TCP/IP Jobs in the UK excluding London

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 254 181 197
Rank change year-on-year -73 +16 -4
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 440 1,101 1,064
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.13% 1.55% 1.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.74% 11.29% 9.80%
Number of salaries quoted 318 856 718
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,750 £24,925
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -6.25% -5.88%
75th Percentile £57,500 £50,875 £52,500
90th Percentile £71,622 £58,750 £67,600
UK median annual salary £47,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.59% -5.56% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 6,526 9,748 10,852
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.70% 13.76% 18.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3,189 7,064 4,738
10th Percentile £23,504 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £43,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.20% -3.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £68,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing TCP/IP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in the UK excluding London

TCP/IP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for TCP/IP in the UK excluding London

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for TCP/IP in the UK excluding London

TCP/IP
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 TCP/IP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 May 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 East +13 142 £37,500 -2.60% 156
Midlands -24 91 £32,500 -10.96% 58
North of England -75 73 £48,600 +21.50% 123
East of England -17 67 £46,250 +23.33% 121
West Midlands +5 53 £35,000 +1.45% 31
Yorkshire +8 39 £44,700 +19.20% 52
East Midlands -11 38 £31,000 -22.50% 21
Scotland +86 33 £50,000 +17.65% 28
North West -88 31 £47,500 +18.75% 51
Wales +29 20 £65,000 +136.36% 18
South West -13 19 £51,729 +56.75% 92
North East +37 3 £69,384 +193.69% 23
Northern Ireland +15 2 £85,000 +161.54% 7
TCP/IP
UK

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 39 (8.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (5.23%) SharePoint
3 14 (3.18%) IIS
4 7 (1.59%) Apache Solr
4 7 (1.59%) nginx
5 6 (1.36%) Apache
6 2 (0.45%) CMS
6 2 (0.45%) SAS
6 2 (0.45%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.45%) WordPress
7 1 (0.23%) CICS
7 1 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
Applications
1 80 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (4.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.59%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.23%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (1.36%) Dynamics NAV
1 6 (1.36%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 120 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
2 116 (26.36%) Azure
3 60 (13.64%) AWS
4 22 (5.00%) GCP
5 16 (3.64%) Google Workspace
6 14 (3.18%) Cloud Computing
6 14 (3.18%) SaaS
7 13 (2.95%) Entra ID
8 12 (2.73%) AWS CloudFormation
9 8 (1.82%) Amazon ECR
9 8 (1.82%) Amazon ECS
9 8 (1.82%) Amazon ElastiCache
9 8 (1.82%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 8 (1.82%) AWS CodeBuild
9 8 (1.82%) dbt
9 8 (1.82%) OneDrive
9 8 (1.82%) Pulumi
10 7 (1.59%) Mimecast
11 6 (1.36%) Azure Storage
11 6 (1.36%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 188 (42.73%) DNS
2 178 (40.45%) VPN
3 160 (36.36%) DHCP
3 160 (36.36%) Firewall
4 78 (17.73%) LAN
4 78 (17.73%) WAN
5 75 (17.05%) VLAN
6 60 (13.64%) BGP
7 55 (12.50%) Network Security
8 53 (12.05%) OSPF
9 35 (7.95%) Wireless
10 29 (6.59%) VoIP
11 26 (5.91%) Wi-Fi
12 22 (5.00%) MPLS
13 21 (4.77%) HTTP
13 21 (4.77%) Internet
14 20 (4.55%) IPsec
15 18 (4.09%) Modbus
15 18 (4.09%) WLAN
16 16 (3.64%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 16 (3.64%) Relational Database
3 15 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (2.95%) MySQL
5 10 (2.27%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (1.82%) Elasticsearch
6 8 (1.82%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.82%) Redis
7 7 (1.59%) Couchbase
8 4 (0.91%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.68%) Power BI
10 2 (0.45%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.23%) MS Access
11 1 (0.23%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 62 (14.09%) Cucumber
1 62 (14.09%) Robot Framework
2 6 (1.36%) Sonatype Nexus
3 5 (1.14%) JIRA
4 4 (0.91%) Git
5 3 (0.68%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.45%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.45%) JMeter
6 2 (0.45%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.45%) Spinnaker
6 2 (0.45%) Subversion
7 1 (0.23%) GitLab
7 1 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 227 (51.59%) Social Skills
2 88 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 83 (18.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 36 (8.18%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (5.68%) Finance
6 20 (4.55%) Retail
7 16 (3.64%) Automotive
8 13 (2.95%) Electronics
9 12 (2.73%) Public Sector
10 9 (2.05%) Aerospace
10 9 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (2.05%) Local Government
11 8 (1.82%) Law
11 8 (1.82%) Legal
12 7 (1.59%) Aviation
13 6 (1.36%) Back Office
13 6 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.14%) Banking
14 5 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 62 (14.09%) Test Automation Engineer
1 62 (14.09%) Test Engineer
2 59 (13.41%) Senior
3 58 (13.18%) IT Support
4 55 (12.50%) Analyst
5 54 (12.27%) Network Engineer
6 47 (10.68%) Lead
7 43 (9.77%) IT Engineer
8 40 (9.09%) Support Engineer
9 26 (5.91%) Support Analyst
10 24 (5.45%) Systems Engineer
11 20 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 20 (4.55%) IT Support Engineer
12 19 (4.32%) Technical Support
13 18 (4.09%) Embedded Engineer
13 18 (4.09%) Software Engineer
14 16 (3.64%) Developer
15 15 (3.41%) IT Analyst
15 15 (3.41%) Support Technician
16 14 (3.18%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (2.95%) Django
2 12 (2.73%) .NET
3 10 (2.27%) RabbitMQ
4 8 (1.82%) LDAP
5 7 (1.59%) REST
6 6 (1.36%) HTML
6 6 (1.36%) XML
7 5 (1.14%) JSON
8 4 (0.91%) YAML
9 3 (0.68%) .NET Core
9 3 (0.68%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.68%) ARM Templates
9 3 (0.68%) CSS
9 3 (0.68%) Entity Framework
9 3 (0.68%) Kafka
9 3 (0.68%) Node.js
9 3 (0.68%) React
10 2 (0.45%) 802.1X
10 2 (0.45%) Elastic Stack
10 2 (0.45%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 63 (14.32%) Linux Command Line
2 41 (9.32%) Data Centre
2 41 (9.32%) Management Information System
3 29 (6.59%) Driving Licence
4 18 (4.09%) Device Driver
4 18 (4.09%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (3.41%) Security Operations Centre
5 15 (3.41%) Smartphone
6 14 (3.18%) Client/Server
7 10 (2.27%) IoT
7 10 (2.27%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.05%) Embedded Systems
8 9 (2.05%) Onboarding
8 9 (2.05%) Public Cloud
8 9 (2.05%) Robotics
9 8 (1.82%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (1.36%) Replication
12 5 (1.14%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 266 (60.45%) Windows
2 142 (32.27%) Linux
3 95 (21.59%) Windows Server
4 32 (7.27%) Windows 10
5 29 (6.59%) Mac OS
6 26 (5.91%) Windows Server 2019
7 25 (5.68%) Unix
8 23 (5.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 21 (4.77%) Apple iOS
10 17 (3.86%) Mac OS X
10 17 (3.86%) Ubuntu
11 13 (2.95%) Android
12 8 (1.82%) Embedded Linux
13 6 (1.36%) VMS
14 3 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 2 (0.45%) Debian
15 2 (0.45%) SUSE
15 2 (0.45%) Windows 7
15 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2003
15 2 (0.45%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (41.59%) Problem-Solving
2 91 (20.68%) Mentoring
3 83 (18.86%) DevOps
4 70 (15.91%) Test Automation
5 66 (15.00%) Coaching
6 62 (14.09%) Customer Service
6 62 (14.09%) System Testing
6 62 (14.09%) Test Management
7 58 (13.18%) Cybersecurity
8 55 (12.50%) Computer Science
9 37 (8.41%) ITIL
10 34 (7.73%) CI/CD
11 32 (7.27%) Software Engineering
12 30 (6.82%) Continuous Improvement
13 29 (6.59%) SIEM
14 28 (6.36%) Agile
15 27 (6.14%) Information Security
16 23 (5.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 23 (5.23%) Technical Leadership
17 22 (5.00%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 123 (27.95%) PowerShell
2 120 (27.27%) Python
3 79 (17.95%) Bash
4 71 (16.14%) JavaScript
5 38 (8.64%) SQL
6 36 (8.18%) C
7 33 (7.50%) C++
8 20 (4.55%) C#
9 11 (2.50%) Perl
10 10 (2.27%) PHP
11 9 (2.05%) Java
12 5 (1.14%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.91%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.91%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.68%) Bicep
14 3 (0.68%) JCL
15 2 (0.45%) Jython
16 1 (0.23%) Embedded C
16 1 (0.23%) VBA
16 1 (0.23%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 153 (34.77%) Degree
2 61 (13.86%) Security Cleared
3 41 (9.32%) Computer Science Degree
4 37 (8.41%) Cisco Certification
4 37 (8.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 35 (7.95%) SC Cleared
6 25 (5.68%) CCNA
7 24 (5.45%) CCNP
8 23 (5.23%) DV Cleared
9 17 (3.86%) A+ Certification
9 17 (3.86%) HNC
9 17 (3.86%) HND
10 14 (3.18%) MCSE
11 9 (2.05%) JNCIA
12 8 (1.82%) ITIL Certification
12 8 (1.82%) Master's Degree
12 8 (1.82%) MCP
12 8 (1.82%) Network+ Certification
13 7 (1.59%) Azure Certification
14 6 (1.36%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (15.00%) QA
2 20 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (4.32%) SLA
4 10 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (1.36%) NIST
6 4 (0.91%) GDPR
7 3 (0.68%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.45%) NCSC
8 2 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.23%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.23%) COBIT
9 1 (0.23%) FISMA
9 1 (0.23%) GLBA
9 1 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.23%) GRC
9 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 120 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 55 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 46 (10.45%) Hyper-V
4 25 (5.68%) Firmware
5 22 (5.00%) Docker
6 8 (1.82%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (1.36%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.68%) vSphere
10 2 (0.45%) PowerHA
11 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.23%) NFS
11 1 (0.23%) RHEV
11 1 (0.23%) vCloud
11 1 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 27 (6.14%) Ansible
2 26 (5.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (5.91%) Terraform
3 24 (5.45%) Kubernetes
4 14 (3.18%) QRadar
5 12 (2.73%) SCCM
6 8 (1.82%) AWS Copilot
6 8 (1.82%) FortiGate
7 7 (1.59%) WSUS
8 6 (1.36%) ArcSight ESM
9 5 (1.14%) ZABBIX
10 4 (0.91%) Failover Clustering
10 4 (0.91%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.91%) SCOM
11 2 (0.45%) Iperf
11 2 (0.45%) Nmap
11 2 (0.45%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.45%) Puppet
11 2 (0.45%) SCOrch
11 2 (0.45%) SCSM
Vendors
1 176 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 75 (17.05%) VMware
3 71 (16.14%) Cisco
4 40 (9.09%) Google
5 26 (5.91%) Fortinet
6 25 (5.68%) Apple
7 20 (4.55%) Dell
7 20 (4.55%) Ubiquiti
8 19 (4.32%) Splunk
9 10 (2.27%) Citrix
10 9 (2.05%) HP
10 9 (2.05%) SAP
11 8 (1.82%) ArcSight
11 8 (1.82%) ServiceNow
12 7 (1.59%) Juniper
13 6 (1.36%) Arista
13 6 (1.36%) IBM
13 6 (1.36%) LogLogic
13 6 (1.36%) McAfee
13 6 (1.36%) Veeam