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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 215 172
Rank change year-on-year +106 -43 -5
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 36 62 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.28% 0.92% 1.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.34% 9.42% 6.54%
Number of salaries quoted 34 48 16
10th Percentile £36,250 £28,000 £23,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £31,250 £33,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +3.03% +2.74%
75th Percentile £62,500 £64,750 £54,063
90th Percentile £69,000 £70,000 £57,552
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -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 348 658 764
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 12.35% 9.77% 16.17%
Number of salaries quoted 196 399 271
10th Percentile - £28,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £23,504 £35,000 £36,260
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £66,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £70,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,875 £50,250
% change year-on-year -0.78% -4.73% -4.29%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 +4 16 £47,500 +28.38% 2
Lanarkshire - 10 £63,000 - 2
Aberdeen - 4 £50,000 - 2
Glasgow +157 3 £35,000 -43.09% 7
Aberdeenshire - 1 £50,000 - 1
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 (13.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.78%) CICS
2 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.89%) Azure
2 4 (11.11%) AWS
3 1 (2.78%) GCP
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.78%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 9 (25.00%) Modbus
2 6 (16.67%) DHCP
2 6 (16.67%) DNS
2 6 (16.67%) Firewall
2 6 (16.67%) LAN
2 6 (16.67%) WAN
3 2 (5.56%) BGP
3 2 (5.56%) SNA
3 2 (5.56%) VPN
4 1 (2.78%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (2.78%) Network Security
4 1 (2.78%) OSPF
4 1 (2.78%) SSL
4 1 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
General
1 12 (33.33%) Finance
2 10 (27.78%) Electronics
3 7 (19.44%) Social Skills
4 5 (13.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (8.33%) Banking
6 1 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Law
Job Titles
1 19 (52.78%) Embedded Engineer
2 11 (30.56%) Senior
3 10 (27.78%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 10 (27.78%) Junior
3 10 (27.78%) Junior Embedded Engineer
3 10 (27.78%) Junior Software Engineer
3 10 (27.78%) Mid-Level Software Engineer
3 10 (27.78%) Software Engineer
4 9 (25.00%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
4 9 (25.00%) Firmware Engineer
4 9 (25.00%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 9 (25.00%) Senior Firmware Engineer
5 6 (16.67%) Network Engineer
6 5 (13.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (11.11%) IT Engineer
8 3 (8.33%) Administrator
8 3 (8.33%) IT Administrator
8 3 (8.33%) IT Systems Administrator
8 3 (8.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (8.33%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 11 (30.56%) Product Ownership
2 10 (27.78%) Embedded Systems
3 9 (25.00%) Device Driver
4 3 (8.33%) Driving Licence
5 2 (5.56%) Mainframe
6 1 (2.78%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.78%) e-Learning
6 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.78%) Private Cloud
6 1 (2.78%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (36.11%) Linux
2 11 (30.56%) Windows
3 9 (25.00%) Embedded Linux
4 7 (19.44%) Windows Server
5 2 (5.56%) Windows 10
5 2 (5.56%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.78%) Software Engineering
2 9 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 9 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 9 (25.00%) Continuous Deployment
2 9 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
2 9 (25.00%) Multithreading
2 9 (25.00%) Software Architecture
3 7 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (13.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 4 (11.11%) Roadmaps
6 2 (5.56%) Design Thinking
6 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (5.56%) Network Management
6 2 (5.56%) Observability
6 2 (5.56%) Product Roadmap
6 2 (5.56%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 2 (5.56%) Software Testing
6 2 (5.56%) Technology Roadmap
6 2 (5.56%) Test Automation
6 2 (5.56%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 19 (52.78%) C
2 9 (25.00%) C++
3 3 (8.33%) JCL
3 3 (8.33%) Python
4 2 (5.56%) Java
5 1 (2.78%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.78%) Perl
5 1 (2.78%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.78%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (5.56%) Degree
2 1 (2.78%) CCNP
2 1 (2.78%) CEH
2 1 (2.78%) CISM
2 1 (2.78%) CISSP
2 1 (2.78%) GIAC
System Software
1 9 (25.00%) Embedded Firmware
1 9 (25.00%) Firmware
2 8 (22.22%) Active Directory
3 3 (8.33%) Hyper-V
3 3 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.78%) BitLocker
4 1 (2.78%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.56%) Tivoli NetView
3 1 (2.78%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 8 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 8 (22.22%) VMware
2 2 (5.56%) Cisco
2 2 (5.56%) IBM
3 1 (2.78%) Apple
3 1 (2.78%) Canon
3 1 (2.78%) Dell
3 1 (2.78%) Fortinet