Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 17 February 2019

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 17 February 2019 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
17 Feb 2019		 Same period 2018 Same period 2017
Rank 115 110 66
Rank change year-on-year -5 -44 +10
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 707 885 1,305
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East 2.67% 2.81% 4.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.64% 16.33% 19.54%
Number of salaries quoted 567 734 1,087
South East median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median salary % change year-on-year - -5.88% +6.25%
10th Percentile £22,300 £23,750 £22,500
90th Percentile £63,300 £62,500 £65,000
England median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year - +6.25% -

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 4,249 5,421 6,678
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.04% 17.23% 21.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3,290 4,244 5,347
South East median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% +1.95%
10th Percentile £25,975 £24,000 £26,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £67,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% - -

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing TCP/IP as a percentage 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

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT 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

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing TCP/IP in the South East over the 6 months to 17 February 2019.

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 17 February 2019. 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 -28 269 £40,000 -3.61% 56
Berkshire -20 182 £37,500 -11.76% 32
Hampshire +46 173 £42,500 +11.11% 27
Surrey +4 144 £37,500 -21.05% 27
West Sussex +32 76 £45,000 -5.26% 14
Buckinghamshire -25 47 £37,500 - 11
Oxfordshire +12 33 £46,750 +28.97% 13
Kent +25 26 £37,500 +25.00% 19
East Sussex -33 12 £40,000 +33.33% 4
Middlesex +6 2 £53,500 +42.67%
Home Counties - 2 - -
TCP/IP
England

For the 6 months to 17 February 2019, 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.

1 386 (54.60%) Windows
2 342 (48.37%) Firewall
3 253 (35.79%) Linux
4 227 (32.11%) Microsoft
5 226 (31.97%) Active Directory
6 214 (30.27%) WAN
6 214 (30.27%) DNS
7 200 (28.29%) LAN
8 179 (25.32%) Cisco
9 175 (24.75%) Windows Server
10 173 (24.47%) Office 365
10 173 (24.47%) VMware
11 146 (20.65%) VPN
12 143 (20.23%) DHCP
12 143 (20.23%) Microsoft Azure
13 142 (20.08%) ITIL
14 130 (18.39%) Python
15 125 (17.68%) Cisco Certification
16 120 (16.97%) SQL
17 115 (16.27%) VMware Infrastructure
18 109 (15.42%) Hyper-V
19 102 (14.43%) Microsoft Office
20 101 (14.29%) VLAN
21 99 (14.00%) PowerShell
21 99 (14.00%) DevOps
22 96 (13.58%) Amazon AWS
23 93 (13.15%) SQL Server
24 91 (12.87%) Degree
25 89 (12.59%) Security Cleared
26 86 (12.16%) Mentoring

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 49 (6.93%) SharePoint
2 45 (6.36%) IIS
3 41 (5.80%) MS Exchange
4 36 (5.09%) Apache
5 18 (2.55%) BizTalk Server
6 17 (2.40%) nginx
7 15 (2.12%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (1.41%) Exchange Server 2010
8 10 (1.41%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 10 (1.41%) Tomcat
9 8 (1.13%) Skype for Business
9 8 (1.13%) WebSphere
10 6 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2013
11 5 (0.71%) Confluence
11 5 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2007
12 4 (0.57%) Exchange Server 2003
13 3 (0.42%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 3 (0.42%) IBM HTTP Server
13 3 (0.42%) WebLogic
13 3 (0.42%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 102 (14.43%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (3.11%) MS Visio
3 13 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 173 (24.47%) Office 365
2 143 (20.23%) Microsoft Azure
3 96 (13.58%) Amazon AWS
4 22 (3.11%) SaaS
5 17 (2.40%) IaaS
6 16 (2.26%) Mimecast
7 14 (1.98%) PaaS
8 13 (1.84%) Google Cloud Platform
9 12 (1.70%) Azure Active Directory
9 12 (1.70%) Serverless
10 8 (1.13%) Amazon EC2
10 8 (1.13%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (0.85%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (0.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (0.71%) Amazon S3
12 5 (0.71%) GitHub
12 5 (0.71%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 4 (0.57%) Datadog
14 2 (0.28%) Data Lake Analytics
14 2 (0.28%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 342 (48.37%) Firewall
2 214 (30.27%) DNS
2 214 (30.27%) WAN
3 200 (28.29%) LAN
4 146 (20.65%) VPN
5 143 (20.23%) DHCP
6 101 (14.29%) VLAN
7 80 (11.32%) SAN
8 78 (11.03%) Wireless
9 71 (10.04%) HTTP
10 69 (9.76%) VoIP
11 68 (9.62%) BGP
12 62 (8.77%) OSPF
13 55 (7.78%) Cisco ASA
14 52 (7.36%) Internet
15 50 (7.07%) MPLS
16 49 (6.93%) Network Security
17 45 (6.36%) IPsec
18 35 (4.95%) HSRP
18 35 (4.95%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (13.15%) SQL Server
2 21 (2.97%) MongoDB
3 19 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (2.55%) Relational Database
5 14 (1.98%) MySQL
6 13 (1.84%) Neo4j
6 13 (1.84%) Redis
7 10 (1.41%) SQL Server 2014
8 7 (0.99%) Big Data
9 6 (0.85%) DB2
9 6 (0.85%) SQL Server 2012
9 6 (0.85%) SQL Server 2016
10 5 (0.71%) Hadoop
10 5 (0.71%) SQL Server 2008
11 4 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.57%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.42%) SQLite
13 2 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 46 (6.51%) Jenkins
2 41 (5.80%) Git (software)
3 31 (4.38%) GitLab
3 31 (4.38%) Vagrant
4 16 (2.26%) JIRA
4 16 (2.26%) Visual Studio
5 12 (1.70%) Team Foundation Server
6 6 (0.85%) Redmine
6 6 (0.85%) Subversion
7 5 (0.71%) Bower
7 5 (0.71%) Grunt
7 5 (0.71%) Jasmine
7 5 (0.71%) Karma Test Runner
7 5 (0.71%) Protractor
8 4 (0.57%) AutoIt
9 3 (0.42%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.42%) VSS/SourceSafe
10 2 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.28%) Visual Studio Team System
11 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 71 (10.04%) Finance
2 44 (6.22%) Telecoms
3 24 (3.39%) Marketing
4 17 (2.40%) Banking
4 17 (2.40%) Electronics
5 12 (1.70%) Advertising
5 12 (1.70%) Manufacturing
5 12 (1.70%) Retail
6 9 (1.27%) Legal
7 6 (0.85%) Games
8 4 (0.57%) Back Office
8 4 (0.57%) French Language
9 3 (0.42%) Aerospace
9 3 (0.42%) Avionics
9 3 (0.42%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.28%) Automotive
11 1 (0.14%) Korean Language
11 1 (0.14%) Law
11 1 (0.14%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 136 (19.24%) Analyst
2 97 (13.72%) Network Engineer
3 77 (10.89%) Support Engineer
4 64 (9.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 56 (7.92%) Administrator
5 56 (7.92%) Support Analyst
6 48 (6.79%) Systems Administrator
7 43 (6.08%) IT Support
8 40 (5.66%) DevOps Engineer
9 35 (4.95%) Developer
10 33 (4.67%) 2nd Line Support
11 32 (4.53%) Service Analyst
11 32 (4.53%) Service Desk Analyst
12 29 (4.10%) IT Engineer
12 29 (4.10%) Technical Support
13 27 (3.82%) IT Analyst
13 27 (3.82%) Software Engineer
13 27 (3.82%) Systems Engineer
14 24 (3.39%) Architect
14 24 (3.39%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (4.38%) Node.js
2 25 (3.54%) AngularJS
3 22 (3.11%) HTML
4 17 (2.40%) REST
5 16 (2.26%) LDAP
6 15 (2.12%) XML
7 14 (1.98%) Elastic Stack
8 13 (1.84%) React
8 13 (1.84%) Vue.js
9 10 (1.41%) Middleware
10 9 (1.27%) .NET
10 9 (1.27%) 802.1X
10 9 (1.27%) J2EE
10 9 (1.27%) RabbitMQ
11 8 (1.13%) OAuth
11 8 (1.13%) SAML
11 8 (1.13%) Web Services
12 7 (0.99%) Hibernate
12 7 (0.99%) JMS
12 7 (0.99%) Struts
Miscellaneous
1 84 (11.88%) Self-Motivation
2 73 (10.33%) Data Centre
3 37 (5.23%) Management Information System
4 34 (4.81%) Driving Licence
5 30 (4.24%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (2.40%) Algorithms
6 17 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
7 16 (2.26%) CMDB
8 14 (1.98%) Public Cloud
9 13 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (1.56%) BBC
11 10 (1.41%) Fintech
12 9 (1.27%) Industry 4.0
12 9 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
12 9 (1.27%) PKI
12 9 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
13 8 (1.13%) CAN bus
13 8 (1.13%) EMC VNX
13 8 (1.13%) N-Tier
13 8 (1.13%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 386 (54.60%) Windows
2 253 (35.79%) Linux
3 175 (24.75%) Windows Server
4 84 (11.88%) Windows Server 2012
5 80 (11.32%) Windows 10
6 75 (10.61%) Windows Server 2008
7 68 (9.62%) Windows 7
8 61 (8.63%) Unix
9 36 (5.09%) CentOS
10 28 (3.96%) Windows XP
11 26 (3.68%) Android
12 25 (3.54%) AIX
13 21 (2.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 18 (2.55%) Windows 2000
15 12 (1.70%) Embedded Linux
16 6 (0.85%) Apple iOS
16 6 (0.85%) Debian
16 6 (0.85%) Mac OS X
16 6 (0.85%) VMS
16 6 (0.85%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (20.08%) ITIL
2 99 (14.00%) DevOps
3 86 (12.16%) Mentoring
4 75 (10.61%) Configuration Management
5 74 (10.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 71 (10.04%) Agile Software Development
6 71 (10.04%) Load Balancing
7 66 (9.34%) Problem-Solving
7 66 (9.34%) Software Engineering
8 54 (7.64%) Information Security
9 53 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
10 48 (6.79%) Disaster Recovery
10 48 (6.79%) Incident Management
11 46 (6.51%) Change Control
12 45 (6.36%) TDD
13 43 (6.08%) Change Management
14 41 (5.80%) Analytics
15 39 (5.52%) Continuous Delivery
16 38 (5.37%) Problem Management
17 36 (5.09%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 130 (18.39%) Python
2 120 (16.97%) SQL
3 99 (14.00%) PowerShell
4 85 (12.02%) Bash Shell
5 73 (10.33%) JavaScript
6 67 (9.48%) C++
7 64 (9.05%) C
8 44 (6.22%) Perl
9 35 (4.95%) Java
10 31 (4.38%) C#
11 23 (3.25%) PHP
12 19 (2.69%) Go
12 19 (2.69%) Kotlin
12 19 (2.69%) Ruby
13 14 (1.98%) PL/SQL
13 14 (1.98%) T-SQL
14 9 (1.27%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.71%) TypeScript
16 4 (0.57%) Korn
17 3 (0.42%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 125 (17.68%) Cisco Certification
2 91 (12.87%) Degree
3 89 (12.59%) Security Cleared
4 74 (10.47%) CCNA
5 72 (10.18%) CCNP
6 68 (9.62%) SC Cleared
7 62 (8.77%) Microsoft Certification
8 52 (7.36%) DV Cleared
9 47 (6.65%) CISSP
9 47 (6.65%) MCSE
10 26 (3.68%) MCP
11 24 (3.39%) ITIL Certification
12 20 (2.83%) MCSA
13 18 (2.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 14 (1.98%) GIAC
15 13 (1.84%) CEH
15 13 (1.84%) CompTIA Security+
16 11 (1.56%) CCIE
16 11 (1.56%) JNCIP
17 10 (1.41%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (11.03%) SLA
2 44 (6.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (4.53%) PCI DSS
4 13 (1.84%) QA
5 8 (1.13%) ISO 9001
5 8 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 6 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 3 (0.42%) GDPR
9 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.14%) MISRA
9 1 (0.14%) MISRA C
System Software
1 226 (31.97%) Active Directory
2 115 (16.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 109 (15.42%) Hyper-V
4 75 (10.61%) Docker
5 70 (9.90%) vSphere
6 32 (4.53%) VMware ESXi
7 31 (4.38%) VirtualBox
8 29 (4.10%) Firmware
9 12 (1.70%) NFS
9 12 (1.70%) Virtual Servers
10 10 (1.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 9 (1.27%) VMware NSX
12 8 (1.13%) EMC RecoverPoint
12 8 (1.13%) Terminal Server
13 6 (0.85%) DFS Replication
13 6 (0.85%) Samba
13 6 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
14 5 (0.71%) oVirt
14 5 (0.71%) pfSense
15 4 (0.57%) LXC
Systems Management
1 80 (11.32%) Ansible
2 48 (6.79%) Puppet
3 47 (6.65%) Kubernetes
4 41 (5.80%) Opscode Chef
5 33 (4.67%) Terraform
6 21 (2.97%) Nagios
7 19 (2.69%) SCCM
8 17 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
8 17 (2.40%) Salt
9 16 (2.26%) WSUS
9 16 (2.26%) ZABBIX
10 12 (1.70%) Nessus
10 12 (1.70%) vCenter Server
11 11 (1.56%) Kibana
11 11 (1.56%) Nmap
11 11 (1.56%) Norton AntiVirus
12 10 (1.41%) Grafana
13 9 (1.27%) SCOM
14 8 (1.13%) Backup Exec
14 8 (1.13%) Control-M
Vendors
1 227 (32.11%) Microsoft
2 179 (25.32%) Cisco
3 173 (24.47%) VMware
4 86 (12.16%) Citrix
5 52 (7.36%) SolarWinds
6 51 (7.21%) CheckPoint
6 51 (7.21%) HP
7 46 (6.51%) Juniper
8 41 (5.80%) Oracle
9 40 (5.66%) Red Hat
10 38 (5.37%) NetApp
11 29 (4.10%) Splunk
12 25 (3.54%) EMC
12 25 (3.54%) F5
13 19 (2.69%) Palo Alto
14 18 (2.55%) Dell
14 18 (2.55%) Fortinet
14 18 (2.55%) Google
15 16 (2.26%) CA
15 16 (2.26%) Samsung