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 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 132 149
Rank change year-on-year -46 +17 -13
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 98 103 145
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.66% 1.77% 1.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.76% 11.95% 12.21%
Number of salaries quoted 74 84 101
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,500 £27,750 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,625 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% -7.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £43,563 £39,625 £43,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £56,250
England median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -11.76% -7.10%

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 768 862 1,188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.17% 14.81% 11.29%
Number of salaries quoted 598 521 740
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,631 £35,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +21.80% -17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £72,875 £71,250 £68,750
England median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -3.85%

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 1 September 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 1 September 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
West Midlands -27 56 £37,500 +15.38% 24
East Midlands -21 42 £32,500 +4.00% 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 13 (13.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (8.16%) SharePoint
3 5 (5.10%) IIS
4 3 (3.06%) WinCC
Applications
1 12 (12.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (12.24%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.04%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 60 (61.22%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (48.98%) Azure
3 32 (32.65%) Entra ID
4 9 (9.18%) AWS
5 5 (5.10%) OneDrive
6 4 (4.08%) SaaS
7 3 (3.06%) Cloudflare
7 3 (3.06%) GCP
8 2 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (2.04%) dbt
9 1 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.02%) Azure Stack
9 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 66 (67.35%) DNS
2 59 (60.20%) DHCP
3 44 (44.90%) Firewall
4 42 (42.86%) VPN
5 35 (35.71%) VLAN
6 18 (18.37%) WAN
7 14 (14.29%) LAN
8 11 (11.22%) Wireless
9 9 (9.18%) Network Security
10 8 (8.16%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (6.12%) BGP
11 6 (6.12%) SD-WAN
12 5 (5.10%) OSPF
13 4 (4.08%) VoIP
14 3 (3.06%) Modbus
15 2 (2.04%) Cisco Nexus
15 2 (2.04%) HSRP
15 2 (2.04%) SNMP
15 2 (2.04%) Structured Cabling
15 2 (2.04%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.18%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.04%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (2.04%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (6.12%) Git
2 5 (5.10%) JIRA
3 2 (2.04%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 58 (59.18%) Social Skills
2 24 (24.49%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (11.22%) Telecoms
4 8 (8.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (6.12%) Electronics
6 5 (5.10%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (5.10%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.08%) Automotive
8 3 (3.06%) Aerospace
8 3 (3.06%) Finance
8 3 (3.06%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.06%) Retail
9 2 (2.04%) Banking
9 2 (2.04%) Law
9 2 (2.04%) Legal
9 2 (2.04%) Marketing
10 1 (1.02%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 36 (36.73%) IT Support
2 25 (25.51%) Support Engineer
3 20 (20.41%) IT Engineer
4 19 (19.39%) IT Technician
5 17 (17.35%) IT Support Engineer
5 17 (17.35%) IT Support Technician
5 17 (17.35%) Support Technician
6 10 (10.20%) Network Engineer
7 9 (9.18%) Administrator
8 8 (8.16%) Senior
8 8 (8.16%) Systems Administrator
9 7 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support
9 7 (7.14%) Lead
9 7 (7.14%) Test Engineer
10 6 (6.12%) Analyst
10 6 (6.12%) Lead Test Engineer
11 5 (5.10%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 5 (5.10%) 3rd Line Support
11 5 (5.10%) Service Analyst
11 5 (5.10%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.12%) XML
2 4 (4.08%) COM
2 4 (4.08%) DCOM
2 4 (4.08%) LDAP
2 4 (4.08%) Middleware
2 4 (4.08%) Terraform
3 2 (2.04%) YAML
4 1 (1.02%) gRPC
4 1 (1.02%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.24%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (9.18%) Driving Licence
3 6 (6.12%) Client/Server
3 6 (6.12%) SCADA
4 5 (5.10%) PKI
5 4 (4.08%) Data Centre
5 4 (4.08%) Mobile App
5 4 (4.08%) PMI
5 4 (4.08%) Smartcard
6 2 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.04%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.02%) Digital Signage
7 1 (1.02%) Educational Technology
7 1 (1.02%) Insider Threat
7 1 (1.02%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.02%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.02%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.02%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.02%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 68 (69.39%) Windows
2 40 (40.82%) Windows Server
3 21 (21.43%) Windows 10
4 20 (20.41%) Linux
5 8 (8.16%) Mac OS
6 6 (6.12%) Apple iOS
7 5 (5.10%) Android
8 2 (2.04%) Unix
9 1 (1.02%) Debian
9 1 (1.02%) Ubuntu
9 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (46.94%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (33.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 26 (26.53%) Customer Service
4 19 (19.39%) ITSM
4 19 (19.39%) Mentoring
5 15 (15.31%) ITIL
5 15 (15.31%) Project Delivery
6 13 (13.27%) Process Improvement
7 12 (12.24%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (12.24%) Service Delivery
8 11 (11.22%) Collaborative Working
8 11 (11.22%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (11.22%) Patch Management
9 10 (10.20%) Software Testing
9 10 (10.20%) Test Automation
10 9 (9.18%) Incident Response
10 9 (9.18%) Risk Management
10 9 (9.18%) Server Patching
10 9 (9.18%) Validation
11 8 (8.16%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 18 (18.37%) SQL
2 12 (12.24%) VBA
3 7 (7.14%) PowerShell
3 7 (7.14%) Python
4 2 (2.04%) Bash
5 1 (1.02%) C++
5 1 (1.02%) PHP
5 1 (1.02%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 17 (17.35%) Degree
2 11 (11.22%) Security Cleared
3 8 (8.16%) CCNA
3 8 (8.16%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (6.12%) SC Cleared
6 4 (4.08%) Azure Certification
6 4 (4.08%) PMI Certification
7 3 (3.06%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (2.04%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.02%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.02%) CCNP
9 1 (1.02%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (15.31%) SLA
2 4 (4.08%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.04%) GDPR
3 2 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.02%) ISO 14001
4 1 (1.02%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 65 (66.33%) Active Directory
2 32 (32.65%) Hyper-V
3 16 (16.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (7.14%) Firmware
5 5 (5.10%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (13.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (5.10%) FortiGate
3 4 (4.08%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (3.06%) Ansible
5 1 (1.02%) Grafana
5 1 (1.02%) Nagios
5 1 (1.02%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.02%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 71 (72.45%) Microsoft
2 17 (17.35%) Cisco
2 17 (17.35%) VMware
3 9 (9.18%) Fortinet
4 8 (8.16%) ServiceNow
5 4 (4.08%) Freshdesk
5 4 (4.08%) Meraki
5 4 (4.08%) Palo Alto
5 4 (4.08%) Salesforce
5 4 (4.08%) SonicWALL
5 4 (4.08%) Sophos
5 4 (4.08%) WatchGuard
6 3 (3.06%) Google
6 3 (3.06%) MobileIron
6 3 (3.06%) Rockwell
6 3 (3.06%) Siemens
7 2 (2.04%) Apple
7 2 (2.04%) Sage
7 2 (2.04%) SAP
7 2 (2.04%) Veeam