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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 234 202
Rank change year-on-year -9 -32 -34
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 923 654 953
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.78% 1.33% 1.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.61% 9.30% 11.04%
Number of salaries quoted 675 510 528
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,000 £28,675
25th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -16.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,075 £76,250 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £34,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +10.29% -20.00% -2.30%

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 7,947 7,030 8,629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.74% 14.30% 11.98%
Number of salaries quoted 4,842 3,949 4,279
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £28,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £38,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.87% -26.67% +1.94%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,375 £69,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £34,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +32.35% -32.00% +11.11%

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 12 October 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 12 October 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 -3 864 £40,000 +6.67% 619
UK excluding London -29 647 £37,500 +10.29% 373
Work from Home +25 269 £40,000 -1.23% 214
London 0 256 £55,000 - 263
South East +5 188 £40,000 +6.67% 100
North of England -19 155 £35,000 +2.19% 80
Midlands -17 128 £36,000 +10.77% 54
East of England +7 96 £35,000 +7.69% 41
North West +38 88 £32,250 -20.37% 38
West Midlands -20 79 £37,500 +15.38% 27
Yorkshire -45 56 £33,500 - 32
East Midlands -21 49 £36,000 +10.77% 27
South West -76 43 £32,500 -5.80% 57
Wales -79 15 £45,000 +28.57% 11
Scotland +3 14 £63,451 +111.50% 22
North East -89 11 £40,000 +37.93% 12
Northern Ireland -66 8 £38,000 -48.51% 11

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
1 154 (16.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 120 (13.00%) SharePoint
3 25 (2.71%) IIS
4 18 (1.95%) Apache
5 7 (0.76%) Confluence
6 5 (0.54%) WinCC
7 3 (0.33%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.33%) SAS
8 2 (0.22%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.11%) FactoryTalk
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 35 (3.79%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.33%) Lightworks
4 2 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.11%) Houdini
5 1 (0.11%) NUKE
5 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.11%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 8 (0.87%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.22%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.22%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.22%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.11%) C-CURE
3 1 (0.11%) Eikon
3 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 422 (45.72%) Microsoft 365
2 349 (37.81%) Azure
3 252 (27.30%) Entra ID
4 144 (15.60%) AWS
5 57 (6.18%) GCP
6 51 (5.53%) OneDrive
7 38 (4.12%) SaaS
8 25 (2.71%) Google Workspace
9 21 (2.28%) AWS CloudFormation
10 15 (1.63%) Amazon EKS
10 15 (1.63%) Google Compute Engine
10 15 (1.63%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 15 (1.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 14 (1.52%) dbt
11 14 (1.52%) OpenShift
12 11 (1.19%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 11 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
12 11 (1.19%) IaaS
13 10 (1.08%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 568 (61.54%) DNS
2 455 (49.30%) DHCP
3 426 (46.15%) Firewall
4 411 (44.53%) VPN
5 230 (24.92%) VLAN
6 215 (23.29%) WAN
7 213 (23.08%) LAN
8 151 (16.36%) Wi-Fi
9 122 (13.22%) Wireless
10 115 (12.46%) Network Security
11 83 (8.99%) BGP
12 77 (8.34%) HTTP
13 69 (7.48%) VoIP
14 59 (6.39%) OSPF
15 46 (4.98%) SD-WAN
16 43 (4.66%) SSL
17 34 (3.68%) Ethernet
18 29 (3.14%) Internet
19 23 (2.49%) FTP
20 22 (2.38%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (6.72%) SQL Server
2 25 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
3 22 (2.38%) MySQL
4 9 (0.98%) NoSQL
5 6 (0.65%) Crystal Reports
5 6 (0.65%) Redis
6 5 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (0.54%) MongoDB
6 5 (0.54%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.43%) KDB
8 3 (0.33%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.33%) InfluxDB
8 3 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.22%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.22%) Db2
10 1 (0.11%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.11%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle9i Database
Development Applications
1 34 (3.68%) JIRA
2 26 (2.82%) Git
3 15 (1.63%) TeamCity
4 13 (1.41%) GitLab
5 7 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
6 5 (0.54%) Selenium
6 5 (0.54%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.43%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.33%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.22%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.22%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.22%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.22%) Fiddler
9 2 (0.22%) Postman
9 2 (0.22%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.11%) CMake
10 1 (0.11%) GDB
10 1 (0.11%) LSMW
10 1 (0.11%) Metasploit
General
1 436 (47.24%) Social Skills
2 122 (13.22%) Analytical Skills
3 108 (11.70%) Finance
4 69 (7.48%) Telecoms
5 50 (5.42%) Banking
6 46 (4.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 46 (4.98%) Law
7 40 (4.33%) Documentation Skills
8 39 (4.23%) Retail
9 37 (4.01%) Aerospace
9 37 (4.01%) Electronics
10 34 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
11 26 (2.82%) Manufacturing
12 21 (2.28%) Public Sector
13 17 (1.84%) Back Office
13 17 (1.84%) Financial Institution
14 10 (1.08%) Automotive
15 8 (0.87%) Marketing
16 7 (0.76%) Digital Health
16 7 (0.76%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 252 (27.30%) IT Support
2 210 (22.75%) Support Engineer
3 188 (20.37%) IT Engineer
4 157 (17.01%) IT Support Engineer
5 121 (13.11%) Analyst
6 120 (13.00%) Senior
7 117 (12.68%) Network Engineer
8 96 (10.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 74 (8.02%) 2nd Line Support
10 67 (7.26%) Support Analyst
11 60 (6.50%) IT Technician
12 59 (6.39%) Support Technician
13 54 (5.85%) IT Support Technician
14 50 (5.42%) Lead
15 44 (4.77%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 42 (4.55%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
17 36 (3.90%) IT Analyst
18 34 (3.68%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
19 33 (3.58%) Infrastructure Support
20 32 (3.47%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (8.45%) Terraform
2 25 (2.71%) LDAP
3 22 (2.38%) React
4 20 (2.17%) XML
5 19 (2.06%) RESTful
6 16 (1.73%) Node.js
7 14 (1.52%) JSON
8 12 (1.30%) Middleware
8 12 (1.30%) WebSockets
9 11 (1.19%) OpenTelemetry
10 10 (1.08%) .NET
10 10 (1.08%) CSS
10 10 (1.08%) Django
10 10 (1.08%) FIX Protocol
10 10 (1.08%) HTML
10 10 (1.08%) REST
11 9 (0.98%) AngularJS
12 8 (0.87%) gRPC
13 6 (0.65%) GraphQL
14 5 (0.54%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 132 (14.30%) Driving Licence
2 108 (11.70%) Onboarding
3 48 (5.20%) Data Centre
4 39 (4.23%) Distributed Systems
5 38 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (3.58%) Security Posture
7 30 (3.25%) Management Information System
8 27 (2.93%) Cyber Threat
9 26 (2.82%) Cloud Native
9 26 (2.82%) Security Operations Centre
10 23 (2.49%) Client/Server
10 23 (2.49%) PKI
11 22 (2.38%) Linux Command Line
12 21 (2.28%) Replication
13 19 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
14 18 (1.95%) CCTV
14 18 (1.95%) Cyber Defence
15 15 (1.63%) Blog
16 14 (1.52%) SCADA
17 13 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 561 (60.78%) Windows
2 282 (30.55%) Windows Server
3 228 (24.70%) Linux
4 117 (12.68%) Windows 10
5 56 (6.07%) macOS
6 41 (4.44%) Unix
7 35 (3.79%) Ubuntu
8 25 (2.71%) Apple iOS
9 21 (2.28%) Windows Server 2016
10 20 (2.17%) Android
10 20 (2.17%) Rocky
11 18 (1.95%) CentOS
12 16 (1.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 9 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
14 7 (0.76%) Debian
15 6 (0.65%) Embedded Linux
15 6 (0.65%) Solaris
16 5 (0.54%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.43%) Kali Linux
18 2 (0.22%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 323 (34.99%) Problem-Solving
2 228 (24.70%) Customer Service
3 213 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
4 200 (21.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 171 (18.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 139 (15.06%) ITIL
7 131 (14.19%) Disaster Recovery
8 100 (10.83%) Incident Response
9 99 (10.73%) Mentoring
10 88 (9.53%) Project Delivery
11 84 (9.10%) Service Delivery
12 82 (8.88%) ITSM
13 76 (8.23%) CI/CD
14 71 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
14 71 (7.69%) SIEM
15 70 (7.58%) Computer Science
16 64 (6.93%) Software Engineering
17 62 (6.72%) DevOps
17 62 (6.72%) High Availability
18 59 (6.39%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 183 (19.83%) Python
2 159 (17.23%) PowerShell
3 98 (10.62%) SQL
4 95 (10.29%) Bash
5 47 (5.09%) C++
6 30 (3.25%) Java
7 27 (2.93%) Perl
8 26 (2.82%) Go
9 24 (2.60%) JavaScript
10 21 (2.28%) C
11 19 (2.06%) C#
12 14 (1.52%) VBA
13 13 (1.41%) Ruby
14 11 (1.19%) Bicep
15 10 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
15 10 (1.08%) Shell Script
15 10 (1.08%) TypeScript
16 7 (0.76%) PHP
16 7 (0.76%) Search Processing Language
17 6 (0.65%) Rust
Qualifications
1 156 (16.90%) Degree
2 117 (12.68%) Security Cleared
3 103 (11.16%) Cisco Certification
4 77 (8.34%) CCNA
5 76 (8.23%) SC Cleared
6 66 (7.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 61 (6.61%) CCNP
8 35 (3.79%) CompTIA Security+
9 32 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
10 28 (3.03%) Azure Certification
11 27 (2.93%) CREST Certified
12 25 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
13 24 (2.60%) CISSP
13 24 (2.60%) DV Cleared
14 23 (2.49%) Network+ Certification
15 20 (2.17%) A+ Certification
15 20 (2.17%) CEH
16 18 (1.95%) GCIA
17 17 (1.84%) DBS Check
18 16 (1.73%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (8.56%) SLA
2 47 (5.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 43 (4.66%) Cyber Essentials
4 35 (3.79%) GDPR
5 22 (2.38%) NIST
5 22 (2.38%) QA
6 21 (2.28%) PCI DSS
7 16 (1.73%) SOC 2
8 11 (1.19%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.65%) GRC
10 6 (0.65%) NCSC
11 2 (0.22%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.22%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.11%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 1 (0.11%) DO-178B
12 1 (0.11%) GxP
12 1 (0.11%) IEC 61508
12 1 (0.11%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 411 (44.53%) Active Directory
2 162 (17.55%) Hyper-V
3 144 (15.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 38 (4.12%) Docker
5 34 (3.68%) Virtual Machines
6 31 (3.36%) Firmware
7 15 (1.63%) Virtual Desktop
8 14 (1.52%) VMware ESXi
8 14 (1.52%) vSphere
9 10 (1.08%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.33%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.22%) KVM
11 2 (0.22%) Snort
11 2 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.22%) XenApp
11 2 (0.22%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.11%) Ceph
12 1 (0.11%) QEMU
12 1 (0.11%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 157 (17.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (4.66%) Ansible
2 43 (4.66%) Kubernetes
3 31 (3.36%) FortiGate
4 27 (2.93%) Grafana
5 21 (2.28%) QRadar
5 21 (2.28%) Single Sign-On
6 20 (2.17%) Prometheus
7 14 (1.52%) Nagios
8 11 (1.19%) WSUS
9 10 (1.08%) Kibana
10 8 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
10 8 (0.87%) SCCM
11 7 (0.76%) Autotask
11 7 (0.76%) Cilium
12 5 (0.54%) McAfee ePO
12 5 (0.54%) SCVMM
13 4 (0.43%) Failover Clustering
13 4 (0.43%) Proxmox
13 4 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 521 (56.45%) Microsoft
2 170 (18.42%) VMware
3 134 (14.52%) Cisco
4 82 (8.88%) Fortinet
5 61 (6.61%) Google
6 57 (6.18%) Veeam
7 46 (4.98%) Splunk
8 43 (4.66%) ServiceNow
9 38 (4.12%) Palo Alto
10 30 (3.25%) Dell
10 30 (3.25%) Meraki
10 30 (3.25%) SonicWALL
11 26 (2.82%) Red Hat
12 24 (2.60%) SolarWinds
13 22 (2.38%) WatchGuard
14 21 (2.28%) Sophos
15 19 (2.06%) Apple
16 18 (1.95%) CrowdStrike
16 18 (1.95%) F5
17 17 (1.84%) Ubiquiti