Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for RTP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited RTP over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 898 931 1204
Rank change year-on-year +33 +273 -320
Permanent jobs citing RTP 9 16 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.017% 0.034%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.066% 0.10% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 9 11 30
10th Percentile £27,500 - £35,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £77,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% -15.58% +28.33%
75th Percentile £68,750 - £80,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £73,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -16.67%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

RTP 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 13,607 15,377 22,507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.96% 16.25% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 9,414 7,683 11,818
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,419 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

RTP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for RTP in the UK

RTP
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for RTP in the UK

RTP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing RTP over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for RTP in the UK

RTP
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RTP within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
UK excluding London -30 9 £52,500 +5.00% 3
England +30 7 £52,500 -19.23% 5
South West - 6 £52,500 -
Work from Home +39 2 £80,000 +23.08%
Wales - 2 £27,500 -
South East -9 1 £62,500 +25.00% 1

RTP
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) AWS
2 2 (22.22%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) VoIP
2 4 (44.44%) PBX
2 4 (44.44%) VSAN
3 2 (22.22%) Asterisk PBX
3 2 (22.22%) Broadband
3 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
3 2 (22.22%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Robot Framework
1 1 (11.11%) Selenium
General
1 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
2 2 (22.22%) Retail
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Systems Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Cloud Architect
2 2 (22.22%) IT Technician
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Telecoms Technician
3 1 (11.11%) Python Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Python Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) XMPP
2 1 (11.11%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) CCTV
2 1 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (11.11%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Linux
2 4 (44.44%) Debian
2 4 (44.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (22.22%) CentOS
3 2 (22.22%) Ubuntu
3 2 (22.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Configuration Management
1 4 (44.44%) Containerisation
1 4 (44.44%) Security Hardening
2 2 (22.22%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (22.22%) IT Strategy
2 2 (22.22%) Network Design
2 2 (22.22%) Open Source
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (22.22%) Time Management
3 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
3 1 (11.11%) Code Quality
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 1 (11.11%) SDET
3 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) Python
2 4 (44.44%) Bash
3 2 (22.22%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Docker
1 4 (44.44%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (44.44%) vSphere
2 2 (22.22%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Ansible
1 4 (44.44%) Kubernetes
1 4 (44.44%) Podman
1 4 (44.44%) Puppet
1 4 (44.44%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) VMware
2 2 (22.22%) Cisco
2 2 (22.22%) Dialogic
2 2 (22.22%) Red Hat
2 2 (22.22%) Ribbon
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft