TCP/IP Job Trends

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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 212 196
Rank change year-on-year -44 -16 +41
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 623 614 1,355
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.79% 1.49% 1.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.05% 11.84% 11.40%
Number of salaries quoted 468 499 1,142
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £33,200 £30,656
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 £67,500 £59,875
90th Percentile £78,790 £78,750 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,000 £47,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year -28.42% +23.38% -3.75%

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 10,296 5,185 11,884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.13% 12.59% 13.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,089 3,720 9,377
10th Percentile £26,500 £28,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +8.25% -5.83%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,000 £47,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year -24.21% +9.20% -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 30 March 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 30 March 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 -36 568 £37,500 -18.48% 197
UK excluding London -57 381 £34,000 -28.42% 174
London +22 218 £45,000 -12.62% 42
Work from Home -10 177 £42,500 -27.66% 79
North of England -13 123 £33,250 -26.11% 49
South East -57 86 £36,000 -8.86% 50
Yorkshire -36 57 £32,500 -16.13% 17
South West -15 51 £39,000 -6.02% 25
Midlands -38 50 £32,500 -7.14% 25
North West -15 43 £40,000 -27.27% 26
East of England -36 40 £31,000 -35.42% 20
East Midlands -31 34 £32,500 -23.53% 8
North East -1 23 £46,250 -33.31% 7
West Midlands -30 16 £52,500 +50.00% 17
Wales -28 14 £40,000 -41.58% 4
Scotland -54 14 £55,000 +10.00% 5
Northern Ireland -35 3 £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
1 141 (22.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 84 (13.48%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.61%) IIS
4 4 (0.64%) Confluence
5 2 (0.32%) Apache
5 2 (0.32%) CMS
5 2 (0.32%) nginx
5 2 (0.32%) WordPress
6 1 (0.16%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.16%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 87 (13.96%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.64%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.32%) 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 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.32%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 312 (50.08%) Azure
2 289 (46.39%) Microsoft 365
3 128 (20.55%) Entra ID
4 127 (20.39%) AWS
5 59 (9.47%) GCP
6 36 (5.78%) Google Workspace
7 33 (5.30%) Amazon ECS
8 29 (4.65%) OneDrive
9 27 (4.33%) AWS CloudFormation
10 25 (4.01%) Amazon ECR
10 25 (4.01%) dbt
10 25 (4.01%) PaaS
10 25 (4.01%) Pulumi
11 24 (3.85%) SaaS
12 22 (3.53%) GitHub
13 20 (3.21%) IaaS
14 19 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
15 18 (2.89%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 18 (2.89%) GitHub Actions
16 17 (2.73%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 363 (58.27%) DNS
2 306 (49.12%) DHCP
3 224 (35.96%) Firewall
4 185 (29.70%) VPN
5 142 (22.79%) WAN
6 136 (21.83%) VLAN
7 123 (19.74%) LAN
8 90 (14.45%) Wi-Fi
9 59 (9.47%) Wireless
10 57 (9.15%) VoIP
11 49 (7.87%) Network Security
12 39 (6.26%) HTTP
13 36 (5.78%) SD-WAN
14 26 (4.17%) BGP
15 18 (2.89%) OSPF
15 18 (2.89%) Wireshark
16 15 (2.41%) Multicast
16 15 (2.41%) Remote Desktop
16 15 (2.41%) SMTP
17 14 (2.25%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (7.54%) Amazon RDS
2 40 (6.42%) SQL Server
3 34 (5.46%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (4.17%) Elasticsearch
5 25 (4.01%) Redis
6 10 (1.61%) Power BI
7 9 (1.44%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.12%) MySQL
9 3 (0.48%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.48%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.32%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.32%) JasperReports
10 2 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.16%) InfluxDB
11 1 (0.16%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.16%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.16%) SAP HANA
11 1 (0.16%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 21 (3.37%) Jenkins
2 18 (2.89%) Git
3 15 (2.41%) JIRA
4 12 (1.93%) Metasploit
5 10 (1.61%) Bitbucket
6 8 (1.28%) Burp Suite
7 5 (0.80%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.48%) GitLab
9 2 (0.32%) IDA Disassembler
9 2 (0.32%) Rational Rhapsody
10 1 (0.16%) CMake
10 1 (0.16%) Selenium
10 1 (0.16%) WebDriver
General
1 277 (44.46%) Social Skills
2 89 (14.29%) Finance
3 67 (10.75%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (6.74%) Law
5 39 (6.26%) Banking
6 38 (6.10%) Telecoms
7 32 (5.14%) Organisational Skills
8 28 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 27 (4.33%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (3.05%) Investment Banking
10 19 (3.05%) Retail
11 18 (2.89%) Public Sector
12 17 (2.73%) Manufacturing
13 14 (2.25%) Back Office
14 13 (2.09%) Aerospace
14 13 (2.09%) Legal
15 10 (1.61%) Automotive
16 9 (1.44%) Marketing
17 8 (1.28%) Electronics
18 7 (1.12%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 197 (31.62%) IT Support
2 136 (21.83%) Support Engineer
3 96 (15.41%) IT Engineer
4 92 (14.77%) IT Support Engineer
5 82 (13.16%) 2nd Line Support
6 80 (12.84%) Senior
7 66 (10.59%) Support Technician
8 60 (9.63%) Analyst
9 57 (9.15%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 54 (8.67%) IT Support Technician
10 54 (8.67%) IT Technician
11 51 (8.19%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 44 (7.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 38 (6.10%) Support Analyst
14 35 (5.62%) Developer
15 30 (4.82%) Network Engineer
16 28 (4.49%) C++ Developer
17 25 (4.01%) Lead
17 25 (4.01%) Technical Support
18 22 (3.53%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.01%) Django
2 18 (2.89%) Elastic Stack
3 6 (0.96%) FIX Protocol
3 6 (0.96%) REST
3 6 (0.96%) RESTful
4 5 (0.80%) .NET
4 5 (0.80%) Qt
4 5 (0.80%) WebSockets
5 4 (0.64%) gRPC
5 4 (0.64%) LDAP
5 4 (0.64%) Middleware
5 4 (0.64%) Sass
5 4 (0.64%) STL
5 4 (0.64%) ZeroMQ
6 3 (0.48%) .NET Core
6 3 (0.48%) 802.1X
6 3 (0.48%) QML
7 2 (0.32%) SOAP
7 2 (0.32%) Web Services
8 1 (0.16%) MFC
Miscellaneous
1 83 (13.32%) Driving Licence
2 48 (7.70%) Onboarding
3 33 (5.30%) Data Centre
4 28 (4.49%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (4.33%) Linux Command Line
6 22 (3.53%) Video Conferencing
7 21 (3.37%) FPGA
8 20 (3.21%) Distributed Systems
9 17 (2.73%) Replication
10 15 (2.41%) CCTV
10 15 (2.41%) Cloud Native
10 15 (2.41%) Management Information System
10 15 (2.41%) Security Posture
11 14 (2.25%) EPoS
12 13 (2.09%) Cyber Threat
12 13 (2.09%) iPhone
12 13 (2.09%) NHS
13 12 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
15 9 (1.44%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 394 (63.24%) Windows
2 231 (37.08%) Windows Server
3 171 (27.45%) Linux
4 126 (20.22%) Windows 10
5 58 (9.31%) Mac OS
6 45 (7.22%) Unix
7 40 (6.42%) Apple iOS
8 35 (5.62%) Windows Server 2016
9 33 (5.30%) Android
10 25 (4.01%) Windows Server 2019
11 22 (3.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 20 (3.21%) Windows Server 2012
13 10 (1.61%) CentOS
14 9 (1.44%) Mac OS X
15 7 (1.12%) Ubuntu
15 7 (1.12%) Windows 7
16 5 (0.80%) Kali Linux
17 4 (0.64%) VMS
18 3 (0.48%) OpenWrt
18 3 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (36.60%) Problem-Solving
2 143 (22.95%) Customer Service
3 111 (17.82%) ITIL
4 81 (13.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 76 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 72 (11.56%) CI/CD
6 72 (11.56%) DevOps
7 64 (10.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 61 (9.79%) Service Delivery
9 58 (9.31%) Cybersecurity
10 55 (8.83%) Disaster Recovery
11 47 (7.54%) Root Cause Analysis
12 44 (7.06%) ITSM
12 44 (7.06%) Mentoring
13 41 (6.58%) Incident Response
13 41 (6.58%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 38 (6.10%) Agile
14 38 (6.10%) Computer Science
15 35 (5.62%) Incident Management
16 33 (5.30%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 133 (21.35%) Python
2 110 (17.66%) PowerShell
3 54 (8.67%) Bash
4 45 (7.22%) C++
5 38 (6.10%) SQL
6 37 (5.94%) Java
7 31 (4.98%) C
8 25 (4.01%) Go
9 14 (2.25%) C#
10 6 (0.96%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.64%) Delphi
11 4 (0.64%) Pascal
11 4 (0.64%) PHP
12 3 (0.48%) Bicep
13 2 (0.32%) Perl
13 2 (0.32%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.32%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.16%) JavaScript
14 1 (0.16%) Korn
14 1 (0.16%) R
Qualifications
1 102 (16.37%) Degree
2 65 (10.43%) Security Cleared
3 63 (10.11%) Microsoft Certification
4 56 (8.99%) SC Cleared
5 39 (6.26%) Cisco Certification
6 30 (4.82%) CCNA
7 29 (4.65%) Azure Certification
8 23 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (3.37%) A+ Certification
9 21 (3.37%) CCNP
9 21 (3.37%) Network+ Certification
10 16 (2.57%) ITIL Certification
10 16 (2.57%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 15 (2.41%) DBS Check
12 11 (1.77%) DV Cleared
12 11 (1.77%) Master's Degree
13 10 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (1.61%) CompTIA Security+
13 10 (1.61%) MCDST
13 10 (1.61%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (4.17%) SLA
3 19 (3.05%) GDPR
4 13 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (1.44%) SOC 2
6 8 (1.28%) QA
7 7 (1.12%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.96%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.64%) DICOM
9 4 (0.64%) HL7
9 4 (0.64%) NIST
10 2 (0.32%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 2 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.32%) GxP
10 2 (0.32%) 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
1 311 (49.92%) Active Directory
2 124 (19.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 108 (17.34%) Hyper-V
4 37 (5.94%) Docker
5 14 (2.25%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (2.25%) vSphere
6 11 (1.77%) Firmware
7 10 (1.61%) KVM
8 6 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.64%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.32%) XenApp
11 1 (0.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 99 (15.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 72 (11.56%) Terraform
3 56 (8.99%) Ansible
4 25 (4.01%) Kubernetes
5 21 (3.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 20 (3.21%) Prometheus
7 19 (3.05%) FortiGate
7 19 (3.05%) Grafana
8 17 (2.73%) AWS Copilot
8 17 (2.73%) Jamf Pro
9 12 (1.93%) SCCM
10 10 (1.61%) Nessus
11 8 (1.28%) Nagios
11 8 (1.28%) Nmap
11 8 (1.28%) Puppet
12 7 (1.12%) vCenter Server
13 5 (0.80%) Autotask
13 5 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
14 4 (0.64%) SCVMM
14 4 (0.64%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 339 (54.41%) Microsoft
2 152 (24.40%) VMware
3 70 (11.24%) Cisco
4 63 (10.11%) Google
5 30 (4.82%) Veeam
6 29 (4.65%) Citrix
7 28 (4.49%) Apple
8 26 (4.17%) Palo Alto
9 25 (4.01%) SolarWinds
10 23 (3.69%) Red Hat
11 22 (3.53%) Meraki
12 21 (3.37%) Dell
12 21 (3.37%) Fortinet
13 17 (2.73%) HP
14 15 (2.41%) SonicWALL
15 13 (2.09%) CheckPoint
15 13 (2.09%) Juniper
15 13 (2.09%) ServiceNow
16 10 (1.61%) Sophos
17 8 (1.28%) WatchGuard