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 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 216 205
Rank change year-on-year -39 -11 -31
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 854 706 1,021
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.73% 1.42% 1.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.87% 9.83% 11.05%
Number of salaries quoted 647 502 577
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -16.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,188 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,075 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £34,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +10.29% -15.00% -5.88%

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 7,858 7,182 9,244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.69% 14.47% 12.16%
Number of salaries quoted 4,891 3,979 4,621
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £29,750
25th Percentile £34,000 £28,809 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £40,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.75% -20.79% -1.94%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +28.57% -26.32% +5.56%

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 27 September 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 27 September 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 -23 806 £40,000 +6.67% 645
UK excluding London -50 607 £37,500 +10.29% 454
Work from Home +29 260 £40,000 -3.61% 241
London -2 234 £60,000 +9.09% 246
South East -27 179 £37,500 +0.67% 132
North of England -20 145 £33,000 -5.71% 91
Midlands -37 120 £36,750 +13.08% 58
East of England -17 82 £35,000 -22.22% 65
North West +28 80 £32,000 -20.99% 50
West Midlands -29 71 £37,500 +15.38% 33
Yorkshire -35 53 £33,500 -8.84% 29
East Midlands -39 49 £36,000 +15.20% 25
South West -79 48 £32,500 -5.80% 54
Wales -81 15 £45,000 +28.57% 12
Scotland +14 12 £63,451 +111.50% 30
North East -78 12 £40,000 +37.93% 15
Northern Ireland - 6 £40,250 - 16

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
1 141 (16.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 113 (13.23%) SharePoint
3 25 (2.93%) IIS
4 16 (1.87%) Apache
5 7 (0.82%) Confluence
6 5 (0.59%) WinCC
7 3 (0.35%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.35%) SAS
8 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
Applications
1 35 (4.10%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.23%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.12%) Houdini
4 1 (0.12%) NUKE
4 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (0.94%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.23%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.23%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.23%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.12%) Eikon
3 1 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 390 (45.67%) Microsoft 365
2 333 (38.99%) Azure
3 222 (26.00%) Entra ID
4 132 (15.46%) AWS
5 45 (5.27%) OneDrive
6 40 (4.68%) GCP
7 23 (2.69%) SaaS
8 21 (2.46%) AWS CloudFormation
9 16 (1.87%) Google Workspace
10 14 (1.64%) dbt
11 12 (1.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 12 (1.41%) OpenShift
12 10 (1.17%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (1.05%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (1.05%) IaaS
14 8 (0.94%) PaaS
14 8 (0.94%) Serverless
15 7 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
16 6 (0.70%) Datadog
16 6 (0.70%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 535 (62.65%) DNS
2 425 (49.77%) DHCP
3 389 (45.55%) Firewall
4 351 (41.10%) VPN
5 199 (23.30%) WAN
6 192 (22.48%) LAN
7 190 (22.25%) VLAN
8 119 (13.93%) Wi-Fi
9 103 (12.06%) Network Security
10 100 (11.71%) Wireless
11 75 (8.78%) HTTP
12 69 (8.08%) VoIP
13 66 (7.73%) BGP
14 54 (6.32%) OSPF
15 39 (4.57%) SD-WAN
16 34 (3.98%) SSL
17 30 (3.51%) Ethernet
18 27 (3.16%) Internet
19 23 (2.69%) FTP
19 23 (2.69%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (7.38%) SQL Server
2 17 (1.99%) MySQL
3 12 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (1.17%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (1.05%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.70%) Crystal Reports
6 6 (0.70%) Redis
7 5 (0.59%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.47%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.35%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.35%) InfluxDB
9 3 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.23%) KDB
11 1 (0.12%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 1 (0.12%) Db2
11 1 (0.12%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle9i Database
11 1 (0.12%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 34 (3.98%) JIRA
2 23 (2.69%) Git
3 11 (1.29%) GitLab
4 5 (0.59%) Selenium
5 4 (0.47%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.47%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.47%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.35%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.23%) CMake
7 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.23%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.12%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.12%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.12%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.12%) GDB
8 1 (0.12%) LSMW
8 1 (0.12%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.12%) Postman
General
1 408 (47.78%) Social Skills
2 110 (12.88%) Analytical Skills
3 96 (11.24%) Finance
4 64 (7.49%) Telecoms
5 49 (5.74%) Banking
6 38 (4.45%) Law
7 36 (4.22%) Documentation Skills
8 35 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 35 (4.10%) Retail
9 33 (3.86%) Electronics
10 32 (3.75%) Aerospace
10 32 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (2.34%) Public Sector
12 17 (1.99%) Manufacturing
13 9 (1.05%) Automotive
13 9 (1.05%) Investment Banking
14 8 (0.94%) Marketing
15 7 (0.82%) Back Office
15 7 (0.82%) Digital Health
16 6 (0.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 224 (26.23%) IT Support
2 199 (23.30%) Support Engineer
3 172 (20.14%) IT Engineer
4 142 (16.63%) IT Support Engineer
5 121 (14.17%) Analyst
6 109 (12.76%) Senior
7 103 (12.06%) Network Engineer
8 91 (10.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 71 (8.31%) 2nd Line Support
10 63 (7.38%) Support Analyst
11 51 (5.97%) Support Technician
12 49 (5.74%) IT Technician
13 46 (5.39%) IT Support Technician
14 45 (5.27%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 43 (5.04%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 39 (4.57%) Lead
17 33 (3.86%) IT Analyst
17 33 (3.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 32 (3.75%) Infrastructure Support
19 31 (3.63%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (7.73%) Terraform
2 25 (2.93%) LDAP
3 22 (2.58%) React
4 17 (1.99%) XML
5 15 (1.76%) Node.js
6 13 (1.52%) RESTful
7 12 (1.41%) JSON
7 12 (1.41%) Middleware
7 12 (1.41%) WebSockets
8 10 (1.17%) CSS
8 10 (1.17%) Django
8 10 (1.17%) FIX Protocol
8 10 (1.17%) HTML
9 9 (1.05%) .NET
9 9 (1.05%) AngularJS
9 9 (1.05%) gRPC
9 9 (1.05%) REST
10 6 (0.70%) GraphQL
11 5 (0.59%) Next.js
11 5 (0.59%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 117 (13.70%) Driving Licence
2 92 (10.77%) Onboarding
3 42 (4.92%) Data Centre
4 35 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (3.28%) Cyber Threat
6 27 (3.16%) Security Operations Centre
7 25 (2.93%) Distributed Systems
8 24 (2.81%) PKI
8 24 (2.81%) Security Posture
9 20 (2.34%) Client/Server
9 20 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
9 20 (2.34%) Linux Command Line
10 18 (2.11%) Cyber Defence
11 17 (1.99%) CCTV
11 17 (1.99%) Replication
12 16 (1.87%) Management Information System
13 14 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (1.41%) Social Media
15 11 (1.29%) Cloud Native
16 10 (1.17%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 519 (60.77%) Windows
2 262 (30.68%) Windows Server
3 211 (24.71%) Linux
4 106 (12.41%) Windows 10
5 54 (6.32%) Mac OS
6 41 (4.80%) Unix
7 32 (3.75%) Ubuntu
8 24 (2.81%) Apple iOS
9 19 (2.22%) Android
10 18 (2.11%) Windows Server 2016
11 16 (1.87%) CentOS
11 16 (1.87%) Rocky
12 15 (1.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 10 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
14 7 (0.82%) Debian
14 7 (0.82%) Embedded Linux
15 6 (0.70%) Solaris
16 5 (0.59%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
17 2 (0.23%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
2 208 (24.36%) Customer Service
3 194 (22.72%) Cybersecurity
4 176 (20.61%) Continuous Improvement
5 150 (17.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 129 (15.11%) ITIL
7 117 (13.70%) Disaster Recovery
8 92 (10.77%) Mentoring
9 90 (10.54%) Incident Response
10 82 (9.60%) Service Delivery
11 81 (9.48%) Project Delivery
12 79 (9.25%) ITSM
13 69 (8.08%) Computer Science
14 68 (7.96%) SIEM
15 67 (7.85%) Infrastructure as Code
16 62 (7.26%) DevOps
16 62 (7.26%) Software Engineering
17 60 (7.03%) CI/CD
17 60 (7.03%) High Availability
18 53 (6.21%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 159 (18.62%) Python
2 148 (17.33%) PowerShell
3 84 (9.84%) SQL
4 80 (9.37%) Bash
5 45 (5.27%) C++
6 26 (3.04%) Perl
7 24 (2.81%) JavaScript
8 23 (2.69%) C
9 18 (2.11%) Java
10 17 (1.99%) C#
11 14 (1.64%) Go
11 14 (1.64%) VBA
12 13 (1.52%) Ruby
13 10 (1.17%) Bicep
13 10 (1.17%) Kusto Query Language
13 10 (1.17%) Shell Script
13 10 (1.17%) TypeScript
14 7 (0.82%) PHP
14 7 (0.82%) Search Processing Language
15 4 (0.47%) Rust
Qualifications
1 146 (17.10%) Degree
2 108 (12.65%) Security Cleared
3 85 (9.95%) Cisco Certification
4 71 (8.31%) SC Cleared
5 69 (8.08%) CCNA
6 60 (7.03%) Microsoft Certification
7 54 (6.32%) CCNP
8 34 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 33 (3.86%) CompTIA Security+
10 32 (3.75%) Azure Certification
11 25 (2.93%) CREST Certified
12 23 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
12 23 (2.69%) Network+ Certification
13 20 (2.34%) CEH
14 19 (2.22%) A+ Certification
14 19 (2.22%) DV Cleared
14 19 (2.22%) GCIA
15 18 (2.11%) CISSP
16 16 (1.87%) HND
17 14 (1.64%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (8.20%) SLA
2 44 (5.15%) Cyber Essentials
3 35 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 32 (3.75%) GDPR
5 16 (1.87%) QA
6 14 (1.64%) NIST
7 13 (1.52%) Accessibility
8 8 (0.94%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.70%) GRC
10 5 (0.59%) NCSC
11 4 (0.47%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.12%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.12%) DO-178B
12 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.12%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 386 (45.20%) Active Directory
2 154 (18.03%) Hyper-V
3 137 (16.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (4.10%) Docker
5 32 (3.75%) Virtual Machines
6 24 (2.81%) Firmware
7 12 (1.41%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (1.41%) vSphere
8 11 (1.29%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (1.17%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.35%) KVM
10 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.35%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.23%) QEMU
12 1 (0.12%) Ceph
12 1 (0.12%) Samba
12 1 (0.12%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.12%) XenApp
12 1 (0.12%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 142 (16.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (4.33%) Ansible
3 30 (3.51%) FortiGate
3 30 (3.51%) Kubernetes
4 21 (2.46%) QRadar
5 16 (1.87%) Grafana
6 14 (1.64%) Nagios
6 14 (1.64%) Prometheus
7 13 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (1.17%) WSUS
9 9 (1.05%) Kibana
10 8 (0.94%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.59%) McAfee ePO
11 5 (0.59%) SCVMM
12 4 (0.47%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.47%) VxRail
12 4 (0.47%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.35%) Control-M
13 3 (0.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 489 (57.26%) Microsoft
2 159 (18.62%) VMware
3 120 (14.05%) Cisco
4 66 (7.73%) Fortinet
5 52 (6.09%) Veeam
6 44 (5.15%) Splunk
7 42 (4.92%) Google
8 41 (4.80%) ServiceNow
9 38 (4.45%) Palo Alto
10 28 (3.28%) Meraki
11 26 (3.04%) SonicWALL
12 25 (2.93%) Dell
12 25 (2.93%) Red Hat
13 22 (2.58%) SolarWinds
14 18 (2.11%) Sophos
15 17 (1.99%) CrowdStrike
15 17 (1.99%) HP
15 17 (1.99%) Ubiquiti
16 16 (1.87%) Zscaler
17 15 (1.76%) Apple