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 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 118 125
Rank change year-on-year +2 +7 +28
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 50 100 105
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.35% 1.61% 2.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.42% 15.22% 12.95%
Number of salaries quoted 31 55 71
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £25,625
25th Percentile £30,750 £51,250 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £62,500 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -44.80% +48.81% -5.35%
75th Percentile £41,958 £71,250 £47,688
90th Percentile £63,750 £81,000 £65,000
England median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -21.05% - +5.56%

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 594 657 811
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.99% 10.60% 17.44%
Number of salaries quoted 373 389 639
10th Percentile £27,075 £30,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +2.04% +3.16%
75th Percentile £52,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £85,000 £77,715
England median annual salary £40,000 £53,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -24.53% +0.95% -

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 27 October 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 27 October 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
Wiltshire +6 23 £34,500 -45.88% 12
Devon +12 10 £31,000 -65.56% 8
Gloucestershire +17 5 £62,500 +60.26% 10
Somerset -8 5 £30,500 -46.96% 3
Bristol +12 4 £50,000 -4.76% 4
Dorset +9 1 - - 2
Cornwall - 1 £32,000 - 13
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 21 (42.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (28.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.00%) ArcGIS
3 1 (2.00%) Skype for Business
Business Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 33 (66.00%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (54.00%) Azure
3 14 (28.00%) Entra ID
4 7 (14.00%) AWS
5 5 (10.00%) IaaS
5 5 (10.00%) PaaS
5 5 (10.00%) Rubrik
5 5 (10.00%) Serverless
6 3 (6.00%) OneDrive
6 3 (6.00%) OpenShift
7 1 (2.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 46 (92.00%) DNS
2 37 (74.00%) DHCP
3 23 (46.00%) Firewall
4 13 (26.00%) VoIP
5 9 (18.00%) VLAN
6 7 (14.00%) Remote Desktop
6 7 (14.00%) SD-WAN
7 6 (12.00%) LAN
7 6 (12.00%) WAN
7 6 (12.00%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (10.00%) HTTP
8 5 (10.00%) VPN
9 4 (8.00%) DKIM
9 4 (8.00%) DMARC
9 4 (8.00%) Intranet
10 3 (6.00%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (6.00%) Network Security
10 3 (6.00%) VSAN
10 3 (6.00%) WLAN
11 2 (4.00%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Git
2 2 (4.00%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 21 (42.00%) Social Skills
2 14 (28.00%) Advertising
2 14 (28.00%) Manufacturing
3 7 (14.00%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (12.00%) Local Government
5 5 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (6.00%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.00%) Military
7 1 (2.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (38.00%) IT Support
2 10 (20.00%) Analyst
3 9 (18.00%) IT Engineer
3 9 (18.00%) Support Analyst
3 9 (18.00%) Support Engineer
4 8 (16.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 6 (12.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 6 (12.00%) IT Analyst
5 6 (12.00%) IT Support Analyst
6 5 (10.00%) 1st Line Support
6 5 (10.00%) 1st Line Support Technician
6 5 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support
6 5 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 5 (10.00%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (10.00%) IT Supervisor
6 5 (10.00%) Support Supervisor
6 5 (10.00%) Support Technician
7 4 (8.00%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (8.00%) Help Desk Technician
7 4 (8.00%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 11 (22.00%) Driving Licence
2 10 (20.00%) Onboarding
3 5 (10.00%) BYOD
4 4 (8.00%) Smartphone
5 3 (6.00%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (6.00%) e-Learning
6 2 (4.00%) Arduino
6 2 (4.00%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (4.00%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (4.00%) Raspberry Pi
7 1 (2.00%) ARM Cortex
7 1 (2.00%) CAN bus
7 1 (2.00%) Client/Server
7 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
7 1 (2.00%) Security Posture
7 1 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 32 (64.00%) Windows
2 26 (52.00%) Windows Server
3 6 (12.00%) Linux
4 3 (6.00%) CentOS
4 3 (6.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (6.00%) Windows 10
4 3 (6.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (6.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (4.00%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.00%) Android
6 1 (2.00%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.00%) CoreOS
6 1 (2.00%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (40.00%) ITIL
2 12 (24.00%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 8 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (16.00%) Mentoring
5 6 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (12.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 5 (10.00%) Predictive Analysis
6 5 (10.00%) Preventative Maintenance
6 5 (10.00%) Ticket Management
6 5 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
7 4 (8.00%) Case Management
7 4 (8.00%) Cloud Security
8 3 (6.00%) Mobile Device Management
8 3 (6.00%) Network Monitoring
8 3 (6.00%) Penetration Testing
8 3 (6.00%) Project Delivery
8 3 (6.00%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (6.00%) Time Management
8 3 (6.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (24.00%) PowerShell
2 6 (12.00%) Python
3 3 (6.00%) Bash
3 3 (6.00%) C
3 3 (6.00%) C++
4 1 (2.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (16.00%) Degree
2 6 (12.00%) A+ Certification
2 6 (12.00%) DV Cleared
2 6 (12.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (10.00%) Azure Certification
4 4 (8.00%) MCP
5 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (4.00%) AWS Certification
6 2 (4.00%) SC Cleared
7 1 (2.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (2.00%) CCSP
7 1 (2.00%) CEH
7 1 (2.00%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.00%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (6.00%) GDPR
3 1 (2.00%) JTAG
3 1 (2.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 36 (72.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (16.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (22.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (6.00%) McAfee ePO
2 3 (6.00%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 30 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.00%) Aruba
2 6 (12.00%) Veeam
3 5 (10.00%) HP
4 3 (6.00%) McAfee
4 3 (6.00%) Red Hat
5 2 (4.00%) VMware
6 1 (2.00%) Cisco
6 1 (2.00%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.00%) Oracle