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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 222 202
Rank change year-on-year -76 -20 +44
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 552 668 1,407
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.61% 1.54% 1.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.48% 10.58% 10.86%
Number of salaries quoted 408 479 1,168
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,050 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £58,078
90th Percentile £78,865 £77,500 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £42,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +13.33% -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 10,077 6,315 12,955
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.12% 14.54% 13.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,974 3,787 9,441
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £32,680 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £77,715
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.45% -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 8 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 8 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 -68 508 £40,000 -11.11% 214
UK excluding London -101 330 £34,000 -20.00% 182
London +5 202 £55,000 +6.80% 57
Work from Home -5 162 £42,500 -22.73% 94
North of England -26 107 £34,000 -23.94% 39
South East -80 83 £35,000 -6.67% 66
Yorkshire -40 51 £32,500 -27.29% 16
Midlands -68 46 £32,500 - 20
South West -30 42 £39,000 -24.61% 29
North West -15 40 £40,000 -5.88% 18
East Midlands -36 32 £32,500 +6.56% 4
East of England -55 28 £41,750 -7.22% 27
North East -22 16 £45,000 -35.14% 7
Wales -33 16 £29,500 -54.62% 7
West Midlands -60 14 £37,500 +7.14% 16
Scotland -32 7 £46,000 -8.00% 4
Northern Ireland -35 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
1 108 (19.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 72 (13.04%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.17%) IIS
4 4 (0.72%) Confluence
5 3 (0.54%) Apache
6 2 (0.36%) nginx
7 1 (0.18%) CMS
7 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 71 (12.86%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.36%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.36%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 248 (44.93%) Azure
2 230 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
3 112 (20.29%) AWS
3 112 (20.29%) Entra ID
4 36 (6.52%) GCP
5 28 (5.07%) Google Workspace
6 23 (4.17%) OneDrive
7 22 (3.99%) GitHub
8 19 (3.44%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (3.26%) GitHub Actions
9 18 (3.26%) IaaS
10 14 (2.54%) PaaS
11 13 (2.36%) SaaS
12 11 (1.99%) Amazon ECS
13 10 (1.81%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (1.63%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
15 7 (1.27%) Route 53
15 7 (1.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 6 (1.09%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 342 (61.96%) DNS
2 266 (48.19%) DHCP
3 212 (38.41%) Firewall
4 169 (30.62%) VPN
5 153 (27.72%) WAN
6 132 (23.91%) LAN
7 103 (18.66%) VLAN
8 67 (12.14%) Wi-Fi
9 54 (9.78%) HTTP
10 53 (9.60%) Network Security
11 42 (7.61%) SD-WAN
12 41 (7.43%) VoIP
13 40 (7.25%) Wireless
14 31 (5.62%) BGP
15 25 (4.53%) OSPF
16 19 (3.44%) SMTP
17 18 (3.26%) Multicast
18 17 (3.08%) Wireshark
19 14 (2.54%) SAN
20 11 (1.99%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.07%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.26%) Amazon RDS
3 15 (2.72%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (1.09%) MySQL
5 5 (0.91%) NoSQL
5 5 (0.91%) Redis
6 4 (0.72%) Power BI
6 4 (0.72%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.54%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.36%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.18%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.18%) InfluxDB
9 1 (0.18%) KDB
9 1 (0.18%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.18%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.18%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 20 (3.62%) Jenkins
2 17 (3.08%) Git
3 10 (1.81%) Bitbucket
4 9 (1.63%) Metasploit
5 8 (1.45%) JIRA
6 7 (1.27%) GitLab
7 5 (0.91%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.36%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.18%) CMake
9 1 (0.18%) Selenium
9 1 (0.18%) WebDriver
General
1 229 (41.49%) Social Skills
2 97 (17.57%) Finance
3 74 (13.41%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (7.79%) Banking
5 40 (7.25%) Law
6 34 (6.16%) Telecoms
7 31 (5.62%) Organisational Skills
8 26 (4.71%) Documentation Skills
8 26 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (3.44%) Investment Banking
10 17 (3.08%) Retail
11 14 (2.54%) Aerospace
11 14 (2.54%) Back Office
11 14 (2.54%) Manufacturing
11 14 (2.54%) Public Sector
12 13 (2.36%) Legal
13 9 (1.63%) Automotive
14 7 (1.27%) Electronics
15 6 (1.09%) Spanish Language
16 5 (0.91%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 140 (25.36%) IT Support
2 85 (15.40%) Support Engineer
3 72 (13.04%) Analyst
4 67 (12.14%) Senior
5 57 (10.33%) IT Engineer
6 54 (9.78%) 2nd Line Support
6 54 (9.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 53 (9.60%) IT Support Engineer
8 52 (9.42%) Support Technician
9 42 (7.61%) Network Engineer
10 41 (7.43%) IT Support Technician
10 41 (7.43%) IT Technician
11 38 (6.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 33 (5.98%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 33 (5.98%) Developer
13 32 (5.80%) Support Analyst
14 28 (5.07%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 26 (4.71%) C++ Developer
16 23 (4.17%) Infrastructure Support
17 22 (3.99%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.26%) Elastic Stack
2 10 (1.81%) WebSockets
3 9 (1.63%) LDAP
4 7 (1.27%) REST
5 6 (1.09%) .NET
5 6 (1.09%) 802.1X
5 6 (1.09%) Django
5 6 (1.09%) RESTful
6 5 (0.91%) ARM Templates
6 5 (0.91%) FIX Protocol
6 5 (0.91%) gRPC
7 4 (0.72%) ADO
7 4 (0.72%) Middleware
7 4 (0.72%) React
8 3 (0.54%) .NET Core
8 3 (0.54%) Qt
8 3 (0.54%) Sass
8 3 (0.54%) ZeroMQ
9 2 (0.36%) JWT
9 2 (0.36%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 70 (12.68%) Driving Licence
2 33 (5.98%) Onboarding
3 32 (5.80%) Data Centre
4 21 (3.80%) FPGA
4 21 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
5 20 (3.62%) Cyber Threat
5 20 (3.62%) Security Posture
5 20 (3.62%) Video Conferencing
6 18 (3.26%) EPoS
7 13 (2.36%) Cloud Native
8 12 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (2.17%) Replication
9 11 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (1.99%) Cyber Defence
9 11 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (1.99%) Management Information System
10 10 (1.81%) Linux Command Line
10 10 (1.81%) MPEG
10 10 (1.81%) NHS
11 9 (1.63%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 336 (60.87%) Windows
2 192 (34.78%) Windows Server
3 130 (23.55%) Linux
4 104 (18.84%) Windows 10
5 40 (7.25%) Mac OS
6 39 (7.07%) Apple iOS
7 27 (4.89%) Android
8 25 (4.53%) Windows Server 2016
9 24 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 19 (3.44%) Windows Server 2019
11 18 (3.26%) Unix
12 15 (2.72%) Windows Server 2012
13 8 (1.45%) CentOS
14 7 (1.27%) Windows 7
15 6 (1.09%) VMS
16 5 (0.91%) Ubuntu
17 4 (0.72%) Kali Linux
18 3 (0.54%) CoreOS
19 2 (0.36%) Oracle Linux
19 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (34.42%) Problem-Solving
2 109 (19.75%) Customer Service
3 86 (15.58%) ITIL
4 78 (14.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 71 (12.86%) Infrastructure as Code
6 64 (11.59%) Cybersecurity
7 63 (11.41%) Continuous Improvement
8 61 (11.05%) Disaster Recovery
8 61 (11.05%) Service Delivery
9 59 (10.69%) DevOps
10 57 (10.33%) Incident Response
11 50 (9.06%) Root Cause Analysis
12 49 (8.88%) CI/CD
13 47 (8.51%) Incident Management
14 40 (7.25%) SIEM
15 38 (6.88%) High Availability
15 38 (6.88%) ITSM
16 37 (6.70%) Mentoring
17 36 (6.52%) Computer Science
18 33 (5.98%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 104 (18.84%) Python
2 102 (18.48%) PowerShell
3 57 (10.33%) Bash
4 39 (7.07%) C++
4 39 (7.07%) SQL
5 31 (5.62%) Java
6 24 (4.35%) C
7 23 (4.17%) Go
8 12 (2.17%) C#
9 6 (1.09%) Bicep
10 5 (0.91%) Perl
11 4 (0.72%) Delphi
11 4 (0.72%) Pascal
11 4 (0.72%) PHP
12 3 (0.54%) JavaScript
12 3 (0.54%) Search Processing Language
12 3 (0.54%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.36%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.36%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 82 (14.86%) Degree
2 47 (8.51%) Security Cleared
3 42 (7.61%) Microsoft Certification
4 41 (7.43%) SC Cleared
5 39 (7.07%) Cisco Certification
6 30 (5.43%) CCNA
7 26 (4.71%) CCNP
8 23 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (3.99%) Azure Certification
10 16 (2.90%) CompTIA Security+
11 15 (2.72%) Network+ Certification
12 13 (2.36%) DBS Check
13 12 (2.17%) CREST Certified
14 10 (1.81%) RHCSA
15 9 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
15 9 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
15 9 (1.63%) Master's Degree
15 9 (1.63%) MCDST
15 9 (1.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 8 (1.45%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.80%) SLA
2 30 (5.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (3.62%) GDPR
4 14 (2.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (1.81%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.27%) SOC 2
7 6 (1.09%) QA
8 4 (0.72%) DICOM
8 4 (0.72%) HL7
8 4 (0.72%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.54%) NIST
10 2 (0.36%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 2 (0.36%) GxP
11 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 245 (44.38%) Active Directory
2 99 (17.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 73 (13.22%) Hyper-V
4 18 (3.26%) Docker
5 13 (2.36%) Firmware
5 13 (2.36%) vSphere
6 11 (1.99%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (1.63%) KVM
8 5 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.72%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.18%) QEMU
11 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 75 (13.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 59 (10.69%) Terraform
3 58 (10.51%) Ansible
4 30 (5.43%) Kubernetes
5 22 (3.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 21 (3.80%) Grafana
6 21 (3.80%) Prometheus
7 18 (3.26%) FortiGate
8 14 (2.54%) Jamf Pro
9 13 (2.36%) Nagios
10 10 (1.81%) SCCM
11 8 (1.45%) Puppet
12 7 (1.27%) QRadar
13 6 (1.09%) Nessus
13 6 (1.09%) vCenter Server
14 5 (0.91%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.91%) Nmap
14 5 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
14 5 (0.91%) VxRail
14 5 (0.91%) WSUS
Vendors
1 299 (54.17%) Microsoft
2 125 (22.64%) VMware
3 61 (11.05%) Cisco
4 31 (5.62%) Google
5 29 (5.25%) SolarWinds
6 28 (5.07%) Meraki
7 26 (4.71%) Palo Alto
8 24 (4.35%) Citrix
8 24 (4.35%) Red Hat
9 23 (4.17%) Veeam
10 21 (3.80%) Dell
11 20 (3.62%) Apple
11 20 (3.62%) HP
12 18 (3.26%) Fortinet
13 15 (2.72%) CrowdStrike
13 15 (2.72%) Splunk
14 12 (2.17%) ServiceNow
15 10 (1.81%) Zscaler
16 8 (1.45%) Sophos
16 8 (1.45%) Yealink