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

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 188 188
Rank change year-on-year -45 0 +39
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 640 770 1,246
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.91% 1.66% 1.59%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.45% 12.26% 11.65%
Number of salaries quoted 485 487 1,050
10th Percentile £27,300 £29,150 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,500 £34,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £50,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +14.29% -2.78%
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £64,750
90th Percentile £78,790 £79,250 £75,100
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,250 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -23.68% +18.75% -

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 9,919 6,282 10,691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 14.13% 13.56% 13.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,903 3,525 8,754
10th Percentile £26,010 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,697 £38,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +12.24% -6.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £43,227
% change year-on-year -30.00% +15.67% -3.94%

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 2 March 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 2 March 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 -32 581 £38,000 -20.00% 233
UK excluding London -59 407 £36,250 -23.68% 200
London +21 208 £45,000 -11.76% 53
Work from Home -28 178 £42,000 -30.00% 91
North of England -4 119 £34,000 -24.44% 56
South East -57 97 £37,500 -25.00% 58
Midlands -12 65 £32,500 -7.14% 20
Yorkshire -25 56 £32,500 -27.78% 17
East of England -16 47 £31,750 -34.54% 34
South West -19 46 £40,000 -20.00% 32
East Midlands -13 44 £32,500 -40.91% 7
North West -11 38 £40,500 -19.00% 30
North East +9 25 £45,000 -35.11% 12
West Midlands -17 21 £52,500 +50.00% 13
Wales -18 18 £42,500 -34.62% 5
Scotland -41 13 £60,000 +21.82% 5
Northern Ireland -31 3 £73,801 +6.48% 2

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
1 148 (23.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 88 (13.75%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.88%) IIS
4 4 (0.63%) Confluence
4 4 (0.63%) nginx
5 2 (0.31%) Apache
5 2 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.31%) CMS
5 2 (0.31%) WordPress
6 1 (0.16%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 93 (14.53%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.78%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.31%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.31%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 317 (49.53%) Azure
2 309 (48.28%) Microsoft 365
3 129 (20.16%) Entra ID
4 119 (18.59%) AWS
5 59 (9.22%) GCP
6 37 (5.78%) Google Workspace
7 32 (5.00%) Amazon ECS
8 31 (4.84%) OneDrive
9 30 (4.69%) SaaS
10 26 (4.06%) AWS CloudFormation
11 25 (3.91%) Amazon ECR
11 25 (3.91%) dbt
11 25 (3.91%) PaaS
11 25 (3.91%) Pulumi
12 21 (3.28%) IaaS
13 19 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
14 18 (2.81%) GitHub
15 17 (2.66%) Amazon ElastiCache
15 17 (2.66%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 17 (2.66%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 372 (58.13%) DNS
2 312 (48.75%) DHCP
3 230 (35.94%) Firewall
4 210 (32.81%) VPN
5 148 (23.13%) VLAN
6 142 (22.19%) WAN
7 121 (18.91%) LAN
8 90 (14.06%) Wi-Fi
9 62 (9.69%) Wireless
10 56 (8.75%) Network Security
11 52 (8.13%) VoIP
12 39 (6.09%) HTTP
13 35 (5.47%) SD-WAN
14 26 (4.06%) BGP
15 22 (3.44%) SSL
16 20 (3.13%) OSPF
17 19 (2.97%) Wireshark
18 16 (2.50%) SAN
19 15 (2.34%) Remote Desktop
20 14 (2.19%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (7.50%) Amazon RDS
2 41 (6.41%) SQL Server
3 35 (5.47%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (3.91%) Elasticsearch
4 25 (3.91%) Redis
5 10 (1.56%) Power BI
5 10 (1.56%) Relational Database
6 8 (1.25%) MySQL
7 3 (0.47%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.31%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.31%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.31%) JasperReports
8 2 (0.31%) Metadata
8 2 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.16%) FileMaker
9 1 (0.16%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.16%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 21 (3.28%) Jenkins
2 18 (2.81%) Git
3 17 (2.66%) JIRA
4 14 (2.19%) Metasploit
5 11 (1.72%) Burp Suite
6 7 (1.09%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.78%) GitLab
7 5 (0.78%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.47%) Snyk
9 2 (0.31%) IDA Disassembler
9 2 (0.31%) Jaeger
9 2 (0.31%) MLflow
9 2 (0.31%) Rational Rhapsody
9 2 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.16%) Selenium
10 1 (0.16%) WebDriver
General
1 285 (44.53%) Social Skills
2 83 (12.97%) Finance
3 60 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (7.03%) Law
5 36 (5.63%) Banking
6 34 (5.31%) Telecoms
7 32 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
8 29 (4.53%) Organisational Skills
9 27 (4.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (2.97%) Manufacturing
10 19 (2.97%) Retail
11 18 (2.81%) Investment Banking
12 16 (2.50%) Public Sector
13 15 (2.34%) Legal
14 13 (2.03%) Aerospace
15 12 (1.88%) Back Office
15 12 (1.88%) Marketing
16 8 (1.25%) Automotive
17 7 (1.09%) Electronics
18 6 (0.94%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 199 (31.09%) IT Support
2 134 (20.94%) Support Engineer
3 98 (15.31%) IT Engineer
4 89 (13.91%) IT Support Engineer
5 84 (13.13%) Senior
6 77 (12.03%) 2nd Line Support
7 68 (10.63%) Support Technician
8 61 (9.53%) Analyst
9 54 (8.44%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 54 (8.44%) IT Support Technician
9 54 (8.44%) IT Technician
10 51 (7.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 46 (7.19%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 46 (7.19%) Support Analyst
12 36 (5.63%) Developer
13 31 (4.84%) Network Engineer
14 27 (4.22%) 3rd Line Support
14 27 (4.22%) C++ Developer
14 27 (4.22%) Technical Support
15 23 (3.59%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.91%) Django
2 16 (2.50%) Elastic Stack
3 6 (0.94%) FIX Protocol
3 6 (0.94%) RESTful
4 5 (0.78%) .NET
4 5 (0.78%) LDAP
4 5 (0.78%) Middleware
5 4 (0.63%) Qt
5 4 (0.63%) REST
5 4 (0.63%) Sass
5 4 (0.63%) STL
5 4 (0.63%) WebSockets
5 4 (0.63%) ZeroMQ
6 3 (0.47%) QML
6 3 (0.47%) SOAP
6 3 (0.47%) Web Services
7 2 (0.31%) Kafka
7 2 (0.31%) Keycloak
7 2 (0.31%) OAuth
7 2 (0.31%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 77 (12.03%) Driving Licence
2 56 (8.75%) Onboarding
3 34 (5.31%) Data Centre
4 26 (4.06%) Linux Command Line
5 23 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (3.59%) Video Conferencing
6 20 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
6 20 (3.13%) FPGA
7 18 (2.81%) Enterprise Software
7 18 (2.81%) Replication
8 17 (2.66%) Management Information System
9 15 (2.34%) Cloud Native
10 14 (2.19%) CCTV
10 14 (2.19%) Cyber Threat
10 14 (2.19%) NHS
11 12 (1.88%) iPhone
12 11 (1.72%) Security Posture
13 10 (1.56%) Clustering
13 10 (1.56%) EPoS
13 10 (1.56%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 409 (63.91%) Windows
2 237 (37.03%) Windows Server
3 175 (27.34%) Linux
4 128 (20.00%) Windows 10
5 60 (9.38%) Mac OS
6 44 (6.88%) Unix
7 36 (5.63%) Apple iOS
8 35 (5.47%) Android
9 34 (5.31%) Windows Server 2016
10 25 (3.91%) Windows Server 2019
11 21 (3.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 20 (3.13%) Windows Server 2012
13 11 (1.72%) CentOS
14 10 (1.56%) Ubuntu
15 9 (1.41%) Mac OS X
16 7 (1.09%) Kali Linux
17 5 (0.78%) Windows 7
18 4 (0.63%) CoreOS
18 4 (0.63%) FreeRTOS
18 4 (0.63%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (36.09%) Problem-Solving
2 137 (21.41%) Customer Service
3 111 (17.34%) ITIL
4 88 (13.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 80 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
6 71 (11.09%) Infrastructure as Code
7 69 (10.78%) CI/CD
7 69 (10.78%) Continuous Improvement
8 66 (10.31%) DevOps
9 64 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
10 60 (9.38%) Service Delivery
11 54 (8.44%) Root Cause Analysis
12 43 (6.72%) Computer Science
12 43 (6.72%) ITSM
12 43 (6.72%) Mentoring
13 42 (6.56%) Agile
13 42 (6.56%) Incident Response
14 37 (5.78%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 35 (5.47%) High Availability
16 33 (5.16%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 132 (20.63%) Python
2 110 (17.19%) PowerShell
3 52 (8.13%) C++
4 50 (7.81%) Bash
5 42 (6.56%) Java
6 41 (6.41%) SQL
7 35 (5.47%) C
8 22 (3.44%) Go
9 12 (1.88%) C#
10 6 (0.94%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.63%) Delphi
11 4 (0.63%) Pascal
11 4 (0.63%) PHP
11 4 (0.63%) R
11 4 (0.63%) Rust
12 3 (0.47%) VBScript
13 2 (0.31%) Embedded C++
13 2 (0.31%) Perl
13 2 (0.31%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.31%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 105 (16.41%) Degree
2 72 (11.25%) Security Cleared
3 60 (9.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 60 (9.38%) SC Cleared
4 41 (6.41%) Cisco Certification
5 32 (5.00%) CCNA
6 28 (4.38%) Azure Certification
7 25 (3.91%) CCNP
8 24 (3.75%) A+ Certification
9 23 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (3.13%) Network+ Certification
11 17 (2.66%) ITIL Certification
12 16 (2.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 15 (2.34%) DBS Check
14 12 (1.88%) DV Cleared
14 12 (1.88%) MCSA
15 11 (1.72%) CompTIA Security+
15 11 (1.72%) Master's Degree
16 10 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
16 10 (1.56%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (3.75%) SLA
3 22 (3.44%) GDPR
4 15 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (1.41%) SOC 2
6 8 (1.25%) QA
7 6 (0.94%) NIST
7 6 (0.94%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.63%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.63%) DICOM
8 4 (0.63%) GxP
8 4 (0.63%) HL7
8 4 (0.63%) MISRA
9 3 (0.47%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 3 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.47%) GRC
10 2 (0.31%) NCSC
10 2 (0.31%) PMO
11 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 333 (52.03%) Active Directory
2 126 (19.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 117 (18.28%) Hyper-V
4 38 (5.94%) Docker
5 14 (2.19%) Firmware
5 14 (2.19%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (2.19%) vSphere
6 9 (1.41%) KVM
7 6 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.63%) Embedded Firmware
8 4 (0.63%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.31%) NFS
9 2 (0.31%) XenApp
10 1 (0.16%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.16%) RHEV
10 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.16%) Xen
Systems Management
1 100 (15.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 65 (10.16%) Terraform
3 48 (7.50%) Ansible
4 20 (3.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 19 (2.97%) Prometheus
6 18 (2.81%) Grafana
6 18 (2.81%) Kubernetes
7 17 (2.66%) AWS Copilot
8 14 (2.19%) FortiGate
9 13 (2.03%) Jamf Pro
9 13 (2.03%) Nessus
10 12 (1.88%) SCCM
11 11 (1.72%) Nmap
12 10 (1.56%) Nagios
13 7 (1.09%) Autotask
13 7 (1.09%) Failover Clustering
13 7 (1.09%) Puppet
13 7 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
13 7 (1.09%) vCenter Server
14 6 (0.94%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 353 (55.16%) Microsoft
2 152 (23.75%) VMware
3 73 (11.41%) Cisco
4 67 (10.47%) Google
5 32 (5.00%) Veeam
6 28 (4.38%) Citrix
7 26 (4.06%) Palo Alto
7 26 (4.06%) Red Hat
8 25 (3.91%) Apple
9 23 (3.59%) SolarWinds
10 20 (3.13%) Fortinet
11 19 (2.97%) Dell
12 17 (2.66%) Meraki
13 14 (2.19%) SonicWALL
14 13 (2.03%) CheckPoint
14 13 (2.03%) HP
15 12 (1.88%) Juniper
16 11 (1.72%) ServiceNow
17 10 (1.56%) Mitel
18 9 (1.41%) Reuters