Communications & Computer Network Statistics in Essex

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Internet	12	Up 34 places+34	£30,000	-	143 11.83%	6
Broadband	41	Up 4 places+4	£42,500	-	37 3.06%	50
Firewall	56	Down -16 places-16	£32,500	+8.33%	21 1.74%	10
VPN	61	Down -21 places-21	£40,000	+33.33%	16 1.32%	3
TCP/IP	64	Down -20 places-20	£41,000	-8.88%	13 1.08%	2
WAN	65	Down -27 places-27	£38,250	+17.69%	12 0.99%	4
DHCP	68	Down -26 places-26	£42,000	-6.66%	9 0.74%	3
DNS	68	Down -26 places-26	£42,000	-6.66%	9 0.74%	3
Wireless	68	Down -24 places-24	£40,000	-11.11%	9 0.74%	7
VoIP	69	New entry-	£32,500	-	8 0.66%	2
Wi-Fi	69	Down -28 places-28	£32,500	+16.07%	8 0.66%	6
LAN	71	Down -34 places-34	£38,250	+17.69%	6 0.50%	4
FTP	71	Down -33 places-33	£48,750	+2.63%	6 0.50%
SSL	72	Down -26 places-26	£67,500	+119.51%	5 0.41%	7
Software-Defined Radio	74	New entry-	£60,000	-	3 0.25%	4
NFC	74	New entry-	£55,000	-	3 0.25%	1
Structured Cabling	74	New entry-	£26,250	-	3 0.25%
Network Security	75	Down -31 places-31	£45,000	+5.88%	2 0.17%	1
Remote Desktop	76	New entry-	£40,000	-	1 0.083%
HTTP	76	Down -30 places-30	-	-	1 0.083%	1
SAN	76	New entry-	£81,000	-	1 0.083%
VLAN	76	Down -35 places-35	£40,000	+33.33%	1 0.083%	3
Unified Communications	76	New entry-	£27,500	-	1 0.083%
IPsec	76	New entry-	£62,500	-	1 0.083%
Cisco IOS	76	New entry-	£25,500	-	1 0.083%	1
Cisco ISE	76	New entry-	£62,500	-	1 0.083%
LTE	76	New entry-	£80,000	-	1 0.083%	1
NAS	76	New entry-	£81,000	-	1 0.083%
MQTT	76	New entry-	-	-	1 0.083%	1