FTP Job Trends in the South East

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring FTP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 - 348
Rank change year-on-year - - +32
Permanent jobs citing FTP 4 0 33
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.028% - 0.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.31% - 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 24
10th Percentile £52,575 - £27,225
25th Percentile £55,688 - £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,750 - £34,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.82%
75th Percentile £69,188 - £40,250
90th Percentile £71,925 - £46,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +18.75% -11.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,292 1,209 2,700
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.95% 15.50% 16.48%
Number of salaries quoted 816 753 1,874
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -3.16% +5.56%
75th Percentile £65,313 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +5.26% -5.00%

FTP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

FTP job vacancy trend in the South East

FTP
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing FTP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing FTP

FTP
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing FTP in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for FTP in the South East

FTP
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FTP within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Thames Valley - 3 £72,500 - 1
Berkshire - 2 - -
Hampshire - 1 £53,000 - 1
Oxfordshire - 1 £72,500 - 1
FTP
England

FTP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) HTTP
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
2 3 (75.00%) Internet
2 3 (75.00%) LAN
2 3 (75.00%) SMTP
2 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (50.00%) VPN
4 1 (25.00%) BGP
4 1 (25.00%) DHCP
4 1 (25.00%) DNS
4 1 (25.00%) Firewall
4 1 (25.00%) ICMP
4 1 (25.00%) IPsec
4 1 (25.00%) MPLS
4 1 (25.00%) Network Security
4 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
4 1 (25.00%) SNMP
4 1 (25.00%) SSH
4 1 (25.00%) SSL
4 1 (25.00%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Relational Database
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) LDAP
2 1 (25.00%) OAuth
2 1 (25.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (25.00%) Client/Server
3 1 (25.00%) MISP
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) SIEM
3 2 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (50.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (50.00%) SOAR
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) Swim Lanes
4 1 (25.00%) Blue Team
4 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Network Segmentation
4 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Bash
1 1 (25.00%) C++
1 1 (25.00%) Perl
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) CEH
3 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (25.00%) CREST Certified
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) QRadar
2 1 (25.00%) CASB
2 1 (25.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Splunk
2 2 (50.00%) ArcSight
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto