Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 218 236
Rank change year-on-year -49 +18 -40
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 773 735 967
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.72% 1.47% 1.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.33% 10.01% 9.94%
Number of salaries quoted 598 531 727
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £73,908
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year - -10.26% -8.24%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 7,486 7,344 9,730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.97% 14.70% 11.75%
Number of salaries quoted 4,816 4,237 6,123
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £29,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £41,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.85% -18.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £36,276 £45,000
% change year-on-year +19.92% -19.39% -

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing TCP/IP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

TCP/IP job vacancy trend in the UK

TCP/IP
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing TCP/IP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing TCP/IP

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for TCP/IP in the UK

TCP/IP
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 18 August 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
England -29 730 £38,500 +2.67% 445
UK excluding London -59 550 £35,000 - 290
Work from Home +26 244 £42,000 -6.67% 128
London -16 215 £60,000 +14.29% 210
South East -11 170 £37,500 +5.63% 90
North of England -11 141 £32,500 -13.33% 62
Midlands -39 93 £33,250 +2.31% 41
North West +43 78 £31,750 -19.62% 31
East of England -37 67 £36,250 -23.68% 31
West Midlands -36 50 £37,500 +15.38% 27
Yorkshire -40 50 £32,500 -13.33% 19
South West -62 48 £34,000 -1.45% 39
East Midlands -22 43 £32,500 +8.33% 14
Wales -66 18 £45,000 +28.57% 5
North East -70 13 £35,000 +20.69% 15
Scotland -9 10 £63,451 +75.04% 18
Northern Ireland - 3 £57,246 - 8

TCP/IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 137 (17.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 99 (12.81%) SharePoint
3 24 (3.10%) IIS
4 12 (1.55%) Apache
5 3 (0.39%) SAS
6 2 (0.26%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.13%) Confluence
7 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.13%) WinCC
Applications
1 49 (6.34%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.26%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.13%) Houdini
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.13%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 5 (0.65%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.26%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.26%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.13%) Eikon
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 333 (43.08%) Microsoft 365
2 321 (41.53%) Azure
3 172 (22.25%) Entra ID
4 140 (18.11%) AWS
5 37 (4.79%) GCP
6 32 (4.14%) OneDrive
7 22 (2.85%) AWS CloudFormation
8 17 (2.20%) SaaS
9 14 (1.81%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 14 (1.81%) dbt
9 14 (1.81%) IaaS
10 13 (1.68%) OpenShift
11 11 (1.42%) Azure Monitor
11 11 (1.42%) GitHub
12 10 (1.29%) Google Workspace
13 9 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (1.16%) PaaS
14 7 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (0.91%) Microsoft Copilot
15 5 (0.65%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 449 (58.09%) DNS
2 357 (46.18%) Firewall
3 346 (44.76%) DHCP
4 264 (34.15%) VPN
5 186 (24.06%) WAN
6 179 (23.16%) LAN
7 152 (19.66%) VLAN
8 96 (12.42%) Network Security
9 84 (10.87%) Wi-Fi
10 71 (9.18%) Wireless
11 70 (9.06%) VoIP
12 69 (8.93%) HTTP
13 57 (7.37%) BGP
14 45 (5.82%) OSPF
15 41 (5.30%) SD-WAN
16 22 (2.85%) SSL
17 21 (2.72%) Multicast
18 20 (2.59%) SMTP
19 19 (2.46%) Ethernet
19 19 (2.46%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (6.86%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.42%) MySQL
3 8 (1.03%) NoSQL
4 6 (0.78%) Crystal Reports
5 5 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.52%) InfluxDB
7 3 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (0.39%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.39%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.26%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.13%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.13%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle9i Database
9 1 (0.13%) Redis
9 1 (0.13%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 28 (3.62%) JIRA
2 18 (2.33%) Git
3 11 (1.42%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.65%) GitLab
4 5 (0.65%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.52%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.26%) CMake
6 2 (0.26%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.13%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.13%) GDB
7 1 (0.13%) LSMW
General
1 362 (46.83%) Social Skills
2 100 (12.94%) Analytical Skills
3 98 (12.68%) Finance
4 60 (7.76%) Telecoms
5 43 (5.56%) Banking
5 43 (5.56%) Law
6 40 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
7 32 (4.14%) Documentation Skills
8 28 (3.62%) Electronics
9 25 (3.23%) Aerospace
9 25 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 24 (3.10%) Retail
11 18 (2.33%) Manufacturing
12 15 (1.94%) Public Sector
13 14 (1.81%) Investment Banking
14 9 (1.16%) Legal
15 7 (0.91%) Digital Health
15 7 (0.91%) Military
16 6 (0.78%) Games
17 5 (0.65%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 194 (25.10%) IT Support
2 156 (20.18%) Support Engineer
3 133 (17.21%) IT Engineer
4 108 (13.97%) IT Support Engineer
5 105 (13.58%) Analyst
6 92 (11.90%) Network Engineer
7 91 (11.77%) Senior
8 71 (9.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 62 (8.02%) 2nd Line Support
10 55 (7.12%) Support Technician
11 50 (6.47%) IT Technician
12 48 (6.21%) IT Support Technician
13 43 (5.56%) Support Analyst
14 42 (5.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 40 (5.17%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 33 (4.27%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 32 (4.14%) IT Analyst
18 27 (3.49%) Lead
18 27 (3.49%) Systems Engineer
19 26 (3.36%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.72%) LDAP
1 21 (2.72%) React
2 13 (1.68%) gRPC
2 13 (1.68%) Node.js
2 13 (1.68%) WebSockets
3 12 (1.55%) Middleware
3 12 (1.55%) XML
4 11 (1.42%) .NET
5 10 (1.29%) JSON
6 8 (1.03%) AngularJS
7 7 (0.91%) 802.1X
7 7 (0.91%) Django
7 7 (0.91%) REST
7 7 (0.91%) RESTful
8 6 (0.78%) ARM Templates
8 6 (0.78%) CSS
8 6 (0.78%) Elastic Stack
8 6 (0.78%) FIX Protocol
8 6 (0.78%) HTML
9 5 (0.65%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 105 (13.58%) Driving Licence
2 59 (7.63%) Onboarding
3 44 (5.69%) Data Centre
4 38 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
5 31 (4.01%) Cyber Threat
6 25 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
7 23 (2.98%) Security Posture
8 22 (2.85%) PKI
9 19 (2.46%) Distributed Systems
10 18 (2.33%) CCTV
10 18 (2.33%) Cyber Defence
11 17 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
11 17 (2.20%) Management Information System
12 15 (1.94%) FPGA
12 15 (1.94%) MPEG
12 15 (1.94%) Replication
13 14 (1.81%) Client/Server
13 14 (1.81%) Linux Command Line
14 13 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
15 12 (1.55%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 464 (60.03%) Windows
2 251 (32.47%) Windows Server
3 191 (24.71%) Linux
4 89 (11.51%) Windows 10
5 58 (7.50%) Mac OS
6 34 (4.40%) Unix
7 27 (3.49%) Apple iOS
8 24 (3.10%) Ubuntu
9 21 (2.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 19 (2.46%) Android
10 19 (2.46%) Windows Server 2016
11 14 (1.81%) CentOS
11 14 (1.81%) Windows Server 2019
12 9 (1.16%) Rocky
13 7 (0.91%) Debian
14 5 (0.65%) CoreOS
14 5 (0.65%) Embedded Linux
15 4 (0.52%) Kali Linux
15 4 (0.52%) Windows 7
15 4 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (37.65%) Problem-Solving
2 164 (21.22%) Customer Service
3 155 (20.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 137 (17.72%) Cybersecurity
5 121 (15.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 115 (14.88%) ITIL
7 99 (12.81%) Disaster Recovery
8 85 (11.00%) Incident Response
8 85 (11.00%) Mentoring
9 77 (9.96%) Infrastructure as Code
9 77 (9.96%) Project Delivery
10 74 (9.57%) Service Delivery
11 67 (8.67%) DevOps
12 66 (8.54%) ITSM
13 65 (8.41%) Computer Science
14 63 (8.15%) High Availability
15 61 (7.89%) SIEM
16 60 (7.76%) CI/CD
17 56 (7.24%) Software Engineering
18 48 (6.21%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 143 (18.50%) PowerShell
2 142 (18.37%) Python
3 74 (9.57%) Bash
4 69 (8.93%) SQL
5 39 (5.05%) C++
6 26 (3.36%) C
7 21 (2.72%) Perl
8 18 (2.33%) C#
9 17 (2.20%) Java
10 16 (2.07%) JavaScript
11 14 (1.81%) VBA
12 13 (1.68%) Go
13 12 (1.55%) Bicep
14 10 (1.29%) Ruby
14 10 (1.29%) TypeScript
15 9 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
16 8 (1.03%) PHP
17 7 (0.91%) Search Processing Language
18 6 (0.78%) Shell Script
19 2 (0.26%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 144 (18.63%) Degree
2 96 (12.42%) Security Cleared
3 87 (11.25%) Cisco Certification
4 74 (9.57%) CCNA
5 69 (8.93%) SC Cleared
6 60 (7.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 54 (6.99%) CCNP
8 33 (4.27%) Azure Certification
9 32 (4.14%) CompTIA Security+
10 30 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
11 20 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (2.59%) CREST Certified
12 18 (2.33%) CEH
12 18 (2.33%) GCIA
13 16 (2.07%) DV Cleared
13 16 (2.07%) HND
13 16 (2.07%) Network+ Certification
14 15 (1.94%) OSCP
15 14 (1.81%) AWS Certification
15 14 (1.81%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (8.15%) SLA
2 31 (4.01%) Cyber Essentials
3 27 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (2.85%) GDPR
5 18 (2.33%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.29%) NIST
7 7 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.65%) GRC
8 5 (0.65%) NCSC
9 4 (0.52%) QA
10 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.13%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.13%) DO-178B
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 330 (42.69%) Active Directory
2 139 (17.98%) Hyper-V
3 134 (17.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (3.62%) Docker
5 23 (2.98%) Firmware
5 23 (2.98%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (1.81%) vSphere
7 10 (1.29%) Virtual Servers
7 10 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (0.91%) KVM
10 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.39%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.13%) Ceph
11 1 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.13%) QEMU
11 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.13%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 121 (15.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 65 (8.41%) Terraform
3 46 (5.95%) Ansible
4 38 (4.92%) Kubernetes
5 36 (4.66%) FortiGate
6 17 (2.20%) QRadar
7 16 (2.07%) Nagios
8 15 (1.94%) Grafana
8 15 (1.94%) Prometheus
9 14 (1.81%) Jamf Pro
10 10 (1.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 8 (1.03%) Kibana
11 8 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
12 7 (0.91%) WSUS
13 6 (0.78%) Puppet
13 6 (0.78%) SCCM
14 5 (0.65%) McAfee ePO
14 5 (0.65%) SCVMM
14 5 (0.65%) ZABBIX
15 4 (0.52%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 430 (55.63%) Microsoft
2 155 (20.05%) VMware
3 110 (14.23%) Cisco
4 55 (7.12%) Fortinet
5 42 (5.43%) Veeam
6 38 (4.92%) Splunk
7 32 (4.14%) Palo Alto
8 30 (3.88%) Meraki
8 30 (3.88%) ServiceNow
9 29 (3.75%) Google
10 26 (3.36%) Red Hat
11 25 (3.23%) SolarWinds
12 23 (2.98%) HP
12 23 (2.98%) SonicWALL
13 22 (2.85%) Sophos
14 20 (2.59%) Apple
15 18 (2.33%) Dell
16 16 (2.07%) Zscaler
17 15 (1.94%) CrowdStrike
18 14 (1.81%) Ubiquiti