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 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 274 192 202
Rank change year-on-year -82 +10 +32
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 599 675 1,418
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.70% 1.63% 1.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.76% 12.18% 11.00%
Number of salaries quoted 449 490 1,188
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,250 £25,850
25th Percentile £31,000 £33,200 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £66,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £78,750 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £45,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -24.44% +20.00% -6.25%

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 10,393 5,541 12,892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.12% 13.36% 13.71%
Number of salaries quoted 4,080 3,756 9,599
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -6.86%
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £77,715
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £43,227
% change year-on-year -16.67% +4.10% -3.94%

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 16 April 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 16 April 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 -61 549 £40,000 -11.11% 172
UK excluding London -88 356 £34,000 -24.44% 149
London +22 220 £47,500 -6.86% 44
Work from Home -17 177 £45,000 -18.18% 76
North of England -24 118 £34,000 -23.94% 40
South East -93 81 £35,000 -6.67% 42
Yorkshire -40 53 £32,500 -27.29% 19
South West -34 48 £40,000 -20.00% 22
North West -18 46 £40,000 -5.88% 16
Midlands -74 45 £32,500 -7.14% 16
East of England -61 37 £34,000 -28.42% 24
East Midlands -61 31 £32,500 -7.14% 5
North East -18 19 £46,250 -33.34% 7
West Midlands -38 14 £45,000 +28.57% 11
Wales -32 13 £37,000 -43.08% 7
Scotland -49 12 £55,000 +10.00% 4
Northern Ireland -39 2 £73,801 -13.18% 1

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
1 126 (21.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 78 (13.02%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.00%) IIS
4 4 (0.67%) Confluence
5 2 (0.33%) Apache
5 2 (0.33%) CMS
5 2 (0.33%) nginx
5 2 (0.33%) WordPress
6 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
Applications
1 80 (13.36%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.33%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.33%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.33%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 288 (48.08%) Azure
2 256 (42.74%) Microsoft 365
3 121 (20.20%) AWS
3 121 (20.20%) Entra ID
4 49 (8.18%) GCP
5 36 (6.01%) Google Workspace
6 27 (4.51%) OneDrive
7 25 (4.17%) Amazon ECS
8 22 (3.67%) GitHub
8 22 (3.67%) SaaS
9 21 (3.51%) IaaS
10 20 (3.34%) PaaS
11 19 (3.17%) AWS CloudFormation
11 19 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
12 18 (3.01%) GitHub Actions
13 17 (2.84%) Amazon ECR
13 17 (2.84%) dbt
13 17 (2.84%) Pulumi
14 11 (1.84%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 10 (1.67%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 358 (59.77%) DNS
2 296 (49.42%) DHCP
3 215 (35.89%) Firewall
4 172 (28.71%) VPN
5 144 (24.04%) WAN
6 126 (21.04%) LAN
7 120 (20.03%) VLAN
8 79 (13.19%) Wi-Fi
9 52 (8.68%) Network Security
9 52 (8.68%) Wireless
10 49 (8.18%) VoIP
11 43 (7.18%) HTTP
12 39 (6.51%) SD-WAN
13 28 (4.67%) BGP
14 20 (3.34%) OSPF
15 18 (3.01%) SMTP
15 18 (3.01%) Wireshark
16 17 (2.84%) Multicast
17 14 (2.34%) SAN
18 11 (1.84%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (7.01%) SQL Server
2 36 (6.01%) Amazon RDS
3 26 (4.34%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (3.01%) Elasticsearch
5 17 (2.84%) Redis
6 8 (1.34%) Power BI
7 6 (1.00%) MySQL
7 6 (1.00%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.50%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.50%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.17%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.17%) InfluxDB
10 1 (0.17%) JasperReports
10 1 (0.17%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.17%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.17%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 21 (3.51%) Jenkins
2 18 (3.01%) Git
3 12 (2.00%) JIRA
3 12 (2.00%) Metasploit
4 10 (1.67%) Bitbucket
5 8 (1.34%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.67%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.50%) GitLab
8 2 (0.33%) IDA Disassembler
8 2 (0.33%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.17%) CMake
9 1 (0.17%) Selenium
9 1 (0.17%) WebDriver
General
1 262 (43.74%) Social Skills
2 98 (16.36%) Finance
3 69 (11.52%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (7.18%) Banking
4 43 (7.18%) Law
5 38 (6.34%) Telecoms
6 32 (5.34%) Organisational Skills
7 29 (4.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 26 (4.34%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (3.17%) Investment Banking
9 19 (3.17%) Retail
10 17 (2.84%) Manufacturing
10 17 (2.84%) Public Sector
11 15 (2.50%) Back Office
12 14 (2.34%) Aerospace
13 13 (2.17%) Legal
14 10 (1.67%) Automotive
15 8 (1.34%) Electronics
16 6 (1.00%) Financial Institution
16 6 (1.00%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 174 (29.05%) IT Support
2 117 (19.53%) Support Engineer
3 82 (13.69%) IT Engineer
4 78 (13.02%) IT Support Engineer
5 77 (12.85%) 2nd Line Support
6 73 (12.19%) Senior
7 64 (10.68%) Analyst
8 58 (9.68%) Support Technician
9 51 (8.51%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 49 (8.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 48 (8.01%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 47 (7.85%) IT Support Technician
12 47 (7.85%) IT Technician
13 36 (6.01%) Developer
14 35 (5.84%) Network Engineer
14 35 (5.84%) Support Analyst
15 28 (4.67%) C++ Developer
16 25 (4.17%) Lead
17 23 (3.84%) Infrastructure Support
18 22 (3.67%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.01%) Elastic Stack
2 17 (2.84%) Django
3 7 (1.17%) LDAP
4 6 (1.00%) FIX Protocol
4 6 (1.00%) REST
4 6 (1.00%) RESTful
5 5 (0.83%) .NET
5 5 (0.83%) 802.1X
5 5 (0.83%) gRPC
5 5 (0.83%) Qt
5 5 (0.83%) WebSockets
6 4 (0.67%) ADO
6 4 (0.67%) Middleware
6 4 (0.67%) Sass
6 4 (0.67%) STL
6 4 (0.67%) ZeroMQ
7 3 (0.50%) .NET Core
7 3 (0.50%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.50%) QML
8 2 (0.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 78 (13.02%) Driving Licence
2 43 (7.18%) Onboarding
3 32 (5.34%) Data Centre
4 28 (4.67%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (3.51%) FPGA
6 20 (3.34%) Video Conferencing
7 19 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
7 19 (3.17%) Linux Command Line
8 17 (2.84%) Cyber Threat
8 17 (2.84%) EPoS
8 17 (2.84%) Security Posture
9 15 (2.50%) Cloud Native
9 15 (2.50%) Management Information System
10 14 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (2.34%) Replication
11 13 (2.17%) iPhone
12 12 (2.00%) CCTV
12 12 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.84%) NHS
14 10 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 369 (61.60%) Windows
2 216 (36.06%) Windows Server
3 153 (25.54%) Linux
4 119 (19.87%) Windows 10
5 52 (8.68%) Mac OS
6 41 (6.84%) Apple iOS
7 34 (5.68%) Unix
8 33 (5.51%) Windows Server 2016
9 32 (5.34%) Android
10 24 (4.01%) Windows Server 2019
11 22 (3.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 20 (3.34%) Windows Server 2012
13 10 (1.67%) CentOS
14 8 (1.34%) Ubuntu
15 7 (1.17%) Windows 7
16 6 (1.00%) Mac OS X
17 5 (0.83%) Kali Linux
18 4 (0.67%) VMS
19 3 (0.50%) CoreOS
19 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (35.89%) Problem-Solving
2 131 (21.87%) Customer Service
3 102 (17.03%) ITIL
4 81 (13.52%) Infrastructure as Code
5 74 (12.35%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 68 (11.35%) DevOps
7 64 (10.68%) CI/CD
7 64 (10.68%) Service Delivery
8 63 (10.52%) Continuous Improvement
9 59 (9.85%) Cybersecurity
10 56 (9.35%) Disaster Recovery
11 49 (8.18%) Root Cause Analysis
12 44 (7.35%) Incident Response
12 44 (7.35%) Mentoring
13 43 (7.18%) Incident Management
14 41 (6.84%) ITSM
15 37 (6.18%) High Availability
16 36 (6.01%) Agile
17 35 (5.84%) Computer Science
18 33 (5.51%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 119 (19.87%) Python
2 104 (17.36%) PowerShell
3 55 (9.18%) Bash
4 44 (7.35%) C++
5 36 (6.01%) Java
6 34 (5.68%) SQL
7 29 (4.84%) C
8 25 (4.17%) Go
9 13 (2.17%) C#
10 5 (0.83%) Bicep
10 5 (0.83%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.67%) Delphi
11 4 (0.67%) Pascal
11 4 (0.67%) PHP
12 3 (0.50%) Perl
13 2 (0.33%) JavaScript
13 2 (0.33%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.33%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.17%) Korn
14 1 (0.17%) Rust
Qualifications
1 95 (15.86%) Degree
2 58 (9.68%) Security Cleared
3 57 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 48 (8.01%) SC Cleared
5 37 (6.18%) Cisco Certification
6 31 (5.18%) CCNA
7 29 (4.84%) Azure Certification
8 23 (3.84%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (3.51%) CCNP
10 19 (3.17%) Network+ Certification
11 15 (2.50%) A+ Certification
12 14 (2.34%) DBS Check
12 14 (2.34%) ITIL Certification
12 14 (2.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 13 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
14 11 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
15 10 (1.67%) Master's Degree
15 10 (1.67%) MCSE
16 9 (1.50%) DV Cleared
16 9 (1.50%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (4.84%) SLA
3 19 (3.17%) GDPR
4 15 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (1.50%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.50%) SOC 2
6 8 (1.34%) QA
7 6 (1.00%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.67%) DICOM
8 4 (0.67%) HL7
9 3 (0.50%) NIST
10 2 (0.33%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.33%) GxP
11 1 (0.17%) GRC
11 1 (0.17%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.17%) NCSC
System Software
1 282 (47.08%) Active Directory
2 115 (19.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 94 (15.69%) Hyper-V
4 29 (4.84%) Docker
5 14 (2.34%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (2.17%) vSphere
7 11 (1.84%) KVM
8 9 (1.50%) Firmware
9 5 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.67%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.33%) XenApp
12 1 (0.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.17%) QEMU
12 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 93 (15.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 71 (11.85%) Terraform
3 59 (9.85%) Ansible
4 29 (4.84%) Kubernetes
5 24 (4.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 20 (3.34%) Grafana
6 20 (3.34%) Prometheus
7 16 (2.67%) Jamf Pro
8 15 (2.50%) FortiGate
9 11 (1.84%) SCCM
10 10 (1.67%) AWS Copilot
10 10 (1.67%) Nessus
11 9 (1.50%) Nagios
11 9 (1.50%) Puppet
12 8 (1.34%) Nmap
13 6 (1.00%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.67%) Cisco CUCM
14 4 (0.67%) McAfee ePO
14 4 (0.67%) QRadar
14 4 (0.67%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 324 (54.09%) Microsoft
2 142 (23.71%) VMware
3 64 (10.68%) Cisco
4 53 (8.85%) Google
5 29 (4.84%) Citrix
6 28 (4.67%) Palo Alto
7 25 (4.17%) Apple
7 25 (4.17%) Veeam
8 24 (4.01%) Red Hat
8 24 (4.01%) SolarWinds
9 23 (3.84%) Meraki
10 20 (3.34%) Dell
11 19 (3.17%) Fortinet
12 18 (3.01%) HP
13 13 (2.17%) ServiceNow
14 10 (1.67%) CheckPoint
14 10 (1.67%) Sophos
14 10 (1.67%) Zscaler
15 9 (1.50%) Juniper
15 9 (1.50%) SonicWALL