ICMP Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ICMP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 522 598 547
Rank change year-on-year +76 -51 +255
Permanent jobs citing ICMP 2 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.006% 0.010% 0.003%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.043% 0.091% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 1
10th Percentile £88,975 - -
25th Percentile £89,313 - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £91,750 £55,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +66.82% +69.23% -12.16%
75th Percentile £94,938 - £33,750
90th Percentile £95,725 - -
UK median annual salary £91,750 £55,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +66.82% -33.33% +50.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

ICMP 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,608 5,508 5,324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.29% 11.51% 17.52%
Number of salaries quoted 3,128 2,695 4,245
10th Percentile £25,087 £28,750 £25,878
25th Percentile £27,000 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £37,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +5.00% -4.76%

ICMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ICMP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

ICMP job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ICMP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ICMP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ICMP

ICMP
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ICMP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
South West - 2 £91,750 - 2
ICMP
UK

ICMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) 2G
2 1 (50.00%) 4G
2 1 (50.00%) 5G
2 1 (50.00%) Software-Defined Radio
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Arduino
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
1 2 (100.00%) Raspberry Pi
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Development
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Research
2 1 (50.00%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared