Hybrid/Remote FTP Job Trends

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring FTP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 437 419 486
Rank change year-on-year -18 +67 +43
Permanent jobs citing FTP 18 4 26
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.078% 0.024% 0.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.76% 0.21% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 14 1 18
10th Percentile £56,250 - £36,250
25th Percentile £66,563 £32,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +107.14% -12.50% -19.30%
75th Percentile £73,750 £37,500 £56,063
90th Percentile £74,625 - £61,250
UK median annual salary £53,000 £48,750 £41,000
% change year-on-year +8.72% +18.90% -17.28%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,359 1,937 3,815
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.27% 11.69% 15.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,329 1,166 1,952
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,500 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.85% -18.00% -3.85%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing FTP and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

FTP job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing FTP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing FTP

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing FTP over the 6 months to 21 August 2026.

FTP salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.56%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (5.56%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (83.33%) HTTP
2 14 (77.78%) WAN
3 11 (61.11%) DNS
4 10 (55.56%) BGP
4 10 (55.56%) DHCP
4 10 (55.56%) ICMP
4 10 (55.56%) IPsec
4 10 (55.56%) MPLS
4 10 (55.56%) Network Security
4 10 (55.56%) SD-WAN
4 10 (55.56%) SNMP
4 10 (55.56%) SSH
4 10 (55.56%) SSL
4 10 (55.56%) VLAN
4 10 (55.56%) VPN
5 4 (22.22%) Internet
5 4 (22.22%) LAN
5 4 (22.22%) SMTP
5 4 (22.22%) TCP/IP
6 1 (5.56%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.11%) Db2
2 2 (11.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 6 (33.33%) Finance
2 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.56%) Law
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Architect
1 10 (55.56%) Network Architect
1 10 (55.56%) Network Security Architect
1 10 (55.56%) Security Architect
2 4 (22.22%) Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Systems Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Administrator
5 1 (5.56%) C# Developer
5 1 (5.56%) C# Software Developer
5 1 (5.56%) C++ Developer
5 1 (5.56%) C++ Software Developer
5 1 (5.56%) C++/C# Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Software Developer
5 1 (5.56%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (5.56%) Windows Administrator
5 1 (5.56%) Windows Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (55.56%) OAuth
1 10 (55.56%) SAML
2 4 (22.22%) LDAP
3 2 (11.11%) EDI
3 2 (11.11%) XML
4 1 (5.56%) FFmpeg
4 1 (5.56%) GStreamer
4 1 (5.56%) HTML
4 1 (5.56%) JSON
4 1 (5.56%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (5.56%) WebRTC
4 1 (5.56%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 14 (77.78%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 4 (22.22%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (22.22%) Cyber Defence
2 4 (22.22%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (11.11%) AS400
3 2 (11.11%) iSeries
4 1 (5.56%) CUDA
4 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
4 1 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (5.56%) IoT
4 1 (5.56%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
1 1 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (55.56%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 10 (55.56%) Network Segmentation
3 4 (22.22%) Critical Thinking
3 4 (22.22%) Incident Management
3 4 (22.22%) SIEM
3 4 (22.22%) SOAR
3 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (22.22%) Swim Lanes
4 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (11.11%) ETL
4 2 (11.11%) Logistics
4 2 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
5 1 (5.56%) AI
5 1 (5.56%) Event-Driven
5 1 (5.56%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 1 (5.56%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (5.56%) Mentoring
5 1 (5.56%) SDLC
5 1 (5.56%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) RPG
2 2 (11.11%) RPG IV
3 1 (5.56%) C#
3 1 (5.56%) C++
3 1 (5.56%) MATLAB
3 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
1 4 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) AWS Certification
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (55.56%) NIST
2 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (55.56%) CASB
1 10 (55.56%) FortiGate
2 4 (22.22%) QRadar
Vendors
1 13 (72.22%) Microsoft
2 10 (55.56%) Cisco
2 10 (55.56%) Palo Alto
3 4 (22.22%) ArcSight
3 4 (22.22%) Splunk
4 2 (11.11%) IBM
4 2 (11.11%) Infor
5 1 (5.56%) VMware