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 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 217 209
Rank change year-on-year -71 -8 +24
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 647 709 1,405
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.68% 1.57% 1.30%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.25% 10.43% 10.65%
Number of salaries quoted 508 498 1,128
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £41,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.59% -1.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% - -8.54%

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 6,994 6,800 13,187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.36% 15.04% 12.23%
Number of salaries quoted 4,484 3,869 9,326
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,267 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -6.86%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £44,175
% change year-on-year +6.25% -9.45% -1.83%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 -53 606 £37,500 -6.25% 207
UK excluding London -52 437 £35,000 -6.67% 195
London -18 199 £60,000 +15.38% 37
Work from Home +15 188 £41,500 -15.74% 73
South East -35 134 £37,500 +2.04% 63
North of England -9 127 £32,500 -16.67% 41
Midlands -52 64 £32,500 - 28
North West +18 55 £31,500 -20.25% 24
Yorkshire -45 54 £32,500 -16.13% 13
East of England -42 44 £35,000 -26.32% 36
South West -52 38 £40,000 -7.51% 25
East Midlands -31 36 £32,500 - 10
West Midlands -39 28 £33,250 +2.31% 18
Wales -50 21 £40,000 -27.27% 4
North East -34 18 £40,000 +37.93% 8
Scotland -11 8 £46,000 -3.16% 4
Northern Ireland - 1 £73,801 - 10

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
1 111 (17.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 81 (12.52%) SharePoint
3 19 (2.94%) IIS
4 6 (0.93%) Apache
5 4 (0.62%) Confluence
6 3 (0.46%) SAS
7 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
Applications
1 68 (10.51%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.15%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.15%) Lightworks
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 272 (42.04%) Azure
1 272 (42.04%) Microsoft 365
2 131 (20.25%) Entra ID
3 119 (18.39%) AWS
4 31 (4.79%) GCP
5 20 (3.09%) GitHub
5 20 (3.09%) OneDrive
6 18 (2.78%) IaaS
7 16 (2.47%) SaaS
8 14 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
8 14 (2.16%) PaaS
9 11 (1.70%) AWS CloudFormation
9 11 (1.70%) Google Workspace
10 10 (1.55%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (1.24%) OpenShift
12 7 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (1.08%) Microsoft Copilot
12 7 (1.08%) Route 53
13 6 (0.93%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 383 (59.20%) DNS
2 299 (46.21%) DHCP
3 268 (41.42%) Firewall
4 214 (33.08%) VPN
5 182 (28.13%) WAN
6 170 (26.28%) LAN
7 141 (21.79%) VLAN
8 78 (12.06%) Wi-Fi
9 73 (11.28%) Network Security
10 62 (9.58%) HTTP
11 51 (7.88%) VoIP
12 48 (7.42%) BGP
13 40 (6.18%) SD-WAN
14 36 (5.56%) OSPF
15 34 (5.26%) Wireless
16 23 (3.55%) Multicast
17 17 (2.63%) Ethernet
17 17 (2.63%) SMTP
18 16 (2.47%) SSL
18 16 (2.47%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (6.34%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.78%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (1.70%) MySQL
5 6 (0.93%) Crystal Reports
5 6 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.93%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.77%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.77%) Redis
7 4 (0.62%) InfluxDB
8 3 (0.46%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.46%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.46%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.15%) KDB
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle9i Database
9 1 (0.15%) Power BI
9 1 (0.15%) SAP Data Services
9 1 (0.15%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 18 (2.78%) JIRA
2 15 (2.32%) Git
2 15 (2.32%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.01%) Bitbucket
4 6 (0.93%) GitLab
5 5 (0.77%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.31%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.31%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.31%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.15%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.15%) CMake
7 1 (0.15%) LSMW
General
1 286 (44.20%) Social Skills
2 91 (14.06%) Finance
3 82 (12.67%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (7.73%) Telecoms
5 49 (7.57%) Law
6 44 (6.80%) Organisational Skills
7 43 (6.65%) Banking
8 35 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
9 24 (3.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 22 (3.40%) Aerospace
11 20 (3.09%) Retail
12 19 (2.94%) Investment Banking
13 14 (2.16%) Back Office
14 11 (1.70%) Manufacturing
14 11 (1.70%) Public Sector
15 10 (1.55%) Electronics
15 10 (1.55%) Legal
16 8 (1.24%) Automotive
17 6 (0.93%) Spanish Language
18 5 (0.77%) Military
Job Titles
1 169 (26.12%) IT Support
2 107 (16.54%) Support Engineer
3 93 (14.37%) Analyst
4 84 (12.98%) IT Engineer
5 73 (11.28%) Senior
6 69 (10.66%) Network Engineer
7 67 (10.36%) IT Support Engineer
8 63 (9.74%) Support Technician
9 60 (9.27%) 2nd Line Support
10 59 (9.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 56 (8.66%) IT Technician
12 54 (8.35%) IT Support Technician
13 36 (5.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 33 (5.10%) Support Analyst
15 32 (4.95%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 32 (4.95%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 31 (4.79%) Developer
17 26 (4.02%) IT Analyst
17 26 (4.02%) Lead
18 23 (3.55%) 1st/2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.94%) LDAP
2 14 (2.16%) Elastic Stack
3 13 (2.01%) WebSockets
4 12 (1.85%) gRPC
4 12 (1.85%) React
5 11 (1.70%) .NET
5 11 (1.70%) Middleware
5 11 (1.70%) Node.js
6 9 (1.39%) Django
7 7 (1.08%) 802.1X
7 7 (1.08%) REST
8 6 (0.93%) AngularJS
8 6 (0.93%) RESTful
9 5 (0.77%) ARM Templates
9 5 (0.77%) JSON
10 4 (0.62%) ADO
10 4 (0.62%) COM
10 4 (0.62%) CSS
10 4 (0.62%) DCOM
10 4 (0.62%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 87 (13.45%) Driving Licence
2 39 (6.03%) Data Centre
3 27 (4.17%) Onboarding
4 26 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
5 24 (3.71%) Cyber Threat
6 22 (3.40%) Security Posture
7 19 (2.94%) EPoS
7 19 (2.94%) FPGA
8 18 (2.78%) Security Operations Centre
9 16 (2.47%) Cyber Defence
10 14 (2.16%) MPEG
10 14 (2.16%) PKI
10 14 (2.16%) Replication
11 13 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (2.01%) CCTV
11 13 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
12 10 (1.55%) Client/Server
12 10 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
12 10 (1.55%) Management Information System
13 9 (1.39%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 394 (60.90%) Windows
2 220 (34.00%) Windows Server
3 140 (21.64%) Linux
4 98 (15.15%) Windows 10
5 48 (7.42%) Mac OS
6 35 (5.41%) Apple iOS
7 24 (3.71%) Android
8 23 (3.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 22 (3.40%) Windows Server 2016
10 16 (2.47%) Unix
10 16 (2.47%) Windows Server 2019
11 11 (1.70%) Windows Server 2012
12 9 (1.39%) Ubuntu
13 7 (1.08%) Debian
14 6 (0.93%) CentOS
14 6 (0.93%) VMS
14 6 (0.93%) Windows 7
15 5 (0.77%) Kali Linux
16 4 (0.62%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.31%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (36.63%) Problem-Solving
2 137 (21.17%) Customer Service
3 104 (16.07%) Continuous Improvement
4 98 (15.15%) Cybersecurity
5 90 (13.91%) ITIL
6 88 (13.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 84 (12.98%) Disaster Recovery
8 81 (12.52%) Service Delivery
9 70 (10.82%) Incident Response
10 67 (10.36%) Infrastructure as Code
11 57 (8.81%) DevOps
12 55 (8.50%) Mentoring
13 54 (8.35%) ITSM
14 51 (7.88%) High Availability
15 50 (7.73%) Incident Management
16 47 (7.26%) CI/CD
17 46 (7.11%) Project Delivery
17 46 (7.11%) SIEM
18 45 (6.96%) Root Cause Analysis
19 40 (6.18%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 118 (18.24%) PowerShell
2 106 (16.38%) Python
3 60 (9.27%) Bash
4 55 (8.50%) SQL
5 41 (6.34%) C++
6 27 (4.17%) Java
7 25 (3.86%) C
8 18 (2.78%) Go
9 14 (2.16%) C#
10 11 (1.70%) PHP
11 9 (1.39%) VBA
12 8 (1.24%) Perl
13 7 (1.08%) JavaScript
13 7 (1.08%) Search Processing Language
14 6 (0.93%) Bicep
15 4 (0.62%) Delphi
15 4 (0.62%) Pascal
16 3 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.46%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.46%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 98 (15.15%) Degree
2 73 (11.28%) Security Cleared
3 56 (8.66%) Cisco Certification
4 53 (8.19%) SC Cleared
5 45 (6.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 44 (6.80%) CCNA
7 37 (5.72%) CCNP
8 27 (4.17%) Azure Certification
9 23 (3.55%) CompTIA Security+
10 21 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (2.63%) CREST Certified
11 17 (2.63%) Network+ Certification
12 16 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
13 12 (1.85%) CEH
13 12 (1.85%) GCIA
14 10 (1.55%) GIAC
14 10 (1.55%) OSCP
14 10 (1.55%) RHCSA
14 10 (1.55%) SANS
15 9 (1.39%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (8.81%) SLA
2 27 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (3.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 20 (3.09%) GDPR
4 14 (2.16%) Accessibility
5 6 (0.93%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.77%) NIST
7 4 (0.62%) DICOM
7 4 (0.62%) HL7
7 4 (0.62%) QA
8 3 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.46%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.15%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 283 (43.74%) Active Directory
2 116 (17.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 104 (16.07%) Hyper-V
4 21 (3.25%) Docker
5 15 (2.32%) vSphere
6 13 (2.01%) Firmware
6 13 (2.01%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.24%) KVM
8 7 (1.08%) Virtual Servers
8 7 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.77%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.46%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.15%) QEMU
11 1 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.15%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.15%) Xen
Systems Management
1 86 (13.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (7.88%) Terraform
3 49 (7.57%) Ansible
4 35 (5.41%) Kubernetes
5 31 (4.79%) FortiGate
6 23 (3.55%) Grafana
6 23 (3.55%) Prometheus
7 19 (2.94%) Nagios
8 18 (2.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 16 (2.47%) Jamf Pro
10 14 (2.16%) QRadar
11 8 (1.24%) Kibana
11 8 (1.24%) Puppet
12 6 (0.93%) SCCM
12 6 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.93%) vCenter Server
12 6 (0.93%) VxRail
12 6 (0.93%) WSUS
13 5 (0.77%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.77%) Control-M
Vendors
1 364 (56.26%) Microsoft
2 143 (22.10%) VMware
3 74 (11.44%) Cisco
4 34 (5.26%) Meraki
4 34 (5.26%) Veeam
5 31 (4.79%) SolarWinds
6 30 (4.64%) Fortinet
7 27 (4.17%) Splunk
8 26 (4.02%) ServiceNow
9 25 (3.86%) Palo Alto
10 24 (3.71%) Apple
11 20 (3.09%) Citrix
12 18 (2.78%) CrowdStrike
12 18 (2.78%) Dell
12 18 (2.78%) Google
12 18 (2.78%) HP
12 18 (2.78%) Red Hat
13 14 (2.16%) SonicWALL
13 14 (2.16%) Sophos
14 13 (2.01%) Zscaler