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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 298 222 206
Rank change year-on-year -76 -16 +38
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 586 653 1,373
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.63% 1.52% 1.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.41% 10.07% 10.62%
Number of salaries quoted 450 456 1,149
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,938 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,563 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £39,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -13.92% +5.33% -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 9,140 6,485 12,924
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.81% 15.13% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 4,280 3,609 9,404
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,250 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.74% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,850 £77,715
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £44,000
% change year-on-year - -3.41% -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 29 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 29 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 -65 545 £40,000 -5.88% 206
UK excluding London -72 376 £34,000 -13.92% 181
London -13 197 £55,000 +6.80% 59
Work from Home +4 164 £42,000 -16.00% 65
North of England -14 112 £34,000 -13.92% 34
South East -55 111 £37,500 - 67
Yorkshire -45 54 £32,500 -10.34% 10
Midlands -63 51 £32,500 - 23
North West +7 41 £40,000 +1.27% 21
South West -34 39 £39,000 -24.61% 22
East of England -50 35 £40,000 -15.79% 25
East Midlands -42 30 £32,500 +8.33% 8
West Midlands -62 21 £32,500 - 15
Wales -35 19 £37,000 -43.08% 6
North East -23 17 £40,000 -42.35% 4
Scotland -28 8 £46,000 -8.00% 11
Northern Ireland -38 1 £73,801 -13.18% 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
1 107 (18.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 75 (12.80%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.22%) IIS
4 5 (0.85%) Apache
5 4 (0.68%) Confluence
6 3 (0.51%) SAS
7 1 (0.17%) OpenStack
Applications
1 74 (12.63%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.34%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.34%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
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
1 251 (42.83%) Azure
2 242 (41.30%) Microsoft 365
3 112 (19.11%) AWS
4 110 (18.77%) Entra ID
5 34 (5.80%) GCP
6 24 (4.10%) Google Workspace
7 21 (3.58%) OneDrive
8 19 (3.24%) GitHub
9 17 (2.90%) IaaS
10 16 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
12 13 (2.22%) PaaS
13 11 (1.88%) SaaS
14 10 (1.71%) Amazon ECS
14 10 (1.71%) AWS CloudFormation
15 8 (1.37%) Cloud Computing
16 7 (1.19%) Azure Monitor
16 7 (1.19%) Microsoft Copilot
17 6 (1.02%) Amazon OpenSearch
17 6 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 350 (59.73%) DNS
2 271 (46.25%) DHCP
3 227 (38.74%) Firewall
4 182 (31.06%) VPN
5 164 (27.99%) WAN
6 150 (25.60%) LAN
7 112 (19.11%) VLAN
8 69 (11.77%) Wi-Fi
9 59 (10.07%) HTTP
10 57 (9.73%) Network Security
11 40 (6.83%) VoIP
12 36 (6.14%) BGP
12 36 (6.14%) SD-WAN
13 31 (5.29%) Wireless
14 29 (4.95%) OSPF
15 21 (3.58%) Multicast
16 19 (3.24%) SMTP
17 16 (2.73%) Wireshark
18 15 (2.56%) FTP
19 13 (2.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (6.31%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.07%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (1.54%) MySQL
5 6 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (1.02%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.85%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.85%) Redis
7 4 (0.68%) Crystal Reports
7 4 (0.68%) InfluxDB
8 3 (0.51%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.51%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.34%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.17%) KDB
10 1 (0.17%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.17%) Power BI
10 1 (0.17%) SAP Data Services
10 1 (0.17%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.17%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 17 (2.90%) Jenkins
2 16 (2.73%) Git
3 14 (2.39%) JIRA
4 12 (2.05%) Bitbucket
5 8 (1.37%) GitLab
6 5 (0.85%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.68%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.34%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.17%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.17%) CMake
9 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.17%) LSMW
9 1 (0.17%) Selenium
9 1 (0.17%) WebDriver
General
1 241 (41.13%) Social Skills
2 98 (16.72%) Finance
3 73 (12.46%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (7.51%) Banking
4 44 (7.51%) Law
5 43 (7.34%) Telecoms
6 38 (6.48%) Organisational Skills
7 28 (4.78%) Documentation Skills
8 23 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (3.41%) Aerospace
9 20 (3.41%) Investment Banking
10 18 (3.07%) Retail
11 14 (2.39%) Back Office
11 14 (2.39%) Manufacturing
12 13 (2.22%) Public Sector
13 12 (2.05%) Legal
14 10 (1.71%) Electronics
15 9 (1.54%) Automotive
16 6 (1.02%) Spanish Language
17 5 (0.85%) Military
Job Titles
1 156 (26.62%) IT Support
2 87 (14.85%) Analyst
2 87 (14.85%) Support Engineer
3 72 (12.29%) Senior
4 68 (11.60%) IT Engineer
5 60 (10.24%) IT Support Engineer
5 60 (10.24%) Support Technician
6 56 (9.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 55 (9.39%) Network Engineer
8 53 (9.04%) 2nd Line Support
9 49 (8.36%) IT Support Technician
9 49 (8.36%) IT Technician
10 37 (6.31%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 36 (6.14%) Developer
11 36 (6.14%) Support Analyst
12 32 (5.46%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 31 (5.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 28 (4.78%) C++ Developer
15 22 (3.75%) IT Analyst
15 22 (3.75%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.56%) Elastic Stack
2 14 (2.39%) LDAP
2 14 (2.39%) WebSockets
3 12 (2.05%) .NET
3 12 (2.05%) gRPC
4 10 (1.71%) React
5 9 (1.54%) Django
5 9 (1.54%) REST
6 8 (1.37%) Node.js
7 6 (1.02%) 802.1X
7 6 (1.02%) AngularJS
7 6 (1.02%) RESTful
8 5 (0.85%) ARM Templates
8 5 (0.85%) JSON
8 5 (0.85%) Middleware
8 5 (0.85%) Qt
9 4 (0.68%) ADO
9 4 (0.68%) FIX Protocol
9 4 (0.68%) HTML
9 4 (0.68%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (12.12%) Driving Licence
2 38 (6.48%) Data Centre
3 26 (4.44%) Onboarding
4 21 (3.58%) Cyber Threat
5 20 (3.41%) FPGA
6 19 (3.24%) EPoS
6 19 (3.24%) Security Posture
7 18 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
8 17 (2.90%) Replication
9 15 (2.56%) Security Operations Centre
9 15 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
10 14 (2.39%) Analytical Mindset
10 14 (2.39%) Cyber Defence
11 12 (2.05%) MPEG
12 11 (1.88%) Client/Server
13 10 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
13 10 (1.71%) Linux Command Line
13 10 (1.71%) Management Information System
14 9 (1.54%) Digital Signage
14 9 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 353 (60.24%) Windows
2 195 (33.28%) Windows Server
3 139 (23.72%) Linux
4 95 (16.21%) Windows 10
5 45 (7.68%) Mac OS
6 36 (6.14%) Apple iOS
7 27 (4.61%) Windows Server 2016
8 25 (4.27%) Android
9 24 (4.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 21 (3.58%) Windows Server 2019
11 19 (3.24%) Unix
12 14 (2.39%) Windows Server 2012
13 6 (1.02%) CentOS
13 6 (1.02%) Ubuntu
13 6 (1.02%) VMS
13 6 (1.02%) Windows 7
14 4 (0.68%) CoreOS
14 4 (0.68%) Kali Linux
15 2 (0.34%) Debian
15 2 (0.34%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (34.98%) Problem-Solving
2 111 (18.94%) Customer Service
3 87 (14.85%) ITIL
4 78 (13.31%) Continuous Improvement
4 78 (13.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 77 (13.14%) Cybersecurity
6 70 (11.95%) Service Delivery
7 68 (11.60%) Infrastructure as Code
8 65 (11.09%) Disaster Recovery
9 61 (10.41%) Incident Response
10 59 (10.07%) DevOps
11 48 (8.19%) CI/CD
12 47 (8.02%) Incident Management
13 43 (7.34%) Root Cause Analysis
14 42 (7.17%) Mentoring
14 42 (7.17%) SIEM
15 41 (7.00%) ITSM
16 39 (6.66%) Computer Science
17 38 (6.48%) High Availability
17 38 (6.48%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 111 (18.94%) Python
2 109 (18.60%) PowerShell
3 59 (10.07%) Bash
4 47 (8.02%) C++
4 47 (8.02%) SQL
5 29 (4.95%) Java
6 26 (4.44%) C
7 19 (3.24%) Go
8 17 (2.90%) C#
9 8 (1.37%) Perl
10 7 (1.19%) JavaScript
11 6 (1.02%) Bicep
11 6 (1.02%) PHP
12 5 (0.85%) Search Processing Language
13 4 (0.68%) Delphi
13 4 (0.68%) Pascal
13 4 (0.68%) VBA
14 3 (0.51%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.51%) TypeScript
15 2 (0.34%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 88 (15.02%) Degree
2 64 (10.92%) Security Cleared
3 50 (8.53%) SC Cleared
4 43 (7.34%) Microsoft Certification
5 41 (7.00%) Cisco Certification
6 32 (5.46%) CCNA
7 25 (4.27%) CCNP
8 24 (4.10%) Azure Certification
9 23 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 21 (3.58%) CompTIA Security+
11 17 (2.90%) Network+ Certification
12 15 (2.56%) CREST Certified
13 11 (1.88%) RHCSA
14 10 (1.71%) A+ Certification
14 10 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (1.71%) CEH
15 9 (1.54%) GCIA
15 9 (1.54%) MCDST
15 9 (1.54%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 9 (1.54%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (7.34%) SLA
2 24 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (3.07%) GDPR
4 15 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (2.05%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.19%) QA
7 4 (0.68%) DICOM
7 4 (0.68%) HL7
7 4 (0.68%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.51%) NIST
8 3 (0.51%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.34%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 2 (0.34%) GxP
10 1 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.17%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 255 (43.52%) Active Directory
2 108 (18.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 85 (14.51%) Hyper-V
4 22 (3.75%) Docker
5 14 (2.39%) Firmware
5 14 (2.39%) vSphere
6 10 (1.71%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.37%) KVM
8 7 (1.19%) Virtual Servers
8 7 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.17%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.17%) QEMU
10 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.17%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.17%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 76 (12.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 52 (8.87%) Terraform
3 49 (8.36%) Ansible
4 33 (5.63%) Kubernetes
5 24 (4.10%) FortiGate
5 24 (4.10%) Grafana
5 24 (4.10%) Prometheus
6 21 (3.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 20 (3.41%) Nagios
8 15 (2.56%) Jamf Pro
9 13 (2.22%) QRadar
10 8 (1.37%) Puppet
11 7 (1.19%) SCCM
12 6 (1.02%) Kibana
12 6 (1.02%) vCenter Server
12 6 (1.02%) VxRail
12 6 (1.02%) WSUS
13 5 (0.85%) AWS Copilot
13 5 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
14 4 (0.68%) Autotask
Vendors
1 321 (54.78%) Microsoft
2 136 (23.21%) VMware
3 68 (11.60%) Cisco
4 30 (5.12%) Meraki
4 30 (5.12%) Veeam
5 29 (4.95%) Google
5 29 (4.95%) SolarWinds
6 23 (3.92%) Citrix
6 23 (3.92%) Splunk
7 22 (3.75%) Apple
7 22 (3.75%) Fortinet
7 22 (3.75%) Red Hat
8 21 (3.58%) Palo Alto
9 19 (3.24%) Dell
9 19 (3.24%) HP
10 18 (3.07%) CrowdStrike
11 17 (2.90%) ServiceNow
12 10 (1.71%) Zscaler
13 9 (1.54%) Sophos
14 8 (1.37%) Yealink