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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 225 210
Rank change year-on-year -69 -15 +29
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 593 685 1,399
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.65% 1.55% 1.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.72% 10.25% 10.65%
Number of salaries quoted 461 476 1,140
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,625 £25,975
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -9.33% - -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 6,799 6,685 13,130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.40% 15.11% 12.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4,308 3,745 9,391
10th Percentile £27,694 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.94%
75th Percentile £69,390 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £41,500 £44,345
% change year-on-year +2.41% -6.41% -1.46%

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 June 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 June 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 -58 553 £40,000 -3.61% 223
UK excluding London -77 381 £34,000 -9.33% 203
London -27 200 £57,500 +11.65% 54
Work from Home -6 168 £42,000 -16.00% 76
South East -38 115 £37,500 +0.67% 68
North of England -15 113 £34,000 -12.26% 40
Midlands -52 55 £32,500 - 29
Yorkshire -37 54 £32,500 -7.14% 11
North West +15 42 £40,000 +1.27% 24
South West -28 35 £37,000 -28.47% 27
East of England -40 35 £37,500 -21.05% 28
East Midlands -31 32 £32,500 +8.33% 12
West Midlands -48 23 £32,875 +1.15% 17
Wales -42 19 £37,000 -43.08% 4
North East -32 17 £40,000 -18.69% 6
Scotland -14 8 £46,000 -4.17% 11
Northern Ireland -37 1 £73,801 -13.18% 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
1 109 (18.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 76 (12.82%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.70%) IIS
4 5 (0.84%) Apache
5 4 (0.67%) Confluence
6 3 (0.51%) SAS
7 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
Applications
1 71 (11.97%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.17%) Lightworks
3 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.34%) Fidessa
1 2 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 255 (43.00%) Azure
2 247 (41.65%) Microsoft 365
3 114 (19.22%) AWS
4 112 (18.89%) Entra ID
5 33 (5.56%) GCP
6 21 (3.54%) OneDrive
7 19 (3.20%) GitHub
7 19 (3.20%) Google Workspace
8 17 (2.87%) IaaS
9 15 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (2.53%) GitHub Actions
10 13 (2.19%) PaaS
11 12 (2.02%) SaaS
12 10 (1.69%) Amazon ECS
12 10 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (1.35%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
15 6 (1.01%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 6 (1.01%) Azure Monitor
15 6 (1.01%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 354 (59.70%) DNS
2 273 (46.04%) DHCP
3 232 (39.12%) Firewall
4 186 (31.37%) VPN
5 167 (28.16%) WAN
6 158 (26.64%) LAN
7 119 (20.07%) VLAN
8 70 (11.80%) Wi-Fi
9 61 (10.29%) HTTP
10 60 (10.12%) Network Security
11 41 (6.91%) VoIP
12 40 (6.75%) BGP
13 36 (6.07%) SD-WAN
14 30 (5.06%) OSPF
15 28 (4.72%) Wireless
16 21 (3.54%) Multicast
17 17 (2.87%) SMTP
18 15 (2.53%) FTP
18 15 (2.53%) Wireshark
18 15 (2.53%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (6.41%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.04%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (1.69%) MySQL
5 6 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (1.01%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.84%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.84%) Redis
7 4 (0.67%) Crystal Reports
7 4 (0.67%) InfluxDB
8 3 (0.51%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.51%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.17%) KDB
9 1 (0.17%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle9i Database
9 1 (0.17%) Power BI
9 1 (0.17%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 16 (2.70%) Jenkins
1 16 (2.70%) JIRA
2 14 (2.36%) Git
3 12 (2.02%) Bitbucket
4 6 (1.01%) GitLab
5 4 (0.67%) Metasploit
6 3 (0.51%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.34%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.34%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.17%) CMake
8 1 (0.17%) LSMW
General
1 252 (42.50%) Social Skills
2 95 (16.02%) Finance
3 75 (12.65%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (7.76%) Banking
4 46 (7.76%) Law
5 43 (7.25%) Telecoms
6 40 (6.75%) Organisational Skills
7 30 (5.06%) Documentation Skills
8 23 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (3.37%) Aerospace
9 20 (3.37%) Investment Banking
10 19 (3.20%) Retail
11 14 (2.36%) Back Office
12 11 (1.85%) Legal
13 10 (1.69%) Manufacturing
14 9 (1.52%) Public Sector
15 8 (1.35%) Automotive
15 8 (1.35%) Electronics
16 6 (1.01%) Spanish Language
17 5 (0.84%) Military
Job Titles
1 159 (26.81%) IT Support
2 91 (15.35%) Support Engineer
3 88 (14.84%) Analyst
4 71 (11.97%) IT Engineer
5 68 (11.47%) Senior
6 62 (10.46%) Support Technician
7 59 (9.95%) IT Support Engineer
8 58 (9.78%) Network Engineer
9 53 (8.94%) 2nd Line Support
9 53 (8.94%) IT Support Technician
9 53 (8.94%) IT Technician
10 52 (8.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 35 (5.90%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 34 (5.73%) Developer
12 34 (5.73%) Support Analyst
13 30 (5.06%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 30 (5.06%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 26 (4.38%) C++ Developer
15 24 (4.05%) Lead
16 23 (3.88%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.53%) Elastic Stack
1 15 (2.53%) LDAP
2 14 (2.36%) WebSockets
3 13 (2.19%) .NET
4 12 (2.02%) gRPC
5 11 (1.85%) React
6 10 (1.69%) Node.js
7 9 (1.52%) Django
8 8 (1.35%) REST
9 7 (1.18%) Middleware
10 6 (1.01%) 802.1X
10 6 (1.01%) AngularJS
10 6 (1.01%) RESTful
11 5 (0.84%) ARM Templates
11 5 (0.84%) JSON
12 4 (0.67%) ADO
12 4 (0.67%) CSS
12 4 (0.67%) HTML
12 4 (0.67%) Qt
12 4 (0.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 73 (12.31%) Driving Licence
2 40 (6.75%) Data Centre
3 22 (3.71%) Cyber Threat
3 22 (3.71%) Onboarding
4 20 (3.37%) FPGA
4 20 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (3.20%) EPoS
5 19 (3.20%) Security Posture
6 16 (2.70%) Replication
6 16 (2.70%) Security Operations Centre
7 15 (2.53%) Cyber Defence
8 13 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (2.02%) MPEG
10 11 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
11 10 (1.69%) CCTV
11 10 (1.69%) Client/Server
11 10 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.69%) Management Information System
11 10 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
12 9 (1.52%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 358 (60.37%) Windows
2 200 (33.73%) Windows Server
3 133 (22.43%) Linux
4 92 (15.51%) Windows 10
5 45 (7.59%) Mac OS
6 34 (5.73%) Apple iOS
7 26 (4.38%) Windows Server 2016
8 24 (4.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 23 (3.88%) Android
10 20 (3.37%) Windows Server 2019
11 19 (3.20%) Unix
12 13 (2.19%) Windows Server 2012
13 7 (1.18%) Ubuntu
14 6 (1.01%) CentOS
14 6 (1.01%) VMS
14 6 (1.01%) Windows 7
15 4 (0.67%) CoreOS
15 4 (0.67%) Kali Linux
16 3 (0.51%) Debian
17 2 (0.34%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (35.58%) Problem-Solving
2 115 (19.39%) Customer Service
3 87 (14.67%) ITIL
4 86 (14.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 80 (13.49%) Cybersecurity
6 76 (12.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 75 (12.65%) Service Delivery
8 68 (11.47%) Disaster Recovery
9 66 (11.13%) Infrastructure as Code
10 65 (10.96%) Incident Response
11 57 (9.61%) DevOps
12 49 (8.26%) Incident Management
13 48 (8.09%) CI/CD
13 48 (8.09%) Mentoring
14 46 (7.76%) Root Cause Analysis
15 45 (7.59%) ITSM
16 44 (7.42%) High Availability
17 43 (7.25%) SIEM
18 39 (6.58%) Project Delivery
19 36 (6.07%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 110 (18.55%) PowerShell
2 105 (17.71%) Python
3 57 (9.61%) Bash
4 52 (8.77%) SQL
5 43 (7.25%) C++
6 28 (4.72%) Java
7 25 (4.22%) C
8 19 (3.20%) Go
9 16 (2.70%) C#
10 8 (1.35%) Perl
10 8 (1.35%) VBA
11 7 (1.18%) JavaScript
11 7 (1.18%) PHP
12 6 (1.01%) Bicep
12 6 (1.01%) Search Processing Language
13 4 (0.67%) Delphi
13 4 (0.67%) Pascal
14 3 (0.51%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.51%) TypeScript
15 2 (0.34%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 86 (14.50%) Degree
2 63 (10.62%) Security Cleared
3 48 (8.09%) SC Cleared
4 45 (7.59%) Cisco Certification
5 43 (7.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 35 (5.90%) CCNA
7 27 (4.55%) CCNP
8 25 (4.22%) Azure Certification
9 21 (3.54%) CompTIA Security+
10 18 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (2.87%) Network+ Certification
12 15 (2.53%) CREST Certified
13 12 (2.02%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (1.85%) RHCSA
15 10 (1.69%) CEH
15 10 (1.69%) GCIA
15 10 (1.69%) OSCP
16 9 (1.52%) A+ Certification
16 9 (1.52%) MCDST
16 9 (1.52%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (8.09%) SLA
2 23 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (3.04%) GDPR
4 15 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (2.02%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.84%) QA
7 4 (0.67%) DICOM
7 4 (0.67%) HL7
7 4 (0.67%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.51%) NIST
8 3 (0.51%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.17%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.17%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.17%) GxP
9 1 (0.17%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.17%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 258 (43.51%) Active Directory
2 107 (18.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 88 (14.84%) Hyper-V
4 21 (3.54%) Docker
5 14 (2.36%) vSphere
6 11 (1.85%) Firmware
7 8 (1.35%) KVM
7 8 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
8 7 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.17%) QEMU
11 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.17%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 78 (13.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (8.60%) Terraform
3 46 (7.76%) Ansible
4 33 (5.56%) Kubernetes
5 25 (4.22%) FortiGate
6 24 (4.05%) Grafana
6 24 (4.05%) Prometheus
7 20 (3.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 20 (3.37%) Nagios
8 16 (2.70%) Jamf Pro
9 13 (2.19%) QRadar
10 8 (1.35%) Puppet
11 7 (1.18%) Kibana
12 6 (1.01%) SCCM
12 6 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
12 6 (1.01%) vCenter Server
12 6 (1.01%) VxRail
12 6 (1.01%) WSUS
13 5 (0.84%) AWS Copilot
14 4 (0.67%) Autotask
Vendors
1 329 (55.48%) Microsoft
2 135 (22.77%) VMware
3 67 (11.30%) Cisco
4 31 (5.23%) Meraki
4 31 (5.23%) Veeam
5 30 (5.06%) SolarWinds
6 25 (4.22%) Apple
6 25 (4.22%) Google
6 25 (4.22%) Splunk
7 22 (3.71%) Red Hat
8 21 (3.54%) Citrix
8 21 (3.54%) Fortinet
8 21 (3.54%) ServiceNow
9 20 (3.37%) Palo Alto
10 18 (3.04%) CrowdStrike
10 18 (3.04%) HP
11 16 (2.70%) Dell
12 11 (1.85%) Sophos
12 11 (1.85%) Zscaler
13 10 (1.69%) SonicWALL