Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 18 January 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 18 January 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
18 Jan 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 118 100 131
Rank change year-on-year -18 +31 -24
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 232 701 671
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.35% 3.03% 2.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.78% 17.82% 15.64%
Number of salaries quoted 249 605 560
Median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year +11.11% +12.50% -1.23%
10th Percentile £27,000 £23,597 £22,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,250 £65,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.27% +3.53% -

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 1,816 3,933 4,289
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East 18.36% 17.00% 16.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,440 3,100 3,403
Median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,000 £25,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
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 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 18 January 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 18 January 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 +40 94 £50,000 -4.76% 29
Berkshire +14 52 £53,750 -2.27% 20
Hampshire -15 49 £40,000 +14.29% 16
Surrey -31 39 £45,000 -5.26% 9
West Sussex -2 36 £35,000 -22.22% 5
Buckinghamshire +53 33 £45,000 - 3
Kent +7 13 £41,500 +29.69% 6
Oxfordshire +34 9 £60,000 - 6
East Sussex +19 1 £29,500 -15.71% 1
TCP/IP
England

For the 6 months to 18 January 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 94 (40.52%) Windows
2 90 (38.79%) Active Directory
3 73 (31.47%) Microsoft
4 72 (31.03%) Linux
5 64 (27.59%) DNS
6 59 (25.43%) Firewall
6 59 (25.43%) VMware
7 54 (23.28%) Office 365
8 46 (19.83%) Python
9 45 (19.40%) Azure
9 45 (19.40%) PowerShell
10 44 (18.97%) Windows Server
11 42 (18.10%) HTTP
12 38 (16.38%) AWS
13 37 (15.95%) Docker
13 37 (15.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 36 (15.52%) Ansible
14 36 (15.52%) Hyper-V
15 35 (15.09%) WAN
16 34 (14.66%) DHCP
16 34 (14.66%) VMware Infrastructure
17 31 (13.36%) DevOps
17 31 (13.36%) Windows 10
18 30 (12.93%) Telecoms
19 28 (12.07%) Unix
19 28 (12.07%) Data Centre
19 28 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
20 26 (11.21%) ITIL
20 26 (11.21%) Agile Software Development
21 25 (10.78%) Git (software)

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 17 (7.33%) Exchange Server 2013
2 15 (6.47%) MS Exchange
3 9 (3.88%) Apache
3 9 (3.88%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.59%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (2.59%) JBoss
4 6 (2.59%) Tomcat
4 6 (2.59%) WebLogic
5 4 (1.72%) IIS
6 3 (1.29%) nginx
6 3 (1.29%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.86%) Exchange Server 2003
8 1 (0.43%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.16%) Simulink
3 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.86%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 54 (23.28%) Office 365
2 45 (19.40%) Azure
3 38 (16.38%) AWS
4 14 (6.03%) SaaS
5 13 (5.60%) IaaS
6 10 (4.31%) Azure Active Directory
7 9 (3.88%) PaaS
8 8 (3.45%) GCP
8 8 (3.45%) Serverless
9 7 (3.02%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (2.16%) Mimecast
10 5 (2.16%) OneDrive
11 4 (1.72%) Azure Functions
11 4 (1.72%) Logic Apps
12 3 (1.29%) GitHub
12 3 (1.29%) SonarCloud
13 2 (0.86%) AWS CloudFormation
14 1 (0.43%) Amazon Glacier
14 1 (0.43%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 1 (0.43%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 64 (27.59%) DNS
2 59 (25.43%) Firewall
3 42 (18.10%) HTTP
4 35 (15.09%) WAN
5 34 (14.66%) DHCP
6 24 (10.34%) SSL
6 24 (10.34%) VPN
7 22 (9.48%) LAN
8 20 (8.62%) VoIP
8 20 (8.62%) Wireless
9 19 (8.19%) Ethernet
10 18 (7.76%) Internet
11 17 (7.33%) SAN
12 16 (6.90%) HTTPS
12 16 (6.90%) NAS
13 15 (6.47%) Network Security
14 13 (5.60%) VLAN
15 12 (5.17%) BGP
16 10 (4.31%) IPv4
16 10 (4.31%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.45%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.02%) MySQL
3 6 (2.59%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.72%) Cosmos DB
5 3 (1.29%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.86%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.86%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.43%) Big Data
7 1 (0.43%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.43%) GIS
7 1 (0.43%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.43%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (0.43%) SQL Server 2019
Development Applications
1 25 (10.78%) Git (software)
2 13 (5.60%) Selenium
3 12 (5.17%) Eclipse
3 12 (5.17%) Jenkins
4 11 (4.74%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 11 (4.74%) Visual Studio Team System
5 10 (4.31%) JIRA
6 7 (3.02%) IntelliJ
6 7 (3.02%) Visual Studio
7 6 (2.59%) GitLab
7 6 (2.59%) JUnit
7 6 (2.59%) Subversion
8 3 (1.29%) Metasploit
9 2 (0.86%) GDB
9 2 (0.86%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.43%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.43%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.43%) Maven
General
1 30 (12.93%) Telecoms
2 13 (5.60%) Finance
3 10 (4.31%) Electronics
3 10 (4.31%) Public Sector
4 8 (3.45%) Law
5 7 (3.02%) Military
6 6 (2.59%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.16%) Banking
8 4 (1.72%) Back Office
8 4 (1.72%) Marketing
9 2 (0.86%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.43%) Billing
10 1 (0.43%) Police
Job Titles
1 37 (15.95%) Support Engineer
2 35 (15.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 23 (9.91%) Analyst
4 21 (9.05%) Developer
5 17 (7.33%) Architect
5 17 (7.33%) DevOps Engineer
6 15 (6.47%) Desktop Engineer
7 14 (6.03%) Desktop Support
7 14 (6.03%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 13 (5.60%) Network Engineer
8 13 (5.60%) Python Developer
9 11 (4.74%) SCCM Engineer
10 10 (4.31%) 2nd Line Support
10 10 (4.31%) Administrator
10 10 (4.31%) Design Engineer
10 10 (4.31%) IT Support
11 9 (3.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 9 (3.88%) Hardware Engineer
12 8 (3.45%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 8 (3.45%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.60%) .NET
2 9 (3.88%) RESTful
3 8 (3.45%) SAML
3 8 (3.45%) XML
4 7 (3.02%) CSS
4 7 (3.02%) HTML
4 7 (3.02%) pytest
4 7 (3.02%) REST
4 7 (3.02%) Web Services
4 7 (3.02%) WebRTC
5 6 (2.59%) EJB
5 6 (2.59%) Hibernate
5 6 (2.59%) HTML5
5 6 (2.59%) J2EE
5 6 (2.59%) J2SE
5 6 (2.59%) JSON
5 6 (2.59%) Play Framework
5 6 (2.59%) SOAP
5 6 (2.59%) Spring
6 4 (1.72%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (12.07%) Data Centre
2 16 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (5.60%) EPoS
4 10 (4.31%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 9 (3.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 9 (3.88%) Embedded Systems
5 9 (3.88%) Security Operations Centre
6 8 (3.45%) Management Information System
6 8 (3.45%) Video Conferencing
7 7 (3.02%) Over-the-Top Content
7 7 (3.02%) Replication
8 6 (2.59%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.16%) ASIC
9 5 (2.16%) CPLD
9 5 (2.16%) Driving Licence
9 5 (2.16%) Internet of Things
10 4 (1.72%) Clustering
10 4 (1.72%) Cyberthreat
10 4 (1.72%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.72%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 94 (40.52%) Windows
2 72 (31.03%) Linux
3 44 (18.97%) Windows Server
4 31 (13.36%) Windows 10
5 28 (12.07%) Unix
6 17 (7.33%) Windows Server 2008
7 12 (5.17%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (4.31%) Windows 7
9 9 (3.88%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (3.88%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (3.45%) Android
11 6 (2.59%) Ubuntu
12 3 (1.29%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.86%) Windows XP
14 1 (0.43%) CentOS
14 1 (0.43%) Debian
14 1 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
14 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.43%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (15.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 31 (13.36%) DevOps
3 28 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (11.21%) Agile Software Development
4 26 (11.21%) ITIL
5 24 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
6 21 (9.05%) Software Engineering
7 20 (8.62%) Configuration Management
8 19 (8.19%) Computer Science
8 19 (8.19%) Infrastructure as Code
9 18 (7.76%) Time Management
10 17 (7.33%) Continuous Integration
10 17 (7.33%) OO
11 14 (6.03%) Infrastructure Automation
11 14 (6.03%) Test Automation
12 13 (5.60%) Scrum
13 12 (5.17%) Security Operations
14 10 (4.31%) Integration Testing
14 10 (4.31%) Open Source
14 10 (4.31%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 46 (19.83%) Python
2 45 (19.40%) PowerShell
3 25 (10.78%) Java
4 22 (9.48%) SQL
5 17 (7.33%) C++
6 15 (6.47%) C
7 12 (5.17%) VB.NET
8 9 (3.88%) C#
9 7 (3.02%) Bash Shell
9 7 (3.02%) Ruby
9 7 (3.02%) Shell Script
10 6 (2.59%) Perl
10 6 (2.59%) Scala
11 5 (2.16%) Assembly Language
11 5 (2.16%) MATLAB
12 4 (1.72%) JavaScript
13 1 (0.43%) PHP
13 1 (0.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 21 (9.05%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (8.62%) Microsoft Certification
3 19 (8.19%) Degree
4 17 (7.33%) MCSA
4 17 (7.33%) Security Cleared
5 16 (6.90%) CCNA
6 15 (6.47%) SC Cleared
7 11 (4.74%) MCITP
8 10 (4.31%) CISSP
9 7 (3.02%) CCNP
10 6 (2.59%) PhD
11 5 (2.16%) MCSE
12 4 (1.72%) GCIH
12 4 (1.72%) JNCIA
12 4 (1.72%) JNCIS
12 4 (1.72%) MCP
12 4 (1.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (1.29%) CISM
13 3 (1.29%) GCFA
13 3 (1.29%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.17%) QA
2 11 (4.74%) SLA
3 9 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.59%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.29%) NIST
6 1 (0.43%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.43%) NCSC
System Software
1 90 (38.79%) Active Directory
2 37 (15.95%) Docker
3 36 (15.52%) Hyper-V
4 34 (14.66%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (4.74%) Firmware
6 10 (4.31%) vSphere
7 7 (3.02%) KVM
8 6 (2.59%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (2.16%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (1.29%) DFS Replication
10 3 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.86%) NFS
11 2 (0.86%) pfSense
11 2 (0.86%) XenApp
12 1 (0.43%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 36 (15.52%) Ansible
2 25 (10.78%) Kubernetes
3 20 (8.62%) Terraform
4 17 (7.33%) SCCM
5 15 (6.47%) Puppet
6 14 (6.03%) SCOM
7 11 (4.74%) WMI
7 11 (4.74%) ZABBIX
8 5 (2.16%) Red Hat Satellite
9 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (1.72%) Nessus
9 4 (1.72%) SCVMM
10 3 (1.29%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 3 (1.29%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 3 (1.29%) WSUS
11 2 (0.86%) Backup Exec
11 2 (0.86%) CSIRT
11 2 (0.86%) Opscode Chef
11 2 (0.86%) Packer
11 2 (0.86%) SCSM
Vendors
1 73 (31.47%) Microsoft
2 59 (25.43%) VMware
3 20 (8.62%) Cisco
4 14 (6.03%) Citrix
5 11 (4.74%) New Relic
6 10 (4.31%) Xilinx
7 9 (3.88%) Apple
8 8 (3.45%) F5
9 7 (3.02%) Dell
9 7 (3.02%) EMC
10 6 (2.59%) Adobe
10 6 (2.59%) CheckPoint
10 6 (2.59%) SolarWinds
10 6 (2.59%) webMethods
11 5 (2.16%) Altera
11 5 (2.16%) Keysight
11 5 (2.16%) Perforce
11 5 (2.16%) Red Hat
11 5 (2.16%) ServiceNow
11 5 (2.16%) Splunk