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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 224 215 180
Rank change year-on-year -9 -35 +89
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 690 983 1,171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.40% 1.26% 1.90%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.64% 10.55% 11.88%
Number of salaries quoted 494 589 895
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,875 £75,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -15.00% -5.88% +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 7,158 9,321 9,857
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.53% 11.99% 16.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3,986 4,891 6,940
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,369 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £50,985
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -1.93% -2.89%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -26.32% +5.56% -5.26%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing TCP/IP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP 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 16 September 2025.

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 16 September 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 -8 636 £37,500 -11.76% 273
UK excluding London -15 501 £34,000 -15.00% 237
London +28 174 £55,000 - 67
Work from Home -41 170 £42,000 -20.00% 106
South East -4 153 £37,000 -12.94% 79
Midlands +40 105 £32,500 -7.14% 43
North of England +11 100 £35,000 -6.67% 42
East of England -13 67 £45,000 +12.50% 52
West Midlands +50 57 £32,500 -7.14% 20
Yorkshire +10 52 £43,750 +18.24% 14
East Midlands +5 48 £30,000 -14.29% 22
South West -1 41 £34,500 -42.50% 20
Wales +31 25 £35,000 -22.22% 3
North East +38 24 £29,000 -38.95% 7
North West -48 24 £40,500 +8.00% 23
Scotland +46 16 £30,000 -23.08% 8
Channel Islands - 2 £55,000 -

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 135 (19.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 82 (11.88%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.32%) IIS
4 6 (0.87%) nginx
5 4 (0.58%) Traefik
6 2 (0.29%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.14%) Apache
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 72 (10.43%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.88%) MS Visio
3 9 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (1.16%) AutoCAD
5 7 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.14%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 6 (0.87%) Dynamics NAV
1 6 (0.87%) SAP ERP
2 4 (0.58%) Visualfiles
3 2 (0.29%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.14%) Eikon
4 1 (0.14%) Pegasus Opera
Cloud Services
1 313 (45.36%) Microsoft 365
2 268 (38.84%) Azure
3 96 (13.91%) Entra ID
4 78 (11.30%) AWS
5 38 (5.51%) SaaS
6 28 (4.06%) IaaS
7 25 (3.62%) OneDrive
7 25 (3.62%) PaaS
8 21 (3.04%) GCP
9 15 (2.17%) Nutanix
10 13 (1.88%) GitHub
11 8 (1.16%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (1.16%) Serverless
12 7 (1.01%) Mimecast
13 6 (0.87%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (0.87%) Azure Storage
13 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Purview
13 6 (0.87%) OCI
14 5 (0.72%) Power Platform
14 5 (0.72%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 343 (49.71%) DNS
2 304 (44.06%) DHCP
3 266 (38.55%) VPN
4 250 (36.23%) Firewall
5 164 (23.77%) WAN
6 163 (23.62%) LAN
7 155 (22.46%) VLAN
8 76 (11.01%) Network Security
9 67 (9.71%) VoIP
10 60 (8.70%) Wi-Fi
11 46 (6.67%) BGP
12 42 (6.09%) Wireless
13 41 (5.94%) OSPF
14 35 (5.07%) SD-WAN
15 30 (4.35%) Internet
16 22 (3.19%) HTTP
16 22 (3.19%) SAN
17 17 (2.46%) ADSL
17 17 (2.46%) Remote Desktop
18 16 (2.32%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (5.22%) SQL Server
2 14 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.01%) MySQL
4 5 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (0.58%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.29%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.14%) Couchbase
7 1 (0.14%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.14%) FileMaker
7 1 (0.14%) JasperReports
7 1 (0.14%) Metadata
7 1 (0.14%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.14%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 64 (9.28%) Cucumber
1 64 (9.28%) Robot Framework
2 23 (3.33%) Git
3 5 (0.72%) JIRA
4 4 (0.58%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.58%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.58%) Metasploit
5 3 (0.43%) Snyk
5 3 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.29%) JMeter
7 1 (0.14%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.14%) GitLab
7 1 (0.14%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.14%) MLflow
7 1 (0.14%) Subversion
7 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 352 (51.01%) Social Skills
2 106 (15.36%) Telecoms
3 99 (14.35%) Finance
4 83 (12.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 57 (8.26%) Analytical Skills
6 55 (7.97%) Banking
7 31 (4.49%) Manufacturing
8 27 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
9 26 (3.77%) Legal
10 23 (3.33%) Law
10 23 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (2.61%) Advertising
12 17 (2.46%) Investment Banking
13 13 (1.88%) Aerospace
14 12 (1.74%) Retail
15 10 (1.45%) Public Sector
16 9 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (1.01%) Local Government
18 6 (0.87%) Games
18 6 (0.87%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 127 (18.41%) IT Support
2 88 (12.75%) Analyst
2 88 (12.75%) Support Engineer
3 67 (9.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 65 (9.42%) Test Engineer
5 64 (9.28%) Test Automation Engineer
6 55 (7.97%) Network Engineer
7 53 (7.68%) Senior
7 53 (7.68%) Support Analyst
7 53 (7.68%) Technical Support
8 50 (7.25%) IT Engineer
9 46 (6.67%) 2nd Line Support
10 44 (6.38%) Lead
11 43 (6.23%) Support Technician
12 34 (4.93%) IT Support Engineer
13 33 (4.78%) 3rd Line Support
14 30 (4.35%) IT Technician
15 28 (4.06%) Technical Engineer
15 28 (4.06%) Technical Support Engineer
16 26 (3.77%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.74%) 802.1X
2 11 (1.59%) .NET
3 7 (1.01%) LDAP
4 6 (0.87%) Kafka
4 6 (0.87%) Middleware
5 4 (0.58%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (0.43%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.43%) EDI
6 3 (0.43%) FIX Protocol
6 3 (0.43%) FreeSWITCH
6 3 (0.43%) Node.js
6 3 (0.43%) WebSockets
7 2 (0.29%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.29%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.29%) AWS CDK
7 2 (0.29%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.29%) HTML
7 2 (0.29%) OAuth
7 2 (0.29%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 64 (9.28%) Linux Command Line
2 56 (8.12%) Driving Licence
3 45 (6.52%) Data Centre
4 35 (5.07%) Onboarding
5 30 (4.35%) Management Information System
6 25 (3.62%) Security Operations Centre
7 20 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (2.61%) FPGA
9 17 (2.46%) Hedge funds
10 16 (2.32%) Cyber Threat
11 15 (2.17%) Clustering
12 14 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (1.88%) Hybrid Cloud
13 13 (1.88%) iPad
13 13 (1.88%) Video Conferencing
14 10 (1.45%) IoT
14 10 (1.45%) iPhone
14 10 (1.45%) Robotics
15 9 (1.30%) Device Driver
16 8 (1.16%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 421 (61.01%) Windows
2 198 (28.70%) Windows Server
3 163 (23.62%) Linux
4 77 (11.16%) Windows 10
5 38 (5.51%) Mac OS
6 28 (4.06%) Windows Server 2012
7 26 (3.77%) Windows Server 2019
8 25 (3.62%) Windows Server 2016
9 23 (3.33%) Android
10 22 (3.19%) Unix
11 20 (2.90%) Apple iOS
12 19 (2.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 14 (2.03%) VMS
14 6 (0.87%) Windows 7
15 5 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
16 4 (0.58%) Ubuntu
17 3 (0.43%) CentOS
17 3 (0.43%) Kali Linux
18 2 (0.29%) Embedded Linux
18 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (34.49%) Problem-Solving
2 133 (19.28%) Cybersecurity
3 112 (16.23%) DevOps
4 110 (15.94%) Customer Service
5 106 (15.36%) Mentoring
6 92 (13.33%) ITIL
7 87 (12.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 74 (10.72%) Test Automation
9 70 (10.14%) Coaching
10 64 (9.28%) System Testing
10 64 (9.28%) Test Management
11 60 (8.70%) Disaster Recovery
12 55 (7.97%) Continuous Improvement
13 51 (7.39%) Incident Response
14 49 (7.10%) Collaborative Working
15 45 (6.52%) Incident Management
16 42 (6.09%) Root Cause Analysis
17 41 (5.94%) Computer Science
18 39 (5.65%) Agile
19 36 (5.22%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 177 (25.65%) PowerShell
2 122 (17.68%) Python
3 92 (13.33%) Bash
4 65 (9.42%) JavaScript
5 36 (5.22%) C++
6 31 (4.49%) C
7 30 (4.35%) Java
8 28 (4.06%) SQL
9 8 (1.16%) Bicep
10 7 (1.01%) R
10 7 (1.01%) VBScript
11 6 (0.87%) C#
12 4 (0.58%) Go
12 4 (0.58%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.58%) Objective-C
12 4 (0.58%) Perl
13 3 (0.43%) Rust
14 2 (0.29%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.14%) Bourne shell
15 1 (0.14%) Scala
Qualifications
1 163 (23.62%) Degree
2 68 (9.86%) Security Cleared
3 58 (8.41%) Cisco Certification
4 48 (6.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 45 (6.52%) SC Cleared
6 36 (5.22%) CCNA
7 31 (4.49%) CCNP
8 30 (4.35%) Azure Certification
9 20 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (2.46%) Network+ Certification
11 16 (2.32%) MCP
12 14 (2.03%) A+ Certification
12 14 (2.03%) CISSP
12 14 (2.03%) DV Cleared
13 13 (1.88%) CompTIA Security+
13 13 (1.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 12 (1.74%) MCSA
15 11 (1.59%) GCIA
16 10 (1.45%) HNC
16 10 (1.45%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (9.86%) QA
2 43 (6.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 33 (4.78%) SLA
4 27 (3.91%) Cyber Essentials
5 19 (2.75%) GDPR
6 7 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (0.58%) NIST
8 3 (0.43%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.43%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.43%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.29%) GRC
10 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.14%) GxP
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.14%) JTAG
10 1 (0.14%) MIL-STD-1553
10 1 (0.14%) NCSC
System Software
1 295 (42.75%) Active Directory
2 122 (17.68%) Hyper-V
3 121 (17.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (2.75%) Firmware
5 18 (2.61%) vSphere
6 12 (1.74%) Docker
6 12 (1.74%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (1.59%) NFS
8 8 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.58%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.43%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.43%) XenApp
12 2 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
12 2 (0.29%) KVM
12 2 (0.29%) pfSense
12 2 (0.29%) RHEV
12 2 (0.29%) Xen
13 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.14%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 121 (17.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 49 (7.10%) SCCM
3 44 (6.38%) Ansible
4 28 (4.06%) Terraform
5 26 (3.77%) Kubernetes
6 21 (3.04%) FortiGate
7 16 (2.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 16 (2.32%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (1.88%) Nagios
9 12 (1.74%) SCOM
10 10 (1.45%) QRadar
11 9 (1.30%) Autotask
12 8 (1.16%) NetBackup
13 6 (0.87%) ArcSight ESM
14 5 (0.72%) MaaS360
14 5 (0.72%) WSUS
15 4 (0.58%) Grafana
15 4 (0.58%) Nmap
15 4 (0.58%) Puppet
15 4 (0.58%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 361 (52.32%) Microsoft
2 135 (19.57%) VMware
3 124 (17.97%) Cisco
4 34 (4.93%) Veeam
5 27 (3.91%) Meraki
5 27 (3.91%) Splunk
6 26 (3.77%) Fortinet
6 26 (3.77%) Red Hat
7 23 (3.33%) SolarWinds
8 21 (3.04%) Citrix
9 19 (2.75%) Apple
10 18 (2.61%) ServiceNow
11 17 (2.46%) Bloomberg
11 17 (2.46%) SonicWALL
11 17 (2.46%) WatchGuard
12 16 (2.32%) Reuters
13 15 (2.17%) Sophos
14 14 (2.03%) Palo Alto
15 13 (1.88%) Avaya
15 13 (1.88%) McAfee