TCP/IP Job Trends in the South East

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 153 166
Rank change year-on-year -16 +13 -69
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 167 154 186
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.98% 1.76% 1.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.01% 11.54% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 138 95 148
10th Percentile £27,175 £28,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.63% -16.47% -
75th Percentile £54,938 £40,375 £55,313
90th Percentile £72,500 £54,500 £62,500
England median annual salary £38,500 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.67% -11.76% -6.59%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,390 1,334 2,109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 8.19% 15.24% 15.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,090 822 1,292
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £70,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -1.96%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing TCP/IP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

TCP/IP job vacancy trend in the South East

TCP/IP
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing TCP/IP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing TCP/IP

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in the South East over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Salary histogram for TCP/IP in the South East

TCP/IP
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the South East region over the 6 months to 10 August 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
Thames Valley -24 50 £47,500 +37.68% 19
Surrey +15 48 £32,500 -29.73% 8
Hampshire -28 44 £37,500 +9.49% 18
Berkshire +22 22 £52,500 +40.00% 10
Buckinghamshire -15 18 £42,500 -5.56% 3
Kent -46 16 £28,000 -17.65% 4
Oxfordshire -35 10 £52,500 +66.67% 6
West Sussex -16 7 £37,500 - 4
East Sussex - 2 £39,500 - 4
TCP/IP
England

TCP/IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 18 (10.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (8.38%) SharePoint
3 9 (5.39%) Apache
4 1 (0.60%) Confluence
4 1 (0.60%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.20%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 2 (1.20%) NetSuite
1 2 (1.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 64 (38.32%) Microsoft 365
2 51 (30.54%) Azure
3 33 (19.76%) Entra ID
4 20 (11.98%) AWS
5 6 (3.59%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (3.59%) GCP
6 5 (2.99%) OneDrive
7 4 (2.40%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (2.40%) Power Automate
7 4 (2.40%) Sumo Logic
8 3 (1.80%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.60%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.60%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.60%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 83 (49.70%) Firewall
2 80 (47.90%) DNS
3 54 (32.34%) VPN
4 51 (30.54%) DHCP
5 40 (23.95%) LAN
5 40 (23.95%) WAN
6 27 (16.17%) VLAN
7 22 (13.17%) Network Security
8 18 (10.78%) HTTP
8 18 (10.78%) VoIP
8 18 (10.78%) Wireless
9 14 (8.38%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (6.59%) Ethernet
10 11 (6.59%) LTE
11 10 (5.99%) OSPF
12 9 (5.39%) Wireshark
13 7 (4.19%) BGP
13 7 (4.19%) VSAT
14 6 (3.59%) SD-WAN
15 5 (2.99%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.59%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.19%) MySQL
3 4 (2.40%) Crystal Reports
4 2 (1.20%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.20%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.60%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.60%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (4.79%) JIRA
2 4 (2.40%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.20%) CMake
3 2 (1.20%) Cypress.io
3 2 (1.20%) Git
4 1 (0.60%) GDB
4 1 (0.60%) Visual Studio
General
1 69 (41.32%) Social Skills
2 21 (12.57%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (9.58%) Electronics
4 13 (7.78%) Telecoms
5 8 (4.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (4.79%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.59%) Retail
7 5 (2.99%) Aerospace
8 4 (2.40%) Back Office
8 4 (2.40%) Finance
8 4 (2.40%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.80%) Local Government
9 3 (1.80%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.20%) Aviation
11 1 (0.60%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.60%) Military
Job Titles
1 41 (24.55%) Analyst
2 27 (16.17%) IT Support
3 21 (12.57%) Support Engineer
4 20 (11.98%) IT Engineer
5 17 (10.18%) Network Engineer
6 16 (9.58%) IT Support Engineer
7 15 (8.98%) 1st Line Support
8 14 (8.38%) SOC Analyst
8 14 (8.38%) Support Analyst
9 13 (7.78%) Lead
10 12 (7.19%) Software Engineer
11 10 (5.99%) IT Analyst
11 10 (5.99%) Senior
11 10 (5.99%) Systems Engineer
12 9 (5.39%) 1st Line Support Analyst
13 8 (4.79%) Network Technician
13 8 (4.79%) Service Desk Engineer
14 7 (4.19%) 3rd Line Support
14 7 (4.19%) Lead Software Engineer
14 7 (4.19%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.19%) Node.js
1 12 (7.19%) React
2 9 (5.39%) .NET
3 8 (4.79%) AngularJS
3 8 (4.79%) JSON
4 6 (3.59%) CSS
4 6 (3.59%) Django
4 6 (3.59%) HTML
4 6 (3.59%) WebSockets
4 6 (3.59%) XML
5 5 (2.99%) LDAP
6 3 (1.80%) gRPC
6 3 (1.80%) LAMP
6 3 (1.80%) REST
7 2 (1.20%) Jest
7 2 (1.20%) Protocol Buffers
7 2 (1.20%) pytest
7 2 (1.20%) RESTful
7 2 (1.20%) Unreal Engine
7 2 (1.20%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.98%) Driving Licence
2 14 (8.38%) Security Operations Centre
3 12 (7.19%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (6.59%) Cyber Defence
5 10 (5.99%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (4.79%) EPoS
6 8 (4.79%) Replication
6 8 (4.79%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (4.19%) Social Media
8 6 (3.59%) CSOC
9 4 (2.40%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.80%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.80%) Robotics
11 2 (1.20%) Client/Server
11 2 (1.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 2 (1.20%) Management Information System
11 2 (1.20%) MISP
11 2 (1.20%) Onboarding
11 2 (1.20%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 105 (62.87%) Windows
2 50 (29.94%) Windows Server
3 44 (26.35%) Linux
4 9 (5.39%) Mac OS
5 7 (4.19%) Windows 10
6 6 (3.59%) Ubuntu
7 4 (2.40%) Debian
8 2 (1.20%) Android
8 2 (1.20%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.20%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.60%) CentOS
9 1 (0.60%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (32.34%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (23.35%) Customer Service
3 35 (20.96%) Cybersecurity
4 34 (20.36%) ITIL
5 28 (16.77%) SIEM
6 19 (11.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (11.38%) ITSM
6 19 (11.38%) Mentoring
6 19 (11.38%) Security Operations
7 17 (10.18%) Incident Response
7 17 (10.18%) Service Delivery
8 16 (9.58%) Computer Science
8 16 (9.58%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 16 (9.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 16 (9.58%) Software Engineering
8 16 (9.58%) Threat Intelligence
8 16 (9.58%) Use Case
9 15 (8.98%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 15 (8.98%) Project Delivery
10 14 (8.38%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 30 (17.96%) Python
2 27 (16.17%) PowerShell
3 15 (8.98%) Bash
4 13 (7.78%) SQL
5 12 (7.19%) C++
6 8 (4.79%) C#
6 8 (4.79%) Perl
7 7 (4.19%) JavaScript
7 7 (4.19%) Search Processing Language
8 6 (3.59%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (2.40%) PHP
10 2 (1.20%) C
10 2 (1.20%) Ruby
11 1 (0.60%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.60%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 48 (28.74%) Degree
2 43 (25.75%) Security Cleared
3 34 (20.36%) SC Cleared
4 26 (15.57%) Cisco Certification
5 25 (14.97%) CCNA
6 15 (8.98%) GCIA
7 14 (8.38%) CCNP
7 14 (8.38%) CompTIA Security+
7 14 (8.38%) HNC
7 14 (8.38%) HND
8 13 (7.78%) GIAC
9 11 (6.59%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (6.59%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (5.99%) CREST Certified
10 10 (5.99%) SANS
11 9 (5.39%) CompTIA CySA+
12 8 (4.79%) DV Cleared
12 8 (4.79%) GCIH
13 7 (4.19%) CISSP
13 7 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.18%) SLA
2 8 (4.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (4.19%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.80%) QA
5 2 (1.20%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.20%) NIST
5 2 (1.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 47 (28.14%) Active Directory
2 14 (8.38%) Hyper-V
3 11 (6.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (5.99%) Docker
5 5 (2.99%) Firmware
5 5 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (2.40%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (2.40%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (16.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (4.79%) Kibana
3 6 (3.59%) QRadar
4 4 (2.40%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.80%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.80%) Terraform
6 2 (1.20%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (1.20%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (1.20%) SCCM
7 1 (0.60%) Autotask
7 1 (0.60%) Graylog
7 1 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.60%) OpenView
7 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.60%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 88 (52.69%) Microsoft
2 30 (17.96%) Cisco
3 16 (9.58%) Splunk
4 14 (8.38%) ServiceNow
5 13 (7.78%) CrowdStrike
5 13 (7.78%) Fortinet
6 12 (7.19%) VMware
7 9 (5.39%) Veeam
8 7 (4.19%) Carbon Black
9 4 (2.40%) Aruba
9 4 (2.40%) Meraki
9 4 (2.40%) Ubiquiti
10 3 (1.80%) ArcSight
10 3 (1.80%) Dell
10 3 (1.80%) Juniper
10 3 (1.80%) MikroTik
10 3 (1.80%) WatchGuard
11 2 (1.20%) ConnectWise
11 2 (1.20%) Palo Alto
11 2 (1.20%) Ruckus Wireless