The first table below looks at the demand for TCP/IP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited TCP/IP over the 3 months to 23 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 Somerset region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Rank 47 56 46
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -10
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 18 2 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 2.875% 0.436% 2.616%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.95% 4.082% 22.41%
Number of salaries quoted 15 2 13
Average salary £26,500 £24,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.41% -31.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £23,600 £21,800
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £24,400 £41,000
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +7.69%
All Communications & Networking
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
95 49 58
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 15.18% 10.68% 11.67%
Number of salaries quoted 86 47 54
Average salary £42,500 £33,950 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.18% -3.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £58,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
TCP/IP
South West

TCP/IP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset TCP/IP Salary Trend

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing TCP/IP across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 23 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
Bath -3 7 £26,500 +12.76%
Frome - 3 £21,000 -
Shepton Mallet - 1 £23,500 -
TCP/IP
South West

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 33 (57.89%) Linux
2 29 (50.88%) C
2 29 (50.88%) Windows
3 26 (45.61%) VPN
4 25 (43.86%) Cisco
5 22 (38.60%) DNS
5 22 (38.60%) C++
6 17 (29.82%) MPLS
7 16 (28.07%) WAN
7 16 (28.07%) Cisco Certification
8 15 (26.32%) CCNA
8 15 (26.32%) Firewall
8 15 (26.32%) Bash shell
9 14 (24.56%) EIGRP
10 13 (22.81%) OSPF
10 13 (22.81%) BGP
10 13 (22.81%) SDH
10 13 (22.81%) Python
10 13 (22.81%) ADSL
10 13 (22.81%) SHDSL
11 12 (21.05%) UML
11 12 (21.05%) OO
11 12 (21.05%) Java
11 12 (21.05%) SQL
11 12 (21.05%) XML
11 12 (21.05%) Ethernet
11 12 (21.05%) Internet
12 11 (19.30%) IPsec
12 11 (19.30%) Microsoft
12 11 (19.30%) MySQL

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset 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 12 (21.05%) XML
2 8 (14.04%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.509%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.754%) Apache
2 1 (1.754%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (1.754%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 7 (12.28%) MS Office
2 3 (5.263%) Office 365
3 2 (3.509%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 26 (45.61%) VPN
2 22 (38.60%) DNS
3 17 (29.82%) MPLS
4 16 (28.07%) WAN
5 15 (26.32%) Firewall
6 14 (24.56%) EIGRP
7 13 (22.81%) OSPF
7 13 (22.81%) BGP
7 13 (22.81%) SDH
7 13 (22.81%) ADSL
7 13 (22.81%) SHDSL
8 12 (21.05%) Ethernet
8 12 (21.05%) Internet
9 11 (19.30%) IPsec
9 11 (19.30%) LAN
10 10 (17.54%) ISDN
10 10 (17.54%) DHCP
10 10 (17.54%) TACACS
10 10 (17.54%) IGMP
11 9 (15.79%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (19.30%) MySQL
2 10 (17.54%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.754%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.754%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.754%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (1.754%) JIRA
General
1 4 (7.018%) Telecoms
1 4 (7.018%) Manufacturing
1 4 (7.018%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 21 (36.84%) Software Engineer
2 10 (17.54%) Software Tester
2 10 (17.54%) Test Engineer
2 10 (17.54%) Tester
3 9 (15.79%) Support Engineer
3 9 (15.79%) Software Test Engineer
4 8 (14.04%) Network Engineer
4 8 (14.04%) Operations Engineer
5 6 (10.53%) Systems Engineer
6 5 (8.772%) Systems Administrator
6 5 (8.772%) Administrator
6 5 (8.772%) Network Operations Engineer
7 4 (7.018%) Linux Engineer
7 4 (7.018%) Field Engineer
7 4 (7.018%) Field Service Engineer
7 4 (7.018%) Operations Manager
8 3 (5.263%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.263%) IT Support Engineer
8 3 (5.263%) Technical Engineer
8 3 (5.263%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.79%) Computer Science
2 4 (7.018%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.263%) Blackberry
3 3 (5.263%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (3.509%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (3.509%) SaaS
5 1 (1.754%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 33 (57.89%) Linux
2 29 (50.88%) Windows
3 10 (17.54%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (10.53%) Windows XP
4 6 (10.53%) UNIX
5 5 (8.772%) Windows 7
5 5 (8.772%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (7.018%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (7.018%) Windows 2000
7 3 (5.263%) Windows 8
8 1 (1.754%) CentOS
8 1 (1.754%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (21.05%) UML
1 12 (21.05%) OO
2 10 (17.54%) ITIL
2 10 (17.54%) User Acceptance Testing
2 10 (17.54%) Waterfall
2 10 (17.54%) Test Automation
3 9 (15.79%) Fault Management
3 9 (15.79%) Automated Testing
4 8 (14.04%) SysML
4 8 (14.04%) Signal Processing
5 7 (12.28%) Change Management
6 5 (8.772%) Problem Management
7 4 (7.018%) Software Engineering
7 4 (7.018%) Network Management
7 4 (7.018%) OOD
8 3 (5.263%) CRM
8 3 (5.263%) Process Management
8 3 (5.263%) Time Management
9 2 (3.509%) Performance Management
9 2 (3.509%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (50.88%) C
2 22 (38.60%) C++
3 15 (26.32%) Bash shell
4 13 (22.81%) Python
5 12 (21.05%) Java
5 12 (21.05%) SQL
6 11 (19.30%) Perl
7 10 (17.54%) Tcl
8 4 (7.018%) C#
9 1 (1.754%) Embedded C
9 1 (1.754%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 16 (28.07%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (26.32%) CCNA
3 10 (17.54%) CCNP
4 8 (14.04%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (14.04%) MCDST
5 7 (12.28%) MCSE
6 6 (10.53%) HND
7 5 (8.772%) CCIP
8 4 (7.018%) Degree
8 4 (7.018%) CCDP
8 4 (7.018%) HNC
9 3 (5.263%) MCP
9 3 (5.263%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.754%) MCSA
10 1 (1.754%) RHCE
10 1 (1.754%) MCTS
10 1 (1.754%) MCITP
10 1 (1.754%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (1.754%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.754%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.018%) SLA
2 1 (1.754%) QA
System Software
1 8 (14.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (10.53%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.754%) Terminal Services
3 1 (1.754%) VMware ESX
3 1 (1.754%) Postfix
3 1 (1.754%) XenApp
3 1 (1.754%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.754%) Nagios
Vendors
1 25 (43.86%) Cisco
2 11 (19.30%) Microsoft
3 9 (15.79%) VMware
4 8 (14.04%) CheckPoint
4 8 (14.04%) Juniper
5 4 (7.018%) Citrix
5 4 (7.018%) Oracle
6 3 (5.263%) Foundry
7 2 (3.509%) Redback
7 2 (3.509%) Riverbed
7 2 (3.509%) Exinda
7 2 (3.509%) Symantec
7 2 (3.509%) Ericsson
7 2 (3.509%) NetApp
8 1 (1.754%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.754%) Sage
8 1 (1.754%) Adobe
8 1 (1.754%) Veeam
8 1 (1.754%) SolarWinds
Yeovil, Somerset
You should have experience of working within a Microsoft networked environment and you will ideally have experience of working with Citrix, Unix, telephone support, have the ability to...
networx
Salary: £22,332 rising to £23,503 after a 6 month probationary period
Posted: 21 May 2013
Shepton Mallet, South West
You will have a robust set of MYSQL skills to help develop the business intelligence systems. You will have a firm understanding of DNS & TCP/IP as well...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £22000.00 - £25000.00 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Somerset, South West
This includes MPLS VPN, IP Access and associated overlay services, such as Application Performance Management (APM), and IPSec VPN, delivered over xDSL, EFM (copper and fibre), Leased Line,...
Questor Resourcing
Salary: to £35K + 5% bonus + 20% shift allowance
Posted: 21 May 2013