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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 190 195
Rank change year-on-year -19 +5 -37
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 155 115 132
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.65% 1.21% 1.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.24% 6.57% 10.99%
Number of salaries quoted 111 88 73
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £27,150
25th Percentile £29,750 £28,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £34,250 £39,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.19% -13.29% -12.22%
75th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £69,000 £57,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -19.35% -2.11%

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 1,514 1,751 1,201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.33% 18.46% 9.17%
Number of salaries quoted 843 828 632
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,084 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £25,087 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £30,375 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +43.21% -32.50% -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £45,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% -

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 12 October 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 12 October 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 +38 88 £32,250 -20.37% 32
Yorkshire -45 56 £33,500 - 26
North East -89 11 £40,000 +37.93% 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 36 (23.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (12.90%) IIS
3 17 (10.97%) SharePoint
4 8 (5.16%) Apache
5 1 (0.65%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (3.87%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 100 (64.52%) Microsoft 365
2 74 (47.74%) Azure
3 43 (27.74%) Entra ID
4 25 (16.13%) AWS
5 9 (5.81%) OneDrive
6 8 (5.16%) GCP
7 7 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.23%) IaaS
9 3 (1.94%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.94%) dbt
9 3 (1.94%) OpenShift
10 2 (1.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 2 (1.29%) Datadog
11 1 (0.65%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (0.65%) Amazon ElastiCache
11 1 (0.65%) AWS CodeBuild
11 1 (0.65%) GitHub
11 1 (0.65%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.65%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.65%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 109 (70.32%) DNS
2 101 (65.16%) DHCP
3 77 (49.68%) VPN
4 73 (47.10%) Firewall
5 49 (31.61%) VLAN
6 40 (25.81%) Wi-Fi
7 25 (16.13%) LAN
8 23 (14.84%) WAN
9 22 (14.19%) VoIP
10 18 (11.61%) Wireless
11 16 (10.32%) SSL
12 11 (7.10%) Structured Cabling
13 10 (6.45%) Internet
14 9 (5.81%) Network Security
15 7 (4.52%) HTTP
16 4 (2.58%) BGP
16 4 (2.58%) NAS
16 4 (2.58%) OSPF
16 4 (2.58%) SAN
16 4 (2.58%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (11.61%) SQL Server
2 8 (5.16%) MySQL
3 5 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.65%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.65%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (1.94%) Git
2 2 (1.29%) JIRA
3 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio
General
1 80 (51.61%) Social Skills
2 18 (11.61%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (9.68%) Law
4 14 (9.03%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (5.81%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.58%) Aerospace
8 4 (2.58%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.94%) Games
10 2 (1.29%) Electronics
10 2 (1.29%) Retail
10 2 (1.29%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.65%) Advertising
11 1 (0.65%) Back Office
11 1 (0.65%) German Language
11 1 (0.65%) Legal
11 1 (0.65%) Local Government
11 1 (0.65%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 62 (40.00%) IT Support
2 49 (31.61%) Support Engineer
3 39 (25.16%) IT Engineer
4 34 (21.94%) IT Support Engineer
5 25 (16.13%) 2nd Line Support
5 25 (16.13%) Analyst
6 21 (13.55%) Support Analyst
7 20 (12.90%) IT Technician
8 18 (11.61%) IT Support Technician
8 18 (11.61%) Support Technician
9 16 (10.32%) Senior
10 13 (8.39%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 13 (8.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (7.10%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 11 (7.10%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 11 (7.10%) Network Engineer
12 10 (6.45%) Field Engineer
12 10 (6.45%) IT Analyst
12 10 (6.45%) IT Support Analyst
13 7 (4.52%) Field Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.03%) Terraform
2 8 (5.16%) Middleware
3 4 (2.58%) React
4 2 (1.29%) gRPC
5 1 (0.65%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.65%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.65%) Django
5 1 (0.65%) JSON
5 1 (0.65%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.65%) QML
5 1 (0.65%) Qt
5 1 (0.65%) STL
5 1 (0.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (30.32%) Driving Licence
2 20 (12.90%) Onboarding
3 9 (5.81%) Management Information System
3 9 (5.81%) Security Posture
4 7 (4.52%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (3.87%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 6 (3.87%) Life Science
5 6 (3.87%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (3.23%) CCTV
6 5 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.58%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (1.94%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.94%) Social Media
9 2 (1.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (1.29%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (1.29%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.29%) SCADA
10 1 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.65%) Online Gambling
10 1 (0.65%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 120 (77.42%) Windows
2 71 (45.81%) Windows Server
3 36 (23.23%) Linux
4 27 (17.42%) Windows 10
5 12 (7.74%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (6.45%) Ubuntu
7 7 (4.52%) Android
7 7 (4.52%) Apple iOS
8 6 (3.87%) macOS
9 5 (3.23%) Unix
10 4 (2.58%) CentOS
10 4 (2.58%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (1.94%) CoreOS
11 3 (1.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (1.29%) Embedded Linux
12 2 (1.29%) FreeRTOS
12 2 (1.29%) VMS
13 1 (0.65%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (38.06%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (31.61%) Customer Service
3 42 (27.10%) Cybersecurity
3 42 (27.10%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 33 (21.29%) ITIL
5 24 (15.48%) Disaster Recovery
6 22 (14.19%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (12.26%) ITSM
8 17 (10.97%) Change Management
8 17 (10.97%) Remote Monitoring and Management
8 17 (10.97%) Service Delivery
9 16 (10.32%) Mentoring
10 14 (9.03%) SIEM
11 13 (8.39%) DevOps
11 13 (8.39%) Infrastructure as Code
12 12 (7.74%) Incident Response
12 12 (7.74%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 11 (7.10%) Data Protection
14 10 (6.45%) ERP
14 10 (6.45%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 31 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 22 (14.19%) Python
3 16 (10.32%) SQL
4 6 (3.87%) Bash
5 5 (3.23%) Go
6 4 (2.58%) Bicep
6 4 (2.58%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.94%) C++
8 2 (1.29%) C
8 2 (1.29%) C#
8 2 (1.29%) Java
9 1 (0.65%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 25 (16.13%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (9.03%) Degree
3 10 (6.45%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.45%) Security Cleared
4 8 (5.16%) DBS Check
5 6 (3.87%) CREST Certified
6 4 (2.58%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (1.94%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.29%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.29%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.65%) CCNA
9 1 (0.65%) CCNP
9 1 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.65%) Linux+ Certification
9 1 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.65%) RHCE
9 1 (0.65%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.74%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (5.16%) SLA
3 7 (4.52%) QA
4 6 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.29%) GDPR
7 1 (0.65%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 100 (64.52%) Active Directory
2 38 (24.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (20.65%) Hyper-V
4 8 (5.16%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.29%) Docker
7 1 (0.65%) Ceph
7 1 (0.65%) Firmware
7 1 (0.65%) KVM
7 1 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 39 (25.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (7.10%) WSUS
3 8 (5.16%) Ansible
4 6 (3.87%) FortiGate
5 5 (3.23%) Autotask
6 3 (1.94%) McAfee ePO
6 3 (1.94%) SCVMM
6 3 (1.94%) VxRail
7 2 (1.29%) Grafana
7 2 (1.29%) Nagios
7 2 (1.29%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.29%) Proxmox
8 1 (0.65%) Avamar
8 1 (0.65%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.65%) logstash
8 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.65%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.65%) Puppet
8 1 (0.65%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 106 (68.39%) Microsoft
2 38 (24.52%) VMware
3 20 (12.90%) Cisco
4 19 (12.26%) SonicWALL
5 16 (10.32%) Veeam
6 12 (7.74%) Dell
7 11 (7.10%) HP
8 8 (5.16%) Aruba
8 8 (5.16%) CheckPoint
8 8 (5.16%) Fortinet
8 8 (5.16%) NetApp
8 8 (5.16%) Palo Alto
9 6 (3.87%) Datto
9 6 (3.87%) Draytek
9 6 (3.87%) ServiceNow
10 5 (3.23%) Google
10 5 (3.23%) Sophos
10 5 (3.23%) WatchGuard
11 4 (2.58%) Red Hat
11 4 (2.58%) SAP