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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 205 196 162
Rank change year-on-year -9 -34 +90
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 715 940 1,106
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.36% 1.39% 2.08%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.46% 11.93% 13.44%
Number of salaries quoted 554 523 847
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,150 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £33,200 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £58,438 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £78,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £44,480
% change year-on-year -22.22% +1.17% +11.20%

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 7,556 7,878 8,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.34% 11.62% 15.47%
Number of salaries quoted 4,214 4,017 6,594
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,625 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.01% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,778 £85,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,875 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -32.25% +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 16 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 16 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 -3 652 £37,500 -21.05% 632
UK excluding London -3 494 £35,000 -22.22% 515
London +46 202 £52,500 +3.05% 179
Work from Home -15 184 £40,500 -23.58% 434
North of England +39 132 £33,500 -21.18% 57
South East -29 127 £37,500 -21.05% 230
Midlands +28 76 £35,000 - 46
Yorkshire +26 63 £32,500 -20.73% 18
South West -8 58 £34,500 -44.80% 63
East of England -2 56 £32,500 -18.75% 84
East Midlands +17 39 £32,500 -40.91% 23
North East +41 38 £29,000 -58.16% 6
West Midlands +33 37 £38,750 +10.71% 23
North West +5 31 £40,500 -4.71% 33
Wales +12 23 £47,750 +2.69% 15
Scotland -15 19 £31,000 -22.50% 33
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 (24.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 102 (14.27%) SharePoint
3 15 (2.10%) IIS
4 8 (1.12%) 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 68 (9.51%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.68%) MS Visio
3 10 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (1.12%) 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
1 368 (51.47%) Microsoft 365
2 348 (48.67%) Azure
3 134 (18.74%) Entra ID
4 100 (13.99%) AWS
5 45 (6.29%) GCP
6 43 (6.01%) SaaS
7 32 (4.48%) PaaS
8 27 (3.78%) IaaS
9 26 (3.64%) OneDrive
10 25 (3.50%) Amazon ECS
11 20 (2.80%) Amazon ECR
11 20 (2.80%) AWS CloudFormation
11 20 (2.80%) dbt
11 20 (2.80%) Pulumi
12 16 (2.24%) GitHub
13 15 (2.10%) Google Workspace
14 12 (1.68%) Amazon ElastiCache
14 12 (1.68%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 12 (1.68%) Sentry
15 9 (1.26%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 403 (56.36%) DNS
2 349 (48.81%) DHCP
3 291 (40.70%) Firewall
4 234 (32.73%) VPN
5 193 (26.99%) VLAN
6 161 (22.52%) WAN
7 157 (21.96%) LAN
8 90 (12.59%) Wi-Fi
9 75 (10.49%) VoIP
10 73 (10.21%) Network Security
11 65 (9.09%) Wireless
12 44 (6.15%) BGP
12 44 (6.15%) OSPF
13 38 (5.31%) SD-WAN
14 31 (4.34%) Internet
15 26 (3.64%) HTTP
15 26 (3.64%) SSL
16 25 (3.50%) SAN
17 22 (3.08%) MPLS
18 20 (2.80%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (6.71%) Amazon RDS
2 42 (5.87%) SQL Server
3 22 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (2.80%) Elasticsearch
4 20 (2.80%) Redis
5 10 (1.40%) MySQL
6 8 (1.12%) 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 (2.80%) Git
2 13 (1.82%) JIRA
3 9 (1.26%) 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
1 346 (48.39%) Social Skills
2 83 (11.61%) Finance
3 50 (6.99%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (6.43%) Banking
5 38 (5.31%) Manufacturing
6 35 (4.90%) Telecoms
7 31 (4.34%) Law
8 26 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
9 25 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 23 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (2.80%) Investment Banking
12 19 (2.66%) Legal
12 19 (2.66%) Retail
13 18 (2.52%) Advertising
14 13 (1.82%) Marketing
15 12 (1.68%) Public Sector
16 10 (1.40%) Aerospace
17 9 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
18 8 (1.12%) Games
19 7 (0.98%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 187 (26.15%) IT Support
2 155 (21.68%) Support Engineer
3 100 (13.99%) IT Engineer
4 85 (11.89%) IT Support Engineer
5 81 (11.33%) 2nd Line Support
6 74 (10.35%) Analyst
7 73 (10.21%) Senior
8 66 (9.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 57 (7.97%) Support Technician
9 57 (7.97%) Technical Support
10 51 (7.13%) Network Engineer
11 47 (6.57%) IT Technician
11 47 (6.57%) Support Analyst
12 43 (6.01%) IT Support Technician
13 40 (5.59%) Technical Engineer
14 39 (5.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 39 (5.45%) Technical Support Engineer
15 34 (4.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 32 (4.48%) 3rd Line Support
17 31 (4.34%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.80%) Django
2 13 (1.82%) .NET
3 10 (1.40%) 802.1X
4 7 (0.98%) Kafka
4 7 (0.98%) Middleware
5 6 (0.84%) LDAP
6 5 (0.70%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (0.56%) FIX Protocol
7 4 (0.56%) OAuth
7 4 (0.56%) RESTful
8 3 (0.42%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.42%) EDI
8 3 (0.42%) FreeSWITCH
8 3 (0.42%) Node.js
8 3 (0.42%) OAuth2
8 3 (0.42%) Web Services
9 2 (0.28%) Sass
9 2 (0.28%) STL
9 2 (0.28%) WebRTC
9 2 (0.28%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 65 (9.09%) Driving Licence
2 62 (8.67%) Onboarding
3 48 (6.71%) Data Centre
4 27 (3.78%) Enterprise Software
5 25 (3.50%) Management Information System
6 23 (3.22%) Self-Motivation
7 21 (2.94%) FPGA
8 20 (2.80%) Security Operations Centre
9 19 (2.66%) Linux Command Line
10 17 (2.38%) iPad
11 16 (2.24%) Cloud Native
12 15 (2.10%) Clustering
12 15 (2.10%) Hedge funds
12 15 (2.10%) Hybrid Cloud
12 15 (2.10%) Video Conferencing
13 14 (1.96%) Cyber Threat
13 14 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
13 14 (1.96%) iPhone
14 13 (1.82%) IoT
14 13 (1.82%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 413 (57.76%) Windows
2 237 (33.15%) Windows Server
3 157 (21.96%) Linux
4 118 (16.50%) Windows 10
5 51 (7.13%) Mac OS
6 44 (6.15%) Unix
7 25 (3.50%) Windows Server 2016
8 23 (3.22%) Android
9 21 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
10 19 (2.66%) Windows Server 2019
11 16 (2.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 8 (1.12%) Apple iOS
12 8 (1.12%) Mac OS X
12 8 (1.12%) 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
1 220 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 144 (20.14%) Customer Service
3 136 (19.02%) Cybersecurity
4 107 (14.97%) ITIL
5 101 (14.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 70 (9.79%) DevOps
7 65 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 61 (8.53%) Disaster Recovery
9 55 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
10 53 (7.41%) Mentoring
11 50 (6.99%) Agile
11 50 (6.99%) CI/CD
12 43 (6.01%) Collaborative Working
13 40 (5.59%) Migration
14 38 (5.31%) Incident Response
14 38 (5.31%) Root Cause Analysis
15 34 (4.76%) Computer Science
16 33 (4.62%) High Availability
17 31 (4.34%) Network Management
18 30 (4.20%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 118 (16.50%) PowerShell
2 101 (14.13%) Python
3 48 (6.71%) C++
4 40 (5.59%) C
4 40 (5.59%) Java
5 39 (5.45%) SQL
6 30 (4.20%) Bash
7 11 (1.54%) C#
8 10 (1.40%) Go
9 7 (0.98%) VBScript
10 6 (0.84%) R
11 5 (0.70%) Bicep
11 5 (0.70%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.56%) Rust
13 2 (0.28%) Embedded C++
13 2 (0.28%) Perl
13 2 (0.28%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.14%) Bourne shell
14 1 (0.14%) PHP
14 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 104 (14.55%) Degree
2 78 (10.91%) Security Cleared
3 62 (8.67%) Cisco Certification
4 61 (8.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 58 (8.11%) SC Cleared
6 41 (5.73%) CCNA
7 33 (4.62%) CCNP
8 30 (4.20%) Azure Certification
9 28 (3.92%) A+ Certification
10 25 (3.50%) Network+ Certification
11 23 (3.22%) MCP
12 18 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
13 15 (2.10%) CISSP
13 15 (2.10%) CompTIA Security+
13 15 (2.10%) DV Cleared
13 15 (2.10%) MCSA
14 14 (1.96%) HND
15 13 (1.82%) AWS Certification
15 13 (1.82%) DBS Check
15 13 (1.82%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials
3 18 (2.52%) GDPR
4 17 (2.38%) 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
1 374 (52.31%) Active Directory
2 160 (22.38%) Hyper-V
3 144 (20.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 36 (5.03%) Docker
5 22 (3.08%) vSphere
6 18 (2.52%) Firmware
7 12 (1.68%) NFS
8 11 (1.54%) 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 (20.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 56 (7.83%) Terraform
3 40 (5.59%) Ansible
4 34 (4.76%) SCCM
5 27 (3.78%) Kubernetes
6 26 (3.64%) FortiGate
7 17 (2.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 17 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (1.68%) AWS Copilot
9 11 (1.54%) Autotask
10 9 (1.26%) Nagios
10 9 (1.26%) Nessus
11 8 (1.12%) 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
1 412 (57.62%) Microsoft
2 151 (21.12%) VMware
3 139 (19.44%) Cisco
4 46 (6.43%) Google
5 43 (6.01%) Veeam
6 30 (4.20%) Fortinet
6 30 (4.20%) SonicWALL
7 28 (3.92%) Meraki
8 25 (3.50%) Palo Alto
8 25 (3.50%) Red Hat
9 24 (3.36%) Apple
10 23 (3.22%) WatchGuard
11 21 (2.94%) Citrix
12 19 (2.66%) Bloomberg
13 18 (2.52%) Reuters
14 17 (2.38%) Juniper
15 16 (2.24%) SolarWinds
16 15 (2.10%) HP
16 15 (2.10%) Sophos
16 15 (2.10%) Splunk