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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 217 239
Rank change year-on-year -46 +22 -40
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 772 756 973
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.73% 1.52% 1.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.35% 10.27% 9.80%
Number of salaries quoted 599 535 733
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,625 £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 £74,055 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,000 £35,250 £37,500
% change year-on-year +2.13% -6.00% -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 7,456 7,364 9,928
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.03% 14.79% 11.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,804 4,238 6,305
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £29,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £37,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +18.92% -17.78% -

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 11 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 11 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 -37 724 £38,750 +3.33% 311
UK excluding London -55 549 £36,000 +2.13% 223
Work from Home +4 247 £42,000 -6.67% 103
London -27 212 £60,000 +18.23% 128
South East -21 168 £37,500 +5.63% 74
North of England -23 145 £32,500 -13.33% 44
Midlands -51 92 £33,125 +1.92% 25
North West +26 77 £32,125 -19.18% 24
East of England -37 63 £36,250 -23.68% 22
Yorkshire -45 53 £32,500 -16.13% 12
West Midlands -49 48 £37,500 +15.38% 18
South West -68 46 £33,750 -2.17% 35
East Midlands -22 44 £32,500 +8.33% 7
Wales -60 21 £45,000 +28.57% 7
North East -66 15 £37,500 +29.31% 10
Scotland 0 11 £63,451 +69.20% 15
Northern Ireland - 3 £71,991 - 5

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
1 136 (17.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 96 (12.44%) SharePoint
3 25 (3.24%) IIS
4 12 (1.55%) Apache
5 3 (0.39%) SAS
6 2 (0.26%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.13%) Confluence
7 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.13%) WinCC
Applications
1 51 (6.61%) 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 4 (0.52%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.26%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.26%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 327 (42.36%) Azure
2 326 (42.23%) Microsoft 365
3 168 (21.76%) Entra ID
4 146 (18.91%) AWS
5 43 (5.57%) GCP
6 29 (3.76%) OneDrive
7 27 (3.50%) AWS CloudFormation
8 19 (2.46%) dbt
9 18 (2.33%) SaaS
10 16 (2.07%) IaaS
11 14 (1.81%) PaaS
12 13 (1.68%) GitHub
12 13 (1.68%) OpenShift
13 12 (1.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 10 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (1.17%) Azure Monitor
16 8 (1.04%) Amazon ECS
16 8 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
16 8 (1.04%) Google Workspace
16 8 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 440 (56.99%) DNS
2 349 (45.21%) Firewall
3 336 (43.52%) DHCP
4 256 (33.16%) VPN
5 185 (23.96%) WAN
6 177 (22.93%) LAN
7 148 (19.17%) VLAN
8 95 (12.31%) Network Security
9 83 (10.75%) Wi-Fi
10 68 (8.81%) VoIP
10 68 (8.81%) Wireless
11 67 (8.68%) HTTP
12 57 (7.38%) BGP
13 45 (5.83%) OSPF
14 42 (5.44%) SD-WAN
15 23 (2.98%) Multicast
16 21 (2.72%) SSL
17 19 (2.46%) Ethernet
18 18 (2.33%) SMTP
19 17 (2.20%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (6.61%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (1.42%) MySQL
2 11 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (0.78%) Crystal Reports
4 6 (0.78%) NoSQL
4 6 (0.78%) Redis
5 4 (0.52%) InfluxDB
5 4 (0.52%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.39%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (0.39%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.26%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.13%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.13%) KDB
8 1 (0.13%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.13%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 28 (3.63%) JIRA
2 18 (2.33%) Git
3 12 (1.55%) Bitbucket
4 7 (0.91%) 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
1 356 (46.11%) Social Skills
2 96 (12.44%) Analytical Skills
3 95 (12.31%) Finance
4 62 (8.03%) Telecoms
5 46 (5.96%) Law
6 42 (5.44%) Banking
7 41 (5.31%) Organisational Skills
8 33 (4.27%) Documentation Skills
9 30 (3.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 28 (3.63%) Electronics
11 24 (3.11%) Aerospace
12 21 (2.72%) Retail
13 17 (2.20%) Manufacturing
14 15 (1.94%) Investment Banking
15 14 (1.81%) Public Sector
16 10 (1.30%) Legal
17 7 (0.91%) Digital Health
17 7 (0.91%) Military
18 6 (0.78%) Automotive
19 5 (0.65%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 192 (24.87%) IT Support
2 150 (19.43%) Support Engineer
3 126 (16.32%) IT Engineer
4 102 (13.21%) Analyst
4 102 (13.21%) IT Support Engineer
5 95 (12.31%) Senior
6 93 (12.05%) Network Engineer
7 68 (8.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 60 (7.77%) 2nd Line Support
9 56 (7.25%) Support Technician
10 51 (6.61%) IT Technician
11 49 (6.35%) IT Support Technician
12 42 (5.44%) Support Analyst
13 39 (5.05%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 37 (4.79%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 34 (4.40%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 32 (4.15%) IT Analyst
17 29 (3.76%) Lead
18 27 (3.50%) Systems Engineer
19 26 (3.37%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.46%) LDAP
2 18 (2.33%) React
3 13 (1.68%) gRPC
3 13 (1.68%) Node.js
3 13 (1.68%) WebSockets
4 12 (1.55%) Django
4 12 (1.55%) Middleware
4 12 (1.55%) XML
5 11 (1.42%) .NET
6 10 (1.30%) JSON
7 8 (1.04%) AngularJS
7 8 (1.04%) Elastic Stack
8 7 (0.91%) 802.1X
8 7 (0.91%) REST
9 6 (0.78%) ARM Templates
9 6 (0.78%) CSS
9 6 (0.78%) HTML
10 5 (0.65%) FIX Protocol
10 5 (0.65%) RESTful
11 4 (0.52%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 105 (13.60%) Driving Licence
2 56 (7.25%) Onboarding
3 45 (5.83%) Data Centre
4 36 (4.66%) Self-Motivation
5 30 (3.89%) Cyber Threat
6 24 (3.11%) Security Posture
7 23 (2.98%) Security Operations Centre
8 20 (2.59%) Distributed Systems
8 20 (2.59%) PKI
9 19 (2.46%) Linux Command Line
10 18 (2.33%) CCTV
11 17 (2.20%) Cyber Defence
12 16 (2.07%) FPGA
12 16 (2.07%) MPEG
13 15 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
13 15 (1.94%) Management Information System
14 14 (1.81%) Client/Server
15 13 (1.68%) Replication
16 12 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
16 12 (1.55%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 458 (59.33%) Windows
2 250 (32.38%) Windows Server
3 193 (25.00%) Linux
4 89 (11.53%) Windows 10
5 58 (7.51%) Mac OS
6 39 (5.05%) Unix
7 28 (3.63%) Apple iOS
8 23 (2.98%) Ubuntu
9 22 (2.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 20 (2.59%) Android
11 17 (2.20%) Windows Server 2016
12 13 (1.68%) CentOS
12 13 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
13 7 (0.91%) Debian
13 7 (0.91%) Rocky
14 5 (0.65%) CoreOS
14 5 (0.65%) Embedded Linux
14 5 (0.65%) Kali Linux
15 4 (0.52%) Windows 7
15 4 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (36.53%) Problem-Solving
2 161 (20.85%) Customer Service
3 157 (20.34%) Continuous Improvement
4 128 (16.58%) Cybersecurity
5 115 (14.90%) ITIL
6 113 (14.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 94 (12.18%) Disaster Recovery
8 92 (11.92%) Incident Response
9 82 (10.62%) Mentoring
10 80 (10.36%) Infrastructure as Code
11 77 (9.97%) Service Delivery
12 75 (9.72%) Project Delivery
13 73 (9.46%) DevOps
14 69 (8.94%) ITSM
15 66 (8.55%) CI/CD
16 65 (8.42%) High Availability
17 59 (7.64%) Computer Science
17 59 (7.64%) SIEM
18 53 (6.87%) Software Engineering
19 47 (6.09%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 145 (18.78%) Python
2 139 (18.01%) PowerShell
3 73 (9.46%) Bash
4 65 (8.42%) SQL
5 39 (5.05%) C++
6 27 (3.50%) C
7 23 (2.98%) Java
8 19 (2.46%) Perl
9 16 (2.07%) C#
10 15 (1.94%) JavaScript
11 14 (1.81%) VBA
12 12 (1.55%) Go
13 10 (1.30%) Bicep
14 9 (1.17%) PHP
14 9 (1.17%) Ruby
15 8 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
16 7 (0.91%) Search Processing Language
16 7 (0.91%) TypeScript
17 6 (0.78%) Shell Script
18 2 (0.26%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 139 (18.01%) Degree
2 98 (12.69%) Security Cleared
3 84 (10.88%) Cisco Certification
4 74 (9.59%) SC Cleared
5 71 (9.20%) CCNA
6 60 (7.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 53 (6.87%) CCNP
8 31 (4.02%) Azure Certification
9 30 (3.89%) CompTIA Security+
10 27 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
11 20 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (2.59%) CREST Certified
12 17 (2.20%) CEH
12 17 (2.20%) GCIA
13 16 (2.07%) HND
14 15 (1.94%) Network+ Certification
15 14 (1.81%) AWS Certification
15 14 (1.81%) GIAC
15 14 (1.81%) HNC
15 14 (1.81%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (8.29%) SLA
2 28 (3.63%) Cyber Essentials
3 26 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 18 (2.33%) Accessibility
4 18 (2.33%) GDPR
5 10 (1.30%) NIST
6 7 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.65%) GRC
7 5 (0.65%) NCSC
8 4 (0.52%) QA
9 3 (0.39%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.13%) DICOM
10 1 (0.13%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.13%) HL7
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 320 (41.45%) Active Directory
2 135 (17.49%) Hyper-V
3 131 (16.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (4.02%) Docker
5 22 (2.85%) Firmware
6 20 (2.59%) Virtual Machines
7 12 (1.55%) vSphere
8 10 (1.30%) Virtual Servers
9 9 (1.17%) VMware ESXi
10 8 (1.04%) KVM
11 7 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.39%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.13%) Ceph
13 1 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.13%) QEMU
13 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.13%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 120 (15.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 69 (8.94%) Terraform
3 49 (6.35%) Ansible
4 40 (5.18%) Kubernetes
5 34 (4.40%) FortiGate
6 17 (2.20%) Grafana
6 17 (2.20%) Prometheus
7 16 (2.07%) Jamf Pro
7 16 (2.07%) Nagios
8 15 (1.94%) QRadar
9 10 (1.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 8 (1.04%) Kibana
10 8 (1.04%) WSUS
11 7 (0.91%) Puppet
11 7 (0.91%) SCCM
11 7 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.65%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.65%) Control-M
12 5 (0.65%) SCVMM
12 5 (0.65%) VxRail
Vendors
1 424 (54.92%) Microsoft
2 152 (19.69%) VMware
3 108 (13.99%) Cisco
4 52 (6.74%) Fortinet
5 40 (5.18%) Veeam
6 34 (4.40%) Meraki
6 34 (4.40%) Splunk
7 32 (4.15%) Google
7 32 (4.15%) Palo Alto
8 30 (3.89%) ServiceNow
9 26 (3.37%) SolarWinds
10 25 (3.24%) Red Hat
11 24 (3.11%) HP
12 22 (2.85%) Apple
13 21 (2.72%) Sophos
14 20 (2.59%) SonicWALL
15 18 (2.33%) Dell
16 17 (2.20%) Zscaler
17 15 (1.94%) CrowdStrike
18 14 (1.81%) Ubiquiti