TCP/IP Jobs in England

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring TCP/IP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited TCP/IP over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 267 191 229
Rank change year-on-year -76 +38 +35
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 580 1,287 1,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.20% 1.46% 1.59%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.67% 10.66% 9.95%
Number of salaries quoted 394 1,056 987
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.56% +3.45%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £62,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £77,586
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 8,691 12,070 13,935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.97% 13.65% 16.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,631 8,541 7,118
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £35,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% -5.00% -4.76%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in England

TCP/IP
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in England.

Salary trend for TCP/IP in England

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for TCP/IP in England

TCP/IP
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
London +17 193 £51,500 -20.77% 167
South East +3 140 £37,500 - 87
Midlands -30 87 £32,500 -10.96% 55
North of England -78 77 £39,500 -1.25% 99
East of England -15 69 £47,500 +26.67% 64
West Midlands +11 50 £32,500 -5.80% 24
Yorkshire +5 44 £36,250 -5.84% 49
East Midlands -11 37 £31,000 -22.50% 30
North West -85 29 £39,500 -1.25% 40
South West -9 17 £51,729 +57.95% 68
North East +44 4 £69,384 +193.69% 14
TCP/IP
UK

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 72 (12.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (8.62%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.76%) IIS
4 7 (1.21%) nginx
5 6 (1.03%) Apache Solr
6 5 (0.86%) Apache
7 2 (0.34%) CMS
7 2 (0.34%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.34%) WordPress
8 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2003
8 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2013
8 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.17%) SAS
8 1 (0.17%) Traefik
Applications
1 89 (15.34%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.21%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (1.03%) Dynamics NAV
1 6 (1.03%) SAP ERP
2 4 (0.69%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 190 (32.76%) Azure
2 177 (30.52%) Microsoft 365
3 111 (19.14%) AWS
4 35 (6.03%) Entra ID
4 35 (6.03%) GCP
5 32 (5.52%) Cloud Computing
6 30 (5.17%) OneDrive
7 19 (3.28%) SaaS
8 17 (2.93%) Google Workspace
9 14 (2.41%) AWS CloudFormation
9 14 (2.41%) Power Automate
10 13 (2.24%) Mimecast
11 11 (1.90%) Nutanix
12 10 (1.72%) Amazon ECR
12 10 (1.72%) Amazon ECS
12 10 (1.72%) Amazon ElastiCache
12 10 (1.72%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 10 (1.72%) AWS CodeBuild
12 10 (1.72%) dbt
12 10 (1.72%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 268 (46.21%) DNS
2 227 (39.14%) DHCP
3 215 (37.07%) VPN
4 213 (36.72%) Firewall
5 140 (24.14%) LAN
6 137 (23.62%) WAN
7 99 (17.07%) VLAN
8 83 (14.31%) BGP
9 72 (12.41%) OSPF
10 61 (10.52%) Network Security
11 39 (6.72%) MPLS
11 39 (6.72%) Wireless
12 36 (6.21%) HTTP
13 30 (5.17%) VoIP
14 27 (4.66%) IPsec
14 27 (4.66%) Wi-Fi
15 23 (3.97%) SMTP
16 22 (3.79%) Internet
17 21 (3.62%) SD-WAN
18 19 (3.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (5.34%) SQL Server
2 13 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (2.24%) Relational Database
3 12 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (1.72%) Elasticsearch
4 10 (1.72%) MySQL
4 10 (1.72%) Redis
5 7 (1.21%) NoSQL
6 6 (1.03%) Couchbase
7 2 (0.34%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.34%) Power BI
8 1 (0.17%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.17%) JasperReports
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.17%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 64 (11.03%) Cucumber
1 64 (11.03%) Robot Framework
2 18 (3.10%) Git
3 9 (1.55%) JIRA
4 6 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.34%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.34%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.34%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.34%) Subversion
6 1 (0.17%) GitLab
6 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 269 (46.38%) Social Skills
2 104 (17.93%) Telecoms
3 98 (16.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 93 (16.03%) Finance
5 68 (11.72%) Analytical Skills
6 47 (8.10%) Banking
7 23 (3.97%) Law
8 22 (3.79%) Legal
9 20 (3.45%) Retail
10 15 (2.59%) Investment Banking
11 14 (2.41%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (2.24%) Automotive
13 12 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (1.90%) Local Government
14 11 (1.90%) Public Sector
15 10 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
16 9 (1.55%) Back Office
17 8 (1.38%) Aerospace
18 7 (1.21%) Aviation
18 7 (1.21%) Military
Job Titles
1 79 (13.62%) Analyst
1 79 (13.62%) IT Support
2 66 (11.38%) Network Engineer
3 64 (11.03%) Test Automation Engineer
3 64 (11.03%) Test Engineer
4 58 (10.00%) Support Engineer
5 57 (9.83%) Senior
6 56 (9.66%) Lead
7 43 (7.41%) IT Engineer
8 36 (6.21%) Support Analyst
9 31 (5.34%) Developer
10 30 (5.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 24 (4.14%) IT Support Engineer
12 23 (3.97%) Systems Engineer
13 22 (3.79%) Team Leader
13 22 (3.79%) Technical Support
14 20 (3.45%) IT Analyst
14 20 (3.45%) Security Engineer
15 19 (3.28%) 3rd Line Support
15 19 (3.28%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (2.41%) Django
2 11 (1.90%) LDAP
3 9 (1.55%) RabbitMQ
3 9 (1.55%) REST
4 7 (1.21%) HTML
5 6 (1.03%) YAML
6 5 (0.86%) 802.1X
6 5 (0.86%) JSON
7 4 (0.69%) FIX Protocol
7 4 (0.69%) Kafka
7 4 (0.69%) React
8 3 (0.52%) .NET
8 3 (0.52%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.52%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.52%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.52%) CSS
8 3 (0.52%) Entity Framework
8 3 (0.52%) Node.js
8 3 (0.52%) WebSockets
8 3 (0.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 65 (11.21%) Linux Command Line
2 55 (9.48%) Management Information System
3 44 (7.59%) Data Centre
4 31 (5.34%) Driving Licence
5 21 (3.62%) Security Operations Centre
5 21 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
6 19 (3.28%) Cyber Threat
7 18 (3.10%) FPGA
8 17 (2.93%) Client/Server
9 14 (2.41%) Clustering
9 14 (2.41%) Smartphone
10 12 (2.07%) Public Cloud
11 9 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (1.55%) Replication
11 9 (1.55%) Security Posture
12 8 (1.38%) Robotics
13 7 (1.21%) Onboarding
14 6 (1.03%) CCTV
15 5 (0.86%) Derivative
15 5 (0.86%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 318 (54.83%) Windows
2 174 (30.00%) Linux
3 136 (23.45%) Windows Server
4 46 (7.93%) Windows Server 2019
5 45 (7.76%) Windows Server 2016
6 42 (7.24%) Mac OS
7 38 (6.55%) Windows 10
8 28 (4.83%) Unix
9 27 (4.66%) Apple iOS
10 21 (3.62%) Windows Server 2012
11 20 (3.45%) Mac OS X
12 18 (3.10%) Android
13 16 (2.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 14 (2.41%) Ubuntu
15 7 (1.21%) VMS
16 6 (1.03%) Windows Server 2008
17 5 (0.86%) CentOS
18 4 (0.69%) Rocky
18 4 (0.69%) Windows 7
19 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (36.38%) Problem-Solving
2 107 (18.45%) DevOps
3 90 (15.52%) Mentoring
4 88 (15.17%) Cybersecurity
4 88 (15.17%) ITIL
5 72 (12.41%) Coaching
6 71 (12.24%) Customer Service
7 70 (12.07%) Test Automation
8 64 (11.03%) System Testing
8 64 (11.03%) Test Management
9 55 (9.48%) Computer Science
10 50 (8.62%) Disaster Recovery
11 47 (8.10%) Continuous Improvement
12 45 (7.76%) Incident Management
13 43 (7.41%) Incident Response
14 37 (6.38%) Artificial Intelligence
14 37 (6.38%) Information Security
14 37 (6.38%) Task Automation
15 36 (6.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 34 (5.86%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 162 (27.93%) PowerShell
2 152 (26.21%) Python
3 89 (15.34%) Bash
4 72 (12.41%) JavaScript
5 59 (10.17%) SQL
6 34 (5.86%) C++
7 31 (5.34%) C
8 27 (4.66%) Java
9 14 (2.41%) Perl
10 10 (1.72%) C#
11 9 (1.55%) PHP
12 8 (1.38%) R
13 7 (1.21%) TypeScript
14 6 (1.03%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.69%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.69%) Objective-C
16 3 (0.52%) Bicep
17 1 (0.17%) Go
17 1 (0.17%) Ruby
17 1 (0.17%) Scala
Qualifications
1 181 (31.21%) Degree
2 74 (12.76%) Security Cleared
3 68 (11.72%) Cisco Certification
4 63 (10.86%) Microsoft Certification
5 54 (9.31%) CCNA
6 37 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (6.38%) SC Cleared
7 36 (6.21%) CCNP
8 26 (4.48%) DV Cleared
9 25 (4.31%) Azure Certification
10 22 (3.79%) MCSE
11 18 (3.10%) A+ Certification
12 17 (2.93%) CompTIA Security+
13 15 (2.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 14 (2.41%) HNC
14 14 (2.41%) HND
15 12 (2.07%) ITIL Certification
16 11 (1.90%) JNCIA
16 11 (1.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17 10 (1.72%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (11.38%) QA
2 44 (7.59%) SLA
3 32 (5.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (1.21%) MIL-STD-1553
5 7 (1.21%) NCSC
5 7 (1.21%) NIST
6 6 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.86%) GDPR
8 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.34%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.17%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.17%) NIST 800
System Software
1 168 (28.97%) Active Directory
2 84 (14.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 69 (11.90%) Hyper-V
4 26 (4.48%) Docker
5 15 (2.59%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (1.55%) vSphere
8 8 (1.38%) Firmware
8 8 (1.38%) VMware ESXi
8 8 (1.38%) VMware NSX
9 6 (1.03%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 5 (0.86%) XenApp
11 4 (0.69%) NFS
12 2 (0.34%) PowerHA
13 1 (0.17%) RHEV
13 1 (0.17%) vCloud
13 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 69 (11.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 57 (9.83%) Ansible
3 47 (8.10%) SCCM
4 36 (6.21%) Terraform
5 33 (5.69%) Kubernetes
6 16 (2.76%) QRadar
7 15 (2.59%) SCOM
7 15 (2.59%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (1.90%) FortiGate
8 11 (1.90%) NetBackup
9 10 (1.72%) AWS Copilot
10 9 (1.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 9 (1.55%) WSUS
11 6 (1.03%) ArcSight ESM
12 5 (0.86%) ZABBIX
13 4 (0.69%) Grafana
13 4 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.52%) Failover Clustering
14 3 (0.52%) Nagios
14 3 (0.52%) Puppet
Vendors
1 250 (43.10%) Microsoft
2 104 (17.93%) VMware
3 101 (17.41%) Cisco
4 49 (8.45%) Google
5 31 (5.34%) Fortinet
6 25 (4.31%) Red Hat
6 25 (4.31%) Splunk
7 24 (4.14%) Citrix
8 23 (3.97%) Apple
9 22 (3.79%) Dell
10 20 (3.45%) SolarWinds
11 19 (3.28%) ServiceNow
11 19 (3.28%) Veeam
12 18 (3.10%) Juniper
12 18 (3.10%) Ubiquiti
13 14 (2.41%) Oracle
14 12 (2.07%) SAP
15 11 (1.90%) Sophos
16 10 (1.72%) CheckPoint
16 10 (1.72%) HP