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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 107 102
Rank change year-on-year -33 -5 +33
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 51 69 140
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.78% 2.05% 2.11%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.53% 10.85% 13.82%
Number of salaries quoted 39 47 113
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,250 £33,375 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £47,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +26.67% -
75th Percentile £54,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £60,250 £63,500 -
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% -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 535 636 1,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 8.17% 18.87% 15.28%
Number of salaries quoted 338 228 778
10th Percentile £26,375 £27,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,191 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% - +6.25%
75th Percentile £55,938 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £67,875 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -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 5 July 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 5 July 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 -6 17 £35,000 -22.22% 8
Hertfordshire -27 15 £49,500 +12.50% 13
Cambridgeshire -19 11 £46,000 -5.64% 10
Bedfordshire -9 4 £34,000 -28.42% 1
Norfolk - 4 £34,000 -
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 11 (21.57%) SharePoint
2 10 (19.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (5.88%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (50.98%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (43.14%) Azure
3 20 (39.22%) Entra ID
4 4 (7.84%) IaaS
4 4 (7.84%) OneDrive
4 4 (7.84%) PaaS
5 1 (1.96%) AWS
5 1 (1.96%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 29 (56.86%) Firewall
2 27 (52.94%) DHCP
2 27 (52.94%) DNS
3 20 (39.22%) VPN
3 20 (39.22%) WAN
4 17 (33.33%) LAN
5 12 (23.53%) VLAN
6 11 (21.57%) SMTP
7 8 (15.69%) FTP
7 8 (15.69%) HTTP
8 5 (9.80%) Wireless
9 4 (7.84%) VoIP
9 4 (7.84%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (5.88%) 4G
10 3 (5.88%) IMAP
10 3 (5.88%) POP3
11 1 (1.96%) Network Security
11 1 (1.96%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.84%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 3 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 25 (49.02%) Social Skills
2 11 (21.57%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.76%) Aerospace
3 6 (11.76%) Finance
3 6 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (9.80%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (7.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (7.84%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.88%) Games
6 3 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (25.49%) IT Engineer
1 13 (25.49%) IT Support
2 10 (19.61%) Analyst
3 7 (13.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (13.73%) Lead
3 7 (13.73%) Senior
3 7 (13.73%) SOC Analyst
3 7 (13.73%) Support Engineer
4 6 (11.76%) Cloud Engineer
4 6 (11.76%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (11.76%) IT Support Engineer
4 6 (11.76%) Senior Cloud Engineer
4 6 (11.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (9.80%) Field Engineer
6 4 (7.84%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (7.84%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (7.84%) Consultant
6 4 (7.84%) Field Service Engineer
6 4 (7.84%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 4 (7.84%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (15.69%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (27.45%) Driving Licence
2 8 (15.69%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (13.73%) Client/Server
4 5 (9.80%) Onboarding
5 3 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (5.88%) FMCG
5 3 (5.88%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.96%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 32 (62.75%) Windows
2 20 (39.22%) Windows Server
3 8 (15.69%) Windows 10
4 6 (11.76%) Linux
5 4 (7.84%) VMS
5 4 (7.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (5.88%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.96%) Android
7 1 (1.96%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.96%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (50.98%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (43.14%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (39.22%) Customer Service
4 11 (21.57%) ITIL
4 11 (21.57%) Security Operations
5 10 (19.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 10 (19.61%) Project Delivery
6 9 (17.65%) SIEM
7 7 (13.73%) Analytical Thinking
7 7 (13.73%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (13.73%) Incident Response
7 7 (13.73%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 7 (13.73%) Use Case
8 6 (11.76%) Mentoring
9 5 (9.80%) Service Delivery
10 4 (7.84%) AI
10 4 (7.84%) Change Management
10 4 (7.84%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (7.84%) Root Cause Analysis
10 4 (7.84%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (37.25%) PowerShell
2 7 (13.73%) C++
3 6 (11.76%) Bash
3 6 (11.76%) Perl
3 6 (11.76%) Python
4 1 (1.96%) C
Qualifications
1 13 (25.49%) Microsoft Certification
2 12 (23.53%) Degree
3 10 (19.61%) CCNA
3 10 (19.61%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (17.65%) Azure Certification
4 9 (17.65%) Security Cleared
5 7 (13.73%) CEH
5 7 (13.73%) CompTIA Security+
5 7 (13.73%) SC Cleared
6 6 (11.76%) CREST Certified
6 6 (11.76%) DBS Check
7 5 (9.80%) Network+ Certification
8 4 (7.84%) CCNP
9 3 (5.88%) A+ Certification
9 3 (5.88%) MCDST
9 3 (5.88%) MCSE
9 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (3.92%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.88%) SLA
2 2 (3.92%) GDPR
3 1 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.96%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 30 (58.82%) Active Directory
2 14 (27.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (19.61%) Hyper-V
4 7 (13.73%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (7.84%) vSphere
6 3 (5.88%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (5.88%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (1.96%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (11.76%) QRadar
2 4 (7.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (7.84%) SolarWinds Orion
2 4 (7.84%) vCenter Server
3 1 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 42 (82.35%) Microsoft
2 14 (27.45%) VMware
3 8 (15.69%) Splunk
4 4 (7.84%) Cisco
4 4 (7.84%) Citrix
4 4 (7.84%) Meraki
4 4 (7.84%) SolarWinds
4 4 (7.84%) Sophos
5 3 (5.88%) ConnectWise
5 3 (5.88%) SonicWALL
5 3 (5.88%) Ubiquiti
6 1 (1.96%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.96%) Google
6 1 (1.96%) MobileIron
6 1 (1.96%) Sage
6 1 (1.96%) WatchGuard