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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 772 846 1043
Rank change year-on-year +74 +197 -278
Permanent jobs citing FTP 132 73 220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.079% 0.13%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.95% 0.48% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 74 27 118
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -1.04% -20.00%
75th Percentile £47,250 £61,875 £60,725
90th Percentile £57,350 £70,000 £93,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% -5.56% -

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 13,853 15,169 22,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.61% 16.40% 13.27%
Number of salaries quoted 9,443 7,634 11,811
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,938 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,886 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -0.25% -5.26% +5.56%

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 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for FTP in the UK

FTP
Top 15 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 12 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
England +99 124 £40,000 -15.79% 20
UK excluding London -2 102 £37,500 -11.76% 14
East of England +28 40 £44,000 - 4
Work from Home +54 38 £42,500 -24.11% 9
South East -10 32 £37,500 -6.25% 5
London +105 30 £43,750 -35.66% 8
North of England +17 11 £35,000 -22.22% 1
Midlands -37 10 £54,000 +33.33% 2
Yorkshire +74 9 £35,000 +11.11%
West Midlands -8 8 £54,000 +13.68% 2
Northern Ireland - 7 £35,000 - 1
North West -25 2 £25,500 -43.33% 1
East Midlands -30 2 £45,000 +13.92%
Wales +3 1 - -
South West -42 1 £35,000 +75.00% 2

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 21 (15.91%) SharePoint
2 13 (9.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (5.30%) IIS
4 4 (3.03%) Apache
4 4 (3.03%) Confluence
5 2 (1.52%) Drupal
5 2 (1.52%) GlassFish
5 2 (1.52%) JCAPS
5 2 (1.52%) Moodle
5 2 (1.52%) nginx
5 2 (1.52%) Tomcat
5 2 (1.52%) WebLogic
5 2 (1.52%) WebSphere
5 2 (1.52%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (1.52%) WordPress
6 1 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.76%) CMS
6 1 (0.76%) Umbraco
Applications
1 58 (43.94%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (6.06%) InfoPath
3 8 (6.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (3.03%) FileZilla
5 2 (1.52%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.76%) Weka
Business Applications
1 7 (5.30%) Magento
2 2 (1.52%) Adaptiv
2 2 (1.52%) Visualfiles
3 1 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 39 (29.55%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (19.70%) Azure
3 14 (10.61%) Entra ID
4 11 (8.33%) AWS
5 8 (6.06%) OneDrive
6 6 (4.55%) WhatsApp
7 4 (3.03%) GCP
8 2 (1.52%) Google Analytics
8 2 (1.52%) Google Sheets
8 2 (1.52%) Google Tag Manager
8 2 (1.52%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.76%) GitHub
9 1 (0.76%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.76%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.76%) Sage Pay
Communications & Networking
1 29 (21.97%) DNS
1 29 (21.97%) TCP/IP
2 26 (19.70%) DHCP
2 26 (19.70%) HTTP
3 24 (18.18%) LAN
4 22 (16.67%) WAN
5 18 (13.64%) VPN
6 15 (11.36%) SMTP
7 14 (10.61%) Firewall
8 11 (8.33%) SNMP
9 10 (7.58%) SSL
9 10 (7.58%) VLAN
10 9 (6.82%) SSH
11 6 (4.55%) HTTPS
11 6 (4.55%) Telnet
11 6 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (3.03%) Structured Cabling
12 4 (3.03%) WLAN
13 3 (2.27%) Internet
13 3 (2.27%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.58%) PostgreSQL
1 10 (7.58%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.30%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (5.30%) Crystal Reports
2 7 (5.30%) MySQL
3 5 (3.79%) MongoDB
4 4 (3.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (2.27%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.52%) MS Access
6 2 (1.52%) Power BI
6 2 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.76%) Data Mart
7 1 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.76%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.76%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 4 (3.03%) Jenkins
1 4 (3.03%) JIRA
2 3 (2.27%) Git
3 2 (1.52%) Ant
3 2 (1.52%) JUnit
3 2 (1.52%) Maven
3 2 (1.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (1.52%) Subversion
3 2 (1.52%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.76%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.76%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (0.76%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.76%) GitLab
4 1 (0.76%) IBM UrbanCode
4 1 (0.76%) Log4Net
4 1 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.76%) Zephyr
General
1 30 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 21 (15.91%) Finance
3 14 (10.61%) Marketing
4 6 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (4.55%) Front Office
4 6 (4.55%) Retail
4 6 (4.55%) Telecoms
5 5 (3.79%) Electronics
5 5 (3.79%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.79%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (3.79%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.03%) Banking
7 3 (2.27%) Back Office
8 2 (1.52%) Billing
8 2 (1.52%) Legal
8 2 (1.52%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 35 (26.52%) Support Assistant
2 16 (12.12%) Analyst
3 14 (10.61%) Senior
4 13 (9.85%) Support Engineer
5 12 (9.09%) 3rd Line Support
6 10 (7.58%) Developer
6 10 (7.58%) IT Technician
6 10 (7.58%) Support Specialist
7 9 (6.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (6.06%) IT Support
8 8 (6.06%) IT Support Technician
8 8 (6.06%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 8 (6.06%) Support Technician
9 7 (5.30%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 7 (5.30%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 6 (4.55%) Programmer
11 5 (3.79%) Administrator
11 5 (3.79%) Analyst Programmer
11 5 (3.79%) RPG Analyst Programmer
11 5 (3.79%) RPG Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (13.64%) HTML
2 11 (8.33%) EDI
3 9 (6.82%) .NET
3 9 (6.82%) EDIFACT
3 9 (6.82%) HTML5
4 8 (6.06%) COM
5 7 (5.30%) CSS
5 7 (5.30%) Kafka
5 7 (5.30%) Spring
5 7 (5.30%) XML
6 6 (4.55%) AngularJS
6 6 (4.55%) LDAP
7 5 (3.79%) FIX Protocol
7 5 (3.79%) JSON
7 5 (3.79%) NumPy
7 5 (3.79%) Pandas
7 5 (3.79%) RabbitMQ
7 5 (3.79%) React
7 5 (3.79%) REST
7 5 (3.79%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 35 (26.52%) Replication
2 16 (12.12%) Onboarding
3 12 (9.09%) Client/Server
4 9 (6.82%) Data Centre
5 6 (4.55%) EFT
6 5 (3.79%) Hedge funds
7 4 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.52%) Credit Risk
8 2 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.76%) BYOD
9 1 (0.76%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.76%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.76%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.76%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 54 (40.91%) Windows
2 26 (19.70%) Windows Server
3 16 (12.12%) Linux
4 7 (5.30%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.27%) CentOS
5 3 (2.27%) Debian
5 3 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.52%) Unix
7 1 (0.76%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (27.27%) CRM
2 35 (26.52%) Case Management
2 35 (26.52%) Customer Service
3 30 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (15.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 15 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (10.61%) OO
6 14 (10.61%) Project Management
7 11 (8.33%) ITIL
8 9 (6.82%) Agile
8 9 (6.82%) OOP
8 9 (6.82%) Web Development
9 8 (6.06%) Computer Science
10 7 (5.30%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (5.30%) Digital Marketing
10 7 (5.30%) Email Marketing
10 7 (5.30%) ERP
10 7 (5.30%) Infrastructure Management
10 7 (5.30%) Migration
10 7 (5.30%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 29 (21.97%) SQL
2 19 (14.39%) PowerShell
3 14 (10.61%) JavaScript
4 13 (9.85%) Java
5 7 (5.30%) Python
6 5 (3.79%) C#
6 5 (3.79%) Clojure
6 5 (3.79%) Groovy
6 5 (3.79%) PHP
6 5 (3.79%) RPG
6 5 (3.79%) RPG IV
6 5 (3.79%) RPG/400
6 5 (3.79%) Scala
7 4 (3.03%) ActionScript
7 4 (3.03%) ActionScript 2.0
7 4 (3.03%) Bash
7 4 (3.03%) R
7 4 (3.03%) VB
7 4 (3.03%) VBScript
8 3 (2.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (9.85%) Degree
2 8 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.52%) CCNP
3 2 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.76%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.58%) SLA
2 5 (3.79%) MiFID
3 1 (0.76%) Accessibility
System Software
1 40 (30.30%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.30%) Hyper-V
3 6 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (3.03%) vSphere
5 1 (0.76%) Docker
5 1 (0.76%) NFS
5 1 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 9 (6.82%) SCCM
2 7 (5.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (4.55%) vCenter Server
4 3 (2.27%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.52%) Ansible
5 2 (1.52%) Control-M
5 2 (1.52%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.76%) Grafana
6 1 (0.76%) Kibana
6 1 (0.76%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.76%) logstash
6 1 (0.76%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.76%) Puppet
6 1 (0.76%) Salt
6 1 (0.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 94 (71.21%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.61%) VMware
3 11 (8.33%) Cisco
4 7 (5.30%) Bloomberg
4 7 (5.30%) Epicor
4 7 (5.30%) Meraki
4 7 (5.30%) Reuters
5 6 (4.55%) Citrix
5 6 (4.55%) Globalscape
5 6 (4.55%) Oracle
5 6 (4.55%) SAP
6 4 (3.03%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.52%) F5
7 2 (1.52%) Google
7 2 (1.52%) LexisNexis
7 2 (1.52%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.52%) Sage
7 2 (1.52%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.52%) Splunk
8 1 (0.76%) ArcSight