Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 26 October 2020

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 26 October 2020 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
26 Oct 2020		 Same period 2019 Same period 2018
Rank 138 109 155
Rank change year-on-year -29 +46 -65
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 166 743 627
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.05% 2.95% 2.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.47% 17.70% 13.86%
Number of salaries quoted 160 598 529
Median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median salary % change year-on-year -5.88% +13.33% -6.25%
10th Percentile £24,950 £24,000 £22,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £63,750
England median annual salary £43,500 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.35% - -

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 1,586 4,198 4,525
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East 19.60% 16.65% 15.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1,241 3,251 3,549
Median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year +11.11% - +5.88%
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £25,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.70% -1.05% +5.56%

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 26 October 2020.

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 26 October 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
Thames Valley +18 66 £46,250 -2.63% 19
Berkshire +23 43 £50,000 +5.26% 7
Hampshire -13 34 £33,000 -5.71% 10
Surrey -3 28 £41,250 +3.13% 8
Buckinghamshire +37 23 £42,500 -3.41% 6
East Sussex +25 17 £32,500 -18.75% 2
West Sussex +16 17 £31,500 -30.00% 6
Kent +8 4 £25,000 -20.63% 2
Oxfordshire +37 1 £33,500 -36.19% 6
TCP/IP
England

For the 6 months to 26 October 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 South East region with a requirement for TCP/IP.

1 80 (48.19%) Windows
2 71 (42.77%) Linux
3 68 (40.96%) Microsoft
4 60 (36.14%) Active Directory
5 57 (34.34%) DNS
6 54 (32.53%) Firewall
7 52 (31.33%) VMware
8 43 (25.90%) Office 365
9 40 (24.10%) VMware Infrastructure
10 38 (22.89%) DHCP
11 36 (21.69%) PowerShell
12 35 (21.08%) Azure
13 32 (19.28%) Windows Server
14 30 (18.07%) SAN
15 29 (17.47%) AWS
15 29 (17.47%) Hyper-V
16 27 (16.27%) Degree
16 27 (16.27%) Computer Science
17 25 (15.06%) Data Centre
18 23 (13.86%) Problem-Solving
18 23 (13.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 22 (13.25%) Windows 10
19 22 (13.25%) WAN
20 21 (12.65%) VPN
21 19 (11.45%) Python
21 19 (11.45%) Cybersecurity
22 18 (10.84%) vSphere
22 18 (10.84%) FTP
22 18 (10.84%) HTTP
22 18 (10.84%) VoIP

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 15 (9.04%) MS Exchange
2 8 (4.82%) Exchange Server 2013
3 4 (2.41%) CloudStack
3 4 (2.41%) OpenStack
4 3 (1.81%) Apache
4 3 (1.81%) nginx
5 2 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.20%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (1.20%) IIS
5 2 (1.20%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.60%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.60%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.60%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.60%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 43 (25.90%) Office 365
2 35 (21.08%) Azure
3 29 (17.47%) AWS
4 15 (9.04%) Cloud Computing
5 12 (7.23%) SaaS
6 8 (4.82%) IaaS
7 6 (3.61%) Amazon EC2
7 6 (3.61%) GCP
8 5 (3.01%) PaaS
9 4 (2.41%) Serverless
10 3 (1.81%) Azure Active Directory
10 3 (1.81%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.20%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.60%) Amazon Glacier
12 1 (0.60%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 1 (0.60%) Amazon S3
12 1 (0.60%) Azure Functions
12 1 (0.60%) GitHub
12 1 (0.60%) Logic Apps
12 1 (0.60%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 57 (34.34%) DNS
2 54 (32.53%) Firewall
3 38 (22.89%) DHCP
4 30 (18.07%) SAN
5 22 (13.25%) WAN
6 21 (12.65%) VPN
7 18 (10.84%) FTP
7 18 (10.84%) HTTP
7 18 (10.84%) VoIP
8 15 (9.04%) Internet
9 14 (8.43%) Fibre Channel
9 14 (8.43%) LAN
10 12 (7.23%) H.323
11 11 (6.63%) HTTPS
12 10 (6.02%) Network Security
12 10 (6.02%) Wireless
13 9 (5.42%) SSL
14 8 (4.82%) BGP
14 8 (4.82%) Ethernet
14 8 (4.82%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.83%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.42%) MySQL
3 4 (2.41%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.81%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (1.81%) SQLite
5 2 (1.20%) Hadoop
5 2 (1.20%) InfluxDB
5 2 (1.20%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.20%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (1.20%) SQL Server 2016
5 2 (1.20%) SQL Server 2019
6 1 (0.60%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.60%) Big Data
6 1 (0.60%) Cosmos DB
6 1 (0.60%) GIS
6 1 (0.60%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.82%) Git (software)
1 8 (4.82%) Selenium
2 7 (4.22%) Visual Studio
3 6 (3.61%) Subversion
4 5 (3.01%) JIRA
5 4 (2.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (2.41%) Jenkins
5 4 (2.41%) Visual Studio Team System
6 3 (1.81%) Eclipse
7 2 (1.20%) GitLab
7 2 (1.20%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.60%) LabVIEW
8 1 (0.60%) Mercurial
General
1 15 (9.04%) Telecoms
2 8 (4.82%) Manufacturing
3 7 (4.22%) Electronics
3 7 (4.22%) Finance
4 5 (3.01%) Banking
4 5 (3.01%) Norwegian Language
4 5 (3.01%) Public Sector
5 3 (1.81%) Law
6 2 (1.20%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.20%) Military
7 1 (0.60%) Billing
7 1 (0.60%) Marketing
7 1 (0.60%) Police
Job Titles
1 31 (18.67%) Support Engineer
2 19 (11.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 17 (10.24%) Analyst
4 15 (9.04%) Administrator
4 15 (9.04%) Network Engineer
5 12 (7.23%) Architect
5 12 (7.23%) IT Support
6 11 (6.63%) Desktop Engineer
7 10 (6.02%) Software Engineer
8 9 (5.42%) Desktop Support
8 9 (5.42%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 9 (5.42%) Systems Administrator
9 8 (4.82%) Infrastructure Support
9 8 (4.82%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 8 (4.82%) IT Systems Administrator
9 8 (4.82%) Storage Administrator
10 7 (4.22%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 7 (4.22%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 7 (4.22%) IT Analyst
10 7 (4.22%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.23%) WebRTC
2 11 (6.63%) .NET
3 9 (5.42%) Middleware
4 6 (3.61%) pytest
5 5 (3.01%) RESTful
6 4 (2.41%) LAMP
6 4 (2.41%) SAML
7 3 (1.81%) ASP.NET
7 3 (1.81%) COM
7 3 (1.81%) CSS
7 3 (1.81%) GStreamer
7 3 (1.81%) HTML
7 3 (1.81%) LDAP
7 3 (1.81%) OAuth
7 3 (1.81%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (1.20%) Kafka
8 2 (1.20%) KnockoutJS
8 2 (1.20%) Razor View Engine
8 2 (1.20%) REST
8 2 (1.20%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 25 (15.06%) Data Centre
2 14 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (7.23%) Video Conferencing
4 10 (6.02%) Algorithms
4 10 (6.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 8 (4.82%) Data Structures
5 8 (4.82%) EPoS
5 8 (4.82%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (3.61%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.61%) Over-the-Top Content
7 5 (3.01%) Private Cloud
8 4 (2.41%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (2.41%) Driving Licence
8 4 (2.41%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
8 4 (2.41%) Replication
8 4 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.81%) ASIC
9 3 (1.81%) Clustering
9 3 (1.81%) CPLD
9 3 (1.81%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 80 (48.19%) Windows
2 71 (42.77%) Linux
3 32 (19.28%) Windows Server
4 22 (13.25%) Windows 10
5 14 (8.43%) Unix
5 14 (8.43%) Windows Server 2008
6 12 (7.23%) Windows 7
6 12 (7.23%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (3.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (3.61%) Ubuntu
7 6 (3.61%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (3.01%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (1.81%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (1.81%) Windows XP
10 2 (1.20%) Robot Operating System
10 2 (1.20%) Windows 8
10 2 (1.20%) zOS
11 1 (0.60%) Android
11 1 (0.60%) Check Point GAiA
11 1 (0.60%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (16.27%) Computer Science
2 23 (13.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (13.86%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (11.45%) Cybersecurity
4 17 (10.24%) Test Automation
5 16 (9.64%) Software Engineering
6 14 (8.43%) ITIL
6 14 (8.43%) Root Cause Analysis
7 13 (7.83%) Agile Software Development
7 13 (7.83%) Data Centre Operations
7 13 (7.83%) OO
8 10 (6.02%) DevOps
8 10 (6.02%) Infrastructure Automation
8 10 (6.02%) Multithreading
8 10 (6.02%) SIEM
8 10 (6.02%) Time Management
9 9 (5.42%) Information Security
9 9 (5.42%) Mathematics
9 9 (5.42%) Security Operations
10 8 (4.82%) Performance Engineering
Programming Languages
1 36 (21.69%) PowerShell
2 19 (11.45%) Python
3 18 (10.84%) C++
4 17 (10.24%) Bash Shell
4 17 (10.24%) C
5 13 (7.83%) SQL
6 12 (7.23%) Java
6 12 (7.23%) JavaScript
7 8 (4.82%) C#
7 8 (4.82%) VB.NET
8 4 (2.41%) Go
9 3 (1.81%) Assembly Language
9 3 (1.81%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.60%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.60%) Perl
10 1 (0.60%) PHP
10 1 (0.60%) VB
10 1 (0.60%) VB6
10 1 (0.60%) VBA
Qualifications
1 27 (16.27%) Degree
2 18 (10.84%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (9.64%) CCNA
3 16 (9.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (9.64%) Security Cleared
4 14 (8.43%) SC Cleared
5 12 (7.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (7.23%) MCSA
6 8 (4.82%) CISSP
6 8 (4.82%) MCSE
7 7 (4.22%) CCNP
8 6 (3.61%) JNCIA
8 6 (3.61%) JNCIS
8 6 (3.61%) MCITP
9 3 (1.81%) CISM
10 2 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.20%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.20%) HNC
10 2 (1.20%) HND
10 2 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.02%) QA
2 7 (4.22%) PCI DSS
3 4 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.41%) SLA
4 2 (1.20%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.20%) NIST
5 1 (0.60%) NCSC
System Software
1 60 (36.14%) Active Directory
2 40 (24.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (17.47%) Hyper-V
4 18 (10.84%) vSphere
5 15 (9.04%) Docker
6 12 (7.23%) KVM
7 7 (4.22%) Firmware
8 4 (2.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 4 (2.41%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (1.20%) DFS Replication
9 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.60%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.60%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.60%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 14 (8.43%) Ansible
1 14 (8.43%) Kubernetes
1 14 (8.43%) PowerCLI
2 8 (4.82%) SCCM
2 8 (4.82%) SCOM
3 7 (4.22%) Terraform
4 6 (3.61%) WMI
5 5 (3.01%) Nessus
6 4 (2.41%) WSUS
6 4 (2.41%) ZABBIX
7 3 (1.81%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (1.20%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.60%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.60%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.60%) MOM
9 1 (0.60%) QRadar
9 1 (0.60%) SCSM
9 1 (0.60%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.60%) vRealize
Vendors
1 68 (40.96%) Microsoft
2 52 (31.33%) VMware
3 16 (9.64%) Cisco
4 13 (7.83%) Citrix
5 9 (5.42%) Brocade
5 9 (5.42%) Juniper
6 7 (4.22%) Red Hat
7 6 (3.61%) Foundry
7 6 (3.61%) Google
8 4 (2.41%) Dell
8 4 (2.41%) EMC
8 4 (2.41%) New Relic
8 4 (2.41%) Xilinx
9 3 (1.81%) Altera
9 3 (1.81%) IBM
9 3 (1.81%) Motorola
9 3 (1.81%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.81%) Perforce
9 3 (1.81%) SonicWALL
9 3 (1.81%) Symantec