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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 139 163
Rank change year-on-year -33 +24 -17
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 92 104 135
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.63% 1.79% 1.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.37% 11.94% 11.26%
Number of salaries quoted 73 85 106
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,000 £23,438
25th Percentile £30,500 £27,750 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,250 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.31% -7.14% -10.14%
75th Percentile £41,500 £39,500 £45,063
90th Percentile £52,500 £52,250 £56,250
England median annual salary £38,500 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.67% -11.76% -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 744 871 1,199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.12% 14.98% 11.27%
Number of salaries quoted 588 527 801
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £25,950
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.84% -10.59% -5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £68,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -2.63%

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 August 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 August 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 -30 49 £37,500 +15.38% 22
East Midlands -19 43 £32,500 +8.33% 8
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 15 (16.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (8.70%) SharePoint
3 5 (5.43%) IIS
4 1 (1.09%) WinCC
Applications
1 12 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
1 12 (13.04%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.17%) Sage 200
2 1 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 62 (67.39%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (52.17%) Azure
3 31 (33.70%) Entra ID
4 9 (9.78%) AWS
5 4 (4.35%) SaaS
6 3 (3.26%) Cloudflare
6 3 (3.26%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.17%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (2.17%) dbt
7 2 (2.17%) GCP
8 1 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.09%) Azure Stack
8 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.09%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 64 (69.57%) DNS
2 57 (61.96%) DHCP
3 41 (44.57%) VPN
4 39 (42.39%) Firewall
5 33 (35.87%) VLAN
6 17 (18.48%) WAN
7 12 (13.04%) LAN
8 11 (11.96%) Wireless
9 9 (9.78%) Network Security
10 7 (7.61%) SD-WAN
11 6 (6.52%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (5.43%) VoIP
13 4 (4.35%) BGP
14 3 (3.26%) OSPF
15 2 (2.17%) SNMP
16 1 (1.09%) Cisco IOS
16 1 (1.09%) Cisco ISE
16 1 (1.09%) IPsec
16 1 (1.09%) Modbus
16 1 (1.09%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.78%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.17%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (2.17%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (5.43%) JIRA
2 4 (4.35%) Git
General
1 56 (60.87%) Social Skills
2 23 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (7.61%) Telecoms
4 6 (6.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (5.43%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (4.35%) Electronics
6 4 (4.35%) Legal
7 3 (3.26%) Finance
8 2 (2.17%) Automotive
8 2 (2.17%) Law
9 1 (1.09%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.09%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.09%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 39 (42.39%) IT Support
2 23 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 20 (21.74%) IT Technician
4 19 (20.65%) IT Engineer
5 18 (19.57%) IT Support Technician
5 18 (19.57%) Support Technician
6 16 (17.39%) IT Support Engineer
7 8 (8.70%) Administrator
7 8 (8.70%) Network Engineer
8 7 (7.61%) 3rd Line Support
8 7 (7.61%) Analyst
8 7 (7.61%) Systems Administrator
9 6 (6.52%) 2nd Line Support
9 6 (6.52%) Senior
10 5 (5.43%) Lead
10 5 (5.43%) Service Analyst
10 5 (5.43%) Service Desk Analyst
10 5 (5.43%) Test Engineer
11 4 (4.35%) Network Administrator
11 4 (4.35%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.35%) COM
1 4 (4.35%) DCOM
1 4 (4.35%) LDAP
1 4 (4.35%) Middleware
1 4 (4.35%) XML
2 1 (1.09%) gRPC
2 1 (1.09%) REST
2 1 (1.09%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.87%) Driving Licence
1 10 (10.87%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (5.43%) PKI
3 4 (4.35%) Client/Server
3 4 (4.35%) Mobile App
3 4 (4.35%) SCADA
3 4 (4.35%) Smartcard
4 3 (3.26%) PMI
5 2 (2.17%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (2.17%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.09%) Digital Signage
6 1 (1.09%) Educational Technology
6 1 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.09%) Insider Threat
6 1 (1.09%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.09%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.09%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.09%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 69 (75.00%) Windows
2 38 (41.30%) Windows Server
3 23 (25.00%) Windows 10
4 19 (20.65%) Linux
5 10 (10.87%) Mac OS
6 7 (7.61%) Apple iOS
7 6 (6.52%) Android
8 2 (2.17%) Unix
9 1 (1.09%) Debian
9 1 (1.09%) Ubuntu
9 1 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (47.83%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (36.96%) Continuous Improvement
3 25 (27.17%) Customer Service
4 23 (25.00%) ITSM
5 19 (20.65%) Mentoring
6 16 (17.39%) Project Delivery
7 15 (16.30%) ITIL
8 14 (15.22%) Service Delivery
9 13 (14.13%) Collaborative Working
9 13 (14.13%) Process Improvement
10 12 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
10 12 (13.04%) Patch Management
11 9 (9.78%) Risk Management
11 9 (9.78%) Server Patching
12 8 (8.70%) Business Continuity
12 8 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
12 8 (8.70%) DevOps
12 8 (8.70%) Incident Response
12 8 (8.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 8 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (19.57%) SQL
2 12 (13.04%) VBA
3 8 (8.70%) PowerShell
4 5 (5.43%) Python
5 2 (2.17%) Bash
6 1 (1.09%) PHP
6 1 (1.09%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 17 (18.48%) Degree
2 12 (13.04%) Security Cleared
3 9 (9.78%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (8.70%) CCNA
4 8 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (7.61%) SC Cleared
6 4 (4.35%) Azure Certification
7 3 (3.26%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (3.26%) PMI Certification
8 2 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.09%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.09%) CCNP
9 1 (1.09%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (16.30%) SLA
2 6 (6.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (4.35%) GDPR
4 3 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.09%) ISO 14001
6 1 (1.09%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 65 (70.65%) Active Directory
2 31 (33.70%) Hyper-V
3 16 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (7.61%) Firmware
5 4 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.09%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (16.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (6.52%) Jamf Pro
3 5 (5.43%) FortiGate
4 2 (2.17%) Terraform
5 1 (1.09%) Ansible
5 1 (1.09%) Grafana
5 1 (1.09%) Nagios
5 1 (1.09%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.09%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 72 (78.26%) Microsoft
2 17 (18.48%) VMware
3 15 (16.30%) Cisco
4 9 (9.78%) Fortinet
5 7 (7.61%) ServiceNow
6 4 (4.35%) Freshdesk
6 4 (4.35%) Meraki
6 4 (4.35%) MobileIron
6 4 (4.35%) Palo Alto
6 4 (4.35%) Salesforce
6 4 (4.35%) SonicWALL
6 4 (4.35%) Sophos
6 4 (4.35%) WatchGuard
7 3 (3.26%) Apple
7 3 (3.26%) Logitech
7 3 (3.26%) SAP
7 3 (3.26%) Yealink
8 2 (2.17%) Google
8 2 (2.17%) Sage
8 2 (2.17%) Veeam