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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 217 208
Rank change year-on-year -54 -9 +20
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 683 723 1,382
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.71% 1.53% 1.31%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.61% 10.38% 10.64%
Number of salaries quoted 536 511 1,110
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,750 £25,975
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,334
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,750 £41,500 £42,072
Median % change year-on-year -9.04% -1.36% -6.51%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,125 £75,000 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% - -11.04%

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 7,105 6,964 12,990
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.35% 14.74% 12.32%
Number of salaries quoted 4,566 4,010 9,168
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,087 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £30,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -6.86%
75th Percentile £69,390 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% -9.09% -2.22%

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 3 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 3 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 -38 642 £37,500 -6.25% 280
UK excluding London -59 466 £35,000 -6.67% 239
London -20 206 £60,000 +14.29% 66
Work from Home +13 201 £40,500 -14.74% 90
North of England -5 139 £32,500 -17.20% 41
South East -27 138 £37,500 +2.04% 85
Midlands -47 69 £32,500 - 36
North West +23 66 £31,500 -20.25% 18
Yorkshire -39 54 £32,500 -18.75% 22
East of England -29 50 £35,000 -26.32% 33
South West -57 40 £37,000 -10.84% 41
East Midlands -15 38 £32,500 - 15
West Midlands -49 31 £33,250 +2.31% 21
Wales -46 21 £40,000 -27.27% 3
North East -41 19 £40,000 +37.93% 5
Scotland -5 8 £46,000 -3.16% 6
Northern Ireland - 1 £73,801 - 7

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
1 120 (17.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 90 (13.18%) SharePoint
3 23 (3.37%) IIS
4 8 (1.17%) Apache
5 4 (0.59%) Confluence
6 3 (0.44%) SAS
7 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
Applications
1 65 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.29%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.15%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.15%) Houdini
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.15%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.15%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 294 (43.05%) Microsoft 365
2 288 (42.17%) Azure
3 145 (21.23%) Entra ID
4 128 (18.74%) AWS
5 34 (4.98%) GCP
6 22 (3.22%) OneDrive
7 20 (2.93%) GitHub
8 18 (2.64%) IaaS
9 16 (2.34%) SaaS
10 14 (2.05%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (2.05%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (2.05%) PaaS
11 12 (1.76%) AWS CloudFormation
12 10 (1.46%) Amazon ECS
13 8 (1.17%) Google Workspace
13 8 (1.17%) OpenShift
14 7 (1.02%) Azure Monitor
14 7 (1.02%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
14 7 (1.02%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 407 (59.59%) DNS
2 323 (47.29%) DHCP
3 289 (42.31%) Firewall
4 231 (33.82%) VPN
5 184 (26.94%) WAN
6 173 (25.33%) LAN
7 152 (22.25%) VLAN
8 82 (12.01%) Wi-Fi
9 76 (11.13%) Network Security
10 69 (10.10%) HTTP
11 54 (7.91%) BGP
12 52 (7.61%) VoIP
13 42 (6.15%) Wireless
14 40 (5.86%) SD-WAN
15 37 (5.42%) OSPF
16 23 (3.37%) Multicast
17 19 (2.78%) Ethernet
18 17 (2.49%) SMTP
18 17 (2.49%) SSL
18 17 (2.49%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (6.30%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.64%) Amazon RDS
3 15 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (1.76%) MySQL
5 6 (0.88%) Crystal Reports
5 6 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.88%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.73%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.73%) Redis
7 4 (0.59%) InfluxDB
8 3 (0.44%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.44%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.44%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.15%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.15%) KDB
9 1 (0.15%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.15%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.15%) SAP Data Services
9 1 (0.15%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 20 (2.93%) JIRA
2 15 (2.20%) Git
2 15 (2.20%) Jenkins
3 13 (1.90%) Bitbucket
4 6 (0.88%) GitLab
5 5 (0.73%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.29%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.15%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.15%) CMake
7 1 (0.15%) LSMW
General
1 304 (44.51%) Social Skills
2 91 (13.32%) Finance
3 83 (12.15%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (7.76%) Telecoms
5 50 (7.32%) Law
6 45 (6.59%) Organisational Skills
7 42 (6.15%) Banking
8 38 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
9 25 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 22 (3.22%) Aerospace
10 22 (3.22%) Retail
11 17 (2.49%) Investment Banking
12 13 (1.90%) Back Office
12 13 (1.90%) Public Sector
13 12 (1.76%) Electronics
13 12 (1.76%) Manufacturing
14 10 (1.46%) Legal
15 8 (1.17%) Automotive
16 6 (0.88%) Spanish Language
17 5 (0.73%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 182 (26.65%) IT Support
2 119 (17.42%) Support Engineer
3 97 (14.20%) IT Engineer
4 96 (14.06%) Analyst
5 78 (11.42%) Network Engineer
6 77 (11.27%) IT Support Engineer
7 75 (10.98%) Senior
8 63 (9.22%) Support Technician
9 62 (9.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 61 (8.93%) 2nd Line Support
11 56 (8.20%) IT Technician
12 54 (7.91%) IT Support Technician
13 36 (5.27%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 36 (5.27%) Support Analyst
14 33 (4.83%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 32 (4.69%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 30 (4.39%) IT Analyst
17 29 (4.25%) Developer
18 27 (3.95%) Lead
19 24 (3.51%) 1st/2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.78%) LDAP
2 15 (2.20%) Elastic Stack
3 13 (1.90%) gRPC
3 13 (1.90%) Middleware
3 13 (1.90%) WebSockets
4 12 (1.76%) React
5 11 (1.61%) .NET
5 11 (1.61%) Node.js
6 9 (1.32%) Django
7 7 (1.02%) 802.1X
7 7 (1.02%) REST
7 7 (1.02%) RESTful
8 6 (0.88%) AngularJS
8 6 (0.88%) ARM Templates
8 6 (0.88%) JSON
9 5 (0.73%) XML
10 4 (0.59%) ADO
10 4 (0.59%) COM
10 4 (0.59%) CSS
10 4 (0.59%) DCOM
Miscellaneous
1 96 (14.06%) Driving Licence
2 40 (5.86%) Data Centre
3 34 (4.98%) Onboarding
4 27 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (3.81%) Cyber Threat
6 23 (3.37%) Security Posture
7 18 (2.64%) Security Operations Centre
8 17 (2.49%) EPoS
8 17 (2.49%) FPGA
9 16 (2.34%) Cyber Defence
10 14 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (2.05%) MPEG
10 14 (2.05%) PKI
10 14 (2.05%) Replication
11 13 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (1.90%) CCTV
12 12 (1.76%) Linux Command Line
13 11 (1.61%) Client/Server
13 11 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (1.61%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 417 (61.05%) Windows
2 231 (33.82%) Windows Server
3 147 (21.52%) Linux
4 101 (14.79%) Windows 10
5 48 (7.03%) Mac OS
6 36 (5.27%) Apple iOS
7 25 (3.66%) Android
8 23 (3.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 22 (3.22%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (2.49%) Unix
11 14 (2.05%) Windows Server 2019
12 12 (1.76%) Ubuntu
13 9 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
14 7 (1.02%) CentOS
14 7 (1.02%) Debian
15 6 (0.88%) VMS
15 6 (0.88%) Windows 7
16 5 (0.73%) Kali Linux
17 4 (0.59%) CoreOS
18 3 (0.44%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (36.31%) Problem-Solving
2 150 (21.96%) Customer Service
3 112 (16.40%) Continuous Improvement
4 111 (16.25%) Cybersecurity
5 96 (14.06%) ITIL
6 94 (13.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 89 (13.03%) Service Delivery
8 88 (12.88%) Disaster Recovery
9 73 (10.69%) Incident Response
10 70 (10.25%) Infrastructure as Code
11 61 (8.93%) DevOps
12 59 (8.64%) ITSM
13 57 (8.35%) Mentoring
14 54 (7.91%) High Availability
14 54 (7.91%) Incident Management
14 54 (7.91%) Project Delivery
15 50 (7.32%) SIEM
16 49 (7.17%) CI/CD
17 45 (6.59%) Computer Science
17 45 (6.59%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 122 (17.86%) PowerShell
2 113 (16.54%) Python
3 62 (9.08%) Bash
4 58 (8.49%) SQL
5 40 (5.86%) C++
6 26 (3.81%) Java
7 24 (3.51%) C
8 18 (2.64%) Go
9 15 (2.20%) C#
10 11 (1.61%) PHP
10 11 (1.61%) VBA
11 8 (1.17%) Perl
12 7 (1.02%) JavaScript
12 7 (1.02%) Search Processing Language
13 6 (0.88%) Bicep
14 4 (0.59%) Delphi
14 4 (0.59%) Pascal
14 4 (0.59%) Ruby
14 4 (0.59%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 107 (15.67%) Degree
2 75 (10.98%) Security Cleared
3 63 (9.22%) Cisco Certification
4 54 (7.91%) SC Cleared
5 51 (7.47%) CCNA
5 51 (7.47%) Microsoft Certification
6 43 (6.30%) CCNP
7 27 (3.95%) Azure Certification
8 24 (3.51%) CompTIA Security+
9 22 (3.22%) Computer Science Degree
10 19 (2.78%) Network+ Certification
11 17 (2.49%) BPSS Clearance
11 17 (2.49%) CREST Certified
12 12 (1.76%) A+ Certification
12 12 (1.76%) CEH
12 12 (1.76%) GCIA
13 11 (1.61%) RHCSA
14 10 (1.46%) GIAC
14 10 (1.46%) OSCP
14 10 (1.46%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (8.64%) SLA
2 28 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (3.37%) Cyber Essentials
4 20 (2.93%) GDPR
5 14 (2.05%) Accessibility
6 6 (0.88%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.73%) NIST
8 4 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.59%) DICOM
8 4 (0.59%) HL7
8 4 (0.59%) QA
9 3 (0.44%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.15%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 300 (43.92%) Active Directory
2 124 (18.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 111 (16.25%) Hyper-V
4 23 (3.37%) Docker
5 16 (2.34%) vSphere
6 14 (2.05%) Virtual Machines
7 13 (1.90%) Firmware
8 9 (1.32%) KVM
8 9 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (1.17%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 2 (0.29%) VMware NSX
13 1 (0.15%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.15%) QEMU
13 1 (0.15%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.15%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.15%) Xen
Systems Management
1 92 (13.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 55 (8.05%) Terraform
3 53 (7.76%) Ansible
4 37 (5.42%) Kubernetes
5 32 (4.69%) FortiGate
6 24 (3.51%) Grafana
6 24 (3.51%) Prometheus
7 19 (2.78%) Nagios
8 16 (2.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 16 (2.34%) Jamf Pro
9 14 (2.05%) QRadar
10 9 (1.32%) Puppet
11 8 (1.17%) Kibana
11 8 (1.17%) WSUS
12 7 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
13 6 (0.88%) SCCM
13 6 (0.88%) vCenter Server
13 6 (0.88%) VxRail
14 5 (0.73%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.73%) Control-M
Vendors
1 386 (56.52%) Microsoft
2 152 (22.25%) VMware
3 79 (11.57%) Cisco
4 38 (5.56%) Veeam
5 36 (5.27%) Meraki
6 32 (4.69%) Fortinet
6 32 (4.69%) SolarWinds
7 29 (4.25%) ServiceNow
8 28 (4.10%) Splunk
9 27 (3.95%) Palo Alto
10 24 (3.51%) Apple
11 21 (3.07%) Citrix
12 20 (2.93%) Dell
12 20 (2.93%) HP
13 19 (2.78%) Red Hat
14 18 (2.64%) CrowdStrike
15 16 (2.34%) Google
15 16 (2.34%) SonicWALL
16 15 (2.20%) Sophos
17 14 (2.05%) Zscaler