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 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 105 92
Rank change year-on-year +12 -13 +37
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 58 73 99
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.30% 2.12% 2.54%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.96% 11.32% 13.83%
Number of salaries quoted 48 31 75
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +15.38% -29.73%
75th Percentile £48,438 £63,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £62,230
England median annual salary £37,750 £48,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -22.16% +7.78% -

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 729 645 716
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 16.40% 18.74% 18.34%
Number of salaries quoted 270 321 556
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,561 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +14.94% +2.35%
75th Percentile £58,750 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -3.91%

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 31 January 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 31 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
Essex +21 23 £28,000 -25.33% 5
Cambridgeshire +3 9 £48,750 +77.27% 13
Suffolk - 9 £32,500 - 3
Norfolk +12 7 £33,250 +2.31% 4
Bedfordshire +30 6 £31,000 -14.48% 2
Hertfordshire -36 4 £51,250 -5.09% 10
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 25 (43.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (15.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (36.21%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (8.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (5.17%) AutoCAD
3 3 (5.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 40 (68.97%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (55.17%) Azure
3 11 (18.97%) Entra ID
4 5 (8.62%) Power Platform
5 4 (6.90%) OneDrive
6 3 (5.17%) IaaS
6 3 (5.17%) PaaS
7 1 (1.72%) AWS
7 1 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 39 (67.24%) DNS
2 38 (65.52%) DHCP
3 23 (39.66%) Firewall
4 18 (31.03%) VLAN
5 13 (22.41%) VoIP
5 13 (22.41%) VPN
6 11 (18.97%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (17.24%) LAN
7 10 (17.24%) WAN
8 9 (15.52%) Network Security
9 7 (12.07%) SMTP
10 6 (10.34%) IMAP
10 6 (10.34%) POP3
11 5 (8.62%) EIGRP
11 5 (8.62%) Intrusion Detection
11 5 (8.62%) OSPF
11 5 (8.62%) Wireless
11 5 (8.62%) Wireshark
12 3 (5.17%) SSL
12 3 (5.17%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.07%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (8.62%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.72%) GitLab
1 1 (1.72%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.72%) JIRA
1 1 (1.72%) Selenium
1 1 (1.72%) Visual Studio
1 1 (1.72%) WebDriver
General
1 29 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (18.97%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (6.90%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (6.90%) Retail
4 2 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (3.45%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.72%) Advertising
5 1 (1.72%) Electronics
5 1 (1.72%) Law
5 1 (1.72%) Legal
5 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (46.55%) IT Support
2 12 (20.69%) Support Engineer
3 11 (18.97%) IT Engineer
3 11 (18.97%) IT Support Engineer
4 9 (15.52%) IT Support Specialist
4 9 (15.52%) Support Specialist
5 8 (13.79%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (12.07%) IT Support Technician
6 7 (12.07%) IT Technician
6 7 (12.07%) Lead
6 7 (12.07%) Support Technician
7 5 (8.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 5 (8.62%) 3rd Line Support
7 5 (8.62%) Desktop Support
8 4 (6.90%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
8 4 (6.90%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (6.90%) Desktop Support Team Leader
8 4 (6.90%) Security Engineer
8 4 (6.90%) Support Team Leader
8 4 (6.90%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.72%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.52%) Driving Licence
1 9 (15.52%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.17%) Data Centre
2 3 (5.17%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (3.45%) Life Science
3 2 (3.45%) Robotics
4 1 (1.72%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.72%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 44 (75.86%) Windows
2 24 (41.38%) Windows Server
3 12 (20.69%) Windows 10
4 11 (18.97%) Mac OS
5 3 (5.17%) Linux
5 3 (5.17%) VMS
5 3 (5.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.72%) Android
6 1 (1.72%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.72%) OpenWrt
6 1 (1.72%) Windows 2000
6 1 (1.72%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.72%) Windows 8
6 1 (1.72%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (56.90%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (36.21%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (34.48%) Customer Service
3 20 (34.48%) ITIL
4 10 (17.24%) Security Patching
5 9 (15.52%) Inventory Management
6 8 (13.79%) Service Delivery
6 8 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (12.07%) Technical Leadership
8 6 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (10.34%) Time Management
8 6 (10.34%) User Experience
9 5 (8.62%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (8.62%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (8.62%) Incident Response
9 5 (8.62%) Network Monitoring
9 5 (8.62%) Root Cause Analysis
9 5 (8.62%) Strategic Thinking
10 4 (6.90%) Cost Reduction
10 4 (6.90%) Remote Monitoring and Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (34.48%) PowerShell
2 6 (10.34%) VBScript
3 2 (3.45%) Python
4 1 (1.72%) Bash
4 1 (1.72%) C
4 1 (1.72%) C++
4 1 (1.72%) Java
4 1 (1.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (29.31%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (17.24%) Azure Certification
3 8 (13.79%) CCNA
3 8 (13.79%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (13.79%) DBS Check
4 7 (12.07%) MCSA
5 6 (10.34%) Degree
6 5 (8.62%) CCNP
7 4 (6.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (6.90%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (5.17%) A+ Certification
8 3 (5.17%) MCDST
9 2 (3.45%) MCSE
9 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (3.45%) Security Cleared
10 1 (1.72%) AWS Certification
10 1 (1.72%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.72%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.72%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.45%) GDPR
1 2 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.72%) GxP
2 1 (1.72%) NIST
System Software
1 39 (67.24%) Active Directory
2 12 (20.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (5.17%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (5.17%) vSphere
4 2 (3.45%) Firmware
4 2 (3.45%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (15.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (5.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 3 (5.17%) SolarWinds Orion
2 3 (5.17%) vCenter Server
3 2 (3.45%) Nagios
4 1 (1.72%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 43 (74.14%) Microsoft
2 12 (20.69%) VMware
3 11 (18.97%) Cisco
4 9 (15.52%) Mitel
5 8 (13.79%) SolarWinds
6 3 (5.17%) Avaya
6 3 (5.17%) Blue Coat
6 3 (5.17%) CheckPoint
6 3 (5.17%) Citrix
6 3 (5.17%) Extreme Networks
6 3 (5.17%) F5
6 3 (5.17%) Palo Alto
7 2 (3.45%) Darktrace
7 2 (3.45%) LogRhythm
7 2 (3.45%) Meraki
7 2 (3.45%) Sophos
7 2 (3.45%) Splunk