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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 90 92
Rank change year-on-year -23 +2 +88
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 68 80 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 2.00% 1.79% 2.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.88% 12.14% 9.97%
Number of salaries quoted 46 43 38
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £30,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +3.23% -20.10%
75th Percentile £56,563 £57,500 £74,375
90th Percentile £76,250 £67,050 £75,000
England median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year -11.76% -8.60% +3.33%

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 688 659 572
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 20.28% 14.72% 22.57%
Number of salaries quoted 264 395 284
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,085 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.83% +17.65% -10.53%
75th Percentile £58,188 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £41,500 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -17.00% -3.85% -0.95%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing TCP/IP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025. 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
Suffolk - 20 £41,250 -
Bedfordshire +6 17 £47,500 +46.15% 5
Essex 0 15 £28,000 -30.00% 3
Hertfordshire -1 13 £32,500 -15.58% 24
Cambridgeshire -3 3 £53,750 -2.27% 14
TCP/IP
England

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (19.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (29.41%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (10.29%) AutoCAD
2 7 (10.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 26 (38.24%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (33.82%) Azure
3 6 (8.82%) Azure Storage
4 4 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.94%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.47%) AWS
6 1 (1.47%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 31 (45.59%) DNS
2 29 (42.65%) DHCP
3 25 (36.76%) VPN
4 18 (26.47%) Firewall
5 14 (20.59%) LAN
5 14 (20.59%) VoIP
6 12 (17.65%) VLAN
7 10 (14.71%) WAN
8 8 (11.76%) Network Security
8 8 (11.76%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (10.29%) FTP
9 7 (10.29%) HSRP
9 7 (10.29%) HTTP
9 7 (10.29%) SD-WAN
9 7 (10.29%) SMTP
9 7 (10.29%) VRRP
9 7 (10.29%) Wireless
10 6 (8.82%) Wireless Security
11 4 (5.88%) NGFW
12 3 (4.41%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (2.94%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (22.06%) Cucumber
1 15 (22.06%) Robot Framework
General
1 27 (39.71%) Social Skills
2 19 (27.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 15 (22.06%) Telecoms
4 7 (10.29%) Retail
5 4 (5.88%) Aerospace
6 2 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.94%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.47%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.47%) Finance
7 1 (1.47%) Law
7 1 (1.47%) Legal
Job Titles
1 17 (25.00%) IT Support
2 15 (22.06%) Test Automation Engineer
2 15 (22.06%) Test Engineer
3 10 (14.71%) Analyst
4 9 (13.24%) IT Support Specialist
4 9 (13.24%) Support Specialist
5 8 (11.76%) Support Engineer
6 6 (8.82%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 6 (8.82%) 3rd Line Support
6 6 (8.82%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 6 (8.82%) Administrator
6 6 (8.82%) IT Support Technician
6 6 (8.82%) IT Technician
6 6 (8.82%) Network Manager
6 6 (8.82%) Support Technician
6 6 (8.82%) Systems Administrator
6 6 (8.82%) Systems Engineer
6 6 (8.82%) Systems Support
6 6 (8.82%) Systems Support Engineer
7 4 (5.88%) Field Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.82%) LDAP
2 1 (1.47%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 15 (22.06%) Linux Command Line
2 9 (13.24%) Data Centre
2 9 (13.24%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (10.29%) Onboarding
4 6 (8.82%) Client/Server
5 4 (5.88%) Management Information System
6 3 (4.41%) Cyber Defence
6 3 (4.41%) Driving Licence
6 3 (4.41%) MISP
7 2 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (2.94%) Life Science
7 2 (2.94%) Robotics
8 1 (1.47%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.47%) PKI
8 1 (1.47%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.47%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 49 (72.06%) Windows
2 18 (26.47%) Windows Server
3 15 (22.06%) Linux
4 8 (11.76%) Mac OS
5 6 (8.82%) VMS
5 6 (8.82%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.47%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (33.82%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (27.94%) Coaching
3 19 (27.94%) Mentoring
4 15 (22.06%) DevOps
4 15 (22.06%) System Testing
4 15 (22.06%) Test Automation
4 15 (22.06%) Test Management
5 13 (19.12%) Customer Service
6 10 (14.71%) Disaster Recovery
6 10 (14.71%) SIEM
7 9 (13.24%) Security Operations
8 8 (11.76%) Incident Response
8 8 (11.76%) ITIL
8 8 (11.76%) Malware Analysis
9 7 (10.29%) Inventory Management
9 7 (10.29%) Network Management
9 7 (10.29%) Security Patching
10 6 (8.82%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 6 (8.82%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 31 (45.59%) PowerShell
2 16 (23.53%) Bash
2 16 (23.53%) Python
3 15 (22.06%) JavaScript
4 6 (8.82%) VBScript
5 1 (1.47%) Scala
Qualifications
1 21 (30.88%) Degree
2 8 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 6 (8.82%) MCSA
4 5 (7.35%) DV Cleared
5 3 (4.41%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.94%) CCNA
6 2 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.94%) MCDST
6 2 (2.94%) MCP
7 1 (1.47%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.47%) CISA
7 1 (1.47%) CISM
7 1 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.47%) CREST Certified
7 1 (1.47%) GCIA
7 1 (1.47%) GCIH
7 1 (1.47%) HNC
7 1 (1.47%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (22.06%) QA
2 3 (4.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.94%) GDPR
4 1 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.47%) GxP
4 1 (1.47%) NIST
System Software
1 19 (27.94%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (5.88%) QRadar
3 2 (2.94%) Nagios
4 1 (1.47%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 39 (57.35%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.24%) Cisco
3 7 (10.29%) Avaya
3 7 (10.29%) Extreme Networks
3 7 (10.29%) Mitel
3 7 (10.29%) Splunk
4 3 (4.41%) F5
5 2 (2.94%) Blue Coat
5 2 (2.94%) CheckPoint
5 2 (2.94%) Meraki
5 2 (2.94%) Palo Alto
5 2 (2.94%) Sophos
6 1 (1.47%) Apple
6 1 (1.47%) Citrix
6 1 (1.47%) Darktrace
6 1 (1.47%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.47%) LogRhythm