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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Rank 100 96 77
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -19
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 111 93 105
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 2.216% 2.048% 2.486%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.79% 13.01% 13.89%
Number of salaries quoted 102 86 86
Average salary £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -12.30%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,750 £22,000 £23,250
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £39,250
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+2.85% +7.69%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
868 715 756
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.33% 15.75% 17.90%
Number of salaries quoted 711 586 597
Average salary £37,500 £33,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.94% -4.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands TCP/IP Salary Trend

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands 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
Birmingham -10 29 £30,000 -14.28%
Staffordshire +18 19 £42,500 +24.08%
Warwickshire +8 19 £27,000 -
Coventry -12 17 £27,000 -3.57%
Solihull - 9 £26,250 -
Sutton Coldfield - 7 £27,000 -
Shropshire -2 5 £31,500 +82.60%
Dudley - 2 £18,375 -
Walsall - 1 £22,500 -
West Bromwich - 1 £40,000 -
TCP/IP
England

TCP/IP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 90 (46.39%) Windows
2 74 (38.14%) Microsoft
3 68 (35.05%) Cisco
4 59 (30.41%) WAN
4 59 (30.41%) LAN
5 58 (29.90%) Active Directory
6 55 (28.35%) DNS
7 47 (24.23%) Firewall
8 45 (23.20%) Linux
9 44 (22.68%) Windows Server 2008
10 42 (21.65%) Network Security
11 41 (21.13%) Cisco Certification
12 38 (19.59%) Citrix
12 38 (19.59%) Windows Server 2003
13 37 (19.07%) VMware
14 35 (18.04%) MS Exchange
15 33 (17.01%) DHCP
16 30 (15.46%) VPN
16 30 (15.46%) MS Excel
17 29 (14.95%) SQL
18 28 (14.43%) MS Office
18 28 (14.43%) CCNP
19 26 (13.40%) C
20 24 (12.37%) MPLS
21 23 (11.86%) CCIE
21 23 (11.86%) Windows 7
22 22 (11.34%) CheckPoint
22 22 (11.34%) Microsoft Certification
22 22 (11.34%) C++
23 21 (10.82%) SQL Server

TCP/IP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 4 (2.062%) LAMP
1 4 (2.062%) OpenGL
1 4 (2.062%) DirectX
1 4 (2.062%) SOAP
1 4 (2.062%) STL
1 4 (2.062%) XML
1 4 (2.062%) Boost C++ Libraries
2 3 (1.546%) WebSphere
3 2 (1.031%) Middleware
3 2 (1.031%) .NET
3 2 (1.031%) MFC
4 1 (0.515%) JMS
4 1 (0.515%) Web Services
4 1 (0.515%) COM
Application Platforms
1 35 (18.04%) MS Exchange
2 12 (6.186%) SharePoint
2 12 (6.186%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (5.155%) Tomcat
4 9 (4.639%) Exchange Server 2003
5 8 (4.124%) Apache
5 8 (4.124%) IIS
6 4 (2.062%) nginx
6 4 (2.062%) Apache Solr
6 4 (2.062%) Lync
7 2 (1.031%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 2 (1.031%) Lotus Domino
7 2 (1.031%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.515%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.515%) Office Communications Server
8 1 (0.515%) WebSphere Process Server
8 1 (0.515%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.515%) Lotus Notes
8 1 (0.515%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.515%) Oracle HTTP Server
Applications
1 30 (15.46%) MS Excel
2 28 (14.43%) MS Office
3 6 (3.093%) MS PowerPoint
4 5 (2.577%) MS Project
5 3 (1.546%) Office 365
6 2 (1.031%) Simulink
6 2 (1.031%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.031%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.515%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.515%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.515%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (0.515%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 59 (30.41%) WAN
1 59 (30.41%) LAN
2 55 (28.35%) DNS
3 47 (24.23%) Firewall
4 42 (21.65%) Network Security
5 33 (17.01%) DHCP
6 30 (15.46%) VPN
7 24 (12.37%) MPLS
8 21 (10.82%) Internet
9 20 (10.31%) SAN
10 17 (8.763%) BGP
11 16 (8.247%) OSPF
12 14 (7.216%) SSL
13 11 (5.670%) Ethernet
13 11 (5.670%) HTTP
13 11 (5.670%) EIGRP
14 10 (5.155%) ISDN
15 9 (4.639%) Unified Communications
16 8 (4.124%) Wireless
16 8 (4.124%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (10.82%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.124%) MySQL
3 5 (2.577%) RDBMS
4 4 (2.062%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (2.062%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.546%) DB2
6 2 (1.031%) SQL Server 2000
6 2 (1.031%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.515%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (0.515%) Oracle 11g
7 1 (0.515%) MS Access
7 1 (0.515%) Oracle 9i
7 1 (0.515%) Oracle 10g
7 1 (0.515%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 6 (3.093%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.515%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 20 (10.31%) Telecoms
2 19 (9.794%) Finance
3 7 (3.608%) Banking
3 7 (3.608%) Legal
4 6 (3.093%) Manufacturing
4 6 (3.093%) Games
5 5 (2.577%) Marketing
5 5 (2.577%) Back Office
5 5 (2.577%) Electronics
6 4 (2.062%) Automotive
7 3 (1.546%) Retail
7 3 (1.546%) Advertising
8 2 (1.031%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.031%) Corporate Banking
8 2 (1.031%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.515%) Dutch Language
9 1 (0.515%) French Language
9 1 (0.515%) German Language
9 1 (0.515%) Polish Language
9 1 (0.515%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 32 (16.49%) Analyst
2 26 (13.40%) Support Engineer
3 21 (10.82%) Consultant
4 17 (8.763%) Developer
4 17 (8.763%) Administrator
5 16 (8.247%) Network Engineer
6 11 (5.670%) C++ Developer
6 11 (5.670%) Cisco Engineer
7 10 (5.155%) Network Administrator
7 10 (5.155%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 10 (5.155%) Systems Administrator
7 10 (5.155%) Support Analyst
7 10 (5.155%) Technical Support
7 10 (5.155%) IT Support
8 9 (4.639%) Technical Consultant
9 8 (4.124%) IT Administrator
9 8 (4.124%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (4.124%) Field Engineer
9 8 (4.124%) Security Manager
10 7 (3.608%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.216%) Computer Science
2 9 (4.639%) Mobile App
2 9 (4.639%) Replication
3 8 (4.124%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.608%) SaaS
5 6 (3.093%) Clustering
6 5 (2.577%) Cryptography
6 5 (2.577%) Statistics
6 5 (2.577%) Blackberry
7 2 (1.031%) AS400
7 2 (1.031%) Biometrics
7 2 (1.031%) Smartcard
7 2 (1.031%) EFT
7 2 (1.031%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.031%) SecurID
7 2 (1.031%) Online Games
7 2 (1.031%) iSeries
7 2 (1.031%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (1.031%) CAN bus
7 2 (1.031%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 90 (46.39%) Windows
2 45 (23.20%) Linux
3 44 (22.68%) Windows Server 2008
4 38 (19.59%) Windows Server 2003
5 23 (11.86%) Windows 7
6 19 (9.794%) Windows XP
7 11 (5.670%) UNIX
8 8 (4.124%) Windows Vista
8 8 (4.124%) CentOS
9 7 (3.608%) Debian
10 6 (3.093%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (2.577%) Ubuntu
11 5 (2.577%) Windows 2000
12 4 (2.062%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (1.546%) Windows 8
13 3 (1.546%) Android
14 2 (1.031%) Windows CE
15 1 (0.515%) Windows Phone
15 1 (0.515%) Windows 2000 Server
15 1 (0.515%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (10.82%) Security Management
2 18 (9.278%) ITIL
3 17 (8.763%) Project Management
4 15 (7.732%) Migration
5 14 (7.216%) Network Design
6 13 (6.701%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (6.186%) Change Management
8 10 (5.155%) Data Protection
9 9 (4.639%) Network Management
9 9 (4.639%) OO
9 9 (4.639%) Service Delivery
10 7 (3.608%) Load Balancing
10 7 (3.608%) Agile Software Development
10 7 (3.608%) Incident Management
11 6 (3.093%) Network Architecture
12 5 (2.577%) Capacity Planning
12 5 (2.577%) E-Discovery
12 5 (2.577%) Vulnerability Management
12 5 (2.577%) Capacity Management
12 5 (2.577%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 29 (14.95%) SQL
2 26 (13.40%) C
3 22 (11.34%) C++
4 8 (4.124%) Python
4 8 (4.124%) Java
5 6 (3.093%) C#
6 5 (2.577%) Shell Script
7 4 (2.062%) VB
7 4 (2.062%) Perl
7 4 (2.062%) PHP
8 3 (1.546%) VC++
8 3 (1.546%) Embedded C
8 3 (1.546%) Embedded C++
9 2 (1.031%) MATLAB
9 2 (1.031%) VBScript
9 2 (1.031%) Bash shell
10 1 (0.515%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.515%) X++
10 1 (0.515%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.515%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (21.13%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (14.43%) CCNP
3 23 (11.86%) CCIE
4 22 (11.34%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (9.278%) CCNA
6 13 (6.701%) MCSE
7 12 (6.186%) CCIP
8 11 (5.670%) Degree
8 11 (5.670%) MCP
9 8 (4.124%) CCSP
10 6 (3.093%) MCSA
10 6 (3.093%) MCDST
11 5 (2.577%) MCITP
11 5 (2.577%) HNC
11 5 (2.577%) HND
11 5 (2.577%) CISSP
11 5 (2.577%) PMP
11 5 (2.577%) PMI Certification
11 5 (2.577%) CISA
11 5 (2.577%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.577%) SLA
2 2 (1.031%) ISO 9000
2 2 (1.031%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 58 (29.90%) Active Directory
2 19 (9.794%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (5.155%) Hyper-V
4 7 (3.608%) Postfix
5 6 (3.093%) VMware ESX
6 5 (2.577%) vSphere
7 4 (2.062%) Sendmail
7 4 (2.062%) XenDesktop
7 4 (2.062%) Varnish
8 3 (1.546%) XenApp
8 3 (1.546%) VMware Server
8 3 (1.546%) Samba
9 2 (1.031%) VMware Workstation
9 2 (1.031%) Terminal Services
9 2 (1.031%) XenServer
9 2 (1.031%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.515%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.515%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 1 (0.515%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.515%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 6 (3.093%) Nagios
2 4 (2.062%) WSUS
3 3 (1.546%) Backup Exec
4 2 (1.031%) ARCserve
4 2 (1.031%) Cacti
4 2 (1.031%) Puppet
5 1 (0.515%) Splunk
5 1 (0.515%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.515%) SCOM
5 1 (0.515%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.515%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 74 (38.14%) Microsoft
2 68 (35.05%) Cisco
3 38 (19.59%) Citrix
4 37 (19.07%) VMware
5 22 (11.34%) CheckPoint
6 19 (9.794%) Juniper
7 13 (6.701%) HP
8 12 (6.186%) Red Hat
9 10 (5.155%) McAfee
9 10 (5.155%) Sophos
10 8 (4.124%) CA
11 6 (3.093%) Oracle
12 5 (2.577%) NetApp
13 4 (2.062%) JBoss
14 3 (1.546%) Dell
14 3 (1.546%) IBM
14 3 (1.546%) Apple
15 2 (1.031%) 3Com
15 2 (1.031%) BT
15 2 (1.031%) Novell
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
This is a progression role for the right person to work with technologies like Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Active Directory, Exchange, SQL,TCP/IP, Firewalls, disaster recovery...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Walsgrave, Coventry, West Midlands
Knowledge of UNIX/OE/Red Hat Linux operating systems and TCP/IP networking protocol is essential, with a thorough understanding of product licensing terms for both Oracle and...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 23 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
Knowledge of UNIX/OE/Red Hat Linux operating systems and TCP/IP networking protocol is essential, with a thorough understanding of product licensing terms for both Oracle and...
Sainsburys
Salary: £attractive
Posted: 15 May 2013
Warwickshire
Computer Science - IT - Analytical Degree - Information Technology Recent Graduates / Placement - Windows - Excel - IT and Software Support - Networking - TCP/IP - LAN / WAN - Placement This well-known retailer has an...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Walsall, West Midlands
The ideal candidate will excellent knowledge of the operating systems in use, currently MS, Windows 2000, XP & 7 Client, excellent knowledge of the standard applications in use such...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000.00 - £25000.00 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
My South Birmingham based client is seeking a Senior Network / Checkpoint Firewall Engineer to join their growing business and IT team, supporting business IT Operations to a first...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Warwick, West Midlands
They will also have a strong working knowledge of Microsoft based operating systems (Desktop & Server), experience with Exchange Server Administration and experience with Active Directory Administration. It would...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000.00 - £24000.00 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
Walsall, West Midlands
The ideal candidate will excellent knowledge of the operating systems in use, currently MS, Windows 2000, XP & 7 Client, excellent knowledge of the standard applications in use such...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £19000 - £21000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Extensive Networking Knowledge(Routing Protocols, DNS, DHCP,TCP/IP, VLAN) Experience with Network Security. Enterprise Directory Solutions(Microsoft Active Directory, Novell, Open Directory) Virtualised Environments with specific experience...
Bloxx Ltd
Salary: Dependent on experience - Company Car will be provided
Posted: 7 May 2013
Warwick, West Midlands
They will also have strong knowledge and experience of working with Microsoft technologies in the Server/ Pc and application arenas.Knowledge of the following technologies is required: Windows...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £38000.00 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
Worcester, West Midlands
Company OverviewFor over a decade, this Internet domain name and hosting service has provided first class web services to a wide variety of customers that require high-quality,...
Salary: £15500 - £16500 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
You will contribute as a technical resource to their project roadmap, both as a technical lead and with planning / network design. This role is suitable for a Network...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
They provide bespoke IP and Network requirements on a national and international level and due to rapid growth, along with an internal promotion, are currently looking for a...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013