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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 227 216
Rank change year-on-year -41 -11 -26
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 787 689 969
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.70% 1.39% 1.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.30% 9.55% 10.38%
Number of salaries quoted 615 494 642
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% -6.23%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £59,882
90th Percentile £76,075 £75,000 £74,144
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £34,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +1.45% -13.75% -5.88%

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 7,638 7,211 9,339
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.84% 14.57% 11.76%
Number of salaries quoted 4,927 4,069 5,302
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £28,750
25th Percentile £33,250 £29,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £79,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +28.57% -26.32% +5.56%

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 6 September 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 6 September 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 -31 749 £37,500 - 477
UK excluding London -48 571 £35,000 +1.45% 349
Work from Home +21 251 £40,000 -3.61% 183
London -38 207 £60,000 +9.09% 191
South East -21 172 £37,500 +4.17% 100
North of England -27 144 £32,500 -7.14% 69
Midlands -20 105 £35,750 +10.00% 42
North West +32 79 £32,000 -20.50% 34
East of England -23 74 £35,000 -22.22% 48
West Midlands -28 61 £37,500 +15.38% 25
Yorkshire -46 54 £33,000 -1.49% 18
South West -64 49 £33,000 -4.35% 52
East Midlands -26 44 £32,500 +8.33% 17
Wales -68 15 £45,000 +28.57% 7
North East -78 11 £35,000 +20.69% 20
Scotland -1 9 £63,451 +95.23% 24
Northern Ireland - 3 £57,246 - 14

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
1 139 (17.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 107 (13.60%) SharePoint
3 25 (3.18%) IIS
4 13 (1.65%) Apache
5 5 (0.64%) Confluence
6 4 (0.51%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.38%) SAS
7 3 (0.38%) WinCC
8 2 (0.25%) Tomcat
Applications
1 41 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.25%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.13%) Houdini
4 1 (0.13%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 8 (1.02%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.25%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.25%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.25%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.13%) Eikon
3 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 355 (45.11%) Microsoft 365
2 316 (40.15%) Azure
3 198 (25.16%) Entra ID
4 128 (16.26%) AWS
5 38 (4.83%) OneDrive
6 33 (4.19%) GCP
7 22 (2.80%) AWS CloudFormation
8 18 (2.29%) SaaS
9 14 (1.78%) dbt
10 13 (1.65%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 13 (1.65%) Google Workspace
10 13 (1.65%) OpenShift
11 11 (1.40%) Azure Monitor
12 10 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
12 10 (1.27%) IaaS
13 9 (1.14%) PaaS
14 7 (0.89%) Microsoft Copilot
14 7 (0.89%) Serverless
15 6 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
16 5 (0.64%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 485 (61.63%) DNS
2 381 (48.41%) DHCP
3 361 (45.87%) Firewall
4 299 (37.99%) VPN
5 175 (22.24%) WAN
6 169 (21.47%) LAN
7 168 (21.35%) VLAN
8 99 (12.58%) Network Security
9 91 (11.56%) Wi-Fi
10 81 (10.29%) Wireless
11 72 (9.15%) VoIP
12 68 (8.64%) HTTP
13 61 (7.75%) BGP
14 50 (6.35%) OSPF
15 38 (4.83%) SD-WAN
16 28 (3.56%) SSL
17 23 (2.92%) Internet
18 21 (2.67%) Ethernet
18 21 (2.67%) SMTP
19 18 (2.29%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (7.75%) SQL Server
2 15 (1.91%) MySQL
3 10 (1.27%) NoSQL
4 7 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (0.76%) Crystal Reports
6 5 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.64%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.51%) InfluxDB
7 4 (0.51%) Redis
8 3 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.25%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.13%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.13%) Electronic Patient Records
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 32 (4.07%) JIRA
2 20 (2.54%) Git
3 9 (1.14%) GitLab
4 5 (0.64%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.51%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.51%) Selenium
6 2 (0.25%) CMake
6 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.13%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.13%) GDB
7 1 (0.13%) LSMW
7 1 (0.13%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
General
1 376 (47.78%) Social Skills
2 102 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
3 91 (11.56%) Finance
4 59 (7.50%) Telecoms
5 46 (5.84%) Banking
6 36 (4.57%) Law
7 34 (4.32%) Organisational Skills
8 33 (4.19%) Documentation Skills
9 31 (3.94%) Electronics
10 29 (3.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 27 (3.43%) Retail
12 25 (3.18%) Aerospace
13 16 (2.03%) Public Sector
14 15 (1.91%) Manufacturing
15 11 (1.40%) Investment Banking
16 7 (0.89%) Digital Health
16 7 (0.89%) Legal
17 6 (0.76%) Games
18 5 (0.64%) Marketing
18 5 (0.64%) Military
Job Titles
1 198 (25.16%) IT Support
2 180 (22.87%) Support Engineer
3 151 (19.19%) IT Engineer
4 126 (16.01%) IT Support Engineer
5 113 (14.36%) Analyst
6 97 (12.33%) Senior
7 94 (11.94%) Network Engineer
8 84 (10.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 66 (8.39%) 2nd Line Support
10 53 (6.73%) Support Analyst
11 50 (6.35%) Support Technician
12 46 (5.84%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 45 (5.72%) IT Technician
14 44 (5.59%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 43 (5.46%) IT Support Technician
16 33 (4.19%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 32 (4.07%) IT Analyst
18 29 (3.68%) Lead
19 27 (3.43%) Infrastructure Support
20 26 (3.30%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (7.88%) Terraform
2 21 (2.67%) LDAP
2 21 (2.67%) React
3 15 (1.91%) XML
4 13 (1.65%) Node.js
5 12 (1.52%) Middleware
6 11 (1.40%) gRPC
6 11 (1.40%) RESTful
6 11 (1.40%) WebSockets
7 10 (1.27%) JSON
8 9 (1.14%) .NET
8 9 (1.14%) CSS
8 9 (1.14%) FIX Protocol
8 9 (1.14%) HTML
8 9 (1.14%) REST
9 8 (1.02%) AngularJS
10 7 (0.89%) 802.1X
10 7 (0.89%) Django
11 6 (0.76%) GraphQL
11 6 (0.76%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 103 (13.09%) Driving Licence
2 75 (9.53%) Onboarding
3 41 (5.21%) Data Centre
4 37 (4.70%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (3.18%) Cyber Threat
5 25 (3.18%) Security Operations Centre
6 24 (3.05%) PKI
6 24 (3.05%) Security Posture
7 21 (2.67%) Distributed Systems
8 19 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
9 18 (2.29%) Replication
10 17 (2.16%) CCTV
10 17 (2.16%) Client/Server
10 17 (2.16%) Linux Command Line
11 15 (1.91%) Cyber Defence
12 13 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
12 13 (1.65%) Management Information System
13 12 (1.52%) FPGA
13 12 (1.52%) Social Media
14 10 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 481 (61.12%) Windows
2 251 (31.89%) Windows Server
3 198 (25.16%) Linux
4 93 (11.82%) Windows 10
5 56 (7.12%) Mac OS
6 37 (4.70%) Unix
7 29 (3.68%) Ubuntu
8 25 (3.18%) Apple iOS
9 17 (2.16%) Android
9 17 (2.16%) Windows Server 2016
10 16 (2.03%) CentOS
11 15 (1.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 15 (1.91%) Rocky
12 11 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
13 7 (0.89%) Debian
13 7 (0.89%) Embedded Linux
14 6 (0.76%) Solaris
15 5 (0.64%) CoreOS
16 2 (0.25%) FreeRTOS
16 2 (0.25%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (37.74%) Problem-Solving
2 183 (23.25%) Customer Service
3 158 (20.08%) Cybersecurity
4 151 (19.19%) Continuous Improvement
5 139 (17.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 119 (15.12%) ITIL
7 101 (12.83%) Disaster Recovery
8 88 (11.18%) Mentoring
9 83 (10.55%) Incident Response
10 75 (9.53%) Project Delivery
11 71 (9.02%) Service Delivery
12 69 (8.77%) Infrastructure as Code
13 68 (8.64%) ITSM
14 67 (8.51%) Computer Science
15 61 (7.75%) DevOps
15 61 (7.75%) SIEM
16 60 (7.62%) Software Engineering
17 58 (7.37%) High Availability
18 52 (6.61%) CI/CD
19 48 (6.10%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 143 (18.17%) Python
2 141 (17.92%) PowerShell
3 76 (9.66%) SQL
4 71 (9.02%) Bash
5 38 (4.83%) C++
6 25 (3.18%) C
7 24 (3.05%) Perl
8 21 (2.67%) JavaScript
9 16 (2.03%) C#
10 14 (1.78%) Java
10 14 (1.78%) VBA
11 13 (1.65%) Ruby
12 11 (1.40%) Bicep
12 11 (1.40%) Go
13 10 (1.27%) Kusto Query Language
13 10 (1.27%) Shell Script
13 10 (1.27%) TypeScript
14 7 (0.89%) PHP
14 7 (0.89%) Search Processing Language
15 3 (0.38%) Rust
Qualifications
1 136 (17.28%) Degree
2 99 (12.58%) Security Cleared
3 84 (10.67%) Cisco Certification
4 70 (8.89%) CCNA
5 69 (8.77%) SC Cleared
6 57 (7.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 54 (6.86%) CCNP
8 33 (4.19%) Azure Certification
8 33 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 30 (3.81%) CompTIA Security+
10 23 (2.92%) CREST Certified
11 20 (2.54%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (2.54%) CEH
11 20 (2.54%) Network+ Certification
12 19 (2.41%) GCIA
13 16 (2.03%) CISSP
13 16 (2.03%) DV Cleared
13 16 (2.03%) HND
14 15 (1.91%) A+ Certification
15 14 (1.78%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (8.13%) SLA
2 39 (4.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 28 (3.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (3.43%) GDPR
5 14 (1.78%) Accessibility
6 12 (1.52%) QA
7 10 (1.27%) NIST
8 6 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (0.76%) GRC
9 5 (0.64%) NCSC
10 4 (0.51%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.13%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.13%) DO-178B
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 356 (45.24%) Active Directory
2 144 (18.30%) Hyper-V
3 131 (16.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (3.81%) Docker
5 28 (3.56%) Virtual Machines
6 23 (2.92%) Firmware
7 12 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (1.27%) Virtual Servers
8 10 (1.27%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (1.27%) vSphere
9 4 (0.51%) KVM
10 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.38%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.25%) QEMU
12 1 (0.13%) Ceph
12 1 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.13%) Samba
12 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.13%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 132 (16.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (4.32%) Ansible
2 34 (4.32%) FortiGate
3 29 (3.68%) Kubernetes
4 18 (2.29%) QRadar
5 14 (1.78%) Grafana
6 13 (1.65%) Nagios
6 13 (1.65%) Prometheus
7 11 (1.40%) Jamf Pro
8 8 (1.02%) Kibana
8 8 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (1.02%) WSUS
9 7 (0.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.64%) McAfee ePO
10 5 (0.64%) SCVMM
11 4 (0.51%) Proxmox
11 4 (0.51%) SCCM
11 4 (0.51%) VxRail
11 4 (0.51%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.38%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 449 (57.05%) Microsoft
2 150 (19.06%) VMware
3 112 (14.23%) Cisco
4 59 (7.50%) Fortinet
5 49 (6.23%) Veeam
6 39 (4.96%) Splunk
7 36 (4.57%) ServiceNow
8 34 (4.32%) Google
8 34 (4.32%) Palo Alto
9 29 (3.68%) Meraki
10 25 (3.18%) Red Hat
10 25 (3.18%) SonicWALL
11 22 (2.80%) SolarWinds
12 20 (2.54%) Dell
12 20 (2.54%) HP
13 19 (2.41%) Sophos
14 16 (2.03%) CrowdStrike
14 16 (2.03%) Ubiquiti
14 16 (2.03%) Zscaler
15 14 (1.78%) Apple