FTP Job Trends in the West Midlands

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring FTP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 157 255
Rank change year-on-year -28 +98 -10
Permanent jobs citing FTP 4 10 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.053% 0.33% 0.093%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.09% 2.22% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 8
10th Percentile - - £49,200
25th Percentile - £71,250 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £72,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -48.97% +34.26% +13.68%
75th Percentile £37,750 £73,750 £57,000
90th Percentile £39,100 - £57,150
England median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% +18.75% -15.79%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 368 450 1,055
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.84% 14.89% 12.31%
Number of salaries quoted 303 317 778
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £56,950
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £68,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -5.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing FTP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

FTP job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing FTP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing FTP

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing FTP within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 June 2026. 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
Staffordshire - 3 £37,000 -
Birmingham -17 1 £40,000 -44.83%
FTP
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) DHCP
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (75.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Development Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) EDI Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) EDI
1 1 (25.00%) EDIFACT
1 1 (25.00%) JSON
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) SOAP
1 1 (25.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (75.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) ActionScript
2 1 (25.00%) ActionScript 2.0
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
1 3 (75.00%) MCSA
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
1 3 (75.00%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Citrix
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft