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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Rank 42 53 60
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +7
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 42 10 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 4.142% 1.558% 1.752%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.45% 12.05% 11.97%
Number of salaries quoted 41 7 14
Average salary £33,000 £20,500 £21,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+60.97% -2.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £20,500 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £28,800 £41,750
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +6.06%
All Communications & Networking
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
153 83 117
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 15.09% 12.93% 14.64%
Number of salaries quoted 148 59 94
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% -15.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £20,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,300 £52,000 £51,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
TCP/IP
Oxfordshire

TCP/IP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford TCP/IP Salary Trend

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram

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

Oxford TCP/IP Salary Histogram

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 47 (55.95%) Windows
2 43 (51.19%) Microsoft
3 36 (42.86%) MS Exchange
3 36 (42.86%) Firewall
4 34 (40.48%) Active Directory
5 32 (38.10%) VMware
6 27 (32.14%) DNS
6 27 (32.14%) Windows Server 2008
7 24 (28.57%) Cisco
8 23 (27.38%) Windows Server 2003
9 21 (25.00%) Project Management
10 20 (23.81%) SAN
11 19 (22.62%) Linux
12 18 (21.43%) Citrix
13 17 (20.24%) DHCP
14 16 (19.05%) SQL
14 16 (19.05%) SQL Server
14 16 (19.05%) VMware Infrastructure
14 16 (19.05%) SQL Server 2005
15 15 (17.86%) ITIL
16 14 (16.67%) VoIP
16 14 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
17 13 (15.48%) LAN
17 13 (15.48%) IIS
18 12 (14.29%) MS Excel
18 12 (14.29%) UNIX
18 12 (14.29%) CCNA
18 12 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
18 12 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
19 11 (13.10%) Web Development

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 5 (5.952%) HTML
2 3 (3.571%) .NET
2 3 (3.571%) ASP.NET
2 3 (3.571%) XML
2 3 (3.571%) XSL
2 3 (3.571%) .NET Framework
2 3 (3.571%) WCF
2 3 (3.571%) LINQ
2 3 (3.571%) ASP.NET MVC
2 3 (3.571%) ASP.NET MVC 2
3 1 (1.190%) Regular Expression
Application Platforms
1 36 (42.86%) MS Exchange
2 14 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
3 13 (15.48%) IIS
4 6 (7.143%) Lync
5 5 (5.952%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 3 (3.571%) Apache
7 2 (2.381%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (2.381%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 12 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 5 (5.952%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 36 (42.86%) Firewall
2 27 (32.14%) DNS
3 20 (23.81%) SAN
4 17 (20.24%) DHCP
5 14 (16.67%) VoIP
6 13 (15.48%) LAN
7 10 (11.90%) WAN
8 8 (9.524%) Internet
8 8 (9.524%) Cisco IOS
8 8 (9.524%) VPN
9 5 (5.952%) Network Security
9 5 (5.952%) Intrusion Detection
9 5 (5.952%) VLAN
10 3 (3.571%) IPsec
10 3 (3.571%) Cisco ASA
10 3 (3.571%) Cisco PIX
10 3 (3.571%) MPLS
10 3 (3.571%) OSPF
10 3 (3.571%) BGP
11 2 (2.381%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (19.05%) SQL Server
1 16 (19.05%) SQL Server 2005
2 11 (13.10%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (5.952%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 9 (10.71%) Telecoms
2 6 (7.143%) Finance
3 4 (4.762%) Manufacturing
3 4 (4.762%) Back Office
4 2 (2.381%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 16 (19.05%) Consultant
1 16 (19.05%) Support Engineer
1 16 (19.05%) Technical Consultant
2 8 (9.524%) Web Producer
2 8 (9.524%) IT Support
3 7 (8.333%) Server Engineer
3 7 (8.333%) IT Support Engineer
3 7 (8.333%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (7.143%) Administrator
4 6 (7.143%) Network Manager
4 6 (7.143%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (7.143%) Systems Administrator
5 5 (5.952%) Technical Support
5 5 (5.952%) Field Engineer
5 5 (5.952%) Senior Server Engineer
5 5 (5.952%) Sales Engineer
6 4 (4.762%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (4.762%) Engineering Manager
6 4 (4.762%) Field Service Engineer
6 4 (4.762%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.333%) Blackberry
2 3 (3.571%) Client/Server
2 3 (3.571%) N-Tier
3 2 (2.381%) Online Gambling
3 2 (2.381%) Replication
3 2 (2.381%) Clustering
4 1 (1.190%) Equities
4 1 (1.190%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 47 (55.95%) Windows
2 27 (32.14%) Windows Server 2008
3 23 (27.38%) Windows Server 2003
4 19 (22.62%) Linux
5 12 (14.29%) UNIX
6 7 (8.333%) Solaris
6 7 (8.333%) Windows XP
6 7 (8.333%) Ubuntu
7 4 (4.762%) Debian
7 4 (4.762%) AIX
8 3 (3.571%) Fedora
8 3 (3.571%) CentOS
9 1 (1.190%) Windows 7
9 1 (1.190%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (25.00%) Project Management
2 15 (17.86%) ITIL
3 11 (13.10%) Web Development
4 9 (10.71%) Network Design
5 8 (9.524%) Business Analysis
5 8 (9.524%) Web Design
5 8 (9.524%) User Stories
6 7 (8.333%) Network Management
7 6 (7.143%) Capacity Planning
7 6 (7.143%) Incident Management
7 6 (7.143%) Service Management
7 6 (7.143%) CRM
8 5 (5.952%) Information Security
8 5 (5.952%) SIEM
9 4 (4.762%) Change Management
10 3 (3.571%) Disaster Recovery
10 3 (3.571%) MVC
10 3 (3.571%) TDD
10 3 (3.571%) Demand Management
11 2 (2.381%) Network Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 16 (19.05%) SQL
2 4 (4.762%) C
2 4 (4.762%) PHP
3 3 (3.571%) C#
3 3 (3.571%) JavaScript
3 3 (3.571%) Python
4 2 (2.381%) Perl
5 1 (1.190%) C++
5 1 (1.190%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.190%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
1 12 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
1 12 (14.29%) CCNA
2 10 (11.90%) MCSE
3 8 (9.524%) MCITP
4 6 (7.143%) MCP
5 5 (5.952%) CISSP
6 4 (4.762%) MCDST
6 4 (4.762%) HNC
6 4 (4.762%) HND
7 3 (3.571%) RHCE
7 3 (3.571%) Degree
8 2 (2.381%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 2 (2.381%) CCNP
9 1 (1.190%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.190%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.524%) WCAG
1 8 (9.524%) WAI
2 5 (5.952%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (5.952%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.190%) SLA
System Software
1 34 (40.48%) Active Directory
2 16 (19.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (9.524%) Hyper-V
3 8 (9.524%) vSphere
4 4 (4.762%) VMware ESX
5 3 (3.571%) Terminal Services
6 2 (2.381%) Samba
6 2 (2.381%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (2.381%) XenApp
7 1 (1.190%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 10 (11.90%) Backup Exec
2 8 (9.524%) SCCM
3 3 (3.571%) Puppet
4 1 (1.190%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (1.190%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 43 (51.19%) Microsoft
2 32 (38.10%) VMware
3 24 (28.57%) Cisco
4 18 (21.43%) Citrix
5 10 (11.90%) Red Hat
6 7 (8.333%) Apple
6 7 (8.333%) Juniper
6 7 (8.333%) WatchGuard
7 3 (3.571%) Riverbed
7 3 (3.571%) 3PAR
8 2 (2.381%) Veeam
8 2 (2.381%) Symantec
9 1 (1.190%) Sophos
9 1 (1.190%) Blue Coat
9 1 (1.190%) Fortinet
9 1 (1.190%) CheckPoint
9 1 (1.190%) F5