TCP/IP Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 117 152
Rank change year-on-year -1 +35 -1
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 49 58 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.17% 1.73% 1.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.32% 12.45% 11.70%
Number of salaries quoted 36 40 69
10th Percentile £27,250 - £30,058
25th Percentile £31,188 £25,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £32,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +42.19% -24.71% +15.62%
75th Percentile £65,000 £50,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £71,400
South East median annual salary £37,500 £50,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +19.05% +29.23%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 368 466 607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.78% 13.88% 12.31%
Number of salaries quoted 195 209 521
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £37,500 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £56,533 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £90,400 £75,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +14.58% +1.05%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

TCP/IP job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

TCP/IP
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing TCP/IP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing TCP/IP

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 27 January 2026.

Salary histogram for TCP/IP in the Thames Valley

TCP/IP
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 27 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
Oxfordshire +12 18 £28,500 +3.64% 7
Buckinghamshire +7 17 £48,000 +12.94% 4
Berkshire -7 14 £57,500 +4.55% 11
TCP/IP
South East

TCP/IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (4.08%) CMS
1 2 (4.08%) IIS
1 2 (4.08%) SharePoint
1 2 (4.08%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (36.73%) Azure
2 12 (24.49%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (20.41%) AWS
4 7 (14.29%) GCP
4 7 (14.29%) Google Workspace
5 3 (6.12%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.04%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.04%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 34 (69.39%) DNS
2 25 (51.02%) Firewall
3 24 (48.98%) DHCP
4 8 (16.33%) Wireless
5 7 (14.29%) VLAN
6 6 (12.24%) Network Security
7 5 (10.20%) NAS
7 5 (10.20%) SAN
8 4 (8.16%) VPN
9 3 (6.12%) Ethernet
9 3 (6.12%) LAN
9 3 (6.12%) MQTT
9 3 (6.12%) WAN
10 2 (4.08%) ICMP
10 2 (4.08%) SDH
10 2 (4.08%) SSL
10 2 (4.08%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (2.04%) IPv4
11 1 (2.04%) IPv6
11 1 (2.04%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.08%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.04%) Power BI
General
1 16 (32.65%) Social Skills
2 3 (6.12%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (4.08%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.08%) Banking
3 2 (4.08%) Manufacturing
3 2 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (4.08%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.04%) Aerospace
4 1 (2.04%) Automotive
4 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.04%) Electronics
4 1 (2.04%) Finance
4 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.04%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (22.45%) IT Support
1 11 (22.45%) Support Engineer
2 9 (18.37%) IT Engineer
2 9 (18.37%) IT Support Engineer
3 7 (14.29%) Analyst
3 7 (14.29%) Support Analyst
3 7 (14.29%) Technical Support
4 6 (12.24%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 6 (12.24%) Security Engineer
4 6 (12.24%) Senior
4 6 (12.24%) Technical Analyst
4 6 (12.24%) Technical Support Analyst
5 5 (10.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (10.20%) Senior Security Engineer
5 5 (10.20%) SOC Manager
6 3 (6.12%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 3 (6.12%) Security Manager
6 3 (6.12%) SOC Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) Lead
7 2 (4.08%) Telecoms Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) Middleware
1 3 (6.12%) REST
1 3 (6.12%) SOAP
2 2 (4.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.41%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (12.24%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (8.16%) Driving Licence
4 3 (6.12%) Life Science
4 3 (6.12%) LIMS
4 3 (6.12%) Operational Technology
5 2 (4.08%) Clustering
5 2 (4.08%) Data Centre
5 2 (4.08%) Fibre Optics
5 2 (4.08%) Onboarding
5 2 (4.08%) Replication
5 2 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.04%) FMCG
6 1 (2.04%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 25 (51.02%) Windows
2 12 (24.49%) Windows Server
3 11 (22.45%) Linux
4 7 (14.29%) Android
4 7 (14.29%) Apple iOS
5 4 (8.16%) Mac OS
6 2 (4.08%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (38.78%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (30.61%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (26.53%) Security Operations
4 11 (22.45%) ITIL
5 7 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (14.29%) High Availability
6 6 (12.24%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (10.20%) Business Continuity
7 5 (10.20%) Customer Service
7 5 (10.20%) Dashboard Development
7 5 (10.20%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (10.20%) Event Correlation
7 5 (10.20%) Incident Response
7 5 (10.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (10.20%) Infrastructure Monitoring
7 5 (10.20%) Penetration Testing
7 5 (10.20%) Proactive Monitoring
7 5 (10.20%) SIEM
7 5 (10.20%) Sprint Planning
7 5 (10.20%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 6 (12.24%) Python
3 5 (10.20%) SQL
4 3 (6.12%) Bash
5 2 (4.08%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (22.45%) SC Cleared
1 11 (22.45%) Security Cleared
2 9 (18.37%) A+ Certification
2 9 (18.37%) Degree
2 9 (18.37%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (14.29%) MCP
4 5 (10.20%) CCNA
4 5 (10.20%) CCNP
4 5 (10.20%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (10.20%) CISSP
4 5 (10.20%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (10.20%) GCIA
4 5 (10.20%) SANS
5 4 (8.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (6.12%) Master's Degree
7 2 (4.08%) DBS Check
7 2 (4.08%) MCSE
8 1 (2.04%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.20%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (10.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (6.12%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 3 (6.12%) GxP
2 3 (6.12%) QA
System Software
1 20 (40.82%) Active Directory
2 13 (26.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (14.29%) Hyper-V
4 5 (10.20%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (10.20%) vSphere
5 2 (4.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.08%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 27 (55.10%) Microsoft
2 13 (26.53%) Google
2 13 (26.53%) VMware
3 11 (22.45%) Palo Alto
4 5 (10.20%) CheckPoint
4 5 (10.20%) LogicMonitor
5 3 (6.12%) Agilent
5 3 (6.12%) Cisco
6 1 (2.04%) F5