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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 141 70
Rank change year-on-year +13 -71 -5
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 73 50 143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.85% 1.04% 3.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.87% 8.12% 20.94%
Number of salaries quoted 37 34 70
10th Percentile - £28,600 £25,250
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -10.53% -3.36%
75th Percentile £65,000 £50,937 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £59,250 £71,250
South East median annual salary £37,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -12.94% - +13.33%

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 567 616 683
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.40% 12.78% 18.08%
Number of salaries quoted 262 337 485
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,250 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £74,900
South East median annual salary £41,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.00% - +5.26%

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

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 16 September 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 16 September 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
Buckinghamshire +4 36 £46,000 +8.24% 2
Oxfordshire +37 22 £30,500 -6.15% 5
Berkshire -7 15 £55,000 +10.00% 15
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 5 (6.85%) IIS
1 5 (6.85%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.37%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (17.81%) Azure
2 12 (16.44%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (6.85%) Entra ID
4 4 (5.48%) AWS
5 3 (4.11%) GCP
5 3 (4.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (64.38%) VPN
2 28 (38.36%) DNS
3 18 (24.66%) Firewall
4 15 (20.55%) DHCP
5 8 (10.96%) VLAN
6 6 (8.22%) Network Security
7 5 (6.85%) LAN
7 5 (6.85%) WAN
8 4 (5.48%) NAS
8 4 (5.48%) SAN
8 4 (5.48%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (5.48%) Wireless
9 2 (2.74%) Broadband
9 2 (2.74%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.74%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 34 (46.58%) Cucumber
1 34 (46.58%) Robot Framework
General
1 52 (71.23%) Social Skills
2 34 (46.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 34 (46.58%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.11%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.37%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.37%) Back Office
4 1 (1.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 34 (46.58%) Test Automation Engineer
1 34 (46.58%) Test Engineer
2 9 (12.33%) Analyst
2 9 (12.33%) Support Engineer
3 8 (10.96%) Support Analyst
4 7 (9.59%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 7 (9.59%) Security Engineer
5 6 (8.22%) Senior
5 6 (8.22%) Senior Security Engineer
6 5 (6.85%) 2nd Line Support
6 5 (6.85%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 4 (5.48%) Desktop Engineer
7 4 (5.48%) Desktop Support
7 4 (5.48%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 4 (5.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (5.48%) SOC Manager
8 3 (4.11%) Infrastructure Manager
8 3 (4.11%) IT Engineer
8 3 (4.11%) IT Support
8 3 (4.11%) IT Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 34 (46.58%) Linux Command Line
2 10 (13.70%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (2.74%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.37%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.37%) Clustering
4 1 (1.37%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.37%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.37%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 57 (78.08%) Windows
2 38 (52.05%) Linux
3 5 (6.85%) Windows Server
4 4 (5.48%) Windows 10
5 3 (4.11%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (68.49%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (46.58%) Coaching
2 34 (46.58%) DevOps
2 34 (46.58%) Mentoring
2 34 (46.58%) System Testing
2 34 (46.58%) Test Automation
2 34 (46.58%) Test Management
3 23 (31.51%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (17.81%) Security Operations
5 7 (9.59%) ITIL
6 6 (8.22%) Business Continuity
6 6 (8.22%) Penetration Testing
6 6 (8.22%) SIEM
7 5 (6.85%) Customer Service
7 5 (6.85%) High Availability
8 4 (5.48%) Dashboard Development
8 4 (5.48%) Event Correlation
8 4 (5.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (5.48%) Infrastructure Monitoring
8 4 (5.48%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 38 (52.05%) PowerShell
2 37 (50.68%) Bash
2 37 (50.68%) Python
3 34 (46.58%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (46.58%) Degree
2 8 (10.96%) MCP
3 6 (8.22%) CCNA
3 6 (8.22%) CCNP
3 6 (8.22%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (8.22%) CISSP
3 6 (8.22%) CompTIA Security+
3 6 (8.22%) GCIA
3 6 (8.22%) SANS
3 6 (8.22%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.22%) Security Cleared
4 5 (6.85%) A+ Certification
5 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (46.58%) QA
2 6 (8.22%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (8.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (4.11%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (10.96%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.85%) Hyper-V
2 5 (6.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (5.48%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (5.48%) vSphere
4 1 (1.37%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (6.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.37%) Failover Clustering
2 1 (1.37%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 21 (28.77%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.85%) Datto
2 5 (6.85%) Sophos
2 5 (6.85%) VMware
2 5 (6.85%) WatchGuard
3 4 (5.48%) Cisco
3 4 (5.48%) LogicMonitor
3 4 (5.48%) Palo Alto
4 3 (4.11%) Google
5 1 (1.37%) Oracle