TCP/IP Job Trends in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 122 97
Rank change year-on-year -6 -25 +40
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 50 72 132
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.99% 1.68% 2.99%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.10% 14.63% 16.90%
Number of salaries quoted 29 43 65
10th Percentile £29,950 £32,850 £25,625
25th Percentile £30,750 £51,875 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £65,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -42.31% +54.76% -16.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £75,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £88,500 £57,500
England median annual salary £37,500 £50,000 £45,075
% change year-on-year -25.00% +10.93% +0.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 617 492 781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 12.27% 11.45% 17.69%
Number of salaries quoted 366 286 598
10th Percentile £25,375 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £29,188 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £52,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +6.12% +3.16%
75th Percentile £52,500 £71,250 £60,750
90th Percentile £65,000 £86,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -4.76%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

TCP/IP job vacancy trend in the South West

TCP/IP
Salary Trend in the South West

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

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

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in the South West over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for TCP/IP in the South West

TCP/IP
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 2 January 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
Wiltshire +1 20 £33,000 -50.19% 1
Gloucestershire +25 12 £42,500 +28.79% 8
Devon +6 8 £31,000 -65.56% 4
Somerset -17 5 £30,500 - 2
Bristol +5 4 £53,750 -17.31% 5
Cornwall -15 1 £32,000 -7.25% 1
TCP/IP
England

TCP/IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 17 (34.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (22.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.00%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 26 (52.00%) Microsoft 365
2 25 (50.00%) Azure
3 8 (16.00%) Entra ID
4 7 (14.00%) AWS
5 3 (6.00%) OneDrive
5 3 (6.00%) OpenShift
6 2 (4.00%) IaaS
6 2 (4.00%) OCI
6 2 (4.00%) PaaS
6 2 (4.00%) Power Platform
6 2 (4.00%) Rubrik
6 2 (4.00%) Serverless
7 1 (2.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (82.00%) DNS
2 28 (56.00%) DHCP
3 16 (32.00%) Firewall
4 11 (22.00%) VoIP
5 9 (18.00%) HTTP
5 9 (18.00%) LAN
5 9 (18.00%) WAN
6 8 (16.00%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (16.00%) VLAN
7 7 (14.00%) VPN
8 6 (12.00%) Network Security
8 6 (12.00%) SD-WAN
9 4 (8.00%) DKIM
9 4 (8.00%) DMARC
9 4 (8.00%) Intranet
9 4 (8.00%) SMTP
10 3 (6.00%) BGP
10 3 (6.00%) ICMP
10 3 (6.00%) MPLS
10 3 (6.00%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (16.00%) Git
2 2 (4.00%) IDA Disassembler
3 1 (2.00%) Bitbucket
3 1 (2.00%) GitLab
General
1 25 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (16.00%) Manufacturing
3 7 (14.00%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (10.00%) Advertising
5 4 (8.00%) Telecoms
6 3 (6.00%) Electronics
6 3 (6.00%) Finance
6 3 (6.00%) Marketing
6 3 (6.00%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 14 (28.00%) IT Support
2 10 (20.00%) Analyst
3 9 (18.00%) Support Analyst
3 9 (18.00%) Support Engineer
4 7 (14.00%) IT Engineer
5 6 (12.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (12.00%) IT Analyst
5 6 (12.00%) IT Support Analyst
5 6 (12.00%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (10.00%) IT Technician
7 4 (8.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 4 (8.00%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (8.00%) C++ Software Engineer
7 4 (8.00%) Python Engineer
7 4 (8.00%) Python Software Engineer
7 4 (8.00%) Software Engineer
7 4 (8.00%) Support Technician
7 4 (8.00%) Technical Support
8 3 (6.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 3 (6.00%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.00%) Driving Licence
2 6 (12.00%) Onboarding
3 5 (10.00%) e-Learning
4 4 (8.00%) GNSS
4 4 (8.00%) Satnav
4 4 (8.00%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (8.00%) Smartphone
5 3 (6.00%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (4.00%) Arduino
6 2 (4.00%) BYOD
6 2 (4.00%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (4.00%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (4.00%) Raspberry Pi
7 1 (2.00%) Client/Server
7 1 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 34 (68.00%) Windows
2 19 (38.00%) Windows Server
3 13 (26.00%) Linux
4 6 (12.00%) Windows 10
5 3 (6.00%) CentOS
5 3 (6.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (6.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (6.00%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (2.00%) CoreOS
6 1 (2.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (34.00%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (30.00%) ITIL
3 9 (18.00%) Customer Service
4 8 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (14.00%) Cloud Security
6 6 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (12.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (10.00%) Mentoring
7 5 (10.00%) Migration
7 5 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
7 5 (10.00%) Validation
8 4 (8.00%) B2B
8 4 (8.00%) Case Management
8 4 (8.00%) Computer Science
8 4 (8.00%) Mathematics
8 4 (8.00%) Open Source
8 4 (8.00%) Open Source Development
8 4 (8.00%) Project Management
8 4 (8.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 16 (32.00%) PowerShell
2 15 (30.00%) Python
3 8 (16.00%) Bash
4 6 (12.00%) C++
5 3 (6.00%) SQL
6 2 (4.00%) C
Qualifications
1 12 (24.00%) Degree
2 7 (14.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (12.00%) DV Cleared
4 5 (10.00%) Azure Certification
4 5 (10.00%) MCP
5 4 (8.00%) A+ Certification
5 4 (8.00%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (6.00%) CCNP
6 3 (6.00%) Master's Degree
6 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (4.00%) AWS Certification
7 2 (4.00%) SC Cleared
8 1 (2.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (2.00%) CCSP
8 1 (2.00%) CEH
8 1 (2.00%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (2.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (6.00%) GDPR
1 3 (6.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 25 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 10 (20.00%) Hyper-V
3 4 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (2.00%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (16.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (12.00%) Ansible
3 4 (8.00%) Terraform
4 3 (6.00%) McAfee ePO
4 3 (6.00%) SCVMM
5 1 (2.00%) NetBackup
5 1 (2.00%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 26 (52.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (8.00%) Cisco
2 4 (8.00%) VMware
3 3 (6.00%) Fortinet
3 3 (6.00%) HP
3 3 (6.00%) McAfee
3 3 (6.00%) Palo Alto
3 3 (6.00%) Red Hat
3 3 (6.00%) SAP
3 3 (6.00%) Veeam
4 2 (4.00%) Aruba
4 2 (4.00%) SonicWALL
5 1 (2.00%) Dell
5 1 (2.00%) Juniper
5 1 (2.00%) Oracle