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 4 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 115 164
Rank change year-on-year -20 +49 -30
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 34 47 79
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.68% 1.71% 1.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.89% 18.08% 9.61%
Number of salaries quoted 21 45 77
10th Percentile £27,250 - £30,300
25th Percentile £31,000 £25,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% -8.75% +7.73%
75th Percentile £48,000 £47,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £63,158 £62,500 £56,250
South East median annual salary £36,000 £38,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year -6.49% - +13.24%

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 431 260 822
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 8.64% 9.47% 12.88%
Number of salaries quoted 233 203 667
10th Percentile £26,050 £27,500 £28,940
25th Percentile £31,000 £36,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £42,920
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +16.50% +0.99%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £59,000
90th Percentile £72,000 £76,250 £70,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £46,625
% change year-on-year -10.00% +7.24% +3.61%

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 4 April 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 4 April 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 -7 19 £34,000 +23.64% 1
Berkshire -7 8 £45,000 +13.92% 9
Buckinghamshire -18 7 £48,000 +6.67% 5
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 3 (8.82%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.88%) CMS
2 2 (5.88%) WordPress
3 1 (2.94%) IIS
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (32.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (50.00%) Azure
2 13 (38.24%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (20.59%) AWS
3 7 (20.59%) Entra ID
3 7 (20.59%) Google Workspace
4 5 (14.71%) GCP
5 1 (2.94%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.94%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 24 (70.59%) DNS
2 18 (52.94%) DHCP
2 18 (52.94%) Firewall
3 7 (20.59%) LAN
3 7 (20.59%) VPN
3 7 (20.59%) WAN
4 5 (14.71%) VLAN
4 5 (14.71%) Wireless
5 3 (8.82%) Ethernet
6 2 (5.88%) ICMP
6 2 (5.88%) MQTT
6 2 (5.88%) NAS
6 2 (5.88%) SAN
6 2 (5.88%) SDH
6 2 (5.88%) SSL
6 2 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (2.94%) BGP
7 1 (2.94%) Internet
7 1 (2.94%) IPv4
7 1 (2.94%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.94%) NoSQL
1 1 (2.94%) Power BI
1 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (44.12%) Social Skills
2 5 (14.71%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.88%) Banking
4 2 (5.88%) Finance
4 2 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (5.88%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.94%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.94%) Automotive
5 1 (2.94%) Aviation
5 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Electronics
5 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.94%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (35.29%) IT Support
1 12 (35.29%) Support Engineer
2 10 (29.41%) IT Engineer
2 10 (29.41%) IT Support Engineer
3 8 (23.53%) Analyst
4 7 (20.59%) Support Analyst
4 7 (20.59%) Technical Support
5 6 (17.65%) Technical Analyst
5 6 (17.65%) Technical Support Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (5.88%) Head of IT
6 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Telecoms Technician
6 2 (5.88%) Test Technician
7 1 (2.94%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 1 (2.94%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 1 (2.94%) 3rd Line Support
7 1 (2.94%) Network Technician
7 1 (2.94%) Senior
7 1 (2.94%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.82%) REST
2 2 (5.88%) Middleware
2 2 (5.88%) SOAP
2 2 (5.88%) Web Services
3 1 (2.94%) .NET
3 1 (2.94%) .NET Core
3 1 (2.94%) gRPC
3 1 (2.94%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (5.88%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.88%) Fibre Optics
2 2 (5.88%) Life Science
2 2 (5.88%) LIMS
2 2 (5.88%) Operational Technology
2 2 (5.88%) Replication
3 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.94%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.94%) Clustering
3 1 (2.94%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (2.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.94%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.94%) FMCG
3 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.94%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.94%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 22 (64.71%) Windows
2 15 (44.12%) Windows Server
3 10 (29.41%) Linux
4 7 (20.59%) Android
4 7 (20.59%) Apple iOS
4 7 (20.59%) Mac OS
5 3 (8.82%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (47.06%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (26.47%) Customer Service
3 7 (20.59%) ITIL
4 5 (14.71%) Software Deployment
5 4 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (11.76%) Mobile Device Management
6 3 (8.82%) Analytics
6 3 (8.82%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (8.82%) Computer Science
6 3 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (8.82%) Decision-Making
7 2 (5.88%) Data Pipeline
7 2 (5.88%) Data Science
7 2 (5.88%) Digital Strategy
7 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (5.88%) Project Delivery
7 2 (5.88%) Server Management
7 2 (5.88%) Sprint Planning
7 2 (5.88%) Sprint Retrospective
7 2 (5.88%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.71%) SQL
2 3 (8.82%) PowerShell
3 2 (5.88%) Python
3 2 (5.88%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.94%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (26.47%) Degree
2 6 (17.65%) A+ Certification
2 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (14.71%) Security Cleared
4 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 4 (11.76%) SC Cleared
5 3 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (5.88%) DBS Check
6 2 (5.88%) Master's Degree
6 2 (5.88%) MCSE
7 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.94%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 2 (5.88%) GxP
1 2 (5.88%) QA
2 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.94%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (58.82%) Active Directory
2 10 (29.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (8.82%) Hyper-V
4 2 (5.88%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (5.88%) vSphere
5 1 (2.94%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) Autotask
1 1 (2.94%) Failover Clustering
1 1 (2.94%) FortiGate
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.94%) QRadar
Vendors
1 19 (55.88%) Microsoft
2 10 (29.41%) Google
2 10 (29.41%) VMware
3 8 (23.53%) Palo Alto
4 5 (14.71%) CheckPoint
5 3 (8.82%) LogicMonitor
6 2 (5.88%) Agilent
6 2 (5.88%) Cisco
6 2 (5.88%) ConnectWise
7 1 (2.94%) ArcSight
7 1 (2.94%) Datto
7 1 (2.94%) F5
7 1 (2.94%) Meraki
7 1 (2.94%) Sophos
7 1 (2.94%) Splunk