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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 225 218
Rank change year-on-year -43 -7 -38
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 801 694 968
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.71% 1.40% 1.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.32% 9.58% 10.45%
Number of salaries quoted 626 499 611
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £28,125
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% -5.71%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,075 £75,000 £74,144
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £34,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +1.45% -13.75% -5.88%

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 7,765 7,246 9,262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.87% 14.59% 11.81%
Number of salaries quoted 4,990 4,075 5,048
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £29,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £29,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,472 £35,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +27.06% -26.32% +5.56%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 -32 761 £37,750 +0.67% 402
UK excluding London -46 583 £35,000 +1.45% 324
Work from Home +20 260 £40,000 -3.61% 159
London -32 208 £60,000 +9.09% 137
South East -9 174 £37,500 +2.74% 104
North of England -15 143 £32,500 -7.14% 63
Midlands -31 110 £36,000 +10.77% 36
North West +40 79 £32,000 -20.99% 32
East of England -20 77 £35,000 -22.22% 57
West Midlands -21 65 £37,500 +15.38% 24
Yorkshire -43 54 £33,000 -10.20% 16
South West -71 51 £32,500 -5.80% 36
East Midlands -26 45 £32,500 +8.33% 12
Wales -81 15 £45,000 +28.57% 5
Scotland 0 10 £63,451 +111.50% 20
North East -73 10 £37,500 +29.31% 18
Northern Ireland - 3 £57,246 - 13

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
1 143 (17.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 112 (13.98%) SharePoint
3 26 (3.25%) IIS
4 14 (1.75%) Apache
5 6 (0.75%) Confluence
6 4 (0.50%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.50%) WinCC
7 3 (0.37%) SAS
8 2 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 41 (5.12%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.25%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.12%) Houdini
4 1 (0.12%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 8 (1.00%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.25%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.25%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.25%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.12%) Eikon
3 1 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 366 (45.69%) Microsoft 365
2 324 (40.45%) Azure
3 205 (25.59%) Entra ID
4 129 (16.10%) AWS
5 39 (4.87%) OneDrive
6 33 (4.12%) GCP
7 22 (2.75%) AWS CloudFormation
8 19 (2.37%) SaaS
9 14 (1.75%) dbt
10 13 (1.62%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 13 (1.62%) Google Workspace
10 13 (1.62%) OpenShift
11 11 (1.37%) Azure Monitor
12 10 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
12 10 (1.25%) IaaS
13 9 (1.12%) PaaS
13 9 (1.12%) Serverless
14 7 (0.87%) Microsoft Copilot
15 6 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
16 5 (0.62%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 496 (61.92%) DNS
2 391 (48.81%) DHCP
3 369 (46.07%) Firewall
4 305 (38.08%) VPN
5 180 (22.47%) WAN
6 172 (21.47%) LAN
7 171 (21.35%) VLAN
8 101 (12.61%) Network Security
9 94 (11.74%) Wi-Fi
10 81 (10.11%) Wireless
11 75 (9.36%) VoIP
12 69 (8.61%) HTTP
13 63 (7.87%) BGP
14 52 (6.49%) OSPF
15 40 (4.99%) SD-WAN
16 28 (3.50%) SSL
17 24 (3.00%) Internet
18 22 (2.75%) Ethernet
18 22 (2.75%) SMTP
19 20 (2.50%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (7.99%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.00%) MySQL
3 10 (1.25%) NoSQL
4 7 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (0.75%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.62%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.50%) InfluxDB
7 4 (0.50%) Redis
8 3 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.37%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.12%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.12%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.12%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.12%) KDB
10 1 (0.12%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.12%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 33 (4.12%) JIRA
2 22 (2.75%) Git
3 9 (1.12%) GitLab
4 5 (0.62%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.50%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.50%) Selenium
5 4 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.25%) CMake
6 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.12%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.12%) GDB
7 1 (0.12%) LSMW
7 1 (0.12%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.12%) Robot Framework
General
1 383 (47.82%) Social Skills
2 102 (12.73%) Analytical Skills
3 91 (11.36%) Finance
4 62 (7.74%) Telecoms
5 49 (6.12%) Banking
6 35 (4.37%) Law
7 33 (4.12%) Documentation Skills
7 33 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
8 32 (4.00%) Electronics
9 31 (3.87%) Retail
10 30 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 27 (3.37%) Aerospace
12 19 (2.37%) Public Sector
13 15 (1.87%) Manufacturing
14 11 (1.37%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.00%) Automotive
16 7 (0.87%) Digital Health
16 7 (0.87%) Legal
16 7 (0.87%) Marketing
17 6 (0.75%) Games
Job Titles
1 205 (25.59%) IT Support
2 187 (23.35%) Support Engineer
3 160 (19.98%) IT Engineer
4 133 (16.60%) IT Support Engineer
5 115 (14.36%) Analyst
6 100 (12.48%) Senior
7 96 (11.99%) Network Engineer
8 87 (10.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 66 (8.24%) 2nd Line Support
10 55 (6.87%) Support Analyst
11 49 (6.12%) Support Technician
12 46 (5.74%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 44 (5.49%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 44 (5.49%) IT Technician
14 42 (5.24%) IT Support Technician
15 33 (4.12%) IT Analyst
15 33 (4.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 30 (3.75%) Infrastructure Support
17 29 (3.62%) Lead
18 27 (3.37%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (7.99%) Terraform
2 22 (2.75%) LDAP
3 21 (2.62%) React
4 15 (1.87%) XML
5 13 (1.62%) Node.js
6 12 (1.50%) Middleware
7 11 (1.37%) gRPC
7 11 (1.37%) RESTful
7 11 (1.37%) WebSockets
8 10 (1.25%) JSON
9 9 (1.12%) .NET
9 9 (1.12%) CSS
9 9 (1.12%) FIX Protocol
9 9 (1.12%) HTML
9 9 (1.12%) REST
10 8 (1.00%) AngularJS
11 7 (0.87%) Django
12 6 (0.75%) 802.1X
12 6 (0.75%) GraphQL
12 6 (0.75%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 108 (13.48%) Driving Licence
2 77 (9.61%) Onboarding
3 43 (5.37%) Data Centre
4 38 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (3.12%) Cyber Threat
5 25 (3.12%) Security Operations Centre
6 24 (3.00%) PKI
7 23 (2.87%) Security Posture
8 21 (2.62%) Distributed Systems
9 19 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
10 18 (2.25%) CCTV
10 18 (2.25%) Client/Server
10 18 (2.25%) Linux Command Line
10 18 (2.25%) Replication
11 15 (1.87%) Cyber Defence
12 13 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (1.50%) FPGA
13 12 (1.50%) Management Information System
13 12 (1.50%) Social Media
14 10 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 491 (61.30%) Windows
2 253 (31.59%) Windows Server
3 201 (25.09%) Linux
4 96 (11.99%) Windows 10
5 55 (6.87%) Mac OS
6 38 (4.74%) Unix
7 31 (3.87%) Ubuntu
8 24 (3.00%) Apple iOS
9 18 (2.25%) Android
9 18 (2.25%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (2.12%) CentOS
11 16 (2.00%) Rocky
12 15 (1.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 11 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
14 7 (0.87%) Debian
14 7 (0.87%) Embedded Linux
15 6 (0.75%) Solaris
16 5 (0.62%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.25%) FreeRTOS
17 2 (0.25%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (37.58%) Problem-Solving
2 190 (23.72%) Customer Service
3 170 (21.22%) Cybersecurity
4 156 (19.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 143 (17.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 122 (15.23%) ITIL
7 101 (12.61%) Disaster Recovery
8 87 (10.86%) Mentoring
9 84 (10.49%) Incident Response
10 76 (9.49%) Project Delivery
11 71 (8.86%) Service Delivery
12 70 (8.74%) ITSM
13 69 (8.61%) Infrastructure as Code
14 67 (8.36%) Computer Science
15 63 (7.87%) SIEM
16 61 (7.62%) DevOps
17 60 (7.49%) Software Engineering
18 59 (7.37%) High Availability
19 54 (6.74%) CI/CD
20 53 (6.62%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 147 (18.35%) Python
2 144 (17.98%) PowerShell
3 76 (9.49%) SQL
4 72 (8.99%) Bash
5 38 (4.74%) C++
6 25 (3.12%) C
7 24 (3.00%) Perl
8 21 (2.62%) JavaScript
9 16 (2.00%) C#
10 14 (1.75%) Java
10 14 (1.75%) VBA
11 13 (1.62%) Ruby
12 11 (1.37%) Bicep
12 11 (1.37%) Go
13 10 (1.25%) Kusto Query Language
13 10 (1.25%) Shell Script
13 10 (1.25%) TypeScript
14 7 (0.87%) PHP
14 7 (0.87%) Search Processing Language
15 3 (0.37%) Rust
Qualifications
1 137 (17.10%) Degree
2 100 (12.48%) Security Cleared
3 83 (10.36%) Cisco Certification
4 69 (8.61%) CCNA
5 68 (8.49%) SC Cleared
6 58 (7.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 54 (6.74%) CCNP
8 33 (4.12%) Azure Certification
8 33 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 31 (3.87%) CompTIA Security+
10 24 (3.00%) CREST Certified
11 23 (2.87%) Network+ Certification
12 21 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
13 20 (2.50%) CEH
14 19 (2.37%) GCIA
15 18 (2.25%) A+ Certification
16 17 (2.12%) DV Cleared
17 16 (2.00%) CISSP
17 16 (2.00%) HND
18 14 (1.75%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (7.99%) SLA
2 43 (5.37%) Cyber Essentials
3 30 (3.75%) GDPR
3 30 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (1.62%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.50%) QA
6 10 (1.25%) NIST
7 6 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (0.75%) GRC
8 5 (0.62%) NCSC
9 4 (0.50%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.12%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.12%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 363 (45.32%) Active Directory
2 147 (18.35%) Hyper-V
3 133 (16.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (3.87%) Docker
5 29 (3.62%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (2.87%) Firmware
7 12 (1.50%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
9 10 (1.25%) Virtual Servers
9 10 (1.25%) vSphere
10 4 (0.50%) KVM
11 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.37%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.25%) QEMU
13 1 (0.12%) Ceph
13 1 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.12%) Samba
13 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.12%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.12%) Xen
Systems Management
1 138 (17.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (4.49%) Ansible
3 34 (4.24%) FortiGate
4 29 (3.62%) Kubernetes
5 18 (2.25%) QRadar
6 14 (1.75%) Grafana
7 13 (1.62%) Nagios
7 13 (1.62%) Prometheus
8 11 (1.37%) Jamf Pro
9 9 (1.12%) WSUS
10 8 (1.00%) Kibana
10 8 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 5 (0.62%) McAfee ePO
12 5 (0.62%) SCVMM
13 4 (0.50%) Proxmox
13 4 (0.50%) SCCM
13 4 (0.50%) VxRail
13 4 (0.50%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.37%) Control-M
Vendors
1 460 (57.43%) Microsoft
2 152 (18.98%) VMware
3 117 (14.61%) Cisco
4 61 (7.62%) Fortinet
5 51 (6.37%) Veeam
6 39 (4.87%) Splunk
7 38 (4.74%) ServiceNow
8 34 (4.24%) Google
8 34 (4.24%) Palo Alto
9 29 (3.62%) Meraki
10 26 (3.25%) Red Hat
10 26 (3.25%) SonicWALL
11 22 (2.75%) SolarWinds
12 21 (2.62%) Dell
13 20 (2.50%) HP
14 19 (2.37%) Sophos
15 17 (2.12%) Ubiquiti
16 16 (2.00%) CrowdStrike
16 16 (2.00%) Zscaler
17 14 (1.75%) Apple