TCP/IP Job Trends in the North of England

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 193 195
Rank change year-on-year -19 +2 -6
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 144 128 166
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.67% 1.34% 1.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.45% 6.86% 10.48%
Number of salaries quoted 107 95 126
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £25,250
25th Percentile £29,500 £28,500 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - -20.21%
75th Percentile £43,750 £59,331 £48,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £74,258 £54,375
England median annual salary £38,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +1.33% -11.76% -5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,258 1,867 1,584
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 5.85% 19.52% 10.19%
Number of salaries quoted 840 852 1,163
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £32,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -28.89% -5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £48,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -13.27% -3.89%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing TCP/IP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

TCP/IP job vacancy trend in the North of England

TCP/IP
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing TCP/IP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing TCP/IP

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 August 2026.

Salary histogram for TCP/IP in the North of England

TCP/IP
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
North West +34 74 £32,250 -19.38% 26
Yorkshire -45 54 £32,500 -16.13% 15
North East -57 16 £40,000 +25.00% 10
TCP/IP
England

TCP/IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 28 (19.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (11.81%) IIS
3 15 (10.42%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.08%) Apache
Applications
1 15 (10.42%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 74 (51.39%) Microsoft 365
2 73 (50.69%) Azure
3 38 (26.39%) AWS
4 17 (11.81%) Entra ID
5 15 (10.42%) GCP
6 8 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (5.56%) GitHub
6 8 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (4.17%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (3.47%) OneDrive
9 4 (2.78%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (2.78%) dbt
9 4 (2.78%) Nutanix
10 3 (2.08%) IaaS
10 3 (2.08%) OpenShift
11 2 (1.39%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 2 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (1.39%) PaaS
11 2 (1.39%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 100 (69.44%) DNS
2 86 (59.72%) DHCP
3 77 (53.47%) Firewall
4 39 (27.08%) VPN
5 35 (24.31%) VLAN
6 28 (19.44%) Wi-Fi
7 23 (15.97%) LAN
7 23 (15.97%) WAN
8 17 (11.81%) VoIP
9 15 (10.42%) HTTP
10 13 (9.03%) Network Security
10 13 (9.03%) Wireless
11 9 (6.25%) Structured Cabling
12 7 (4.86%) SAN
13 6 (4.17%) NAS
14 5 (3.47%) BGP
14 5 (3.47%) OSPF
14 5 (3.47%) SSL
15 4 (2.78%) SD-WAN
15 4 (2.78%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.03%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.86%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.08%) MySQL
4 2 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.39%) Redis
5 1 (0.69%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 8 (5.56%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.08%) Git
3 2 (1.39%) JIRA
4 1 (0.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 62 (43.06%) Social Skills
2 19 (13.19%) Law
3 16 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
4 11 (7.64%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (7.64%) Telecoms
5 9 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.17%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.78%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.39%) Electronics
9 2 (1.39%) Games
10 1 (0.69%) Back Office
10 1 (0.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 55 (38.19%) IT Support
2 36 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 25 (17.36%) IT Engineer
4 20 (13.89%) IT Support Engineer
4 20 (13.89%) IT Support Technician
4 20 (13.89%) IT Technician
4 20 (13.89%) Support Technician
5 18 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
6 17 (11.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 16 (11.11%) Senior
8 15 (10.42%) Network Engineer
9 14 (9.72%) Analyst
10 11 (7.64%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 8 (5.56%) DevOps Engineer
11 8 (5.56%) IT Analyst
11 8 (5.56%) IT Support Analyst
11 8 (5.56%) Support Analyst
12 7 (4.86%) Field Engineer
12 7 (4.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 6 (4.17%) Field Service Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.56%) Elastic Stack
1 8 (5.56%) Middleware
2 3 (2.08%) gRPC
3 2 (1.39%) 802.1X
3 2 (1.39%) Django
3 2 (1.39%) React
4 1 (0.69%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.69%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (0.69%) QML
4 1 (0.69%) Qt
4 1 (0.69%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 40 (27.78%) Driving Licence
2 15 (10.42%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (9.03%) Onboarding
4 10 (6.94%) Linux Command Line
5 9 (6.25%) CCTV
6 8 (5.56%) Life Science
7 5 (3.47%) Data Centre
7 5 (3.47%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.78%) Public Cloud
9 3 (2.08%) Social Media
10 2 (1.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (1.39%) Embedded Systems
10 2 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.69%) CUDA
11 1 (0.69%) Online Gambling
11 1 (0.69%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.69%) SCADA
11 1 (0.69%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 96 (66.67%) Windows
2 68 (47.22%) Windows Server
3 28 (19.44%) Linux
4 24 (16.67%) Windows 10
5 12 (8.33%) Android
6 11 (7.64%) Apple iOS
7 7 (4.86%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (3.47%) Ubuntu
8 5 (3.47%) Unix
9 4 (2.78%) CentOS
10 3 (2.08%) CoreOS
10 3 (2.08%) Mac OS
10 3 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (1.39%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (1.39%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (1.39%) VMS
12 1 (0.69%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (43.06%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (31.25%) Customer Service
3 30 (20.83%) Disaster Recovery
3 30 (20.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 27 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
6 22 (15.28%) Cybersecurity
7 21 (14.58%) ITIL
8 20 (13.89%) Service Delivery
9 19 (13.19%) High Availability
10 15 (10.42%) DevOps
11 14 (9.72%) CI/CD
12 13 (9.03%) Change Management
12 13 (9.03%) Mentoring
12 13 (9.03%) Time Management
13 12 (8.33%) Containerisation
13 12 (8.33%) Incident Management
13 12 (8.33%) Remote Monitoring and Management
13 12 (8.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 10 (6.94%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (22.22%) PowerShell
2 28 (19.44%) Python
3 14 (9.72%) Bash
4 12 (8.33%) SQL
5 10 (6.94%) Go
6 4 (2.78%) Bicep
7 3 (2.08%) C++
8 2 (1.39%) C
8 2 (1.39%) Java
8 2 (1.39%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.69%) C#
9 1 (0.69%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 16 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (6.25%) Degree
2 9 (6.25%) SC Cleared
2 9 (6.25%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.08%) Azure Certification
3 3 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.39%) A+ Certification
4 2 (1.39%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.39%) CCNA
5 1 (0.69%) ACSP
5 1 (0.69%) CCNP
5 1 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.69%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.69%) Linux+ Certification
5 1 (0.69%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (0.69%) RHCE
5 1 (0.69%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (2.08%) SLA
4 1 (0.69%) GDPR
4 1 (0.69%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 80 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 43 (29.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (23.61%) Hyper-V
4 5 (3.47%) Firmware
5 3 (2.08%) Docker
5 3 (2.08%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.08%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.69%) Ceph
6 1 (0.69%) KVM
Systems Management
1 27 (18.75%) Terraform
2 19 (13.19%) Ansible
2 19 (13.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (7.64%) FortiGate
3 11 (7.64%) Grafana
4 10 (6.94%) Prometheus
5 8 (5.56%) WSUS
6 5 (3.47%) VxRail
7 3 (2.08%) Autotask
7 3 (2.08%) McAfee ePO
7 3 (2.08%) Nagios
7 3 (2.08%) SCVMM
8 2 (1.39%) AWS Copilot
8 2 (1.39%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.39%) Kubernetes
8 2 (1.39%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.69%) Avamar
9 1 (0.69%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.69%) Puppet
Vendors
1 90 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 50 (34.72%) VMware
3 14 (9.72%) Cisco
4 13 (9.03%) Veeam
5 12 (8.33%) SonicWALL
6 9 (6.25%) Dell
6 9 (6.25%) Sophos
7 8 (5.56%) HP
8 7 (4.86%) Citrix
8 7 (4.86%) Meraki
9 6 (4.17%) Zerto
10 5 (3.47%) Commvault
10 5 (3.47%) Google
10 5 (3.47%) Tenable
11 4 (2.78%) Aruba
11 4 (2.78%) CheckPoint
11 4 (2.78%) Palo Alto
11 4 (2.78%) Red Hat
11 4 (2.78%) SAP
12 3 (2.08%) ServiceNow