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

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 220 209
Rank change year-on-year -55 -11 +15
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 707 744 1,366
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.72% 1.53% 1.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.74% 10.44% 10.68%
Number of salaries quoted 553 526 1,093
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,279
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £42,072
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -4.92% -6.51%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,938 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% - -9.09%

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 7,256 7,129 12,795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.43% 14.63% 12.47%
Number of salaries quoted 4,642 4,123 8,992
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,253 £30,625 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -7.41%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £43,742
% change year-on-year +6.25% -8.55% -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 9 July 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 9 July 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 -41 666 £37,500 -5.06% 273
UK excluding London -54 488 £35,000 -6.67% 237
Work from Home +14 215 £40,000 -15.79% 103
London -15 208 £60,000 +15.38% 73
South East -38 147 £37,500 +1.35% 81
North of England -1 143 £32,500 -15.58% 46
Midlands -48 74 £32,500 - 32
North West +31 69 £31,500 -20.25% 18
Yorkshire -40 55 £32,500 -16.13% 24
East of England -32 53 £35,000 -26.32% 28
South West -53 41 £37,000 -5.73% 41
East Midlands -27 40 £32,500 - 12
West Midlands -49 34 £33,250 +2.31% 20
Wales -54 21 £40,000 -25.58% 5
North East -40 19 £40,000 +37.93% 8
Scotland -12 8 £46,000 -3.16% 7
Northern Ireland - 1 £73,801 - 10

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
1 124 (17.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 93 (13.15%) SharePoint
3 24 (3.39%) IIS
4 9 (1.27%) Apache
5 4 (0.57%) Confluence
6 3 (0.42%) SAS
7 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
Applications
1 64 (9.05%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.28%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.14%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.14%) Houdini
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.14%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.14%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 310 (43.85%) Microsoft 365
2 297 (42.01%) Azure
3 148 (20.93%) Entra ID
4 131 (18.53%) AWS
5 33 (4.67%) GCP
6 21 (2.97%) OneDrive
7 20 (2.83%) GitHub
7 20 (2.83%) IaaS
8 16 (2.26%) PaaS
8 16 (2.26%) SaaS
9 14 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (1.98%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (1.70%) AWS CloudFormation
11 10 (1.41%) Amazon ECS
12 9 (1.27%) OpenShift
13 8 (1.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 8 (1.13%) Google Workspace
14 7 (0.99%) Azure Monitor
14 7 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
14 7 (0.99%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 423 (59.83%) DNS
2 329 (46.53%) DHCP
3 305 (43.14%) Firewall
4 239 (33.80%) VPN
5 182 (25.74%) WAN
6 172 (24.33%) LAN
7 154 (21.78%) VLAN
8 82 (11.60%) Wi-Fi
9 77 (10.89%) Network Security
10 72 (10.18%) HTTP
11 58 (8.20%) BGP
12 56 (7.92%) VoIP
13 48 (6.79%) Wireless
14 40 (5.66%) SD-WAN
15 38 (5.37%) OSPF
16 23 (3.25%) Multicast
17 20 (2.83%) Ethernet
18 19 (2.69%) SSL
19 17 (2.40%) SMTP
19 17 (2.40%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.80%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.55%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (1.84%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (1.41%) MySQL
5 6 (0.85%) Crystal Reports
5 6 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.85%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.71%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.71%) Redis
7 4 (0.57%) InfluxDB
8 3 (0.42%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.42%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.28%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.14%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.14%) KDB
10 1 (0.14%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle9i Database
10 1 (0.14%) Power BI
10 1 (0.14%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 24 (3.39%) JIRA
2 15 (2.12%) Git
2 15 (2.12%) Jenkins
3 13 (1.84%) Bitbucket
4 6 (0.85%) GitLab
5 5 (0.71%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.28%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.28%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.28%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.14%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.14%) CMake
7 1 (0.14%) LSMW
General
1 318 (44.98%) Social Skills
2 93 (13.15%) Finance
3 86 (12.16%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (8.06%) Telecoms
5 51 (7.21%) Law
6 46 (6.51%) Organisational Skills
7 43 (6.08%) Banking
8 38 (5.37%) Documentation Skills
9 26 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 24 (3.39%) Retail
11 21 (2.97%) Aerospace
12 17 (2.40%) Investment Banking
13 16 (2.26%) Electronics
14 14 (1.98%) Public Sector
15 12 (1.70%) Manufacturing
16 11 (1.56%) Back Office
17 10 (1.41%) Legal
18 8 (1.13%) Automotive
19 6 (0.85%) Spanish Language
20 5 (0.71%) Military
Job Titles
1 189 (26.73%) IT Support
2 126 (17.82%) Support Engineer
3 105 (14.85%) IT Engineer
4 99 (14.00%) Analyst
5 83 (11.74%) IT Support Engineer
6 82 (11.60%) Network Engineer
7 73 (10.33%) Senior
8 61 (8.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 59 (8.35%) 2nd Line Support
9 59 (8.35%) Support Technician
10 54 (7.64%) IT Technician
11 52 (7.36%) IT Support Technician
12 39 (5.52%) Support Analyst
13 38 (5.37%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 34 (4.81%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 33 (4.67%) IT Analyst
16 32 (4.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 29 (4.10%) Lead
18 27 (3.82%) Developer
18 27 (3.82%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.69%) LDAP
2 15 (2.12%) Elastic Stack
3 14 (1.98%) Middleware
3 14 (1.98%) WebSockets
4 13 (1.84%) gRPC
4 13 (1.84%) React
5 12 (1.70%) Node.js
6 11 (1.56%) .NET
7 10 (1.41%) Django
8 7 (0.99%) 802.1X
8 7 (0.99%) AngularJS
8 7 (0.99%) JSON
8 7 (0.99%) RESTful
8 7 (0.99%) XML
9 6 (0.85%) ARM Templates
9 6 (0.85%) REST
10 5 (0.71%) CSS
10 5 (0.71%) HTML
11 4 (0.57%) ADO
11 4 (0.57%) COM
Miscellaneous
1 100 (14.14%) Driving Licence
2 44 (6.22%) Data Centre
3 39 (5.52%) Onboarding
4 29 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (3.82%) Cyber Threat
6 25 (3.54%) Security Posture
7 19 (2.69%) Security Operations Centre
8 17 (2.40%) FPGA
9 16 (2.26%) Cyber Defence
10 14 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (1.98%) Linux Command Line
10 14 (1.98%) MPEG
10 14 (1.98%) PKI
11 13 (1.84%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (1.84%) CCTV
11 13 (1.84%) EPoS
11 13 (1.84%) Replication
12 12 (1.70%) Client/Server
13 11 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (1.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 431 (60.96%) Windows
2 237 (33.52%) Windows Server
3 156 (22.07%) Linux
4 101 (14.29%) Windows 10
5 51 (7.21%) Mac OS
6 36 (5.09%) Apple iOS
7 25 (3.54%) Android
8 22 (3.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 22 (3.11%) Windows Server 2016
9 17 (2.40%) Unix
10 14 (1.98%) Windows Server 2019
11 12 (1.70%) Ubuntu
12 9 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
13 7 (0.99%) CentOS
13 7 (0.99%) Debian
14 6 (0.85%) VMS
14 6 (0.85%) Windows 7
15 5 (0.71%) Kali Linux
16 4 (0.57%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.57%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (36.78%) Problem-Solving
2 153 (21.64%) Customer Service
3 118 (16.69%) Cybersecurity
4 117 (16.55%) Continuous Improvement
5 101 (14.29%) ITIL
6 98 (13.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 91 (12.87%) Service Delivery
8 90 (12.73%) Disaster Recovery
9 74 (10.47%) Incident Response
10 71 (10.04%) Infrastructure as Code
11 65 (9.19%) ITSM
12 64 (9.05%) DevOps
13 60 (8.49%) Mentoring
14 59 (8.35%) Project Delivery
15 55 (7.78%) High Availability
16 53 (7.50%) CI/CD
16 53 (7.50%) Incident Management
17 52 (7.36%) SIEM
18 47 (6.65%) Computer Science
19 45 (6.36%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 125 (17.68%) PowerShell
2 119 (16.83%) Python
3 63 (8.91%) Bash
4 60 (8.49%) SQL
5 40 (5.66%) C++
6 26 (3.68%) Java
7 25 (3.54%) C
8 18 (2.55%) Go
9 15 (2.12%) C#
10 12 (1.70%) VBA
11 11 (1.56%) PHP
12 9 (1.27%) Perl
13 8 (1.13%) JavaScript
14 7 (0.99%) Search Processing Language
15 6 (0.85%) Bicep
16 4 (0.57%) Delphi
16 4 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
16 4 (0.57%) Pascal
16 4 (0.57%) Ruby
17 3 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 114 (16.12%) Degree
2 76 (10.75%) Security Cleared
3 68 (9.62%) Cisco Certification
4 55 (7.78%) CCNA
4 55 (7.78%) SC Cleared
5 54 (7.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 46 (6.51%) CCNP
7 28 (3.96%) Azure Certification
8 25 (3.54%) CompTIA Security+
9 22 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (2.55%) Network+ Certification
11 17 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
11 17 (2.40%) CREST Certified
12 13 (1.84%) CEH
12 13 (1.84%) GCIA
13 11 (1.56%) A+ Certification
13 11 (1.56%) GIAC
13 11 (1.56%) HND
13 11 (1.56%) RHCSA
14 10 (1.41%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (8.63%) SLA
2 27 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (3.39%) Cyber Essentials
4 19 (2.69%) GDPR
5 14 (1.98%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.85%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.71%) NIST
7 5 (0.71%) QA
8 4 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.57%) DICOM
8 4 (0.57%) HL7
9 3 (0.42%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.14%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 310 (43.85%) Active Directory
2 128 (18.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 119 (16.83%) Hyper-V
4 24 (3.39%) Docker
5 16 (2.26%) vSphere
6 15 (2.12%) Virtual Machines
7 13 (1.84%) Firmware
8 9 (1.27%) KVM
8 9 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (1.13%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.42%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.14%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.14%) QEMU
12 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.14%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.14%) Xen
Systems Management
1 98 (13.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 56 (7.92%) Ansible
2 56 (7.92%) Terraform
3 37 (5.23%) Kubernetes
4 33 (4.67%) FortiGate
5 24 (3.39%) Grafana
5 24 (3.39%) Prometheus
6 19 (2.69%) Nagios
7 16 (2.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 16 (2.26%) Jamf Pro
8 14 (1.98%) QRadar
9 9 (1.27%) Puppet
10 8 (1.13%) Kibana
10 8 (1.13%) WSUS
11 7 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (0.85%) SCCM
12 6 (0.85%) vCenter Server
12 6 (0.85%) VxRail
13 5 (0.71%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.71%) Control-M
Vendors
1 400 (56.58%) Microsoft
2 156 (22.07%) VMware
3 87 (12.31%) Cisco
4 38 (5.37%) Veeam
5 37 (5.23%) Meraki
6 36 (5.09%) Fortinet
7 32 (4.53%) ServiceNow
8 31 (4.38%) SolarWinds
9 29 (4.10%) Palo Alto
10 28 (3.96%) Splunk
11 24 (3.39%) Apple
12 21 (2.97%) Citrix
13 20 (2.83%) Dell
13 20 (2.83%) HP
14 18 (2.55%) CrowdStrike
14 18 (2.55%) Red Hat
15 16 (2.26%) Google
15 16 (2.26%) SonicWALL
15 16 (2.26%) Sophos
16 15 (2.12%) Zscaler