TCP/IP Jobs in Scotland

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring TCP/IP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited TCP/IP over the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 215 160
Rank change year-on-year +76 -55 +21
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 29 65 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.95% 0.94% 1.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.92% 10.02% 8.36%
Number of salaries quoted 24 49 19
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,250 £23,750
25th Percentile £35,938 £31,250 £29,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% - -5.88%
75th Percentile £68,335 £64,750 £51,729
90th Percentile £69,000 £65,800 £56,021
UK median annual salary £41,750 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.76% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 419 649 718
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 13.70% 9.41% 16.90%
Number of salaries quoted 213 406 255
10th Percentile - £28,000 £27,161
25th Percentile £23,504 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,087 £50,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -49.83% -0.99% +5.21%
75th Percentile £48,750 £63,438 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,000 £70,125 £80,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £51,150
% change year-on-year -21.05% -7.14% -2.57%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing TCP/IP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in Scotland

TCP/IP
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in Scotland.

Salary trend for TCP/IP in Scotland

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in Scotland over the 6 months to 21 June 2025.

Salary histogram for TCP/IP in Scotland

TCP/IP
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 21 June 2025. 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
Edinburgh +9 14 £47,500 +39.71% 11
Glasgow +119 9 £30,000 -37.50% 15
Lanarkshire - 6 £66,000 - 4
TCP/IP
UK

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.45%) CICS
2 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (17.24%) Azure
3 2 (6.90%) AWS
4 1 (3.45%) GCP
4 1 (3.45%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (31.03%) DHCP
1 9 (31.03%) DNS
2 6 (20.69%) Modbus
3 5 (17.24%) BGP
3 5 (17.24%) Firewall
4 4 (13.79%) Cisco IOS
4 4 (13.79%) OSPF
5 3 (10.34%) NX-OS
5 3 (10.34%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (10.34%) VPN
5 3 (10.34%) VXLAN
6 2 (6.90%) SNA
7 1 (3.45%) Network Security
7 1 (3.45%) SSL
7 1 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
General
1 10 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 9 (31.03%) Finance
3 5 (17.24%) Electronics
4 3 (10.34%) Banking
5 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (37.93%) Embedded Engineer
2 8 (27.59%) Network Engineer
3 6 (20.69%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
3 6 (20.69%) Firmware Engineer
3 6 (20.69%) IT Engineer
3 6 (20.69%) Senior
3 6 (20.69%) Senior Embedded Engineer
3 6 (20.69%) Senior Firmware Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Desktop Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Desktop Support
4 5 (17.24%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Field Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) IT Support
4 5 (17.24%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Junior
4 5 (17.24%) Junior Embedded Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Mid-Level Software Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Software Engineer
4 5 (17.24%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) Middleware
2 1 (3.45%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Product Ownership
2 7 (24.14%) Driving Licence
3 6 (20.69%) Device Driver
4 5 (17.24%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (13.79%) Data Centre
6 2 (6.90%) Mainframe
7 1 (3.45%) e-Learning
7 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
7 1 (3.45%) Private Cloud
7 1 (3.45%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (37.93%) Windows
2 10 (34.48%) Linux
3 7 (24.14%) Windows 10
4 6 (20.69%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (6.90%) Unix
5 2 (6.90%) Windows Server
5 2 (6.90%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) CI/CD
1 9 (31.03%) Continuous Integration
2 8 (27.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 7 (24.14%) Roadmaps
4 6 (20.69%) Collaborative Working
4 6 (20.69%) Continuous Deployment
4 6 (20.69%) Multithreading
4 6 (20.69%) Software Architecture
5 5 (17.24%) Customer Service
5 5 (17.24%) Software Engineering
5 5 (17.24%) Virtual Environments
6 4 (13.79%) Agile
6 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (10.34%) Acceptance Criteria
7 3 (10.34%) Continuous Delivery
7 3 (10.34%) Customer Experience
7 3 (10.34%) DevOps
7 3 (10.34%) Migration
7 3 (10.34%) Network Architecture
7 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (37.93%) C
2 6 (20.69%) C++
3 3 (10.34%) JCL
3 3 (10.34%) Python
4 2 (6.90%) Java
5 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
5 1 (3.45%) Perl
5 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
5 1 (3.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) Degree
1 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (6.90%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (3.45%) CCNP
3 1 (3.45%) CEH
3 1 (3.45%) CISM
3 1 (3.45%) CISSP
3 1 (3.45%) GIAC
System Software
1 7 (24.14%) Active Directory
2 6 (20.69%) Embedded Firmware
2 6 (20.69%) Firmware
2 6 (20.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (17.24%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.45%) BitLocker
4 1 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) Ansible
1 3 (10.34%) FortiGate
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (6.90%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 10 (34.48%) Microsoft
2 7 (24.14%) Cisco
3 6 (20.69%) VMware
4 3 (10.34%) Fortinet
5 2 (6.90%) IBM
6 1 (3.45%) Apple
6 1 (3.45%) Dell