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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 211 143 141
Rank change year-on-year -68 -2 +62
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 49 86 191
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.37% 1.78% 1.55%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.05% 10.41% 12.45%
Number of salaries quoted 40 67 174
10th Percentile £28,950 £26,250 £24,696
25th Percentile £30,750 £28,875 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.96% -3.95%
75th Percentile £35,938 £37,500 £50,188
90th Percentile £53,875 £46,500 £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 1,604 826 1,534
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 12.10% 17.05% 12.42%
Number of salaries quoted 480 445 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% -1.75%
75th Percentile £58,525 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £71,375 £68,750 £65,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -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 27 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 27 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 -41 30 £32,500 +4.84% 7
West Midlands -65 19 £32,875 +1.15% 17
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 11 (22.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (18.37%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.08%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 34 (69.39%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (46.94%) Azure
3 19 (38.78%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.12%) AWS
5 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.04%) GCP
6 1 (2.04%) Nutanix
6 1 (2.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (73.47%) DNS
2 35 (71.43%) DHCP
3 27 (55.10%) VPN
4 19 (38.78%) VLAN
5 13 (26.53%) WAN
6 10 (20.41%) Firewall
6 10 (20.41%) SD-WAN
7 9 (18.37%) VoIP
8 7 (14.29%) Wireless
9 4 (8.16%) LAN
10 3 (6.12%) BGP
10 3 (6.12%) OSPF
10 3 (6.12%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (6.12%) SNMP
11 2 (4.08%) SSL
12 1 (2.04%) FTP
12 1 (2.04%) HTTP
12 1 (2.04%) PBX
12 1 (2.04%) SMTP
12 1 (2.04%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) JIRA
General
1 33 (67.35%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.37%) Legal
3 8 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (12.24%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (8.16%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.08%) Automotive
6 2 (4.08%) Finance
6 2 (4.08%) Law
7 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (44.90%) IT Support
2 10 (20.41%) Support Engineer
3 8 (16.33%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
3 8 (16.33%) 3rd Line Support
3 8 (16.33%) IT Support Technician
3 8 (16.33%) IT Technician
3 8 (16.33%) Support Technician
4 7 (14.29%) Analyst
4 7 (14.29%) IT Engineer
4 7 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
5 5 (10.20%) Network Engineer
6 4 (8.16%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (8.16%) IT Analyst
6 4 (8.16%) IT Support Analyst
6 4 (8.16%) Support Analyst
7 3 (6.12%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) Service Desk Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) LDAP
2 1 (2.04%) COM
2 1 (2.04%) DCOM
2 1 (2.04%) gRPC
2 1 (2.04%) Middleware
2 1 (2.04%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 13 (26.53%) Driving Licence
2 5 (10.20%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.12%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.08%) PKI
4 2 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.04%) Insider Threat
5 1 (2.04%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.04%) NHS
5 1 (2.04%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.04%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.04%) Replication
5 1 (2.04%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 38 (77.55%) Windows
2 22 (44.90%) Windows 10
3 11 (22.45%) Mac OS
4 9 (18.37%) Windows Server
5 5 (10.20%) Linux
6 4 (8.16%) Apple iOS
7 3 (6.12%) Android
8 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (48.98%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (42.86%) ITSM
3 13 (26.53%) Customer Service
3 13 (26.53%) Service Delivery
4 11 (22.45%) ITIL
5 10 (20.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (16.33%) Application Packaging
6 8 (16.33%) Collaborative Working
6 8 (16.33%) CRM
6 8 (16.33%) E-Commerce
6 8 (16.33%) Identity Management
6 8 (16.33%) Network Monitoring
6 8 (16.33%) Task Automation
7 7 (14.29%) Process Improvement
7 7 (14.29%) Project Delivery
8 6 (12.24%) ERP
8 6 (12.24%) Logistics
9 5 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
9 5 (10.20%) Patch Management
9 5 (10.20%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.33%) PowerShell
2 7 (14.29%) SQL
3 4 (8.16%) VBA
4 1 (2.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (18.37%) Degree
2 8 (16.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (8.16%) Security Cleared
4 3 (6.12%) A+ Certification
4 3 (6.12%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.08%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.04%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (20.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (16.33%) GDPR
3 6 (12.24%) SLA
4 3 (6.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (2.04%) ISO 14001
5 1 (2.04%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 32 (65.31%) Active Directory
2 9 (18.37%) Hyper-V
3 5 (10.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (6.12%) Firmware
5 1 (2.04%) Terminal Services
5 1 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (2.04%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (32.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (16.33%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (6.12%) FortiGate
3 3 (6.12%) Nagios
4 1 (2.04%) CASB
4 1 (2.04%) Grafana
4 1 (2.04%) Prometheus
4 1 (2.04%) SCCM
4 1 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (81.63%) Microsoft
2 8 (16.33%) Apple
2 8 (16.33%) Logitech
2 8 (16.33%) Yealink
3 5 (10.20%) Cisco
3 5 (10.20%) VMware
4 4 (8.16%) Freshdesk
4 4 (8.16%) ServiceNow
5 3 (6.12%) Fortinet
5 3 (6.12%) MobileIron
6 2 (4.08%) Epicor
6 2 (4.08%) Salesforce
6 2 (4.08%) SolarWinds
6 2 (4.08%) TP-LINK
7 1 (2.04%) Autodesk
7 1 (2.04%) Meraki
7 1 (2.04%) Netskope
7 1 (2.04%) Okta
7 1 (2.04%) SAP
7 1 (2.04%) Veeam