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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 202 199
Rank change year-on-year -96 -3 +39
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 561 673 1,416
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.62% 1.59% 1.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.40% 11.24% 10.85%
Number of salaries quoted 417 485 1,178
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,250 £25,675
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £66,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,766 £78,750 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £44,700 £37,500
% change year-on-year -23.94% +19.20% -6.25%

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 10,388 5,988 13,045
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.55% 14.16% 13.61%
Number of salaries quoted 4,010 3,797 9,506
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,750 £33,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.47%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £77,715
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.45% -3.33%

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 1 May 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 1 May 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 -77 516 £40,000 -11.11% 196
UK excluding London -108 331 £34,000 -23.94% 168
London -14 208 £50,000 -2.91% 54
Work from Home -22 165 £42,500 -22.73% 76
North of England -32 110 £34,000 -24.19% 37
South East -84 79 £35,000 -6.67% 54
Yorkshire -49 51 £32,500 -27.29% 14
Midlands -79 46 £32,500 -3.70% 13
North West -18 44 £40,000 -11.11% 16
South West -36 41 £40,000 -22.67% 30
East Midlands -52 33 £32,500 +4.00% 2
East of England -59 32 £40,000 -15.79% 29
North East -25 15 £46,250 -33.34% 8
Wales -32 14 £29,500 -54.62% 10
West Midlands -64 13 £37,500 +7.14% 11
Scotland -55 8 £46,000 -8.00% 4
Northern Ireland -39 1 £73,801 -13.18%

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
1 113 (20.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 75 (13.37%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.14%) IIS
4 4 (0.71%) Confluence
5 2 (0.36%) Apache
5 2 (0.36%) nginx
6 1 (0.18%) CMS
6 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 74 (13.19%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.36%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.36%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 254 (45.28%) Azure
2 236 (42.07%) Microsoft 365
3 115 (20.50%) Entra ID
4 110 (19.61%) AWS
5 35 (6.24%) GCP
6 31 (5.53%) Google Workspace
7 25 (4.46%) OneDrive
8 22 (3.92%) GitHub
9 19 (3.39%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (3.39%) IaaS
10 18 (3.21%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (2.67%) PaaS
11 15 (2.67%) SaaS
12 11 (1.96%) Amazon ECS
13 10 (1.78%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
15 7 (1.25%) Route 53
15 7 (1.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 6 (1.07%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 347 (61.85%) DNS
2 275 (49.02%) DHCP
3 209 (37.25%) Firewall
4 168 (29.95%) VPN
5 152 (27.09%) WAN
6 132 (23.53%) LAN
7 107 (19.07%) VLAN
8 72 (12.83%) Wi-Fi
9 51 (9.09%) HTTP
9 51 (9.09%) Network Security
10 43 (7.66%) Wireless
11 42 (7.49%) SD-WAN
11 42 (7.49%) VoIP
12 29 (5.17%) BGP
13 23 (4.10%) OSPF
14 19 (3.39%) SMTP
15 18 (3.21%) Multicast
16 16 (2.85%) Wireshark
17 14 (2.50%) SAN
18 11 (1.96%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (6.95%) SQL Server
2 19 (3.39%) Amazon RDS
3 14 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.07%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (0.89%) MySQL
5 5 (0.89%) NoSQL
5 5 (0.89%) Power BI
5 5 (0.89%) Redis
5 5 (0.89%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.53%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.18%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.18%) KDB
8 1 (0.18%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.18%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.18%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.18%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 20 (3.57%) Jenkins
2 17 (3.03%) Git
3 10 (1.78%) Bitbucket
3 10 (1.78%) Metasploit
4 8 (1.43%) JIRA
5 6 (1.07%) Burp Suite
6 5 (0.89%) GitLab
7 3 (0.53%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.36%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.18%) CMake
9 1 (0.18%) Selenium
9 1 (0.18%) WebDriver
General
1 235 (41.89%) Social Skills
2 98 (17.47%) Finance
3 71 (12.66%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (7.31%) Banking
4 41 (7.31%) Law
5 35 (6.24%) Telecoms
6 31 (5.53%) Organisational Skills
7 27 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 26 (4.63%) Documentation Skills
9 19 (3.39%) Investment Banking
10 18 (3.21%) Retail
11 16 (2.85%) Manufacturing
11 16 (2.85%) Public Sector
12 14 (2.50%) Back Office
13 13 (2.32%) Aerospace
13 13 (2.32%) Legal
14 9 (1.60%) Automotive
15 8 (1.43%) Electronics
16 6 (1.07%) Spanish Language
17 5 (0.89%) Military
Job Titles
1 151 (26.92%) IT Support
2 97 (17.29%) Support Engineer
3 70 (12.48%) Analyst
4 67 (11.94%) Senior
5 66 (11.76%) IT Engineer
6 64 (11.41%) 2nd Line Support
7 62 (11.05%) IT Support Engineer
8 52 (9.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 52 (9.27%) Support Technician
9 44 (7.84%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 41 (7.31%) IT Support Technician
10 41 (7.31%) IT Technician
11 40 (7.13%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 40 (7.13%) Network Engineer
12 35 (6.24%) Developer
13 34 (6.06%) Support Analyst
14 27 (4.81%) C++ Developer
14 27 (4.81%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 23 (4.10%) Infrastructure Support
16 22 (3.92%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.21%) Elastic Stack
2 8 (1.43%) LDAP
3 7 (1.25%) WebSockets
4 6 (1.07%) 802.1X
4 6 (1.07%) REST
4 6 (1.07%) RESTful
5 5 (0.89%) .NET
5 5 (0.89%) ARM Templates
5 5 (0.89%) Django
5 5 (0.89%) FIX Protocol
5 5 (0.89%) gRPC
6 4 (0.71%) ADO
6 4 (0.71%) Middleware
6 4 (0.71%) Qt
7 3 (0.53%) .NET Core
7 3 (0.53%) Sass
7 3 (0.53%) STL
7 3 (0.53%) ZeroMQ
8 2 (0.36%) QML
8 2 (0.36%) React
Miscellaneous
1 73 (13.01%) Driving Licence
2 38 (6.77%) Onboarding
3 31 (5.53%) Data Centre
4 25 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (3.74%) FPGA
6 20 (3.57%) Video Conferencing
7 19 (3.39%) Cyber Threat
7 19 (3.39%) Security Posture
8 18 (3.21%) EPoS
9 13 (2.32%) Cloud Native
10 12 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
10 12 (2.14%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (2.14%) Management Information System
10 12 (2.14%) Replication
11 10 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.78%) Cyber Defence
11 10 (1.78%) iPhone
11 10 (1.78%) Linux Command Line
11 10 (1.78%) MPEG
11 10 (1.78%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 348 (62.03%) Windows
2 200 (35.65%) Windows Server
3 130 (23.17%) Linux
4 110 (19.61%) Windows 10
5 46 (8.20%) Mac OS
6 39 (6.95%) Apple iOS
7 27 (4.81%) Android
8 26 (4.63%) Windows Server 2016
9 22 (3.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 20 (3.57%) Unix
10 20 (3.57%) Windows Server 2019
11 16 (2.85%) Windows Server 2012
12 8 (1.43%) CentOS
13 7 (1.25%) Windows 7
14 5 (0.89%) Ubuntu
14 5 (0.89%) VMS
15 4 (0.71%) Kali Linux
16 3 (0.53%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.36%) Mac OS X
17 2 (0.36%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 196 (34.94%) Problem-Solving
2 116 (20.68%) Customer Service
3 90 (16.04%) ITIL
4 77 (13.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 70 (12.48%) Infrastructure as Code
6 62 (11.05%) Cybersecurity
6 62 (11.05%) Disaster Recovery
6 62 (11.05%) Service Delivery
7 60 (10.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 58 (10.34%) DevOps
9 54 (9.63%) Incident Response
10 49 (8.73%) CI/CD
10 49 (8.73%) Root Cause Analysis
11 46 (8.20%) Incident Management
12 40 (7.13%) Mentoring
13 38 (6.77%) High Availability
13 38 (6.77%) ITSM
13 38 (6.77%) SIEM
14 34 (6.06%) Computer Science
15 33 (5.88%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 104 (18.54%) Python
2 102 (18.18%) PowerShell
3 55 (9.80%) Bash
4 38 (6.77%) C++
5 35 (6.24%) SQL
6 32 (5.70%) Java
7 24 (4.28%) C
8 23 (4.10%) Go
9 12 (2.14%) C#
10 6 (1.07%) Bicep
11 4 (0.71%) Delphi
11 4 (0.71%) Pascal
11 4 (0.71%) Perl
11 4 (0.71%) PHP
12 3 (0.53%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.36%) JavaScript
13 2 (0.36%) Search Processing Language
13 2 (0.36%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.36%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 84 (14.97%) Degree
2 46 (8.20%) Microsoft Certification
3 45 (8.02%) Security Cleared
4 39 (6.95%) Cisco Certification
4 39 (6.95%) SC Cleared
5 31 (5.53%) CCNA
6 24 (4.28%) CCNP
7 23 (4.10%) Azure Certification
8 22 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 16 (2.85%) Network+ Certification
10 14 (2.50%) CompTIA Security+
10 14 (2.50%) DBS Check
11 11 (1.96%) CREST Certified
12 10 (1.78%) ITIL Certification
13 9 (1.60%) A+ Certification
13 9 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (1.60%) Master's Degree
13 9 (1.60%) MCDST
13 9 (1.60%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 8 (1.43%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.70%) SLA
2 29 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (3.57%) GDPR
4 15 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (1.78%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.25%) QA
6 7 (1.25%) SOC 2
7 4 (0.71%) DICOM
7 4 (0.71%) HL7
7 4 (0.71%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.36%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.36%) GxP
8 2 (0.36%) NIST
9 1 (0.18%) GRC
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 255 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 101 (18.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 78 (13.90%) Hyper-V
4 17 (3.03%) Docker
5 13 (2.32%) Firmware
6 12 (2.14%) vSphere
7 11 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (1.60%) KVM
9 5 (0.89%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.71%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.18%) QEMU
12 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 80 (14.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 59 (10.52%) Terraform
3 58 (10.34%) Ansible
4 29 (5.17%) Kubernetes
5 23 (4.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 21 (3.74%) Grafana
6 21 (3.74%) Prometheus
7 17 (3.03%) FortiGate
8 15 (2.67%) Jamf Pro
9 11 (1.96%) Nagios
10 10 (1.78%) SCCM
11 8 (1.43%) Puppet
12 7 (1.25%) Nessus
13 6 (1.07%) Nmap
13 6 (1.07%) QRadar
13 6 (1.07%) vCenter Server
14 5 (0.89%) AWS Copilot
14 5 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
14 5 (0.89%) VxRail
14 5 (0.89%) WSUS
Vendors
1 308 (54.90%) Microsoft
2 127 (22.64%) VMware
3 63 (11.23%) Cisco
4 34 (6.06%) Google
5 28 (4.99%) Meraki
6 27 (4.81%) Palo Alto
6 27 (4.81%) SolarWinds
7 24 (4.28%) Citrix
8 22 (3.92%) Red Hat
8 22 (3.92%) Veeam
9 21 (3.74%) Apple
9 21 (3.74%) Dell
10 20 (3.57%) HP
11 19 (3.39%) Fortinet
12 14 (2.50%) CrowdStrike
13 13 (2.32%) Splunk
14 12 (2.14%) ServiceNow
15 9 (1.60%) CheckPoint
15 9 (1.60%) Zscaler
16 8 (1.43%) Logitech