FTP Job Trends in England

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring FTP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 665 546 702
Rank change year-on-year -119 +156 +177
Permanent jobs citing FTP 16 56 121
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.021% 0.15% 0.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.17% 1.13% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 13 29 66
10th Percentile £37,000 £39,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £31,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +18.75% -5.88%
75th Percentile £50,000 £63,500 £57,000
90th Percentile £61,520 £65,800 £65,625
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year - +18.75% -5.88%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

FTP falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 9,604 4,970 11,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 12.56% 13.38% 14.34%
Number of salaries quoted 3,691 3,393 8,685
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,125 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £66,073 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -6.86%

FTP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing FTP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

FTP job vacancy trend in England

FTP
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing FTP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing FTP

FTP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing FTP in England over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Salary histogram for FTP in England

FTP
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FTP within the England region over the 6 months to 17 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England -40 7 £50,000 +5.26% 1
West Midlands - 5 £37,000 -
Midlands - 5 £37,000 -
South East -35 2 - - 1
North West -20 1 £60,600 +10.18% 1
London -29 1 - - 2
North of England -57 1 £60,600 +46.02% 1
FTP
UK

FTP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) DHCP
1 5 (31.25%) DNS
1 5 (31.25%) HTTP
1 5 (31.25%) SMTP
1 5 (31.25%) TCP/IP
2 4 (25.00%) WAN
3 3 (18.75%) LAN
3 3 (18.75%) SNMP
3 3 (18.75%) SSH
4 2 (12.50%) Internet
4 2 (12.50%) SSL
4 2 (12.50%) Telnet
5 1 (6.25%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (6.25%) Ethernet
5 1 (6.25%) Firewall
5 1 (6.25%) SD-WAN
5 1 (6.25%) Spanning Tree
5 1 (6.25%) TACACS
5 1 (6.25%) VPN
5 1 (6.25%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) MySQL
1 6 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.25%) Power BI
General
1 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (18.75%) Retail
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Aerospace
3 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (68.75%) Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Applications Support
2 5 (31.25%) Applications Support Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Business Support Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Business Systems Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Systems Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) Systems Support
2 5 (31.25%) Systems Support Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (18.75%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Applications Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Development Specialist
5 1 (6.25%) EDI Specialist
5 1 (6.25%) Integration Specialist
5 1 (6.25%) Network Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Telecoms Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Telecoms Test Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (43.75%) JSON
1 7 (43.75%) REST
1 7 (43.75%) SOAP
1 7 (43.75%) XML
2 6 (37.50%) HTML
2 6 (37.50%) Web Services
3 3 (18.75%) LDAP
4 1 (6.25%) EDI
4 1 (6.25%) EDIFACT
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Data Centre
2 3 (18.75%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (12.50%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (12.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (6.25%) Client/Server
4 1 (6.25%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Windows 10
3 2 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) ITIL
2 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (18.75%) SIEM
3 2 (12.50%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (12.50%) Incident Management
3 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (12.50%) SOAR
3 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (12.50%) Swim Lanes
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (6.25%) Analytics
4 1 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (6.25%) Defect Management
4 1 (6.25%) ERP
4 1 (6.25%) Logistics
4 1 (6.25%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.25%) Security Operations
4 1 (6.25%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 10 (62.50%) SQL
2 3 (18.75%) Python
3 2 (12.50%) Bash
4 1 (6.25%) ActionScript
4 1 (6.25%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (6.25%) C++
4 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
4 1 (6.25%) Perl
4 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Degree
2 3 (18.75%) MCSA
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
2 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) CEH
3 1 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (6.25%) CREST Certified
3 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) QA
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) Active Directory
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 3 (18.75%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) QRadar
Vendors
1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Citrix
2 3 (18.75%) Splunk
3 2 (12.50%) ArcSight
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco
4 1 (6.25%) Meraki