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 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 304 226 208
Rank change year-on-year -78 -18 +35
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 563 634 1,361
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.61% 1.48% 1.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.24% 9.83% 10.59%
Number of salaries quoted 426 442 1,148
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,788 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,313 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,688 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,770 £77,500 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £40,750 £37,500
% change year-on-year -16.56% +8.67% -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 9,016 6,447 12,849
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.71% 15.03% 13.08%
Number of salaries quoted 4,193 3,603 9,367
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.47%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £77,715
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,000 £42,500 £43,742
% change year-on-year -3.53% -2.84% -2.80%

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 24 May 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 24 May 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 -67 520 £40,000 -5.88% 218
UK excluding London -79 348 £34,000 -16.56% 201
London -19 200 £57,500 +11.65% 52
Work from Home -3 154 £42,500 -16.26% 80
North of England +1 110 £34,000 -13.92% 36
South East -57 97 £35,000 -6.67% 65
Yorkshire -33 53 £32,500 -10.34% 12
Midlands -66 44 £32,500 - 32
North West +13 40 £43,750 +10.76% 21
South West -41 37 £38,000 -30.23% 25
East of England -51 32 £43,750 -7.89% 31
East Midlands -35 28 £32,500 +8.33% 13
Wales -37 19 £37,000 -43.08% 6
North East -27 17 £40,000 -42.35% 4
West Midlands -63 16 £33,250 +2.31% 19
Scotland -28 8 £46,000 -8.00% 10
Northern Ireland -38 1 £73,801 -13.18% 4

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
1 106 (18.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 72 (12.79%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.31%) IIS
4 5 (0.89%) Confluence
5 4 (0.71%) Apache
6 2 (0.36%) SAS
7 1 (0.18%) nginx
7 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
Applications
1 73 (12.97%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.36%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.36%) Fidessa
1 2 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.18%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.18%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 246 (43.69%) Azure
2 231 (41.03%) Microsoft 365
3 113 (20.07%) AWS
4 104 (18.47%) Entra ID
5 33 (5.86%) GCP
6 24 (4.26%) Google Workspace
7 20 (3.55%) OneDrive
8 19 (3.37%) GitHub
9 18 (3.20%) IaaS
10 16 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (2.66%) GitHub Actions
12 14 (2.49%) PaaS
13 11 (1.95%) SaaS
14 10 (1.78%) Amazon ECS
15 9 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
16 8 (1.42%) Azure Monitor
17 7 (1.24%) Microsoft Copilot
18 6 (1.07%) Amazon OpenSearch
18 6 (1.07%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 341 (60.57%) DNS
2 265 (47.07%) DHCP
3 218 (38.72%) Firewall
4 176 (31.26%) VPN
5 158 (28.06%) WAN
6 141 (25.04%) LAN
7 106 (18.83%) VLAN
8 65 (11.55%) Wi-Fi
9 57 (10.12%) HTTP
10 56 (9.95%) Network Security
11 37 (6.57%) BGP
12 36 (6.39%) SD-WAN
12 36 (6.39%) VoIP
13 33 (5.86%) Wireless
14 29 (5.15%) OSPF
15 21 (3.73%) Multicast
16 20 (3.55%) SMTP
17 16 (2.84%) Wireshark
18 14 (2.49%) FTP
18 14 (2.49%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (6.57%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.20%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (2.84%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.24%) MySQL
5 6 (1.07%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (1.07%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.89%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.89%) Redis
7 4 (0.71%) InfluxDB
8 3 (0.53%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (0.53%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.53%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.18%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.18%) KDB
10 1 (0.18%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.18%) SAP Data Services
10 1 (0.18%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.18%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 17 (3.02%) Jenkins
2 16 (2.84%) Git
3 10 (1.78%) Bitbucket
3 10 (1.78%) JIRA
4 8 (1.42%) GitLab
5 6 (1.07%) Metasploit
6 4 (0.71%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.36%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.36%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.18%) CMake
8 1 (0.18%) LSMW
8 1 (0.18%) Selenium
8 1 (0.18%) WebDriver
General
1 227 (40.32%) Social Skills
2 96 (17.05%) Finance
3 71 (12.61%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (7.82%) Law
5 42 (7.46%) Banking
6 41 (7.28%) Telecoms
7 34 (6.04%) Organisational Skills
8 25 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
9 23 (4.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (3.37%) Aerospace
10 19 (3.37%) Investment Banking
11 17 (3.02%) Retail
12 14 (2.49%) Back Office
13 13 (2.31%) Manufacturing
14 12 (2.13%) Legal
15 11 (1.95%) Public Sector
16 9 (1.60%) Automotive
17 7 (1.24%) Electronics
18 6 (1.07%) Spanish Language
19 5 (0.89%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 147 (26.11%) IT Support
2 83 (14.74%) Analyst
3 81 (14.39%) Support Engineer
4 70 (12.43%) Senior
5 62 (11.01%) IT Engineer
6 58 (10.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 57 (10.12%) Support Technician
8 55 (9.77%) IT Support Engineer
9 51 (9.06%) 2nd Line Support
10 48 (8.53%) Network Engineer
11 46 (8.17%) IT Support Technician
11 46 (8.17%) IT Technician
12 35 (6.22%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 33 (5.86%) Developer
13 33 (5.86%) Support Analyst
14 31 (5.51%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 30 (5.33%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 27 (4.80%) C++ Developer
17 21 (3.73%) Infrastructure Support
17 21 (3.73%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.66%) Elastic Stack
2 13 (2.31%) LDAP
2 13 (2.31%) WebSockets
3 11 (1.95%) gRPC
4 10 (1.78%) .NET
5 8 (1.42%) Django
5 8 (1.42%) REST
6 7 (1.24%) React
7 6 (1.07%) 802.1X
8 5 (0.89%) AngularJS
8 5 (0.89%) ARM Templates
8 5 (0.89%) Node.js
8 5 (0.89%) Qt
8 5 (0.89%) RESTful
9 4 (0.71%) ADO
9 4 (0.71%) FIX Protocol
9 4 (0.71%) Middleware
10 3 (0.53%) CSS
10 3 (0.53%) HTML
10 3 (0.53%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 70 (12.43%) Driving Licence
2 36 (6.39%) Data Centre
3 25 (4.44%) Onboarding
4 22 (3.91%) Cyber Threat
5 20 (3.55%) FPGA
5 20 (3.55%) Security Posture
6 19 (3.37%) EPoS
7 17 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
8 16 (2.84%) Video Conferencing
9 15 (2.66%) Replication
10 14 (2.49%) Security Operations Centre
11 13 (2.31%) Cyber Defence
12 12 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (2.13%) MPEG
13 11 (1.95%) Client/Server
13 11 (1.95%) Cloud Native
14 10 (1.78%) Management Information System
15 9 (1.60%) Digital Signage
15 9 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
15 9 (1.60%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 341 (60.57%) Windows
2 190 (33.75%) Windows Server
3 134 (23.80%) Linux
4 92 (16.34%) Windows 10
5 43 (7.64%) Mac OS
6 38 (6.75%) Apple iOS
7 27 (4.80%) Android
7 27 (4.80%) Windows Server 2016
8 25 (4.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 21 (3.73%) Windows Server 2019
10 18 (3.20%) Unix
11 14 (2.49%) Windows Server 2012
12 7 (1.24%) CentOS
12 7 (1.24%) Windows 7
13 6 (1.07%) VMS
14 4 (0.71%) CoreOS
14 4 (0.71%) Kali Linux
14 4 (0.71%) Ubuntu
15 2 (0.36%) Rocky
15 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (34.64%) Problem-Solving
2 104 (18.47%) Customer Service
3 85 (15.10%) ITIL
4 81 (14.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 72 (12.79%) Cybersecurity
6 71 (12.61%) Continuous Improvement
7 68 (12.08%) Infrastructure as Code
8 65 (11.55%) Service Delivery
9 63 (11.19%) Disaster Recovery
10 61 (10.83%) Incident Response
11 58 (10.30%) DevOps
12 47 (8.35%) Incident Management
13 46 (8.17%) CI/CD
14 45 (7.99%) SIEM
15 44 (7.82%) Root Cause Analysis
16 40 (7.10%) Mentoring
17 38 (6.75%) ITSM
18 37 (6.57%) High Availability
19 35 (6.22%) Computer Science
20 33 (5.86%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 107 (19.01%) Python
2 106 (18.83%) PowerShell
3 59 (10.48%) Bash
4 44 (7.82%) C++
5 43 (7.64%) SQL
6 29 (5.15%) Java
7 24 (4.26%) C
8 19 (3.37%) Go
9 15 (2.66%) C#
10 9 (1.60%) Perl
11 6 (1.07%) Bicep
11 6 (1.07%) JavaScript
12 4 (0.71%) Delphi
12 4 (0.71%) Pascal
12 4 (0.71%) PHP
12 4 (0.71%) Search Processing Language
13 3 (0.53%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.53%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.53%) VBA
14 2 (0.36%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 83 (14.74%) Degree
2 55 (9.77%) Security Cleared
3 45 (7.99%) SC Cleared
4 41 (7.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 37 (6.57%) Cisco Certification
6 28 (4.97%) CCNA
7 25 (4.44%) Azure Certification
8 23 (4.09%) CCNP
9 20 (3.55%) CompTIA Security+
9 20 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (2.66%) CREST Certified
10 15 (2.66%) Network+ Certification
11 11 (1.95%) RHCSA
12 10 (1.78%) CEH
13 9 (1.60%) DBS Check
13 9 (1.60%) GIAC
13 9 (1.60%) MCDST
13 9 (1.60%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 8 (1.42%) A+ Certification
14 8 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (6.93%) SLA
2 24 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (3.73%) GDPR
4 13 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (2.13%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.24%) QA
7 5 (0.89%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.71%) DICOM
8 4 (0.71%) HL7
9 3 (0.53%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.36%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 2 (0.36%) GxP
10 2 (0.36%) NIST
11 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 246 (43.69%) Active Directory
2 105 (18.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 80 (14.21%) Hyper-V
4 20 (3.55%) Docker
5 15 (2.66%) vSphere
6 13 (2.31%) Firmware
7 10 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (1.42%) KVM
9 7 (1.24%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.89%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.18%) QEMU
12 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.18%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 74 (13.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (9.06%) Terraform
3 50 (8.88%) Ansible
4 32 (5.68%) Kubernetes
5 24 (4.26%) Grafana
5 24 (4.26%) Prometheus
6 21 (3.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 20 (3.55%) FortiGate
7 20 (3.55%) Nagios
8 15 (2.66%) Jamf Pro
9 13 (2.31%) QRadar
10 8 (1.42%) Puppet
11 7 (1.24%) SCCM
12 6 (1.07%) vCenter Server
12 6 (1.07%) VxRail
12 6 (1.07%) WSUS
13 5 (0.89%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.89%) Kibana
13 5 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
14 4 (0.71%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 309 (54.88%) Microsoft
2 132 (23.45%) VMware
3 62 (11.01%) Cisco
4 30 (5.33%) SolarWinds
5 29 (5.15%) Google
5 29 (5.15%) Meraki
6 27 (4.80%) Veeam
7 24 (4.26%) Red Hat
8 23 (4.09%) Citrix
8 23 (4.09%) Palo Alto
8 23 (4.09%) Splunk
9 21 (3.73%) Apple
10 20 (3.55%) Dell
11 19 (3.37%) HP
12 17 (3.02%) CrowdStrike
12 17 (3.02%) Fortinet
13 13 (2.31%) ServiceNow
14 11 (1.95%) Zscaler
15 8 (1.42%) Sophos
15 8 (1.42%) Yealink