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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 161 138
Rank change year-on-year +25 -23 -68
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 72 38 54
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.95% 1.00% 1.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.93% 7.10% 8.81%
Number of salaries quoted 53 35 32
10th Percentile £28,450 £27,650 £25,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £29,125 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +8.24% -15.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £66,250 £46,250
90th Percentile £62,250 £67,500 £62,250
South East median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -21.05% -

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 517 535 613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.81% 14.12% 13.64%
Number of salaries quoted 369 260 275
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,475 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year - -11.76% -2.86%
75th Percentile £62,000 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £70,125 £80,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -19.05% +5.00%

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 14 October 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 14 October 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
Buckinghamshire +5 25 £47,500 -14.41% 7
Berkshire +12 24 £47,500 -19.15% 10
Oxfordshire -23 24 £52,500 +72.13% 12
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 13 (18.06%) SharePoint
2 12 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.39%) Confluence
3 1 (1.39%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 3 (4.17%) Lightworks
2 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.39%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.39%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 40 (55.56%) Azure
2 30 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (30.56%) Entra ID
4 10 (13.89%) AWS
5 8 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
5 8 (11.11%) Google Workspace
6 5 (6.94%) Azure Logic Apps
6 5 (6.94%) GCP
7 4 (5.56%) Power Automate
8 3 (4.17%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (2.78%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (2.78%) Sumo Logic
10 1 (1.39%) Azure Stack
10 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (1.39%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 53 (73.61%) DNS
2 44 (61.11%) Firewall
3 41 (56.94%) VPN
4 35 (48.61%) DHCP
5 31 (43.06%) VLAN
6 22 (30.56%) WAN
7 21 (29.17%) Wireless
8 20 (27.78%) LAN
9 14 (19.44%) HTTP
10 13 (18.06%) Network Security
11 12 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (11.11%) SD-WAN
13 7 (9.72%) OSPF
14 5 (6.94%) BGP
15 3 (4.17%) MQTT
15 3 (4.17%) WLAN
16 2 (2.78%) Ethernet
16 2 (2.78%) IPsec
16 2 (2.78%) Remote Desktop
16 2 (2.78%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.78%) JIRA
General
1 29 (40.28%) Social Skills
2 16 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (6.94%) Retail
5 3 (4.17%) Aerospace
5 3 (4.17%) Electronics
5 3 (4.17%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.17%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.78%) Automotive
6 2 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.39%) Digital Health
7 1 (1.39%) Finance
7 1 (1.39%) Military
7 1 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 20 (27.78%) IT Engineer
1 20 (27.78%) IT Support
2 17 (23.61%) IT Support Engineer
2 17 (23.61%) Support Engineer
3 15 (20.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 13 (18.06%) Analyst
5 10 (13.89%) Network Engineer
6 9 (12.50%) Senior
7 8 (11.11%) SOC Analyst
8 7 (9.72%) Cyber Threat Analyst
8 7 (9.72%) Infrastructure Support
8 7 (9.72%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 7 (9.72%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (8.33%) SOC Engineer
10 5 (6.94%) 1st Line Support
10 5 (6.94%) 3rd Line Support
10 5 (6.94%) Systems Engineer
11 4 (5.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 4 (5.56%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 4 (5.56%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.94%) Terraform
2 3 (4.17%) JSON
2 3 (4.17%) Protocol Buffers
3 2 (2.78%) ARM Templates
3 2 (2.78%) gRPC
3 2 (2.78%) RESTful
4 1 (1.39%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.89%) Driving Licence
1 10 (13.89%) Onboarding
1 10 (13.89%) Security Operations Centre
2 9 (12.50%) Cyber Defence
2 9 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (11.11%) Replication
4 7 (9.72%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (9.72%) CSOC
5 3 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (2.78%) ARM Cortex
6 2 (2.78%) FPGA
6 2 (2.78%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.78%) VHDL
7 1 (1.39%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.39%) Life Science
7 1 (1.39%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.39%) Robotics
7 1 (1.39%) SCADA
7 1 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.39%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 49 (68.06%) Windows
2 27 (37.50%) Linux
3 11 (15.28%) Windows Server
4 8 (11.11%) Rocky
4 8 (11.11%) Ubuntu
5 5 (6.94%) Android
6 4 (5.56%) Apple iOS
7 3 (4.17%) Windows 10
8 1 (1.39%) macOS
8 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (1.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (38.89%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (31.94%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (29.17%) SIEM
4 19 (26.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 17 (23.61%) Customer Service
6 15 (20.83%) Security Operations
7 13 (18.06%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (18.06%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 13 (18.06%) Incident Response
7 13 (18.06%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 13 (18.06%) Threat Intelligence
8 12 (16.67%) Mentoring
9 11 (15.28%) Security Monitoring
9 11 (15.28%) Threat Detection
9 11 (15.28%) Validation
10 10 (13.89%) Use Case
11 9 (12.50%) Incident Management
11 9 (12.50%) ITIL
11 9 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
11 9 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (40.28%) PowerShell
2 14 (19.44%) Python
3 9 (12.50%) Bash
4 7 (9.72%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (9.72%) Search Processing Language
5 2 (2.78%) Bicep
6 1 (1.39%) C
6 1 (1.39%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 21 (29.17%) Security Cleared
2 17 (23.61%) Degree
3 15 (20.83%) CCNA
3 15 (20.83%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (20.83%) GCIA
4 14 (19.44%) GIAC
4 14 (19.44%) SC Cleared
5 10 (13.89%) CompTIA Security+
6 9 (12.50%) SANS
7 8 (11.11%) CCNP
7 8 (11.11%) CompTIA CySA+
7 8 (11.11%) CREST Certified
7 8 (11.11%) GCIH
8 7 (9.72%) CISSP
8 7 (9.72%) GCED
8 7 (9.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (8.33%) OSCP
10 5 (6.94%) CCNA CyberOps
10 5 (6.94%) CEH
11 4 (5.56%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (4.17%) GDPR
3 2 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.39%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 1 (1.39%) ECSS
4 1 (1.39%) GxP
4 1 (1.39%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 27 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 7 (9.72%) Firmware
2 7 (9.72%) Hyper-V
3 4 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (2.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (15.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (11.11%) Kibana
3 5 (6.94%) FortiGate
4 2 (2.78%) Ansible
4 2 (2.78%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.78%) QRadar
4 2 (2.78%) SCCM
5 1 (1.39%) Functional Safety
5 1 (1.39%) Graylog
5 1 (1.39%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (68.06%) Microsoft
2 20 (27.78%) Cisco
2 20 (27.78%) Fortinet
3 13 (18.06%) CrowdStrike
4 12 (16.67%) Splunk
5 11 (15.28%) VMware
6 9 (12.50%) Google
7 8 (11.11%) Dell
7 8 (11.11%) Veeam
8 7 (9.72%) Apple
8 7 (9.72%) Carbon Black
8 7 (9.72%) Meraki
9 4 (5.56%) Ruckus Wireless
10 2 (2.78%) Aruba
10 2 (2.78%) Brocade
10 2 (2.78%) Juniper
10 2 (2.78%) WatchGuard
11 1 (1.39%) ArcSight
11 1 (1.39%) Intel
11 1 (1.39%) Xilinx