TCP/IP Job Trends in Essex

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 52 51
Rank change year-on-year +16 -1 +10
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 20 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 2.90% 0.22% 1.09%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.52% 2.70% 6.94%
Number of salaries quoted 19 1 5
10th Percentile £26,000 - -
25th Percentile £26,625 £36,250 £25,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £37,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.33% +25.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £34,500 £38,750 -
90th Percentile £41,500 - £33,000
East of England median annual salary £32,500 £38,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.13% -26.19% +6.06%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 210 37 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 30.43% 8.17% 15.65%
Number of salaries quoted 67 24 53
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,450 £24,400
25th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £38,750 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.13% +10.71% -7.28%
75th Percentile £45,375 £50,438 £45,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £52,200 £73,750
East of England median annual salary £40,000 £51,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -22.33% +6.19% +14.12%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing TCP/IP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Essex.

TCP/IP job vacancy trend in Essex

TCP/IP
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing TCP/IP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing TCP/IP

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in Essex over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for TCP/IP in Essex

TCP/IP
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the Essex region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Harlow - 9 £28,000 -
Basildon - 4 £41,000 - 2
Chelmsford - 2 £25,000 - 2
Brentwood +3 1 - -
TCP/IP
East of England

TCP/IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 16 (80.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (55.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (85.00%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (50.00%) Azure
3 4 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 3 (15.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (75.00%) DHCP
2 14 (70.00%) DNS
3 11 (55.00%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (50.00%) VoIP
5 5 (25.00%) Firewall
5 5 (25.00%) VPN
6 4 (20.00%) WAN
7 1 (5.00%) Broadband
7 1 (5.00%) DOCSIS
7 1 (5.00%) DSL
7 1 (5.00%) GPON
7 1 (5.00%) IPv4
7 1 (5.00%) IPv6
7 1 (5.00%) LAN
7 1 (5.00%) PPP
7 1 (5.00%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (5.00%) RTP
7 1 (5.00%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 15 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (60.00%) IT Support
2 9 (45.00%) IT Support Specialist
2 9 (45.00%) Support Specialist
3 7 (35.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (25.00%) Desktop Support
5 4 (20.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
5 4 (20.00%) Desktop Support Team Leader
5 4 (20.00%) Desktop Team Leader
5 4 (20.00%) Lead
5 4 (20.00%) Support Engineer
5 4 (20.00%) Support Team Leader
5 4 (20.00%) Team Leader
6 3 (15.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 3 (15.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (15.00%) IT Engineer
6 3 (15.00%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (10.00%) 1st Line Support
7 2 (10.00%) 1st Line Technical Support
7 2 (10.00%) Technical Support
8 1 (5.00%) Software Architect
Miscellaneous
1 9 (45.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 19 (95.00%) Windows
2 10 (50.00%) Mac OS
3 7 (35.00%) Windows Server
4 4 (20.00%) Windows 10
5 2 (10.00%) Linux
6 1 (5.00%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (80.00%) Customer Service
2 13 (65.00%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (45.00%) Inventory Management
4 9 (45.00%) Security Patching
5 7 (35.00%) ITIL
5 7 (35.00%) Service Delivery
6 4 (20.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 4 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (15.00%) Cost Reduction
8 2 (10.00%) Logistics
8 2 (10.00%) Mathematics
9 1 (5.00%) Agile
9 1 (5.00%) AI
9 1 (5.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 1 (5.00%) Creative Thinking
9 1 (5.00%) Open Source
9 1 (5.00%) SDLC
9 1 (5.00%) Service Management
9 1 (5.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.00%) Bash
2 1 (5.00%) C
2 1 (5.00%) C++
2 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Azure Certification
1 4 (20.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (10.00%) CCNA
3 2 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (10.00%) DBS Check
3 2 (10.00%) MCDST
3 2 (10.00%) MCP
4 1 (5.00%) A+ Certification
System Software
1 17 (85.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (95.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (45.00%) Mitel
3 4 (20.00%) VMware
4 2 (10.00%) Meraki
4 2 (10.00%) Sophos