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 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 125 128
Rank change year-on-year -76 +3 -7
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 44 47 106
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.42% 1.32% 1.60%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.54% 8.15% 15.38%
Number of salaries quoted 33 29 58
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.80% -44.80% +48.81%
75th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £57,000 £57,000 £78,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -21.05% -

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 673 577 689
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 6.36% 16.21% 10.39%
Number of salaries quoted 370 363 405
10th Percentile £26,635 £26,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £34,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.35% -32.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £52,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,600 £82,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% -

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 13 October 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 13 October 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
Gloucestershire -48 18 £40,500 -32.50% 16
Devon -22 12 £32,500 +4.84% 3
Somerset -30 7 £35,000 +7.69% 15
Wiltshire -39 3 £42,500 +23.19% 4
Bristol -39 3 £42,500 +13.33% 9
Dorset -6 1 £62,500 - 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 23 (52.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (38.64%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.27%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 31 (70.45%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (50.00%) Entra ID
3 16 (36.36%) Azure
4 11 (25.00%) AWS
5 7 (15.91%) Serverless
6 2 (4.55%) GitHub
6 2 (4.55%) OpenShift
6 2 (4.55%) SaaS
7 1 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (2.27%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 35 (79.55%) DHCP
1 35 (79.55%) DNS
2 19 (43.18%) Firewall
3 16 (36.36%) VoIP
4 13 (29.55%) VLAN
5 7 (15.91%) VPN
5 7 (15.91%) Wireless
6 5 (11.36%) Network Security
6 5 (11.36%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (9.09%) LAN
7 4 (9.09%) WAN
8 2 (4.55%) MPLS
8 2 (4.55%) VSAN
9 1 (2.27%) BGP
9 1 (2.27%) EIGRP
9 1 (2.27%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (2.27%) OSPF
9 1 (2.27%) RS-232
9 1 (2.27%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (2.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.91%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (13.64%) Git
2 2 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 16 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 8 (18.18%) Finance
3 6 (13.64%) Manufacturing
4 5 (11.36%) Telecoms
5 4 (9.09%) Aerospace
5 4 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.55%) Electronics
6 2 (4.55%) Military
6 2 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Advertising
7 1 (2.27%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 27 (61.36%) Support Engineer
2 26 (59.09%) IT Engineer
3 25 (56.82%) IT Support
3 25 (56.82%) IT Support Engineer
4 12 (27.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (22.73%) Infrastructure Support
5 10 (22.73%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 8 (18.18%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (11.36%) Administrator
7 5 (11.36%) Systems Administrator
8 4 (9.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 4 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 2 (4.55%) Analyst
9 2 (4.55%) Developer
9 2 (4.55%) Linux Administrator
9 2 (4.55%) Linux Systems Administrator
9 2 (4.55%) Service Desk Engineer
9 2 (4.55%) Software Engineer
9 2 (4.55%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) Terraform
2 1 (2.27%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 8 (18.18%) Driving Licence
1 8 (18.18%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.55%) Analogue Electronics
2 2 (4.55%) Educational Technology
2 2 (4.55%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (2.27%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.27%) PKI
3 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.27%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 35 (79.55%) Windows
2 19 (43.18%) Windows Server
3 11 (25.00%) Linux
4 8 (18.18%) macOS
5 7 (15.91%) Apple iOS
6 4 (9.09%) Windows 10
7 3 (6.82%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (6.82%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (4.55%) CentOS
8 2 (4.55%) CoreOS
8 2 (4.55%) Debian
8 2 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (4.55%) Ubuntu
8 2 (4.55%) Unix
9 1 (2.27%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (47.73%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (31.82%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (29.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 10 (22.73%) Preventative Maintenance
6 9 (20.45%) Customer Service
7 8 (18.18%) Project Delivery
8 7 (15.91%) Change Management
9 6 (13.64%) Predictive Analysis
10 5 (11.36%) Disaster Recovery
10 5 (11.36%) ITIL
11 4 (9.09%) Agile
11 4 (9.09%) Data Management
11 4 (9.09%) DevOps
11 4 (9.09%) Migration
11 4 (9.09%) Service Delivery
11 4 (9.09%) Software Engineering
12 3 (6.82%) Customer Requirements
12 3 (6.82%) Root Cause Analysis
12 3 (6.82%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (22.73%) PowerShell
2 9 (20.45%) Python
3 7 (15.91%) Bash
4 2 (4.55%) C
4 2 (4.55%) C++
4 2 (4.55%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.55%) MATLAB
4 2 (4.55%) PHP
4 2 (4.55%) Ruby
5 1 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.82%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (6.82%) Degree
3 2 (4.55%) HND
4 1 (2.27%) A+ Certification
4 1 (2.27%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.27%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (22.73%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.27%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.27%) DO-178B
2 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 28 (63.64%) Active Directory
2 20 (45.45%) Hyper-V
3 10 (22.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (2.27%) Docker
5 1 (2.27%) Firmware
5 1 (2.27%) KVM
5 1 (2.27%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (2.27%) vSphere
5 1 (2.27%) XenApp
5 1 (2.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 18 (40.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (13.64%) Ansible
3 2 (4.55%) McAfee ePO
3 2 (4.55%) SCVMM
4 1 (2.27%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.27%) NetBackup
4 1 (2.27%) Proxmox
4 1 (2.27%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 31 (70.45%) Microsoft
2 12 (27.27%) Veeam
3 11 (25.00%) VMware
4 3 (6.82%) Cisco
5 2 (4.55%) Citrix
5 2 (4.55%) Dell
5 2 (4.55%) Juniper
5 2 (4.55%) McAfee
5 2 (4.55%) Red Hat
6 1 (2.27%) Apple
6 1 (2.27%) Arista
6 1 (2.27%) CyberArk
6 1 (2.27%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.27%) Google
6 1 (2.27%) HP
6 1 (2.27%) Meraki
6 1 (2.27%) NetApp
6 1 (2.27%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.27%) SolarWinds