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 25 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 125 152
Rank change year-on-year -11 +27 -70
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 53 74 54
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.77% 1.94% 1.04%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.45% 12.40% 8.14%
Number of salaries quoted 42 36 47
10th Percentile £28,475 - £27,850
25th Percentile £41,250 £28,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £37,250 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +40.27% -12.35% -1.16%
75th Percentile £57,500 £46,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £58,500
South East median annual salary £37,500 £36,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.74% -14.12% -

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 463 597 663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.71% 15.64% 12.79%
Number of salaries quoted 360 290 433
10th Percentile £28,950 £26,950 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £34,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -10.00% 0.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,438 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,875 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% +4.17%

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 25 August 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 25 August 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
Berkshire +21 23 £50,000 +33.33% 11
Buckinghamshire -19 19 £42,500 -5.56% 4
Oxfordshire -30 11 £53,750 +70.63% 3
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 10 (18.87%) SharePoint
2 9 (16.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.89%) Confluence
3 1 (1.89%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Lightworks
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 31 (58.49%) Azure
2 20 (37.74%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (26.42%) Entra ID
4 12 (22.64%) AWS
5 6 (11.32%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (11.32%) GCP
6 5 (9.43%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (7.55%) Power Automate
7 4 (7.55%) Sumo Logic
8 3 (5.66%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (5.66%) Google Workspace
9 1 (1.89%) Azure Stack
9 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.89%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 41 (77.36%) DNS
2 34 (64.15%) Firewall
3 25 (47.17%) VPN
4 20 (37.74%) DHCP
5 15 (28.30%) HTTP
5 15 (28.30%) VLAN
6 10 (18.87%) WAN
6 10 (18.87%) Wireless
7 9 (16.98%) LAN
8 8 (15.09%) Network Security
9 6 (11.32%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (9.43%) OSPF
10 5 (9.43%) SD-WAN
11 3 (5.66%) BGP
12 2 (3.77%) FTP
12 2 (3.77%) Internet
12 2 (3.77%) MQTT
12 2 (3.77%) SMTP
12 2 (3.77%) WLAN
13 1 (1.89%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.77%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.89%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.89%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (3.77%) JIRA
General
1 22 (41.51%) Social Skills
2 16 (30.19%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (7.55%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (5.66%) Retail
5 2 (3.77%) Finance
5 2 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.77%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.77%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.89%) Aviation
6 1 (1.89%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 16 (30.19%) Analyst
2 11 (20.75%) IT Support
2 11 (20.75%) SOC Analyst
3 10 (18.87%) IT Engineer
3 10 (18.87%) IT Support Engineer
3 10 (18.87%) Support Engineer
4 7 (13.21%) Cyber Threat Analyst
5 6 (11.32%) Network Engineer
5 6 (11.32%) Senior
5 6 (11.32%) SOC Engineer
6 5 (9.43%) 3rd Line Support
6 5 (9.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (7.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 4 (7.55%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Infrastructure Support
8 3 (5.66%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Security Engineer
8 3 (5.66%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.66%) gRPC
1 3 (5.66%) Terraform
2 2 (3.77%) JSON
2 2 (3.77%) LDAP
2 2 (3.77%) Protocol Buffers
2 2 (3.77%) RESTful
3 1 (1.89%) .NET
3 1 (1.89%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.89%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.64%) Security Operations Centre
2 11 (20.75%) Cyber Threat
3 10 (18.87%) Cyber Defence
4 8 (15.09%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (13.21%) CSOC
6 5 (9.43%) Replication
7 4 (7.55%) Driving Licence
7 4 (7.55%) Onboarding
7 4 (7.55%) Security Posture
8 2 (3.77%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (3.77%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (1.89%) Cloud Native
9 1 (1.89%) Clustering
9 1 (1.89%) Cyberattack
9 1 (1.89%) Data Centre
9 1 (1.89%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (62.26%) Windows
2 20 (37.74%) Linux
3 8 (15.09%) Windows Server
4 3 (5.66%) Rocky
4 3 (5.66%) Ubuntu
4 3 (5.66%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.77%) Android
5 2 (3.77%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.89%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.89%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.89%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (49.06%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (47.17%) SIEM
3 17 (32.08%) Security Operations
4 15 (28.30%) Incident Response
5 14 (26.42%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (24.53%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 13 (24.53%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 13 (24.53%) Security Monitoring
6 13 (24.53%) Threat Detection
6 13 (24.53%) Threat Intelligence
7 11 (20.75%) Incident Management
7 11 (20.75%) Use Case
7 11 (20.75%) Vulnerability Management
8 10 (18.87%) ITIL
8 10 (18.87%) Mentoring
9 9 (16.98%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (16.98%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 8 (15.09%) SOAR
11 7 (13.21%) Blue Team
11 7 (13.21%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 22 (41.51%) PowerShell
2 14 (26.42%) Python
3 7 (13.21%) Bash
3 7 (13.21%) Kusto Query Language
3 7 (13.21%) Search Processing Language
4 1 (1.89%) C#
4 1 (1.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (33.96%) Security Cleared
2 16 (30.19%) GCIA
3 14 (26.42%) CCNA
3 14 (26.42%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (26.42%) Degree
3 14 (26.42%) GIAC
3 14 (26.42%) SC Cleared
4 11 (20.75%) CompTIA Security+
5 10 (18.87%) SANS
6 8 (15.09%) CISSP
6 8 (15.09%) CompTIA CySA+
6 8 (15.09%) CREST Certified
6 8 (15.09%) GCIH
7 7 (13.21%) CCNP
7 7 (13.21%) GCED
8 6 (11.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (11.32%) OSCP
9 5 (9.43%) CCNA CyberOps
9 5 (9.43%) CEH
10 4 (7.55%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.21%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (7.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.89%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (28.30%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.55%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (5.66%) Docker
3 3 (5.66%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.89%) Firmware
4 1 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (15.09%) Kibana
1 8 (15.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (7.55%) FortiGate
3 3 (5.66%) QRadar
4 2 (3.77%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.89%) Autotask
5 1 (1.89%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.89%) Graylog
5 1 (1.89%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (69.81%) Microsoft
2 13 (24.53%) CrowdStrike
2 13 (24.53%) Splunk
3 12 (22.64%) Cisco
4 11 (20.75%) Fortinet
5 7 (13.21%) Carbon Black
6 4 (7.55%) Google
6 4 (7.55%) VMware
7 3 (5.66%) Dell
7 3 (5.66%) Veeam
8 2 (3.77%) Apple
8 2 (3.77%) ArcSight
8 2 (3.77%) Aruba
8 2 (3.77%) ConnectWise
8 2 (3.77%) Meraki
8 2 (3.77%) Ruckus Wireless
8 2 (3.77%) WatchGuard
9 1 (1.89%) Datto
9 1 (1.89%) LogicMonitor
9 1 (1.89%) Sophos