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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 210 230
Rank change year-on-year -57 +20 -18
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 748 766 1,053
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.74% 1.55% 1.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.20% 10.54% 9.87%
Number of salaries quoted 581 541 817
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £38,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.30% -9.41% -5.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -5.41% -1.33% -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 7,335 7,270 10,665
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.24% 14.71% 12.08%
Number of salaries quoted 4,719 4,174 7,136
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -12.82% -5.47%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,500 £82,500 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +13.33% -16.67% -

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 27 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 27 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 -42 703 £38,000 +0.66% 266
UK excluding London -44 528 £35,000 -5.41% 206
Work from Home +2 232 £40,000 -15.79% 96
London -22 208 £60,000 +15.38% 94
South East -14 164 £37,500 +4.90% 67
North of England -6 147 £32,500 -13.33% 42
Midlands -49 81 £32,500 - 27
North West +28 72 £32,250 -19.38% 21
Yorkshire -43 59 £32,500 -13.33% 16
East of England -25 58 £35,000 -26.32% 26
South West -55 45 £33,500 -6.29% 36
East Midlands -24 43 £32,500 - 11
West Midlands -49 38 £35,375 +8.85% 16
Wales -59 21 £40,000 +14.29% 4
North East -55 16 £40,000 +25.00% 7
Scotland -1 10 £57,500 +21.05% 10
Northern Ireland - 2 £58,151 - 3

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
1 132 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 96 (12.83%) SharePoint
3 24 (3.21%) IIS
4 12 (1.60%) Apache
5 3 (0.40%) SAS
6 2 (0.27%) Confluence
7 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
Applications
1 59 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.27%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.13%) Houdini
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.13%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) NetSuite
1 2 (0.27%) Sage 200
1 2 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.13%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 328 (43.85%) Microsoft 365
2 317 (42.38%) Azure
3 159 (21.26%) Entra ID
4 139 (18.58%) AWS
5 36 (4.81%) GCP
6 24 (3.21%) OneDrive
7 20 (2.67%) IaaS
8 17 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
9 16 (2.14%) GitHub
9 16 (2.14%) PaaS
9 16 (2.14%) SaaS
10 13 (1.74%) OpenShift
11 11 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
12 10 (1.34%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 10 (1.34%) dbt
12 10 (1.34%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (1.20%) Google Workspace
14 8 (1.07%) Amazon ECS
14 8 (1.07%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 437 (58.42%) DNS
2 337 (45.05%) DHCP
3 333 (44.52%) Firewall
4 244 (32.62%) VPN
5 189 (25.27%) WAN
6 182 (24.33%) LAN
7 151 (20.19%) VLAN
8 87 (11.63%) Network Security
9 85 (11.36%) Wi-Fi
10 71 (9.49%) HTTP
11 66 (8.82%) VoIP
12 63 (8.42%) Wireless
13 58 (7.75%) BGP
14 43 (5.75%) OSPF
14 43 (5.75%) SD-WAN
15 25 (3.34%) Multicast
16 20 (2.67%) SSL
17 18 (2.41%) Ethernet
17 18 (2.41%) Wireshark
17 18 (2.41%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.48%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
3 12 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (1.47%) MySQL
5 6 (0.80%) Crystal Reports
5 6 (0.80%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.80%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.67%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.67%) Redis
7 4 (0.53%) InfluxDB
8 3 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.40%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.27%) 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%) Oracle9i Database
10 1 (0.13%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 29 (3.88%) JIRA
2 18 (2.41%) Git
3 12 (1.60%) Bitbucket
4 11 (1.47%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.67%) GitLab
5 5 (0.67%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.27%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.13%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.13%) CMake
7 1 (0.13%) LSMW
7 1 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 342 (45.72%) Social Skills
2 94 (12.57%) Analytical Skills
3 92 (12.30%) Finance
4 62 (8.29%) Telecoms
5 50 (6.68%) Law
6 42 (5.61%) Organisational Skills
7 41 (5.48%) Banking
8 35 (4.68%) Documentation Skills
9 26 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 24 (3.21%) Electronics
10 24 (3.21%) Retail
11 23 (3.07%) Aerospace
12 15 (2.01%) Investment Banking
12 15 (2.01%) Manufacturing
13 14 (1.87%) Public Sector
14 9 (1.20%) Legal
15 7 (0.94%) Automotive
15 7 (0.94%) Military
16 6 (0.80%) Back Office
16 6 (0.80%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 199 (26.60%) IT Support
2 144 (19.25%) Support Engineer
3 120 (16.04%) IT Engineer
4 97 (12.97%) IT Support Engineer
5 96 (12.83%) Analyst
6 89 (11.90%) Network Engineer
7 79 (10.56%) Senior
8 64 (8.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 59 (7.89%) Support Technician
10 57 (7.62%) 2nd Line Support
11 54 (7.22%) IT Technician
12 52 (6.95%) IT Support Technician
13 38 (5.08%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 38 (5.08%) Support Analyst
14 36 (4.81%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 34 (4.55%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 33 (4.41%) IT Analyst
17 31 (4.14%) Lead
18 27 (3.61%) IT Support Analyst
19 26 (3.48%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.41%) LDAP
2 16 (2.14%) React
3 15 (2.01%) WebSockets
4 13 (1.74%) gRPC
4 13 (1.74%) Middleware
4 13 (1.74%) Node.js
5 12 (1.60%) Elastic Stack
6 11 (1.47%) .NET
6 11 (1.47%) Django
7 9 (1.20%) XML
8 8 (1.07%) AngularJS
8 8 (1.07%) JSON
9 7 (0.94%) 802.1X
9 7 (0.94%) REST
10 6 (0.80%) ARM Templates
10 6 (0.80%) CSS
10 6 (0.80%) HTML
11 5 (0.67%) RESTful
12 4 (0.53%) ADO
12 4 (0.53%) COM
Miscellaneous
1 108 (14.44%) Driving Licence
2 51 (6.82%) Onboarding
3 47 (6.28%) Data Centre
4 32 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
5 29 (3.88%) Cyber Threat
6 24 (3.21%) Security Posture
7 21 (2.81%) Security Operations Centre
8 18 (2.41%) CCTV
8 18 (2.41%) Linux Command Line
9 16 (2.14%) Cyber Defence
9 16 (2.14%) FPGA
9 16 (2.14%) MPEG
10 15 (2.01%) PKI
11 13 (1.74%) Client/Server
11 13 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
12 12 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
12 12 (1.60%) Replication
12 12 (1.60%) Social Media
13 11 (1.47%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 455 (60.83%) Windows
2 246 (32.89%) Windows Server
3 174 (23.26%) Linux
4 94 (12.57%) Windows 10
5 56 (7.49%) Mac OS
6 33 (4.41%) Apple iOS
7 24 (3.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 24 (3.21%) Unix
8 22 (2.94%) Android
8 22 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (2.01%) Ubuntu
9 15 (2.01%) Windows Server 2019
10 9 (1.20%) CentOS
11 7 (0.94%) Debian
11 7 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
12 5 (0.67%) CoreOS
12 5 (0.67%) Kali Linux
12 5 (0.67%) Windows 7
13 4 (0.53%) Embedded Linux
13 4 (0.53%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 274 (36.63%) Problem-Solving
2 154 (20.59%) Customer Service
3 143 (19.12%) Continuous Improvement
4 124 (16.58%) Cybersecurity
5 109 (14.57%) ITIL
6 106 (14.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 90 (12.03%) Disaster Recovery
8 84 (11.23%) Service Delivery
9 80 (10.70%) Incident Response
10 72 (9.63%) Infrastructure as Code
10 72 (9.63%) ITSM
10 72 (9.63%) Project Delivery
11 67 (8.96%) DevOps
11 67 (8.96%) Mentoring
12 63 (8.42%) High Availability
13 56 (7.49%) SIEM
14 54 (7.22%) CI/CD
15 50 (6.68%) Computer Science
16 47 (6.28%) Incident Management
16 47 (6.28%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 132 (17.65%) PowerShell
2 128 (17.11%) Python
3 66 (8.82%) Bash
4 61 (8.16%) SQL
5 38 (5.08%) C++
6 24 (3.21%) C
7 23 (3.07%) Java
8 15 (2.01%) C#
9 14 (1.87%) Go
9 14 (1.87%) VBA
10 13 (1.74%) Perl
11 11 (1.47%) JavaScript
11 11 (1.47%) PHP
12 8 (1.07%) Bicep
13 7 (0.94%) Search Processing Language
14 6 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.67%) Ruby
15 5 (0.67%) TypeScript
16 4 (0.53%) Pascal
16 4 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 127 (16.98%) Degree
2 87 (11.63%) Security Cleared
3 80 (10.70%) Cisco Certification
4 66 (8.82%) CCNA
4 66 (8.82%) SC Cleared
5 58 (7.75%) Microsoft Certification
6 53 (7.09%) CCNP
7 28 (3.74%) Azure Certification
8 27 (3.61%) CompTIA Security+
9 24 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 20 (2.67%) BPSS Clearance
11 18 (2.41%) CREST Certified
12 15 (2.01%) CEH
12 15 (2.01%) GCIA
12 15 (2.01%) HND
12 15 (2.01%) Network+ Certification
13 13 (1.74%) GIAC
13 13 (1.74%) HNC
14 12 (1.60%) AWS Certification
15 11 (1.47%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (8.29%) SLA
2 26 (3.48%) Cyber Essentials
3 25 (3.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (2.27%) Accessibility
5 15 (2.01%) GDPR
6 6 (0.80%) NIST
7 5 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.53%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.53%) QA
9 3 (0.40%) DICOM
9 3 (0.40%) HL7
10 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.13%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.13%) GRC
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.13%) NCSC
10 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 321 (42.91%) Active Directory
2 132 (17.65%) Hyper-V
2 132 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (3.48%) Docker
4 19 (2.54%) Virtual Machines
5 17 (2.27%) Firmware
6 13 (1.74%) vSphere
7 10 (1.34%) Virtual Servers
8 9 (1.20%) KVM
9 8 (1.07%) VMware ESXi
10 5 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.40%) VMware NSX
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
1 115 (15.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 60 (8.02%) Terraform
3 54 (7.22%) Ansible
4 38 (5.08%) Kubernetes
5 35 (4.68%) FortiGate
6 21 (2.81%) Grafana
6 21 (2.81%) Prometheus
7 18 (2.41%) Jamf Pro
8 17 (2.27%) Nagios
9 14 (1.87%) QRadar
10 13 (1.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (1.20%) Puppet
11 9 (1.20%) WSUS
12 8 (1.07%) Kibana
13 7 (0.94%) SCCM
14 6 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
14 6 (0.80%) VxRail
15 5 (0.67%) AWS Copilot
15 5 (0.67%) McAfee ePO
15 5 (0.67%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 420 (56.15%) Microsoft
2 156 (20.86%) VMware
3 100 (13.37%) Cisco
4 46 (6.15%) Fortinet
5 40 (5.35%) Veeam
6 39 (5.21%) Meraki
7 32 (4.28%) Palo Alto
7 32 (4.28%) ServiceNow
8 31 (4.14%) Splunk
9 27 (3.61%) SolarWinds
10 25 (3.34%) Apple
11 23 (3.07%) Google
11 23 (3.07%) HP
12 20 (2.67%) Red Hat
13 19 (2.54%) Dell
13 19 (2.54%) Sophos
14 17 (2.27%) Citrix
14 17 (2.27%) SonicWALL
14 17 (2.27%) Zscaler
15 16 (2.14%) CrowdStrike