TCP/IP Job Trends in the Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 144 149
Rank change year-on-year -66 +5 +48
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 44 85 191
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.33% 1.73% 1.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.75% 10.25% 12.46%
Number of salaries quoted 35 66 174
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £24,696
25th Percentile £30,750 £28,313 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.96% -2.67%
75th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £50,188
90th Percentile £54,500 £46,875 £57,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,598 829 1,533
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.07% 16.87% 12.59%
Number of salaries quoted 474 447 1,286
10th Percentile £27,694 £27,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +7.14% -1.18%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £65,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £49,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.06% +3.16% -5.00%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

TCP/IP job vacancy trend in the Midlands

TCP/IP
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing TCP/IP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing TCP/IP

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in the Midlands over the 6 months to 24 May 2026.

Salary histogram for TCP/IP in the Midlands

TCP/IP
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 May 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
East Midlands -35 28 £32,500 +8.33% 13
West Midlands -63 16 £33,250 +2.31% 19
TCP/IP
England

TCP/IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 10 (22.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (18.18%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.27%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 31 (70.45%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (47.73%) Azure
3 17 (38.64%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.82%) AWS
5 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.27%) GCP
6 1 (2.27%) Nutanix
6 1 (2.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (72.73%) DNS
2 31 (70.45%) DHCP
3 24 (54.55%) VPN
4 15 (34.09%) VLAN
5 12 (27.27%) WAN
6 9 (20.45%) SD-WAN
6 9 (20.45%) VoIP
7 6 (13.64%) Firewall
7 6 (13.64%) Wireless
8 3 (6.82%) BGP
8 3 (6.82%) LAN
8 3 (6.82%) OSPF
9 2 (4.55%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (4.55%) SNMP
9 2 (4.55%) SSL
10 1 (2.27%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (2.27%) FTP
10 1 (2.27%) HTTP
10 1 (2.27%) IPFIX
10 1 (2.27%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.55%) SQL Server
General
1 28 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.45%) Legal
3 6 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (11.36%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.55%) Automotive
6 2 (4.55%) Law
7 1 (2.27%) Finance
7 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (43.18%) IT Support
2 8 (18.18%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
2 8 (18.18%) 3rd Line Support
3 7 (15.91%) Analyst
3 7 (15.91%) IT Support Technician
3 7 (15.91%) IT Technician
3 7 (15.91%) Support Engineer
3 7 (15.91%) Support Technician
4 5 (11.36%) IT Engineer
4 5 (11.36%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) IT Analyst
5 4 (9.09%) IT Support Analyst
5 4 (9.09%) Network Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) Support Analyst
6 3 (6.82%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (6.82%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 2 (4.55%) Field Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (4.55%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) gRPC
1 1 (2.27%) LDAP
1 1 (2.27%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 13 (29.55%) Driving Licence
2 5 (11.36%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.55%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.27%) Insider Threat
4 1 (2.27%) NHS
4 1 (2.27%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.27%) PKI
4 1 (2.27%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (81.82%) Windows
2 21 (47.73%) Windows 10
3 11 (25.00%) Mac OS
4 8 (18.18%) Windows Server
5 4 (9.09%) Apple iOS
5 4 (9.09%) Linux
6 3 (6.82%) Android
7 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (45.45%) ITSM
2 19 (43.18%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (27.27%) Service Delivery
4 11 (25.00%) Customer Service
5 10 (22.73%) ITIL
6 9 (20.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (18.18%) Application Packaging
7 8 (18.18%) CRM
7 8 (18.18%) E-Commerce
7 8 (18.18%) Identity Management
7 8 (18.18%) Task Automation
8 7 (15.91%) Collaborative Working
8 7 (15.91%) Network Monitoring
9 6 (13.64%) ERP
9 6 (13.64%) Logistics
9 6 (13.64%) Process Improvement
10 5 (11.36%) Cybersecurity
10 5 (11.36%) Patch Management
10 5 (11.36%) Project Delivery
11 4 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (18.18%) PowerShell
2 5 (11.36%) SQL
3 3 (6.82%) VBA
4 1 (2.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (18.18%) Degree
1 8 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (6.82%) A+ Certification
2 3 (6.82%) SC Cleared
2 3 (6.82%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.55%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.27%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.45%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (18.18%) GDPR
3 5 (11.36%) SLA
4 2 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 29 (65.91%) Active Directory
2 7 (15.91%) Hyper-V
3 4 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (6.82%) Firmware
5 1 (2.27%) Terminal Services
5 1 (2.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (34.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (18.18%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (6.82%) Nagios
4 2 (4.55%) FortiGate
5 1 (2.27%) CASB
5 1 (2.27%) Grafana
5 1 (2.27%) Prometheus
5 1 (2.27%) SCCM
5 1 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (81.82%) Microsoft
2 8 (18.18%) Apple
2 8 (18.18%) Logitech
2 8 (18.18%) Yealink
3 4 (9.09%) Cisco
3 4 (9.09%) VMware
4 3 (6.82%) Freshdesk
4 3 (6.82%) MobileIron
4 3 (6.82%) ServiceNow
5 2 (4.55%) Epicor
5 2 (4.55%) Fortinet
5 2 (4.55%) SolarWinds
5 2 (4.55%) TP-LINK
6 1 (2.27%) Autodesk
6 1 (2.27%) Meraki
6 1 (2.27%) Netskope
6 1 (2.27%) Okta
6 1 (2.27%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.27%) SAP