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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Rank 101 91 92
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +1
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 171 184 174
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 2.380% 2.592% 2.534%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.93% 17.74% 17.11%
Number of salaries quoted 144 169 143
Average salary £29,500 £32,750 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.92% +9.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,500 £23,500 £19,600
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,000 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +7.69%
All Communications & Networking
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
1145 1037 1017
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 15.94% 14.61% 14.81%
Number of salaries quoted 926 908 866
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £75,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
TCP/IP
England

TCP/IP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West TCP/IP Salary Trend

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram

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

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Cheshire +16 76 £29,500 -15.71%
Manchester -43 60 £30,500 +1.66%
Lancashire +7 11 £31,000 +16.98%
Merseyside +12 7 £26,500 -29.33%
TCP/IP
England

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1 219 (60.33%) Windows
2 163 (44.90%) Microsoft
3 118 (32.51%) WAN
3 118 (32.51%) LAN
4 117 (32.23%) VMware
5 114 (31.40%) Active Directory
6 100 (27.55%) Linux
7 97 (26.72%) MS Exchange
8 96 (26.45%) Cisco
9 95 (26.17%) Windows Server 2008
10 91 (25.07%) Firewall
11 89 (24.52%) DNS
11 89 (24.52%) MS Excel
12 80 (22.04%) SQL
13 76 (20.94%) ITIL
14 75 (20.66%) Windows XP
15 74 (20.39%) MS Office
15 74 (20.39%) C++
16 72 (19.83%) VMware Infrastructure
17 69 (19.01%) Windows Server 2003
18 67 (18.46%) UNIX
19 66 (18.18%) Citrix
20 60 (16.53%) DHCP
21 59 (16.25%) Java
22 58 (15.98%) SQL Server
23 56 (15.43%) .NET
24 51 (14.05%) VPN
25 50 (13.77%) VoIP
26 49 (13.50%) Finance
27 47 (12.95%) C

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 56 (15.43%) .NET
2 31 (8.540%) Middleware
3 27 (7.438%) ASP.NET
4 24 (6.612%) HTML5
5 22 (6.061%) WCF
5 22 (6.061%) WPF
6 14 (3.857%) HTML
7 13 (3.581%) JNI
8 8 (2.204%) COM
9 6 (1.653%) JSON
9 6 (1.653%) jQuery
9 6 (1.653%) Web Services
10 5 (1.377%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 5 (1.377%) .NET Framework
11 4 (1.102%) OpenGL
12 2 (0.551%) FFmpeg
12 2 (0.551%) EDI
12 2 (0.551%) ASP
12 2 (0.551%) XSLT
13 1 (0.275%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 97 (26.72%) MS Exchange
2 36 (9.917%) Exchange Server 2010
3 33 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2007
4 24 (6.612%) SharePoint
5 20 (5.510%) Exchange Server 2003
6 14 (3.857%) IIS
7 6 (1.653%) WebLogic
7 6 (1.653%) WebLogic Portal
7 6 (1.653%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 5 (1.377%) Exchange Server 2000
9 4 (1.102%) Lync
9 4 (1.102%) RabbitMQ
10 2 (0.551%) WorkSite
10 2 (0.551%) Windows Azure
10 2 (0.551%) CICS
10 2 (0.551%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.275%) Apache
Applications
1 89 (24.52%) MS Excel
2 74 (20.39%) MS Office
3 6 (1.653%) Office 365
4 2 (0.551%) MS Project
4 2 (0.551%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.275%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.204%) Dynamics AX
2 6 (1.653%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.551%) Oracle CRM
4 1 (0.275%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 118 (32.51%) WAN
1 118 (32.51%) LAN
2 91 (25.07%) Firewall
3 89 (24.52%) DNS
4 60 (16.53%) DHCP
5 51 (14.05%) VPN
6 50 (13.77%) VoIP
7 31 (8.540%) Internet
8 27 (7.438%) Network Security
9 24 (6.612%) Ethernet
10 21 (5.785%) SAN
11 18 (4.959%) MPLS
12 16 (4.408%) SMTP
13 15 (4.132%) Wireless
13 15 (4.132%) DSL
13 15 (4.132%) IMAP
14 14 (3.857%) ADSL
14 14 (3.857%) LDAP
15 13 (3.581%) SSL
15 13 (3.581%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (15.98%) SQL Server
2 28 (7.713%) SQL Server 2008
3 24 (6.612%) SQL Server 2005
4 16 (4.408%) RDBMS
4 16 (4.408%) GIS
5 14 (3.857%) SQL Server 2012
6 11 (3.030%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 10 (2.755%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 9 (2.479%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (2.204%) MySQL
10 6 (1.653%) Oracle 8/8i
11 4 (1.102%) DB2
12 2 (0.551%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 1 (0.275%) MS Access
13 1 (0.275%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 8 (2.204%) Subversion
2 3 (0.826%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 2 (0.551%) MSI
General
1 49 (13.50%) Finance
2 40 (11.02%) Telecoms
3 12 (3.306%) Legal
4 10 (2.755%) Banking
5 6 (1.653%) Back Office
6 5 (1.377%) Manufacturing
6 5 (1.377%) Advertising
6 5 (1.377%) Music
6 5 (1.377%) Music Industry
7 4 (1.102%) Law
7 4 (1.102%) Financial Institution
7 4 (1.102%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (0.826%) Military
8 3 (0.826%) Retail
9 2 (0.551%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (0.551%) Electronics
10 1 (0.275%) Local Government
10 1 (0.275%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 66 (18.18%) Analyst
2 47 (12.95%) Developer
3 43 (11.85%) Support Analyst
4 40 (11.02%) 2nd Line Support
5 37 (10.19%) Software Engineer
6 31 (8.540%) Support Technician
7 26 (7.163%) Support Engineer
8 21 (5.785%) Applications Support
8 21 (5.785%) Network Engineer
9 20 (5.510%) Applications Support Analyst
10 19 (5.234%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 18 (4.959%) Progress Developer
12 16 (4.408%) Administrator
13 15 (4.132%) Senior Analyst
14 14 (3.857%) Technical Support
15 13 (3.581%) Junior
15 13 (3.581%) Senior Software Engineer
16 12 (3.306%) Desktop Support
16 12 (3.306%) Consultant
16 12 (3.306%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.612%) Fixed Income
2 22 (6.061%) Computer Science
3 8 (2.204%) STB
3 8 (2.204%) Blackberry
4 7 (1.928%) IVR
4 7 (1.928%) Clustering
4 7 (1.928%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 6 (1.653%) Statistics
5 6 (1.653%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (1.653%) Firmware
6 5 (1.377%) Replication
6 5 (1.377%) Handset
6 5 (1.377%) iPhone
6 5 (1.377%) Mobile App
6 5 (1.377%) Enterprise Storage
6 5 (1.377%) SWIFT
7 4 (1.102%) SCADA
7 4 (1.102%) Mathematics
7 4 (1.102%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (0.826%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 219 (60.33%) Windows
2 100 (27.55%) Linux
3 95 (26.17%) Windows Server 2008
4 75 (20.66%) Windows XP
5 69 (19.01%) Windows Server 2003
6 67 (18.46%) UNIX
7 46 (12.67%) Windows 7
8 30 (8.264%) Windows Vista
9 18 (4.959%) Windows 8
10 17 (4.683%) Embedded Linux
11 15 (4.132%) Windows Server 2012
12 11 (3.030%) pSOS
13 10 (2.755%) Windows 2000 Server
14 9 (2.479%) AIX
15 7 (1.928%) Solaris
16 5 (1.377%) Windows NT
17 4 (1.102%) Android
17 4 (1.102%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 4 (1.102%) HPUX
17 4 (1.102%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (20.94%) ITIL
2 34 (9.366%) Service Delivery
3 30 (8.264%) Web Development
3 30 (8.264%) Incident Management
4 28 (7.713%) Multithreading
4 28 (7.713%) OO
5 24 (6.612%) Parallel Processing
6 23 (6.336%) Disaster Recovery
7 14 (3.857%) Business Continuity
8 12 (3.306%) E-Commerce
9 11 (3.030%) Image Processing
10 10 (2.755%) PRINCE2
10 10 (2.755%) Project Management
11 9 (2.479%) Test Management
11 9 (2.479%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (2.204%) Network Management
12 8 (2.204%) CRM
12 8 (2.204%) Change Management
13 7 (1.928%) Service Management
13 7 (1.928%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 80 (22.04%) SQL
2 74 (20.39%) C++
3 59 (16.25%) Java
4 47 (12.95%) C
5 32 (8.815%) C#
6 24 (6.612%) PHP
6 24 (6.612%) Python
7 16 (4.408%) PL/SQL
8 12 (3.306%) Embedded C++
9 11 (3.030%) Embedded C
10 10 (2.755%) VB
11 7 (1.928%) Shell Script
12 6 (1.653%) T-SQL
13 5 (1.377%) JavaScript
13 5 (1.377%) PowerShell
14 4 (1.102%) X++
15 3 (0.826%) VBScript
16 2 (0.551%) ActionScript 2.0
16 2 (0.551%) REXX
16 2 (0.551%) VC++
Qualifications
1 43 (11.85%) Cisco Certification
1 43 (11.85%) Microsoft Certification
2 41 (11.29%) CCNA
3 32 (8.815%) MCP
4 28 (7.713%) Degree
5 24 (6.612%) MCSE
6 15 (4.132%) CCNP
7 10 (2.755%) MCTS
8 9 (2.479%) A+ Certification
9 8 (2.204%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 7 (1.928%) MCITP
11 6 (1.653%) HP APS
11 6 (1.653%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (1.377%) HND
12 5 (1.377%) MCSA
12 5 (1.377%) Security Cleared
12 5 (1.377%) JNCIA
13 4 (1.102%) CCIE
14 3 (0.826%) BC Cleared
15 2 (0.551%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (12.67%) SLA
2 4 (1.102%) QA
2 4 (1.102%) PCI DSS
3 3 (0.826%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 114 (31.40%) Active Directory
2 72 (19.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (7.163%) vSphere
4 25 (6.887%) Hyper-V
5 11 (3.030%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (2.479%) VMware ESX
7 7 (1.928%) XenApp
7 7 (1.928%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 6 (1.653%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (1.653%) Terminal Server
9 4 (1.102%) VMware Workstation
10 3 (0.826%) Samba
10 3 (0.826%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.551%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.275%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 15 (4.132%) Backup Exec
2 12 (3.306%) WSUS
2 12 (3.306%) SCCM
3 8 (2.204%) SCOM
4 6 (1.653%) Tivoli
5 5 (1.377%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 3 (0.826%) NetBackup
6 3 (0.826%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.826%) BladeLogic
7 2 (0.551%) OMEGAMON
7 2 (0.551%) WMI
7 2 (0.551%) HP SIM
7 2 (0.551%) WhatsUp Gold
7 2 (0.551%) Tivoli NetView
7 2 (0.551%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.551%) ARCserve
8 1 (0.275%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (0.275%) NetCrunch
Vendors
1 163 (44.90%) Microsoft
2 117 (32.23%) VMware
3 96 (26.45%) Cisco
4 66 (18.18%) Citrix
5 41 (11.29%) Avaya
6 34 (9.366%) Oracle
7 30 (8.264%) HP
8 25 (6.887%) NetApp
9 24 (6.612%) Google
10 17 (4.683%) Juniper
11 13 (3.581%) CheckPoint
12 10 (2.755%) Mitel
12 10 (2.755%) TIBCO
13 7 (1.928%) Nortel
14 6 (1.653%) WatchGuard
14 6 (1.653%) Jaspersoft
14 6 (1.653%) Draytek
14 6 (1.653%) SolarWinds
14 6 (1.653%) Veeam
14 6 (1.653%) IBM
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