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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 268 212 225
Rank change year-on-year -56 +13 -5
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 729 762 1,167
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.73% 1.55% 1.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.99% 10.63% 10.19%
Number of salaries quoted 570 540 917
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,250 £39,750 £42,072
Median % change year-on-year -3.77% -5.52% -6.51%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £37,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -5.41% -1.33% -11.76%

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 7,294 7,166 11,451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.28% 14.57% 12.23%
Number of salaries quoted 4,710 4,128 7,828
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £26,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £32,937
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -11.46% -7.69%
75th Percentile £70,000 £64,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,500 £82,500 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £38,094 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.57% -15.35% -

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 22 July 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 22 July 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 -44 686 £37,500 -4.82% 271
UK excluding London -55 512 £35,000 -5.41% 223
Work from Home +21 230 £40,000 -15.79% 99
London -29 206 £60,000 +14.29% 84
South East -21 159 £37,500 +4.17% 82
North of England -7 144 £32,500 -15.58% 40
Midlands -43 79 £32,500 - 26
North West +25 68 £31,875 -20.31% 18
East of England -16 58 £36,250 -23.68% 27
Yorkshire -47 58 £32,500 -16.13% 19
East Midlands -23 42 £32,500 - 10
South West -65 40 £33,000 -13.61% 38
West Midlands -40 37 £33,250 +2.31% 16
Wales -61 21 £40,000 +14.29% 5
North East -52 18 £40,000 +25.00% 6
Scotland 0 9 £51,750 +8.95% 11
Northern Ireland - 2 £58,151 - 4

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
1 127 (17.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 96 (13.17%) SharePoint
3 24 (3.29%) IIS
4 11 (1.51%) Apache
5 4 (0.55%) Confluence
6 3 (0.41%) SAS
7 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
Applications
1 60 (8.23%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.27%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.14%) Houdini
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.14%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) Sage 200
1 2 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 324 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
2 308 (42.25%) Azure
3 156 (21.40%) Entra ID
4 134 (18.38%) AWS
5 35 (4.80%) GCP
6 22 (3.02%) OneDrive
7 20 (2.74%) IaaS
8 18 (2.47%) GitHub
9 17 (2.33%) SaaS
10 16 (2.19%) PaaS
11 14 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (1.37%) Amazon ECS
13 10 (1.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 9 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (1.23%) OpenShift
15 8 (1.10%) Azure Monitor
15 8 (1.10%) Google Workspace
15 8 (1.10%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 430 (58.98%) DNS
2 329 (45.13%) DHCP
3 328 (44.99%) Firewall
4 242 (33.20%) VPN
5 179 (24.55%) WAN
6 172 (23.59%) LAN
7 154 (21.12%) VLAN
8 84 (11.52%) Wi-Fi
9 82 (11.25%) Network Security
10 71 (9.74%) HTTP
11 63 (8.64%) VoIP
12 60 (8.23%) BGP
13 58 (7.96%) Wireless
14 41 (5.62%) OSPF
14 41 (5.62%) SD-WAN
15 24 (3.29%) Multicast
16 19 (2.61%) SSL
17 18 (2.47%) Ethernet
17 18 (2.47%) WLAN
18 17 (2.33%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (5.35%) SQL Server
2 16 (2.19%) Amazon RDS
3 12 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (1.51%) MySQL
5 6 (0.82%) Crystal Reports
5 6 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (0.82%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.69%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.69%) Redis
7 4 (0.55%) InfluxDB
8 3 (0.41%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.41%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.27%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.14%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.14%) KDB
10 1 (0.14%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.14%) Oracle9i Database
10 1 (0.14%) Power BI
10 1 (0.14%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 30 (4.12%) JIRA
2 13 (1.78%) Git
2 13 (1.78%) Jenkins
3 12 (1.65%) Bitbucket
4 5 (0.69%) GitLab
4 5 (0.69%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.27%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.27%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.14%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.14%) CMake
6 1 (0.14%) LSMW
General
1 332 (45.54%) Social Skills
2 96 (13.17%) Finance
3 86 (11.80%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (8.37%) Telecoms
5 52 (7.13%) Law
6 43 (5.90%) Banking
7 41 (5.62%) Organisational Skills
8 33 (4.53%) Documentation Skills
9 25 (3.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 25 (3.43%) Retail
10 21 (2.88%) Electronics
11 20 (2.74%) Aerospace
12 16 (2.19%) Investment Banking
13 14 (1.92%) Manufacturing
13 14 (1.92%) Public Sector
14 9 (1.23%) Legal
15 8 (1.10%) Back Office
16 7 (0.96%) Automotive
17 6 (0.82%) Spanish Language
18 5 (0.69%) Military
Job Titles
1 194 (26.61%) IT Support
2 137 (18.79%) Support Engineer
3 114 (15.64%) IT Engineer
4 98 (13.44%) Analyst
5 91 (12.48%) IT Support Engineer
6 86 (11.80%) Network Engineer
7 73 (10.01%) Senior
8 65 (8.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 57 (7.82%) Support Technician
10 54 (7.41%) 2nd Line Support
11 52 (7.13%) IT Technician
12 50 (6.86%) IT Support Technician
13 38 (5.21%) Support Analyst
14 36 (4.94%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 34 (4.66%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 34 (4.66%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 33 (4.53%) IT Analyst
17 30 (4.12%) Lead
18 27 (3.70%) IT Support Analyst
19 25 (3.43%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.61%) LDAP
2 14 (1.92%) Elastic Stack
2 14 (1.92%) Middleware
2 14 (1.92%) React
2 14 (1.92%) WebSockets
3 13 (1.78%) gRPC
4 12 (1.65%) Node.js
5 11 (1.51%) .NET
6 10 (1.37%) Django
7 8 (1.10%) XML
8 7 (0.96%) 802.1X
8 7 (0.96%) AngularJS
8 7 (0.96%) JSON
8 7 (0.96%) RESTful
9 6 (0.82%) ARM Templates
9 6 (0.82%) REST
10 5 (0.69%) CSS
10 5 (0.69%) HTML
11 4 (0.55%) ADO
11 4 (0.55%) COM
Miscellaneous
1 105 (14.40%) Driving Licence
2 47 (6.45%) Data Centre
2 47 (6.45%) Onboarding
3 31 (4.25%) Self-Motivation
4 29 (3.98%) Cyber Threat
5 24 (3.29%) Security Posture
6 21 (2.88%) Security Operations Centre
7 18 (2.47%) Linux Command Line
8 16 (2.19%) CCTV
8 16 (2.19%) Cyber Defence
8 16 (2.19%) FPGA
9 15 (2.06%) MPEG
10 14 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (1.92%) PKI
11 13 (1.78%) Client/Server
11 13 (1.78%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (1.78%) Replication
12 12 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
13 11 (1.51%) Life Science
13 11 (1.51%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 442 (60.63%) Windows
2 239 (32.78%) Windows Server
3 164 (22.50%) Linux
4 92 (12.62%) Windows 10
5 53 (7.27%) Mac OS
6 36 (4.94%) Apple iOS
7 25 (3.43%) Android
8 19 (2.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 19 (2.61%) Unix
9 17 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
10 14 (1.92%) Ubuntu
11 10 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
12 7 (0.96%) Debian
12 7 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (0.69%) CentOS
13 5 (0.69%) Kali Linux
13 5 (0.69%) Windows 7
14 4 (0.55%) Embedded Linux
14 4 (0.55%) VMS
15 2 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (36.76%) Problem-Solving
2 151 (20.71%) Customer Service
3 132 (18.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 121 (16.60%) Cybersecurity
5 107 (14.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 104 (14.27%) ITIL
7 92 (12.62%) Disaster Recovery
8 88 (12.07%) Service Delivery
9 77 (10.56%) Incident Response
10 72 (9.88%) Infrastructure as Code
11 71 (9.74%) ITSM
12 66 (9.05%) DevOps
12 66 (9.05%) Project Delivery
13 63 (8.64%) Mentoring
14 60 (8.23%) High Availability
15 56 (7.68%) SIEM
16 54 (7.41%) CI/CD
17 48 (6.58%) Incident Management
18 47 (6.45%) Computer Science
19 45 (6.17%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 125 (17.15%) PowerShell
2 120 (16.46%) Python
3 63 (8.64%) Bash
4 60 (8.23%) SQL
5 37 (5.08%) C++
6 26 (3.57%) Java
7 23 (3.16%) C
8 17 (2.33%) Go
9 15 (2.06%) C#
10 14 (1.92%) VBA
11 12 (1.65%) Perl
12 11 (1.51%) PHP
13 8 (1.10%) Bicep
13 8 (1.10%) JavaScript
14 7 (0.96%) Search Processing Language
15 6 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
16 4 (0.55%) Delphi
16 4 (0.55%) Pascal
16 4 (0.55%) Ruby
16 4 (0.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 124 (17.01%) Degree
2 84 (11.52%) Security Cleared
3 75 (10.29%) Cisco Certification
4 64 (8.78%) SC Cleared
5 61 (8.37%) CCNA
6 57 (7.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 49 (6.72%) CCNP
8 28 (3.84%) Azure Certification
9 27 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
10 22 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
11 17 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
11 17 (2.33%) CREST Certified
12 15 (2.06%) CEH
12 15 (2.06%) GCIA
12 15 (2.06%) Network+ Certification
13 14 (1.92%) HND
14 13 (1.78%) GIAC
15 12 (1.65%) HNC
16 11 (1.51%) RHCSA
17 10 (1.37%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (8.37%) SLA
2 27 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 25 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.06%) Accessibility
4 15 (2.06%) GDPR
5 6 (0.82%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.69%) NIST
6 5 (0.69%) QA
7 3 (0.41%) DICOM
7 3 (0.41%) HL7
7 3 (0.41%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.14%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 315 (43.21%) Active Directory
2 129 (17.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 123 (16.87%) Hyper-V
4 25 (3.43%) Docker
5 15 (2.06%) Firmware
5 15 (2.06%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (1.92%) vSphere
7 9 (1.23%) KVM
7 9 (1.23%) Virtual Servers
8 8 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.41%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.14%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.14%) QEMU
11 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.14%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.14%) Xen
Systems Management
1 109 (14.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 61 (8.37%) Terraform
3 56 (7.68%) Ansible
4 38 (5.21%) Kubernetes
5 34 (4.66%) FortiGate
6 23 (3.16%) Grafana
6 23 (3.16%) Prometheus
7 17 (2.33%) Nagios
8 16 (2.19%) Jamf Pro
9 14 (1.92%) QRadar
10 13 (1.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 9 (1.23%) Puppet
11 9 (1.23%) WSUS
12 8 (1.10%) Kibana
13 7 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
14 6 (0.82%) SCCM
14 6 (0.82%) VxRail
15 5 (0.69%) AWS Copilot
15 5 (0.69%) Control-M
16 4 (0.55%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 415 (56.93%) Microsoft
2 155 (21.26%) VMware
3 95 (13.03%) Cisco
4 43 (5.90%) Fortinet
5 39 (5.35%) Veeam
6 38 (5.21%) Meraki
7 34 (4.66%) ServiceNow
8 30 (4.12%) Palo Alto
8 30 (4.12%) Splunk
9 26 (3.57%) SolarWinds
10 24 (3.29%) Apple
11 21 (2.88%) HP
12 20 (2.74%) Citrix
13 19 (2.61%) Dell
13 19 (2.61%) Google
14 18 (2.47%) Sophos
15 17 (2.33%) SonicWALL
16 16 (2.19%) CrowdStrike
16 16 (2.19%) Zscaler
17 15 (2.06%) Red Hat