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 12 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 84 95
Rank change year-on-year -57 +11 +63
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 37 71 138
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.62% 2.74% 2.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.76% 20.17% 13.79%
Number of salaries quoted 27 53 113
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 -
25th Percentile £27,125 £31,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £47,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.42% +46.15% -23.53%
75th Percentile £41,750 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £64,500 £63,700 -
England median annual salary £40,000 £46,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +8.24% -5.56%

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 777 352 1,001
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 12.95% 13.61% 17.02%
Number of salaries quoted 275 266 771
10th Percentile £26,900 £28,125 £24,840
25th Percentile £31,000 £34,125 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £51,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -17.48% +8.42% -5.00%

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 12 April 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 12 April 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 -12 14 £40,500 -10.00%
Norfolk - 10 £34,000 -
Cambridgeshire -23 8 £36,250 -23.68% 8
Bedfordshire -3 3 £31,000 -22.50% 4
Hertfordshire -42 2 £48,750 -21.37% 9
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 17 (45.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (24.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 26 (70.27%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (62.16%) Azure
3 11 (29.73%) Entra ID
4 4 (10.81%) IaaS
4 4 (10.81%) OneDrive
4 4 (10.81%) PaaS
5 3 (8.11%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.70%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (64.86%) DNS
2 23 (62.16%) DHCP
3 20 (54.05%) Firewall
4 12 (32.43%) VPN
4 12 (32.43%) WAN
5 11 (29.73%) VLAN
6 9 (24.32%) IMAP
6 9 (24.32%) LAN
6 9 (24.32%) POP3
6 9 (24.32%) SMTP
7 6 (16.22%) Network Security
7 6 (16.22%) Wireless
8 5 (13.51%) EIGRP
8 5 (13.51%) Intrusion Detection
8 5 (13.51%) OSPF
8 5 (13.51%) Wireshark
9 4 (10.81%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (8.11%) 4G
10 3 (8.11%) VoIP
11 1 (2.70%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (21.62%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (8.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) GitLab
1 1 (2.70%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.70%) Selenium
1 1 (2.70%) WebDriver
General
1 21 (56.76%) Social Skills
2 10 (27.03%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (10.81%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (8.11%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.70%) Advertising
5 1 (2.70%) Electronics
5 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (29.73%) IT Support
2 10 (27.03%) Lead
3 9 (24.32%) Support Engineer
4 8 (21.62%) 2nd Line Support
4 8 (21.62%) IT Engineer
4 8 (21.62%) IT Support Engineer
5 7 (18.92%) Team Leader
6 5 (13.51%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 5 (13.51%) 3rd Line Support
6 5 (13.51%) Desktop Support
7 4 (10.81%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 4 (10.81%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 4 (10.81%) Consultant
7 4 (10.81%) Desktop Support Team Leader
7 4 (10.81%) Desktop Team Leader
7 4 (10.81%) Infrastructure Consultant
7 4 (10.81%) Support Team Leader
8 3 (8.11%) Cloud Engineer
8 3 (8.11%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 3 (8.11%) Service Desk Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 11 (29.73%) Driving Licence
2 5 (13.51%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.70%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.70%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 32 (86.49%) Windows
2 21 (56.76%) Windows Server
3 7 (18.92%) Windows 10
4 4 (10.81%) VMS
4 4 (10.81%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (5.41%) Android
5 2 (5.41%) Apple iOS
5 2 (5.41%) Linux
5 2 (5.41%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.70%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (48.65%) ITIL
2 14 (37.84%) Customer Service
3 12 (32.43%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (24.32%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (24.32%) Time Management
5 8 (21.62%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (21.62%) Service Delivery
6 7 (18.92%) Technical Leadership
7 5 (13.51%) Network Monitoring
7 5 (13.51%) Project Delivery
7 5 (13.51%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (13.51%) Strategic Thinking
8 4 (10.81%) AI
8 4 (10.81%) Capacity Management
8 4 (10.81%) Change Management
8 4 (10.81%) Infrastructure as Code
8 4 (10.81%) Performance Tuning
8 4 (10.81%) Proactive Maintenance
8 4 (10.81%) Runbook
8 4 (10.81%) Server Building
Programming Languages
1 12 (32.43%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.41%) Python
3 1 (2.70%) Bash
3 1 (2.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (40.54%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (32.43%) CCNA
2 12 (32.43%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (32.43%) DBS Check
3 11 (29.73%) Azure Certification
4 6 (16.22%) Degree
5 5 (13.51%) CCNP
6 4 (10.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (10.81%) MCSE
6 4 (10.81%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (8.11%) MCDST
7 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (5.41%) A+ Certification
9 1 (2.70%) AWS Certification
9 1 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 32 (86.49%) Active Directory
2 12 (32.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (10.81%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (10.81%) vSphere
4 1 (2.70%) Firmware
4 1 (2.70%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (29.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (10.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (10.81%) SolarWinds Orion
2 4 (10.81%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 32 (86.49%) Microsoft
2 12 (32.43%) VMware
3 9 (24.32%) SolarWinds
4 6 (16.22%) Cisco
5 3 (8.11%) Citrix
5 3 (8.11%) Meraki
5 3 (8.11%) Sophos
6 1 (2.70%) Blue Coat
6 1 (2.70%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.70%) Darktrace
6 1 (2.70%) F5
6 1 (2.70%) LogRhythm
6 1 (2.70%) MobileIron
6 1 (2.70%) Palo Alto
6 1 (2.70%) Splunk