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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 302 224 209
Rank change year-on-year -78 -15 +31
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 584 668 1,386
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.63% 1.53% 1.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.41% 10.10% 10.66%
Number of salaries quoted 451 466 1,147
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,750 £25,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £44,350 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.81% +4.35% -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 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -9.33% - -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 9,110 6,616 13,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.78% 15.12% 12.71%
Number of salaries quoted 4,274 3,691 9,402
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,425 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% - -5.94%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,182 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £44,000
% change year-on-year - -3.41% -2.22%

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 2 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 2 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 -53 543 £40,000 -3.61% 236
UK excluding London -71 375 £34,000 -9.33% 201
London -16 196 £55,000 +6.80% 67
Work from Home +4 164 £42,000 -16.00% 92
North of England -9 111 £34,000 -11.69% 41
South East -43 111 £37,500 +0.67% 71
Yorkshire -36 54 £32,500 -7.14% 10
Midlands -60 53 £32,500 - 25
North West -1 40 £43,750 +10.76% 26
South West -39 37 £38,000 -26.54% 24
East of England -40 35 £40,000 -15.79% 27
East Midlands -36 31 £32,500 +8.33% 11
West Midlands -56 22 £32,500 - 14
Wales -37 19 £37,000 -43.08% 6
North East -28 17 £40,000 -42.35% 6
Scotland -17 8 £46,000 -8.00% 12
Northern Ireland -39 1 £73,801 -13.18% 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
1 106 (18.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 75 (12.84%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.23%) IIS
4 5 (0.86%) Apache
5 4 (0.68%) Confluence
6 3 (0.51%) SAS
7 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
Applications
1 73 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.34%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.17%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Fidessa
1 2 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 251 (42.98%) Azure
2 242 (41.44%) Microsoft 365
3 112 (19.18%) AWS
4 109 (18.66%) Entra ID
5 34 (5.82%) GCP
6 23 (3.94%) Google Workspace
7 20 (3.42%) OneDrive
8 19 (3.25%) GitHub
9 17 (2.91%) IaaS
10 16 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (2.57%) GitHub Actions
12 13 (2.23%) PaaS
13 11 (1.88%) SaaS
14 10 (1.71%) Amazon ECS
14 10 (1.71%) AWS CloudFormation
15 8 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
16 7 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
17 6 (1.03%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 6 (1.03%) Azure Monitor
17 6 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 351 (60.10%) DNS
2 272 (46.58%) DHCP
3 229 (39.21%) Firewall
4 181 (30.99%) VPN
5 163 (27.91%) WAN
6 150 (25.68%) LAN
7 116 (19.86%) VLAN
8 69 (11.82%) Wi-Fi
9 59 (10.10%) Network Security
10 58 (9.93%) HTTP
11 40 (6.85%) VoIP
12 37 (6.34%) BGP
13 35 (5.99%) SD-WAN
14 30 (5.14%) OSPF
14 30 (5.14%) Wireless
15 21 (3.60%) Multicast
16 18 (3.08%) SMTP
17 15 (2.57%) FTP
17 15 (2.57%) Wireshark
18 13 (2.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (6.16%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.08%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (1.54%) MySQL
5 6 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (1.03%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.86%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.86%) Redis
7 4 (0.68%) Crystal Reports
7 4 (0.68%) InfluxDB
8 3 (0.51%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.51%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.17%) KDB
10 1 (0.17%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle9i Database
10 1 (0.17%) SAP Data Services
10 1 (0.17%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.17%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 17 (2.91%) Jenkins
2 15 (2.57%) Git
2 15 (2.57%) JIRA
3 12 (2.05%) Bitbucket
4 8 (1.37%) GitLab
5 5 (0.86%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.68%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.34%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.17%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.17%) CMake
8 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.17%) LSMW
8 1 (0.17%) Selenium
8 1 (0.17%) WebDriver
General
1 241 (41.27%) Social Skills
2 96 (16.44%) Finance
3 72 (12.33%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (7.53%) Banking
4 44 (7.53%) Law
4 44 (7.53%) Telecoms
5 38 (6.51%) Organisational Skills
6 28 (4.79%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (3.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (3.42%) Aerospace
8 20 (3.42%) Investment Banking
9 18 (3.08%) Retail
10 14 (2.40%) Back Office
11 13 (2.23%) Manufacturing
11 13 (2.23%) Public Sector
12 11 (1.88%) Electronics
12 11 (1.88%) Legal
13 9 (1.54%) Automotive
14 6 (1.03%) Spanish Language
15 5 (0.86%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 156 (26.71%) IT Support
2 86 (14.73%) Support Engineer
3 84 (14.38%) Analyst
4 72 (12.33%) Senior
5 68 (11.64%) IT Engineer
6 62 (10.62%) Support Technician
7 59 (10.10%) IT Support Engineer
8 57 (9.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 56 (9.59%) Network Engineer
10 52 (8.90%) 2nd Line Support
11 51 (8.73%) IT Support Technician
11 51 (8.73%) IT Technician
12 36 (6.16%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 35 (5.99%) Developer
14 33 (5.65%) Support Analyst
15 31 (5.31%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 31 (5.31%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 27 (4.62%) C++ Developer
17 22 (3.77%) Lead
18 21 (3.60%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.57%) Elastic Stack
2 14 (2.40%) LDAP
2 14 (2.40%) WebSockets
3 12 (2.05%) .NET
3 12 (2.05%) gRPC
4 10 (1.71%) React
5 9 (1.54%) Django
5 9 (1.54%) REST
6 8 (1.37%) Node.js
7 6 (1.03%) 802.1X
7 6 (1.03%) AngularJS
7 6 (1.03%) RESTful
8 5 (0.86%) ARM Templates
8 5 (0.86%) JSON
8 5 (0.86%) Middleware
8 5 (0.86%) Qt
9 4 (0.68%) ADO
9 4 (0.68%) CSS
9 4 (0.68%) FIX Protocol
9 4 (0.68%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 68 (11.64%) Driving Licence
2 38 (6.51%) Data Centre
3 23 (3.94%) Onboarding
4 21 (3.60%) Cyber Threat
5 20 (3.42%) FPGA
6 19 (3.25%) EPoS
6 19 (3.25%) Security Posture
7 17 (2.91%) Replication
7 17 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (2.57%) Security Operations Centre
9 14 (2.40%) Analytical Mindset
9 14 (2.40%) Cyber Defence
10 13 (2.23%) Video Conferencing
11 12 (2.05%) MPEG
12 11 (1.88%) Client/Server
13 10 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
13 10 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
13 10 (1.71%) Linux Command Line
13 10 (1.71%) Management Information System
14 9 (1.54%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 352 (60.27%) Windows
2 195 (33.39%) Windows Server
3 135 (23.12%) Linux
4 93 (15.92%) Windows 10
5 45 (7.71%) Mac OS
6 34 (5.82%) Apple iOS
7 27 (4.62%) Windows Server 2016
8 24 (4.11%) Android
8 24 (4.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 21 (3.60%) Windows Server 2019
10 19 (3.25%) Unix
11 14 (2.40%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (1.03%) CentOS
12 6 (1.03%) Ubuntu
12 6 (1.03%) VMS
12 6 (1.03%) Windows 7
13 4 (0.68%) CoreOS
13 4 (0.68%) Kali Linux
14 2 (0.34%) Debian
14 2 (0.34%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (34.59%) Problem-Solving
2 110 (18.84%) Customer Service
3 86 (14.73%) ITIL
4 79 (13.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 79 (13.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 76 (13.01%) Cybersecurity
6 70 (11.99%) Service Delivery
7 69 (11.82%) Infrastructure as Code
8 65 (11.13%) Disaster Recovery
9 61 (10.45%) Incident Response
10 59 (10.10%) DevOps
11 48 (8.22%) CI/CD
12 46 (7.88%) Incident Management
13 45 (7.71%) Mentoring
14 43 (7.36%) ITSM
15 42 (7.19%) Root Cause Analysis
15 42 (7.19%) SIEM
16 39 (6.68%) High Availability
16 39 (6.68%) Project Delivery
17 37 (6.34%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 110 (18.84%) Python
2 109 (18.66%) PowerShell
3 59 (10.10%) Bash
4 49 (8.39%) SQL
5 45 (7.71%) C++
6 29 (4.97%) Java
7 26 (4.45%) C
8 19 (3.25%) Go
9 17 (2.91%) C#
10 8 (1.37%) Perl
11 7 (1.20%) JavaScript
12 6 (1.03%) Bicep
12 6 (1.03%) PHP
12 6 (1.03%) VBA
13 5 (0.86%) Search Processing Language
14 4 (0.68%) Delphi
14 4 (0.68%) Pascal
15 3 (0.51%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.51%) TypeScript
16 2 (0.34%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 85 (14.55%) Degree
2 63 (10.79%) Security Cleared
3 49 (8.39%) SC Cleared
4 42 (7.19%) Microsoft Certification
5 41 (7.02%) Cisco Certification
6 32 (5.48%) CCNA
7 25 (4.28%) CCNP
8 24 (4.11%) Azure Certification
9 22 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (3.60%) CompTIA Security+
11 17 (2.91%) Network+ Certification
12 15 (2.57%) CREST Certified
13 11 (1.88%) RHCSA
14 10 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (1.71%) CEH
15 9 (1.54%) A+ Certification
15 9 (1.54%) GCIA
15 9 (1.54%) MCDST
15 9 (1.54%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 9 (1.54%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (7.53%) SLA
2 24 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (3.08%) GDPR
4 15 (2.57%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (2.05%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.20%) QA
7 4 (0.68%) DICOM
7 4 (0.68%) HL7
7 4 (0.68%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.51%) NIST
8 3 (0.51%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.34%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 2 (0.34%) GxP
10 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.17%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 256 (43.84%) Active Directory
2 107 (18.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 86 (14.73%) Hyper-V
4 22 (3.77%) Docker
5 14 (2.40%) Firmware
5 14 (2.40%) vSphere
6 9 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.37%) KVM
8 7 (1.20%) Virtual Servers
8 7 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.17%) QEMU
10 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.17%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.17%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 75 (12.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 52 (8.90%) Terraform
3 49 (8.39%) Ansible
4 34 (5.82%) Kubernetes
5 25 (4.28%) FortiGate
6 24 (4.11%) Grafana
6 24 (4.11%) Prometheus
7 21 (3.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 20 (3.42%) Nagios
9 15 (2.57%) Jamf Pro
10 13 (2.23%) QRadar
11 8 (1.37%) Puppet
12 6 (1.03%) Kibana
12 6 (1.03%) SCCM
12 6 (1.03%) vCenter Server
12 6 (1.03%) VxRail
12 6 (1.03%) WSUS
13 5 (0.86%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
14 4 (0.68%) Autotask
Vendors
1 323 (55.31%) Microsoft
2 135 (23.12%) VMware
3 69 (11.82%) Cisco
4 31 (5.31%) Meraki
4 31 (5.31%) Veeam
5 29 (4.97%) SolarWinds
6 28 (4.79%) Google
7 24 (4.11%) Fortinet
8 23 (3.94%) Citrix
8 23 (3.94%) Splunk
9 22 (3.77%) Apple
9 22 (3.77%) Red Hat
10 21 (3.60%) Palo Alto
11 19 (3.25%) Dell
11 19 (3.25%) HP
12 18 (3.08%) CrowdStrike
12 18 (3.08%) ServiceNow
13 11 (1.88%) Zscaler
14 10 (1.71%) Sophos
15 9 (1.54%) SonicWALL