TCP/IP Jobs in the Thames Valley

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring TCP/IP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited TCP/IP over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 160 93
Rank change year-on-year +33 -67 -22
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 69 85 172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.92% 1.20% 3.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.56% 8.79% 18.40%
Number of salaries quoted 33 74 68
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £30,265
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.75% -5.88% -13.53%
75th Percentile £38,000 £50,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £55,500 £56,250 £70,375
South East median annual salary £36,500 £37,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year -2.67% -7.41% +6.58%

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 597 967 935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.64% 13.67% 17.48%
Number of salaries quoted 279 651 544
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,375 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,089 £45,750
Median % change year-on-year +2.07% -3.63% -8.50%
75th Percentile £63,750 £59,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £74,250
South East median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
% change year-on-year -10.53% +3.83% -3.68%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing TCP/IP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in the Thames Valley

TCP/IP
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for TCP/IP in the Thames Valley

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 6 July 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 6 July 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
Oxfordshire +53 28 £30,500 -21.29% 8
Buckinghamshire +9 26 £45,000 +28.57% 13
Berkshire +32 15 £36,500 -27.00% 33
TCP/IP
South East

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (11.59%) IIS
2 5 (7.25%) Apache
2 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (7.25%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.45%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (10.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (15.94%) Azure
3 6 (8.70%) AWS
4 5 (7.25%) Entra ID
4 5 (7.25%) GCP
4 5 (7.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (72.46%) VPN
2 29 (42.03%) DNS
3 17 (24.64%) DHCP
4 10 (14.49%) Firewall
5 8 (11.59%) VLAN
6 7 (10.14%) WAN
6 7 (10.14%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (8.70%) LAN
8 3 (4.35%) Wireless
9 2 (2.90%) BGP
9 2 (2.90%) Broadband
9 2 (2.90%) IP Telephony
9 2 (2.90%) Network Security
9 2 (2.90%) OSPF
9 2 (2.90%) VoIP
10 1 (1.45%) iSCSI
10 1 (1.45%) MPLS
10 1 (1.45%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.25%) Relational Database
1 5 (7.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 34 (49.28%) Cucumber
1 34 (49.28%) Robot Framework
General
1 64 (92.75%) Social Skills
2 35 (50.72%) Telecoms
3 34 (49.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (10.14%) Public Sector
5 5 (7.25%) Back Office
5 5 (7.25%) Local Government
6 3 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (49.28%) Test Automation Engineer
1 34 (49.28%) Test Engineer
2 14 (20.29%) Support Engineer
3 13 (18.84%) Analyst
4 8 (11.59%) Support Analyst
5 7 (10.14%) IT Engineer
5 7 (10.14%) IT Support
5 7 (10.14%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (7.25%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (7.25%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 5 (7.25%) Desktop Engineer
6 5 (7.25%) Desktop Support
6 5 (7.25%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 3 (4.35%) Technical Support
8 2 (2.90%) Infrastructure Manager
8 2 (2.90%) Network Engineer
8 2 (2.90%) Service Analyst
8 2 (2.90%) Service Delivery Analyst
8 2 (2.90%) Support Specialist
8 2 (2.90%) Technical Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 34 (49.28%) Linux Command Line
2 5 (7.25%) Client/Server
2 5 (7.25%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.25%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.25%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.90%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.45%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 65 (94.20%) Windows
2 37 (53.62%) Linux
3 8 (11.59%) Windows Server
4 7 (10.14%) Mac OS
5 5 (7.25%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (88.41%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (49.28%) Coaching
2 34 (49.28%) DevOps
2 34 (49.28%) Mentoring
2 34 (49.28%) System Testing
2 34 (49.28%) Test Automation
2 34 (49.28%) Test Management
3 12 (17.39%) Customer Service
4 10 (14.49%) Cybersecurity
5 8 (11.59%) Project Delivery
6 7 (10.14%) Information Security
6 7 (10.14%) Service Delivery
7 6 (8.70%) ITIL
7 6 (8.70%) Service Management
8 5 (7.25%) Analytics
8 5 (7.25%) Change Management
8 5 (7.25%) Client Onboarding
8 5 (7.25%) Data Entry
8 5 (7.25%) ITSM
8 5 (7.25%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (56.52%) PowerShell
2 38 (55.07%) Python
3 34 (49.28%) Bash
3 34 (49.28%) JavaScript
4 5 (7.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (49.28%) Degree
2 10 (14.49%) MCP
3 7 (10.14%) A+ Certification
4 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (4.35%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.90%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.45%) CCNA
7 1 (1.45%) CCNP
7 1 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.45%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.45%) JNCIA
7 1 (1.45%) VCAP
7 1 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (49.28%) QA
2 3 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (14.49%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.90%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.45%) Firmware
4 1 (1.45%) NFS
4 1 (1.45%) vCloud
4 1 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.45%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (7.25%) ZABBIX
2 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.45%) PowerCLI
2 1 (1.45%) vCenter Server
2 1 (1.45%) vRealize
Vendors
1 20 (28.99%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.70%) VMware
3 5 (7.25%) Datto
3 5 (7.25%) Google
3 5 (7.25%) Oracle
3 5 (7.25%) Sophos
3 5 (7.25%) WatchGuard
4 4 (5.80%) Cisco
5 2 (2.90%) Aruba
5 2 (2.90%) HP
6 1 (1.45%) Juniper