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 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 222 223
Rank change year-on-year -43 +1 -40
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 802 693 969
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.71% 1.40% 1.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.53% 9.62% 10.47%
Number of salaries quoted 626 497 605
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% -7.61%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,075 £75,500 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,250 £34,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +3.68% -15.00% -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 7,617 7,201 9,256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.71% 14.56% 11.87%
Number of salaries quoted 4,841 4,028 4,989
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £29,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £29,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.25% -20.00% -1.93%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £81,250
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 14 September 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 14 September 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 -22 762 £38,500 +2.67% 773
UK excluding London -50 579 £35,250 +3.68% 501
Work from Home +29 253 £40,000 -5.88% 525
London -23 213 £60,000 +9.09% 355
South East -29 171 £37,500 +3.45% 143
North of England -15 141 £32,500 -7.14% 93
Midlands -35 110 £36,000 +10.77% 67
North West +39 78 £32,000 -20.99% 49
East of England -17 78 £35,000 -22.22% 73
West Midlands -27 66 £37,500 +15.38% 38
Yorkshire -27 52 £33,500 -23.43% 30
South West -67 51 £32,500 -5.80% 60
East Midlands -34 44 £36,000 +20.00% 29
Wales -82 15 £45,000 +28.57% 13
North East -74 11 £37,500 +29.31% 17
Scotland 0 9 £63,451 +111.50% 44
Northern Ireland - 4 £57,246 - 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
1 140 (17.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 107 (13.34%) SharePoint
3 24 (2.99%) IIS
4 14 (1.75%) Apache
5 6 (0.75%) Confluence
6 4 (0.50%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.50%) WinCC
7 3 (0.37%) SAS
8 2 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 40 (4.99%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.25%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.12%) Houdini
4 1 (0.12%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 8 (1.00%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.25%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.25%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.25%) 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
1 368 (45.89%) Microsoft 365
2 319 (39.78%) Azure
3 208 (25.94%) Entra ID
4 126 (15.71%) AWS
5 40 (4.99%) OneDrive
6 33 (4.11%) GCP
7 21 (2.62%) AWS CloudFormation
8 19 (2.37%) SaaS
9 14 (1.75%) dbt
9 14 (1.75%) Google Workspace
10 13 (1.62%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 13 (1.62%) OpenShift
11 11 (1.37%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (1.12%) IaaS
12 9 (1.12%) PaaS
12 9 (1.12%) Serverless
13 6 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (0.75%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (0.62%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 500 (62.34%) DNS
2 396 (49.38%) DHCP
3 369 (46.01%) Firewall
4 314 (39.15%) VPN
5 183 (22.82%) WAN
6 175 (21.82%) LAN
7 171 (21.32%) VLAN
8 102 (12.72%) Wi-Fi
9 101 (12.59%) Network Security
10 87 (10.85%) Wireless
11 74 (9.23%) VoIP
12 69 (8.60%) HTTP
13 63 (7.86%) BGP
14 52 (6.48%) OSPF
15 40 (4.99%) SD-WAN
16 29 (3.62%) SSL
17 25 (3.12%) Internet
18 24 (2.99%) Ethernet
19 22 (2.74%) SMTP
20 19 (2.37%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (7.73%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.12%) MySQL
3 9 (1.12%) NoSQL
3 9 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (0.75%) Crystal Reports
5 5 (0.62%) MongoDB
5 5 (0.62%) Redis
6 4 (0.50%) InfluxDB
7 3 (0.37%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.37%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.12%) Db2
8 1 (0.12%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.12%) KDB
8 1 (0.12%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle9i Database
8 1 (0.12%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 33 (4.11%) JIRA
2 23 (2.87%) Git
3 9 (1.12%) GitLab
4 4 (0.50%) Bitbucket
4 4 (0.50%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.50%) Selenium
4 4 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.25%) CMake
5 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.12%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.12%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.12%) GDB
6 1 (0.12%) LSMW
6 1 (0.12%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.12%) Postman
6 1 (0.12%) Robot Framework
General
1 387 (48.25%) Social Skills
2 102 (12.72%) Analytical Skills
3 88 (10.97%) Finance
4 63 (7.86%) Telecoms
5 47 (5.86%) Banking
6 36 (4.49%) Law
7 34 (4.24%) Documentation Skills
8 33 (4.11%) Electronics
8 33 (4.11%) Organisational Skills
9 32 (3.99%) Retail
10 29 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 28 (3.49%) Aerospace
12 20 (2.49%) Public Sector
13 15 (1.87%) Manufacturing
14 10 (1.25%) Investment Banking
15 8 (1.00%) Automotive
16 7 (0.87%) Digital Health
16 7 (0.87%) Marketing
17 6 (0.75%) Games
17 6 (0.75%) Legal
Job Titles
1 209 (26.06%) IT Support
2 193 (24.06%) Support Engineer
3 163 (20.32%) IT Engineer
4 136 (16.96%) IT Support Engineer
5 115 (14.34%) Analyst
6 100 (12.47%) Senior
7 98 (12.22%) Network Engineer
8 86 (10.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 68 (8.48%) 2nd Line Support
10 57 (7.11%) Support Analyst
11 49 (6.11%) Support Technician
12 48 (5.99%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 46 (5.74%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 45 (5.61%) IT Technician
15 43 (5.36%) IT Support Technician
16 34 (4.24%) IT Analyst
17 32 (3.99%) Lead
17 32 (3.99%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 31 (3.87%) Infrastructure Support
19 28 (3.49%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (7.86%) Terraform
2 22 (2.74%) LDAP
3 21 (2.62%) React
4 16 (2.00%) XML
5 13 (1.62%) Node.js
6 12 (1.50%) Middleware
7 11 (1.37%) JSON
7 11 (1.37%) RESTful
7 11 (1.37%) WebSockets
8 10 (1.25%) gRPC
9 9 (1.12%) CSS
9 9 (1.12%) FIX Protocol
9 9 (1.12%) HTML
9 9 (1.12%) REST
10 8 (1.00%) .NET
10 8 (1.00%) AngularJS
10 8 (1.00%) Django
11 6 (0.75%) 802.1X
11 6 (0.75%) ARM Templates
11 6 (0.75%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 109 (13.59%) Driving Licence
2 82 (10.22%) Onboarding
3 42 (5.24%) Data Centre
4 38 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (3.12%) Security Operations Centre
6 24 (2.99%) Cyber Threat
6 24 (2.99%) PKI
7 22 (2.74%) Security Posture
8 21 (2.62%) Distributed Systems
9 19 (2.37%) CCTV
9 19 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
10 18 (2.24%) Client/Server
10 18 (2.24%) Linux Command Line
11 16 (2.00%) Replication
12 15 (1.87%) Cyber Defence
13 13 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (1.50%) Management Information System
14 12 (1.50%) Social Media
15 11 (1.37%) FPGA
16 10 (1.25%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 493 (61.47%) Windows
2 254 (31.67%) Windows Server
3 196 (24.44%) Linux
4 100 (12.47%) Windows 10
5 54 (6.73%) Mac OS
6 38 (4.74%) Unix
7 31 (3.87%) Ubuntu
8 23 (2.87%) Apple iOS
9 17 (2.12%) Android
9 17 (2.12%) CentOS
9 17 (2.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 16 (2.00%) Rocky
11 14 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 11 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
13 7 (0.87%) Debian
13 7 (0.87%) Embedded Linux
14 6 (0.75%) Solaris
15 5 (0.62%) CoreOS
16 2 (0.25%) FreeRTOS
16 2 (0.25%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (37.66%) Problem-Solving
2 196 (24.44%) Customer Service
3 176 (21.95%) Cybersecurity
4 158 (19.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 143 (17.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 121 (15.09%) ITIL
7 102 (12.72%) Disaster Recovery
8 88 (10.97%) Mentoring
9 84 (10.47%) Incident Response
10 75 (9.35%) Project Delivery
11 71 (8.85%) Service Delivery
12 68 (8.48%) Computer Science
12 68 (8.48%) ITSM
13 66 (8.23%) Infrastructure as Code
14 62 (7.73%) SIEM
15 59 (7.36%) DevOps
15 59 (7.36%) High Availability
15 59 (7.36%) Software Engineering
16 53 (6.61%) CI/CD
17 52 (6.48%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 145 (18.08%) Python
2 141 (17.58%) PowerShell
3 76 (9.48%) SQL
4 71 (8.85%) Bash
5 38 (4.74%) C++
6 24 (2.99%) C
6 24 (2.99%) Perl
7 21 (2.62%) JavaScript
8 15 (1.87%) C#
9 14 (1.75%) VBA
10 13 (1.62%) Java
10 13 (1.62%) Ruby
11 11 (1.37%) Bicep
11 11 (1.37%) Go
12 10 (1.25%) Kusto Query Language
12 10 (1.25%) Shell Script
12 10 (1.25%) TypeScript
13 7 (0.87%) PHP
13 7 (0.87%) Search Processing Language
14 3 (0.37%) Rust
Qualifications
1 140 (17.46%) Degree
2 100 (12.47%) Security Cleared
3 83 (10.35%) Cisco Certification
4 69 (8.60%) CCNA
5 68 (8.48%) SC Cleared
6 61 (7.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 53 (6.61%) CCNP
8 34 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 32 (3.99%) Azure Certification
10 30 (3.74%) CompTIA Security+
11 25 (3.12%) CREST Certified
12 22 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
12 22 (2.74%) Network+ Certification
13 20 (2.49%) CEH
14 19 (2.37%) GCIA
15 18 (2.24%) A+ Certification
16 17 (2.12%) DV Cleared
17 16 (2.00%) CISSP
17 16 (2.00%) HND
18 14 (1.75%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (7.98%) SLA
2 44 (5.49%) Cyber Essentials
3 31 (3.87%) GDPR
4 28 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.62%) Accessibility
5 13 (1.62%) QA
6 10 (1.25%) NIST
7 6 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (0.75%) GRC
8 5 (0.62%) NCSC
8 5 (0.62%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.12%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.12%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.12%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 365 (45.51%) Active Directory
2 146 (18.20%) Hyper-V
3 132 (16.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (3.87%) Virtual Machines
5 30 (3.74%) Docker
6 21 (2.62%) Firmware
7 12 (1.50%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
9 10 (1.25%) Virtual Servers
9 10 (1.25%) vSphere
10 3 (0.37%) KVM
10 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.37%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.25%) QEMU
12 1 (0.12%) Ceph
12 1 (0.12%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.12%) Samba
12 1 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.12%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.12%) Xen
Systems Management
1 139 (17.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (4.11%) Ansible
3 32 (3.99%) FortiGate
4 25 (3.12%) Kubernetes
5 18 (2.24%) QRadar
6 14 (1.75%) Grafana
7 13 (1.62%) Nagios
7 13 (1.62%) Prometheus
8 9 (1.12%) Jamf Pro
8 9 (1.12%) Kibana
8 9 (1.12%) WSUS
9 8 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.62%) McAfee ePO
11 5 (0.62%) SCVMM
12 4 (0.50%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.50%) VxRail
12 4 (0.50%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.37%) SCCM
Vendors
1 459 (57.23%) Microsoft
2 151 (18.83%) VMware
3 112 (13.97%) Cisco
4 63 (7.86%) Fortinet
5 50 (6.23%) Veeam
6 40 (4.99%) ServiceNow
6 40 (4.99%) Splunk
7 35 (4.36%) Google
7 35 (4.36%) Palo Alto
8 27 (3.37%) Meraki
9 26 (3.24%) Red Hat
9 26 (3.24%) SonicWALL
10 22 (2.74%) SolarWinds
11 21 (2.62%) Dell
12 19 (2.37%) Sophos
13 18 (2.24%) HP
13 18 (2.24%) Ubiquiti
14 16 (2.00%) CrowdStrike
14 16 (2.00%) Zscaler
15 13 (1.62%) Oracle