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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 251 224 205
Rank change year-on-year -27 -19 -28
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 866 700 1,005
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.73% 1.41% 1.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.02% 9.82% 11.01%
Number of salaries quoted 654 496 564
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,250 £28,575
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -14.77% -6.38%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,075 £75,625 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £34,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -13.75% -5.88%

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 7,855 7,125 9,128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.66% 14.40% 12.21%
Number of salaries quoted 4,883 3,924 4,523
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £29,750
25th Percentile £34,000 £28,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -21.57% -0.97%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,093 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +28.57% -26.32% +5.56%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -19 816 £40,000 +6.67% 618
UK excluding London -51 612 £37,500 +8.70% 424
Work from Home +24 262 £40,000 -5.88% 224
London 0 240 £57,500 +4.55% 230
South East -25 180 £37,500 - 106
North of England -36 145 £33,500 -4.29% 95
Midlands -28 122 £37,500 +15.38% 51
East of England -8 85 £35,000 -22.22% 56
North West +26 80 £32,125 -20.68% 54
West Midlands -36 72 £37,500 +15.38% 29
Yorkshire -36 53 £33,500 -8.84% 29
East Midlands -35 50 £36,000 +10.77% 22
South West -74 46 £32,500 -5.80% 56
Wales -82 15 £45,000 +28.57% 15
Scotland +13 13 £63,451 +111.50% 34
North East -81 12 £40,000 +37.93% 16
Northern Ireland - 6 £40,250 - 14

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
1 144 (16.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 116 (13.39%) SharePoint
3 25 (2.89%) IIS
4 16 (1.85%) Apache
5 7 (0.81%) Confluence
6 5 (0.58%) WinCC
7 3 (0.35%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.35%) SAS
8 2 (0.23%) Tomcat
Applications
1 35 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.23%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.12%) Houdini
4 1 (0.12%) NUKE
4 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (0.92%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.23%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.23%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.23%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.12%) Eikon
3 1 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 396 (45.73%) Microsoft 365
2 335 (38.68%) Azure
3 230 (26.56%) Entra ID
4 134 (15.47%) AWS
5 46 (5.31%) OneDrive
6 43 (4.97%) GCP
7 26 (3.00%) SaaS
8 21 (2.42%) AWS CloudFormation
9 18 (2.08%) Google Workspace
10 14 (1.62%) dbt
11 12 (1.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 12 (1.39%) OpenShift
12 10 (1.15%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (1.04%) IaaS
14 8 (0.92%) Serverless
15 7 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
15 7 (0.81%) PaaS
16 6 (0.69%) Datadog
16 6 (0.69%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 542 (62.59%) DNS
2 432 (49.88%) DHCP
3 395 (45.61%) Firewall
4 363 (41.92%) VPN
5 201 (23.21%) WAN
6 199 (22.98%) VLAN
7 196 (22.63%) LAN
8 127 (14.67%) Wi-Fi
9 104 (12.01%) Network Security
9 104 (12.01%) Wireless
10 75 (8.66%) HTTP
11 69 (7.97%) VoIP
12 68 (7.85%) BGP
13 54 (6.24%) OSPF
14 39 (4.50%) SD-WAN
15 35 (4.04%) SSL
16 31 (3.58%) Ethernet
17 28 (3.23%) Internet
18 23 (2.66%) FTP
18 23 (2.66%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (7.04%) SQL Server
2 17 (1.96%) MySQL
3 14 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (1.04%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.69%) Crystal Reports
6 6 (0.69%) Redis
7 5 (0.58%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.46%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.35%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.35%) InfluxDB
9 3 (0.35%) KDB
9 3 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.12%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.12%) Db2
10 1 (0.12%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle9i Database
10 1 (0.12%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 34 (3.93%) JIRA
2 22 (2.54%) Git
3 11 (1.27%) GitLab
4 5 (0.58%) Selenium
4 5 (0.58%) TeamCity
5 4 (0.46%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.46%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.46%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.23%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.12%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.12%) CMake
7 1 (0.12%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.12%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.12%) GDB
7 1 (0.12%) LSMW
7 1 (0.12%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.12%) Postman
General
1 410 (47.34%) Social Skills
2 112 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
3 97 (11.20%) Finance
4 64 (7.39%) Telecoms
5 49 (5.66%) Banking
6 39 (4.50%) Law
7 36 (4.16%) Documentation Skills
7 36 (4.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 35 (4.04%) Retail
9 32 (3.70%) Aerospace
9 32 (3.70%) Electronics
9 32 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (2.31%) Manufacturing
10 20 (2.31%) Public Sector
11 9 (1.04%) Automotive
12 8 (0.92%) Back Office
12 8 (0.92%) Investment Banking
12 8 (0.92%) Marketing
13 7 (0.81%) Digital Health
13 7 (0.81%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 229 (26.44%) IT Support
2 200 (23.09%) Support Engineer
3 175 (20.21%) IT Engineer
4 145 (16.74%) IT Support Engineer
5 122 (14.09%) Analyst
6 114 (13.16%) Senior
7 104 (12.01%) Network Engineer
8 94 (10.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 70 (8.08%) 2nd Line Support
10 64 (7.39%) Support Analyst
11 53 (6.12%) Support Technician
12 52 (6.00%) IT Technician
13 48 (5.54%) IT Support Technician
14 43 (4.97%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 43 (4.97%) Lead
15 41 (4.73%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 35 (4.04%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 33 (3.81%) Infrastructure Support
17 33 (3.81%) IT Analyst
18 31 (3.58%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (7.85%) Terraform
2 25 (2.89%) LDAP
3 22 (2.54%) React
4 17 (1.96%) XML
5 15 (1.73%) Node.js
6 14 (1.62%) RESTful
7 12 (1.39%) JSON
7 12 (1.39%) Middleware
7 12 (1.39%) WebSockets
8 10 (1.15%) CSS
8 10 (1.15%) Django
8 10 (1.15%) FIX Protocol
8 10 (1.15%) HTML
9 9 (1.04%) .NET
9 9 (1.04%) AngularJS
9 9 (1.04%) gRPC
9 9 (1.04%) REST
10 6 (0.69%) GraphQL
10 6 (0.69%) OpenTelemetry
11 5 (0.58%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 120 (13.86%) Driving Licence
2 97 (11.20%) Onboarding
3 42 (4.85%) Data Centre
4 34 (3.93%) Self-Motivation
5 29 (3.35%) Cyber Threat
6 27 (3.12%) Distributed Systems
6 27 (3.12%) Security Operations Centre
7 25 (2.89%) Security Posture
8 24 (2.77%) PKI
9 21 (2.42%) Linux Command Line
10 20 (2.31%) Client/Server
10 20 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
10 20 (2.31%) Management Information System
11 19 (2.19%) Replication
12 18 (2.08%) Cyber Defence
13 17 (1.96%) CCTV
14 14 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
15 13 (1.50%) Cloud Native
16 12 (1.39%) Social Media
17 10 (1.15%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 529 (61.09%) Windows
2 267 (30.83%) Windows Server
3 214 (24.71%) Linux
4 110 (12.70%) Windows 10
5 54 (6.24%) Mac OS
6 41 (4.73%) Unix
7 33 (3.81%) Ubuntu
8 25 (2.89%) Apple iOS
9 20 (2.31%) Android
10 18 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
11 17 (1.96%) Rocky
12 16 (1.85%) CentOS
13 15 (1.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 10 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
15 7 (0.81%) Debian
16 6 (0.69%) Embedded Linux
16 6 (0.69%) Solaris
17 5 (0.58%) CoreOS
18 3 (0.35%) Kali Linux
19 2 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (35.33%) Problem-Solving
2 212 (24.48%) Customer Service
3 198 (22.86%) Cybersecurity
4 180 (20.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 157 (18.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 131 (15.13%) ITIL
7 123 (14.20%) Disaster Recovery
8 94 (10.85%) Mentoring
9 93 (10.74%) Incident Response
10 85 (9.82%) Service Delivery
11 82 (9.47%) Project Delivery
12 80 (9.24%) ITSM
13 70 (8.08%) SIEM
14 69 (7.97%) Computer Science
15 67 (7.74%) Infrastructure as Code
16 62 (7.16%) CI/CD
16 62 (7.16%) DevOps
16 62 (7.16%) Software Engineering
17 59 (6.81%) High Availability
18 53 (6.12%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 163 (18.82%) Python
2 151 (17.44%) PowerShell
3 85 (9.82%) SQL
4 82 (9.47%) Bash
5 45 (5.20%) C++
6 26 (3.00%) Perl
7 24 (2.77%) JavaScript
8 21 (2.42%) C
9 20 (2.31%) Java
10 17 (1.96%) C#
11 16 (1.85%) Go
12 14 (1.62%) VBA
13 13 (1.50%) Ruby
14 10 (1.15%) Bicep
14 10 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
14 10 (1.15%) Shell Script
14 10 (1.15%) TypeScript
15 7 (0.81%) PHP
15 7 (0.81%) Search Processing Language
16 5 (0.58%) Rust
Qualifications
1 148 (17.09%) Degree
2 108 (12.47%) Security Cleared
3 87 (10.05%) Cisco Certification
4 71 (8.20%) SC Cleared
5 69 (7.97%) CCNA
6 62 (7.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 54 (6.24%) CCNP
8 34 (3.93%) CompTIA Security+
9 33 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
10 32 (3.70%) Azure Certification
11 25 (2.89%) CREST Certified
12 24 (2.77%) BPSS Clearance
13 23 (2.66%) Network+ Certification
14 20 (2.31%) CEH
14 20 (2.31%) CISSP
15 19 (2.19%) A+ Certification
15 19 (2.19%) DV Cleared
15 19 (2.19%) GCIA
16 16 (1.85%) HND
17 14 (1.62%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (8.55%) SLA
2 44 (5.08%) Cyber Essentials
3 38 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 33 (3.81%) GDPR
5 17 (1.96%) QA
6 16 (1.85%) NIST
7 13 (1.50%) Accessibility
8 10 (1.15%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.69%) GRC
9 6 (0.69%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.58%) NCSC
11 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.12%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.12%) DO-178B
11 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 392 (45.27%) Active Directory
2 157 (18.13%) Hyper-V
3 138 (15.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 36 (4.16%) Docker
5 33 (3.81%) Virtual Machines
6 26 (3.00%) Firmware
7 12 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (1.39%) vSphere
8 11 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (1.15%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.35%) KVM
10 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.35%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.23%) QEMU
11 2 (0.23%) Snort
11 2 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.12%) NFS
12 1 (0.12%) Samba
12 1 (0.12%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.12%) Xen
Systems Management
1 143 (16.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (4.27%) Ansible
3 33 (3.81%) Kubernetes
4 30 (3.46%) FortiGate
5 21 (2.42%) QRadar
6 18 (2.08%) Grafana
7 15 (1.73%) Prometheus
7 15 (1.73%) Single Sign-On
8 14 (1.62%) Nagios
9 10 (1.15%) WSUS
10 9 (1.04%) Kibana
11 8 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 5 (0.58%) McAfee ePO
12 5 (0.58%) SCVMM
13 4 (0.46%) Proxmox
13 4 (0.46%) VxRail
13 4 (0.46%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.35%) Control-M
14 3 (0.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 497 (57.39%) Microsoft
2 162 (18.71%) VMware
3 123 (14.20%) Cisco
4 68 (7.85%) Fortinet
5 55 (6.35%) Veeam
6 46 (5.31%) Google
7 45 (5.20%) Splunk
8 41 (4.73%) ServiceNow
9 38 (4.39%) Palo Alto
10 29 (3.35%) Meraki
11 28 (3.23%) Dell
12 26 (3.00%) SonicWALL
13 25 (2.89%) Red Hat
14 22 (2.54%) SolarWinds
15 19 (2.19%) Sophos
16 18 (2.08%) CrowdStrike
17 17 (1.96%) HP
17 17 (1.96%) Ubiquiti
18 16 (1.85%) Apple
19 15 (1.73%) Zscaler