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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 306 225 205
Rank change year-on-year -81 -20 +41
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 578 638 1,371
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.62% 1.50% 1.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.36% 9.91% 10.64%
Number of salaries quoted 441 448 1,156
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,013 £25,625
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £39,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -13.92% +5.33% -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 9,088 6,437 12,881
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.77% 15.14% 12.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,249 3,572 9,393
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,712 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £48,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +1.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £77,743
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,108 £42,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year -0.92% -2.30% -3.33%

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 27 May 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 27 May 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 -56 536 £40,000 -5.88% 217
UK excluding London -58 367 £34,000 -13.92% 192
London -9 197 £55,000 +6.80% 62
Work from Home +3 163 £42,000 -17.24% 78
North of England +9 112 £34,000 -13.92% 35
South East -33 107 £37,500 - 68
Yorkshire -28 54 £32,500 -7.14% 13
Midlands -68 49 £32,500 - 25
North West +1 41 £40,000 +1.27% 19
South West -38 37 £39,000 -24.61% 24
East of England -56 34 £42,500 -10.53% 28
East Midlands -41 30 £32,500 +4.84% 8
Wales -40 19 £37,000 -43.08% 7
West Midlands -65 19 £32,875 +1.15% 17
North East -25 17 £40,000 -42.35% 4
Scotland -26 8 £46,000 -8.00% 13
Northern Ireland -37 1 £73,801 -13.18%

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
1 107 (18.51%) Microsoft Exchange
2 75 (12.98%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.25%) IIS
4 5 (0.87%) Apache
5 4 (0.69%) Confluence
6 3 (0.52%) SAS
7 1 (0.17%) nginx
7 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
Applications
1 75 (12.98%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.35%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.35%) Fidessa
1 2 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 250 (43.25%) Azure
2 239 (41.35%) Microsoft 365
3 112 (19.38%) AWS
4 108 (18.69%) Entra ID
5 34 (5.88%) GCP
6 24 (4.15%) Google Workspace
7 21 (3.63%) OneDrive
8 19 (3.29%) GitHub
9 17 (2.94%) IaaS
10 16 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (2.60%) GitHub Actions
12 13 (2.25%) PaaS
13 11 (1.90%) SaaS
14 10 (1.73%) Amazon ECS
14 10 (1.73%) AWS CloudFormation
15 8 (1.38%) Cloud Computing
16 7 (1.21%) Azure Monitor
16 7 (1.21%) Microsoft Copilot
17 6 (1.04%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 6 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 348 (60.21%) DNS
2 270 (46.71%) DHCP
3 226 (39.10%) Firewall
4 180 (31.14%) VPN
5 164 (28.37%) WAN
6 150 (25.95%) LAN
7 112 (19.38%) VLAN
8 67 (11.59%) Wi-Fi
9 57 (9.86%) HTTP
10 56 (9.69%) Network Security
11 39 (6.75%) VoIP
12 36 (6.23%) BGP
13 35 (6.06%) SD-WAN
14 33 (5.71%) Wireless
15 29 (5.02%) OSPF
16 21 (3.63%) Multicast
17 19 (3.29%) SMTP
18 17 (2.94%) Wireshark
19 15 (2.60%) SAN
20 14 (2.42%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (6.40%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.11%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (1.56%) MySQL
5 6 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (1.04%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.87%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.87%) Redis
7 4 (0.69%) Crystal Reports
7 4 (0.69%) InfluxDB
8 3 (0.52%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.52%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.17%) KDB
10 1 (0.17%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.17%) SAP Data Services
10 1 (0.17%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.17%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 17 (2.94%) Jenkins
2 15 (2.60%) Git
3 14 (2.42%) JIRA
4 12 (2.08%) Bitbucket
5 8 (1.38%) GitLab
6 6 (1.04%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.69%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.35%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.35%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.17%) CMake
9 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.17%) LSMW
9 1 (0.17%) Selenium
9 1 (0.17%) WebDriver
General
1 238 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 97 (16.78%) Finance
3 72 (12.46%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (7.61%) Law
5 43 (7.44%) Banking
6 42 (7.27%) Telecoms
7 34 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
8 27 (4.67%) Documentation Skills
9 23 (3.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (3.46%) Aerospace
11 19 (3.29%) Investment Banking
12 18 (3.11%) Retail
13 14 (2.42%) Back Office
13 14 (2.42%) Manufacturing
14 13 (2.25%) Public Sector
15 12 (2.08%) Legal
16 9 (1.56%) Automotive
17 8 (1.38%) Electronics
18 6 (1.04%) Spanish Language
19 5 (0.87%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 154 (26.64%) IT Support
2 88 (15.22%) Support Engineer
3 84 (14.53%) Analyst
4 73 (12.63%) Senior
5 67 (11.59%) IT Engineer
6 60 (10.38%) IT Support Engineer
7 58 (10.03%) Support Technician
8 57 (9.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 54 (9.34%) 2nd Line Support
9 54 (9.34%) Network Engineer
10 47 (8.13%) IT Support Technician
10 47 (8.13%) IT Technician
11 38 (6.57%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 35 (6.06%) Developer
12 35 (6.06%) Support Analyst
13 33 (5.71%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 31 (5.36%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 27 (4.67%) C++ Developer
16 22 (3.81%) IT Analyst
17 21 (3.63%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.60%) Elastic Stack
2 14 (2.42%) LDAP
3 13 (2.25%) WebSockets
4 12 (2.08%) gRPC
5 11 (1.90%) .NET
6 9 (1.56%) React
6 9 (1.56%) REST
7 8 (1.38%) Django
8 7 (1.21%) Node.js
9 6 (1.04%) 802.1X
9 6 (1.04%) RESTful
10 5 (0.87%) AngularJS
10 5 (0.87%) ARM Templates
10 5 (0.87%) Middleware
10 5 (0.87%) Qt
11 4 (0.69%) ADO
11 4 (0.69%) FIX Protocol
11 4 (0.69%) JSON
12 3 (0.52%) STL
12 3 (0.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (12.28%) Driving Licence
2 38 (6.57%) Data Centre
3 26 (4.50%) Onboarding
4 20 (3.46%) Cyber Threat
4 20 (3.46%) FPGA
5 19 (3.29%) EPoS
5 19 (3.29%) Security Posture
6 17 (2.94%) Replication
6 17 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (2.60%) Video Conferencing
8 14 (2.42%) Security Operations Centre
9 13 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
9 13 (2.25%) Cyber Defence
10 12 (2.08%) MPEG
11 11 (1.90%) Client/Server
12 10 (1.73%) Linux Command Line
12 10 (1.73%) Management Information System
13 9 (1.56%) Digital Signage
13 9 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (1.56%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 347 (60.03%) Windows
2 192 (33.22%) Windows Server
3 137 (23.70%) Linux
4 94 (16.26%) Windows 10
5 44 (7.61%) Mac OS
6 36 (6.23%) Apple iOS
7 27 (4.67%) Windows Server 2016
8 26 (4.50%) Android
9 25 (4.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 21 (3.63%) Windows Server 2019
11 18 (3.11%) Unix
12 14 (2.42%) Windows Server 2012
13 7 (1.21%) CentOS
13 7 (1.21%) Windows 7
14 6 (1.04%) Ubuntu
14 6 (1.04%) VMS
15 4 (0.69%) CoreOS
15 4 (0.69%) Kali Linux
16 2 (0.35%) Rocky
16 2 (0.35%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
2 107 (18.51%) Customer Service
3 87 (15.05%) ITIL
4 79 (13.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 76 (13.15%) Continuous Improvement
6 74 (12.80%) Cybersecurity
7 69 (11.94%) Service Delivery
8 68 (11.76%) Infrastructure as Code
9 64 (11.07%) Disaster Recovery
10 59 (10.21%) Incident Response
11 58 (10.03%) DevOps
12 48 (8.30%) CI/CD
13 46 (7.96%) Incident Management
14 41 (7.09%) Mentoring
14 41 (7.09%) Root Cause Analysis
14 41 (7.09%) SIEM
15 40 (6.92%) ITSM
16 39 (6.75%) Computer Science
16 39 (6.75%) High Availability
17 36 (6.23%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 110 (19.03%) Python
2 107 (18.51%) PowerShell
3 59 (10.21%) Bash
4 46 (7.96%) SQL
5 44 (7.61%) C++
6 29 (5.02%) Java
7 24 (4.15%) C
8 19 (3.29%) Go
9 16 (2.77%) C#
10 9 (1.56%) Perl
11 6 (1.04%) Bicep
11 6 (1.04%) JavaScript
11 6 (1.04%) PHP
12 4 (0.69%) Delphi
12 4 (0.69%) Pascal
12 4 (0.69%) Search Processing Language
12 4 (0.69%) VBA
13 3 (0.52%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.52%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.35%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 86 (14.88%) Degree
2 60 (10.38%) Security Cleared
3 48 (8.30%) SC Cleared
4 43 (7.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 41 (7.09%) Cisco Certification
6 32 (5.54%) CCNA
7 26 (4.50%) CCNP
8 24 (4.15%) Azure Certification
9 23 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (3.63%) CompTIA Security+
11 16 (2.77%) Network+ Certification
12 15 (2.60%) CREST Certified
13 11 (1.90%) RHCSA
14 10 (1.73%) A+ Certification
14 10 (1.73%) CEH
15 9 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
15 9 (1.56%) DBS Check
15 9 (1.56%) MCDST
15 9 (1.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 8 (1.38%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (7.27%) SLA
2 24 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (3.11%) GDPR
4 15 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (2.08%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.21%) QA
7 4 (0.69%) DICOM
7 4 (0.69%) HL7
7 4 (0.69%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.52%) NIST
8 3 (0.52%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 2 (0.35%) GxP
10 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 254 (43.94%) Active Directory
2 106 (18.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 85 (14.71%) Hyper-V
4 21 (3.63%) Docker
5 15 (2.60%) vSphere
6 13 (2.25%) Firmware
7 10 (1.73%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (1.38%) KVM
9 7 (1.21%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (1.21%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.17%) QEMU
11 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.17%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.17%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 76 (13.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 52 (9.00%) Terraform
3 50 (8.65%) Ansible
4 33 (5.71%) Kubernetes
5 24 (4.15%) Grafana
5 24 (4.15%) Prometheus
6 23 (3.98%) FortiGate
7 21 (3.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 20 (3.46%) Nagios
9 15 (2.60%) Jamf Pro
10 13 (2.25%) QRadar
11 8 (1.38%) Puppet
12 7 (1.21%) SCCM
13 6 (1.04%) vCenter Server
13 6 (1.04%) VxRail
13 6 (1.04%) WSUS
14 5 (0.87%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.87%) Kibana
14 5 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
15 4 (0.69%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 317 (54.84%) Microsoft
2 134 (23.18%) VMware
3 67 (11.59%) Cisco
4 30 (5.19%) SolarWinds
4 30 (5.19%) Veeam
5 29 (5.02%) Google
5 29 (5.02%) Meraki
6 23 (3.98%) Citrix
6 23 (3.98%) Red Hat
7 22 (3.81%) Apple
7 22 (3.81%) Palo Alto
8 21 (3.63%) Fortinet
8 21 (3.63%) Splunk
9 20 (3.46%) Dell
9 20 (3.46%) HP
10 17 (2.94%) CrowdStrike
11 16 (2.77%) ServiceNow
12 10 (1.73%) Zscaler
13 8 (1.38%) Sophos
13 8 (1.38%) Yealink