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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 657 747 889
Rank change year-on-year +90 +142 +126
Permanent jobs citing FTP 55 131 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.100% 0.13% 0.083%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.60% 0.97% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27 74 28
10th Percentile £39,750 £27,750 £31,100
25th Percentile £42,000 £31,563 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,500 £51,875 £60,625
90th Percentile £63,500 £59,250 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £37,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year +26.67% -7.41% -8.47%

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 9,239 13,484 15,812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.77% 13.62% 15.62%
Number of salaries quoted 4,292 9,395 8,040
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,925 £77,715 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £43,875 £45,000
% change year-on-year -8.83% -2.50% -3.23%

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 14 May 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 14 May 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 +70 51 £47,500 +18.75% 45
UK excluding London +114 36 £47,500 +26.67% 33
East of England +32 26 £47,500 +7.95% 11
London +108 19 £95,000 +98.95% 19
Scotland - 4 £35,000 - 2
Work from Home +82 3 £45,000 +5.88% 12
North of England +44 3 £55,000 +57.14% 4
North West +7 3 £55,000 +115.69% 3
Midlands +50 2 - - 2
West Midlands +45 2 - - 2
South West +107 1 £35,000 - 5

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 (14.55%) IIS
1 8 (14.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (12.73%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.64%) Apache
3 2 (3.64%) Confluence
4 1 (1.82%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (1.82%) CMS
4 1 (1.82%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (14.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (14.55%) MS Visio
2 3 (5.45%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (3.64%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (23.64%) Azure
3 12 (21.82%) Entra ID
4 10 (18.18%) AWS
5 8 (14.55%) IaaS
5 8 (14.55%) PaaS
5 8 (14.55%) SaaS
6 7 (12.73%) Power Platform
7 2 (3.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 2 (3.64%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (3.64%) Amazon ELB
7 2 (3.64%) Amazon Glacier
7 2 (3.64%) Amazon S3
7 2 (3.64%) AWS KMS
7 2 (3.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.82%) Sage Pay
Communications & Networking
1 24 (43.64%) SMTP
2 17 (30.91%) DNS
3 14 (25.45%) HTTP
4 12 (21.82%) Cisco IOS
4 12 (21.82%) DHCP
4 12 (21.82%) IPv4
4 12 (21.82%) PBX
4 12 (21.82%) SAN
4 12 (21.82%) Structured Cabling
4 12 (21.82%) VLAN
5 11 (20.00%) Firewall
6 9 (16.36%) LAN
6 9 (16.36%) TCP/IP
6 9 (16.36%) VPN
6 9 (16.36%) WAN
7 7 (12.73%) Internet
7 7 (12.73%) Network Security
8 4 (7.27%) NAS
8 4 (7.27%) SSH
9 3 (5.45%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (32.73%) SQL Server
2 12 (21.82%) MySQL
3 10 (18.18%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (14.55%) Relational Database
5 7 (12.73%) Power BI
6 4 (7.27%) DB2
7 2 (3.64%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (12.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 3 (5.45%) Git
3 2 (3.64%) Jenkins
3 2 (3.64%) JIRA
3 2 (3.64%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (3.64%) Vagrant
4 1 (1.82%) Log4Net
4 1 (1.82%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 24 (43.64%) Social Skills
2 12 (21.82%) Finance
3 11 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (12.73%) Local Government
5 3 (5.45%) Advertising
6 2 (3.64%) Aerospace
6 2 (3.64%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.64%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (27.27%) Applications Support
1 15 (27.27%) Senior
2 14 (25.45%) Analyst
3 12 (21.82%) Lead
3 12 (21.82%) Support Engineer
4 10 (18.18%) Support Analyst
5 8 (14.55%) Applications Support Analyst
5 8 (14.55%) Consultant
5 8 (14.55%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 8 (14.55%) Senior Consultant
5 8 (14.55%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
6 7 (12.73%) Applications Engineer
6 7 (12.73%) Applications Support Engineer
6 7 (12.73%) Senior Applications Engineer
6 7 (12.73%) Senior Applications Support
6 7 (12.73%) Senior Support Engineer
7 5 (9.09%) IT Engineer
7 5 (9.09%) IT Support
7 5 (9.09%) SQL Analyst
7 5 (9.09%) SQL Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (25.45%) HTML
2 13 (23.64%) XML
3 11 (20.00%) JSON
4 10 (18.18%) REST
4 10 (18.18%) SOAP
4 10 (18.18%) Web Services
5 8 (14.55%) LDAP
6 4 (7.27%) EDI
7 3 (5.45%) Flash
8 2 (3.64%) LAMP
8 2 (3.64%) Loki
9 1 (1.82%) .NET Framework
9 1 (1.82%) Ajax
9 1 (1.82%) Angular 2
9 1 (1.82%) AngularJS
9 1 (1.82%) ASP.NET Web API
9 1 (1.82%) HTML5
9 1 (1.82%) Ninject
9 1 (1.82%) Razor View Engine
9 1 (1.82%) Unity DI Container
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.36%) Client/Server
1 9 (16.36%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (14.55%) Private Cloud
2 8 (14.55%) Public Cloud
3 7 (12.73%) iSeries
4 4 (7.27%) AS400
4 4 (7.27%) Replication
5 2 (3.64%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (3.64%) Life Science
5 2 (3.64%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (3.64%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.64%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.82%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.82%) FMCG
6 1 (1.82%) MISP
Operating Systems
1 26 (47.27%) Windows
2 19 (34.55%) Windows 10
3 12 (21.82%) Android
4 10 (18.18%) Windows Server
5 8 (14.55%) Linux
6 5 (9.09%) Unix
7 3 (5.45%) zOS
8 2 (3.64%) AIX
8 2 (3.64%) Amazon Linux
8 2 (3.64%) CentOS
8 2 (3.64%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (3.64%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (32.73%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (20.00%) High Availability
2 11 (20.00%) ITIL
3 9 (16.36%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 9 (16.36%) Security Operations
3 9 (16.36%) SIEM
4 8 (14.55%) Agile
4 8 (14.55%) Commercial Awareness
4 8 (14.55%) DevOps
4 8 (14.55%) Malware Analysis
4 8 (14.55%) People Management
4 8 (14.55%) Reverse Engineering
4 8 (14.55%) Use Case
5 7 (12.73%) Blue Team
5 7 (12.73%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (12.73%) Line Management
5 7 (12.73%) Mentoring
6 5 (9.09%) Roadmaps
7 4 (7.27%) Decision-Making
7 4 (7.27%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 24 (43.64%) PowerShell
2 22 (40.00%) SQL
3 19 (34.55%) Python
4 10 (18.18%) Perl
5 8 (14.55%) C++
6 7 (12.73%) Bash
6 7 (12.73%) T-SQL
7 4 (7.27%) JavaScript
7 4 (7.27%) RPG
7 4 (7.27%) RPG IV
8 2 (3.64%) AWK
8 2 (3.64%) C
8 2 (3.64%) Groovy
8 2 (3.64%) Java
8 2 (3.64%) Korn
8 2 (3.64%) PHP
9 1 (1.82%) C#
Qualifications
1 21 (38.18%) Degree
2 12 (21.82%) CCNA
2 12 (21.82%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (21.82%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (21.82%) Network+ Certification
3 11 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 8 (14.55%) DV Cleared
4 8 (14.55%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.64%) AWS Certification
5 2 (3.64%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.82%) CREST Certified
6 1 (1.82%) GCIA
6 1 (1.82%) GCIH
6 1 (1.82%) MAPM
6 1 (1.82%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (25.45%) Active Directory
2 12 (21.82%) Hyper-V
2 12 (21.82%) VMware ESXi
3 8 (14.55%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (14.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.64%) DFS Replication
4 2 (3.64%) Docker
4 2 (3.64%) KVM
4 2 (3.64%) Postfix
4 2 (3.64%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 12 (21.82%) SCCM
1 12 (21.82%) WSUS
2 8 (14.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (14.55%) QRadar
3 4 (7.27%) Grafana
4 2 (3.64%) Nagios
4 2 (3.64%) Nessus
4 2 (3.64%) Prometheus
4 2 (3.64%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (74.55%) Microsoft
2 12 (21.82%) Cisco
2 12 (21.82%) Citrix
2 12 (21.82%) Veeam
3 9 (16.36%) Splunk
3 9 (16.36%) VMware
4 6 (10.91%) IBM
5 4 (7.27%) Salesforce
6 3 (5.45%) Facebook
6 3 (5.45%) Google
7 2 (3.64%) Oracle
7 2 (3.64%) Red Hat
7 2 (3.64%) SAP
7 2 (3.64%) ServiceNow
7 2 (3.64%) Tenable
8 1 (1.82%) PayPal