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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 102 102
Rank change year-on-year -50 0 +38
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 35 69 142
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.56% 2.36% 2.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.78% 10.82% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 26 46 116
10th Percentile £28,875 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,625 £36,125 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £36,250
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +31.03% -14.71%
75th Percentile £54,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,125 £63,500 -
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.18% -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 606 638 1,064
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 9.63% 21.80% 16.53%
Number of salaries quoted 293 234 807
10th Percentile £26,400 £28,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,191 £44,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.44% +4.71% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,438 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,500 £69,625 £68,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -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 31 May 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 May 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
Hertfordshire -28 12 £50,000 -19.35% 9
Essex -19 11 £32,500 -27.78% 4
Cambridgeshire -32 6 £45,000 -5.26% 5
Norfolk - 5 £34,000 - 1
Bedfordshire -8 1 £32,500 -31.58% 4
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 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (11.43%) SharePoint
2 3 (8.57%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (45.71%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (40.00%) Azure
3 11 (31.43%) Entra ID
4 4 (11.43%) IaaS
4 4 (11.43%) PaaS
5 1 (2.86%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 22 (62.86%) Firewall
2 18 (51.43%) DNS
3 17 (48.57%) DHCP
4 16 (45.71%) VPN
5 15 (42.86%) WAN
6 12 (34.29%) LAN
7 11 (31.43%) SMTP
8 7 (20.00%) FTP
8 7 (20.00%) HTTP
9 6 (17.14%) VLAN
10 4 (11.43%) IMAP
10 4 (11.43%) POP3
11 3 (8.57%) 4G
11 3 (8.57%) VoIP
11 3 (8.57%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (8.57%) Wireless
12 2 (5.71%) Network Security
13 1 (2.86%) Intrusion Detection
13 1 (2.86%) SSL
13 1 (2.86%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.43%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) JIRA
2 1 (2.86%) GitLab
2 1 (2.86%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.86%) Selenium
2 1 (2.86%) WebDriver
General
1 16 (45.71%) Social Skills
2 12 (34.29%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (17.14%) Aerospace
4 4 (11.43%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (11.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (8.57%) Finance
5 3 (8.57%) Games
5 3 (8.57%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (8.57%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.86%) Advertising
6 1 (2.86%) Electronics
6 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (28.57%) IT Support
2 9 (25.71%) Analyst
3 7 (20.00%) Lead
4 6 (17.14%) SOC Analyst
5 5 (14.29%) IT Engineer
6 4 (11.43%) Consultant
6 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 4 (11.43%) Support Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Cloud Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Field Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) IT Analyst
7 3 (8.57%) IT Support Analyst
7 3 (8.57%) IT Support Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (8.57%) Service Desk Team Leader
7 3 (8.57%) Support Analyst
7 3 (8.57%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (20.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (25.71%) Driving Licence
2 7 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (17.14%) Client/Server
4 4 (11.43%) Onboarding
5 3 (8.57%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.86%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (2.86%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 18 (51.43%) Windows
2 9 (25.71%) Windows Server
3 4 (11.43%) VMS
3 4 (11.43%) Windows 10
3 4 (11.43%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (8.57%) Linux
5 2 (5.71%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.86%) Android
6 1 (2.86%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (37.14%) Customer Service
3 12 (34.29%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (31.43%) ITIL
5 7 (20.00%) Security Operations
6 6 (17.14%) Analytical Thinking
6 6 (17.14%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 6 (17.14%) SIEM
6 6 (17.14%) Use Case
7 5 (14.29%) Project Delivery
7 5 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (11.43%) AI
8 4 (11.43%) Capacity Management
8 4 (11.43%) Change Management
8 4 (11.43%) Incident Response
8 4 (11.43%) Infrastructure as Code
8 4 (11.43%) Proactive Maintenance
8 4 (11.43%) Runbook
8 4 (11.43%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 13 (37.14%) PowerShell
2 7 (20.00%) Python
3 6 (17.14%) Bash
3 6 (17.14%) C++
3 6 (17.14%) Perl
4 1 (2.86%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (34.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (25.71%) Azure Certification
3 8 (22.86%) Degree
3 8 (22.86%) Security Cleared
4 7 (20.00%) CCNA
4 7 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (20.00%) DBS Check
5 6 (17.14%) CEH
5 6 (17.14%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (17.14%) CREST Certified
5 6 (17.14%) SC Cleared
6 4 (11.43%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (8.57%) A+ Certification
7 3 (8.57%) MCDST
7 3 (8.57%) MCSE
7 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 1 (2.86%) CCNP
8 1 (2.86%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 9 (25.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (14.29%) Hyper-V
4 4 (11.43%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (11.43%) vSphere
5 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (8.57%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (2.86%) Firmware
6 1 (2.86%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (17.14%) QRadar
2 4 (11.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (11.43%) SolarWinds Orion
2 4 (11.43%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 31 (88.57%) Microsoft
2 9 (25.71%) VMware
3 8 (22.86%) Splunk
4 5 (14.29%) Cisco
4 5 (14.29%) SolarWinds
5 3 (8.57%) Citrix
5 3 (8.57%) Meraki
5 3 (8.57%) SonicWALL
5 3 (8.57%) Sophos
6 1 (2.86%) Blue Coat
6 1 (2.86%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.86%) Darktrace
6 1 (2.86%) F5
6 1 (2.86%) LogRhythm
6 1 (2.86%) MobileIron
6 1 (2.86%) Palo Alto
6 1 (2.86%) Sage