire
In this role you will be expected to work (mostly to 2nd and 3rd line) in support of end users over a range of Windows Desk top , Server,...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £26000 - £30000 per annum + +Bonus +Pension +Health
Posted: 13 June 2013