Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 29 November 2020

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for TCP/IP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited TCP/IP over the 6 months to 29 November 2020 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
England > Midlands
6 months to
29 Nov 2020		 Same period 2019 Same period 2018
Rank 98 136 107
Rank change year-on-year +38 -29 +44
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 136 237 365
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.93% 2.10% 2.80%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 17.48% 11.12% 16.02%
Number of salaries quoted 142 191 269
Median annual salary £39,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median salary % change year-on-year +20.00% -13.33% -
10th Percentile £22,125 £19,500 £24,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,958 £42,500
% change year-on-year +4.75% +1.08% -

TCP/IP is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 778 2,132 2,279
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 16.73% 18.91% 17.45%
Number of salaries quoted 621 1,549 1,675
Median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year - +6.25% +2.56%
10th Percentile £26,250 £23,500 £23,100
90th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £64,893
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +5.56%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing TCP/IP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in the Midlands

TCP/IP
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in the Midlands.

Salary trend for TCP/IP in the Midlands

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in the Midlands over the 6 months to 29 November 2020.

Salary histogram for TCP/IP in the Midlands

TCP/IP
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 November 2020. 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
Job
Vacancies
West Midlands +20 80 £41,697 +28.30% 18
East Midlands +64 55 £35,000 +7.69% 10
TCP/IP
England

For the 6 months to 29 November 2020, IT jobs citing TCP/IP also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region with a requirement for TCP/IP.

1 93 (68.38%) Windows
2 79 (58.09%) DNS
3 77 (56.62%) Active Directory
4 65 (47.79%) DHCP
5 64 (47.06%) Microsoft
6 62 (45.59%) VMware
7 48 (35.29%) WAN
8 46 (33.82%) ITIL
9 43 (31.62%) Firewall
10 42 (30.88%) Windows Server
11 41 (30.15%) LAN
12 37 (27.21%) Microsoft Certification
13 35 (25.74%) SAN
14 34 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
14 34 (25.00%) Office 365
15 30 (22.06%) Windows Server 2008
15 30 (22.06%) Citrix
16 28 (20.59%) Cisco
16 28 (20.59%) MCSA
16 28 (20.59%) Windows Server 2012
17 27 (19.85%) Data Centre
17 27 (19.85%) Linux
18 25 (18.38%) Self-Motivation
19 24 (17.65%) Azure
19 24 (17.65%) Change Management
20 23 (16.91%) Hyper-V
20 23 (16.91%) iSCSI
20 23 (16.91%) Server+ Certification
20 23 (16.91%) Windows 10
21 22 (16.18%) Fibre Channel

TCP/IP
Co-occurring IT Skills in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (5.88%) IIS
2 7 (5.15%) MS Exchange
3 5 (3.68%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.47%) Confluence
4 2 (1.47%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (1.47%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (1.47%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.74%) Apache
5 1 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.74%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 15 (11.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Sentinel
Cloud Services
1 34 (25.00%) Office 365
2 24 (17.65%) Azure
3 20 (14.71%) AWS
4 8 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (2.94%) GitHub
6 2 (1.47%) Mimecast
7 1 (0.74%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.74%) AWS CloudFormation
7 1 (0.74%) IaaS
7 1 (0.74%) Loggly
7 1 (0.74%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 79 (58.09%) DNS
2 65 (47.79%) DHCP
3 48 (35.29%) WAN
4 43 (31.62%) Firewall
5 41 (30.15%) LAN
6 35 (25.74%) SAN
7 23 (16.91%) iSCSI
8 22 (16.18%) Fibre Channel
9 18 (13.24%) VPN
10 16 (11.76%) VLAN
11 13 (9.56%) VoIP
12 9 (6.62%) Network Security
13 7 (5.15%) Ethernet
13 7 (5.15%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (5.15%) Wireless
14 6 (4.41%) HTTP
14 6 (4.41%) Intrusion Detection
14 6 (4.41%) SSH
15 5 (3.68%) Cisco ASA
15 5 (3.68%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.41%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.94%) MySQL
3 1 (0.74%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (0.74%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (3.68%) Git (software)
2 1 (0.74%) AutoIt
2 1 (0.74%) GitLab
2 1 (0.74%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (3.68%) Finance
2 4 (2.94%) Automotive
3 3 (2.21%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.47%) Electronics
4 2 (1.47%) Financial Institution
4 2 (1.47%) French Language
4 2 (1.47%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.47%) Public Sector
5 1 (0.74%) Back Office
5 1 (0.74%) Housing Association
5 1 (0.74%) Legal
5 1 (0.74%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 30 (22.06%) Analyst
2 27 (19.85%) IT Engineer
3 19 (13.97%) Network Engineer
4 15 (11.03%) Support Engineer
5 14 (10.29%) IT Analyst
6 12 (8.82%) IT Support
7 8 (5.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 8 (5.88%) Administrator
7 8 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
7 8 (5.88%) Operations Engineer
7 8 (5.88%) Team Leader
8 7 (5.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (5.15%) Systems Administrator
9 6 (4.41%) DevOps Engineer
9 6 (4.41%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 5 (3.68%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 5 (3.68%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
10 5 (3.68%) Infrastructure Team Leader
10 5 (3.68%) Support Technician
10 5 (3.68%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.21%) HTML
2 2 (1.47%) Ajax
2 2 (1.47%) CSS
2 2 (1.47%) LDAP
2 2 (1.47%) Web Services
3 1 (0.74%) .NET
3 1 (0.74%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.74%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.74%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.74%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (0.74%) COM
3 1 (0.74%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.74%) jQuery
3 1 (0.74%) Loki
Miscellaneous
1 27 (19.85%) Data Centre
2 25 (18.38%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 7 (5.15%) Clustering
5 6 (4.41%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (2.94%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.94%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (2.94%) Replication
7 3 (2.21%) Cyberthreat
7 3 (2.21%) NHS
7 3 (2.21%) PKI
8 2 (1.47%) Handset
8 2 (1.47%) Hedge funds
8 2 (1.47%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.74%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.74%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.74%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.74%) User Experience
Operating Systems
1 93 (68.38%) Windows
2 42 (30.88%) Windows Server
3 30 (22.06%) Windows Server 2008
4 28 (20.59%) Windows Server 2012
5 27 (19.85%) Linux
6 23 (16.91%) Windows 10
7 22 (16.18%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (8.82%) Windows Server 2019
9 11 (8.09%) Windows 7
10 4 (2.94%) CentOS
10 4 (2.94%) Unix
11 3 (2.21%) AIX
11 3 (2.21%) Solaris
11 3 (2.21%) Ubuntu
12 2 (1.47%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.74%) Android
13 1 (0.74%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.74%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (33.82%) ITIL
2 24 (17.65%) Change Management
3 19 (13.97%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (9.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 12 (8.82%) Information Security
6 10 (7.35%) Server Management
7 9 (6.62%) Customer Requirements
7 9 (6.62%) Disaster Recovery
7 9 (6.62%) Problem Management
7 9 (6.62%) SIEM
8 8 (5.88%) Storage Management
9 7 (5.15%) Agile Software Development
10 6 (4.41%) Business Continuity
10 6 (4.41%) Change Control
10 6 (4.41%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (4.41%) DevOps
10 6 (4.41%) Network Design
10 6 (4.41%) Project Management
11 5 (3.68%) Mentoring
11 5 (3.68%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 14 (10.29%) SQL
2 10 (7.35%) PowerShell
3 8 (5.88%) Bash Shell
3 8 (5.88%) Python
3 8 (5.88%) T-SQL
4 5 (3.68%) Java
4 5 (3.68%) Perl
5 4 (2.94%) C
6 3 (2.21%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.47%) C++
7 2 (1.47%) Embedded C
7 2 (1.47%) PHP
8 1 (0.74%) C#
8 1 (0.74%) VB
8 1 (0.74%) VBA
8 1 (0.74%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 37 (27.21%) Microsoft Certification
2 28 (20.59%) MCSA
3 23 (16.91%) Server+ Certification
4 20 (14.71%) MCSE
5 15 (11.03%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (7.35%) AWS Certification
6 10 (7.35%) CCNA
7 8 (5.88%) MCITP
7 8 (5.88%) MCTS
8 7 (5.15%) CCNP
9 6 (4.41%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (4.41%) JNCIA
10 5 (3.68%) Degree
10 5 (3.68%) SC Cleared
10 5 (3.68%) Security Cleared
11 2 (1.47%) DBS Check
11 2 (1.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.74%) CREST Certified
12 1 (0.74%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (6.62%) SLA
3 4 (2.94%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.74%) GDPR
4 1 (0.74%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 77 (56.62%) Active Directory
2 34 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (16.91%) Hyper-V
4 9 (6.62%) vSphere
5 7 (5.15%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (2.94%) Docker
6 4 (2.94%) XenApp
7 3 (2.21%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (1.47%) GPFS
8 2 (1.47%) Lustre
8 2 (1.47%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.74%) NFS
9 1 (0.74%) Snort
9 1 (0.74%) vCloud
9 1 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.74%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 7 (5.15%) Terraform
2 6 (4.41%) Ansible
3 5 (3.68%) Cisco CUCM
4 4 (2.94%) Microsoft Clustering
5 3 (2.21%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (2.21%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.47%) Grafana
6 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.47%) Packer
6 2 (1.47%) SCCM
6 2 (1.47%) WSUS
6 2 (1.47%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.74%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.74%) Fluentd
7 1 (0.74%) FTK
7 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.74%) Opscode Chef
7 1 (0.74%) Puppet
7 1 (0.74%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 64 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 62 (45.59%) VMware
3 30 (22.06%) Citrix
4 28 (20.59%) Cisco
5 9 (6.62%) Fortinet
5 9 (6.62%) HP
6 8 (5.88%) Juniper
6 8 (5.88%) Red Hat
7 6 (4.41%) Siemens
7 6 (4.41%) SolarWinds
8 5 (3.68%) Avaya
8 5 (3.68%) Palo Alto
8 5 (3.68%) Veeam
9 4 (2.94%) Apple
9 4 (2.94%) IBM
10 3 (2.21%) Meraki
10 3 (2.21%) Mitel
10 3 (2.21%) Oracle
10 3 (2.21%) Splunk
11 2 (1.47%) ServiceNow