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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 126 101
Rank change year-on-year +7 -25 +45
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 16 14 43
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.85% 0.64% 2.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.32% 6.90% 15.41%
Number of salaries quoted 15 5 38
10th Percentile £30,500 £49,000 £28,290
25th Percentile £33,375 £51,250 £33,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% +3.30%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile - £67,500 £80,750
South East median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -21.05% -5.00% +42.86%

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 155 203 279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 8.26% 9.31% 14.70%
Number of salaries quoted 116 114 235
10th Percentile £25,000 £35,375 £30,100
25th Percentile £31,250 £43,938 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £53,625 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% +2.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £61,563 £69,688 £63,625
90th Percentile £76,875 £80,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £42,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -21.30% +8.00% +1.73%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

TCP/IP job vacancy trend 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 27 October 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 27 October 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 +40 14 £58,750 +4.44% 5
Slough -41 1 - - 18
Thatcham - 1 £36,000 -
TCP/IP
South East

TCP/IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 3 (18.75%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Azure
2 2 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (62.50%) Firewall
2 7 (43.75%) Network Security
3 5 (31.25%) DNS
3 5 (31.25%) VPN
4 3 (18.75%) DHCP
4 3 (18.75%) VoIP
5 2 (12.50%) Broadband
6 1 (6.25%) Ethernet
6 1 (6.25%) LAN
6 1 (6.25%) MQTT
6 1 (6.25%) WAN
6 1 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 7 (43.75%) Security Engineer
1 7 (43.75%) Senior
1 7 (43.75%) Senior Security Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (12.50%) Field Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Field Service Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Lead
3 2 (12.50%) Photocopier Engineer
3 2 (12.50%) Support Specialist
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Specialist
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Support
3 2 (12.50%) Technical Support Specialist
4 1 (6.25%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 1 (6.25%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (6.25%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Middleware
1 1 (6.25%) REST
1 1 (6.25%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (43.75%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (12.50%) Clustering
2 2 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 2 (12.50%) Driving Licence
2 2 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 2 (12.50%) Replication
2 2 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (6.25%) FMCG
3 1 (6.25%) Life Science
3 1 (6.25%) LIMS
3 1 (6.25%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) Windows Server
3 2 (12.50%) Linux
4 1 (6.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (43.75%) ITIL
1 7 (43.75%) Penetration Testing
1 7 (43.75%) Security Operations
1 7 (43.75%) SIEM
2 2 (12.50%) High Availability
2 2 (12.50%) Presales
2 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (6.25%) Biotechnology
3 1 (6.25%) Computer Science
3 1 (6.25%) Customer Service
3 1 (6.25%) Data Integration
3 1 (6.25%) Data Management
3 1 (6.25%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (6.25%) Digital Strategy
3 1 (6.25%) Informatics
3 1 (6.25%) Information Management
3 1 (6.25%) Storage Management
3 1 (6.25%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.25%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) CCNA
1 7 (43.75%) CCNP
1 7 (43.75%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (43.75%) CISSP
1 7 (43.75%) CompTIA Security+
1 7 (43.75%) GCIA
1 7 (43.75%) SANS
2 2 (12.50%) A+ Certification
3 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.25%) Degree
3 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (43.75%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (43.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 1 (6.25%) GxP
2 1 (6.25%) QA
2 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 2 (12.50%) Docker
2 2 (12.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (18.75%) Cisco
3 1 (6.25%) Agilent