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 3 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 104 154
Rank change year-on-year -22 +50 -15
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 43 57 76
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.95% 1.93% 1.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.78% 13.54% 10.53%
Number of salaries quoted 31 43 73
10th Percentile £27,250 - £31,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £25,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £34,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +32.35% -20.00% +14.47%
75th Percentile £62,204 £52,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
South East median annual salary £37,500 £50,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +25.00% +17.65%

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 399 421 722
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.84% 14.27% 12.72%
Number of salaries quoted 208 195 603
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £38,750 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,250 £50,000 £45,250
Median % change year-on-year -23.50% +10.50% +0.56%
75th Percentile £56,717 £63,750 £59,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £92,000 £70,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £53,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.09% +11.58% +3.83%

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 3 March 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 3 March 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 +5 20 £34,000 +23.64% 4
Berkshire -14 13 £57,500 +4.55% 11
Buckinghamshire -5 10 £52,500 +23.53% 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 2 (4.65%) CMS
1 2 (4.65%) IIS
1 2 (4.65%) SharePoint
1 2 (4.65%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (30.23%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (39.53%) Azure
2 14 (32.56%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (20.93%) AWS
4 7 (16.28%) Google Workspace
5 6 (13.95%) Entra ID
5 6 (13.95%) GCP
6 1 (2.33%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 29 (67.44%) DNS
2 21 (48.84%) Firewall
3 20 (46.51%) DHCP
4 7 (16.28%) VPN
5 6 (13.95%) LAN
5 6 (13.95%) WAN
6 5 (11.63%) Wireless
7 4 (9.30%) Network Security
7 4 (9.30%) VLAN
8 3 (6.98%) Ethernet
8 3 (6.98%) MQTT
9 2 (4.65%) ICMP
9 2 (4.65%) NAS
9 2 (4.65%) SAN
9 2 (4.65%) SDH
9 2 (4.65%) SSL
9 2 (4.65%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (2.33%) 4G
10 1 (2.33%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (2.33%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.65%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.33%) Power BI
General
1 18 (41.86%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.63%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (6.98%) Manufacturing
3 3 (6.98%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.65%) Banking
4 2 (4.65%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.33%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.33%) Automotive
5 1 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.33%) Electronics
5 1 (2.33%) Finance
5 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 13 (30.23%) IT Support
1 13 (30.23%) Support Engineer
2 11 (25.58%) IT Engineer
2 11 (25.58%) IT Support Engineer
3 7 (16.28%) Analyst
3 7 (16.28%) Support Analyst
3 7 (16.28%) Technical Support
4 6 (13.95%) Technical Analyst
4 6 (13.95%) Technical Support Analyst
5 4 (9.30%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 4 (9.30%) Security Engineer
5 4 (9.30%) Senior
6 3 (6.98%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 3 (6.98%) Security Manager
6 3 (6.98%) Senior Security Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) SOC Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Field Service Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Head of IT
7 2 (4.65%) Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Photocopier Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.98%) Middleware
1 3 (6.98%) REST
1 3 (6.98%) SOAP
2 2 (4.65%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.95%) Security Operations Centre
1 6 (13.95%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (9.30%) Driving Licence
3 3 (6.98%) Life Science
3 3 (6.98%) LIMS
3 3 (6.98%) Operational Technology
4 2 (4.65%) Clustering
4 2 (4.65%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.65%) Fibre Optics
4 2 (4.65%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.65%) Replication
4 2 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.33%) FMCG
5 1 (2.33%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 25 (58.14%) Windows
2 15 (34.88%) Windows Server
3 12 (27.91%) Linux
4 7 (16.28%) Android
4 7 (16.28%) Apple iOS
4 7 (16.28%) Mac OS
5 2 (4.65%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (39.53%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (23.26%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (20.93%) ITIL
4 8 (18.60%) Customer Service
5 7 (16.28%) Security Operations
6 6 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (11.63%) Software Deployment
8 4 (9.30%) Computer Science
8 4 (9.30%) High Availability
8 4 (9.30%) Mobile Device Management
9 3 (6.98%) Analytics
9 3 (6.98%) Biotechnology
9 3 (6.98%) Data Integration
9 3 (6.98%) Data Management
9 3 (6.98%) Event Correlation
9 3 (6.98%) Informatics
9 3 (6.98%) Information Management
9 3 (6.98%) Penetration Testing
9 3 (6.98%) SIEM
9 3 (6.98%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.63%) PowerShell
1 5 (11.63%) SQL
2 4 (9.30%) Python
3 2 (4.65%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.33%) Bash
Qualifications
1 9 (20.93%) Degree
2 8 (18.60%) A+ Certification
2 8 (18.60%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (18.60%) SC Cleared
2 8 (18.60%) Security Cleared
3 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 4 (9.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (6.98%) CCNA
5 3 (6.98%) CCNP
5 3 (6.98%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (6.98%) CISSP
5 3 (6.98%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (6.98%) GCIA
5 3 (6.98%) Master's Degree
5 3 (6.98%) SANS
6 2 (4.65%) DBS Check
6 2 (4.65%) MCSE
7 1 (2.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.98%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 3 (6.98%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (6.98%) GxP
1 3 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (6.98%) QA
System Software
1 22 (51.16%) Active Directory
2 10 (23.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (9.30%) Hyper-V
4 2 (4.65%) Docker
4 2 (4.65%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (4.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (4.65%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 24 (55.81%) Microsoft
2 12 (27.91%) Google
3 10 (23.26%) VMware
4 8 (18.60%) Palo Alto
5 5 (11.63%) CheckPoint
6 3 (6.98%) Agilent
6 3 (6.98%) Cisco
7 2 (4.65%) LogicMonitor
8 1 (2.33%) F5