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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 108 86
Rank change year-on-year +1 -22 +55
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 54 83 47
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 1.46% 1.96% 2.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.71% 11.89% 12.43%
Number of salaries quoted 49 39 31
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% - -20.00%
75th Percentile £42,000 £63,500 £61,025
90th Percentile £76,250 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -21.05% +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 620 698 378
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 16.75% 16.45% 18.43%
Number of salaries quoted 303 349 273
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £74,500 £74,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £40,000 £53,050 £51,500
% change year-on-year -24.60% +3.01% -1.90%

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 26 November 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 26 November 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
Essex +11 20 £28,000 -25.33% 2
Suffolk - 12 £52,500 - 2
Bedfordshire +33 7 £31,000 -22.50% 1
Hertfordshire -21 6 £32,500 -39.81% 15
Norfolk +15 5 £33,250 -5.00% 5
Cambridgeshire 0 4 £52,500 +16.67% 14
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 26 (48.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (20.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (37.04%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (11.11%) AutoCAD
2 6 (11.11%) MS Visio
3 5 (9.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (9.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 37 (68.52%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (51.85%) Azure
3 6 (11.11%) OneDrive
4 5 (9.26%) Entra ID
4 5 (9.26%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.70%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.85%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (55.56%) DHCP
1 30 (55.56%) DNS
2 18 (33.33%) Firewall
3 16 (29.63%) VoIP
4 12 (22.22%) VLAN
5 11 (20.37%) LAN
5 11 (20.37%) VPN
5 11 (20.37%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (14.81%) WAN
7 7 (12.96%) Network Security
8 6 (11.11%) HSRP
8 6 (11.11%) SD-WAN
8 6 (11.11%) SMTP
8 6 (11.11%) VRRP
9 4 (7.41%) IMAP
9 4 (7.41%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (7.41%) POP3
10 3 (5.56%) EIGRP
10 3 (5.56%) OSPF
10 3 (5.56%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.11%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (9.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.85%) JIRA
1 1 (1.85%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.96%) Retail
3 5 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (3.70%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.85%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.85%) Law
5 1 (1.85%) Legal
5 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (50.00%) IT Support
2 12 (22.22%) Support Engineer
3 11 (20.37%) IT Engineer
3 11 (20.37%) IT Support Engineer
4 9 (16.67%) IT Support Specialist
4 9 (16.67%) Support Specialist
5 8 (14.81%) 2nd Line Support
6 7 (12.96%) IT Support Technician
6 7 (12.96%) IT Technician
6 7 (12.96%) Support Technician
7 6 (11.11%) Network Manager
8 5 (9.26%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 5 (9.26%) Desktop Support
9 4 (7.41%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 4 (7.41%) Desktop Support Team Leader
9 4 (7.41%) Desktop Team Leader
9 4 (7.41%) Field Engineer
9 4 (7.41%) Field Service Engineer
9 4 (7.41%) Support Team Leader
9 4 (7.41%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.70%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 7 (12.96%) Driving Licence
3 6 (11.11%) Data Centre
4 3 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (3.70%) Life Science
5 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.70%) Robotics
5 2 (3.70%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.85%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.85%) MISP
Operating Systems
1 41 (75.93%) Windows
2 21 (38.89%) Windows Server
3 11 (20.37%) Mac OS
3 11 (20.37%) Windows 10
4 2 (3.70%) Linux
5 1 (1.85%) OpenWrt
5 1 (1.85%) Windows 2000
5 1 (1.85%) Windows 8
5 1 (1.85%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (57.41%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
3 20 (37.04%) Customer Service
4 19 (35.19%) ITIL
5 9 (16.67%) Inventory Management
5 9 (16.67%) Security Patching
6 8 (14.81%) Service Delivery
7 6 (11.11%) Cost Reduction
7 6 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (11.11%) Network Management
7 6 (11.11%) User Experience
8 5 (9.26%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (9.26%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (7.41%) Incident Response
9 4 (7.41%) Remote Monitoring and Management
9 4 (7.41%) Technical Leadership
9 4 (7.41%) Time Management
10 3 (5.56%) Network Monitoring
10 3 (5.56%) SIEM
10 3 (5.56%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 17 (31.48%) PowerShell
2 6 (11.11%) VBScript
3 1 (1.85%) Bash
3 1 (1.85%) C
3 1 (1.85%) C++
3 1 (1.85%) Python
3 1 (1.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (20.37%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (12.96%) MCSA
3 6 (11.11%) CCNA
3 6 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (11.11%) DBS Check
4 5 (9.26%) Azure Certification
5 4 (7.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (5.56%) A+ Certification
6 3 (5.56%) CCNP
6 3 (5.56%) Degree
6 3 (5.56%) MCDST
6 3 (5.56%) Security Cleared
7 2 (3.70%) DV Cleared
7 2 (3.70%) MCP
7 2 (3.70%) MCSE
8 1 (1.85%) AWS Certification
8 1 (1.85%) CISA
8 1 (1.85%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.85%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.70%) GDPR
1 2 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.85%) GxP
2 1 (1.85%) NIST
System Software
1 33 (61.11%) Active Directory
2 6 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.70%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.85%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (18.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.70%) Nagios
3 1 (1.85%) CSIRT
3 1 (1.85%) QRadar
Vendors
1 38 (70.37%) Microsoft
2 11 (20.37%) Cisco
3 9 (16.67%) Mitel
4 6 (11.11%) Avaya
4 6 (11.11%) Extreme Networks
4 6 (11.11%) VMware
5 3 (5.56%) SolarWinds
6 2 (3.70%) Blue Coat
6 2 (3.70%) CheckPoint
6 2 (3.70%) F5
6 2 (3.70%) Meraki
6 2 (3.70%) Palo Alto
6 2 (3.70%) Sophos
6 2 (3.70%) Splunk
7 1 (1.85%) Darktrace
7 1 (1.85%) LogRhythm