TCP/IP Jobs in the South East

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 178 139
Rank change year-on-year +3 -39 +5
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 140 244 338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.48% 1.41% 2.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.54% 8.82% 13.61%
Number of salaries quoted 85 209 261
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -7.89%
75th Percentile £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £69,750 £65,000 £63,750
England median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -5.56% +3.45%

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 1,468 2,768 2,484
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.51% 15.98% 17.55%
Number of salaries quoted 748 1,880 1,453
10th Percentile £25,250 £26,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,375 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in the South East

TCP/IP
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in the South East.

Salary trend for TCP/IP in the South East

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in the South East over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

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 28 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
Thames Valley +53 71 £30,500 -23.75% 106
Hampshire +22 39 £52,500 +64.06% 38
Oxfordshire +47 26 £30,500 -20.78% 26
Buckinghamshire +21 26 £45,000 +28.57% 29
Berkshire +40 19 £30,000 -40.00% 55
Kent +37 17 £37,500 - 38
Surrey +25 8 £75,000 +25.00% 34
Middlesex -15 3 - - 1
West Sussex +33 1 - - 11
East Sussex +16 1 £42,500 +16.44% 9
TCP/IP
England

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 8 (5.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (5.00%) IIS
3 5 (3.57%) Apache
4 4 (2.86%) Apache Solr
4 4 (2.86%) nginx
5 3 (2.14%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.71%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (9.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 26 (18.57%) AWS
1 26 (18.57%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (17.86%) Azure
3 9 (6.43%) SaaS
4 7 (5.00%) GCP
5 5 (3.57%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.86%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (2.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 1 (0.71%) Nutanix
7 1 (0.71%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.71%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 80 (57.14%) VPN
2 67 (47.86%) DNS
3 47 (33.57%) DHCP
4 43 (30.71%) Firewall
5 31 (22.14%) VLAN
6 18 (12.86%) VoIP
7 17 (12.14%) BGP
7 17 (12.14%) OSPF
8 15 (10.71%) LAN
9 14 (10.00%) IPsec
10 11 (7.86%) WAN
11 9 (6.43%) Network Security
11 9 (6.43%) SSL
11 9 (6.43%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (5.71%) HTTPS
12 8 (5.71%) MPLS
13 7 (5.00%) HTTP
14 6 (4.29%) SD-WAN
14 6 (4.29%) Wireless
15 5 (3.57%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.71%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.57%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.86%) Couchbase
3 4 (2.86%) MySQL
3 4 (2.86%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 34 (24.29%) Cucumber
1 34 (24.29%) Robot Framework
General
1 94 (67.14%) Social Skills
2 48 (34.29%) Telecoms
3 39 (27.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (9.29%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.00%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.29%) Aviation
7 5 (3.57%) Back Office
7 5 (3.57%) Local Government
8 4 (2.86%) Legal
8 4 (2.86%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.14%) Finance
9 3 (2.14%) Law
9 3 (2.14%) Retail
10 1 (0.71%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.71%) Electronics
10 1 (0.71%) Games
10 1 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (24.29%) Test Automation Engineer
1 34 (24.29%) Test Engineer
2 20 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 19 (13.57%) Analyst
4 17 (12.14%) IT Support
5 15 (10.71%) Network Engineer
6 14 (10.00%) IT Engineer
7 13 (9.29%) Senior
8 12 (8.57%) IT Support Engineer
8 12 (8.57%) Lead
9 9 (6.43%) Support Analyst
9 9 (6.43%) Technical Support
10 8 (5.71%) Desktop Support
11 7 (5.00%) 3rd Line Support
11 7 (5.00%) Security Engineer
11 7 (5.00%) Support Technician
12 6 (4.29%) 3rd Line Technical Support
12 6 (4.29%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
13 5 (3.57%) Desktop Engineer
13 5 (3.57%) Telecoms Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.86%) JSON
1 4 (2.86%) RabbitMQ
1 4 (2.86%) YAML
2 1 (0.71%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.71%) FreeSWITCH
2 1 (0.71%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 34 (24.29%) Linux Command Line
2 22 (15.71%) Data Centre
3 11 (7.86%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.29%) Robotics
4 6 (4.29%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (3.57%) Client/Server
5 5 (3.57%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.86%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (2.86%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.86%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.86%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (2.14%) CCTV
7 3 (2.14%) Replication
8 2 (1.43%) Clustering
8 2 (1.43%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.71%) CAN bus
9 1 (0.71%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 92 (65.71%) Windows
2 47 (33.57%) Linux
3 20 (14.29%) Windows Server
4 16 (11.43%) Mac OS
5 10 (7.14%) Android
5 10 (7.14%) Apple iOS
6 8 (5.71%) Windows 10
7 6 (4.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (2.86%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (2.14%) Mac OS X
10 2 (1.43%) Debian
10 2 (1.43%) SUSE
10 2 (1.43%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.71%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.71%) Unix
11 1 (0.71%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.71%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.71%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (60.71%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 38 (27.14%) DevOps
4 35 (25.00%) Coaching
5 34 (24.29%) System Testing
5 34 (24.29%) Test Automation
5 34 (24.29%) Test Management
6 28 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
7 23 (16.43%) Customer Service
8 18 (12.86%) Information Security
9 14 (10.00%) Incident Response
10 12 (8.57%) Computer Science
10 12 (8.57%) ITIL
11 10 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (7.14%) SIEM
12 9 (6.43%) Change Management
12 9 (6.43%) Project Delivery
13 8 (5.71%) Data Protection
13 8 (5.71%) Disaster Recovery
14 7 (5.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (30.00%) Python
2 41 (29.29%) PowerShell
3 35 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 34 (24.29%) Bash
5 7 (5.00%) SQL
6 5 (3.57%) C
6 5 (3.57%) C++
7 4 (2.86%) Java
7 4 (2.86%) Kotlin
7 4 (2.86%) Objective-C
7 4 (2.86%) PHP
8 1 (0.71%) R
Qualifications
1 59 (42.14%) Degree
2 26 (18.57%) Security Cleared
3 12 (8.57%) A+ Certification
3 12 (8.57%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (7.86%) CCNP
4 11 (7.86%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (7.86%) SC Cleared
5 9 (6.43%) DV Cleared
5 9 (6.43%) MCP
6 8 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (5.00%) CCNA
8 4 (2.86%) Master's Degree
9 3 (2.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (1.43%) HNC
10 2 (1.43%) HND
10 2 (1.43%) OSCP
11 1 (0.71%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.71%) CCIE
11 1 (0.71%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.71%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (24.29%) QA
2 6 (4.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (4.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 6 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.86%) SLA
4 2 (1.43%) GDPR
5 1 (0.71%) Accessibility
System Software
1 25 (17.86%) Active Directory
2 23 (16.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (12.14%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.14%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (2.14%) vSphere
5 2 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.71%) Docker
6 1 (0.71%) Firmware
6 1 (0.71%) NFS
6 1 (0.71%) vCloud
6 1 (0.71%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.71%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (4.29%) ArcSight ESM
1 6 (4.29%) QRadar
2 5 (3.57%) Ansible
2 5 (3.57%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.57%) ZABBIX
3 4 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.86%) Terraform
4 3 (2.14%) SCCM
5 2 (1.43%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.71%) Dell DRAC
6 1 (0.71%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.71%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.71%) vRealize
Vendors
1 40 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 23 (16.43%) VMware
3 18 (12.86%) Cisco
4 13 (9.29%) Google
5 10 (7.14%) Splunk
6 6 (4.29%) ArcSight
6 6 (4.29%) LogLogic
6 6 (4.29%) McAfee
7 5 (3.57%) Oracle
8 4 (2.86%) HP
8 4 (2.86%) Riverbed
9 3 (2.14%) Dell
9 3 (2.14%) Juniper
9 3 (2.14%) MobileIron
9 3 (2.14%) SAP
9 3 (2.14%) Sophos
9 3 (2.14%) Trend Micro
9 3 (2.14%) Veeam
9 3 (2.14%) WatchGuard
10 2 (1.43%) Salesforce