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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 133 157
Rank change year-on-year -47 +24 +18
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 79 102 187
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.59% 1.81% 1.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.69% 11.92% 12.18%
Number of salaries quoted 64 83 158
10th Percentile £29,225 £25,000 £24,562
25th Percentile £30,500 £27,750 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.14% -7.28%
75th Percentile £38,750 £39,125 £49,688
90th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 £56,475
England median annual salary £37,500 £39,449 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.94% -7.18% -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 676 856 1,535
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.09% 15.17% 11.96%
Number of salaries quoted 545 522 1,120
10th Percentile £27,694 £26,880 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £30,750 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £58,750 £56,188 £53,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £69,875 £66,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.47%

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 17 July 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 17 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
East Midlands -11 42 £32,500 - 9
West Midlands -44 37 £33,250 +2.31% 16
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 (16.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (13.92%) SharePoint
3 5 (6.33%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (15.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (12.66%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.53%) Sage 200
2 1 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 58 (73.42%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (45.57%) Azure
3 25 (31.65%) Entra ID
4 7 (8.86%) AWS
5 3 (3.80%) SaaS
6 2 (2.53%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.27%) Azure Stack
7 1 (1.27%) Cloudflare
7 1 (1.27%) GCP
7 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.27%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 59 (74.68%) DNS
2 55 (69.62%) DHCP
3 37 (46.84%) VPN
4 32 (40.51%) VLAN
5 29 (36.71%) Firewall
6 19 (24.05%) WAN
7 11 (13.92%) LAN
8 10 (12.66%) SD-WAN
8 10 (12.66%) Wireless
9 9 (11.39%) VoIP
10 4 (5.06%) BGP
10 4 (5.06%) Network Security
10 4 (5.06%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (3.80%) OSPF
12 2 (2.53%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (2.53%) SNMP
13 1 (1.27%) Cisco ISE
13 1 (1.27%) IPFIX
13 1 (1.27%) SSL
13 1 (1.27%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.86%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.53%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (2.53%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (6.33%) JIRA
2 1 (1.27%) Git
General
1 54 (68.35%) Social Skills
2 17 (21.52%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (10.13%) Legal
4 6 (7.59%) Documentation Skills
4 6 (7.59%) Telecoms
5 5 (6.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.80%) Electronics
7 3 (3.80%) Finance
8 2 (2.53%) Automotive
8 2 (2.53%) Law
9 1 (1.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 36 (45.57%) IT Support
2 20 (25.32%) IT Technician
3 19 (24.05%) Support Engineer
4 18 (22.78%) IT Support Technician
4 18 (22.78%) Support Technician
5 15 (18.99%) IT Engineer
6 12 (15.19%) IT Support Engineer
7 8 (10.13%) 3rd Line Support
8 7 (8.86%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
8 7 (8.86%) Network Engineer
9 6 (7.59%) Analyst
10 4 (5.06%) 2nd Line Support
10 4 (5.06%) Lead
10 4 (5.06%) Technical Engineer
10 4 (5.06%) Technical Support
10 4 (5.06%) Technical Support Engineer
11 3 (3.80%) Lead Test Engineer
11 3 (3.80%) Service Analyst
11 3 (3.80%) Service Desk Analyst
11 3 (3.80%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.33%) LDAP
2 4 (5.06%) COM
2 4 (5.06%) DCOM
2 4 (5.06%) Middleware
3 3 (3.80%) XML
4 1 (1.27%) gRPC
4 1 (1.27%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.46%) Driving Licence
2 6 (7.59%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (6.33%) PKI
4 4 (5.06%) Mobile App
4 4 (5.06%) Onboarding
4 4 (5.06%) Smartcard
5 3 (3.80%) Client/Server
5 3 (3.80%) SCADA
6 2 (2.53%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.27%) Insider Threat
7 1 (1.27%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.27%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.27%) Replication
7 1 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 61 (77.22%) Windows
2 26 (32.91%) Windows Server
3 23 (29.11%) Windows 10
4 14 (17.72%) Linux
4 14 (17.72%) Mac OS
5 7 (8.86%) Apple iOS
6 6 (7.59%) Android
7 1 (1.27%) Debian
7 1 (1.27%) Ubuntu
7 1 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (49.37%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (36.71%) ITSM
3 26 (32.91%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (22.78%) Customer Service
4 18 (22.78%) Service Delivery
5 16 (20.25%) Collaborative Working
6 15 (18.99%) Process Improvement
7 14 (17.72%) ITIL
7 14 (17.72%) Mentoring
7 14 (17.72%) Project Delivery
8 9 (11.39%) CRM
8 9 (11.39%) Risk Management
8 9 (11.39%) Server Patching
9 8 (10.13%) Task Automation
10 7 (8.86%) Application Packaging
10 7 (8.86%) E-Commerce
10 7 (8.86%) Identity Management
10 7 (8.86%) Logistics
10 7 (8.86%) Network Monitoring
10 7 (8.86%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (22.78%) SQL
2 12 (15.19%) VBA
3 11 (13.92%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.53%) Python
5 1 (1.27%) Bash
5 1 (1.27%) PHP
5 1 (1.27%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 16 (20.25%) Degree
2 10 (12.66%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (11.39%) Security Cleared
4 4 (5.06%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.80%) CCNA
5 3 (3.80%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (2.53%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.27%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.27%) CCNP
7 1 (1.27%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.27%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (16.46%) SLA
2 9 (11.39%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (8.86%) GDPR
4 2 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.27%) ISO 14001
5 1 (1.27%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 55 (69.62%) Active Directory
2 28 (35.44%) Hyper-V
3 13 (16.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (5.06%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (3.80%) Firmware
6 1 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (20.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (10.13%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (5.06%) FortiGate
4 2 (2.53%) Nagios
5 1 (1.27%) Ansible
5 1 (1.27%) CASB
5 1 (1.27%) Grafana
5 1 (1.27%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 65 (82.28%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.72%) VMware
3 10 (12.66%) Cisco
4 7 (8.86%) Apple
4 7 (8.86%) Logitech
4 7 (8.86%) ServiceNow
4 7 (8.86%) Yealink
5 5 (6.33%) Fortinet
5 5 (6.33%) Salesforce
6 4 (5.06%) Freshdesk
6 4 (5.06%) Meraki
6 4 (5.06%) MobileIron
7 3 (3.80%) SAP
8 2 (2.53%) Sage
8 2 (2.53%) Veeam
9 1 (1.27%) Aruba
9 1 (1.27%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.27%) SonicWALL
9 1 (1.27%) TP-LINK
9 1 (1.27%) Ubiquiti