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 19 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 149 77
Rank change year-on-year -1 -72 +1
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 42 51 132
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.10% 1.16% 3.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.89% 8.82% 22.88%
Number of salaries quoted 37 29 62
10th Percentile £27,250 - £28,290
25th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £31,406
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% +1.73%
75th Percentile £65,000 £46,250 £61,875
90th Percentile £67,500 £54,500 £77,000
South East median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -21.05% - +35.71%

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 532 578 577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.95% 13.13% 16.55%
Number of salaries quoted 256 270 441
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,625
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,438 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £42,500 £52,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -19.43% +5.50% +2.04%

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 19 October 2025.

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 19 October 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
Berkshire -4 16 £57,500 -2.13% 63
Buckinghamshire -5 14 £55,500 +30.59% 38
Oxfordshire +12 12 £30,500 +10.91% 8
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 5 (11.90%) IIS
1 5 (11.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (40.48%) Azure
2 11 (26.19%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (16.67%) AWS
4 6 (14.29%) Entra ID
5 5 (11.90%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 24 (57.14%) DNS
2 19 (45.24%) Firewall
3 14 (33.33%) DHCP
4 7 (16.67%) Network Security
4 7 (16.67%) VPN
5 6 (14.29%) LAN
5 6 (14.29%) WAN
6 4 (9.52%) NAS
6 4 (9.52%) SAN
6 4 (9.52%) VLAN
6 4 (9.52%) Wireless
7 3 (7.14%) VoIP
8 2 (4.76%) Broadband
8 2 (4.76%) SDH
9 1 (2.38%) Ethernet
9 1 (2.38%) MQTT
9 1 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (4.76%) Banking
2 2 (4.76%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 8 (19.05%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 8 (19.05%) Security Engineer
2 7 (16.67%) Senior
2 7 (16.67%) Senior Security Engineer
3 6 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) 2nd Line Support
4 5 (11.90%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 5 (11.90%) Analyst
4 5 (11.90%) IT Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) IT Support
4 5 (11.90%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) SOC Manager
4 5 (11.90%) Support Analyst
5 4 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (9.52%) Infrastructure Manager
6 3 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 3 (7.14%) Lead
6 3 (7.14%) Security Manager
6 3 (7.14%) SOC Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Telecoms Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) Middleware
1 1 (2.38%) REST
1 1 (2.38%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (28.57%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (9.52%) Driving Licence
3 2 (4.76%) Clustering
3 2 (4.76%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.76%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.76%) Replication
3 2 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.38%) FMCG
4 1 (2.38%) Life Science
4 1 (2.38%) LIMS
4 1 (2.38%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 19 (45.24%) Windows
2 5 (11.90%) Linux
2 5 (11.90%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.38%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (35.71%) Security Operations
3 12 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (16.67%) ITIL
4 7 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
4 7 (16.67%) SIEM
5 6 (14.29%) Business Continuity
5 6 (14.29%) High Availability
6 5 (11.90%) Event Correlation
6 5 (11.90%) Incident Response
7 4 (9.52%) Agile
7 4 (9.52%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (9.52%) Dashboard Development
7 4 (9.52%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (9.52%) Infrastructure Monitoring
7 4 (9.52%) Proactive Monitoring
7 4 (9.52%) Sprint Planning
7 4 (9.52%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.90%) PowerShell
2 4 (9.52%) Python
3 3 (7.14%) Bash
4 1 (2.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (23.81%) MCP
2 7 (16.67%) A+ Certification
2 7 (16.67%) CCNA
2 7 (16.67%) CCNP
2 7 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (16.67%) CISSP
2 7 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
2 7 (16.67%) GCIA
2 7 (16.67%) SANS
2 7 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 7 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (7.14%) Degree
5 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (7.14%) SLA
3 1 (2.38%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 1 (2.38%) GxP
3 1 (2.38%) QA
System Software
1 8 (19.05%) Active Directory
2 6 (14.29%) Hyper-V
3 4 (9.52%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (9.52%) vSphere
4 2 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (11.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.76%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 25 (59.52%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.90%) Cisco
2 5 (11.90%) Datto
2 5 (11.90%) Google
2 5 (11.90%) Sophos
2 5 (11.90%) WatchGuard
3 4 (9.52%) LogicMonitor
3 4 (9.52%) Palo Alto
3 4 (9.52%) VMware
4 1 (2.38%) Agilent