Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 23 April 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 23 April 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
23 Apr 2019		 Same period 2018 Same period 2017
Rank 129 122 112
Rank change year-on-year -7 -10 -37
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 241 282 301
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West 2.38% 2.65% 2.95%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.83% 14.78% 18.56%
Number of salaries quoted 185 231 243
South West median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median salary % change year-on-year - +14.29% -6.67%
10th Percentile £22,750 £23,500 £21,750
90th Percentile £61,250 £56,250 £55,000
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 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 1,625 1,908 1,622
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.07% 17.92% 15.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,205 1,525 1,257
South West median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £39,000
Median salary % change year-on-year - +8.97% +4.00%
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,000 £22,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £60,750 £57,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +1.06% +4.44% -

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 23 April 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 23 April 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
Bristol +8 87 £32,500 -27.78% 4
Gloucestershire +15 58 £47,500 +5.56% 7
Wiltshire -10 48 £40,000 -11.11% 1
Dorset -20 19 £29,000 -3.33% 2
Devon -16 10 £42,500 +77.08% 1
Somerset -8 9 £28,500 -9.52%
Cornwall +35 7 £24,000 +9.09% 1
TCP/IP
England

For the 6 months to 23 April 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.

1 141 (58.51%) Windows
2 90 (37.34%) Linux
3 74 (30.71%) DNS
3 74 (30.71%) Active Directory
4 72 (29.88%) Cisco
5 64 (26.56%) Python
6 63 (26.14%) Microsoft
7 61 (25.31%) DHCP
8 60 (24.90%) Firewall
9 56 (23.24%) Cisco Certification
10 52 (21.58%) Unix
10 52 (21.58%) VMware
10 52 (21.58%) Security Cleared
10 52 (21.58%) Office 365
10 52 (21.58%) Cybersecurity
11 49 (20.33%) Microsoft Azure
12 47 (19.50%) PowerShell
13 46 (19.09%) SQL Server
14 45 (18.67%) LAN
15 44 (18.26%) WAN
15 44 (18.26%) ITIL
16 43 (17.84%) Windows Server
17 42 (17.43%) Software Engineering
18 38 (15.77%) VMware Infrastructure
19 35 (14.52%) Splunk
19 35 (14.52%) VPN
20 34 (14.11%) Agile Software Development
20 34 (14.11%) Bash Shell
20 34 (14.11%) Windows 10
21 33 (13.69%) Windows 7

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 28 (11.62%) MS Exchange
2 21 (8.71%) SharePoint
3 17 (7.05%) Exchange Server 2010
4 15 (6.22%) Confluence
5 7 (2.90%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (2.49%) IBM Notes
6 6 (2.49%) Skype for Business
7 5 (2.07%) Exchange Server 2007
7 5 (2.07%) Exchange Server 2013
7 5 (2.07%) OpenStack
8 4 (1.66%) Apache Spark
9 3 (1.24%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.83%) Apache
10 2 (0.83%) Apache Pig
10 2 (0.83%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.41%) IIS
11 1 (0.41%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (7.88%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.49%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.41%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 52 (21.58%) Office 365
2 49 (20.33%) Microsoft Azure
3 21 (8.71%) Amazon AWS
4 19 (7.88%) OneDrive
5 12 (4.98%) Google Cloud Platform
6 4 (1.66%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (1.66%) Amazon S3
6 4 (1.66%) AWS CloudTrail
6 4 (1.66%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (1.66%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (1.66%) OpenShift
6 4 (1.66%) Route 53
6 4 (1.66%) Serverless
6 4 (1.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (1.24%) SaaS
8 1 (0.41%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 74 (30.71%) DNS
2 61 (25.31%) DHCP
3 60 (24.90%) Firewall
4 45 (18.67%) LAN
5 44 (18.26%) WAN
6 35 (14.52%) VPN
7 26 (10.79%) Skype
8 24 (9.96%) VoIP
9 23 (9.54%) BGP
9 23 (9.54%) IPsec
9 23 (9.54%) OSPF
10 21 (8.71%) Wireless
11 20 (8.30%) MPLS
12 19 (7.88%) NetScaler
13 16 (6.64%) Cisco ASA
13 16 (6.64%) Internet
14 15 (6.22%) EIGRP
14 15 (6.22%) SSL
14 15 (6.22%) Wi-Fi
15 14 (5.81%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (19.09%) SQL Server
2 14 (5.81%) Big Data
3 8 (3.32%) Hadoop
4 5 (2.07%) MySQL
5 4 (1.66%) Amazon DynamoDB
5 4 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.66%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.66%) SQL Server 2014
6 2 (0.83%) Apache Hive
6 2 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.41%) Cosmos DB
7 1 (0.41%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (0.41%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (0.41%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 33 (13.69%) JIRA
2 23 (9.54%) Visual Studio
3 19 (7.88%) TestRail
3 19 (7.88%) Zephyr
4 13 (5.39%) Git (software)
5 9 (3.73%) Bitbucket
5 9 (3.73%) git-flow
6 6 (2.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (2.49%) Robot Framework
6 6 (2.49%) Selenium
7 5 (2.07%) Bitbucket Server
7 5 (2.07%) CodeSonar
8 4 (1.66%) Redmine
9 2 (0.83%) GitLab
9 2 (0.83%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.83%) Moq
9 2 (0.83%) NUnit
10 1 (0.41%) JUnit
10 1 (0.41%) Subversion
10 1 (0.41%) Vagrant
General
1 22 (9.13%) Aerospace
1 22 (9.13%) Finance
2 9 (3.73%) Telecoms
3 6 (2.49%) Games
3 6 (2.49%) Legal
3 6 (2.49%) Retail
4 5 (2.07%) Electronics
5 4 (1.66%) Billing
5 4 (1.66%) Marketing
6 3 (1.24%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.41%) Automotive
7 1 (0.41%) Banking
7 1 (0.41%) Law
7 1 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 49 (20.33%) Support Engineer
2 35 (14.52%) Analyst
3 31 (12.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 27 (11.20%) Network Engineer
4 27 (11.20%) Technical Support
5 20 (8.30%) IT Support
6 18 (7.47%) IT Engineer
7 17 (7.05%) IT Support Engineer
8 16 (6.64%) Software Engineer
8 16 (6.64%) Support Analyst
8 16 (6.64%) Systems Engineer
9 15 (6.22%) Architect
9 15 (6.22%) Desktop Support
9 15 (6.22%) Developer
9 15 (6.22%) Network Support
10 14 (5.81%) Administrator
11 13 (5.39%) Technical Engineer
12 9 (3.73%) 2nd Line Support
12 9 (3.73%) AS400 Support
12 9 (3.73%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.05%) .NET
2 12 (4.98%) ASP.NET
2 12 (4.98%) Node.js
3 10 (4.15%) REST
4 9 (3.73%) Spring MVC
5 8 (3.32%) Apache Flex
5 8 (3.32%) SOAP
6 6 (2.49%) .NET Framework
6 6 (2.49%) Django
6 6 (2.49%) Web Services
7 5 (2.07%) 802.1X
7 5 (2.07%) HTML
7 5 (2.07%) Java EE
7 5 (2.07%) LAMP
7 5 (2.07%) RabbitMQ
7 5 (2.07%) Spring
7 5 (2.07%) STL
8 4 (1.66%) GraphQL
8 4 (1.66%) React
8 4 (1.66%) Vue.js
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.54%) Driving Licence
2 19 (7.88%) Data Centre
3 16 (6.64%) Self-Motivation
4 13 (5.39%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.98%) e-Learning
6 9 (3.73%) AS400
6 9 (3.73%) Mobile Computing
7 7 (2.90%) Cybercrime
7 7 (2.90%) Cyberthreat
8 6 (2.49%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.49%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (2.07%) iPad
9 5 (2.07%) iPhone
10 4 (1.66%) Clustering
10 4 (1.66%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.66%) Security Operations Centre
11 3 (1.24%) Client/Server
11 3 (1.24%) Cyber Defence
11 3 (1.24%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 3 (1.24%) Fintech
Operating Systems
1 141 (58.51%) Windows
2 90 (37.34%) Linux
3 52 (21.58%) Unix
4 43 (17.84%) Windows Server
5 34 (14.11%) Windows 10
6 33 (13.69%) Windows 7
7 31 (12.86%) Windows Server 2012
8 29 (12.03%) Windows Server 2008
9 25 (10.37%) Mac OS
10 15 (6.22%) Windows 8
11 14 (5.81%) Apple iOS
12 13 (5.39%) Android
13 8 (3.32%) CentOS
14 7 (2.90%) Debian
14 7 (2.90%) Ubuntu
14 7 (2.90%) Windows Server 2003
15 5 (2.07%) Mac OS X
16 4 (1.66%) Embedded Linux
16 4 (1.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 2 (0.83%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (21.58%) Cybersecurity
2 44 (18.26%) ITIL
3 42 (17.43%) Software Engineering
4 34 (14.11%) Agile Software Development
5 32 (13.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 28 (11.62%) SIEM
7 26 (10.79%) Continuous Integration
8 25 (10.37%) Scrum
9 24 (9.96%) Kanban
10 22 (9.13%) MODAF
10 22 (9.13%) Systems Engineering
11 21 (8.71%) CRM
12 17 (7.05%) Problem-Solving
13 16 (6.64%) High Availability
14 15 (6.22%) PRINCE2
15 14 (5.81%) Patch Management
16 13 (5.39%) Disaster Recovery
16 13 (5.39%) Network Management
16 13 (5.39%) Service Management
17 12 (4.98%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 64 (26.56%) Python
2 47 (19.50%) PowerShell
3 34 (14.11%) Bash Shell
4 32 (13.28%) C
5 30 (12.45%) SQL
6 29 (12.03%) JavaScript
7 24 (9.96%) PHP
8 23 (9.54%) Java
9 21 (8.71%) C#
10 20 (8.30%) C++
11 5 (2.07%) Objective-C
12 4 (1.66%) Go
12 4 (1.66%) Korn
13 3 (1.24%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.83%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.83%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.41%) Perl
15 1 (0.41%) Ruby
15 1 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 56 (23.24%) Cisco Certification
2 52 (21.58%) Security Cleared
3 33 (13.69%) CCNA
4 32 (13.28%) Degree
5 30 (12.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 23 (9.54%) DV Cleared
7 22 (9.13%) CCNP
8 19 (7.88%) MCSE
8 19 (7.88%) SC Cleared
9 18 (7.47%) MCP
10 15 (6.22%) CCA
10 15 (6.22%) RHCE
11 14 (5.81%) Network+ Certification
12 11 (4.56%) Citrix Certification
13 10 (4.15%) CISSP
13 10 (4.15%) CompTIA Security+
13 10 (4.15%) GIAC
13 10 (4.15%) Linux+ Certification
13 10 (4.15%) SANS
13 10 (4.15%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 19 (7.88%) SLA
2 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.83%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.41%) IEC 61131
3 1 (0.41%) ISO 15765
System Software
1 74 (30.71%) Active Directory
2 38 (15.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (11.62%) Hyper-V
3 28 (11.62%) XenApp
4 25 (10.37%) Docker
5 24 (9.96%) XenDesktop
6 20 (8.30%) Microsoft App-V
7 11 (4.56%) vSphere
8 7 (2.90%) NFS
9 6 (2.49%) Snort
10 5 (2.07%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (2.07%) VMware Workstation
11 4 (1.66%) Samba
11 4 (1.66%) VMware NSX
12 3 (1.24%) Firmware
12 3 (1.24%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.83%) KVM
14 1 (0.41%) UAG
14 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
14 1 (0.41%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 24 (9.96%) SCCM
2 22 (9.13%) Puppet
2 22 (9.13%) SCOrch
3 20 (8.30%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
3 20 (8.30%) SCOM
4 10 (4.15%) Nessus
5 9 (3.73%) Ansible
5 9 (3.73%) Kubernetes
6 7 (2.90%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 7 (2.90%) Red Hat Spacewalk
7 6 (2.49%) Norton AntiVirus
8 5 (2.07%) Cisco Prime
8 5 (2.07%) Salt
9 4 (1.66%) CASB
9 4 (1.66%) Nagios
9 4 (1.66%) vCenter Server
10 3 (1.24%) Opscode Chef
10 3 (1.24%) QRadar
11 1 (0.41%) SELinux
11 1 (0.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 72 (29.88%) Cisco
2 63 (26.14%) Microsoft
3 52 (21.58%) VMware
4 35 (14.52%) Splunk
5 26 (10.79%) Citrix
6 18 (7.47%) McAfee
7 15 (6.22%) Atlassian
7 15 (6.22%) Palo Alto
8 13 (5.39%) CheckPoint
8 13 (5.39%) Google
9 12 (4.98%) NetApp
10 11 (4.56%) Juniper
10 11 (4.56%) Symantec
11 10 (4.15%) ArcSight
11 10 (4.15%) IBM
11 10 (4.15%) NetScout
11 10 (4.15%) NetWitness
12 9 (3.73%) Apple
12 9 (3.73%) Blue Coat
13 8 (3.32%) MikroTik