Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PPP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PPP over the 6 months to 29 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 700 1036 1084
Rank change year-on-year +336 +48 -338
Permanent jobs citing PPP 33 54 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.061% 0.043% 0.012%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.40% 0.34% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 18 11 7
10th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £46,563 £45,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +62.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £52,500 £70,625 £43,750
90th Percentile - £73,750 £49,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,250 £41,750
% change year-on-year -7.83% +29.94% -16.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

PPP 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 with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,218 15,777 16,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.19% 12.54% 12.88%
Number of salaries quoted 6,418 10,533 11,407
10th Percentile £26,750 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £68,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -

PPP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for PPP in the UK

PPP
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for PPP in the UK

PPP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PPP over the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

Salary histogram for PPP in the UK

PPP
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PPP within the UK over the 6 months to 29 November 2023. 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 +317 29 £50,000 -19.03% 15
UK excluding London +256 29 £50,000 -7.83% 9
North of England - 18 £50,000 - 3
North West - 18 £50,000 - 3
Work from Home +260 13 £50,000 -19.03% 4
London +251 3 £50,000 -23.08% 5
Midlands +130 3 £50,000 -31.03% 2
West Midlands +118 3 £50,000 -31.03% 2
South West - 3 £50,000 - 1
Scotland +60 2 £50,000 -
Wales - 2 £50,000 -
South East +152 1 £96,500 +114.44% 3

PPP
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 7 (21.21%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.03%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.15%) BGP
1 5 (15.15%) DNS
1 5 (15.15%) GPON
1 5 (15.15%) OSPF
1 5 (15.15%) VLAN
2 1 (3.03%) Firewall
2 1 (3.03%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 21 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (15.15%) Brand Awareness
2 5 (15.15%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (6.06%) Finance
4 1 (3.03%) Banking
Job Titles
1 21 (63.64%) Senior
2 7 (21.21%) Developer
2 7 (21.21%) Senior Developer
3 6 (18.18%) Senior WordPress Developer
3 6 (18.18%) WordPress Developer
4 5 (15.15%) Consultant
4 5 (15.15%) Presales Consultant
4 5 (15.15%) Technical Consultant
4 5 (15.15%) Technical Presales Consultant
5 4 (12.12%) Network Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) Senior Network Engineer
6 3 (9.09%) Graduate
7 1 (3.03%) Digital Product Owner
7 1 (3.03%) Information Officer
7 1 (3.03%) Information Security Officer
7 1 (3.03%) PHP Developer
7 1 (3.03%) Product Owner
7 1 (3.03%) Security Officer
7 1 (3.03%) Senior PHP Developer
7 1 (3.03%) Wireless Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) Laravel
1 1 (3.03%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.09%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (69.70%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (30.30%) Project Delivery
3 8 (24.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (21.21%) Clean Code
4 7 (21.21%) Mentoring
4 7 (21.21%) Pair Programming
5 6 (18.18%) Digital Twin
6 5 (15.15%) Business Development
6 5 (15.15%) Decision-Making
6 5 (15.15%) Network Architecture
6 5 (15.15%) Network Monitoring
6 5 (15.15%) Presales
6 5 (15.15%) Process Management
7 3 (9.09%) Experiential Learning
8 1 (3.03%) Fund Management
8 1 (3.03%) Investment Management
8 1 (3.03%) QMS
8 1 (3.03%) Regulatory Change
8 1 (3.03%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (3.03%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.21%) PHP
Qualifications
1 14 (42.42%) Degree
2 3 (9.09%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.03%) CISM
3 1 (3.03%) CISSP
Systems Management
1 5 (15.15%) Icinga
1 5 (15.15%) Nagios
Vendors
1 5 (15.15%) Juniper
1 5 (15.15%) MikroTik
1 5 (15.15%) TP-LINK
1 5 (15.15%) ZyXEL