TCP/IP Job Trends

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 20 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 206 192 162
Rank change year-on-year -14 -30 +94
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 707 938 1,074
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.33% 1.40% 2.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.36% 11.92% 13.38%
Number of salaries quoted 545 520 820
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £27,714
25th Percentile £29,750 £33,200 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £45,075
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +5.38% +0.17%
75th Percentile £57,500 £64,063 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year -26.32% +10.47% +7.50%

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 7,552 7,869 8,025
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.23% 11.71% 15.50%
Number of salaries quoted 4,211 3,995 6,432
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,750 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.44% +7.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £85,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,750 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.50% +11.11% -5.26%

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 20 November 2025.

Salary histogram for TCP/IP in the UK

TCP/IP
Top 18 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 20 November 2025. 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 -4 644 £37,500 -21.05% 410
UK excluding London -7 491 £35,000 -26.32% 321
London +30 196 £50,000 -5.66% 147
Work from Home -22 182 £40,500 -23.58% 149
North of England +36 131 £32,500 -23.98% 43
South East -18 126 £37,500 -21.05% 121
Midlands +35 77 £35,000 - 30
Yorkshire +17 61 £32,000 -24.71% 12
South West -7 58 £34,500 -44.80% 46
East of England 0 55 £32,500 -18.75% 51
East Midlands +15 40 £32,000 -41.82% 12
North East +38 38 £29,000 -58.16% 4
West Midlands +23 37 £38,750 +10.71% 17
North West -1 32 £40,500 -4.71% 27
Wales +10 23 £47,750 +2.69% 2
Scotland -11 18 £34,250 -13.29% 35
Northern Ireland -7 2 £73,801 +6.48% 2
Channel Islands - 2 £55,000 -

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
1 174 (24.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 102 (14.43%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.12%) IIS
4 8 (1.13%) nginx
5 4 (0.57%) Traefik
6 2 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.28%) CMS
6 2 (0.28%) WordPress
7 1 (0.14%) Apache
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.14%) Confluence
7 1 (0.14%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 67 (9.48%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.70%) MS Visio
3 10 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.99%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.14%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.14%) OmniGraffle
6 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (0.57%) Visualfiles
2 2 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.14%) Eikon
3 1 (0.14%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.14%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 365 (51.63%) Microsoft 365
2 345 (48.80%) Azure
3 135 (19.09%) Entra ID
4 98 (13.86%) AWS
5 44 (6.22%) GCP
6 43 (6.08%) SaaS
7 32 (4.53%) PaaS
8 27 (3.82%) IaaS
8 27 (3.82%) OneDrive
9 25 (3.54%) Amazon ECS
10 20 (2.83%) Amazon ECR
10 20 (2.83%) AWS CloudFormation
10 20 (2.83%) dbt
10 20 (2.83%) Pulumi
11 15 (2.12%) Google Workspace
12 14 (1.98%) GitHub
13 12 (1.70%) Amazon ElastiCache
13 12 (1.70%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 12 (1.70%) Sentry
14 9 (1.27%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 401 (56.72%) DNS
2 348 (49.22%) DHCP
3 289 (40.88%) Firewall
4 235 (33.24%) VPN
5 193 (27.30%) VLAN
6 157 (22.21%) WAN
7 152 (21.50%) LAN
8 90 (12.73%) Wi-Fi
9 76 (10.75%) VoIP
10 72 (10.18%) Network Security
11 68 (9.62%) Wireless
12 44 (6.22%) OSPF
13 42 (5.94%) BGP
14 39 (5.52%) SD-WAN
15 30 (4.24%) Internet
16 25 (3.54%) HTTP
16 25 (3.54%) SSL
17 24 (3.39%) SAN
18 22 (3.11%) MPLS
19 20 (2.83%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (6.79%) Amazon RDS
2 41 (5.80%) SQL Server
3 22 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (2.83%) Elasticsearch
4 20 (2.83%) Redis
5 10 (1.41%) MySQL
6 8 (1.13%) Power BI
7 7 (0.99%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.28%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.28%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.28%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.28%) JasperReports
9 2 (0.28%) Metadata
9 2 (0.28%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.14%) Couchbase
10 1 (0.14%) FileMaker
10 1 (0.14%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 18 (2.55%) Git
2 13 (1.84%) JIRA
3 9 (1.27%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.99%) Burp Suite
4 7 (0.99%) Metasploit
5 6 (0.85%) Snyk
6 3 (0.42%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.28%) GitLab
7 2 (0.28%) IDA Disassembler
7 2 (0.28%) Jaeger
7 2 (0.28%) MLflow
7 2 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.14%) Fiddler
General
1 346 (48.94%) Social Skills
2 81 (11.46%) Finance
3 52 (7.36%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (6.36%) Banking
5 37 (5.23%) Manufacturing
6 34 (4.81%) Telecoms
7 31 (4.38%) Law
8 25 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
9 23 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 23 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (2.69%) Investment Banking
10 19 (2.69%) Retail
11 18 (2.55%) Legal
12 17 (2.40%) Advertising
13 13 (1.84%) Marketing
14 12 (1.70%) Public Sector
15 9 (1.27%) Aerospace
15 9 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (1.13%) Games
17 7 (0.99%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 182 (25.74%) IT Support
2 154 (21.78%) Support Engineer
3 99 (14.00%) IT Engineer
4 84 (11.88%) IT Support Engineer
5 82 (11.60%) 2nd Line Support
6 73 (10.33%) Analyst
7 72 (10.18%) Senior
8 62 (8.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 57 (8.06%) Support Technician
10 56 (7.92%) Technical Support
11 49 (6.93%) Network Engineer
12 47 (6.65%) IT Technician
12 47 (6.65%) Support Analyst
13 43 (6.08%) IT Support Technician
14 41 (5.80%) Technical Engineer
15 40 (5.66%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 39 (5.52%) Technical Support Engineer
17 35 (4.95%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
18 33 (4.67%) 3rd Line Support
19 30 (4.24%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.83%) Django
2 13 (1.84%) .NET
3 10 (1.41%) 802.1X
4 7 (0.99%) Kafka
4 7 (0.99%) Middleware
5 5 (0.71%) Elastic Stack
5 5 (0.71%) LDAP
6 4 (0.57%) FIX Protocol
6 4 (0.57%) OAuth
6 4 (0.57%) RESTful
7 3 (0.42%) .NET Framework
7 3 (0.42%) EDI
7 3 (0.42%) FreeSWITCH
7 3 (0.42%) Node.js
7 3 (0.42%) OAuth2
7 3 (0.42%) Web Services
8 2 (0.28%) .NET Core
8 2 (0.28%) Entity Framework
8 2 (0.28%) QML
8 2 (0.28%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 66 (9.34%) Driving Licence
2 64 (9.05%) Onboarding
3 46 (6.51%) Data Centre
4 27 (3.82%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (3.54%) Management Information System
6 24 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
7 20 (2.83%) FPGA
8 19 (2.69%) Linux Command Line
8 19 (2.69%) Security Operations Centre
9 18 (2.55%) iPad
10 16 (2.26%) Cloud Native
10 16 (2.26%) Video Conferencing
11 15 (2.12%) Clustering
11 15 (2.12%) iPhone
12 14 (1.98%) Cyber Threat
12 14 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
12 14 (1.98%) Hedge funds
12 14 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
13 13 (1.84%) IoT
13 13 (1.84%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 411 (58.13%) Windows
2 239 (33.80%) Windows Server
3 155 (21.92%) Linux
4 119 (16.83%) Windows 10
5 50 (7.07%) Mac OS
6 44 (6.22%) Unix
7 24 (3.39%) Windows Server 2016
8 23 (3.25%) Android
9 20 (2.83%) Windows Server 2012
10 19 (2.69%) Windows Server 2019
11 14 (1.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 8 (1.13%) Apple iOS
12 8 (1.13%) Mac OS X
12 8 (1.13%) Ubuntu
13 7 (0.99%) VMS
14 6 (0.85%) CentOS
15 5 (0.71%) FreeRTOS
15 5 (0.71%) Windows 7
16 4 (0.57%) Embedded Linux
16 4 (0.57%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (31.40%) Problem-Solving
2 142 (20.08%) Customer Service
3 136 (19.24%) Cybersecurity
4 108 (15.28%) ITIL
5 97 (13.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 67 (9.48%) DevOps
7 64 (9.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 62 (8.77%) Disaster Recovery
9 55 (7.78%) Infrastructure as Code
10 51 (7.21%) Mentoring
11 49 (6.93%) Agile
11 49 (6.93%) CI/CD
12 42 (5.94%) Collaborative Working
13 39 (5.52%) Migration
13 39 (5.52%) Root Cause Analysis
14 37 (5.23%) Incident Response
15 34 (4.81%) Computer Science
16 33 (4.67%) High Availability
17 32 (4.53%) Service Delivery
18 31 (4.38%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 118 (16.69%) PowerShell
2 100 (14.14%) Python
3 48 (6.79%) C++
4 39 (5.52%) C
4 39 (5.52%) Java
5 38 (5.37%) SQL
6 30 (4.24%) Bash
7 11 (1.56%) C#
8 10 (1.41%) Go
9 7 (0.99%) VBScript
10 6 (0.85%) R
11 5 (0.71%) Bicep
11 5 (0.71%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.57%) Rust
13 2 (0.28%) Embedded C++
13 2 (0.28%) Perl
13 2 (0.28%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.14%) Bourne shell
14 1 (0.14%) PHP
14 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 102 (14.43%) Degree
2 76 (10.75%) Security Cleared
3 63 (8.91%) Cisco Certification
4 60 (8.49%) Microsoft Certification
5 57 (8.06%) SC Cleared
6 42 (5.94%) CCNA
7 34 (4.81%) CCNP
8 30 (4.24%) Azure Certification
9 28 (3.96%) A+ Certification
10 25 (3.54%) Network+ Certification
11 23 (3.25%) MCP
12 18 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
13 15 (2.12%) CISSP
13 15 (2.12%) CompTIA Security+
13 15 (2.12%) MCSA
14 14 (1.98%) DV Cleared
14 14 (1.98%) HND
15 13 (1.84%) AWS Certification
15 13 (1.84%) DBS Check
15 13 (1.84%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (3.68%) Cyber Essentials
3 19 (2.69%) SLA
4 18 (2.55%) GDPR
5 6 (0.85%) NIST
6 5 (0.71%) GRC
7 4 (0.57%) MISRA
7 4 (0.57%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.57%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.42%) QA
9 2 (0.28%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.28%) GxP
9 2 (0.28%) NCSC
9 2 (0.28%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.28%) PMO
10 1 (0.14%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.14%) JTAG
System Software
1 372 (52.62%) Active Directory
2 160 (22.63%) Hyper-V
3 142 (20.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 35 (4.95%) Docker
5 20 (2.83%) vSphere
6 18 (2.55%) Firmware
7 11 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
8 10 (1.41%) NFS
9 5 (0.71%) KVM
10 4 (0.57%) BitLocker
10 4 (0.57%) Embedded Firmware
10 4 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.42%) XenApp
12 2 (0.28%) pfSense
12 2 (0.28%) RHEV
12 2 (0.28%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.28%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.28%) Xen
Systems Management
1 147 (20.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 54 (7.64%) Terraform
3 36 (5.09%) Ansible
4 33 (4.67%) SCCM
5 26 (3.68%) FortiGate
6 24 (3.39%) Kubernetes
7 16 (2.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 16 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (1.70%) AWS Copilot
9 11 (1.56%) Autotask
10 9 (1.27%) Nagios
10 9 (1.27%) Nessus
11 8 (1.13%) Failover Clustering
12 7 (0.99%) Grafana
12 7 (0.99%) Nmap
12 7 (0.99%) Prometheus
13 5 (0.71%) MaaS360
13 5 (0.71%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.57%) HAProxy
14 4 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 409 (57.85%) Microsoft
2 148 (20.93%) VMware
3 136 (19.24%) Cisco
4 46 (6.51%) Google
5 43 (6.08%) Veeam
6 30 (4.24%) Fortinet
6 30 (4.24%) SonicWALL
7 28 (3.96%) Meraki
8 25 (3.54%) Palo Alto
9 23 (3.25%) Apple
9 23 (3.25%) Red Hat
10 22 (3.11%) WatchGuard
11 19 (2.69%) Citrix
12 18 (2.55%) Bloomberg
13 17 (2.40%) Juniper
13 17 (2.40%) Reuters
13 17 (2.40%) SolarWinds
14 15 (2.12%) HP
14 15 (2.12%) Sophos
15 14 (1.98%) Splunk