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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 186 183
Rank change year-on-year -33 -3 -24
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 147 114 143
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.61% 1.19% 1.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.83% 6.34% 11.53%
Number of salaries quoted 106 84 80
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,625 £27,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £28,375 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -6.67% -16.67%
75th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £49,063
90th Percentile £56,250 £67,125 £57,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -16.67% -5.26%

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 1,496 1,799 1,240
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.25% 18.77% 9.26%
Number of salaries quoted 846 819 664
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,084 £28,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £25,087 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £30,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +43.33% -33.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £44,375 £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 8 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 8 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 +35 82 £32,250 -20.37% 54
Yorkshire -37 54 £33,500 - 31
North East -80 11 £40,000 +37.93% 13
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 32 (21.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (12.93%) IIS
3 17 (11.56%) SharePoint
4 7 (4.76%) Apache
5 1 (0.68%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 93 (63.27%) Microsoft 365
2 71 (48.30%) Azure
3 40 (27.21%) Entra ID
4 25 (17.01%) AWS
5 9 (6.12%) OneDrive
6 8 (5.44%) GCP
7 7 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (2.04%) dbt
8 3 (2.04%) IaaS
8 3 (2.04%) OpenShift
9 2 (1.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 2 (1.36%) Datadog
10 1 (0.68%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.68%) Amazon ElastiCache
10 1 (0.68%) AWS CodeBuild
10 1 (0.68%) AWS CodePipeline
10 1 (0.68%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.68%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 105 (71.43%) DNS
2 98 (66.67%) DHCP
3 72 (48.98%) VPN
4 70 (47.62%) Firewall
5 44 (29.93%) VLAN
6 36 (24.49%) Wi-Fi
7 24 (16.33%) LAN
8 23 (15.65%) WAN
9 22 (14.97%) VoIP
10 16 (10.88%) Wireless
11 13 (8.84%) SSL
12 11 (7.48%) Structured Cabling
13 9 (6.12%) Internet
13 9 (6.12%) Network Security
14 7 (4.76%) HTTP
15 4 (2.72%) BGP
15 4 (2.72%) NAS
15 4 (2.72%) OSPF
15 4 (2.72%) SAN
15 4 (2.72%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (11.56%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.76%) MySQL
3 4 (2.72%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.68%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.68%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (2.04%) Git
2 2 (1.36%) JIRA
3 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 75 (51.02%) Social Skills
2 17 (11.56%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
3 14 (9.52%) Law
4 8 (5.44%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (2.72%) Aerospace
6 4 (2.72%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.04%) Games
8 2 (1.36%) Electronics
8 2 (1.36%) Retail
8 2 (1.36%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.68%) Back Office
9 1 (0.68%) German Language
9 1 (0.68%) Legal
9 1 (0.68%) Local Government
9 1 (0.68%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 60 (40.82%) IT Support
2 47 (31.97%) Support Engineer
3 36 (24.49%) IT Engineer
4 32 (21.77%) IT Support Engineer
5 25 (17.01%) 2nd Line Support
5 25 (17.01%) Analyst
6 21 (14.29%) Support Analyst
7 20 (13.61%) IT Technician
8 18 (12.24%) IT Support Technician
8 18 (12.24%) Support Technician
9 16 (10.88%) Senior
10 13 (8.84%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 13 (8.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (7.48%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 11 (7.48%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 11 (7.48%) Network Engineer
12 10 (6.80%) IT Analyst
12 10 (6.80%) IT Support Analyst
13 9 (6.12%) Field Engineer
14 7 (4.76%) Field Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.52%) Terraform
2 8 (5.44%) Middleware
3 4 (2.72%) React
4 2 (1.36%) gRPC
5 1 (0.68%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.68%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.68%) Django
5 1 (0.68%) JSON
5 1 (0.68%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.68%) QML
5 1 (0.68%) Qt
5 1 (0.68%) STL
5 1 (0.68%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (29.25%) Driving Licence
2 20 (13.61%) Onboarding
3 8 (5.44%) Security Posture
4 7 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 7 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (4.08%) Life Science
5 6 (4.08%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (3.40%) CCTV
6 5 (3.40%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 5 (3.40%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.72%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (2.04%) Data Centre
8 3 (2.04%) Social Media
9 2 (1.36%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (1.36%) Embedded Systems
10 1 (0.68%) CUDA
10 1 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.68%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.68%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 112 (76.19%) Windows
2 65 (44.22%) Windows Server
3 34 (23.13%) Linux
4 26 (17.69%) Windows 10
5 11 (7.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 9 (6.12%) Ubuntu
7 7 (4.76%) Android
7 7 (4.76%) Apple iOS
8 6 (4.08%) Mac OS
9 5 (3.40%) Unix
10 4 (2.72%) CentOS
10 4 (2.72%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (2.04%) CoreOS
11 3 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (1.36%) Embedded Linux
12 2 (1.36%) FreeRTOS
12 2 (1.36%) VMS
13 1 (0.68%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (40.14%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (31.97%) Customer Service
3 39 (26.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 38 (25.85%) Cybersecurity
5 32 (21.77%) ITIL
6 24 (16.33%) Disaster Recovery
7 22 (14.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (12.24%) ITSM
9 17 (11.56%) Service Delivery
10 16 (10.88%) Change Management
11 15 (10.20%) Remote Monitoring and Management
12 13 (8.84%) DevOps
12 13 (8.84%) Infrastructure as Code
12 13 (8.84%) Mentoring
13 12 (8.16%) SIEM
14 11 (7.48%) Incident Response
14 11 (7.48%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 10 (6.80%) Business Continuity
15 10 (6.80%) Collaborative Culture
15 10 (6.80%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 30 (20.41%) PowerShell
2 22 (14.97%) Python
3 16 (10.88%) SQL
4 6 (4.08%) Bash
5 5 (3.40%) Go
6 4 (2.72%) Bicep
6 4 (2.72%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.04%) C++
8 2 (1.36%) C
8 2 (1.36%) C#
8 2 (1.36%) Java
9 1 (0.68%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (16.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (8.84%) Degree
3 9 (6.12%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.12%) Security Cleared
4 7 (4.76%) DBS Check
5 5 (3.40%) CREST Certified
6 4 (2.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (2.04%) Azure Certification
7 3 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.36%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.36%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.68%) CCNA
9 1 (0.68%) CCNP
9 1 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.68%) Linux+ Certification
9 1 (0.68%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.68%) RHCE
9 1 (0.68%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.16%) Cyber Essentials
2 7 (4.76%) SLA
3 6 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (4.08%) QA
4 4 (2.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.36%) GDPR
6 1 (0.68%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 94 (63.95%) Active Directory
2 36 (24.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (21.09%) Hyper-V
4 7 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.36%) Docker
7 1 (0.68%) Ceph
7 1 (0.68%) Firmware
7 1 (0.68%) KVM
Systems Management
1 37 (25.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.80%) WSUS
3 8 (5.44%) Ansible
4 6 (4.08%) FortiGate
5 3 (2.04%) Autotask
5 3 (2.04%) McAfee ePO
5 3 (2.04%) SCVMM
5 3 (2.04%) VxRail
6 2 (1.36%) Grafana
6 2 (1.36%) Nagios
6 2 (1.36%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.36%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.68%) Avamar
7 1 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.68%) logstash
7 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.68%) PaperCut
7 1 (0.68%) Puppet
7 1 (0.68%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 99 (67.35%) Microsoft
2 36 (24.49%) VMware
3 20 (13.61%) Cisco
4 18 (12.24%) SonicWALL
5 14 (9.52%) Veeam
6 11 (7.48%) Dell
7 10 (6.80%) HP
8 8 (5.44%) Fortinet
9 7 (4.76%) Aruba
9 7 (4.76%) CheckPoint
9 7 (4.76%) NetApp
9 7 (4.76%) Palo Alto
10 6 (4.08%) Draytek
10 6 (4.08%) ServiceNow
11 5 (3.40%) Google
11 5 (3.40%) Sophos
12 4 (2.72%) New Relic
12 4 (2.72%) Red Hat
12 4 (2.72%) SAP
12 4 (2.72%) Splunk