TCP/IP Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 68 57
Rank change year-on-year +8 -11 +68
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 6 16 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.70% 1.83% 2.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.23% 8.25% 8.86%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 12
10th Percentile £31,125 - -
25th Percentile £38,438 £26,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £27,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +77.27% -50.00% -26.67%
75th Percentile £54,688 £40,625 £59,375
90th Percentile £56,375 £47,750 £69,500
East of England median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.33% -28.57% +6.06%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 83 194 158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 9.63% 22.17% 22.54%
Number of salaries quoted 63 104 93
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,400 £31,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £38,668 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.04% -1.82% +28.84%
75th Percentile £71,875 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,250 £72,500 £70,000
East of England median annual salary £40,000 £51,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year -21.57% +5.15% +14.12%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

TCP/IP job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

TCP/IP
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing TCP/IP

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for TCP/IP in Cambridgeshire

TCP/IP
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Cambridge +3 4 £45,000 +63.64% 6
TCP/IP
East of England

TCP/IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (16.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) DHCP
1 2 (33.33%) DNS
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) RS-232
2 1 (16.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) GitLab
1 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
1 1 (16.67%) Selenium
1 1 (16.67%) WebDriver
General
1 2 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Advertising
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Electronics
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Field Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Field Service Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) IT Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) IT Support
1 2 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Deskside Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Robotics Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Test Automation Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Life Science
1 2 (33.33%) Robotics
2 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (16.67%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Android
2 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (33.33%) Preventative Maintenance
3 1 (16.67%) Biotechnology
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) Defect Management
3 1 (16.67%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Physics
3 1 (16.67%) Presales
3 1 (16.67%) Robotic Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Security Patching
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) HNC
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
1 1 (16.67%) GxP
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (33.33%) Firmware
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) VMware