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 21 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 216 211
Rank change year-on-year -70 -5 +22
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 634 705 1,414
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.67% 1.57% 1.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.13% 10.41% 10.63%
Number of salaries quoted 500 493 1,135
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,550 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.18% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% - -11.04%

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 6,944 6,771 13,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.36% 15.06% 12.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4,445 3,839 9,418
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,438 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,088 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -3.16% -7.14%
75th Percentile £69,390 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £44,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -10.11% -1.11%

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 21 June 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 21 June 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 -57 593 £39,000 -2.50% 186
UK excluding London -66 424 £35,000 -6.67% 187
London -17 199 £58,750 +12.98% 31
Work from Home +17 184 £42,000 -16.00% 64
South East -30 132 £37,500 +2.74% 58
North of England -7 123 £32,500 -15.58% 37
Midlands -49 61 £32,500 - 28
Yorkshire -38 55 £32,500 -8.45% 11
North West +20 51 £31,500 -19.75% 22
East of England -40 41 £37,500 -21.05% 28
South West -48 37 £40,000 -7.51% 23
East Midlands -29 35 £32,500 - 9
West Midlands -50 26 £33,250 +2.31% 19
Wales -53 21 £40,000 -27.27% 3
North East -39 17 £37,500 +29.31% 7
Scotland -18 8 £46,000 -3.16% 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £73,801 - 20

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
1 108 (17.03%) Microsoft Exchange
2 78 (12.30%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.68%) IIS
4 6 (0.95%) Apache
5 4 (0.63%) Confluence
6 3 (0.47%) SAS
7 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
Applications
1 70 (11.04%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.16%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.16%) Lightworks
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 268 (42.27%) Azure
2 265 (41.80%) Microsoft 365
3 126 (19.87%) Entra ID
4 118 (18.61%) AWS
5 30 (4.73%) GCP
6 20 (3.15%) GitHub
7 19 (3.00%) OneDrive
8 18 (2.84%) IaaS
9 16 (2.52%) SaaS
10 14 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (2.21%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (2.21%) PaaS
11 12 (1.89%) Google Workspace
12 10 (1.58%) Amazon ECS
12 10 (1.58%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (1.26%) OpenShift
14 7 (1.10%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (1.10%) Microsoft Copilot
15 6 (0.95%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 6 (0.95%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 376 (59.31%) DNS
2 292 (46.06%) DHCP
3 259 (40.85%) Firewall
4 210 (33.12%) VPN
5 181 (28.55%) WAN
6 169 (26.66%) LAN
7 136 (21.45%) VLAN
8 76 (11.99%) Wi-Fi
9 70 (11.04%) Network Security
10 62 (9.78%) HTTP
11 49 (7.73%) VoIP
12 47 (7.41%) BGP
13 39 (6.15%) SD-WAN
14 36 (5.68%) OSPF
15 33 (5.21%) Wireless
16 22 (3.47%) Multicast
17 17 (2.68%) Ethernet
17 17 (2.68%) SMTP
18 16 (2.52%) SSL
18 16 (2.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (6.15%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.84%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (1.74%) MySQL
5 6 (0.95%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.95%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.79%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (0.79%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.79%) Redis
7 4 (0.63%) InfluxDB
8 3 (0.47%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.47%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.32%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.16%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.16%) KDB
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle9i Database
10 1 (0.16%) SAP Data Services
10 1 (0.16%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.16%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 18 (2.84%) JIRA
2 15 (2.37%) Git
2 15 (2.37%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.05%) Bitbucket
4 6 (0.95%) GitLab
5 5 (0.79%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.32%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.32%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.32%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.16%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.16%) CMake
7 1 (0.16%) LSMW
General
1 280 (44.16%) Social Skills
2 90 (14.20%) Finance
3 79 (12.46%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (7.57%) Law
4 48 (7.57%) Telecoms
5 43 (6.78%) Banking
5 43 (6.78%) Organisational Skills
6 34 (5.36%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (3.31%) Aerospace
9 19 (3.00%) Investment Banking
9 19 (3.00%) Retail
10 14 (2.21%) Back Office
11 10 (1.58%) Electronics
11 10 (1.58%) Legal
11 10 (1.58%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.58%) Public Sector
12 8 (1.26%) Automotive
13 6 (0.95%) Spanish Language
14 5 (0.79%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 167 (26.34%) IT Support
2 104 (16.40%) Support Engineer
3 92 (14.51%) Analyst
4 82 (12.93%) IT Engineer
5 72 (11.36%) Senior
6 68 (10.73%) Network Engineer
7 66 (10.41%) IT Support Engineer
8 62 (9.78%) Support Technician
9 59 (9.31%) 2nd Line Support
10 56 (8.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 54 (8.52%) IT Technician
12 53 (8.36%) IT Support Technician
13 36 (5.68%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 32 (5.05%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 32 (5.05%) Support Analyst
15 31 (4.89%) Developer
15 31 (4.89%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 25 (3.94%) IT Analyst
16 25 (3.94%) Lead
17 23 (3.63%) C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.84%) LDAP
2 14 (2.21%) Elastic Stack
3 13 (2.05%) WebSockets
4 12 (1.89%) gRPC
4 12 (1.89%) React
5 11 (1.74%) .NET
5 11 (1.74%) Node.js
6 9 (1.42%) Django
6 9 (1.42%) Middleware
7 7 (1.10%) 802.1X
7 7 (1.10%) REST
8 6 (0.95%) AngularJS
8 6 (0.95%) RESTful
9 5 (0.79%) ARM Templates
9 5 (0.79%) JSON
10 4 (0.63%) ADO
10 4 (0.63%) CSS
10 4 (0.63%) HTML
10 4 (0.63%) XML
11 3 (0.47%) COM
Miscellaneous
1 84 (13.25%) Driving Licence
2 39 (6.15%) Data Centre
3 25 (3.94%) Onboarding
4 24 (3.79%) Cyber Threat
4 24 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (3.31%) Security Posture
6 19 (3.00%) EPoS
6 19 (3.00%) FPGA
7 18 (2.84%) Security Operations Centre
8 16 (2.52%) Cyber Defence
9 14 (2.21%) Replication
10 13 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
10 13 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (2.05%) MPEG
10 13 (2.05%) PKI
11 12 (1.89%) CCTV
12 10 (1.58%) Client/Server
12 10 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
12 10 (1.58%) Management Information System
13 9 (1.42%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 385 (60.73%) Windows
2 215 (33.91%) Windows Server
3 138 (21.77%) Linux
4 96 (15.14%) Windows 10
5 48 (7.57%) Mac OS
6 34 (5.36%) Apple iOS
7 23 (3.63%) Android
7 23 (3.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 23 (3.63%) Windows Server 2016
8 17 (2.68%) Windows Server 2019
9 16 (2.52%) Unix
10 12 (1.89%) Windows Server 2012
11 9 (1.42%) Ubuntu
12 7 (1.10%) Debian
13 6 (0.95%) CentOS
13 6 (0.95%) VMS
13 6 (0.95%) Windows 7
14 5 (0.79%) Kali Linux
15 4 (0.63%) CoreOS
16 2 (0.32%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (36.28%) Problem-Solving
2 130 (20.50%) Customer Service
3 101 (15.93%) Continuous Improvement
4 94 (14.83%) Cybersecurity
5 88 (13.88%) ITIL
6 85 (13.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 81 (12.78%) Disaster Recovery
8 79 (12.46%) Service Delivery
9 70 (11.04%) Incident Response
10 66 (10.41%) Infrastructure as Code
11 57 (8.99%) DevOps
12 54 (8.52%) Mentoring
13 52 (8.20%) ITSM
14 51 (8.04%) Incident Management
15 49 (7.73%) High Availability
16 47 (7.41%) CI/CD
17 46 (7.26%) SIEM
18 45 (7.10%) Project Delivery
18 45 (7.10%) Root Cause Analysis
19 39 (6.15%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 115 (18.14%) PowerShell
2 105 (16.56%) Python
3 59 (9.31%) Bash
4 53 (8.36%) SQL
5 40 (6.31%) C++
6 27 (4.26%) Java
7 24 (3.79%) C
8 18 (2.84%) Go
9 14 (2.21%) C#
10 11 (1.74%) PHP
11 9 (1.42%) VBA
12 8 (1.26%) Perl
13 7 (1.10%) JavaScript
13 7 (1.10%) Search Processing Language
14 6 (0.95%) Bicep
15 4 (0.63%) Delphi
15 4 (0.63%) Pascal
16 3 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.47%) Ruby
16 3 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 96 (15.14%) Degree
2 72 (11.36%) Security Cleared
3 55 (8.68%) Cisco Certification
4 54 (8.52%) SC Cleared
5 44 (6.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 43 (6.78%) CCNA
7 36 (5.68%) CCNP
8 27 (4.26%) Azure Certification
9 23 (3.63%) CompTIA Security+
10 21 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (2.68%) CREST Certified
11 17 (2.68%) Network+ Certification
12 16 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
13 12 (1.89%) CEH
13 12 (1.89%) GCIA
14 10 (1.58%) GIAC
14 10 (1.58%) OSCP
14 10 (1.58%) RHCSA
14 10 (1.58%) SANS
15 9 (1.42%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (8.99%) SLA
2 26 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (3.15%) GDPR
4 18 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (2.05%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.95%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.79%) NIST
8 4 (0.63%) DICOM
8 4 (0.63%) HL7
9 3 (0.47%) QA
9 3 (0.47%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.16%) DO-178B
11 1 (0.16%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 275 (43.38%) Active Directory
2 112 (17.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 101 (15.93%) Hyper-V
4 21 (3.31%) Docker
5 15 (2.37%) vSphere
6 13 (2.05%) Firmware
7 11 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (1.26%) KVM
9 7 (1.10%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.16%) QEMU
12 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.16%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.16%) Xen
Systems Management
1 85 (13.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 50 (7.89%) Terraform
3 49 (7.73%) Ansible
4 35 (5.52%) Kubernetes
5 29 (4.57%) FortiGate
6 23 (3.63%) Grafana
6 23 (3.63%) Prometheus
7 19 (3.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 19 (3.00%) Nagios
8 16 (2.52%) Jamf Pro
9 14 (2.21%) QRadar
10 8 (1.26%) Kibana
10 8 (1.26%) Puppet
11 6 (0.95%) SCCM
11 6 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.95%) vCenter Server
11 6 (0.95%) VxRail
11 6 (0.95%) WSUS
12 5 (0.79%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.79%) Control-M
Vendors
1 355 (55.99%) Microsoft
2 140 (22.08%) VMware
3 73 (11.51%) Cisco
4 33 (5.21%) Meraki
5 32 (5.05%) Veeam
6 31 (4.89%) SolarWinds
7 29 (4.57%) Fortinet
8 27 (4.26%) Splunk
9 25 (3.94%) ServiceNow
10 24 (3.79%) Apple
10 24 (3.79%) Palo Alto
11 21 (3.31%) Citrix
12 18 (2.84%) CrowdStrike
12 18 (2.84%) Dell
12 18 (2.84%) Google
12 18 (2.84%) HP
12 18 (2.84%) Red Hat
13 13 (2.05%) SonicWALL
13 13 (2.05%) Sophos
13 13 (2.05%) Zscaler