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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 220 207
Rank change year-on-year -68 -13 +30
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 616 701 1,417
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.66% 1.57% 1.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.02% 10.44% 10.66%
Number of salaries quoted 483 492 1,137
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,525 £25,900
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% - -7.41%

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 6,831 6,715 13,294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.33% 15.08% 12.32%
Number of salaries quoted 4,393 3,780 9,413
10th Percentile £27,694 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.50%
75th Percentile £69,390 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £44,200
% change year-on-year +6.25% -9.50% -1.78%

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 15 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 15 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 -58 575 £40,000 -1.84% 208
UK excluding London -62 402 £35,000 -6.67% 195
London -23 202 £57,500 +11.65% 44
Work from Home -7 175 £42,000 -17.24% 70
South East -29 124 £37,500 +1.35% 68
North of England -15 116 £34,000 -12.82% 40
Midlands -52 59 £32,500 - 30
Yorkshire -31 53 £32,500 -13.33% 11
North West +7 45 £32,250 -17.83% 23
East of England -48 39 £37,500 -21.05% 26
South West -48 35 £40,000 -11.11% 23
East Midlands -24 34 £32,500 +1.56% 10
West Midlands -45 25 £33,250 +2.31% 20
Wales -50 20 £37,000 -38.33% 3
North East -36 18 £40,000 -18.69% 9
Scotland -11 8 £46,000 -4.17% 9
Northern Ireland -32 1 £73,801 -13.18% 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
1 109 (17.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 78 (12.66%) SharePoint
3 17 (2.76%) IIS
4 5 (0.81%) Apache
5 4 (0.65%) Confluence
6 3 (0.49%) SAS
7 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
Applications
1 69 (11.20%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.46%) 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%) Fidessa
1 2 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.16%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 263 (42.69%) Azure
2 259 (42.05%) Microsoft 365
3 122 (19.81%) Entra ID
4 117 (18.99%) AWS
5 32 (5.19%) GCP
6 21 (3.41%) OneDrive
7 20 (3.25%) GitHub
8 18 (2.92%) IaaS
9 17 (2.76%) Google Workspace
10 15 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (2.27%) PaaS
11 14 (2.27%) SaaS
12 10 (1.62%) Amazon ECS
12 10 (1.62%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
14 7 (1.14%) OpenShift
15 6 (0.97%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 6 (0.97%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 367 (59.58%) DNS
2 282 (45.78%) DHCP
3 246 (39.94%) Firewall
4 201 (32.63%) VPN
5 175 (28.41%) WAN
6 164 (26.62%) LAN
7 129 (20.94%) VLAN
8 75 (12.18%) Wi-Fi
9 64 (10.39%) Network Security
10 62 (10.06%) HTTP
11 43 (6.98%) BGP
11 43 (6.98%) VoIP
12 39 (6.33%) SD-WAN
13 32 (5.19%) OSPF
14 29 (4.71%) Wireless
15 21 (3.41%) Multicast
16 16 (2.60%) SMTP
17 15 (2.44%) Wireshark
17 15 (2.44%) WLAN
18 14 (2.27%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (6.33%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.92%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (1.62%) MySQL
5 6 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.97%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.81%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (0.81%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.81%) Redis
7 4 (0.65%) InfluxDB
8 3 (0.49%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.49%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.32%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.16%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.16%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle9i Database
10 1 (0.16%) Power BI
10 1 (0.16%) SAP Data Services
10 1 (0.16%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 17 (2.76%) JIRA
2 16 (2.60%) Jenkins
3 15 (2.44%) Git
4 12 (1.95%) Bitbucket
5 6 (0.97%) GitLab
6 4 (0.65%) Metasploit
7 3 (0.49%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.32%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.32%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.16%) CMake
9 1 (0.16%) LSMW
General
1 267 (43.34%) Social Skills
2 94 (15.26%) Finance
3 79 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (7.47%) Banking
4 46 (7.47%) Law
5 45 (7.31%) Telecoms
6 41 (6.66%) Organisational Skills
7 30 (4.87%) Documentation Skills
8 23 (3.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (3.25%) Aerospace
9 20 (3.25%) Retail
10 19 (3.08%) Investment Banking
11 14 (2.27%) Back Office
12 11 (1.79%) Legal
13 10 (1.62%) Public Sector
14 9 (1.46%) Manufacturing
15 8 (1.30%) Automotive
15 8 (1.30%) Electronics
16 6 (0.97%) Spanish Language
17 5 (0.81%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 161 (26.14%) IT Support
2 96 (15.58%) Support Engineer
3 90 (14.61%) Analyst
4 77 (12.50%) IT Engineer
5 70 (11.36%) Senior
6 63 (10.23%) IT Support Engineer
7 62 (10.06%) Network Engineer
8 61 (9.90%) Support Technician
9 56 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support
10 54 (8.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 53 (8.60%) IT Technician
12 52 (8.44%) IT Support Technician
13 36 (5.84%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 33 (5.36%) Developer
14 33 (5.36%) Support Analyst
15 31 (5.03%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 31 (5.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 25 (4.06%) C++ Developer
16 25 (4.06%) Lead
17 23 (3.73%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.76%) LDAP
2 15 (2.44%) Elastic Stack
3 14 (2.27%) WebSockets
4 13 (2.11%) .NET
5 12 (1.95%) gRPC
6 11 (1.79%) React
7 10 (1.62%) Node.js
8 9 (1.46%) Django
9 7 (1.14%) 802.1X
9 7 (1.14%) Middleware
9 7 (1.14%) REST
10 6 (0.97%) AngularJS
10 6 (0.97%) RESTful
11 5 (0.81%) ARM Templates
11 5 (0.81%) JSON
12 4 (0.65%) ADO
12 4 (0.65%) CSS
12 4 (0.65%) HTML
12 4 (0.65%) Qt
12 4 (0.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 79 (12.82%) Driving Licence
2 40 (6.49%) Data Centre
3 24 (3.90%) Cyber Threat
4 23 (3.73%) Onboarding
4 23 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (3.41%) Security Posture
6 19 (3.08%) EPoS
6 19 (3.08%) FPGA
7 17 (2.76%) Cyber Defence
7 17 (2.76%) Security Operations Centre
8 15 (2.44%) Replication
9 13 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
9 13 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (1.95%) MPEG
11 11 (1.79%) CCTV
11 11 (1.79%) PKI
12 10 (1.62%) Client/Server
12 10 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
12 10 (1.62%) Management Information System
13 9 (1.46%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 373 (60.55%) Windows
2 207 (33.60%) Windows Server
3 139 (22.56%) Linux
4 94 (15.26%) Windows 10
5 47 (7.63%) Mac OS
6 35 (5.68%) Apple iOS
7 25 (4.06%) Windows Server 2016
8 24 (3.90%) Android
8 24 (3.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 19 (3.08%) Unix
9 19 (3.08%) Windows Server 2019
10 12 (1.95%) Windows Server 2012
11 9 (1.46%) Ubuntu
12 6 (0.97%) CentOS
12 6 (0.97%) VMS
12 6 (0.97%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.81%) Debian
14 4 (0.65%) CoreOS
14 4 (0.65%) Kali Linux
15 2 (0.32%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (35.88%) Problem-Solving
2 124 (20.13%) Customer Service
3 96 (15.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 89 (14.45%) Cybersecurity
4 89 (14.45%) ITIL
5 79 (12.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 77 (12.50%) Service Delivery
7 75 (12.18%) Disaster Recovery
8 69 (11.20%) Incident Response
9 67 (10.88%) Infrastructure as Code
10 59 (9.58%) DevOps
11 51 (8.28%) Incident Management
11 51 (8.28%) ITSM
11 51 (8.28%) Mentoring
12 48 (7.79%) CI/CD
13 47 (7.63%) High Availability
13 47 (7.63%) Root Cause Analysis
14 46 (7.47%) SIEM
15 43 (6.98%) Project Delivery
16 39 (6.33%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 114 (18.51%) PowerShell
2 107 (17.37%) Python
3 60 (9.74%) Bash
4 52 (8.44%) SQL
5 42 (6.82%) C++
6 27 (4.38%) Java
7 24 (3.90%) C
8 19 (3.08%) Go
9 16 (2.60%) C#
10 9 (1.46%) PHP
11 8 (1.30%) Perl
11 8 (1.30%) VBA
12 7 (1.14%) JavaScript
12 7 (1.14%) Search Processing Language
13 6 (0.97%) Bicep
14 4 (0.65%) Delphi
14 4 (0.65%) Pascal
15 3 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.49%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 93 (15.10%) Degree
2 69 (11.20%) Security Cleared
3 52 (8.44%) SC Cleared
4 51 (8.28%) Cisco Certification
5 45 (7.31%) Microsoft Certification
6 40 (6.49%) CCNA
7 32 (5.19%) CCNP
8 27 (4.38%) Azure Certification
9 22 (3.57%) CompTIA Security+
10 20 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (2.76%) Network+ Certification
12 16 (2.60%) CREST Certified
13 15 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
14 12 (1.95%) GCIA
15 11 (1.79%) CEH
15 11 (1.79%) RHCSA
16 10 (1.62%) GIAC
16 10 (1.62%) OSCP
16 10 (1.62%) SANS
17 9 (1.46%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (8.93%) SLA
2 26 (4.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (3.08%) GDPR
4 16 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (1.95%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.81%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.65%) DICOM
7 4 (0.65%) HL7
7 4 (0.65%) NIST
7 4 (0.65%) QA
8 3 (0.49%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.16%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.16%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 269 (43.67%) Active Directory
2 113 (18.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 94 (15.26%) Hyper-V
4 21 (3.41%) Docker
5 14 (2.27%) vSphere
6 12 (1.95%) Firmware
7 11 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (1.30%) KVM
9 7 (1.14%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.49%) 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 82 (13.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (8.28%) Terraform
3 49 (7.95%) Ansible
4 34 (5.52%) Kubernetes
5 27 (4.38%) FortiGate
6 24 (3.90%) Grafana
6 24 (3.90%) Prometheus
7 20 (3.25%) Nagios
8 19 (3.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 16 (2.60%) Jamf Pro
10 14 (2.27%) QRadar
11 8 (1.30%) Kibana
11 8 (1.30%) Puppet
12 6 (0.97%) SCCM
12 6 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.97%) vCenter Server
12 6 (0.97%) VxRail
12 6 (0.97%) WSUS
13 5 (0.81%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.81%) Control-M
Vendors
1 343 (55.68%) Microsoft
2 141 (22.89%) VMware
3 72 (11.69%) Cisco
4 31 (5.03%) Meraki
4 31 (5.03%) SolarWinds
4 31 (5.03%) Veeam
5 27 (4.38%) Splunk
6 25 (4.06%) Apple
6 25 (4.06%) Fortinet
7 24 (3.90%) ServiceNow
8 23 (3.73%) Google
8 23 (3.73%) Palo Alto
9 22 (3.57%) Red Hat
10 21 (3.41%) Citrix
11 18 (2.92%) CrowdStrike
11 18 (2.92%) HP
12 17 (2.76%) Dell
13 12 (1.95%) Sophos
13 12 (1.95%) Zscaler
14 11 (1.79%) SonicWALL