TCP/IP Job Trends in Bedfordshire

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 59 16
Rank change year-on-year +32 -43 +49
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 6 5 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 2.05% 1.25% 7.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.27% 4.63% 35.90%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 £36,250 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -14.48% -29.27% +20.59%
75th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £76,875
90th Percentile £46,125 - £85,000
East of England median annual salary £32,500 £38,750 £51,250
% change year-on-year -16.13% -24.39% +3.54%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Bedfordshire

TCP/IP 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 Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 22 108 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 7.51% 27.07% 20.00%
Number of salaries quoted 21 22 26
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,900 -
25th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £35,685
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +5.09% -16.04%
75th Percentile £40,000 £62,188 £65,625
90th Percentile £66,250 £74,875 £73,750
East of England median annual salary £40,000 £50,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -20.79% +4.12% +14.12%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing TCP/IP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire.

TCP/IP job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

TCP/IP
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing TCP/IP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing TCP/IP

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for TCP/IP in Bedfordshire

TCP/IP
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 5 January 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
Luton +14 6 £31,000 -22.50% 4
TCP/IP
East of England

TCP/IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
2 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (83.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DHCP
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
1 1 (16.67%) Network Security
1 1 (16.67%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) Power BI
General
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (16.67%) Legal
1 1 (16.67%) Retail
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) IT Engineer
1 5 (83.33%) IT Support
1 5 (83.33%) IT Support Engineer
1 5 (83.33%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (83.33%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (83.33%) Collaborative Working
2 5 (83.33%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Forensics
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Security
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Identity Management
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (16.67%) Incident Response
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security
3 1 (16.67%) Malware Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (16.67%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) SIEM
3 1 (16.67%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) A+ Certification
1 1 (16.67%) CEH
1 1 (16.67%) CISA
1 1 (16.67%) CISM
1 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft