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

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 206 196
Rank change year-on-year -52 -10 +40
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 607 614 1,385
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.73% 1.50% 1.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.86% 11.80% 11.30%
Number of salaries quoted 453 496 1,159
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £33,200 £30,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £48,245 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.09% +13.52% -5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £78,750 £73,850
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £47,500 £38,250
% change year-on-year -28.42% +24.18% -4.38%

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 10,360 5,205 12,259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.50% 12.73% 13.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,089 3,751 9,499
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £35,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £51,887 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.09% +9.23% -6.86%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £46,000 £43,080
% change year-on-year -18.48% +6.78% -4.27%

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 April 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 April 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 -36 557 £38,000 -15.56% 197
UK excluding London -79 360 £34,000 -28.42% 174
London +10 223 £45,000 -12.62% 42
Work from Home -6 176 £43,750 -27.08% 79
North of England -38 119 £34,000 -24.44% 49
South East -59 82 £36,000 -4.00% 50
Yorkshire -43 55 £32,500 -27.29% 17
South West -9 49 £40,000 -11.11% 25
Midlands -59 45 £32,500 -7.14% 25
North West -23 44 £40,000 -11.11% 26
East of England -41 39 £34,000 -28.42% 20
East Midlands -49 31 £32,500 -16.13% 8
North East -17 20 £45,000 -35.14% 7
West Midlands -44 14 £45,000 +28.57% 17
Wales -33 12 £40,000 -42.29% 4
Scotland -37 12 £55,000 +10.00% 5
Northern Ireland -40 2 £73,801 +6.48% 2

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
1 129 (21.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 77 (12.69%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.81%) IIS
4 4 (0.66%) Confluence
5 2 (0.33%) Apache
5 2 (0.33%) CMS
5 2 (0.33%) nginx
5 2 (0.33%) WordPress
6 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
Applications
1 84 (13.84%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.66%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.33%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.33%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 299 (49.26%) Azure
2 269 (44.32%) Microsoft 365
3 124 (20.43%) Entra ID
4 123 (20.26%) AWS
5 51 (8.40%) GCP
6 36 (5.93%) Google Workspace
7 26 (4.28%) Amazon ECS
7 26 (4.28%) OneDrive
8 23 (3.79%) SaaS
9 22 (3.62%) GitHub
10 20 (3.29%) AWS CloudFormation
10 20 (3.29%) IaaS
11 19 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (3.13%) PaaS
12 18 (2.97%) Amazon ECR
12 18 (2.97%) dbt
12 18 (2.97%) GitHub Actions
12 18 (2.97%) Pulumi
13 11 (1.81%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 10 (1.65%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 356 (58.65%) DNS
2 300 (49.42%) DHCP
3 214 (35.26%) Firewall
4 176 (29.00%) VPN
5 142 (23.39%) WAN
6 126 (20.76%) VLAN
7 125 (20.59%) LAN
8 84 (13.84%) Wi-Fi
9 58 (9.56%) Wireless
10 53 (8.73%) VoIP
11 49 (8.07%) Network Security
12 40 (6.59%) HTTP
13 37 (6.10%) SD-WAN
14 28 (4.61%) BGP
15 20 (3.29%) OSPF
16 18 (2.97%) Wireshark
17 17 (2.80%) Multicast
18 16 (2.64%) SMTP
19 14 (2.31%) SAN
20 13 (2.14%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (6.43%) Amazon RDS
1 39 (6.43%) SQL Server
2 27 (4.45%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (3.13%) Elasticsearch
4 18 (2.97%) Redis
5 10 (1.65%) Power BI
6 7 (1.15%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.99%) MySQL
8 3 (0.49%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.49%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.33%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.33%) JasperReports
9 2 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.16%) InfluxDB
10 1 (0.16%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.16%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.16%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.16%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 22 (3.62%) Jenkins
2 18 (2.97%) Git
3 13 (2.14%) JIRA
4 12 (1.98%) Metasploit
5 10 (1.65%) Bitbucket
6 8 (1.32%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.66%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.49%) GitLab
9 2 (0.33%) IDA Disassembler
9 2 (0.33%) Rational Rhapsody
10 1 (0.16%) CMake
10 1 (0.16%) Selenium
10 1 (0.16%) WebDriver
General
1 271 (44.65%) Social Skills
2 96 (15.82%) Finance
3 67 (11.04%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (7.25%) Law
5 43 (7.08%) Banking
6 39 (6.43%) Telecoms
7 32 (5.27%) Organisational Skills
8 28 (4.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 26 (4.28%) Documentation Skills
10 20 (3.29%) Investment Banking
11 18 (2.97%) Retail
12 17 (2.80%) Manufacturing
12 17 (2.80%) Public Sector
13 14 (2.31%) Back Office
14 13 (2.14%) Aerospace
14 13 (2.14%) Legal
15 10 (1.65%) Automotive
16 8 (1.32%) Electronics
17 7 (1.15%) Marketing
18 6 (0.99%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 185 (30.48%) IT Support
2 125 (20.59%) Support Engineer
3 90 (14.83%) IT Engineer
4 86 (14.17%) IT Support Engineer
5 80 (13.18%) 2nd Line Support
6 75 (12.36%) Senior
7 61 (10.05%) Support Technician
8 58 (9.56%) Analyst
9 56 (9.23%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 50 (8.24%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 50 (8.24%) IT Support Technician
10 50 (8.24%) IT Technician
11 47 (7.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 37 (6.10%) Developer
13 35 (5.77%) Support Analyst
14 34 (5.60%) Network Engineer
15 29 (4.78%) C++ Developer
16 26 (4.28%) Lead
17 22 (3.62%) Infrastructure Support
18 21 (3.46%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.97%) Django
1 18 (2.97%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (0.99%) FIX Protocol
2 6 (0.99%) REST
2 6 (0.99%) RESTful
3 5 (0.82%) .NET
3 5 (0.82%) 802.1X
3 5 (0.82%) gRPC
3 5 (0.82%) LDAP
3 5 (0.82%) Qt
3 5 (0.82%) WebSockets
4 4 (0.66%) Middleware
4 4 (0.66%) Sass
4 4 (0.66%) STL
4 4 (0.66%) ZeroMQ
5 3 (0.49%) .NET Core
5 3 (0.49%) ADO
5 3 (0.49%) QML
6 2 (0.33%) SOAP
6 2 (0.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 80 (13.18%) Driving Licence
2 42 (6.92%) Onboarding
3 34 (5.60%) Data Centre
4 27 (4.45%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (3.62%) FPGA
5 22 (3.62%) Video Conferencing
6 20 (3.29%) Distributed Systems
6 20 (3.29%) Linux Command Line
7 16 (2.64%) Replication
7 16 (2.64%) Security Posture
8 15 (2.47%) Cloud Native
8 15 (2.47%) Cyber Threat
8 15 (2.47%) EPoS
8 15 (2.47%) Management Information System
9 13 (2.14%) CCTV
9 13 (2.14%) iPhone
10 12 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (1.98%) NHS
11 11 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
12 9 (1.48%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 378 (62.27%) Windows
2 221 (36.41%) Windows Server
3 159 (26.19%) Linux
4 123 (20.26%) Windows 10
5 54 (8.90%) Mac OS
6 41 (6.75%) Apple iOS
7 36 (5.93%) Unix
8 34 (5.60%) Windows Server 2016
9 33 (5.44%) Android
10 25 (4.12%) Windows Server 2019
11 22 (3.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 20 (3.29%) Windows Server 2012
13 10 (1.65%) CentOS
14 8 (1.32%) Mac OS X
14 8 (1.32%) Ubuntu
15 7 (1.15%) Windows 7
16 5 (0.82%) Kali Linux
17 4 (0.66%) VMS
18 3 (0.49%) CoreOS
18 3 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (35.75%) Problem-Solving
2 137 (22.57%) Customer Service
3 108 (17.79%) ITIL
4 78 (12.85%) Infrastructure as Code
5 75 (12.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 68 (11.20%) DevOps
7 65 (10.71%) CI/CD
8 63 (10.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 63 (10.38%) Service Delivery
9 55 (9.06%) Cybersecurity
9 55 (9.06%) Disaster Recovery
10 48 (7.91%) Root Cause Analysis
11 44 (7.25%) ITSM
12 43 (7.08%) Mentoring
13 41 (6.75%) Incident Response
14 39 (6.43%) Incident Management
15 38 (6.26%) Computer Science
16 37 (6.10%) Agile
17 35 (5.77%) High Availability
18 34 (5.60%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 121 (19.93%) Python
2 104 (17.13%) PowerShell
3 54 (8.90%) Bash
4 45 (7.41%) C++
5 37 (6.10%) Java
6 33 (5.44%) SQL
7 31 (5.11%) C
8 25 (4.12%) Go
9 14 (2.31%) C#
10 5 (0.82%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.66%) Bicep
11 4 (0.66%) Delphi
11 4 (0.66%) Pascal
11 4 (0.66%) PHP
12 2 (0.33%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.33%) Perl
12 2 (0.33%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.33%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.16%) Korn
13 1 (0.16%) R
Qualifications
1 98 (16.14%) Degree
2 60 (9.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 57 (9.39%) Security Cleared
4 48 (7.91%) SC Cleared
5 37 (6.10%) Cisco Certification
6 31 (5.11%) Azure Certification
7 30 (4.94%) CCNA
8 25 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (3.46%) CCNP
10 20 (3.29%) Network+ Certification
11 19 (3.13%) A+ Certification
12 15 (2.47%) DBS Check
12 15 (2.47%) ITIL Certification
12 15 (2.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 11 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (1.81%) CompTIA Security+
13 11 (1.81%) Master's Degree
14 10 (1.65%) MCSE
15 9 (1.48%) DV Cleared
15 9 (1.48%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (4.61%) SLA
3 18 (2.97%) GDPR
4 15 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (1.48%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.48%) SOC 2
6 8 (1.32%) QA
7 6 (0.99%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.66%) DICOM
8 4 (0.66%) HL7
9 3 (0.49%) NIST
10 2 (0.33%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.33%) GxP
10 2 (0.33%) PMO
11 1 (0.16%) GRC
11 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.16%) NCSC
System Software
1 295 (48.60%) Active Directory
2 120 (19.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 102 (16.80%) Hyper-V
4 31 (5.11%) Docker
5 14 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
6 13 (2.14%) vSphere
7 11 (1.81%) KVM
8 10 (1.65%) Firmware
9 5 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.66%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.33%) XenApp
12 1 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.16%) QEMU
12 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.16%) Xen
Systems Management
1 95 (15.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 69 (11.37%) Terraform
3 58 (9.56%) Ansible
4 28 (4.61%) Kubernetes
5 23 (3.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 20 (3.29%) Grafana
6 20 (3.29%) Prometheus
7 17 (2.80%) Jamf Pro
8 16 (2.64%) FortiGate
9 12 (1.98%) SCCM
10 10 (1.65%) AWS Copilot
10 10 (1.65%) Nessus
11 9 (1.48%) Nagios
11 9 (1.48%) Puppet
12 8 (1.32%) Nmap
13 6 (0.99%) vCenter Server
14 5 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
15 4 (0.66%) Autotask
15 4 (0.66%) Cisco CUCM
15 4 (0.66%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 327 (53.87%) Microsoft
2 147 (24.22%) VMware
3 68 (11.20%) Cisco
4 55 (9.06%) Google
5 29 (4.78%) Citrix
6 28 (4.61%) Veeam
7 27 (4.45%) Apple
7 27 (4.45%) Palo Alto
8 25 (4.12%) SolarWinds
9 24 (3.95%) Red Hat
10 23 (3.79%) Meraki
11 20 (3.29%) Dell
12 19 (3.13%) Fortinet
13 18 (2.97%) HP
14 14 (2.31%) ServiceNow
15 12 (1.98%) SonicWALL
16 11 (1.81%) CheckPoint
17 10 (1.65%) Juniper
17 10 (1.65%) Sophos
18 9 (1.48%) Zscaler