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 25 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 211 232
Rank change year-on-year -58 +21 -20
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 737 761 1,088
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.73% 1.55% 1.21%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.06% 10.60% 9.95%
Number of salaries quoted 574 537 847
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% -8.24% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -5.41% -1.33% -11.76%

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 7,327 7,176 10,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.27% 14.61% 12.16%
Number of salaries quoted 4,697 4,134 7,362
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £33,213
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -12.37% -6.61%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,500 £82,500 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £37,617 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.98% -16.41% -

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 25 July 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 25 July 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 -32 693 £38,000 -0.65% 285
UK excluding London -53 518 £35,000 -5.41% 235
Work from Home +8 232 £40,000 -15.79% 98
London -34 208 £60,000 +14.29% 90
South East -31 161 £37,500 +4.90% 72
North of England -11 144 £32,500 -13.33% 47
Midlands -54 80 £32,500 - 29
North West +20 69 £32,250 -19.38% 21
East of England -21 58 £35,000 -26.32% 30
Yorkshire -47 58 £32,500 -13.33% 20
East Midlands -28 43 £32,500 - 11
South West -61 42 £33,000 -7.69% 43
West Midlands -48 37 £33,250 +2.31% 18
Wales -58 21 £40,000 +14.29% 5
North East -52 17 £37,500 +29.31% 8
Scotland +4 10 £57,500 +21.05% 13
Northern Ireland - 2 £58,151 - 5

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
1 129 (17.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 93 (12.62%) SharePoint
3 24 (3.26%) IIS
4 11 (1.49%) Apache
5 3 (0.41%) Confluence
5 3 (0.41%) SAS
6 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
Applications
1 60 (8.14%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.27%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.14%) Houdini
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.14%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) NetSuite
1 2 (0.27%) Sage 200
1 2 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 325 (44.10%) Microsoft 365
2 311 (42.20%) Azure
3 156 (21.17%) Entra ID
4 136 (18.45%) AWS
5 34 (4.61%) GCP
6 23 (3.12%) OneDrive
7 20 (2.71%) IaaS
8 16 (2.17%) AWS CloudFormation
8 16 (2.17%) GitHub
8 16 (2.17%) PaaS
9 15 (2.04%) SaaS
10 12 (1.63%) OpenShift
11 11 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (1.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 10 (1.36%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (1.22%) dbt
13 9 (1.22%) Google Workspace
14 8 (1.09%) Amazon ECS
14 8 (1.09%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 432 (58.62%) DNS
2 333 (45.18%) DHCP
3 328 (44.50%) Firewall
4 240 (32.56%) VPN
5 184 (24.97%) WAN
6 178 (24.15%) LAN
7 150 (20.35%) VLAN
8 85 (11.53%) Network Security
9 84 (11.40%) Wi-Fi
10 71 (9.63%) HTTP
11 66 (8.96%) VoIP
12 61 (8.28%) Wireless
13 57 (7.73%) BGP
14 42 (5.70%) OSPF
15 41 (5.56%) SD-WAN
16 25 (3.39%) Multicast
17 20 (2.71%) SSL
18 18 (2.44%) Ethernet
18 18 (2.44%) WLAN
19 17 (2.31%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
3 12 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (1.49%) MySQL
5 6 (0.81%) Crystal Reports
5 6 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.81%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.68%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.68%) Redis
7 4 (0.54%) InfluxDB
8 3 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.41%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.27%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.14%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.14%) KDB
10 1 (0.14%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle9i Database
10 1 (0.14%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 30 (4.07%) JIRA
2 17 (2.31%) Git
3 12 (1.63%) Bitbucket
4 11 (1.49%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.68%) GitLab
5 5 (0.68%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.27%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.27%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.14%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.14%) CMake
7 1 (0.14%) LSMW
General
1 334 (45.32%) Social Skills
2 92 (12.48%) Finance
3 90 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (8.41%) Telecoms
5 50 (6.78%) Law
6 42 (5.70%) Banking
7 40 (5.43%) Organisational Skills
8 33 (4.48%) Documentation Skills
9 26 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 24 (3.26%) Retail
11 22 (2.99%) Aerospace
12 21 (2.85%) Electronics
13 16 (2.17%) Investment Banking
14 14 (1.90%) Manufacturing
14 14 (1.90%) Public Sector
15 9 (1.22%) Legal
16 7 (0.95%) Automotive
17 6 (0.81%) Back Office
17 6 (0.81%) Military
17 6 (0.81%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 196 (26.59%) IT Support
2 141 (19.13%) Support Engineer
3 117 (15.88%) IT Engineer
4 97 (13.16%) Analyst
5 94 (12.75%) IT Support Engineer
6 87 (11.80%) Network Engineer
7 77 (10.45%) Senior
8 64 (8.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 59 (8.01%) Support Technician
10 55 (7.46%) 2nd Line Support
11 54 (7.33%) IT Technician
12 52 (7.06%) IT Support Technician
13 38 (5.16%) Support Analyst
14 37 (5.02%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 35 (4.75%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 34 (4.61%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 33 (4.48%) IT Analyst
18 30 (4.07%) Lead
19 27 (3.66%) IT Support Analyst
20 26 (3.53%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.44%) LDAP
2 14 (1.90%) Middleware
2 14 (1.90%) React
2 14 (1.90%) WebSockets
3 13 (1.76%) gRPC
4 12 (1.63%) Elastic Stack
4 12 (1.63%) Node.js
5 11 (1.49%) .NET
6 10 (1.36%) Django
7 8 (1.09%) XML
8 7 (0.95%) 802.1X
8 7 (0.95%) AngularJS
8 7 (0.95%) JSON
8 7 (0.95%) REST
9 6 (0.81%) ARM Templates
10 5 (0.68%) CSS
10 5 (0.68%) HTML
10 5 (0.68%) RESTful
11 4 (0.54%) ADO
11 4 (0.54%) COM
Miscellaneous
1 107 (14.52%) Driving Licence
2 49 (6.65%) Onboarding
3 47 (6.38%) Data Centre
4 32 (4.34%) Self-Motivation
5 29 (3.93%) Cyber Threat
6 24 (3.26%) Security Posture
7 21 (2.85%) Security Operations Centre
8 18 (2.44%) Linux Command Line
9 17 (2.31%) FPGA
10 16 (2.17%) CCTV
10 16 (2.17%) Cyber Defence
10 16 (2.17%) MPEG
11 15 (2.04%) PKI
12 14 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
13 13 (1.76%) Client/Server
14 12 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (1.63%) Replication
15 11 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
15 11 (1.49%) Life Science
15 11 (1.49%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 447 (60.65%) Windows
2 244 (33.11%) Windows Server
3 171 (23.20%) Linux
4 92 (12.48%) Windows 10
5 54 (7.33%) Mac OS
6 33 (4.48%) Apple iOS
7 23 (3.12%) Android
7 23 (3.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 23 (3.12%) Unix
8 21 (2.85%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (2.04%) Ubuntu
10 14 (1.90%) Windows Server 2019
11 8 (1.09%) CentOS
12 7 (0.95%) Debian
12 7 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (0.68%) Kali Linux
13 5 (0.68%) Windows 7
14 4 (0.54%) CoreOS
14 4 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
14 4 (0.54%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 269 (36.50%) Problem-Solving
2 152 (20.62%) Customer Service
3 138 (18.72%) Continuous Improvement
4 122 (16.55%) Cybersecurity
5 109 (14.79%) ITIL
6 106 (14.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 89 (12.08%) Disaster Recovery
8 85 (11.53%) Service Delivery
9 78 (10.58%) Incident Response
10 72 (9.77%) ITSM
11 71 (9.63%) Infrastructure as Code
12 69 (9.36%) Project Delivery
13 67 (9.09%) DevOps
14 66 (8.96%) Mentoring
15 60 (8.14%) High Availability
16 56 (7.60%) SIEM
17 54 (7.33%) CI/CD
18 48 (6.51%) Computer Science
19 47 (6.38%) Incident Management
20 46 (6.24%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 131 (17.77%) PowerShell
2 124 (16.82%) Python
3 65 (8.82%) Bash
4 60 (8.14%) SQL
5 38 (5.16%) C++
6 25 (3.39%) C
7 24 (3.26%) Java
8 15 (2.04%) C#
9 14 (1.90%) VBA
10 13 (1.76%) Go
10 13 (1.76%) Perl
11 11 (1.49%) PHP
12 9 (1.22%) Bicep
12 9 (1.22%) JavaScript
13 7 (0.95%) Search Processing Language
14 6 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.68%) Ruby
16 4 (0.54%) Delphi
16 4 (0.54%) Pascal
16 4 (0.54%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 123 (16.69%) Degree
2 85 (11.53%) Security Cleared
3 78 (10.58%) Cisco Certification
4 65 (8.82%) SC Cleared
5 64 (8.68%) CCNA
6 56 (7.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 51 (6.92%) CCNP
8 29 (3.93%) Azure Certification
9 27 (3.66%) CompTIA Security+
10 23 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
12 18 (2.44%) CREST Certified
13 15 (2.04%) CEH
13 15 (2.04%) GCIA
13 15 (2.04%) Network+ Certification
14 14 (1.90%) HND
15 13 (1.76%) GIAC
16 12 (1.63%) HNC
17 11 (1.49%) AWS Certification
17 11 (1.49%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (8.41%) SLA
2 26 (3.53%) Cyber Essentials
3 25 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (2.31%) Accessibility
5 15 (2.04%) GDPR
6 6 (0.81%) NIST
7 5 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.54%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.54%) QA
9 3 (0.41%) DICOM
9 3 (0.41%) HL7
10 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.14%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.14%) GRC
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.14%) NCSC
10 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 318 (43.15%) Active Directory
2 130 (17.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 129 (17.50%) Hyper-V
4 25 (3.39%) Docker
5 18 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (2.04%) Firmware
7 14 (1.90%) vSphere
8 10 (1.36%) Virtual Servers
9 9 (1.22%) KVM
9 9 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.41%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.14%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.14%) QEMU
12 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.14%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.14%) Xen
Systems Management
1 111 (15.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 60 (8.14%) Terraform
3 54 (7.33%) Ansible
4 38 (5.16%) Kubernetes
5 34 (4.61%) FortiGate
6 21 (2.85%) Grafana
6 21 (2.85%) Prometheus
7 17 (2.31%) Jamf Pro
7 17 (2.31%) Nagios
8 14 (1.90%) QRadar
9 13 (1.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 9 (1.22%) Puppet
10 9 (1.22%) WSUS
11 8 (1.09%) Kibana
12 7 (0.95%) SCCM
13 6 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
13 6 (0.81%) VxRail
14 5 (0.68%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.68%) Control-M
15 4 (0.54%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 416 (56.45%) Microsoft
2 155 (21.03%) VMware
3 98 (13.30%) Cisco
4 44 (5.97%) Fortinet
5 39 (5.29%) Meraki
5 39 (5.29%) Veeam
6 33 (4.48%) ServiceNow
7 31 (4.21%) Palo Alto
8 30 (4.07%) Splunk
9 27 (3.66%) SolarWinds
10 25 (3.39%) Apple
11 22 (2.99%) Google
11 22 (2.99%) HP
12 19 (2.58%) Red Hat
12 19 (2.58%) Sophos
13 18 (2.44%) Dell
14 17 (2.31%) Citrix
14 17 (2.31%) SonicWALL
14 17 (2.31%) Zscaler
15 16 (2.17%) CrowdStrike