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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 199 184
Rank change year-on-year -15 -15 -2
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 143 103 141
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.61% 1.10% 0.99%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.90% 5.60% 10.97%
Number of salaries quoted 104 81 93
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £26,400
25th Percentile £28,500 £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 £61,375 £66,250 £52,500
England median annual salary £37,750 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +0.67% -11.76% -7.61%

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 1,444 1,838 1,285
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.18% 19.57% 9.06%
Number of salaries quoted 910 842 792
10th Percentile £27,250 £25,000 £27,525
25th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £30,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.15% -32.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £44,688 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -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 10 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 10 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 +40 79 £32,000 -20.99% 31
Yorkshire -43 54 £33,000 -10.20% 17
North East -73 10 £37,500 +29.31% 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 33 (23.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (13.29%) IIS
2 19 (13.29%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.50%) Apache
4 1 (0.70%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (4.90%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 82 (57.34%) Microsoft 365
2 68 (47.55%) Azure
3 28 (19.58%) AWS
3 28 (19.58%) Entra ID
4 10 (6.99%) OneDrive
5 8 (5.59%) GCP
6 5 (3.50%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.80%) AWS CloudFormation
7 4 (2.80%) Nutanix
8 3 (2.10%) dbt
8 3 (2.10%) OpenShift
9 2 (1.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.70%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.70%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.70%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.70%) Datadog
10 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 100 (69.93%) DNS
2 91 (63.64%) DHCP
3 70 (48.95%) Firewall
4 58 (40.56%) VPN
5 43 (30.07%) VLAN
6 33 (23.08%) Wi-Fi
7 24 (16.78%) VoIP
8 21 (14.69%) LAN
8 21 (14.69%) WAN
9 15 (10.49%) Wireless
10 13 (9.09%) Structured Cabling
11 11 (7.69%) Network Security
12 8 (5.59%) SSL
13 7 (4.90%) HTTP
13 7 (4.90%) Internet
14 6 (4.20%) SAN
15 5 (3.50%) BGP
15 5 (3.50%) NAS
15 5 (3.50%) OSPF
16 4 (2.80%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.19%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.50%) MySQL
3 4 (2.80%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.70%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 3 (2.10%) Git
2 2 (1.40%) JIRA
3 1 (0.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 68 (47.55%) Social Skills
2 14 (9.79%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (9.79%) Documentation Skills
3 13 (9.09%) Law
4 7 (4.90%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (4.20%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.80%) Aerospace
6 4 (2.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.10%) Games
8 2 (1.40%) Electronics
8 2 (1.40%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.40%) Retail
8 2 (1.40%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.70%) Back Office
9 1 (0.70%) German Language
Job Titles
1 55 (38.46%) IT Support
2 45 (31.47%) Support Engineer
3 33 (23.08%) IT Engineer
4 28 (19.58%) IT Support Engineer
5 23 (16.08%) 2nd Line Support
6 22 (15.38%) Analyst
7 18 (12.59%) IT Support Technician
7 18 (12.59%) IT Technician
7 18 (12.59%) Support Technician
8 17 (11.89%) Support Analyst
9 16 (11.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 15 (10.49%) Senior
11 13 (9.09%) Network Engineer
12 12 (8.39%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 11 (7.69%) 1st/2nd Line Support
13 11 (7.69%) Field Engineer
14 10 (6.99%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 9 (6.29%) IT Analyst
15 9 (6.29%) IT Support Analyst
16 7 (4.90%) Field Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (11.89%) Terraform
2 8 (5.59%) Middleware
3 4 (2.80%) React
4 3 (2.10%) gRPC
5 1 (0.70%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.70%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.70%) JSON
5 1 (0.70%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.70%) QML
5 1 (0.70%) Qt
5 1 (0.70%) STL
5 1 (0.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (30.77%) Driving Licence
2 18 (12.59%) Onboarding
3 12 (8.39%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (4.90%) CCTV
4 7 (4.90%) Life Science
4 7 (4.90%) Linux Command Line
4 7 (4.90%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.50%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.80%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.80%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.80%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.80%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.80%) Public Cloud
7 3 (2.10%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 3 (2.10%) Social Media
8 2 (1.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.40%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.70%) CUDA
9 1 (0.70%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.70%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 104 (72.73%) Windows
2 64 (44.76%) Windows Server
3 31 (21.68%) Linux
4 25 (17.48%) Windows 10
5 10 (6.99%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (6.29%) Android
6 9 (6.29%) Apple iOS
7 7 (4.90%) Ubuntu
8 6 (4.20%) Mac OS
9 4 (2.80%) CentOS
9 4 (2.80%) Unix
9 4 (2.80%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (2.10%) CoreOS
10 3 (2.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (1.40%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (1.40%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (1.40%) VMS
12 1 (0.70%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (44.76%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (35.66%) Customer Service
3 36 (25.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 29 (20.28%) ITIL
5 28 (19.58%) Cybersecurity
6 27 (18.88%) Disaster Recovery
7 22 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (11.89%) Service Delivery
9 16 (11.19%) Infrastructure as Code
10 14 (9.79%) Change Management
10 14 (9.79%) ITSM
11 13 (9.09%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 11 (7.69%) DevOps
12 11 (7.69%) Mentoring
13 10 (6.99%) Business Continuity
13 10 (6.99%) Collaborative Culture
13 10 (6.99%) ERP
13 10 (6.99%) High Availability
13 10 (6.99%) Incident Response
13 10 (6.99%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 21 (14.69%) Python
3 17 (11.89%) SQL
4 6 (4.20%) Bash
5 4 (2.80%) Bicep
5 4 (2.80%) Go
5 4 (2.80%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.10%) C++
7 2 (1.40%) C
8 1 (0.70%) C#
8 1 (0.70%) Java
8 1 (0.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 22 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (6.99%) Degree
3 7 (4.90%) SC Cleared
3 7 (4.90%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.80%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (2.10%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.10%) CREST Certified
5 3 (2.10%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.40%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.40%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.70%) CCNA
7 1 (0.70%) CCNP
7 1 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.70%) Linux+ Certification
7 1 (0.70%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.70%) RHCE
7 1 (0.70%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (4.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (3.50%) SLA
4 4 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (2.10%) QA
6 1 (0.70%) GDPR
System Software
1 88 (61.54%) Active Directory
2 42 (29.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (23.78%) Hyper-V
4 5 (3.50%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (2.80%) Firmware
6 3 (2.10%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.70%) Ceph
7 1 (0.70%) Docker
7 1 (0.70%) KVM
Systems Management
1 30 (20.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (7.69%) Ansible
3 9 (6.29%) FortiGate
3 9 (6.29%) WSUS
4 4 (2.80%) VxRail
5 3 (2.10%) Grafana
5 3 (2.10%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (2.10%) Nagios
5 3 (2.10%) SCVMM
6 2 (1.40%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.40%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.70%) Avamar
7 1 (0.70%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.70%) Kubernetes
7 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.70%) Puppet
7 1 (0.70%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 92 (64.34%) Microsoft
2 42 (29.37%) VMware
3 18 (12.59%) Cisco
3 18 (12.59%) SonicWALL
4 14 (9.79%) Veeam
5 10 (6.99%) Dell
6 9 (6.29%) HP
7 8 (5.59%) Fortinet
8 7 (4.90%) Sophos
9 6 (4.20%) Draytek
10 5 (3.50%) Aruba
10 5 (3.50%) CheckPoint
10 5 (3.50%) Meraki
10 5 (3.50%) NetApp
10 5 (3.50%) Palo Alto
10 5 (3.50%) ServiceNow
10 5 (3.50%) Zerto
11 4 (2.80%) Commvault
11 4 (2.80%) Red Hat
11 4 (2.80%) Tenable