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

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 185 136
Rank change year-on-year +12 -49 +3
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 139 242 339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.47% 1.43% 2.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.54% 8.79% 13.71%
Number of salaries quoted 85 207 260
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £38,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% +10.00% -7.99%
75th Percentile £57,500 £50,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £69,750 £65,000 £62,500
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 1,457 2,754 2,472
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 15.45% 16.27% 17.42%
Number of salaries quoted 742 1,865 1,437
10th Percentile £25,250 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,125 £70,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £46,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.16% -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 23 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 23 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 +45 72 £30,500 -23.75% 115
Hampshire +21 37 £52,500 +62.79% 36
Oxfordshire +40 26 £30,500 -20.78% 28
Buckinghamshire +18 26 £45,000 +28.57% 33
Berkshire +43 20 £33,250 -33.50% 57
Kent +30 16 £37,500 -3.85% 40
Surrey +22 9 £75,000 +25.00% 35
Middlesex -17 3 - - 1
West Sussex +31 1 - - 8
East Sussex +21 1 £42,500 +16.44% 8
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 (5.76%) IIS
2 7 (5.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (4.32%) Apache
4 4 (2.88%) Apache Solr
4 4 (2.88%) nginx
5 3 (2.16%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.72%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (9.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (18.71%) AWS
2 25 (17.99%) Azure
2 25 (17.99%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (6.47%) SaaS
4 7 (5.04%) GCP
5 4 (2.88%) AWS CloudFormation
5 4 (2.88%) Entra ID
5 4 (2.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (0.72%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 79 (56.83%) VPN
2 67 (48.20%) DNS
3 47 (33.81%) DHCP
4 42 (30.22%) Firewall
5 31 (22.30%) VLAN
6 18 (12.95%) VoIP
7 17 (12.23%) BGP
7 17 (12.23%) OSPF
8 15 (10.79%) LAN
9 14 (10.07%) IPsec
10 11 (7.91%) WAN
11 9 (6.47%) Network Security
11 9 (6.47%) SSL
12 8 (5.76%) HTTPS
12 8 (5.76%) MPLS
12 8 (5.76%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (5.04%) HTTP
14 6 (4.32%) SD-WAN
14 6 (4.32%) Wireless
15 5 (3.60%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.47%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.60%) MySQL
2 5 (3.60%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.88%) Couchbase
3 4 (2.88%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 34 (24.46%) Cucumber
1 34 (24.46%) Robot Framework
General
1 94 (67.63%) Social Skills
2 48 (34.53%) Telecoms
3 38 (27.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.04%) Public Sector
6 6 (4.32%) Aviation
7 5 (3.60%) Back Office
7 5 (3.60%) Local Government
8 4 (2.88%) Legal
8 4 (2.88%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.16%) Finance
9 3 (2.16%) Law
9 3 (2.16%) Retail
10 2 (1.44%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.44%) Electronics
11 1 (0.72%) Automotive
11 1 (0.72%) Games
11 1 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.72%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (24.46%) Test Automation Engineer
1 34 (24.46%) Test Engineer
2 19 (13.67%) Support Engineer
3 17 (12.23%) Analyst
3 17 (12.23%) IT Support
4 15 (10.79%) Network Engineer
5 14 (10.07%) IT Engineer
6 12 (8.63%) IT Support Engineer
6 12 (8.63%) Lead
6 12 (8.63%) Senior
7 9 (6.47%) Support Analyst
7 9 (6.47%) Technical Support
8 8 (5.76%) Desktop Support
9 7 (5.04%) 3rd Line Support
9 7 (5.04%) Security Engineer
9 7 (5.04%) Support Technician
10 6 (4.32%) 3rd Line Technical Support
10 6 (4.32%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
11 5 (3.60%) Desktop Engineer
11 5 (3.60%) Telecoms Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.88%) JSON
1 4 (2.88%) RabbitMQ
1 4 (2.88%) YAML
2 1 (0.72%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.72%) FreeSWITCH
2 1 (0.72%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 34 (24.46%) Linux Command Line
2 23 (16.55%) Data Centre
3 12 (8.63%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.32%) Robotics
4 6 (4.32%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (3.60%) Client/Server
5 5 (3.60%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.88%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.88%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.88%) Replication
7 3 (2.16%) CCTV
7 3 (2.16%) Clustering
8 2 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.44%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.44%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.72%) CAN bus
9 1 (0.72%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 93 (66.91%) Windows
2 48 (34.53%) Linux
3 21 (15.11%) Windows Server
4 16 (11.51%) Mac OS
5 10 (7.19%) Android
5 10 (7.19%) Apple iOS
6 8 (5.76%) Windows 10
7 6 (4.32%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (2.88%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (2.16%) Mac OS X
9 3 (2.16%) Ubuntu
10 2 (1.44%) Debian
10 2 (1.44%) SUSE
11 1 (0.72%) CentOS
11 1 (0.72%) OpenBSD
11 1 (0.72%) Unix
11 1 (0.72%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.72%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.72%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (59.71%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (27.34%) DevOps
2 38 (27.34%) Mentoring
3 35 (25.18%) Coaching
4 34 (24.46%) System Testing
4 34 (24.46%) Test Automation
4 34 (24.46%) Test Management
5 26 (18.71%) Cybersecurity
6 23 (16.55%) Customer Service
7 18 (12.95%) Information Security
8 12 (8.63%) Computer Science
8 12 (8.63%) Incident Response
8 12 (8.63%) ITIL
9 10 (7.19%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (6.47%) Change Management
10 9 (6.47%) Project Delivery
11 8 (5.76%) Data Protection
11 8 (5.76%) Disaster Recovery
11 8 (5.76%) SIEM
12 7 (5.04%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 42 (30.22%) PowerShell
1 42 (30.22%) Python
2 35 (25.18%) JavaScript
3 34 (24.46%) Bash
4 6 (4.32%) SQL
5 5 (3.60%) C
5 5 (3.60%) C++
6 4 (2.88%) Java
6 4 (2.88%) Kotlin
6 4 (2.88%) Objective-C
6 4 (2.88%) PHP
7 1 (0.72%) R
Qualifications
1 59 (42.45%) Degree
2 24 (17.27%) Security Cleared
3 12 (8.63%) A+ Certification
3 12 (8.63%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (7.91%) CCNP
4 11 (7.91%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (7.19%) SC Cleared
6 9 (6.47%) MCP
7 8 (5.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (5.76%) DV Cleared
8 7 (5.04%) CCNA
9 4 (2.88%) Master's Degree
10 3 (2.16%) HNC
10 3 (2.16%) HND
10 3 (2.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.72%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.72%) CCIE
11 1 (0.72%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.72%) OSCP
11 1 (0.72%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (24.46%) QA
2 6 (4.32%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (4.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 6 (4.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.88%) SLA
4 2 (1.44%) GDPR
5 1 (0.72%) Accessibility
System Software
1 25 (17.99%) Active Directory
2 22 (15.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (12.23%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.16%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (2.16%) vSphere
5 2 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.72%) Docker
6 1 (0.72%) Firmware
6 1 (0.72%) NFS
6 1 (0.72%) vCloud
6 1 (0.72%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.72%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (4.32%) ArcSight ESM
1 6 (4.32%) QRadar
2 5 (3.60%) Ansible
2 5 (3.60%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.60%) ZABBIX
3 4 (2.88%) Terraform
4 3 (2.16%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (2.16%) SCCM
5 1 (0.72%) Dell DRAC
5 1 (0.72%) PowerCLI
5 1 (0.72%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.72%) vRealize
Vendors
1 38 (27.34%) Microsoft
2 22 (15.83%) VMware
3 19 (13.67%) Cisco
4 13 (9.35%) Google
5 8 (5.76%) Splunk
6 6 (4.32%) ArcSight
6 6 (4.32%) LogLogic
6 6 (4.32%) McAfee
7 5 (3.60%) Oracle
8 4 (2.88%) HP
8 4 (2.88%) Riverbed
9 3 (2.16%) Dell
9 3 (2.16%) Juniper
9 3 (2.16%) MobileIron
9 3 (2.16%) SAP
9 3 (2.16%) Sophos
9 3 (2.16%) Trend Micro
9 3 (2.16%) Veeam
9 3 (2.16%) WatchGuard
10 2 (1.44%) Salesforce