The first table below looks at the demand for tcpdump skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited tcpdump 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
tcpdump
Rank 783 836 825
Rank change year-on-year
+53 -11
Permanent jobs citing tcpdump 75 60 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.070% 0.050% 0.037%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.359% 0.283% 0.238%
Number of salaries quoted 63 51 42
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £58,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -14.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,800 £35,000 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +33.33%
All Communications & Networking
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
20903 21203 19346
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 19.39% 17.53% 15.67%
Number of salaries quoted 16903 17681 16007
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%

tcpdump
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing tcpdump within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

tcpdump Jobs Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing tcpdump within the UK.

tcpdump Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing tcpdump over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

tcpdump Salary Histogram

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Top 25 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing tcpdump within the UK 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
England +51 75 £50,000 -
South East +39 44 £45,000 -23.40%
London +19 26 £55,000 +10.00%
Hampshire - 23 £45,000 -
Southampton - 18 £45,000 -
City of London +9 10 £60,000 +20.00%
Surrey +14 7 £53,750 -10.41%
West Sussex - 7 £44,250 -
Crawley - 7 £44,250 -
Berkshire +11 6 £60,000 +20.00%
Reading +4 6 £60,000 +20.00%
Surbiton - 4 £57,500 -
Cheltenham +19 3 £37,500 +1.35%
Gloucestershire +11 3 £37,500 +1.35%
South West +6 3 £37,500 +1.35%
Gatwick - 3 - -
East of England 0 2 £41,000 -18.00%
Fareham - 2 £46,250 -
Cambridgeshire -2 1 £41,000 -3.52%
Cambridge -3 1 £41,000 -3.52%
Hertfordshire - 1 - -
St Albans - 1 - -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £45,000 -
Milton Keynes - 1 £45,000 -
Basingstoke - 1 £39,000 -

tcpdump
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing tcpdump 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 tcpdump.

1 129 (80.12%) TCP/IP
2 123 (76.40%) Linux
3 88 (54.66%) Windows
4 87 (54.04%) Wireshark
5 84 (52.17%) HTTP
6 75 (46.58%) SMTP
6 75 (46.58%) DNS
7 74 (45.96%) Juniper
8 71 (44.10%) Perl
8 71 (44.10%) VMware
9 69 (42.86%) Firewall
10 66 (40.99%) LAN
11 65 (40.37%) Red Hat
12 60 (37.27%) Cisco
12 60 (37.27%) WAN
13 57 (35.40%) SSL
14 54 (33.54%) DHCP
15 52 (32.30%) Bash shell
16 51 (31.68%) ITIL
17 49 (30.43%) Puppet
18 48 (29.81%) Windows Server 2008
19 47 (29.19%) VMware Infrastructure
20 46 (28.57%) SAN
21 44 (27.33%) LDAP
21 44 (27.33%) iSCSI
21 44 (27.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
22 42 (26.09%) Security Cleared
23 41 (25.47%) Cisco ASA
23 41 (25.47%) SC Cleared
24 40 (24.84%) HP

tcpdump
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing tcpdump 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 tcpdump. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (8.075%) JDBC
1 13 (8.075%) JSP
2 11 (6.832%) XML
2 11 (6.832%) HTML
3 4 (2.484%) Middleware
4 2 (1.242%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (1.242%) Regular Expression
4 2 (1.242%) Web Services
5 1 (0.621%) MAPI
5 1 (0.621%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 28 (17.39%) Apache
2 15 (9.317%) Tomcat
3 12 (7.453%) MS Exchange
4 11 (6.832%) SAS
4 11 (6.832%) IIS
5 10 (6.211%) Liferay
6 1 (0.621%) MQSeries
Applications
1 24 (14.91%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.484%) RMDS
Communications & Networking
1 129 (80.12%) TCP/IP
2 87 (54.04%) Wireshark
3 84 (52.17%) HTTP
4 75 (46.58%) DNS
4 75 (46.58%) SMTP
5 69 (42.86%) Firewall
6 66 (40.99%) LAN
7 60 (37.27%) WAN
8 57 (35.40%) SSL
9 54 (33.54%) DHCP
10 46 (28.57%) SAN
11 44 (27.33%) LDAP
11 44 (27.33%) iSCSI
12 41 (25.47%) Cisco ASA
13 35 (21.74%) VPN
14 34 (21.12%) IPsec
15 33 (20.50%) FTP
15 33 (20.50%) Network Security
16 32 (19.88%) Junos
16 32 (19.88%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.832%) MySQL
2 10 (6.211%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.242%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (1.242%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.242%) HBase
4 1 (0.621%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 12 (7.453%) Git (software)
1 12 (7.453%) Jenkins
2 10 (6.211%) Hudson
3 2 (1.242%) WebDriver
3 2 (1.242%) Mockito
3 2 (1.242%) JUnit
3 2 (1.242%) JMeter
3 2 (1.242%) Subversion
3 2 (1.242%) Maven
3 2 (1.242%) Selenium
3 2 (1.242%) FitNesse
3 2 (1.242%) TestNG
General
1 33 (20.50%) Finance
2 25 (15.53%) Banking
3 13 (8.075%) Investment Banking
4 4 (2.484%) Law
5 2 (1.242%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.242%) Marketing
5 2 (1.242%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 79 (49.07%) Analyst
2 43 (26.71%) Security Analyst
3 41 (25.47%) Network Analyst
4 31 (19.25%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 30 (18.63%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
6 23 (14.29%) Administrator
7 20 (12.42%) Linux Administrator
8 19 (11.80%) Systems Administrator
9 18 (11.18%) Network Engineer
10 17 (10.56%) Systems Analyst
11 16 (9.938%) Team Leader
11 16 (9.938%) Linux Systems Administrator
12 13 (8.075%) Senior Linux Administrator
13 12 (7.453%) Operations Engineer
14 10 (6.211%) Senior Linux Systems Administrator
14 10 (6.211%) Senior Systems Administrator
15 9 (5.590%) Network Security Analyst
16 8 (4.969%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 7 (4.348%) Network Support
17 7 (4.348%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 28 (17.39%) Firmware
2 20 (12.42%) Management Information System
3 18 (11.18%) Cryptography
4 17 (10.56%) CESG
5 15 (9.317%) Client/Server
5 15 (9.317%) SecurID
6 14 (8.696%) Clustering
7 12 (7.453%) Open Source
8 9 (5.590%) IVR
9 4 (2.484%) Hedge funds
10 2 (1.242%) Digital Media
10 2 (1.242%) Equities
10 2 (1.242%) PKI
10 2 (1.242%) Computer Science
11 1 (0.621%) Video Conferencing
11 1 (0.621%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 123 (76.40%) Linux
2 88 (54.66%) Windows
3 48 (29.81%) Windows Server 2008
4 44 (27.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 38 (23.60%) Solaris
6 27 (16.77%) UNIX
7 20 (12.42%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (3.727%) CentOS
9 4 (2.484%) Debian
10 2 (1.242%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.621%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.621%) FreeBSD
11 1 (0.621%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (31.68%) ITIL
2 39 (24.22%) Problem Management
3 33 (20.50%) SIEM
4 28 (17.39%) Information Security
5 27 (16.77%) Service Delivery
5 27 (16.77%) Incident Management
6 23 (14.29%) Ethical Hacking
6 23 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
7 22 (13.66%) Security Testing
7 22 (13.66%) Change Control
8 20 (12.42%) Information Assurance
8 20 (12.42%) Configuration Management
9 19 (11.80%) Performance Management
10 15 (9.317%) Load Balancing
10 15 (9.317%) Change Management
11 13 (8.075%) Memory Management
12 11 (6.832%) Web Development
12 11 (6.832%) Project Management
12 11 (6.832%) Service Management
13 10 (6.211%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 71 (44.10%) Perl
2 52 (32.30%) Bash shell
3 39 (24.22%) PHP
4 37 (22.98%) Ruby
5 36 (22.36%) Java
6 24 (14.91%) SQL
7 20 (12.42%) Shell Script
8 17 (10.56%) AWK
8 17 (10.56%) sed
9 11 (6.832%) PowerShell
10 5 (3.106%) C++
11 4 (2.484%) Python
12 2 (1.242%) C
Qualifications
1 42 (26.09%) Security Cleared
2 41 (25.47%) SC Cleared
3 35 (21.74%) DV Cleared
4 28 (17.39%) GIAC
4 28 (17.39%) GCIA
5 22 (13.66%) Degree
6 15 (9.317%) MCSE
6 15 (9.317%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (8.075%) GCIH
8 11 (6.832%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 9 (5.590%) RHCE
9 9 (5.590%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (4.969%) CEH
11 6 (3.727%) JNCIA
11 6 (3.727%) CCNA
12 3 (1.863%) CCNP
13 2 (1.242%) CCSE
14 1 (0.621%) CISSP
14 1 (0.621%) JNCIS
14 1 (0.621%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (15.53%) PCI DSS
2 13 (8.075%) JSP 440
3 4 (2.484%) SLA
4 2 (1.242%) QA
5 1 (0.621%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 47 (29.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (15.53%) Snort
3 19 (11.80%) VMware ESXi
4 17 (10.56%) Nmap
5 15 (9.317%) vSphere
6 14 (8.696%) NFS
7 12 (7.453%) Hyper-V
8 11 (6.832%) Postfix
8 11 (6.832%) Active Directory
8 11 (6.832%) Squid
9 4 (2.484%) Samba
10 2 (1.242%) Xen
11 1 (0.621%) VMware ESX
11 1 (0.621%) ProxySG
11 1 (0.621%) Sendmail
11 1 (0.621%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 49 (30.43%) Puppet
2 15 (9.317%) Cisco IPCC
3 13 (8.075%) SolarWinds Orion
4 10 (6.211%) Nagios
5 4 (2.484%) Red Hat Spacewalk
6 1 (0.621%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.621%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.621%) SCCM
6 1 (0.621%) Cacti
Vendors
1 74 (45.96%) Juniper
2 71 (44.10%) VMware
3 65 (40.37%) Red Hat
4 60 (37.27%) Cisco
5 40 (24.84%) HP
6 38 (23.60%) CheckPoint
7 37 (22.98%) NetApp
8 35 (21.74%) Microsoft
9 26 (16.15%) Nortel
10 17 (10.56%) SolarWinds
11 15 (9.317%) F5
11 15 (9.317%) Avaya
11 15 (9.317%) JBoss
11 15 (9.317%) Sun
12 13 (8.075%) CA
13 11 (6.832%) Oracle
13 11 (6.832%) Foundry
13 11 (6.832%) Egenera
14 10 (6.211%) SAP
14 10 (6.211%) EMC
Fareham, Hampshire
Technically you should have expertise with SIEM, IDS/IPS, SNORT, TCPDUMP or WIRESHARK, Unix, Linux and Windows to admin level. In addition you need to have strong TCP/...
Fenwick Ryan
Salary: £35000 - £65000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Fareham, Hampshire
Technically you should have expertise with SIEM, IDS/IPS, SNORT, TCPDUMP or WIRESHARK, Unix, Linux and Windows to admin level. In addition you need to have strong TCP/...
Fenwick Ryan
Salary: £35000 - £65000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
NOC, network, system administrat*, sysadmin, linux, unix, IP, bash, shell, perl... Basic scripting using bash/shell/perl... Experience of CheckPoint Firewalls... RedHat RHCT/RHCE certification. Cisco CCNA/CCNP...
Creative Personnel
Salary: £30000 to £38000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Surbiton, Surrey
Linux systems (preferably RedHat and SLES... Strong bash Shell Scripting skills and basic Perl... Good Apache Web Server knowledge (SSL, vhosts, rewrite rules, mod_jk, mod_proxy, ) Commercial experience with...
Kelway Ltd
Salary: From £55,000 to £60,000 per annum £55,000 - £60,000 + Bonus + Excellen
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Basic scripting using bash/shell/perl... Desired: Experience of CheckPoint Firewalls... RedHat RHCT/RHCE certification. Cisco CCNA/CCNP certification... Ability to produce simple web tools using Perl, Python,...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
LEAD NETWORK INTRUSION ANALYST - LONDON - To £50k plus bens ( Intrusion / IDS / IPS / Network security ) I'm a dedicated security specialist recruiter, looking to make contact with a highly...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £55000 per annum + bens/training etc
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
This is a hands on role where you will be taking responsibility at the early stages of a company working on some complex real world problems A well...
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Good Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013