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

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 156 157
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 -14
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 19 153 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.53% 1.63% 1.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.50% 12.36% 9.30%
Number of salaries quoted 14 99 65
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £34,875 £30,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,729 £33,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +56.75% -24.14% -2.66%
75th Percentile £67,500 £53,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £62,500 £76,500
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 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 543 1,238 1,291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 15.26% 13.19% 19.20%
Number of salaries quoted 327 932 537
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.84% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,057 £57,500 £62,833
90th Percentile £73,000 £71,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £47,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% -4.76%

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 21 May 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 21 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
Wiltshire +31 6 £25,000 -30.56% 14
Bristol +24 5 £67,500 +80.00% 13
Devon +5 3 £51,729 +21.72% 14
Gloucestershire 0 3 £45,000 +50.00% 29
Dorset +42 1 £85,000 +74.36% 3
Somerset +3 1 £41,500 -12.63% 5
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 1 (5.26%) Apache Solr
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.26%) nginx
1 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (21.05%) Azure
3 3 (15.79%) AWS
4 2 (10.53%) Entra ID
4 2 (10.53%) Google Workspace
5 1 (5.26%) GCP
5 1 (5.26%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (42.11%) Firewall
2 7 (36.84%) DNS
3 6 (31.58%) DHCP
3 6 (31.58%) VPN
4 5 (26.32%) VLAN
5 4 (21.05%) BGP
5 4 (21.05%) OSPF
5 4 (21.05%) WAN
6 3 (15.79%) Internet
6 3 (15.79%) LAN
6 3 (15.79%) Network Security
7 2 (10.53%) MPLS
7 2 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (5.26%) HTTP
8 1 (5.26%) HTTPS
8 1 (5.26%) IPsec
8 1 (5.26%) VoIP
8 1 (5.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Couchbase
1 1 (5.26%) MySQL
1 1 (5.26%) NoSQL
1 1 (5.26%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Burp Suite
1 2 (10.53%) Metasploit
2 1 (5.26%) Cucumber
2 1 (5.26%) Robot Framework
General
1 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Aerospace
2 3 (15.79%) Finance
2 3 (15.79%) Telecoms
3 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Advertising
4 1 (5.26%) Automotive
4 1 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.26%) Local Government
4 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Senior
2 4 (21.05%) Network Engineer
3 3 (15.79%) Analyst
3 3 (15.79%) IT Support
3 3 (15.79%) Lead
4 2 (10.53%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (10.53%) 1st Line Support Technician
4 2 (10.53%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) IT Support Technician
4 2 (10.53%) IT Technician
4 2 (10.53%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Penetration Tester
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Penetration Tester
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Tester
4 2 (10.53%) Service Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (10.53%) Support Technician
4 2 (10.53%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) HTML
1 1 (5.26%) LEMP Stack
1 1 (5.26%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (5.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (10.53%) Data Centre
1 2 (10.53%) Linux Command Line
1 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
1 2 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.26%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 8 (42.11%) Windows
2 3 (15.79%) Linux
3 1 (5.26%) Android
3 1 (5.26%) Apple iOS
3 1 (5.26%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (31.58%) Customer Service
3 5 (26.32%) ITIL
4 4 (21.05%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (21.05%) Mentoring
4 4 (21.05%) Time Management
5 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (15.79%) Project Management
5 3 (15.79%) Service Management
5 3 (15.79%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (10.53%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (10.53%) Computer Science
6 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (10.53%) Cryptography
6 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (10.53%) DevOps
6 2 (10.53%) Information Security
6 2 (10.53%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (10.53%) Risk Analysis
6 2 (10.53%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) Python
2 3 (15.79%) Bash
3 2 (10.53%) C#
3 2 (10.53%) PHP
3 2 (10.53%) PowerShell
4 1 (5.26%) C
4 1 (5.26%) C++
4 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (57.89%) Degree
2 4 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
3 3 (15.79%) CCNP
4 2 (10.53%) CCIE
4 2 (10.53%) CHECK Team Member
4 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (10.53%) CREST Certified
4 2 (10.53%) DV Cleared
4 2 (10.53%) Master's Degree
4 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
5 1 (5.26%) CCNA
5 1 (5.26%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) SLA
2 2 (10.53%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (10.53%) QA
3 1 (5.26%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 6 (31.58%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.26%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (10.53%) Nmap
2 1 (5.26%) Ansible
2 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Citrix
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
3 3 (15.79%) ServiceNow
4 2 (10.53%) CheckPoint
4 2 (10.53%) Cisco
4 2 (10.53%) F5
4 2 (10.53%) Fortinet
4 2 (10.53%) Google
4 2 (10.53%) Palo Alto
4 2 (10.53%) VMware