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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 212 232
Rank change year-on-year -53 +20 -16
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 767 761 982
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.74% 1.53% 1.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.39% 10.38% 9.84%
Number of salaries quoted 600 539 748
10th Percentile £28,475 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,875 £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 £78,750 £74,258 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £36,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -4.11% -2.67% -11.76%

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 7,381 7,332 9,976
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.12% 14.78% 11.90%
Number of salaries quoted 4,755 4,211 6,412
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,125 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -16.67% -1.10%

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 4 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 4 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 -36 717 £38,500 +2.67% 310
UK excluding London -47 547 £35,000 -4.11% 235
Work from Home +20 242 £42,000 -9.19% 116
London -33 209 £60,000 +15.38% 108
South East -12 167 £37,500 +5.63% 78
North of England -17 146 £32,500 -13.33% 49
Midlands -46 89 £33,000 +1.54% 30
North West +31 75 £32,250 -18.87% 25
East of England -33 61 £35,000 -26.32% 23
Yorkshire -47 55 £32,500 -18.75% 17
South West -54 47 £33,500 -6.29% 39
West Midlands -48 45 £37,500 +15.38% 20
East Midlands -16 44 £32,500 +4.00% 10
Wales -53 23 £40,000 +14.29% 3
North East -58 16 £40,000 +37.93% 9
Scotland -5 11 £63,451 +33.58% 8
Northern Ireland - 3 £71,991 - 9

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 (17.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 98 (12.78%) SharePoint
3 23 (3.00%) IIS
4 12 (1.56%) Apache
5 3 (0.39%) SAS
6 1 (0.13%) Confluence
6 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
Applications
1 57 (7.43%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.96%) 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 2 (0.26%) Fidessa
1 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
1 2 (0.26%) Sage 200
1 2 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 332 (43.29%) Microsoft 365
2 327 (42.63%) Azure
3 163 (21.25%) Entra ID
4 148 (19.30%) AWS
5 44 (5.74%) GCP
6 29 (3.78%) OneDrive
7 25 (3.26%) AWS CloudFormation
8 18 (2.35%) dbt
9 17 (2.22%) IaaS
10 16 (2.09%) SaaS
11 15 (1.96%) GitHub
12 14 (1.83%) PaaS
13 13 (1.69%) OpenShift
14 12 (1.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 10 (1.30%) Azure Monitor
16 9 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
16 9 (1.17%) Azure Sentinel
16 9 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
16 9 (1.17%) Google Workspace
17 8 (1.04%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 442 (57.63%) DNS
2 344 (44.85%) Firewall
3 339 (44.20%) DHCP
4 252 (32.86%) VPN
5 189 (24.64%) WAN
6 182 (23.73%) LAN
7 147 (19.17%) VLAN
8 90 (11.73%) Network Security
9 85 (11.08%) Wi-Fi
10 70 (9.13%) HTTP
11 68 (8.87%) VoIP
12 67 (8.74%) Wireless
13 58 (7.56%) BGP
14 44 (5.74%) OSPF
15 43 (5.61%) SD-WAN
16 24 (3.13%) Multicast
17 21 (2.74%) SSL
18 19 (2.48%) Ethernet
19 18 (2.35%) SMTP
20 17 (2.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (6.13%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
3 11 (1.43%) MySQL
4 7 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.78%) Crystal Reports
5 6 (0.78%) Redis
6 5 (0.65%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.65%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.52%) InfluxDB
8 3 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.39%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.26%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.13%) KDB
10 1 (0.13%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.13%) Oracle9i Database
10 1 (0.13%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 28 (3.65%) JIRA
2 20 (2.61%) Git
3 12 (1.56%) Bitbucket
4 9 (1.17%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.65%) GitLab
5 5 (0.65%) 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
1 352 (45.89%) Social Skills
2 97 (12.65%) Analytical Skills
3 93 (12.13%) Finance
4 62 (8.08%) Telecoms
5 48 (6.26%) Law
6 42 (5.48%) Banking
6 42 (5.48%) Organisational Skills
7 32 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
8 26 (3.39%) Electronics
8 26 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 23 (3.00%) Aerospace
10 22 (2.87%) Retail
11 17 (2.22%) Manufacturing
12 15 (1.96%) Investment Banking
13 14 (1.83%) Public Sector
14 10 (1.30%) Legal
15 7 (0.91%) Digital Health
15 7 (0.91%) Military
16 6 (0.78%) Automotive
17 5 (0.65%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 198 (25.81%) IT Support
2 149 (19.43%) Support Engineer
3 124 (16.17%) IT Engineer
4 101 (13.17%) IT Support Engineer
5 96 (12.52%) Analyst
6 93 (12.13%) Network Engineer
7 91 (11.86%) Senior
8 66 (8.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 60 (7.82%) 2nd Line Support
10 58 (7.56%) Support Technician
11 53 (6.91%) IT Technician
12 51 (6.65%) IT Support Technician
13 40 (5.22%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 38 (4.95%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 37 (4.82%) Support Analyst
16 33 (4.30%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 32 (4.17%) IT Analyst
18 29 (3.78%) Lead
19 26 (3.39%) IT Support Analyst
20 25 (3.26%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.48%) LDAP
2 17 (2.22%) React
3 15 (1.96%) WebSockets
4 13 (1.69%) gRPC
4 13 (1.69%) Node.js
5 12 (1.56%) Django
5 12 (1.56%) Middleware
6 11 (1.43%) .NET
7 10 (1.30%) Elastic Stack
8 9 (1.17%) XML
9 8 (1.04%) AngularJS
9 8 (1.04%) JSON
10 7 (0.91%) 802.1X
10 7 (0.91%) REST
11 6 (0.78%) ARM Templates
11 6 (0.78%) CSS
11 6 (0.78%) HTML
12 4 (0.52%) ADO
12 4 (0.52%) COM
12 4 (0.52%) DCOM
Miscellaneous
1 109 (14.21%) Driving Licence
2 53 (6.91%) Onboarding
3 47 (6.13%) Data Centre
4 34 (4.43%) Self-Motivation
5 30 (3.91%) Cyber Threat
6 23 (3.00%) Security Posture
7 22 (2.87%) Security Operations Centre
8 19 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
8 19 (2.48%) Linux Command Line
9 18 (2.35%) CCTV
10 17 (2.22%) Cyber Defence
10 17 (2.22%) PKI
11 16 (2.09%) FPGA
11 16 (2.09%) MPEG
12 15 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
13 13 (1.69%) Client/Server
13 13 (1.69%) Management Information System
14 12 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (1.56%) Replication
14 12 (1.56%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 460 (59.97%) Windows
2 251 (32.72%) Windows Server
3 188 (24.51%) Linux
4 96 (12.52%) Windows 10
5 57 (7.43%) Mac OS
6 35 (4.56%) Unix
7 31 (4.04%) Apple iOS
8 24 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 22 (2.87%) Android
10 19 (2.48%) Ubuntu
10 19 (2.48%) Windows Server 2016
11 14 (1.83%) Windows Server 2019
12 11 (1.43%) CentOS
13 7 (0.91%) Debian
14 6 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
15 5 (0.65%) CoreOS
15 5 (0.65%) Embedded Linux
15 5 (0.65%) Kali Linux
15 5 (0.65%) Windows 7
16 4 (0.52%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (36.77%) Problem-Solving
2 159 (20.73%) Customer Service
3 158 (20.60%) Continuous Improvement
4 123 (16.04%) Cybersecurity
5 112 (14.60%) ITIL
6 110 (14.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 92 (11.99%) Disaster Recovery
8 90 (11.73%) Incident Response
9 81 (10.56%) Infrastructure as Code
10 79 (10.30%) Mentoring
10 79 (10.30%) Service Delivery
11 75 (9.78%) DevOps
12 74 (9.65%) Project Delivery
13 71 (9.26%) ITSM
14 68 (8.87%) High Availability
15 64 (8.34%) CI/CD
16 57 (7.43%) SIEM
17 53 (6.91%) Computer Science
18 50 (6.52%) Software Engineering
19 48 (6.26%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 142 (18.51%) Python
2 136 (17.73%) PowerShell
3 72 (9.39%) Bash
4 62 (8.08%) SQL
5 39 (5.08%) C++
6 25 (3.26%) C
7 21 (2.74%) Java
8 17 (2.22%) Perl
9 15 (1.96%) C#
10 14 (1.83%) VBA
11 13 (1.69%) Go
11 13 (1.69%) JavaScript
12 10 (1.30%) Bicep
12 10 (1.30%) PHP
13 7 (0.91%) Ruby
13 7 (0.91%) Search Processing Language
14 6 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (0.78%) TypeScript
15 5 (0.65%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.39%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 133 (17.34%) Degree
2 96 (12.52%) Security Cleared
3 81 (10.56%) Cisco Certification
4 74 (9.65%) SC Cleared
5 68 (8.87%) CCNA
6 58 (7.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 52 (6.78%) CCNP
8 29 (3.78%) Azure Certification
9 28 (3.65%) CompTIA Security+
10 26 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
11 20 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
12 19 (2.48%) CREST Certified
13 16 (2.09%) HND
14 15 (1.96%) CEH
14 15 (1.96%) GCIA
15 14 (1.83%) HNC
16 13 (1.69%) AWS Certification
16 13 (1.69%) GIAC
17 12 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
17 12 (1.56%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (8.47%) SLA
2 26 (3.39%) Cyber Essentials
3 25 (3.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (2.22%) Accessibility
5 16 (2.09%) GDPR
6 8 (1.04%) NIST
7 6 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.52%) QA
9 3 (0.39%) GRC
9 3 (0.39%) NCSC
9 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.26%) DICOM
10 2 (0.26%) HL7
11 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.13%) DO-178B
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 322 (41.98%) Active Directory
2 138 (17.99%) Hyper-V
3 133 (17.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (3.78%) Docker
5 20 (2.61%) Firmware
5 20 (2.61%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (1.56%) vSphere
7 10 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
8 9 (1.17%) KVM
9 8 (1.04%) VMware ESXi
10 7 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.39%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.13%) Ceph
12 1 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.13%) QEMU
12 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.13%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 120 (15.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 70 (9.13%) Terraform
3 52 (6.78%) Ansible
4 39 (5.08%) Kubernetes
5 34 (4.43%) FortiGate
6 19 (2.48%) Grafana
6 19 (2.48%) Prometheus
7 18 (2.35%) Nagios
8 17 (2.22%) Jamf Pro
9 15 (1.96%) QRadar
10 11 (1.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 8 (1.04%) Kibana
11 8 (1.04%) Puppet
11 8 (1.04%) WSUS
12 7 (0.91%) SCCM
13 6 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
14 5 (0.65%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.65%) Control-M
14 5 (0.65%) SCVMM
14 5 (0.65%) VxRail
Vendors
1 425 (55.41%) Microsoft
2 156 (20.34%) VMware
3 105 (13.69%) Cisco
4 48 (6.26%) Fortinet
5 39 (5.08%) Veeam
6 36 (4.69%) Meraki
7 34 (4.43%) Splunk
8 32 (4.17%) Palo Alto
9 31 (4.04%) Google
10 30 (3.91%) ServiceNow
11 27 (3.52%) SolarWinds
12 24 (3.13%) Apple
12 24 (3.13%) HP
12 24 (3.13%) Red Hat
13 20 (2.61%) Sophos
14 18 (2.35%) SonicWALL
14 18 (2.35%) Zscaler
15 17 (2.22%) Dell
16 15 (1.96%) CrowdStrike
17 14 (1.83%) Ubiquiti