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 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 209 220
Rank change year-on-year -54 +11 +5
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 735 769 1,215
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.74% 1.56% 1.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.05% 10.69% 10.26%
Number of salaries quoted 575 546 963
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 £39,750 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.14% -5.36% -6.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -5.41% -1.33% -11.76%

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 7,315 7,193 11,839
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.32% 14.58% 12.31%
Number of salaries quoted 4,716 4,156 8,174
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% -7.83%
75th Percentile £70,000 £64,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £82,500 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £38,047 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.70% -15.45% -

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 20 July 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 20 July 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 -43 691 £37,750 -3.70% 238
UK excluding London -55 514 £35,000 -5.41% 201
Work from Home +14 229 £40,000 -15.79% 92
London -27 209 £60,000 +15.38% 71
South East -14 159 £37,500 +4.17% 76
North of England -4 144 £32,500 -15.58% 37
Midlands -49 78 £32,500 - 25
North West +24 68 £31,875 -20.31% 12
East of England -27 59 £36,250 -23.68% 26
Yorkshire -33 58 £32,500 -13.33% 22
East Midlands -19 42 £32,500 +0.78% 10
South West -58 42 £33,500 -12.30% 31
West Midlands -44 36 £33,250 +2.31% 15
Wales -59 21 £40,000 +14.29% 5
North East -45 18 £40,000 +37.93% 7
Scotland -3 9 £51,750 +8.95% 9
Northern Ireland - 2 £58,151 - 3

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
1 130 (17.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 95 (12.93%) SharePoint
3 24 (3.27%) IIS
4 11 (1.50%) Apache
5 4 (0.54%) Confluence
6 3 (0.41%) SAS
7 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
Applications
1 61 (8.30%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.27%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.14%) Houdini
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.14%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) Sage 200
1 2 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 325 (44.22%) Microsoft 365
2 310 (42.18%) Azure
3 157 (21.36%) Entra ID
4 134 (18.23%) AWS
5 35 (4.76%) GCP
6 21 (2.86%) IaaS
6 21 (2.86%) OneDrive
7 18 (2.45%) GitHub
8 17 (2.31%) PaaS
8 17 (2.31%) SaaS
9 14 (1.90%) AWS CloudFormation
10 12 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (1.36%) Amazon ECS
11 10 (1.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 9 (1.22%) Google Workspace
12 9 (1.22%) OpenShift
13 8 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
14 7 (0.95%) Azure Monitor
14 7 (0.95%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 433 (58.91%) DNS
2 335 (45.58%) DHCP
3 330 (44.90%) Firewall
4 244 (33.20%) VPN
5 182 (24.76%) WAN
6 174 (23.67%) LAN
7 159 (21.63%) VLAN
8 85 (11.56%) Wi-Fi
9 82 (11.16%) Network Security
10 71 (9.66%) HTTP
11 64 (8.71%) VoIP
12 60 (8.16%) BGP
12 60 (8.16%) Wireless
13 42 (5.71%) SD-WAN
14 41 (5.58%) OSPF
15 24 (3.27%) Multicast
16 20 (2.72%) SSL
17 19 (2.59%) Ethernet
18 18 (2.45%) WLAN
19 17 (2.31%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (5.17%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.31%) Amazon RDS
3 12 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (1.50%) MySQL
5 6 (0.82%) Crystal Reports
5 6 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.82%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.68%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.68%) Redis
7 4 (0.54%) InfluxDB
8 3 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.41%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.27%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.14%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.14%) KDB
10 1 (0.14%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle9i Database
10 1 (0.14%) Power BI
10 1 (0.14%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 30 (4.08%) JIRA
2 13 (1.77%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.63%) Bitbucket
3 12 (1.63%) Git
4 5 (0.68%) GitLab
4 5 (0.68%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.27%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.27%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.14%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.14%) CMake
6 1 (0.14%) LSMW
General
1 337 (45.85%) Social Skills
2 95 (12.93%) Finance
3 87 (11.84%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (8.16%) Telecoms
5 52 (7.07%) Law
6 43 (5.85%) Banking
7 40 (5.44%) Organisational Skills
8 35 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
9 26 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 25 (3.40%) Retail
11 21 (2.86%) Electronics
12 20 (2.72%) Aerospace
13 16 (2.18%) Investment Banking
14 14 (1.90%) Manufacturing
14 14 (1.90%) Public Sector
15 9 (1.22%) Back Office
15 9 (1.22%) Legal
16 8 (1.09%) Automotive
17 6 (0.82%) Spanish Language
18 5 (0.68%) Military
Job Titles
1 197 (26.80%) IT Support
2 138 (18.78%) Support Engineer
3 116 (15.78%) IT Engineer
4 98 (13.33%) Analyst
5 92 (12.52%) IT Support Engineer
6 86 (11.70%) Network Engineer
7 75 (10.20%) Senior
8 63 (8.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 59 (8.03%) Support Technician
10 55 (7.48%) 2nd Line Support
11 54 (7.35%) IT Technician
12 52 (7.07%) IT Support Technician
13 38 (5.17%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 38 (5.17%) Support Analyst
14 35 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 33 (4.49%) IT Analyst
16 32 (4.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 30 (4.08%) Lead
18 27 (3.67%) IT Support Analyst
19 25 (3.40%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.59%) LDAP
2 14 (1.90%) Elastic Stack
2 14 (1.90%) Middleware
2 14 (1.90%) React
2 14 (1.90%) WebSockets
3 13 (1.77%) gRPC
4 12 (1.63%) Node.js
5 11 (1.50%) .NET
6 10 (1.36%) Django
7 8 (1.09%) XML
8 7 (0.95%) 802.1X
8 7 (0.95%) AngularJS
8 7 (0.95%) JSON
8 7 (0.95%) RESTful
9 6 (0.82%) ARM Templates
9 6 (0.82%) REST
10 5 (0.68%) CSS
10 5 (0.68%) HTML
11 4 (0.54%) ADO
11 4 (0.54%) COM
Miscellaneous
1 105 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 47 (6.39%) Data Centre
2 47 (6.39%) Onboarding
3 31 (4.22%) Self-Motivation
4 29 (3.95%) Cyber Threat
5 25 (3.40%) Security Posture
6 20 (2.72%) Security Operations Centre
7 18 (2.45%) Linux Command Line
8 16 (2.18%) CCTV
8 16 (2.18%) Cyber Defence
8 16 (2.18%) FPGA
9 15 (2.04%) MPEG
10 14 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (1.90%) PKI
11 13 (1.77%) Client/Server
11 13 (1.77%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (1.77%) Replication
12 12 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
13 11 (1.50%) Life Science
13 11 (1.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 447 (60.82%) Windows
2 242 (32.93%) Windows Server
3 163 (22.18%) Linux
4 96 (13.06%) Windows 10
5 54 (7.35%) Mac OS
6 36 (4.90%) Apple iOS
7 25 (3.40%) Android
8 19 (2.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 19 (2.59%) Unix
8 19 (2.59%) Windows Server 2016
9 14 (1.90%) Ubuntu
10 11 (1.50%) Windows Server 2019
11 8 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
12 7 (0.95%) Debian
13 5 (0.68%) CentOS
13 5 (0.68%) Kali Linux
13 5 (0.68%) VMS
13 5 (0.68%) Windows 7
14 4 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
15 2 (0.27%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (36.73%) Problem-Solving
2 156 (21.22%) Customer Service
3 130 (17.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 123 (16.73%) Cybersecurity
5 105 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 105 (14.29%) ITIL
6 92 (12.52%) Disaster Recovery
7 88 (11.97%) Service Delivery
8 77 (10.48%) Incident Response
9 72 (9.80%) Infrastructure as Code
9 72 (9.80%) ITSM
10 69 (9.39%) Project Delivery
11 65 (8.84%) DevOps
12 63 (8.57%) Mentoring
13 61 (8.30%) High Availability
14 55 (7.48%) SIEM
15 53 (7.21%) CI/CD
16 51 (6.94%) Incident Management
17 47 (6.39%) Computer Science
18 45 (6.12%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 124 (16.87%) PowerShell
2 119 (16.19%) Python
3 62 (8.44%) Bash
4 60 (8.16%) SQL
5 37 (5.03%) C++
6 26 (3.54%) Java
7 23 (3.13%) C
8 17 (2.31%) Go
9 15 (2.04%) C#
10 14 (1.90%) VBA
11 12 (1.63%) Perl
12 11 (1.50%) PHP
13 8 (1.09%) JavaScript
14 7 (0.95%) Bicep
14 7 (0.95%) Search Processing Language
15 5 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
16 4 (0.54%) Delphi
16 4 (0.54%) Pascal
16 4 (0.54%) Ruby
16 4 (0.54%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 124 (16.87%) Degree
2 83 (11.29%) Security Cleared
3 76 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
4 63 (8.57%) SC Cleared
5 62 (8.44%) CCNA
6 59 (8.03%) Microsoft Certification
7 50 (6.80%) CCNP
8 29 (3.95%) Azure Certification
9 26 (3.54%) CompTIA Security+
10 22 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
11 17 (2.31%) CREST Certified
11 17 (2.31%) Network+ Certification
12 14 (1.90%) CEH
12 14 (1.90%) GCIA
12 14 (1.90%) HND
13 12 (1.63%) GIAC
13 12 (1.63%) HNC
14 11 (1.50%) RHCSA
15 10 (1.36%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (8.16%) SLA
2 27 (3.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 26 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 16 (2.18%) GDPR
5 15 (2.04%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.82%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.68%) NIST
7 5 (0.68%) QA
8 4 (0.54%) DICOM
8 4 (0.54%) HL7
9 3 (0.41%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.14%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 319 (43.40%) Active Directory
2 131 (17.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 125 (17.01%) Hyper-V
4 25 (3.40%) Docker
5 16 (2.18%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (2.04%) Firmware
6 15 (2.04%) vSphere
7 9 (1.22%) KVM
7 9 (1.22%) Virtual Servers
7 9 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.41%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.14%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.14%) QEMU
10 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.14%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.14%) Xen
Systems Management
1 110 (14.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 60 (8.16%) Terraform
3 56 (7.62%) Ansible
4 38 (5.17%) Kubernetes
5 35 (4.76%) FortiGate
6 23 (3.13%) Grafana
6 23 (3.13%) Prometheus
7 18 (2.45%) Nagios
8 16 (2.18%) Jamf Pro
9 15 (2.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 14 (1.90%) QRadar
11 9 (1.22%) Puppet
11 9 (1.22%) WSUS
12 8 (1.09%) Kibana
13 7 (0.95%) SCCM
13 7 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
14 6 (0.82%) VxRail
15 5 (0.68%) AWS Copilot
15 5 (0.68%) Control-M
15 5 (0.68%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 420 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 157 (21.36%) VMware
3 94 (12.79%) Cisco
4 42 (5.71%) Fortinet
5 39 (5.31%) Veeam
6 38 (5.17%) Meraki
7 34 (4.63%) ServiceNow
8 30 (4.08%) Palo Alto
8 30 (4.08%) Splunk
9 28 (3.81%) SolarWinds
10 24 (3.27%) Apple
11 20 (2.72%) Citrix
11 20 (2.72%) Dell
11 20 (2.72%) Google
11 20 (2.72%) HP
12 18 (2.45%) Sophos
13 17 (2.31%) CrowdStrike
13 17 (2.31%) SonicWALL
14 15 (2.04%) Red Hat
14 15 (2.04%) Zscaler