File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring FTP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited FTP over the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 628 764 889
Rank change year-on-year +136 +125 +77
Permanent jobs citing FTP 59 131 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.13% 0.096%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.90% 0.96% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 30 73 37
10th Percentile £39,275 £27,750 £25,450
25th Percentile £42,000 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -11.11% -4.26%
75th Percentile £63,500 £48,150 £59,000
90th Percentile £64,650 £59,500 £72,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £37,500 £39,500
% change year-on-year +26.67% -5.06% +2.60%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

FTP falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6,543 13,614 16,074
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.68% 13.87% 15.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4,245 9,523 8,270
10th Percentile £23,731 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £30,625 £32,500 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.94% -3.81%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.05% -3.33% -

FTP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing FTP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for FTP in the UK

FTP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing FTP.

Salary trend for FTP in the UK

FTP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing FTP over the 6 months to 26 April 2025.

Salary histogram for FTP in the UK

FTP
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FTP within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 2025. 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
Jobs
England +117 55 £47,500 +18.75% 48
UK excluding London +137 35 £47,500 +26.67% 23
London +118 24 £95,000 +108.79% 28
East of England +47 24 £47,500 +7.95% 15
Work from Home +123 4 £35,000 -17.65% 17
North of England +71 4 £41,500 +18.57%
Scotland - 4 £35,000 - 1
North West +33 3 £55,000 +115.69%
South East +80 2 £75,000 +117.39% 10
South West +117 1 £35,000 - 1
North East - 1 £28,000 -

FTP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (13.56%) IIS
1 8 (13.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (11.86%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.39%) Apache
4 1 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (1.69%) CMS
4 1 (1.69%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (13.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (13.56%) MS Visio
2 3 (5.08%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (3.39%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 25 (42.37%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (25.42%) Entra ID
3 13 (22.03%) Azure
4 9 (15.25%) AWS
5 8 (13.56%) IaaS
5 8 (13.56%) PaaS
5 8 (13.56%) SaaS
6 7 (11.86%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.69%) Sage Pay
7 1 (1.69%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 23 (38.98%) SMTP
2 19 (32.20%) DNS
3 15 (25.42%) Cisco IOS
3 15 (25.42%) DHCP
3 15 (25.42%) IPv4
3 15 (25.42%) PBX
3 15 (25.42%) SAN
3 15 (25.42%) Structured Cabling
3 15 (25.42%) VLAN
4 12 (20.34%) HTTP
5 8 (13.56%) Firewall
5 8 (13.56%) LAN
5 8 (13.56%) TCP/IP
5 8 (13.56%) WAN
6 7 (11.86%) Network Security
6 7 (11.86%) VPN
7 6 (10.17%) Internet
8 4 (6.78%) NAS
9 3 (5.08%) SSL
10 2 (3.39%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (35.59%) SQL Server
2 12 (20.34%) MySQL
3 8 (13.56%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (13.56%) Relational Database
4 7 (11.86%) Power BI
5 4 (6.78%) DB2
6 2 (3.39%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (1.69%) MongoDB
7 1 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (11.86%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 3 (5.08%) Git
3 2 (3.39%) JIRA
4 1 (1.69%) Log4Net
4 1 (1.69%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 26 (44.07%) Social Skills
2 16 (27.12%) Finance
3 11 (18.64%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (11.86%) Local Government
5 3 (5.08%) Advertising
5 3 (5.08%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.39%) Retail
7 1 (1.69%) Front Office
7 1 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (28.81%) Senior
2 15 (25.42%) Applications Support
2 15 (25.42%) Support Engineer
3 13 (22.03%) Analyst
4 11 (18.64%) Lead
5 10 (16.95%) Support Analyst
6 8 (13.56%) Applications Support Analyst
6 8 (13.56%) Consultant
6 8 (13.56%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 8 (13.56%) IT Engineer
6 8 (13.56%) IT Support
6 8 (13.56%) IT Support Engineer
6 8 (13.56%) Senior Consultant
6 8 (13.56%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
7 7 (11.86%) Applications Engineer
7 7 (11.86%) Applications Support Engineer
7 7 (11.86%) Desktop Engineer
7 7 (11.86%) Senior Applications Engineer
7 7 (11.86%) Senior Applications Support
7 7 (11.86%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (25.42%) HTML
2 13 (22.03%) XML
3 11 (18.64%) JSON
3 11 (18.64%) REST
4 10 (16.95%) SOAP
4 10 (16.95%) Web Services
5 7 (11.86%) LDAP
6 4 (6.78%) EDI
7 3 (5.08%) Flash
7 3 (5.08%) React
8 2 (3.39%) AngularJS
8 2 (3.39%) LAMP
8 2 (3.39%) Loki
8 2 (3.39%) WebSockets
9 1 (1.69%) .NET
9 1 (1.69%) Angular 2
9 1 (1.69%) ASP.NET
9 1 (1.69%) CSS
9 1 (1.69%) FastAPI
9 1 (1.69%) Ninject
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.56%) Private Cloud
1 8 (13.56%) Public Cloud
2 7 (11.86%) Client/Server
2 7 (11.86%) iSeries
2 7 (11.86%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (6.78%) AS400
4 3 (5.08%) BYOD
5 2 (3.39%) Life Science
5 2 (3.39%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (3.39%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.39%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (3.39%) Replication
6 1 (1.69%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.69%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.69%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.69%) FMCG
6 1 (1.69%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.69%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 27 (45.76%) Windows
2 22 (37.29%) Windows 10
3 15 (25.42%) Android
4 10 (16.95%) Windows Server
5 7 (11.86%) Linux
6 5 (8.47%) Unix
7 3 (5.08%) zOS
8 2 (3.39%) AIX
8 2 (3.39%) CentOS
8 2 (3.39%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (30.51%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (23.73%) ITIL
3 11 (18.64%) Agile
3 11 (18.64%) High Availability
4 8 (13.56%) Commercial Awareness
5 7 (11.86%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (11.86%) Change Control
5 7 (11.86%) Incident Management
5 7 (11.86%) Line Management
5 7 (11.86%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 7 (11.86%) People Management
5 7 (11.86%) Security Operations
5 7 (11.86%) SIEM
5 7 (11.86%) Use Case
6 6 (10.17%) Continuous Delivery
6 6 (10.17%) Reverse Engineering
6 6 (10.17%) Software Delivery
6 6 (10.17%) Software Engineering
6 6 (10.17%) TDD
6 6 (10.17%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (40.68%) PowerShell
2 23 (38.98%) SQL
3 20 (33.90%) Python
4 8 (13.56%) C++
4 8 (13.56%) Perl
5 7 (11.86%) T-SQL
6 6 (10.17%) Bash
7 4 (6.78%) JavaScript
7 4 (6.78%) RPG
7 4 (6.78%) RPG IV
8 2 (3.39%) AWK
8 2 (3.39%) C
8 2 (3.39%) Java
8 2 (3.39%) Korn
8 2 (3.39%) PHP
9 1 (1.69%) C#
9 1 (1.69%) Clojure
9 1 (1.69%) Groovy
9 1 (1.69%) Scala
Qualifications
1 23 (38.98%) Degree
2 15 (25.42%) CCNA
2 15 (25.42%) Cisco Certification
2 15 (25.42%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (25.42%) Network+ Certification
3 7 (11.86%) Security Cleared
4 6 (10.17%) DV Cleared
4 6 (10.17%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.69%) MAPM
5 1 (1.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.69%) MiFID
2 1 (1.69%) QA
System Software
1 15 (25.42%) Active Directory
1 15 (25.42%) Hyper-V
1 15 (25.42%) VMware ESXi
2 8 (13.56%) Virtual Desktop
2 8 (13.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.39%) KVM
3 2 (3.39%) Postfix
3 2 (3.39%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 15 (25.42%) SCCM
1 15 (25.42%) WSUS
2 8 (13.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (10.17%) QRadar
4 2 (3.39%) Grafana
4 2 (3.39%) Nagios
4 2 (3.39%) Nessus
Vendors
1 44 (74.58%) Microsoft
2 15 (25.42%) Cisco
2 15 (25.42%) Citrix
2 15 (25.42%) Veeam
3 9 (15.25%) VMware
4 7 (11.86%) Splunk
5 6 (10.17%) IBM
6 4 (6.78%) Oracle
6 4 (6.78%) Salesforce
7 3 (5.08%) Facebook
7 3 (5.08%) Google
8 2 (3.39%) Red Hat
8 2 (3.39%) SAP
8 2 (3.39%) Tenable
9 1 (1.69%) Bloomberg
9 1 (1.69%) PayPal
9 1 (1.69%) Reuters