TCP/IP Job Trends in Berkshire

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 127 103
Rank change year-on-year -3 -24 +49
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 15 11 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.76% 0.46% 2.09%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.43% 3.96% 14.79%
Number of salaries quoted 15 7 37
10th Percentile £28,250 - £23,800
25th Percentile £29,125 £47,500 £28,290
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile - £63,000 £71,250
South East median annual salary £37,000 £42,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year -12.94% -1.16% +13.16%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 159 278 284
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 8.06% 11.51% 14.13%
Number of salaries quoted 128 160 221
10th Percentile £22,750 £35,000 £27,625
25th Percentile £29,875 £40,472 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.38% - -12.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £41,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.00% - +5.26%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in Berkshire

TCP/IP
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing TCP/IP

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in Berkshire over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for TCP/IP in Berkshire

TCP/IP
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. 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
Reading +35 10 £62,500 +16.28% 6
Windsor - 4 £29,500 -
TCP/IP
South East

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (20.00%) IIS
3 1 (6.67%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.67%) AWS
2 1 (6.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 9 (60.00%) DNS
1 9 (60.00%) Firewall
2 8 (53.33%) VPN
3 6 (40.00%) DHCP
3 6 (40.00%) Network Security
4 4 (26.67%) VLAN
4 4 (26.67%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (13.33%) Broadband
5 2 (13.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.67%) Relational Database
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Back Office
2 1 (6.67%) Local Government
2 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 6 (40.00%) Security Engineer
1 6 (40.00%) Senior
1 6 (40.00%) Senior Security Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Desktop Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Desktop Support
2 4 (26.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Support Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Support Specialist
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Specialist
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Support
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Support Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (13.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.67%) Client/Server
3 1 (6.67%) Clustering
3 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (6.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (46.67%) Windows
2 4 (26.67%) Windows 10
3 3 (20.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (46.67%) ITIL
1 7 (46.67%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
2 6 (40.00%) Security Operations
2 6 (40.00%) SIEM
3 5 (33.33%) Customer Service
4 1 (6.67%) Analytics
4 1 (6.67%) Change Management
4 1 (6.67%) Client Onboarding
4 1 (6.67%) High Availability
4 1 (6.67%) Incident Management
4 1 (6.67%) Information Security
4 1 (6.67%) ITSM
4 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (6.67%) Project Management
4 1 (6.67%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) CCNA
1 6 (40.00%) CCNP
1 6 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (40.00%) CISSP
1 6 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 6 (40.00%) GCIA
1 6 (40.00%) SANS
2 2 (13.33%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) Docker
2 1 (6.67%) Hyper-V
2 1 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (6.67%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Cisco
3 1 (6.67%) Oracle
3 1 (6.67%) VMware