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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 124 159
Rank change year-on-year -35 +35 -37
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 122 112 122
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.77% 1.99% 1.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.25% 13.32% 11.00%
Number of salaries quoted 92 92 69
10th Percentile £29,825 £24,500 £28,150
25th Percentile £31,250 £27,375 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -7.14% -17.65%
75th Percentile £47,500 £40,563 £38,750
90th Percentile £54,875 £53,750 £50,450
England median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -16.67% -5.26%

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 856 841 1,109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.43% 14.95% 11.40%
Number of salaries quoted 629 497 530
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £29,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £44,750
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -21.79% +3.47%
75th Percentile £58,750 £52,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,500 £71,250 £71,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -20.79% -3.81%

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 -31 72 £37,500 +15.38% 31
East Midlands -40 50 £36,000 +10.77% 30
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 17 (13.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (12.30%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.10%) IIS
3 5 (4.10%) WinCC
Applications
1 12 (9.84%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (9.84%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.64%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 72 (59.02%) Microsoft 365
2 52 (42.62%) Azure
3 42 (34.43%) Entra ID
4 12 (9.84%) OneDrive
5 11 (9.02%) AWS
6 5 (4.10%) GCP
7 4 (3.28%) SaaS
8 3 (2.46%) Cloudflare
9 2 (1.64%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.64%) dbt
9 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.82%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 81 (66.39%) DNS
2 72 (59.02%) DHCP
3 54 (44.26%) VPN
4 52 (42.62%) Firewall
5 41 (33.61%) VLAN
6 27 (22.13%) WAN
7 24 (19.67%) LAN
8 20 (16.39%) Wi-Fi
9 12 (9.84%) Wireless
10 10 (8.20%) Network Security
11 8 (6.56%) BGP
12 7 (5.74%) Ethernet
12 7 (5.74%) OSPF
12 7 (5.74%) SD-WAN
13 5 (4.10%) Modbus
13 5 (4.10%) Structured Cabling
14 4 (3.28%) Cisco Nexus
14 4 (3.28%) EIGRP
14 4 (3.28%) HSRP
14 4 (3.28%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.38%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.64%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (1.64%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (6.56%) Git
2 5 (4.10%) JIRA
3 4 (3.28%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 69 (56.56%) Social Skills
2 26 (21.31%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (11.48%) Telecoms
4 9 (7.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (5.74%) Automotive
5 7 (5.74%) Electronics
6 6 (4.92%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.92%) Retail
7 5 (4.10%) Aerospace
7 5 (4.10%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.10%) Finance
7 5 (4.10%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.28%) Banking
8 4 (3.28%) Marketing
9 3 (2.46%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.64%) Advertising
11 1 (0.82%) Law
11 1 (0.82%) Legal
Job Titles
1 45 (36.89%) IT Support
2 35 (28.69%) Support Engineer
3 29 (23.77%) IT Engineer
4 25 (20.49%) IT Support Engineer
5 20 (16.39%) IT Technician
6 18 (14.75%) IT Support Technician
6 18 (14.75%) Support Technician
7 15 (12.30%) Senior
8 12 (9.84%) 2nd Line Support
8 12 (9.84%) Network Engineer
9 11 (9.02%) Administrator
10 9 (7.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 9 (7.38%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 9 (7.38%) Systems Administrator
11 8 (6.56%) Lead
11 8 (6.56%) Test Engineer
12 7 (5.74%) Lead Test Engineer
13 6 (4.92%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 6 (4.92%) Embedded Engineer
13 6 (4.92%) Senior Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.74%) XML
2 6 (4.92%) Terraform
3 4 (3.28%) COM
3 4 (3.28%) DCOM
3 4 (3.28%) LDAP
3 4 (3.28%) Middleware
3 4 (3.28%) YAML
4 1 (0.82%) gRPC
4 1 (0.82%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.30%) Driving Licence
1 15 (12.30%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (5.74%) Client/Server
2 7 (5.74%) SCADA
3 6 (4.92%) Data Centre
4 5 (4.10%) PKI
4 5 (4.10%) PMI
5 4 (3.28%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.28%) Smartcard
6 3 (2.46%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.46%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.82%) Digital Signage
8 1 (0.82%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.82%) IoT
8 1 (0.82%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.82%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.82%) Robotics
8 1 (0.82%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.82%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 81 (66.39%) Windows
2 49 (40.16%) Windows Server
3 25 (20.49%) Windows 10
4 20 (16.39%) Linux
5 7 (5.74%) Android
5 7 (5.74%) Apple iOS
6 6 (4.92%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.64%) Unix
7 2 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.82%) Debian
8 1 (0.82%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.82%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (42.62%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (28.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 33 (27.05%) Customer Service
4 20 (16.39%) ITIL
4 20 (16.39%) Mentoring
5 19 (15.57%) Cybersecurity
5 19 (15.57%) ITSM
6 17 (13.93%) Project Delivery
7 15 (12.30%) Process Improvement
8 13 (10.66%) Disaster Recovery
8 13 (10.66%) Service Delivery
8 13 (10.66%) Software Testing
8 13 (10.66%) Test Automation
9 12 (9.84%) Collaborative Working
9 12 (9.84%) Validation
10 11 (9.02%) Patch Management
11 10 (8.20%) Change Management
11 10 (8.20%) CI/CD
12 9 (7.38%) Incident Response
12 9 (7.38%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (14.75%) SQL
2 12 (9.84%) VBA
3 9 (7.38%) Python
4 7 (5.74%) PowerShell
5 6 (4.92%) C++
6 2 (1.64%) Bash
7 1 (0.82%) PHP
7 1 (0.82%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 19 (15.57%) Degree
2 11 (9.02%) Security Cleared
3 9 (7.38%) CCNA
3 9 (7.38%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (5.74%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (4.92%) SC Cleared
6 5 (4.10%) Network+ Certification
6 5 (4.10%) PMI Certification
7 4 (3.28%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.64%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.64%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.82%) CCNP
9 1 (0.82%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.30%) SLA
2 5 (4.10%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.82%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.82%) GDPR
4 1 (0.82%) ISO 14001
4 1 (0.82%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.82%) QA
System Software
1 76 (62.30%) Active Directory
2 37 (30.33%) Hyper-V
3 17 (13.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (5.74%) Firmware
5 6 (4.92%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (2.46%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 17 (13.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (4.10%) Ansible
2 5 (4.10%) FortiGate
3 3 (2.46%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.82%) Grafana
4 1 (0.82%) Nagios
4 1 (0.82%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.82%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 84 (68.85%) Microsoft
2 20 (16.39%) Cisco
3 18 (14.75%) VMware
4 11 (9.02%) Fortinet
5 9 (7.38%) ServiceNow
6 5 (4.10%) Google
6 5 (4.10%) Rockwell
6 5 (4.10%) Siemens
6 5 (4.10%) SonicWALL
6 5 (4.10%) Sophos
6 5 (4.10%) WatchGuard
7 4 (3.28%) Apple
7 4 (3.28%) JD Edwards
7 4 (3.28%) Meraki
7 4 (3.28%) Palo Alto
7 4 (3.28%) Salesforce
8 3 (2.46%) MobileIron
9 2 (1.64%) Sage
9 2 (1.64%) SAP
9 2 (1.64%) Veeam