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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Rank 133 87 91
Rank change year-on-year
-46 +4
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 61 95 85
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 1.503% 2.620% 2.154%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.29% 15.91% 15.71%
Number of salaries quoted 49 90 67
Average salary £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £23,500 £18,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,000 £40,400
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +6.06%
All Communications & Networking
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
593 597 541
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 14.61% 16.46% 13.71%
Number of salaries quoted 491 534 470
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £23,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £75,000 £52,050
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester TCP/IP Salary Trend

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram

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

Manchester 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 Manchester 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
Rochdale -2 2 £27,000 -10.00%
Sale - 2 £27,500 -
Stockport - 2 £33,500 -
Wigan - 2 £27,300 -
Oldham 0 1 - -
Bolton -11 1 £28,500 -5.00%
Altrincham - 1 £15,500 -
TCP/IP
North West

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 113 (63.84%) Windows
2 80 (45.20%) Microsoft
3 79 (44.63%) Active Directory
4 68 (38.42%) VMware
5 66 (37.29%) LAN
6 65 (36.72%) WAN
7 63 (35.59%) Firewall
8 60 (33.90%) DNS
9 53 (29.94%) SQL
9 53 (29.94%) Windows Server 2008
10 50 (28.25%) Windows XP
10 50 (28.25%) VMware Infrastructure
11 46 (25.99%) MS Exchange
12 45 (25.42%) VoIP
13 40 (22.60%) SQL Server
14 37 (20.90%) ITIL
15 36 (20.34%) Linux
15 36 (20.34%) DHCP
15 36 (20.34%) MS Excel
16 35 (19.77%) Cisco
17 33 (18.64%) MS Office
18 31 (17.51%) Exchange Server 2010
19 29 (16.38%) Windows Vista
19 29 (16.38%) Windows Server 2003
20 28 (15.82%) C++
21 27 (15.25%) CCNA
21 27 (15.25%) Cisco Certification
22 25 (14.12%) C#
22 25 (14.12%) OO
22 25 (14.12%) VPN

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 23 (12.99%) .NET
2 19 (10.73%) WCF
2 19 (10.73%) WPF
3 6 (3.390%) OpenGL
3 6 (3.390%) HTML
4 5 (2.825%) COM
5 2 (1.130%) SOAP
5 2 (1.130%) Web Services
5 2 (1.130%) Middleware
5 2 (1.130%) RESTful
6 1 (0.565%) XML
Application Platforms
1 46 (25.99%) MS Exchange
2 31 (17.51%) Exchange Server 2010
3 21 (11.86%) Exchange Server 2007
4 12 (6.780%) SharePoint
5 8 (4.520%) IIS
6 7 (3.955%) Exchange Server 2003
7 5 (2.825%) Exchange Server 2000
8 3 (1.695%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 2 (1.130%) WorkSite
9 2 (1.130%) Apache
9 2 (1.130%) RabbitMQ
9 2 (1.130%) Lync
10 1 (0.565%) CICS
Applications
1 36 (20.34%) MS Excel
2 33 (18.64%) MS Office
3 1 (0.565%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (4.520%) Dynamics AX
2 6 (3.390%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.565%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 66 (37.29%) LAN
2 65 (36.72%) WAN
3 63 (35.59%) Firewall
4 60 (33.90%) DNS
5 45 (25.42%) VoIP
6 36 (20.34%) DHCP
7 25 (14.12%) VPN
8 21 (11.86%) Internet
9 20 (11.30%) Network Security
10 15 (8.475%) MPLS
11 14 (7.910%) SAN
12 13 (7.345%) Ethernet
13 12 (6.780%) DSL
14 11 (6.215%) Wireless
15 10 (5.650%) NAS
15 10 (5.650%) ADSL
16 8 (4.520%) ISDN
17 7 (3.955%) SSL
18 6 (3.390%) IGMP
18 6 (3.390%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (22.60%) SQL Server
2 21 (11.86%) SQL Server 2005
2 21 (11.86%) SQL Server 2008
3 19 (10.73%) GIS
4 13 (7.345%) SQL Server 2012
5 10 (5.650%) RDBMS
6 8 (4.520%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (4.520%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (4.520%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (1.695%) MySQL
8 1 (0.565%) DB2
8 1 (0.565%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 11 (6.215%) Legal
2 8 (4.520%) Finance
3 6 (3.390%) Music
4 5 (2.825%) Music Industry
4 5 (2.825%) Advertising
5 4 (2.260%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (1.695%) Law
6 3 (1.695%) Banking
7 2 (1.130%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.130%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.565%) Marketing
8 1 (0.565%) Spanish Language
8 1 (0.565%) Retail
8 1 (0.565%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.565%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 52 (29.38%) Analyst
2 29 (16.38%) Support Analyst
3 23 (12.99%) 2nd Line Support
3 23 (12.99%) Software Engineer
4 18 (10.17%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 17 (9.605%) Senior Analyst
6 13 (7.345%) Applications Support Analyst
6 13 (7.345%) Applications Support
6 13 (7.345%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
7 12 (6.780%) Consultant
8 11 (6.215%) Systems Engineer
9 10 (5.650%) C# Software Engineer
9 10 (5.650%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (5.085%) Programmer
10 9 (5.085%) Software Programmer
10 9 (5.085%) C# Programmer
11 8 (4.520%) .NET Software Engineer
11 8 (4.520%) Network Engineer
11 8 (4.520%) Desktop Support
11 8 (4.520%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.955%) Computer Science
2 6 (3.390%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 6 (3.390%) Statistics
2 6 (3.390%) Firmware
3 5 (2.825%) Blackberry
3 5 (2.825%) Replication
3 5 (2.825%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (2.825%) SWIFT
4 3 (1.695%) iPad
4 3 (1.695%) CCTV
4 3 (1.695%) iPhone
4 3 (1.695%) Clustering
5 2 (1.130%) IVR
5 2 (1.130%) Open Source
6 1 (0.565%) SCADA
6 1 (0.565%) IPTV
6 1 (0.565%) Tandem
6 1 (0.565%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.565%) AS400
6 1 (0.565%) HP StorageWorks
Operating Systems
1 113 (63.84%) Windows
2 53 (29.94%) Windows Server 2008
3 50 (28.25%) Windows XP
4 36 (20.34%) Linux
5 29 (16.38%) Windows Vista
5 29 (16.38%) Windows Server 2003
6 25 (14.12%) Windows 7
7 22 (12.43%) UNIX
8 16 (9.040%) Windows Server 2012
9 11 (6.215%) Windows 8
10 7 (3.955%) AIX
11 6 (3.390%) Embedded Linux
11 6 (3.390%) Windows 2000 Server
12 3 (1.695%) Solaris
12 3 (1.695%) Windows 2000
12 3 (1.695%) Windows NT
13 2 (1.130%) Android
13 2 (1.130%) HPUX
13 2 (1.130%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (1.130%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (20.90%) ITIL
2 25 (14.12%) OO
3 20 (11.30%) Disaster Recovery
4 15 (8.475%) Business Continuity
5 11 (6.215%) E-Commerce
5 11 (6.215%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (5.650%) Service Delivery
7 8 (4.520%) Service Management
7 8 (4.520%) PRINCE2
7 8 (4.520%) Agile Software Development
7 8 (4.520%) Capacity Planning
8 7 (3.955%) Integration Testing
9 6 (3.390%) CRM
9 6 (3.390%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (3.390%) Vulnerability Management
10 5 (2.825%) Capacity Management
10 5 (2.825%) Network Architecture
10 5 (2.825%) High Availability
10 5 (2.825%) Portfolio Management
10 5 (2.825%) B2C
Programming Languages
1 53 (29.94%) SQL
2 28 (15.82%) C++
3 25 (14.12%) C#
4 10 (5.650%) PL/SQL
5 5 (2.825%) Embedded C++
5 5 (2.825%) Java
5 5 (2.825%) VB
6 4 (2.260%) C
6 4 (2.260%) X++
6 4 (2.260%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.695%) Shell Script
7 3 (1.695%) Perl
8 2 (1.130%) VC++
8 2 (1.130%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.565%) JCL
9 1 (0.565%) REXX
Qualifications
1 27 (15.25%) CCNA
1 27 (15.25%) Cisco Certification
2 16 (9.040%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (8.475%) MCP
3 15 (8.475%) MCSE
4 11 (6.215%) CCNP
5 9 (5.085%) Degree
5 9 (5.085%) A+ Certification
6 6 (3.390%) HP APS
7 5 (2.825%) MCITP
7 5 (2.825%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (2.825%) CCIE
8 3 (1.695%) MCTS
9 1 (0.565%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.565%) ISEB
9 1 (0.565%) PMP
9 1 (0.565%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.215%) SLA
2 5 (2.825%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.695%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 79 (44.63%) Active Directory
2 50 (28.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (12.43%) Hyper-V
4 17 (9.605%) vSphere
5 9 (5.085%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (3.390%) VMware ESX
6 6 (3.390%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (2.260%) VMware Workstation
7 4 (2.260%) XenApp
8 3 (1.695%) Samba
Systems Management
1 20 (11.30%) Backup Exec
2 12 (6.780%) WSUS
3 5 (2.825%) Tivoli
3 5 (2.825%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 5 (2.825%) NetBackup
4 4 (2.260%) SCOM
5 3 (1.695%) SCCM
5 3 (1.695%) BladeLogic
6 1 (0.565%) OMEGAMON
6 1 (0.565%) ARCserve
6 1 (0.565%) Norton AntiVirus
6 1 (0.565%) Tivoli NetView
6 1 (0.565%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 80 (45.20%) Microsoft
2 68 (38.42%) VMware
3 35 (19.77%) Cisco
4 22 (12.43%) NetApp
5 19 (10.73%) HP
6 16 (9.040%) Oracle
6 16 (9.040%) Citrix
7 13 (7.345%) Mitel
8 11 (6.215%) Juniper
9 7 (3.955%) CheckPoint
10 6 (3.390%) IBM
10 6 (3.390%) WatchGuard
11 5 (2.825%) Veeam
12 3 (1.695%) 3Com
12 3 (1.695%) Altiris
12 3 (1.695%) Huawei
12 3 (1.695%) Reuters
12 3 (1.695%) Bloomberg
12 3 (1.695%) Remedy
12 3 (1.695%) Red Hat
Bolton, Lancashire
Desktop support of Microsoft Windows XP/Windows 7 desktop operating systems and associated applications (MS Office 2007/2010) Experience supporting Windows 2003 or 2008 Active Directory and the...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bolton, North West
Day-to-day support, includes: 1st - 3rd line trouble-shooting and configuration Desktop support of Microsoft Windows XP/Windows 7 desktop operating systems and associated applications (MS Office...
greywood
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 23 April 2013
Bury, Lancashire
Diagnosing issues with Windows XP / Vista and Windows 7 OS Operating Systems. Microsoft Exchange Server... Active Directory. TCP/IP. DNS... VOiP. As would an MCP, MCITP, MCSE or...
Recital Consulting
Salary: From £15,000 to £18,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bolton, North West
Windows Server / Active Directory / Network / TCP/IP / DNS / Group Policy / DHCP / Exchange 2010 / SAN / NSA / VMware / VLAN / SharePoint / SQL Server My client are looking to recruit an IT...
greywood
Salary: £30000 - £33000 per annum + bens
Posted: 11 May 2013
Rochdale, Lancashire
Experience of administrating and monitoring MS SQL Server, SQL coding desirable... Experience of working with Microsoft IIS. SCOM monitoring expertise... Excellent knowledge of Windows Server. Understanding of the...
Zen Internet Ltd
Salary: From £33,000 to £37,000 per annum depending on experience + benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Client operates across a wide range of platforms including Windows XP and Windows 7 - Client operates both Practice Management and Case Management systems... Key Words: Support / 2nd Line /...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £25,000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Oldham, Lancashire
Server and PC hardware/software in a Microsoft/Linux networking environment. - Analogue and digital/VOIP telephone networks. - TCP/IP network fundamentals including working with Windows software configurations... DESIRABLE...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: £20,000 + £2,500 Travel
Posted: 15 May 2013
Altrincham, North West
My client based in Cheshire is looking for a Linux consultant to join their existing team on some exciting projects... These systems run both Solaris (up to 10)...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Greater Manchester, North West
My client based in Greater Manchester is looking for a Linux consultant to join their existing team on some exciting projects... These systems run both Solaris (up to...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
You will utilise your in-depth knowledge of information security and of firewall managements tools and interfaces. In addition, you will have strong matter expert of one of...
Proprius Recruitment
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Quay House, Manchester, United Kingdom
Responsibilities: - Handle all software aspects of the design, development, and continuous improvement of state of the art professional digital audio systems for the live performance arena - Liaise with...
Music Group UK
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 18 May 2013
Stockport, North West
Essential Skills: - C++ - Database Knowledge (ideally SQL or Oracle) Desirable Skills: - Java - Agile - Unit Testing - MS Window, Solaris, HR-UX - Agile software development process - TCP / IP - Perl or...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £37000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Stockport, North West
Senior Java / Web Developer -Stockport- £40,000 - £47,000 My international client is now urgently looking for an experienced Java software developer to join their team of highly...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £47000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Stockport, North West
Essential Skills: - C++ - Database Knowledge (ideally SQL or Oracle) Desirable Skills: - Java - Agile - Unit Testing - MS Window, Solaris, HR-UX - Agile software development process - TCP / IP - Perl or...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £37000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, North West
C# DeveloperSoftware Engineer - C# - 30k Hays IT are working with a market-leading global organisation in the Manchester area... A significant part of the role will involve travel...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 9 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Key skills / things to learn: ** Good level of experience working with IBM server hardware - iSeries, AS-400 ** Knowledge of OS-400 operating systems and Applications running on mid-...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £28000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013