Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 16 November 2019

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 16 November 2019 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
England > South West
6 months to
16 Nov 2019		 Same period 2018 Same period 2017
Rank 96 122 97
Rank change year-on-year +26 -25 -6
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 319 250 354
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West 3.28% 2.45% 3.42%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.83% 15.87% 19.62%
Number of salaries quoted 256 191 285
South West median annual salary £35,000 £34,736 £40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year +0.76% -13.16% +12.68%
10th Percentile £22,625 £21,250 £21,250
90th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £61,250
England median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500

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 West with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,694 1,575 1,804
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West 17.42% 15.43% 17.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,345 1,241 1,480
South West median annual salary £41,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year -2.35% +6.25% +6.67%
10th Percentile £25,500 £24,750 £23,500
90th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £60,125
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in the South West

TCP/IP
Salary Trend in the South West

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing TCP/IP in the South West.

Salary trend for TCP/IP in the South West

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram in the South West

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing TCP/IP in the South West over the 6 months to 16 November 2019.

Salary histogram for TCP/IP in the South West

TCP/IP
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 16 November 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
Gloucestershire +21 104 £45,000 - 16
Wiltshire +40 86 £33,750 +27.36% 15
Bristol 0 61 £27,500 -20.83% 15
Dorset -1 37 £27,500 -21.43% 12
Somerset -5 15 £32,000 +14.29% 10
Devon -15 12 £42,500 +48.34% 7
Cornwall - 3 £52,500 - 2
TCP/IP
England

For the 6 months to 16 November 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 West region with a requirement for TCP/IP.

1 180 (56.43%) Windows
2 134 (42.01%) Microsoft
3 120 (37.62%) Active Directory
4 117 (36.68%) DNS
5 104 (32.60%) Linux
6 101 (31.66%) Firewall
7 91 (28.53%) VMware
8 77 (24.14%) Security Cleared
9 76 (23.82%) Degree
10 75 (23.51%) DHCP
11 74 (23.20%) Cybersecurity
12 72 (22.57%) Azure
13 65 (20.38%) Office 365
14 64 (20.06%) SQL
15 63 (19.75%) ITIL
16 60 (18.81%) Python
17 59 (18.50%) VMware Infrastructure
18 58 (18.18%) Hyper-V
18 58 (18.18%) Windows 10
19 56 (17.55%) Cisco Certification
20 54 (16.93%) Cisco
21 53 (16.61%) Problem-Solving
22 50 (15.67%) CCNA
22 50 (15.67%) Splunk
22 50 (15.67%) JIRA
23 49 (15.36%) SIEM
23 49 (15.36%) Microsoft Certification
24 48 (15.05%) Network Security
25 47 (14.73%) C
26 45 (14.11%) PowerShell

TCP/IP
Co-occurring IT Skills in the South West 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 26 (8.15%) Elasticsearch
2 25 (7.84%) Apache Spark
2 25 (7.84%) OpenStack
2 25 (7.84%) SharePoint
3 20 (6.27%) MS Exchange
4 15 (4.70%) Confluence
5 7 (2.19%) IIS
6 6 (1.88%) Tomcat
7 4 (1.25%) Exchange Server 2013
7 4 (1.25%) Skype for Business
8 3 (0.94%) WordPress
9 2 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.31%) Apache
10 1 (0.31%) nginx
Applications
1 12 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 72 (22.57%) Azure
2 65 (20.38%) Office 365
3 34 (10.66%) AWS
4 33 (10.34%) GCP
5 25 (7.84%) OpenShift
6 19 (5.96%) OneDrive
7 18 (5.64%) Azure Stack
8 11 (3.45%) IaaS
9 6 (1.88%) SaaS
10 3 (0.94%) PaaS
11 2 (0.63%) Azure Active Directory
11 2 (0.63%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.31%) AWS CloudFormation
12 1 (0.31%) Cloudflare
12 1 (0.31%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 117 (36.68%) DNS
2 101 (31.66%) Firewall
3 75 (23.51%) DHCP
4 48 (15.05%) Network Security
5 36 (11.29%) VPN
5 36 (11.29%) Wireless
6 28 (8.78%) VLAN
7 25 (7.84%) HTTPS
7 25 (7.84%) LAN
7 25 (7.84%) WAN
8 22 (6.90%) Skype
9 20 (6.27%) HTTP
10 18 (5.64%) NetScaler
10 18 (5.64%) Remote Desktop
11 15 (4.70%) IPsec
12 13 (4.08%) Internet
12 13 (4.08%) VoIP
13 12 (3.76%) Ethernet
14 11 (3.45%) IPv4
15 10 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (12.54%) SQL Server
2 28 (8.78%) Big Data
3 10 (3.13%) MySQL
4 4 (1.25%) Ingres
4 4 (1.25%) RDBMS
4 4 (1.25%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.94%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.63%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.63%) Neo4j
6 2 (0.63%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.31%) Amazon DynamoDB
7 1 (0.31%) Apache Ignite
7 1 (0.31%) CouchDB
7 1 (0.31%) Redis
7 1 (0.31%) Riak
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 50 (15.67%) JIRA
2 32 (10.03%) Git (software)
3 31 (9.72%) Bitbucket
4 26 (8.15%) git-flow
5 19 (5.96%) Visual Studio
6 18 (5.64%) TestRail
6 18 (5.64%) Zephyr
7 7 (2.19%) Jenkins
8 4 (1.25%) GitLab
9 3 (0.94%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.94%) Subversion
9 3 (0.94%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket Server
10 1 (0.31%) CodeSonar
10 1 (0.31%) JUnit
10 1 (0.31%) Redmine
10 1 (0.31%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.31%) Selenium
General
1 42 (13.17%) Electronics
2 38 (11.91%) Finance
3 30 (9.40%) Public Sector
4 20 (6.27%) Telecoms
5 17 (5.33%) Manufacturing
6 15 (4.70%) Games
7 12 (3.76%) Marketing
8 9 (2.82%) Retail
9 5 (1.57%) Law
10 4 (1.25%) Legal
10 4 (1.25%) Publishing
11 2 (0.63%) Back Office
11 2 (0.63%) Local Government
11 2 (0.63%) Military
12 1 (0.31%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 60 (18.81%) Support Engineer
2 56 (17.55%) Analyst
3 37 (11.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 33 (10.34%) Support Technician
5 30 (9.40%) Infrastructure Support
6 28 (8.78%) Infrastructure Support Technician
6 28 (8.78%) Infrastructure Technician
7 27 (8.46%) IT Engineer
8 26 (8.15%) Consultant
9 25 (7.84%) Junior
10 20 (6.27%) IT Support
10 20 (6.27%) Network Engineer
10 20 (6.27%) Systems Engineer
11 19 (5.96%) Applications Support
11 19 (5.96%) Junior Analyst
11 19 (5.96%) Junior Security Analyst
11 19 (5.96%) Security Analyst
12 18 (5.64%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 17 (5.33%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 17 (5.33%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (11.91%) .NET
2 29 (9.09%) ASP.NET
3 28 (8.78%) Node.js
4 27 (8.46%) AngularJS
4 27 (8.46%) React
4 27 (8.46%) Vue.js
5 26 (8.15%) REST
5 26 (8.15%) Spring MVC
6 25 (7.84%) GraphQL
6 25 (7.84%) Kafka
6 25 (7.84%) Spring
7 9 (2.82%) CSS
8 8 (2.51%) HTML
9 6 (1.88%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (1.25%) LAMP
10 4 (1.25%) Velocity
10 4 (1.25%) Web Services
11 3 (0.94%) jQuery
11 3 (0.94%) JSON
11 3 (0.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.84%) Security Operations Centre
2 24 (7.52%) Driving Licence
3 23 (7.21%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (6.58%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.02%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 15 (4.70%) Cybercrime
7 14 (4.39%) Data Centre
8 12 (3.76%) Cyberattack
8 12 (3.76%) Management Information System
8 12 (3.76%) Robotics
9 10 (3.13%) CESG
10 9 (2.82%) Public Cloud
11 7 (2.19%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.57%) User Experience
13 4 (1.25%) Blog
13 4 (1.25%) Smartphone
14 3 (0.94%) BBC
14 3 (0.94%) e-Learning
14 3 (0.94%) Embedded Systems
14 3 (0.94%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 180 (56.43%) Windows
2 104 (32.60%) Linux
3 58 (18.18%) Windows 10
4 44 (13.79%) Windows Server
5 42 (13.17%) Unix
6 32 (10.03%) Windows 7
7 30 (9.40%) Apple iOS
8 28 (8.78%) Android
9 20 (6.27%) Mac OS
10 17 (5.33%) Windows Server 2012
11 15 (4.70%) Windows Server 2008
12 11 (3.45%) Ubuntu
12 11 (3.45%) Windows Server 2003
12 11 (3.45%) Windows XP
13 10 (3.13%) Windows 8
14 9 (2.82%) CentOS
15 8 (2.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 4 (1.25%) Debian
17 3 (0.94%) FreeRTOS
18 1 (0.31%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (23.20%) Cybersecurity
2 63 (19.75%) ITIL
3 53 (16.61%) Problem-Solving
4 49 (15.36%) SIEM
5 38 (11.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 37 (11.60%) Software Engineering
7 36 (11.29%) Kanban
7 36 (11.29%) Scrum
8 34 (10.66%) Penetration Testing
9 33 (10.34%) Security Operations
10 28 (8.78%) MVC
11 26 (8.15%) API Design
11 26 (8.15%) Ethical Hacking
11 26 (8.15%) Reverse Engineering
12 23 (7.21%) Continuous Integration
12 23 (7.21%) CRM
13 21 (6.58%) DevOps
14 20 (6.27%) Agile Software Development
15 16 (5.02%) Information Security
16 15 (4.70%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 64 (20.06%) SQL
2 60 (18.81%) Python
3 47 (14.73%) C
4 45 (14.11%) PowerShell
5 32 (10.03%) JavaScript
6 27 (8.46%) C#
6 27 (8.46%) PHP
7 25 (7.84%) C++
8 20 (6.27%) Bash Shell
9 15 (4.70%) Java
10 10 (3.13%) Go
11 7 (2.19%) Ruby
12 4 (1.25%) Perl
12 4 (1.25%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.94%) Embedded C
13 3 (0.94%) VB
14 2 (0.63%) Erlang
15 1 (0.31%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 77 (24.14%) Security Cleared
2 76 (23.82%) Degree
3 56 (17.55%) Cisco Certification
4 50 (15.67%) CCNA
5 49 (15.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 44 (13.79%) MCSE
7 30 (9.40%) DV Cleared
8 25 (7.84%) Network+ Certification
9 24 (7.52%) CISSP
9 24 (7.52%) CompTIA Security+
9 24 (7.52%) GIAC
9 24 (7.52%) Linux+ Certification
9 24 (7.52%) SANS
9 24 (7.52%) SSCP
10 23 (7.21%) MCSA
11 20 (6.27%) SC Cleared
12 13 (4.08%) MCP
13 11 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 11 (3.45%) RHCE
14 10 (3.13%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (8.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 21 (6.58%) SLA
3 9 (2.82%) IEC 61131
4 6 (1.88%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.94%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.31%) GDPR
7 1 (0.31%) QA
System Software
1 120 (37.62%) Active Directory
2 59 (18.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 58 (18.18%) Hyper-V
4 33 (10.34%) Docker
5 22 (6.90%) XenApp
5 22 (6.90%) XenDesktop
6 20 (6.27%) vSphere
7 18 (5.64%) Microsoft App-V
8 8 (2.51%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (1.25%) Firmware
9 4 (1.25%) VMware Workstation
10 3 (0.94%) iptables
10 3 (0.94%) VirtualBox
11 1 (0.31%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 36 (11.29%) Kubernetes
2 22 (6.90%) SCCM
3 18 (5.64%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 18 (5.64%) SCOM
3 18 (5.64%) SCOrch
4 16 (5.02%) QRadar
5 10 (3.13%) WSUS
6 7 (2.19%) Ansible
6 7 (2.19%) Puppet
7 4 (1.25%) EnCase
7 4 (1.25%) Suricata
7 4 (1.25%) ZABBIX
8 3 (0.94%) Nessus
9 2 (0.63%) Terraform
10 1 (0.31%) Grafana
10 1 (0.31%) Nagios
10 1 (0.31%) Opscode Chef
10 1 (0.31%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.31%) Salt
Vendors
1 134 (42.01%) Microsoft
2 91 (28.53%) VMware
3 54 (16.93%) Cisco
4 50 (15.67%) Splunk
5 30 (9.40%) Google
5 30 (9.40%) LogRhythm
6 28 (8.78%) Citrix
7 15 (4.70%) Atlassian
8 12 (3.76%) SAP
9 9 (2.82%) AlienVault
10 8 (2.51%) Apple
10 8 (2.51%) Palo Alto
11 7 (2.19%) NetWitness
12 6 (1.88%) CheckPoint
12 6 (1.88%) Juniper
12 6 (1.88%) Red Hat
12 6 (1.88%) Sage
13 4 (1.25%) Arista
13 4 (1.25%) Meraki
14 3 (0.94%) Symantec