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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 224 235
Rank change year-on-year -45 +11 -47
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 773 727 973
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.72% 1.46% 1.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.32% 9.92% 9.94%
Number of salaries quoted 600 525 723
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £74,055 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year - -10.26% -8.24%

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 7,489 7,330 9,792
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.97% 14.69% 11.79%
Number of salaries quoted 4,828 4,218 6,113
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £27,520
25th Percentile £32,750 £29,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £41,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.85% -18.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £36,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +20.83% -20.00% -

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 August 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 August 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 -37 730 £37,750 +0.67% 233
UK excluding London -59 550 £35,000 - 197
Work from Home +28 246 £42,000 -6.67% 73
London -26 213 £60,000 +9.09% 64
South East -21 170 £37,500 +2.74% 77
North of England -9 140 £32,500 -13.33% 40
Midlands -35 92 £33,250 +2.31% 27
North West +29 77 £31,750 -20.63% 18
East of England -21 70 £35,000 -26.32% 26
Yorkshire -40 50 £32,500 -11.56% 15
West Midlands -41 49 £37,500 +15.38% 19
South West -65 47 £33,750 -2.17% 24
East Midlands -25 43 £32,500 +8.33% 8
Wales -66 18 £45,000 +28.57% 3
North East -69 13 £35,000 +20.69% 10
Scotland -9 10 £63,451 +75.04% 5
Northern Ireland - 3 £57,246 -

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
1 137 (17.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 100 (12.94%) SharePoint
3 24 (3.10%) IIS
4 12 (1.55%) Apache
5 3 (0.39%) SAS
6 2 (0.26%) Confluence
6 2 (0.26%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.13%) WinCC
Applications
1 49 (6.34%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.26%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.13%) Houdini
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.13%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 5 (0.65%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.26%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.26%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.13%) Eikon
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 335 (43.34%) Microsoft 365
2 320 (41.40%) Azure
3 174 (22.51%) Entra ID
4 137 (17.72%) AWS
5 37 (4.79%) GCP
6 33 (4.27%) OneDrive
7 22 (2.85%) AWS CloudFormation
8 18 (2.33%) SaaS
9 14 (1.81%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 14 (1.81%) dbt
10 13 (1.68%) IaaS
10 13 (1.68%) OpenShift
11 11 (1.42%) Azure Monitor
11 11 (1.42%) GitHub
12 9 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (1.16%) Google Workspace
12 9 (1.16%) PaaS
13 7 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (0.91%) Microsoft Copilot
14 6 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 454 (58.73%) DNS
2 355 (45.92%) Firewall
3 350 (45.28%) DHCP
4 269 (34.80%) VPN
5 182 (23.54%) WAN
6 175 (22.64%) LAN
7 152 (19.66%) VLAN
8 95 (12.29%) Network Security
9 83 (10.74%) Wi-Fi
10 72 (9.31%) Wireless
11 71 (9.18%) VoIP
12 69 (8.93%) HTTP
13 56 (7.24%) BGP
14 45 (5.82%) OSPF
15 40 (5.17%) SD-WAN
16 23 (2.98%) SSL
17 21 (2.72%) Multicast
18 20 (2.59%) Internet
18 20 (2.59%) SMTP
19 19 (2.46%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (6.99%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.42%) MySQL
3 8 (1.03%) NoSQL
4 6 (0.78%) Crystal Reports
5 5 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.52%) InfluxDB
7 3 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (0.39%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.39%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.26%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.13%) KDB
9 1 (0.13%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle9i Database
9 1 (0.13%) Redis
9 1 (0.13%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 29 (3.75%) JIRA
2 18 (2.33%) Git
3 10 (1.29%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.65%) GitLab
4 5 (0.65%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.52%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.26%) CMake
6 2 (0.26%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.13%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.13%) GDB
7 1 (0.13%) LSMW
General
1 366 (47.35%) Social Skills
2 99 (12.81%) Analytical Skills
3 96 (12.42%) Finance
4 60 (7.76%) Telecoms
5 44 (5.69%) Law
6 43 (5.56%) Banking
7 39 (5.05%) Organisational Skills
8 33 (4.27%) Documentation Skills
9 28 (3.62%) Electronics
10 25 (3.23%) Aerospace
10 25 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 24 (3.10%) Retail
12 18 (2.33%) Manufacturing
13 15 (1.94%) Public Sector
14 13 (1.68%) Investment Banking
15 9 (1.16%) Legal
16 7 (0.91%) Digital Health
16 7 (0.91%) Military
17 6 (0.78%) Games
18 5 (0.65%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 192 (24.84%) IT Support
2 158 (20.44%) Support Engineer
3 134 (17.34%) IT Engineer
4 109 (14.10%) IT Support Engineer
5 104 (13.45%) Analyst
6 92 (11.90%) Network Engineer
7 90 (11.64%) Senior
8 73 (9.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 61 (7.89%) 2nd Line Support
10 53 (6.86%) Support Technician
11 48 (6.21%) IT Technician
12 46 (5.95%) IT Support Technician
13 43 (5.56%) Support Analyst
14 42 (5.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 40 (5.17%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 33 (4.27%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 31 (4.01%) IT Analyst
18 28 (3.62%) Lead
18 28 (3.62%) Systems Engineer
19 25 (3.23%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (8.54%) Terraform
2 21 (2.72%) LDAP
2 21 (2.72%) React
3 13 (1.68%) gRPC
3 13 (1.68%) Node.js
3 13 (1.68%) WebSockets
4 12 (1.55%) Middleware
4 12 (1.55%) XML
5 11 (1.42%) .NET
6 10 (1.29%) JSON
7 8 (1.03%) AngularJS
7 8 (1.03%) REST
8 7 (0.91%) 802.1X
8 7 (0.91%) Django
8 7 (0.91%) RESTful
9 6 (0.78%) ARM Templates
9 6 (0.78%) CSS
9 6 (0.78%) Elastic Stack
9 6 (0.78%) FIX Protocol
9 6 (0.78%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 104 (13.45%) Driving Licence
2 61 (7.89%) Onboarding
3 43 (5.56%) Data Centre
4 38 (4.92%) Self-Motivation
5 30 (3.88%) Cyber Threat
6 25 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
7 24 (3.10%) Security Posture
8 23 (2.98%) PKI
9 21 (2.72%) Distributed Systems
10 19 (2.46%) CCTV
11 18 (2.33%) Cyber Defence
12 17 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
12 17 (2.20%) Management Information System
13 15 (1.94%) Linux Command Line
13 15 (1.94%) MPEG
13 15 (1.94%) Replication
14 14 (1.81%) Client/Server
14 14 (1.81%) FPGA
15 13 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
16 12 (1.55%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 466 (60.28%) Windows
2 249 (32.21%) Windows Server
3 192 (24.84%) Linux
4 90 (11.64%) Windows 10
5 57 (7.37%) Mac OS
6 34 (4.40%) Unix
7 27 (3.49%) Apple iOS
8 24 (3.10%) Ubuntu
9 20 (2.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 19 (2.46%) Android
11 18 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
12 14 (1.81%) CentOS
13 13 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
14 9 (1.16%) Rocky
15 7 (0.91%) Debian
15 7 (0.91%) Embedded Linux
16 5 (0.65%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.52%) Kali Linux
17 4 (0.52%) Solaris
18 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 291 (37.65%) Problem-Solving
2 167 (21.60%) Customer Service
3 155 (20.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 138 (17.85%) Cybersecurity
5 123 (15.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 115 (14.88%) ITIL
7 99 (12.81%) Disaster Recovery
8 86 (11.13%) Mentoring
9 85 (11.00%) Incident Response
10 76 (9.83%) Project Delivery
11 74 (9.57%) Infrastructure as Code
12 73 (9.44%) Service Delivery
13 67 (8.67%) ITSM
14 66 (8.54%) Computer Science
15 65 (8.41%) DevOps
16 63 (8.15%) High Availability
17 61 (7.89%) SIEM
18 59 (7.63%) CI/CD
19 57 (7.37%) Software Engineering
20 48 (6.21%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 143 (18.50%) Python
2 142 (18.37%) PowerShell
3 74 (9.57%) Bash
4 70 (9.06%) SQL
5 38 (4.92%) C++
6 27 (3.49%) C
7 21 (2.72%) Perl
8 18 (2.33%) C#
9 16 (2.07%) Java
9 16 (2.07%) JavaScript
10 14 (1.81%) Go
10 14 (1.81%) VBA
11 12 (1.55%) Bicep
12 10 (1.29%) Ruby
12 10 (1.29%) TypeScript
13 9 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
14 8 (1.03%) PHP
15 7 (0.91%) Search Processing Language
15 7 (0.91%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.39%) Rust
Qualifications
1 143 (18.50%) Degree
2 98 (12.68%) Security Cleared
3 87 (11.25%) Cisco Certification
4 74 (9.57%) CCNA
5 68 (8.80%) SC Cleared
6 59 (7.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 54 (6.99%) CCNP
8 33 (4.27%) Azure Certification
9 31 (4.01%) CompTIA Security+
9 31 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (2.72%) CREST Certified
11 20 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
12 18 (2.33%) CEH
12 18 (2.33%) GCIA
13 17 (2.20%) Network+ Certification
14 16 (2.07%) DV Cleared
14 16 (2.07%) HND
15 14 (1.81%) CISSP
15 14 (1.81%) HNC
15 14 (1.81%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (8.15%) SLA
2 31 (4.01%) Cyber Essentials
3 26 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 22 (2.85%) GDPR
5 18 (2.33%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.29%) NIST
7 7 (0.91%) QA
8 6 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.65%) GRC
9 5 (0.65%) NCSC
10 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.13%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.13%) DO-178B
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 332 (42.95%) Active Directory
2 139 (17.98%) Hyper-V
3 134 (17.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (3.88%) Docker
5 24 (3.10%) Firmware
6 23 (2.98%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (1.55%) vSphere
8 10 (1.29%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (1.29%) Virtual Servers
8 10 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
9 7 (0.91%) KVM
10 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.39%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.26%) QEMU
12 1 (0.13%) Ceph
12 1 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.13%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 120 (15.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (5.69%) Ansible
3 37 (4.79%) Kubernetes
4 36 (4.66%) FortiGate
5 17 (2.20%) QRadar
6 16 (2.07%) Nagios
7 15 (1.94%) Grafana
7 15 (1.94%) Prometheus
8 14 (1.81%) Jamf Pro
9 9 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 8 (1.03%) Kibana
10 8 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
11 7 (0.91%) WSUS
12 6 (0.78%) Puppet
12 6 (0.78%) SCCM
13 5 (0.65%) McAfee ePO
13 5 (0.65%) SCVMM
13 5 (0.65%) ZABBIX
14 4 (0.52%) Control-M
14 4 (0.52%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 431 (55.76%) Microsoft
2 154 (19.92%) VMware
3 108 (13.97%) Cisco
4 54 (6.99%) Fortinet
5 42 (5.43%) Veeam
6 38 (4.92%) Splunk
7 32 (4.14%) Palo Alto
8 30 (3.88%) Meraki
8 30 (3.88%) ServiceNow
9 28 (3.62%) Google
10 25 (3.23%) Red Hat
10 25 (3.23%) SolarWinds
11 23 (2.98%) SonicWALL
12 22 (2.85%) HP
12 22 (2.85%) Sophos
13 18 (2.33%) Apple
14 17 (2.20%) Dell
15 16 (2.07%) Zscaler
16 15 (1.94%) CrowdStrike
16 15 (1.94%) Ubiquiti