TCP/IP Job Trends in the East of England

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 101 99
Rank change year-on-year -34 -2 +3
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 63 71 75
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.88% 2.05% 1.62%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.11% 10.36% 11.66%
Number of salaries quoted 53 49 62
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +18.75% +6.67%
75th Percentile £53,500 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £64,300 £59,324
England median annual salary £38,250 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -11.76% -6.08%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 567 685 643
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 7.91% 19.81% 13.86%
Number of salaries quoted 380 263 455
10th Percentile £26,375 £27,500 £25,600
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £61,875
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £73,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -2.91%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

TCP/IP job vacancy trend in the East of England

TCP/IP
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing TCP/IP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing TCP/IP

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in the East of England over the 6 months to 9 August 2026.

Salary histogram for TCP/IP in the East of England

TCP/IP
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the East of England region over the 6 months to 9 August 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
Essex -1 20 £35,000 -22.22% 4
Hertfordshire -25 19 £49,500 -20.16% 7
Cambridgeshire -24 10 £50,500 +3.59% 6
Bedfordshire -19 6 £34,000 -28.42% 1
Norfolk - 6 £35,750 - 3
Suffolk -4 2 £57,500 +4.55%
TCP/IP
England

TCP/IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 13 (20.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (19.05%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.76%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 35 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (42.86%) Azure
3 22 (34.92%) Entra ID
4 4 (6.35%) OneDrive
5 2 (3.17%) AWS
5 2 (3.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (3.17%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (3.17%) Azure Storage
5 2 (3.17%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 34 (53.97%) Firewall
2 31 (49.21%) DHCP
2 31 (49.21%) DNS
3 25 (39.68%) VPN
4 21 (33.33%) WAN
5 18 (28.57%) LAN
6 11 (17.46%) SMTP
7 9 (14.29%) VLAN
8 8 (12.70%) FTP
8 8 (12.70%) HTTP
8 8 (12.70%) Wireless
9 4 (6.35%) VoIP
9 4 (6.35%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (4.76%) 4G
10 3 (4.76%) IMAP
10 3 (4.76%) POP3
11 2 (3.17%) Modbus
11 2 (3.17%) Network Security
11 2 (3.17%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 31 (49.21%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.70%) Finance
3 7 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.52%) Aerospace
4 6 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (7.94%) Retail
6 4 (6.35%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.76%) Games
8 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (31.75%) IT Engineer
2 18 (28.57%) IT Support
3 13 (20.63%) Support Engineer
4 12 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (15.87%) Analyst
6 9 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
7 7 (11.11%) Field Engineer
7 7 (11.11%) Senior
7 7 (11.11%) SOC Analyst
8 6 (9.52%) Field Service Engineer
8 6 (9.52%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (9.52%) Support Technician
9 5 (7.94%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 5 (7.94%) 2nd Line Support
9 5 (7.94%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 5 (7.94%) ICT Support
9 5 (7.94%) ICT Support Technician
9 5 (7.94%) ICT Technician
9 5 (7.94%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 5 (7.94%) Security Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.70%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (31.75%) Driving Licence
2 9 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 8 (12.70%) Security Operations Centre
4 7 (11.11%) Client/Server
5 5 (7.94%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (7.94%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (4.76%) CCTV
6 3 (4.76%) FMCG
6 3 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (3.17%) Data Centre
7 2 (3.17%) Replication
7 2 (3.17%) SCADA
8 1 (1.59%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 43 (68.25%) Windows
2 24 (38.10%) Windows Server
3 9 (14.29%) Windows 10
4 8 (12.70%) Linux
5 3 (4.76%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.59%) Android
6 1 (1.59%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.59%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (50.79%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (41.27%) Customer Service
3 24 (38.10%) Cybersecurity
4 17 (26.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 13 (20.63%) Security Operations
5 13 (20.63%) SIEM
6 11 (17.46%) Disaster Recovery
7 9 (14.29%) ITIL
8 7 (11.11%) Analytical Thinking
8 7 (11.11%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 7 (11.11%) Project Delivery
8 7 (11.11%) Service Delivery
8 7 (11.11%) Use Case
9 6 (9.52%) Incident Response
9 6 (9.52%) Patch Management
10 5 (7.94%) Budgeting
10 5 (7.94%) Computer Science
10 5 (7.94%) Mentoring
10 5 (7.94%) Telehealth
11 4 (6.35%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 19 (30.16%) PowerShell
2 7 (11.11%) C++
3 6 (9.52%) Bash
3 6 (9.52%) Perl
3 6 (9.52%) Python
4 2 (3.17%) Bicep
5 1 (1.59%) C
Qualifications
1 12 (19.05%) Degree
2 11 (17.46%) CCNA
2 11 (17.46%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 7 (11.11%) CEH
4 7 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
4 7 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (11.11%) SC Cleared
5 6 (9.52%) CREST Certified
5 6 (9.52%) DBS Check
6 5 (7.94%) Azure Certification
6 5 (7.94%) CCNP
7 3 (4.76%) A+ Certification
7 3 (4.76%) MCDST
7 3 (4.76%) MCSE
7 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (3.17%) DV Cleared
8 2 (3.17%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (3.17%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.76%) SLA
2 2 (3.17%) GDPR
3 1 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.59%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 33 (52.38%) Active Directory
2 15 (23.81%) Hyper-V
3 12 (19.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (7.94%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (7.94%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (4.76%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (1.59%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 8 (12.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (9.52%) QRadar
3 2 (3.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (3.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 48 (76.19%) Microsoft
2 12 (19.05%) VMware
3 8 (12.70%) Splunk
4 6 (9.52%) Ubiquiti
5 5 (7.94%) Cisco
5 5 (7.94%) Meraki
5 5 (7.94%) Sophos
6 3 (4.76%) ConnectWise
6 3 (4.76%) SonicWALL
7 2 (3.17%) Citrix
7 2 (3.17%) Fortinet
7 2 (3.17%) Google
7 2 (3.17%) Veeam
7 2 (3.17%) WatchGuard
8 1 (1.59%) MobileIron
8 1 (1.59%) Sage