TCP/IP Jobs in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 15 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 119 138
Rank change year-on-year -34 +19 +3
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 35 182 165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.94% 2.28% 2.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.90% 15.38% 12.92%
Number of salaries quoted 20 92 88
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £35,894
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,750 £32,750 £45,125
Median % change year-on-year +24.43% -27.42% +27.11%
75th Percentile £67,813 £49,063 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,875 £56,250 £78,175
England median annual salary £47,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.59% -5.56% +5.88%

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 443 1,183 1,277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 11.86% 14.84% 16.95%
Number of salaries quoted 257 917 617
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,900 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,500 £34,375 £33,691
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £57,500 £61,088
90th Percentile £80,500 £70,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £48,500 £51,350
% change year-on-year +8.25% -5.55% -1.25%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in the South West

TCP/IP
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for TCP/IP in the South West

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in the South West over the 6 months to 15 March 2025.

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 15 March 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
Bristol +33 10 £63,750 +70.00% 10
Gloucestershire -29 8 £33,000 +10.00% 12
Wiltshire +34 6 £25,000 -21.88% 1
Somerset +7 4 £41,500 -12.63% 2
Dorset +17 3 £77,500 +40.91% 1
Cornwall +9 3 £34,500 -4.17%
Devon +7 1 £40,000 +33.04% 2
TCP/IP
England

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (8.57%) Apache Solr
1 3 (8.57%) nginx
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (25.71%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (51.43%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (25.71%) Azure
3 3 (8.57%) GCP
4 2 (5.71%) AWS
4 2 (5.71%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.71%) Google Workspace
5 1 (2.86%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 20 (57.14%) DNS
2 18 (51.43%) VPN
3 14 (40.00%) Firewall
4 9 (25.71%) DHCP
5 6 (17.14%) VLAN
6 4 (11.43%) WAN
7 3 (8.57%) HTTPS
7 3 (8.57%) IPsec
7 3 (8.57%) LAN
7 3 (8.57%) Network Security
8 2 (5.71%) BGP
8 2 (5.71%) Internet
8 2 (5.71%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (5.71%) MPLS
8 2 (5.71%) OSPF
8 2 (5.71%) VoIP
8 2 (5.71%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (2.86%) Ethernet
9 1 (2.86%) HTTP
9 1 (2.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.57%) Couchbase
1 3 (8.57%) MySQL
1 3 (8.57%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.86%) GIS
2 1 (2.86%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) JIRA
2 1 (2.86%) Burp Suite
2 1 (2.86%) Metasploit
General
1 19 (54.29%) Social Skills
2 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.43%) Finance
4 2 (5.71%) Aerospace
4 2 (5.71%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (5.71%) Retail
5 1 (2.86%) Automotive
5 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Law
5 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.86%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (25.71%) Senior
2 6 (17.14%) Analyst
2 6 (17.14%) Network Engineer
3 5 (14.29%) IT Support
3 5 (14.29%) Service Analyst
3 5 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) IT Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) Support Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) Support Specialist
5 3 (8.57%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (8.57%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) IT Support Engineer
5 3 (8.57%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Cybersecurity Specialist
6 2 (5.71%) DevOps Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Senior DevOps
6 2 (5.71%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (2.86%) HTML
2 1 (2.86%) LEMP Stack
2 1 (2.86%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Driving Licence
2 3 (8.57%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.71%) Algorithms
3 2 (5.71%) PKI
3 2 (5.71%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.86%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.86%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.86%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 19 (54.29%) Windows
2 4 (11.43%) Linux
2 4 (11.43%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.71%) Android
3 2 (5.71%) Apple iOS
3 2 (5.71%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (5.71%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (2.86%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (51.43%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (34.29%) Customer Service
3 11 (31.43%) ITIL
4 6 (17.14%) Collaborative Working
4 6 (17.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (17.14%) Project Management
5 5 (14.29%) Service Delivery
6 4 (11.43%) CI/CD
6 4 (11.43%) ITSM
6 4 (11.43%) Mentoring
6 4 (11.43%) Network Virtualisation
6 4 (11.43%) Roadmaps
6 4 (11.43%) Time Management
7 3 (8.57%) DevOps
7 3 (8.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 3 (8.57%) Proactive Maintenance
7 3 (8.57%) Proactive Monitoring
7 3 (8.57%) Problem Management
7 3 (8.57%) Software Delivery
7 3 (8.57%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.43%) PHP
2 3 (8.57%) Python
3 1 (2.86%) Bash
3 1 (2.86%) C
3 1 (2.86%) C#
3 1 (2.86%) C++
3 1 (2.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (34.29%) Security Cleared
2 7 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (20.00%) Degree
3 6 (17.14%) DV Cleared
4 4 (11.43%) CCNP
5 3 (8.57%) CCNA
5 3 (8.57%) SC Cleared
6 2 (5.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (5.71%) CCIE
6 2 (5.71%) CCSP
6 2 (5.71%) CISSP
6 2 (5.71%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.86%) CEH
7 1 (2.86%) CHECK Team Member
7 1 (2.86%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (2.86%) CREST Certified
7 1 (2.86%) DBS Check
7 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (2.86%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) SLA
2 1 (2.86%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (2.86%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.86%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (31.43%) Active Directory
2 8 (22.86%) Hyper-V
3 7 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.86%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (8.57%) Ansible
1 3 (8.57%) Kubernetes
1 3 (8.57%) Terraform
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.71%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.86%) Nagios
3 1 (2.86%) Nmap
Vendors
1 17 (48.57%) Microsoft
2 8 (22.86%) VMware
3 6 (17.14%) ServiceNow
4 5 (14.29%) Citrix
5 3 (8.57%) CheckPoint
5 3 (8.57%) Cisco
5 3 (8.57%) F5
5 3 (8.57%) Palo Alto
6 2 (5.71%) Fortinet
6 2 (5.71%) Google
7 1 (2.86%) Blue Coat