Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for TCP/IP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited TCP/IP over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 210 234 276
Rank change year-on-year +24 +42 -60
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 1,450 1,504 2,468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.41% 1.54% 1.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.72% 9.71% 11.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,152 1,030 1,365
10th Percentile £25,525 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -4.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,715 £75,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,575
% change year-on-year -6.25% -1.42% -2.23%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

TCP/IP 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 13,526 15,491 22,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.18% 15.91% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,416 7,761 11,859
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,900 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing TCP/IP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in the UK

TCP/IP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP.

Salary trend for TCP/IP in the UK

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for TCP/IP in the UK

TCP/IP
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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 +36 1,289 £42,500 -5.56% 299
UK excluding London +15 1,091 £37,500 -6.25% 243
Work from Home +38 528 £52,500 +5.00% 132
London +72 327 £65,000 +13.04% 72
South East -43 244 £37,500 +4.17% 45
North of England +6 228 £40,000 -11.11% 70
Midlands +62 196 £36,500 -3.31% 44
South West +2 155 £32,750 -22.94% 35
East of England +35 140 £37,500 -11.76% 31
North West +12 117 £40,000 -14.89% 42
West Midlands +44 107 £34,500 -10.39% 21
Yorkshire +28 103 £38,500 -14.44% 24
East Midlands +29 89 £40,000 +9.59% 23
Scotland -48 64 £40,000 - 11
Northern Ireland +39 34 £32,500 - 3
Wales +2 31 £27,500 -20.48% 11
North East -11 8 £23,625 -29.48% 5

TCP/IP
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
1 184 (12.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 148 (10.21%) SharePoint
3 46 (3.17%) WebLogic
4 35 (2.41%) IIS
5 18 (1.24%) Apache
6 14 (0.97%) nginx
7 11 (0.76%) Exchange Server 2013
8 10 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2010
8 10 (0.69%) Skype for Business
9 9 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2007
10 6 (0.41%) Confluence
11 4 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2003
12 3 (0.21%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.14%) Moodle
14 1 (0.069%) Apache Solr
14 1 (0.069%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.069%) OpenStack
14 1 (0.069%) WebSphere
Applications
1 197 (13.59%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.41%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.21%) Trello
5 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.069%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.069%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 46 (3.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 17 (1.17%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.34%) Oracle Cash Management
3 5 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.21%) Epicor Tropos
5 2 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 543 (37.45%) Azure
2 435 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
3 236 (16.28%) AWS
4 141 (9.72%) Entra ID
5 52 (3.59%) SaaS
6 48 (3.31%) Amazon EKS
7 46 (3.17%) Amazon SQS
8 40 (2.76%) OpenShift
9 39 (2.69%) Cloud Computing
9 39 (2.69%) GCP
10 36 (2.48%) OneDrive
11 31 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
12 23 (1.59%) Azure Sentinel
13 22 (1.52%) Mimecast
14 19 (1.31%) IaaS
15 18 (1.24%) WhatsApp
16 14 (0.97%) GitHub
16 14 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
17 12 (0.83%) Amazon S3
18 9 (0.62%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 684 (47.17%) DNS
2 519 (35.79%) Firewall
3 505 (34.83%) DHCP
4 355 (24.48%) WAN
5 346 (23.86%) LAN
6 256 (17.66%) VPN
7 177 (12.21%) Wireless
8 164 (11.31%) VLAN
9 144 (9.93%) BGP
10 137 (9.45%) Wi-Fi
11 115 (7.93%) Network Security
12 111 (7.66%) HTTP
12 111 (7.66%) SSL
13 110 (7.59%) Internet
14 107 (7.38%) OSPF
15 95 (6.55%) VoIP
16 91 (6.28%) MPLS
17 87 (6.00%) Ethernet
18 65 (4.48%) SAN
19 58 (4.00%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 67 (4.62%) Relational Database
3 57 (3.93%) Amazon RDS
4 48 (3.31%) RDBMS
5 46 (3.17%) Oracle Database
6 38 (2.62%) MySQL
7 23 (1.59%) NoSQL
8 21 (1.45%) Elasticsearch
9 11 (0.76%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.48%) Redis
10 7 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.34%) Power BI
12 4 (0.28%) Crystal Reports
12 4 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
14 2 (0.14%) Amazon Aurora
14 2 (0.14%) Apache Cassandra
14 2 (0.14%) DTS
14 2 (0.14%) InfluxDB
14 2 (0.14%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 47 (3.24%) JIRA
2 42 (2.90%) Jenkins
3 22 (1.52%) Visual Studio
4 21 (1.45%) Git
5 19 (1.31%) GitLab
6 13 (0.90%) Eclipse
7 11 (0.76%) Subversion
8 5 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
8 5 (0.34%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.28%) MSBuild
9 4 (0.28%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.14%) Browser DevTools
10 2 (0.14%) Burp Suite
10 2 (0.14%) Hudson
10 2 (0.14%) Metasploit
10 2 (0.14%) Selenium
10 2 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.069%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.069%) Postman
11 1 (0.069%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 418 (28.83%) Social Skills
2 170 (11.72%) Analytical Skills
3 169 (11.66%) Finance
4 103 (7.10%) Telecoms
5 67 (4.62%) Electronics
6 49 (3.38%) Law
7 36 (2.48%) Banking
8 34 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 33 (2.28%) Manufacturing
10 31 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
11 26 (1.79%) Retail
12 25 (1.72%) Legal
13 24 (1.66%) Aerospace
13 24 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
14 17 (1.17%) Public Sector
15 16 (1.10%) Marketing
16 15 (1.03%) Military
17 12 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
18 9 (0.62%) Police
19 8 (0.55%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 252 (17.38%) Senior
2 178 (12.28%) Analyst
3 169 (11.66%) Support Engineer
4 153 (10.55%) IT Support
5 146 (10.07%) Network Engineer
6 140 (9.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 140 (9.66%) IT Engineer
7 120 (8.28%) Lead
8 105 (7.24%) Software Engineer
9 72 (4.97%) IT Support Engineer
10 71 (4.90%) IT Technician
11 69 (4.76%) Architect
12 66 (4.55%) Support Technician
13 62 (4.28%) Developer
14 59 (4.07%) IT Analyst
15 56 (3.86%) Linux Engineer
16 54 (3.72%) Support Analyst
17 52 (3.59%) 2nd Line Support
17 52 (3.59%) Service Analyst
18 51 (3.52%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (4.90%) RabbitMQ
2 64 (4.41%) .NET
2 64 (4.41%) HTML
3 55 (3.79%) CSS
4 48 (3.31%) AngularJS
4 48 (3.31%) REST
5 47 (3.24%) Web Services
6 46 (3.17%) Spring Boot
7 32 (2.21%) WPF
8 30 (2.07%) React
9 27 (1.86%) LDAP
10 26 (1.79%) XML
11 24 (1.66%) FIX Protocol
12 22 (1.52%) Node.js
13 20 (1.38%) ASP.NET
14 19 (1.31%) 802.1X
14 19 (1.31%) ASP.NET MVC
14 19 (1.31%) jQuery
14 19 (1.31%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 19 (1.31%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 106 (7.31%) Data Centre
2 91 (6.28%) Management Information System
3 82 (5.66%) Self-Motivation
4 67 (4.62%) Driving Licence
5 59 (4.07%) IoT
5 59 (4.07%) Public Cloud
6 55 (3.79%) Enterprise Software
7 43 (2.97%) Replication
8 39 (2.69%) Onboarding
9 33 (2.28%) Clustering
10 29 (2.00%) CCTV
10 29 (2.00%) Client/Server
11 24 (1.66%) Video Conferencing
12 22 (1.52%) Cyberattack
13 21 (1.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 21 (1.45%) FPGA
13 21 (1.45%) PKI
14 18 (1.24%) Security Operations Centre
15 17 (1.17%) Eurex
16 15 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 826 (56.97%) Windows
2 418 (28.83%) Linux
3 384 (26.48%) Windows Server
4 217 (14.97%) Windows 10
5 100 (6.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 99 (6.83%) Windows Server 2016
7 95 (6.55%) Windows Server 2019
8 83 (5.72%) Windows Server 2012
9 61 (4.21%) Unix
10 60 (4.14%) Apple iOS
11 59 (4.07%) Android
12 40 (2.76%) Ubuntu
13 37 (2.55%) Windows Server 2008
14 33 (2.28%) CentOS
15 29 (2.00%) Mac OS
16 26 (1.79%) Windows 7
17 21 (1.45%) Mac OS X
18 19 (1.31%) Debian
19 18 (1.24%) Embedded Linux
19 18 (1.24%) VyOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (21.24%) Problem-Solving
2 250 (17.24%) Customer Service
3 248 (17.10%) ITIL
4 209 (14.41%) Cybersecurity
5 203 (14.00%) Agile
6 160 (11.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 150 (10.34%) Software Engineering
8 128 (8.83%) DevOps
9 118 (8.14%) Computer Science
10 114 (7.86%) Migration
11 102 (7.03%) Actionable Insight
12 90 (6.21%) Collaborative Working
13 85 (5.86%) Project Management
14 81 (5.59%) Open Source
15 79 (5.45%) Disaster Recovery
16 78 (5.38%) ITSM
17 77 (5.31%) Information Security
18 76 (5.24%) Load Balancing
19 74 (5.10%) Mentoring
20 69 (4.76%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 249 (17.17%) PowerShell
2 242 (16.69%) Python
3 132 (9.10%) Bash
4 127 (8.76%) SQL
5 105 (7.24%) Java
6 89 (6.14%) C
7 74 (5.10%) C#
7 74 (5.10%) C++
8 60 (4.14%) Perl
9 54 (3.72%) JavaScript
10 22 (1.52%) Ruby
11 19 (1.31%) XAML
12 11 (0.76%) Embedded C
13 7 (0.48%) Go
14 6 (0.41%) TypeScript
15 5 (0.34%) Ladder Logic
15 5 (0.34%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.28%) Bicep
16 4 (0.28%) T-SQL
17 3 (0.21%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 260 (17.93%) Degree
2 186 (12.83%) Security Cleared
3 184 (12.69%) Cisco Certification
4 136 (9.38%) CCNA
5 122 (8.41%) SC Cleared
6 97 (6.69%) Microsoft Certification
7 65 (4.48%) Azure Certification
8 64 (4.41%) DV Cleared
9 58 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 56 (3.86%) CISSP
11 55 (3.79%) AWS Certification
12 51 (3.52%) CCNP
13 47 (3.24%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 47 (3.24%) DBS Check
14 39 (2.69%) MCSA
15 37 (2.55%) JNCIA
16 33 (2.28%) CEH
17 29 (2.00%) MCSE
18 28 (1.93%) Master's Degree
19 22 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (6.41%) SLA
2 39 (2.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (2.28%) QA
4 28 (1.93%) NIST
5 23 (1.59%) NCSC
6 19 (1.31%) GDPR
7 17 (1.17%) PCI DSS
8 15 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (0.69%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.48%) JTAG
11 5 (0.34%) MISRA
11 5 (0.34%) PMO
12 4 (0.28%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.21%) ISO 31000
13 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.14%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.069%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 507 (34.97%) Active Directory
2 243 (16.76%) Hyper-V
3 240 (16.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 86 (5.93%) Docker
5 41 (2.83%) VMware ESXi
6 37 (2.55%) Firmware
7 23 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
8 22 (1.52%) vSphere
9 21 (1.45%) Virtual Servers
10 16 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
11 15 (1.03%) Terminal Services
12 11 (0.76%) Embedded Firmware
13 10 (0.69%) pfSense
14 9 (0.62%) NFS
15 8 (0.55%) XenApp
16 6 (0.41%) KVM
17 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
18 4 (0.28%) Citrix Hypervisor
18 4 (0.28%) vCloud
18 4 (0.28%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 121 (8.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 94 (6.48%) Ansible
3 77 (5.31%) Kubernetes
4 63 (4.34%) Puppet
5 57 (3.93%) SCCM
6 42 (2.90%) Terraform
7 35 (2.41%) Grafana
8 29 (2.00%) WSUS
9 23 (1.59%) Prometheus
9 23 (1.59%) vCenter Server
10 18 (1.24%) Nmap
11 15 (1.03%) Nagios
12 14 (0.97%) Failover Clustering
12 14 (0.97%) HAProxy
13 13 (0.90%) FortiGate
13 13 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
13 13 (0.90%) WMI
14 11 (0.76%) SCOM
14 11 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
14 11 (0.76%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 560 (38.62%) Microsoft
2 354 (24.41%) VMware
3 222 (15.31%) Cisco
4 108 (7.45%) Oracle
5 90 (6.21%) Red Hat
6 76 (5.24%) Juniper
7 63 (4.34%) Citrix
8 56 (3.86%) Fortinet
9 54 (3.72%) Splunk
10 51 (3.52%) Meraki
11 49 (3.38%) Veeam
12 46 (3.17%) Sparx
13 40 (2.76%) Bloomberg
14 36 (2.48%) SolarWinds
15 35 (2.41%) Palo Alto
16 34 (2.34%) Apple
17 31 (2.14%) Google
17 31 (2.14%) HP
18 29 (2.00%) CheckPoint
18 29 (2.00%) Ruckus Wireless