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 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 264 229 231
Rank change year-on-year -35 +2 -39
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 773 722 982
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.72% 1.45% 1.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.27% 9.86% 10.01%
Number of salaries quoted 599 522 724
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,525 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £74,258 £74,026
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £39,500
% change year-on-year - -11.39% -7.06%

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 7,526 7,319 9,811
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.97% 14.69% 11.81%
Number of salaries quoted 4,850 4,205 6,071
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,750 £29,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,620 £41,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.15% -18.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £36,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -20.00% -

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 22 August 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 22 August 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 -45 731 £38,000 +1.33% 442
UK excluding London -58 548 £35,000 - 281
Work from Home +19 246 £42,000 -6.67% 128
London -20 215 £60,000 +9.09% 205
South East -17 169 £37,500 +4.17% 92
North of England -27 138 £32,500 -10.34% 55
Midlands -43 93 £33,250 +2.31% 41
North West +34 77 £31,750 -20.63% 25
East of England -27 70 £35,000 -26.32% 34
West Midlands -36 51 £37,500 +15.38% 26
Yorkshire -42 50 £32,500 -11.56% 21
South West -65 48 £33,500 -2.90% 39
East Midlands -22 42 £32,500 +8.33% 15
Wales -61 17 £45,000 +28.57% 4
North East -64 11 £35,000 +20.69% 12
Scotland +2 10 £63,451 +75.04% 15
Northern Ireland - 3 £57,246 - 6

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
1 138 (17.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 101 (13.07%) SharePoint
3 24 (3.10%) IIS
4 12 (1.55%) Apache
5 3 (0.39%) Confluence
5 3 (0.39%) SAS
6 2 (0.26%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.26%) WinCC
7 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
Applications
1 47 (6.08%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.26%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.13%) Houdini
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.13%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 6 (0.78%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.26%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.26%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.13%) Eikon
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 337 (43.60%) Microsoft 365
2 316 (40.88%) Azure
3 175 (22.64%) Entra ID
4 134 (17.34%) AWS
5 35 (4.53%) GCP
6 33 (4.27%) OneDrive
7 22 (2.85%) AWS CloudFormation
8 18 (2.33%) SaaS
9 14 (1.81%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 14 (1.81%) dbt
10 13 (1.68%) IaaS
10 13 (1.68%) OpenShift
11 11 (1.42%) Azure Monitor
12 10 (1.29%) Google Workspace
13 9 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (1.16%) GitHub
13 9 (1.16%) PaaS
14 7 (0.91%) Microsoft Copilot
15 5 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
15 5 (0.65%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 456 (58.99%) DNS
2 357 (46.18%) Firewall
3 353 (45.67%) DHCP
4 271 (35.06%) VPN
5 183 (23.67%) WAN
6 176 (22.77%) LAN
7 154 (19.92%) VLAN
8 96 (12.42%) Network Security
9 84 (10.87%) Wi-Fi
10 73 (9.44%) Wireless
11 69 (8.93%) VoIP
12 67 (8.67%) HTTP
13 57 (7.37%) BGP
14 46 (5.95%) OSPF
15 40 (5.17%) SD-WAN
16 24 (3.10%) SSL
17 20 (2.59%) Internet
17 20 (2.59%) Multicast
17 20 (2.59%) SMTP
18 19 (2.46%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (7.24%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.42%) MySQL
3 8 (1.03%) NoSQL
4 6 (0.78%) Crystal Reports
5 5 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.52%) InfluxDB
7 3 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (0.39%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.39%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.26%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.13%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.13%) KDB
9 1 (0.13%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.13%) Redis
9 1 (0.13%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 30 (3.88%) JIRA
2 19 (2.46%) Git
3 9 (1.16%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.65%) GitLab
5 3 (0.39%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.39%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.26%) CMake
6 2 (0.26%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.13%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.13%) GDB
7 1 (0.13%) LSMW
7 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 367 (47.48%) Social Skills
2 100 (12.94%) Analytical Skills
3 98 (12.68%) Finance
4 58 (7.50%) Telecoms
5 46 (5.95%) Banking
6 41 (5.30%) Law
7 39 (5.05%) Organisational Skills
8 33 (4.27%) Documentation Skills
9 28 (3.62%) Electronics
10 26 (3.36%) Aerospace
10 26 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 25 (3.23%) Retail
12 18 (2.33%) Manufacturing
13 15 (1.94%) Public Sector
14 13 (1.68%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.03%) Legal
16 7 (0.91%) Digital Health
17 6 (0.78%) Automotive
17 6 (0.78%) Games
17 6 (0.78%) Military
Job Titles
1 191 (24.71%) IT Support
2 160 (20.70%) Support Engineer
3 134 (17.34%) IT Engineer
4 109 (14.10%) IT Support Engineer
5 105 (13.58%) Analyst
6 92 (11.90%) Network Engineer
7 91 (11.77%) Senior
8 75 (9.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 61 (7.89%) 2nd Line Support
10 53 (6.86%) Support Technician
11 48 (6.21%) IT Technician
12 46 (5.95%) IT Support Technician
13 44 (5.69%) Support Analyst
14 42 (5.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 40 (5.17%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 33 (4.27%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 31 (4.01%) IT Analyst
18 28 (3.62%) Systems Engineer
19 27 (3.49%) Lead
20 25 (3.23%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (8.41%) Terraform
2 21 (2.72%) LDAP
2 21 (2.72%) React
3 13 (1.68%) gRPC
3 13 (1.68%) Node.js
3 13 (1.68%) WebSockets
4 12 (1.55%) Middleware
4 12 (1.55%) XML
5 11 (1.42%) .NET
6 10 (1.29%) JSON
7 8 (1.03%) AngularJS
7 8 (1.03%) REST
8 7 (0.91%) 802.1X
8 7 (0.91%) Django
8 7 (0.91%) FIX Protocol
8 7 (0.91%) RESTful
9 6 (0.78%) ARM Templates
9 6 (0.78%) CSS
9 6 (0.78%) HTML
10 5 (0.65%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 104 (13.45%) Driving Licence
2 63 (8.15%) Onboarding
3 45 (5.82%) Data Centre
4 39 (5.05%) Self-Motivation
5 29 (3.75%) Cyber Threat
6 25 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
7 24 (3.10%) PKI
7 24 (3.10%) Security Posture
8 21 (2.72%) Distributed Systems
9 19 (2.46%) CCTV
10 17 (2.20%) Cyber Defence
10 17 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
10 17 (2.20%) Management Information System
11 16 (2.07%) Linux Command Line
12 15 (1.94%) Replication
13 14 (1.81%) Client/Server
13 14 (1.81%) FPGA
13 14 (1.81%) MPEG
14 13 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
15 12 (1.55%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 467 (60.41%) Windows
2 251 (32.47%) Windows Server
3 193 (24.97%) Linux
4 89 (11.51%) Windows 10
5 57 (7.37%) Mac OS
6 35 (4.53%) Unix
7 27 (3.49%) Apple iOS
8 24 (3.10%) Ubuntu
9 21 (2.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 19 (2.46%) Android
11 18 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
12 15 (1.94%) CentOS
13 13 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
14 10 (1.29%) Rocky
15 7 (0.91%) Debian
15 7 (0.91%) Embedded Linux
16 5 (0.65%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.52%) Solaris
18 3 (0.39%) Windows 7
18 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 293 (37.90%) Problem-Solving
2 168 (21.73%) Customer Service
3 156 (20.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 142 (18.37%) Cybersecurity
5 125 (16.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 116 (15.01%) ITIL
7 100 (12.94%) Disaster Recovery
8 87 (11.25%) Mentoring
9 84 (10.87%) Incident Response
10 76 (9.83%) Project Delivery
11 72 (9.31%) Infrastructure as Code
11 72 (9.31%) Service Delivery
12 66 (8.54%) Computer Science
12 66 (8.54%) ITSM
13 63 (8.15%) DevOps
14 61 (7.89%) High Availability
15 60 (7.76%) SIEM
16 57 (7.37%) CI/CD
16 57 (7.37%) Software Engineering
17 47 (6.08%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 144 (18.63%) Python
2 143 (18.50%) PowerShell
3 73 (9.44%) Bash
4 72 (9.31%) SQL
5 38 (4.92%) C++
6 27 (3.49%) C
7 22 (2.85%) Perl
8 18 (2.33%) C#
9 17 (2.20%) JavaScript
10 16 (2.07%) Java
11 14 (1.81%) VBA
12 12 (1.55%) Bicep
12 12 (1.55%) Go
13 11 (1.42%) Ruby
14 10 (1.29%) Kusto Query Language
14 10 (1.29%) TypeScript
15 8 (1.03%) PHP
16 7 (0.91%) Search Processing Language
16 7 (0.91%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.39%) Rust
Qualifications
1 141 (18.24%) Degree
2 98 (12.68%) Security Cleared
3 86 (11.13%) Cisco Certification
4 73 (9.44%) CCNA
5 67 (8.67%) SC Cleared
6 59 (7.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 53 (6.86%) CCNP
8 34 (4.40%) Azure Certification
9 32 (4.14%) CompTIA Security+
10 31 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
11 21 (2.72%) CREST Certified
12 20 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
13 19 (2.46%) CEH
13 19 (2.46%) GCIA
14 18 (2.33%) Network+ Certification
15 17 (2.20%) DV Cleared
16 16 (2.07%) HND
17 15 (1.94%) CISSP
17 15 (1.94%) OSCP
18 14 (1.81%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (8.15%) SLA
2 31 (4.01%) Cyber Essentials
3 25 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (2.72%) GDPR
5 17 (2.20%) Accessibility
6 9 (1.16%) NIST
7 7 (0.91%) QA
8 6 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.65%) GRC
9 5 (0.65%) NCSC
10 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.13%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.13%) DO-178B
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 334 (43.21%) Active Directory
2 141 (18.24%) Hyper-V
3 135 (17.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (3.88%) Docker
5 24 (3.10%) Firmware
6 23 (2.98%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (1.55%) vSphere
8 10 (1.29%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (1.29%) Virtual Servers
8 10 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (0.91%) KVM
10 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.39%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.26%) QEMU
12 1 (0.13%) Ceph
12 1 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.13%) Samba
12 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.13%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 120 (15.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (5.43%) Ansible
3 36 (4.66%) FortiGate
3 36 (4.66%) Kubernetes
4 17 (2.20%) QRadar
5 16 (2.07%) Nagios
6 13 (1.68%) Grafana
6 13 (1.68%) Jamf Pro
6 13 (1.68%) Prometheus
7 9 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 8 (1.03%) Kibana
8 8 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.91%) WSUS
10 6 (0.78%) Puppet
11 5 (0.65%) McAfee ePO
11 5 (0.65%) SCCM
11 5 (0.65%) SCVMM
11 5 (0.65%) ZABBIX
12 4 (0.52%) Control-M
12 4 (0.52%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 435 (56.27%) Microsoft
2 155 (20.05%) VMware
3 108 (13.97%) Cisco
4 54 (6.99%) Fortinet
5 43 (5.56%) Veeam
6 38 (4.92%) Splunk
7 32 (4.14%) Palo Alto
8 30 (3.88%) Meraki
8 30 (3.88%) ServiceNow
9 29 (3.75%) Google
10 26 (3.36%) Red Hat
11 25 (3.23%) SolarWinds
12 23 (2.98%) SonicWALL
13 22 (2.85%) Sophos
14 21 (2.72%) HP
15 17 (2.20%) Apple
15 17 (2.20%) Dell
16 16 (2.07%) Zscaler
17 15 (1.94%) CrowdStrike
17 15 (1.94%) Ubiquiti