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 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 143 128
Rank change year-on-year -22 -15 +45
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 58 98 150
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.70% 1.58% 1.94%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.68% 10.29% 11.78%
Number of salaries quoted 56 62 134
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,775 £28,075
25th Percentile £28,938 £32,500 £32,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £35,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -22.22% +16.88%
75th Percentile £47,500 £50,313 £57,000
90th Percentile £54,375 £60,000 £64,350
England median annual salary £37,750 £48,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -22.16% +7.78% -

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 1,576 952 1,273
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 19.12% 15.38% 16.46%
Number of salaries quoted 413 411 1,111
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,750 £25,500
25th Percentile £27,750 £36,250 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -37.00% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £67,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -3.91%

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 31 January 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 31 January 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 38 £32,500 -40.91% 16
West Midlands -9 20 £52,500 +50.00% 7
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 12 (20.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (18.97%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.72%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 32 (55.17%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (44.83%) Azure
3 19 (32.76%) Entra ID
4 9 (15.52%) SaaS
5 6 (10.34%) iPaaS
6 4 (6.90%) GCP
6 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (5.17%) AWS
8 2 (3.45%) Amazon ECR
8 2 (3.45%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (3.45%) dbt
8 2 (3.45%) Nutanix
8 2 (3.45%) PaaS
8 2 (3.45%) Pulumi
9 1 (1.72%) Amazon ElastiCache
9 1 (1.72%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 1 (1.72%) IaaS
9 1 (1.72%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.72%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 37 (63.79%) DNS
2 35 (60.34%) DHCP
3 22 (37.93%) Firewall
4 20 (34.48%) VPN
5 13 (22.41%) VLAN
6 7 (12.07%) 3G
6 7 (12.07%) SSL
7 6 (10.34%) SAN
7 6 (10.34%) VoIP
7 6 (10.34%) WAN
8 5 (8.62%) SD-WAN
9 4 (6.90%) GPRS
9 4 (6.90%) GSM
9 4 (6.90%) HTTP
9 4 (6.90%) Internet
9 4 (6.90%) LAN
9 4 (6.90%) Modbus
9 4 (6.90%) PBX
9 4 (6.90%) RS-232
9 4 (6.90%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.62%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (3.45%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (3.45%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (1.72%) JIRA
General
1 26 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 11 (18.97%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (10.34%) Law
4 5 (8.62%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (5.17%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.45%) Automotive
6 2 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.45%) Legal
6 2 (3.45%) Retail
7 1 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 20 (34.48%) IT Support
2 13 (22.41%) IT Engineer
2 13 (22.41%) Support Engineer
3 12 (20.69%) IT Support Engineer
4 9 (15.52%) Analyst
4 9 (15.52%) Consultant
4 9 (15.52%) Support Consultant
5 8 (13.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (12.07%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
6 7 (12.07%) 3rd Line Support
6 7 (12.07%) Support Analyst
7 6 (10.34%) 2nd Line Support
7 6 (10.34%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (8.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 5 (8.62%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Consultant
8 5 (8.62%) Infrastructure Support
8 5 (8.62%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 5 (8.62%) Technical Engineer
9 4 (6.90%) Service Desk Support
9 4 (6.90%) Service Desk Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.45%) Django
2 1 (1.72%) .NET
2 1 (1.72%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.72%) LDAP
2 1 (1.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.69%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (17.24%) Driving Licence
2 10 (17.24%) Onboarding
3 6 (10.34%) Clustering
4 4 (6.90%) NHS
5 3 (5.17%) Data Centre
6 2 (3.45%) Cloud Native
6 2 (3.45%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (3.45%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.72%) iPad
7 1 (1.72%) Life Science
7 1 (1.72%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.72%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 41 (70.69%) Windows
2 20 (34.48%) Windows 10
3 16 (27.59%) Windows Server
4 6 (10.34%) Linux
5 4 (6.90%) Embedded Linux
5 4 (6.90%) FreeRTOS
6 3 (5.17%) Mac OS
7 2 (3.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.86%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (22.41%) ITIL
3 11 (18.97%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (17.24%) Customer Service
4 10 (17.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 9 (15.52%) Disaster Recovery
6 7 (12.07%) ITSM
7 6 (10.34%) Risk Management
7 6 (10.34%) Secure Coding
7 6 (10.34%) Service Delivery
7 6 (10.34%) Service Management
8 4 (6.90%) Agile
8 4 (6.90%) Embedded Software Development
8 4 (6.90%) Identity Management
8 4 (6.90%) Software Engineering
8 4 (6.90%) Speech Recognition
8 4 (6.90%) Test Automation
8 4 (6.90%) Time Management
9 3 (5.17%) ERP
9 3 (5.17%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.34%) SQL
2 4 (6.90%) C
2 4 (6.90%) C++
2 4 (6.90%) PowerShell
3 2 (3.45%) Embedded C++
3 2 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (5.17%) A+ Certification
2 2 (3.45%) CEH
2 2 (3.45%) CISSP
2 2 (3.45%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (3.45%) Degree
2 2 (3.45%) GSEC
2 2 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (3.45%) OSCP
2 2 (3.45%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.79%) GDPR
1 8 (13.79%) SLA
2 6 (10.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (6.90%) MISRA
4 2 (3.45%) NIST
System Software
1 39 (67.24%) Active Directory
2 10 (17.24%) Hyper-V
3 4 (6.90%) Embedded Firmware
3 4 (6.90%) Firmware
3 4 (6.90%) Terminal Services
3 4 (6.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (12.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (10.34%) Failover Clustering
3 4 (6.90%) SCCM
4 3 (5.17%) Nagios
4 3 (5.17%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (5.17%) Terraform
5 2 (3.45%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (3.45%) Nessus
6 1 (1.72%) AWS Copilot
6 1 (1.72%) CASB
Vendors
1 32 (55.17%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.34%) Veeam
3 5 (8.62%) Cisco
4 4 (6.90%) VMware
5 3 (5.17%) Apple
5 3 (5.17%) Freshdesk
5 3 (5.17%) Google
5 3 (5.17%) Meraki
5 3 (5.17%) ServiceNow
5 3 (5.17%) SolarWinds
6 2 (3.45%) Darktrace
6 2 (3.45%) Epicor
6 2 (3.45%) Logitech
6 2 (3.45%) Qualys
6 2 (3.45%) TP-LINK
6 2 (3.45%) Yealink
7 1 (1.72%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.72%) Netskope
7 1 (1.72%) Okta
7 1 (1.72%) Salesforce