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

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 201 195 163
Rank change year-on-year -6 -32 +91
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 711 935 1,089
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.36% 1.39% 2.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.45% 11.92% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 552 518 831
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £27,738
25th Percentile £29,750 £33,200 £33,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £47,250
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +0.53% +5.00%
75th Percentile £57,813 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £46,250 £43,500
% change year-on-year -24.32% +6.32% +8.75%

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 7,525 7,845 8,167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.37% 11.66% 15.46%
Number of salaries quoted 4,191 3,980 6,543
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.25% +6.00% -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 17 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 17 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 -5 648 £37,500 -21.05% 659
UK excluding London +1 491 £35,000 -24.32% 532
London +66 201 £52,500 +3.05% 193
Work from Home -12 182 £40,500 -23.58% 428
North of England +35 130 £33,000 -22.35% 58
South East -26 127 £37,500 -21.05% 244
Midlands +36 76 £35,000 - 48
Yorkshire +18 61 £32,000 -24.71% 18
South West -15 58 £34,500 -44.80% 62
East of England -2 55 £32,500 -18.75% 84
East Midlands +10 39 £32,500 -40.91% 25
North East +38 38 £29,000 -58.16% 6
West Midlands +29 37 £38,750 +10.71% 23
North West +8 31 £40,500 -4.71% 34
Wales +11 23 £47,750 +2.69% 15
Scotland -13 19 £31,000 -22.50% 35
Northern Ireland -6 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
1 177 (24.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 102 (14.35%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.11%) IIS
4 8 (1.13%) nginx
5 4 (0.56%) 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 (9.42%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.69%) MS Visio
3 10 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.98%) 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 (0.56%) 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
1 367 (51.62%) Microsoft 365
2 346 (48.66%) Azure
3 134 (18.85%) Entra ID
4 99 (13.92%) AWS
5 44 (6.19%) GCP
6 43 (6.05%) SaaS
7 32 (4.50%) PaaS
8 27 (3.80%) IaaS
9 26 (3.66%) OneDrive
10 25 (3.52%) Amazon ECS
11 20 (2.81%) Amazon ECR
11 20 (2.81%) AWS CloudFormation
11 20 (2.81%) dbt
11 20 (2.81%) Pulumi
12 16 (2.25%) GitHub
13 15 (2.11%) Google Workspace
14 12 (1.69%) Amazon ElastiCache
14 12 (1.69%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 12 (1.69%) Sentry
15 9 (1.27%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 402 (56.54%) DNS
2 348 (48.95%) DHCP
3 289 (40.65%) Firewall
4 232 (32.63%) VPN
5 192 (27.00%) VLAN
6 160 (22.50%) WAN
7 156 (21.94%) LAN
8 90 (12.66%) Wi-Fi
9 75 (10.55%) VoIP
10 72 (10.13%) Network Security
11 65 (9.14%) Wireless
12 43 (6.05%) BGP
12 43 (6.05%) OSPF
13 38 (5.34%) SD-WAN
14 30 (4.22%) Internet
15 26 (3.66%) SSL
16 25 (3.52%) HTTP
16 25 (3.52%) SAN
17 22 (3.09%) MPLS
18 20 (2.81%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (6.75%) Amazon RDS
2 42 (5.91%) SQL Server
3 22 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (2.81%) Elasticsearch
4 20 (2.81%) Redis
5 10 (1.41%) MySQL
6 8 (1.13%) Power BI
7 7 (0.98%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.70%) 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 20 (2.81%) Git
2 13 (1.83%) JIRA
3 9 (1.27%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.98%) Burp Suite
4 7 (0.98%) Metasploit
5 6 (0.84%) 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
1 345 (48.52%) Social Skills
2 82 (11.53%) Finance
3 50 (7.03%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (6.33%) Banking
5 38 (5.34%) Manufacturing
6 35 (4.92%) Telecoms
7 31 (4.36%) Law
8 25 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
8 25 (3.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 23 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (2.67%) Investment Banking
10 19 (2.67%) Legal
10 19 (2.67%) Retail
11 18 (2.53%) Advertising
12 13 (1.83%) Marketing
13 12 (1.69%) Public Sector
14 9 (1.27%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (1.13%) Games
16 7 (0.98%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 186 (26.16%) IT Support
2 155 (21.80%) Support Engineer
3 100 (14.06%) IT Engineer
4 85 (11.95%) IT Support Engineer
5 81 (11.39%) 2nd Line Support
6 73 (10.27%) Analyst
6 73 (10.27%) Senior
7 66 (9.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 57 (8.02%) Support Technician
8 57 (8.02%) Technical Support
9 50 (7.03%) Network Engineer
10 47 (6.61%) IT Technician
10 47 (6.61%) Support Analyst
11 43 (6.05%) IT Support Technician
12 40 (5.63%) Technical Engineer
13 39 (5.49%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 39 (5.49%) Technical Support Engineer
14 34 (4.78%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 32 (4.50%) 3rd Line Support
16 30 (4.22%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.81%) Django
2 13 (1.83%) .NET
3 10 (1.41%) 802.1X
4 7 (0.98%) Kafka
4 7 (0.98%) Middleware
5 5 (0.70%) Elastic Stack
5 5 (0.70%) LDAP
6 4 (0.56%) FIX Protocol
6 4 (0.56%) OAuth
6 4 (0.56%) 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%) Sass
8 2 (0.28%) STL
8 2 (0.28%) WebRTC
8 2 (0.28%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 65 (9.14%) Driving Licence
2 62 (8.72%) Onboarding
3 48 (6.75%) Data Centre
4 27 (3.80%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (3.52%) Management Information System
6 23 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
7 20 (2.81%) FPGA
8 19 (2.67%) Linux Command Line
8 19 (2.67%) Security Operations Centre
9 17 (2.39%) iPad
10 16 (2.25%) Cloud Native
11 15 (2.11%) Clustering
11 15 (2.11%) Hedge funds
11 15 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
11 15 (2.11%) Video Conferencing
12 14 (1.97%) Cyber Threat
12 14 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
12 14 (1.97%) iPhone
13 13 (1.83%) IoT
13 13 (1.83%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 412 (57.95%) Windows
2 236 (33.19%) Windows Server
3 156 (21.94%) Linux
4 118 (16.60%) Windows 10
5 51 (7.17%) Mac OS
6 44 (6.19%) Unix
7 25 (3.52%) Windows Server 2016
8 23 (3.23%) Android
9 21 (2.95%) Windows Server 2012
10 19 (2.67%) Windows Server 2019
11 16 (2.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 8 (1.13%) Apple iOS
12 8 (1.13%) Mac OS X
12 8 (1.13%) Ubuntu
13 7 (0.98%) VMS
14 6 (0.84%) CentOS
15 5 (0.70%) FreeRTOS
15 5 (0.70%) Windows 7
16 4 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
16 4 (0.56%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (30.80%) Problem-Solving
2 144 (20.25%) Customer Service
3 136 (19.13%) Cybersecurity
4 107 (15.05%) ITIL
5 101 (14.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 70 (9.85%) DevOps
7 63 (8.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 61 (8.58%) Disaster Recovery
9 55 (7.74%) Infrastructure as Code
10 52 (7.31%) Mentoring
11 50 (7.03%) CI/CD
12 49 (6.89%) Agile
13 43 (6.05%) Collaborative Working
14 40 (5.63%) Migration
15 38 (5.34%) Root Cause Analysis
16 37 (5.20%) Incident Response
17 34 (4.78%) Computer Science
18 33 (4.64%) High Availability
19 31 (4.36%) Network Management
20 30 (4.22%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 118 (16.60%) PowerShell
2 100 (14.06%) Python
3 47 (6.61%) C++
4 39 (5.49%) C
4 39 (5.49%) Java
4 39 (5.49%) SQL
5 30 (4.22%) Bash
6 11 (1.55%) C#
7 10 (1.41%) Go
8 7 (0.98%) VBScript
9 6 (0.84%) R
10 5 (0.70%) Bicep
10 5 (0.70%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.56%) Rust
12 2 (0.28%) Embedded C++
12 2 (0.28%) Perl
12 2 (0.28%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.14%) Bourne shell
13 1 (0.14%) PHP
13 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 104 (14.63%) Degree
2 76 (10.69%) Security Cleared
3 62 (8.72%) Cisco Certification
4 61 (8.58%) Microsoft Certification
5 57 (8.02%) SC Cleared
6 41 (5.77%) CCNA
7 33 (4.64%) CCNP
8 30 (4.22%) Azure Certification
9 28 (3.94%) A+ Certification
10 25 (3.52%) Network+ Certification
11 23 (3.23%) MCP
12 18 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
13 15 (2.11%) CISSP
13 15 (2.11%) CompTIA Security+
13 15 (2.11%) MCSA
14 14 (1.97%) DV Cleared
14 14 (1.97%) HND
15 13 (1.83%) AWS Certification
15 13 (1.83%) DBS Check
15 13 (1.83%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (3.66%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (2.53%) GDPR
4 17 (2.39%) SLA
5 6 (0.84%) NIST
6 5 (0.70%) GRC
7 4 (0.56%) MISRA
7 4 (0.56%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.56%) 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
1 373 (52.46%) Active Directory
2 160 (22.50%) Hyper-V
3 144 (20.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 36 (5.06%) Docker
5 22 (3.09%) vSphere
6 18 (2.53%) Firmware
7 12 (1.69%) NFS
8 11 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (0.70%) KVM
9 5 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.56%) BitLocker
10 4 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
10 4 (0.56%) XenApp
11 3 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.28%) pfSense
12 2 (0.28%) RHEV
12 2 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.28%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.28%) Xen
13 1 (0.14%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 149 (20.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 56 (7.88%) Terraform
3 39 (5.49%) Ansible
4 34 (4.78%) SCCM
5 27 (3.80%) Kubernetes
6 26 (3.66%) FortiGate
7 17 (2.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 17 (2.39%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (1.69%) AWS Copilot
9 11 (1.55%) Autotask
10 9 (1.27%) Nagios
10 9 (1.27%) Nessus
11 8 (1.13%) Failover Clustering
12 7 (0.98%) Grafana
12 7 (0.98%) Nmap
12 7 (0.98%) Prometheus
13 5 (0.70%) MaaS360
13 5 (0.70%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.56%) HAProxy
14 4 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 410 (57.67%) Microsoft
2 150 (21.10%) VMware
3 139 (19.55%) Cisco
4 46 (6.47%) Google
5 43 (6.05%) Veeam
6 30 (4.22%) Fortinet
6 30 (4.22%) SonicWALL
7 28 (3.94%) Meraki
8 25 (3.52%) Palo Alto
8 25 (3.52%) Red Hat
9 24 (3.38%) Apple
10 23 (3.23%) WatchGuard
11 20 (2.81%) Citrix
12 19 (2.67%) Bloomberg
13 18 (2.53%) Reuters
14 17 (2.39%) Juniper
15 16 (2.25%) SolarWinds
16 15 (2.11%) HP
16 15 (2.11%) Sophos
17 14 (1.97%) Splunk