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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 189 195
Rank change year-on-year -31 +6 -21
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 145 102 145
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.61% 1.09% 1.03%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.86% 5.62% 11.22%
Number of salaries quoted 103 78 88
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,125 £28,625
25th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -6.67% -16.67%
75th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £45,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £66,625 £52,500
England median annual salary £39,500 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.33% -11.76% -8.60%

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 1,471 1,814 1,292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.15% 19.31% 9.16%
Number of salaries quoted 874 826 757
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,000 £28,900
25th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £30,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +39.34% -32.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £43,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £48,445 £40,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.88% -18.50% -3.85%

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 20 September 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 20 September 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 +31 80 £32,000 -20.99% 49
Yorkshire -38 53 £33,500 -16.25% 23
North East -74 12 £40,000 +37.93% 16
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 31 (21.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (13.10%) IIS
3 17 (11.72%) SharePoint
4 6 (4.14%) Apache
5 1 (0.69%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (4.83%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 86 (59.31%) Microsoft 365
2 70 (48.28%) Azure
3 33 (22.76%) Entra ID
4 27 (18.62%) AWS
5 9 (6.21%) OneDrive
6 8 (5.52%) GCP
7 5 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.07%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (2.07%) dbt
8 3 (2.07%) Nutanix
8 3 (2.07%) OpenShift
9 2 (1.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (1.38%) Datadog
10 1 (0.69%) Amazon ECR
10 1 (0.69%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.69%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 1 (0.69%) AWS CodeBuild
10 1 (0.69%) AWS CodePipeline
10 1 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.69%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 103 (71.03%) DNS
2 95 (65.52%) DHCP
3 68 (46.90%) Firewall
4 64 (44.14%) VPN
5 41 (28.28%) VLAN
6 34 (23.45%) Wi-Fi
7 23 (15.86%) LAN
7 23 (15.86%) VoIP
7 23 (15.86%) WAN
8 15 (10.34%) Wireless
9 12 (8.28%) Structured Cabling
10 10 (6.90%) Network Security
11 9 (6.21%) SSL
12 8 (5.52%) Internet
13 7 (4.83%) HTTP
14 5 (3.45%) BGP
14 5 (3.45%) NAS
14 5 (3.45%) OSPF
14 5 (3.45%) SAN
15 4 (2.76%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.03%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.14%) MySQL
3 5 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.69%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.69%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (2.07%) Git
2 2 (1.38%) JIRA
3 1 (0.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 72 (49.66%) Social Skills
2 15 (10.34%) Law
3 14 (9.66%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (9.66%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (4.83%) Manufacturing
5 6 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (2.76%) Aerospace
6 4 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.76%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.07%) Games
8 2 (1.38%) Electronics
8 2 (1.38%) Retail
8 2 (1.38%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.69%) Back Office
9 1 (0.69%) German Language
9 1 (0.69%) Legal
9 1 (0.69%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 56 (38.62%) IT Support
2 45 (31.03%) Support Engineer
3 33 (22.76%) IT Engineer
4 28 (19.31%) IT Support Engineer
5 25 (17.24%) 2nd Line Support
6 24 (16.55%) Analyst
7 19 (13.10%) IT Technician
7 19 (13.10%) Support Analyst
8 18 (12.41%) IT Support Technician
8 18 (12.41%) Support Technician
9 16 (11.03%) Senior
10 15 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (8.97%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 13 (8.97%) Network Engineer
12 11 (7.59%) 1st/2nd Line Support
12 11 (7.59%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 10 (6.90%) IT Analyst
13 10 (6.90%) IT Support Analyst
14 9 (6.21%) Field Engineer
15 7 (4.83%) Field Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (11.03%) Terraform
2 8 (5.52%) Middleware
3 4 (2.76%) React
4 3 (2.07%) gRPC
5 1 (0.69%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.69%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.69%) Django
5 1 (0.69%) JSON
5 1 (0.69%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.69%) QML
5 1 (0.69%) Qt
5 1 (0.69%) STL
5 1 (0.69%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (28.97%) Driving Licence
2 20 (13.79%) Onboarding
3 10 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.83%) Life Science
4 7 (4.83%) Linux Command Line
4 7 (4.83%) Security Posture
5 6 (4.14%) CCTV
6 5 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.76%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 4 (2.76%) Data Centre
7 4 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.76%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (2.07%) Public Cloud
8 3 (2.07%) Social Media
9 2 (1.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (1.38%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.69%) CUDA
10 1 (0.69%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.69%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 107 (73.79%) Windows
2 63 (43.45%) Windows Server
3 33 (22.76%) Linux
4 26 (17.93%) Windows 10
5 10 (6.90%) Windows Server 2016
6 8 (5.52%) Android
6 8 (5.52%) Apple iOS
6 8 (5.52%) Ubuntu
7 5 (3.45%) Mac OS
7 5 (3.45%) Unix
8 4 (2.76%) CentOS
8 4 (2.76%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (2.07%) CoreOS
9 3 (2.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (1.38%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (1.38%) FreeRTOS
10 2 (1.38%) VMS
11 1 (0.69%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (42.76%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (35.17%) Customer Service
3 36 (24.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 34 (23.45%) Cybersecurity
5 32 (22.07%) ITIL
6 26 (17.93%) Disaster Recovery
7 23 (15.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (12.41%) Service Delivery
9 17 (11.72%) ITSM
10 15 (10.34%) Change Management
10 15 (10.34%) Infrastructure as Code
11 13 (8.97%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 12 (8.28%) Mentoring
13 11 (7.59%) DevOps
14 10 (6.90%) Business Continuity
14 10 (6.90%) Collaborative Culture
14 10 (6.90%) ERP
14 10 (6.90%) High Availability
14 10 (6.90%) SIEM
14 10 (6.90%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 32 (22.07%) PowerShell
2 22 (15.17%) Python
3 16 (11.03%) SQL
4 6 (4.14%) Bash
5 5 (3.45%) Go
6 4 (2.76%) Bicep
6 4 (2.76%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.07%) C++
8 2 (1.38%) C
8 2 (1.38%) C#
8 2 (1.38%) Java
9 1 (0.69%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (16.55%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (7.59%) Degree
3 8 (5.52%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.52%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.76%) CREST Certified
4 4 (2.76%) DBS Check
4 4 (2.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (2.07%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.38%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.38%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.69%) CCNA
7 1 (0.69%) CCNP
7 1 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.69%) Linux+ Certification
7 1 (0.69%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.69%) RHCE
7 1 (0.69%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.28%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (4.14%) SLA
3 5 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.45%) QA
4 4 (2.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.69%) GDPR
System Software
1 91 (62.76%) Active Directory
2 40 (27.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (22.76%) Hyper-V
4 6 (4.14%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.38%) Docker
6 2 (1.38%) Firmware
7 1 (0.69%) Ceph
7 1 (0.69%) KVM
Systems Management
1 32 (22.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.90%) Ansible
2 10 (6.90%) WSUS
3 7 (4.83%) FortiGate
4 4 (2.76%) VxRail
5 3 (2.07%) Grafana
5 3 (2.07%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (2.07%) Nagios
5 3 (2.07%) SCVMM
6 2 (1.38%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.38%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.69%) Avamar
7 1 (0.69%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.69%) logstash
7 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.69%) Puppet
7 1 (0.69%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 96 (66.21%) Microsoft
2 40 (27.59%) VMware
3 18 (12.41%) Cisco
3 18 (12.41%) SonicWALL
4 14 (9.66%) Veeam
5 11 (7.59%) Dell
6 10 (6.90%) HP
7 8 (5.52%) Fortinet
8 6 (4.14%) Aruba
8 6 (4.14%) CheckPoint
8 6 (4.14%) Draytek
8 6 (4.14%) NetApp
8 6 (4.14%) Palo Alto
8 6 (4.14%) ServiceNow
8 6 (4.14%) Sophos
9 5 (3.45%) Zerto
10 4 (2.76%) Commvault
10 4 (2.76%) Red Hat
10 4 (2.76%) SAP
10 4 (2.76%) Tenable