Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 24 September 2021

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 24 September 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
England > South East
6 months to
24 Sep 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 191 144 117
Rank change year-on-year -47 -27 +36
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 312 162 736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.77% 1.99% 2.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.58% 10.24% 17.36%
Number of salaries quoted 240 144 596
10th Percentile £24,500 £25,575 £23,743
25th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £28,468
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year - +2.41% +10.67%
75th Percentile £56,250 £56,563 £55,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £71,000 £66,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -

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 South East with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,480 1,582 4,240
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East 14.10% 19.47% 16.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,703 1,307 3,326
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £33,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £71,625
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +14.13% -3.16%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in the South East

TCP/IP
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for TCP/IP in the South East

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in the South East over the 6 months to 24 September 2021.

Salary histogram for TCP/IP in the South East

TCP/IP
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 TCP/IP within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 September 2021. 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
Thames Valley -55 115 £38,049 -15.45% 37
Hampshire -76 66 £47,500 +43.94% 10
Berkshire -50 63 £47,500 -5.00% 19
Surrey -46 57 £50,000 -4.76% 17
West Sussex +8 33 £31,500 -21.25% 5
Buckinghamshire -48 26 £43,000 +1.18% 9
Oxfordshire - 26 £31,000 - 9
Kent - 21 £39,500 - 20
East Sussex -46 18 £33,250 +2.31% 1
TCP/IP
England

For the 6 months to 24 September 2021, 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 South East region with a requirement for TCP/IP.

1 149 (47.76%) Windows
2 133 (42.63%) Firewall
3 121 (38.78%) Microsoft
4 106 (33.97%) Social Skills
5 105 (33.65%) Active Directory
6 102 (32.69%) Microsoft 365
7 96 (30.77%) DNS
8 84 (26.92%) VPN
9 81 (25.96%) Linux
10 79 (25.32%) Azure
11 76 (24.36%) VMware
12 69 (22.12%) DHCP
13 66 (21.15%) WAN
14 65 (20.83%) LAN
14 65 (20.83%) Cisco
14 65 (20.83%) Windows 10
15 62 (19.87%) Windows Server
16 58 (18.59%) VMware Infrastructure
17 52 (16.67%) AWS
18 51 (16.35%) VLAN
19 46 (14.74%) PowerShell
19 46 (14.74%) SQL Server
20 44 (14.10%) Cisco Certification
21 42 (13.46%) Software Engineering
21 42 (13.46%) Palo Alto
22 40 (12.82%) Wireless
23 38 (12.18%) Degree
23 38 (12.18%) Network Security
24 37 (11.86%) Microsoft Office
25 36 (11.54%) Finance

TCP/IP
Co-occurring IT Skills in the South East 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 22 (7.05%) SharePoint
2 21 (6.73%) Exchange Server 2013
3 19 (6.09%) IIS
4 16 (5.13%) Confluence
5 12 (3.85%) MS Exchange
6 11 (3.53%) CMS
6 11 (3.53%) Sitecore CMS
6 11 (3.53%) Umbraco
6 11 (3.53%) WordPress
7 7 (2.24%) JBoss
8 6 (1.92%) Apache
9 5 (1.60%) Tomcat
10 4 (1.28%) Skype for Business
10 4 (1.28%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.32%) Commerce Server
11 1 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
Applications
1 37 (11.86%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.64%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 11 (3.53%) Sage 200
2 3 (0.96%) Sentinel
Cloud Services
1 102 (32.69%) Microsoft 365
2 79 (25.32%) Azure
3 52 (16.67%) AWS
4 29 (9.29%) SaaS
5 17 (5.45%) IaaS
6 16 (5.13%) PaaS
7 14 (4.49%) OneDrive
8 13 (4.17%) Mimecast
9 12 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
10 11 (3.53%) Azure Active Directory
11 8 (2.56%) GCP
11 8 (2.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 7 (2.24%) Amazon ECS
12 7 (2.24%) Amazon EKS
12 7 (2.24%) GitHub
13 5 (1.60%) Cloudflare
14 4 (1.28%) AWS CloudFormation
14 4 (1.28%) BlazeMeter
14 4 (1.28%) Dropbox
14 4 (1.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 133 (42.63%) Firewall
2 96 (30.77%) DNS
3 84 (26.92%) VPN
4 69 (22.12%) DHCP
5 66 (21.15%) WAN
6 65 (20.83%) LAN
7 51 (16.35%) VLAN
8 40 (12.82%) Wireless
9 38 (12.18%) Network Security
10 31 (9.94%) VoIP
11 29 (9.29%) Wi-Fi
12 28 (8.97%) Internet
13 24 (7.69%) BGP
14 21 (6.73%) OSPF
14 21 (6.73%) SAN
15 20 (6.41%) IPsec
15 20 (6.41%) SSL
16 19 (6.09%) HTTP
17 18 (5.77%) MPLS
18 13 (4.17%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (14.74%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.85%) Relational Database
3 8 (2.56%) Oracle Database
3 8 (2.56%) RDBMS
4 6 (1.92%) MySQL
5 3 (0.96%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.64%) DB2
6 2 (0.64%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.64%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (0.64%) SQL Server 2019
7 1 (0.32%) MS Access
7 1 (0.32%) Redis
Development Applications
1 31 (9.94%) JIRA
2 13 (4.17%) Visual Studio
3 9 (2.88%) Git (software)
4 6 (1.92%) Android Studio
4 6 (1.92%) SoapUI
4 6 (1.92%) WinDbg
4 6 (1.92%) Xcode
5 5 (1.60%) Jenkins
6 4 (1.28%) JMeter
6 4 (1.28%) Vagrant
7 3 (0.96%) Subversion
8 2 (0.64%) Selenium
8 2 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.64%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.32%) GitLab
9 1 (0.32%) Maven
9 1 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.32%) Travis CI
General
1 106 (33.97%) Social Skills
2 36 (11.54%) Finance
3 23 (7.37%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (5.77%) Telecoms
5 12 (3.85%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.53%) Legal
6 11 (3.53%) Pharmaceutical
7 9 (2.88%) Local Government
7 9 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (2.88%) Retail
8 8 (2.56%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.92%) Banking
9 6 (1.92%) Law
10 4 (1.28%) Billing
10 4 (1.28%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.96%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.96%) Marketing
12 2 (0.64%) Military
13 1 (0.32%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 62 (19.87%) Network Engineer
2 54 (17.31%) Support Engineer
3 31 (9.94%) IT Engineer
3 31 (9.94%) IT Support
4 24 (7.69%) Analyst
4 24 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 23 (7.37%) Senior Network Engineer
6 19 (6.09%) Developer
6 19 (6.09%) Software Engineer
7 18 (5.77%) 2nd Line Support
8 17 (5.45%) IT Support Engineer
9 16 (5.13%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 16 (5.13%) Technical Engineer
10 15 (4.81%) 3rd Line Support
10 15 (4.81%) IT Manager
11 14 (4.49%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 14 (4.49%) DevOps Engineer
11 14 (4.49%) Security Engineer
12 13 (4.17%) Support Analyst
13 11 (3.53%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.09%) Web Services
2 17 (5.45%) .NET
3 13 (4.17%) RESTful
4 11 (3.53%) HTML
5 10 (3.21%) SOAP
6 9 (2.88%) ASP.NET
6 9 (2.88%) JSON
7 8 (2.56%) REST
8 6 (1.92%) iOS SDK
8 6 (1.92%) WebRTC
9 5 (1.60%) CSS
9 5 (1.60%) WebSockets
9 5 (1.60%) Yocto
10 4 (1.28%) Velocity
11 3 (0.96%) GStreamer
11 3 (0.96%) WSH
12 2 (0.64%) 802.1X
12 2 (0.64%) Middleware
12 2 (0.64%) pytest
12 2 (0.64%) WF
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.97%) Data Centre
2 22 (7.05%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (4.81%) Management Information System
4 12 (3.85%) User Experience
5 11 (3.53%) Client/Server
6 10 (3.21%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 10 (3.21%) EPoS
7 8 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (1.92%) Clustering
8 6 (1.92%) Digital Media
9 5 (1.60%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.60%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (1.60%) PKI
9 5 (1.60%) Raspberry Pi
10 4 (1.28%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.28%) Life Science
10 4 (1.28%) SCADA
10 4 (1.28%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 149 (47.76%) Windows
2 81 (25.96%) Linux
3 65 (20.83%) Windows 10
4 62 (19.87%) Windows Server
5 28 (8.97%) Windows Server 2012
6 23 (7.37%) Android
6 23 (7.37%) Windows Server 2019
7 21 (6.73%) Apple iOS
8 14 (4.49%) Unix
9 12 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
10 11 (3.53%) Windows Server 2008
11 9 (2.88%) Windows 7
12 8 (2.56%) Solaris
13 6 (1.92%) CentOS
14 4 (1.28%) Mac OS
14 4 (1.28%) Ubuntu
15 3 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 2 (0.64%) Debian
16 2 (0.64%) Embedded Linux
16 2 (0.64%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (13.46%) Software Engineering
2 35 (11.22%) DevOps
3 33 (10.58%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (9.94%) Agile Software Development
4 31 (9.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 27 (8.65%) Project Management
6 26 (8.33%) Computer Science
7 25 (8.01%) ITIL
8 24 (7.69%) Network Design
9 22 (7.05%) Information Security
9 22 (7.05%) Load Balancing
10 20 (6.41%) SIEM
11 19 (6.09%) Service Delivery
12 18 (5.77%) Cybersecurity
13 16 (5.13%) Network Management
13 16 (5.13%) Proactive Monitoring
14 15 (4.81%) Infrastructure as Code
15 14 (4.49%) Continuous Integration
15 14 (4.49%) Unit Testing
16 13 (4.17%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 46 (14.74%) PowerShell
2 30 (9.62%) C
3 28 (8.97%) Python
4 23 (7.37%) SQL
5 20 (6.41%) C++
5 20 (6.41%) Java
6 16 (5.13%) Bash Shell
7 15 (4.81%) JavaScript
8 10 (3.21%) Ruby
9 7 (2.24%) C#
10 6 (1.92%) Apple Swift
10 6 (1.92%) Go
10 6 (1.92%) Objective-C
10 6 (1.92%) PHP
11 5 (1.60%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.28%) C-shell
12 4 (1.28%) Embedded C
12 4 (1.28%) R
12 4 (1.28%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.96%) Perl
Qualifications
1 44 (14.10%) Cisco Certification
2 38 (12.18%) Degree
3 31 (9.94%) CCNA
4 28 (8.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 25 (8.01%) CCNP
6 19 (6.09%) Security Cleared
7 15 (4.81%) SC Cleared
8 12 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (3.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 11 (3.53%) MCSE
10 9 (2.88%) GIAC
10 9 (2.88%) MCP
11 8 (2.56%) MCSA
12 7 (2.24%) CEH
12 7 (2.24%) CISSP
12 7 (2.24%) ISEB
13 6 (1.92%) CISA
13 6 (1.92%) OSCE
13 6 (1.92%) OSCP
14 5 (1.60%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (10.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (4.49%) NIST
2 14 (4.49%) QA
3 13 (4.17%) SLA
4 8 (2.56%) PCI DSS
5 7 (2.24%) GDPR
5 7 (2.24%) PA-DSS
6 3 (0.96%) COBIT
6 3 (0.96%) GRC
6 3 (0.96%) NCSC
7 2 (0.64%) HL7
7 2 (0.64%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.32%) FedRAMP
8 1 (0.32%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.32%) MISRA
8 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 105 (33.65%) Active Directory
2 58 (18.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (9.29%) Hyper-V
4 23 (7.37%) vSphere
5 12 (3.85%) Docker
6 9 (2.88%) VMware NSX
7 6 (1.92%) Firmware
7 6 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.96%) iptables
8 3 (0.96%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.64%) DFS Replication
9 2 (0.64%) KVM
9 2 (0.64%) NFS
9 2 (0.64%) pfSense
9 2 (0.64%) Postfix
9 2 (0.64%) Sendmail
9 2 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.64%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 19 (6.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (4.17%) Terraform
3 12 (3.85%) Ansible
4 11 (3.53%) SCCM
5 10 (3.21%) Cisco CUCM
5 10 (3.21%) Cisco UCCX
6 9 (2.88%) Kubernetes
7 8 (2.56%) FortiGate
8 7 (2.24%) Grafana
8 7 (2.24%) HP ALM
9 6 (1.92%) Backup Exec
9 6 (1.92%) HP Fortify
9 6 (1.92%) PowerCLI
9 6 (1.92%) WebInspect
10 5 (1.60%) Opscode Chef
10 5 (1.60%) Puppet
10 5 (1.60%) QRadar
10 5 (1.60%) SCOM
11 4 (1.28%) Oracle RMAN
12 3 (0.96%) Nessus
Vendors
1 121 (38.78%) Microsoft
2 76 (24.36%) VMware
3 65 (20.83%) Cisco
4 42 (13.46%) Palo Alto
5 25 (8.01%) Meraki
6 24 (7.69%) CheckPoint
7 22 (7.05%) Citrix
8 15 (4.81%) Dell
8 15 (4.81%) Sophos
9 13 (4.17%) HP
9 13 (4.17%) Sage
10 11 (3.53%) Oracle
10 11 (3.53%) Sitecore
11 10 (3.21%) F5
12 9 (2.88%) Google
12 9 (2.88%) Splunk
13 7 (2.24%) Avaya
13 7 (2.24%) Darktrace
13 7 (2.24%) Micro Focus
13 7 (2.24%) Veeam