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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 224 205
Rank change year-on-year -31 -19 -30
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 849 703 1,020
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.72% 1.42% 1.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.82% 9.78% 10.86%
Number of salaries quoted 648 501 583
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.79% -7.53%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,075 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,000 £34,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% -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 7,850 7,185 9,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.70% 14.54% 12.21%
Number of salaries quoted 4,893 3,978 4,712
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £29,615
25th Percentile £34,000 £29,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.25% -20.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £68,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £82,500
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 25 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 25 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 -28 803 £39,750 +6.00% 715
UK excluding London -56 608 £36,000 +5.88% 463
Work from Home +26 259 £40,000 -3.61% 256
London -4 229 £60,000 +9.09% 311
South East -29 181 £37,500 - 128
North of England -27 144 £33,000 -5.71% 90
Midlands -27 120 £36,750 +13.08% 62
East of England -7 81 £35,000 -22.22% 67
North West +25 79 £32,000 -20.99% 53
West Midlands -31 71 £37,500 +15.38% 38
Yorkshire -36 53 £33,500 -16.25% 27
South West -70 50 £32,500 -5.80% 55
East Midlands -36 49 £36,000 +20.00% 24
Wales -79 15 £45,000 +28.57% 11
Scotland +6 12 £63,451 +111.50% 32
North East -84 12 £40,000 +37.93% 12
Northern Ireland - 5 £42,500 - 22

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
1 142 (16.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 114 (13.43%) SharePoint
3 25 (2.94%) IIS
4 16 (1.88%) Apache
5 7 (0.82%) Confluence
6 5 (0.59%) WinCC
7 3 (0.35%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.35%) SAS
8 2 (0.24%) Tomcat
Applications
1 36 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.24%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.12%) Houdini
4 1 (0.12%) NUKE
4 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (0.94%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.24%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.24%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.24%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.12%) Eikon
3 1 (0.12%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.12%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 388 (45.70%) Microsoft 365
2 332 (39.10%) Azure
3 222 (26.15%) Entra ID
4 131 (15.43%) AWS
5 45 (5.30%) OneDrive
6 39 (4.59%) GCP
7 23 (2.71%) SaaS
8 21 (2.47%) AWS CloudFormation
9 16 (1.88%) Google Workspace
10 14 (1.65%) dbt
11 12 (1.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 12 (1.41%) OpenShift
12 10 (1.18%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (1.06%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (1.06%) IaaS
13 9 (1.06%) PaaS
13 9 (1.06%) Serverless
14 7 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
15 6 (0.71%) GitHub
15 6 (0.71%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 531 (62.54%) DNS
2 422 (49.71%) DHCP
3 386 (45.47%) Firewall
4 347 (40.87%) VPN
5 198 (23.32%) WAN
6 190 (22.38%) LAN
7 188 (22.14%) VLAN
8 117 (13.78%) Wi-Fi
9 103 (12.13%) Network Security
10 98 (11.54%) Wireless
11 73 (8.60%) HTTP
12 70 (8.24%) VoIP
13 66 (7.77%) BGP
14 54 (6.36%) OSPF
15 40 (4.71%) SD-WAN
16 33 (3.89%) SSL
17 29 (3.42%) Ethernet
18 27 (3.18%) Internet
19 22 (2.59%) FTP
19 22 (2.59%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (7.66%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.00%) MySQL
3 12 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (1.06%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.71%) Crystal Reports
6 6 (0.71%) Redis
7 5 (0.59%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.47%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.35%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.35%) InfluxDB
9 3 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.24%) KDB
11 1 (0.12%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 1 (0.12%) Db2
11 1 (0.12%) Electronic Patient Records
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.12%) Oracle9i Database
11 1 (0.12%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 34 (4.00%) JIRA
2 23 (2.71%) Git
3 11 (1.30%) GitLab
4 5 (0.59%) Selenium
5 4 (0.47%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.47%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.47%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.35%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.24%) CMake
7 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.24%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.12%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.12%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.12%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.12%) GDB
8 1 (0.12%) LSMW
8 1 (0.12%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.12%) Postman
General
1 406 (47.82%) Social Skills
2 108 (12.72%) Analytical Skills
3 95 (11.19%) Finance
4 64 (7.54%) Telecoms
5 49 (5.77%) Banking
6 38 (4.48%) Law
7 36 (4.24%) Retail
8 35 (4.12%) Documentation Skills
9 33 (3.89%) Electronics
9 33 (3.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 31 (3.65%) Aerospace
10 31 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (2.36%) Public Sector
12 17 (2.00%) Manufacturing
13 9 (1.06%) Automotive
13 9 (1.06%) Investment Banking
14 8 (0.94%) Back Office
14 8 (0.94%) Marketing
15 7 (0.82%) Digital Health
16 6 (0.71%) Legal
Job Titles
1 222 (26.15%) IT Support
2 199 (23.44%) Support Engineer
3 172 (20.26%) IT Engineer
4 142 (16.73%) IT Support Engineer
5 122 (14.37%) Analyst
6 108 (12.72%) Senior
7 103 (12.13%) Network Engineer
8 90 (10.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 71 (8.36%) 2nd Line Support
10 64 (7.54%) Support Analyst
11 51 (6.01%) Support Technician
12 48 (5.65%) IT Technician
13 46 (5.42%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 45 (5.30%) IT Support Technician
15 44 (5.18%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 37 (4.36%) Lead
17 34 (4.00%) IT Analyst
18 33 (3.89%) Infrastructure Support
18 33 (3.89%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
19 31 (3.65%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (7.66%) Terraform
2 24 (2.83%) LDAP
3 22 (2.59%) React
4 17 (2.00%) XML
5 15 (1.77%) Node.js
6 13 (1.53%) RESTful
7 12 (1.41%) JSON
7 12 (1.41%) Middleware
7 12 (1.41%) WebSockets
8 10 (1.18%) CSS
8 10 (1.18%) Django
8 10 (1.18%) FIX Protocol
8 10 (1.18%) HTML
9 9 (1.06%) .NET
9 9 (1.06%) AngularJS
9 9 (1.06%) gRPC
9 9 (1.06%) REST
10 6 (0.71%) GraphQL
11 5 (0.59%) Elastic Stack
11 5 (0.59%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 117 (13.78%) Driving Licence
2 90 (10.60%) Onboarding
3 42 (4.95%) Data Centre
4 35 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (3.18%) Cyber Threat
6 26 (3.06%) Security Operations Centre
7 25 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
8 24 (2.83%) PKI
8 24 (2.83%) Security Posture
9 20 (2.36%) Hybrid Cloud
9 20 (2.36%) Linux Command Line
10 19 (2.24%) Client/Server
11 17 (2.00%) CCTV
11 17 (2.00%) Cyber Defence
11 17 (2.00%) Replication
12 16 (1.88%) Management Information System
13 14 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (1.41%) Social Media
15 11 (1.30%) Cloud Native
16 10 (1.18%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 518 (61.01%) Windows
2 261 (30.74%) Windows Server
3 209 (24.62%) Linux
4 105 (12.37%) Windows 10
5 54 (6.36%) Mac OS
6 41 (4.83%) Unix
7 32 (3.77%) Ubuntu
8 25 (2.94%) Apple iOS
9 19 (2.24%) Android
10 18 (2.12%) Windows Server 2016
11 16 (1.88%) CentOS
11 16 (1.88%) Rocky
12 15 (1.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 10 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
14 7 (0.82%) Debian
14 7 (0.82%) Embedded Linux
15 6 (0.71%) Solaris
16 5 (0.59%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.24%) Kali Linux
17 2 (0.24%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (35.92%) Problem-Solving
2 207 (24.38%) Customer Service
3 191 (22.50%) Cybersecurity
4 170 (20.02%) Continuous Improvement
5 151 (17.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 131 (15.43%) ITIL
7 113 (13.31%) Disaster Recovery
8 92 (10.84%) Mentoring
9 88 (10.37%) Incident Response
10 80 (9.42%) Service Delivery
11 79 (9.31%) ITSM
11 79 (9.31%) Project Delivery
12 69 (8.13%) Computer Science
13 67 (7.89%) SIEM
14 66 (7.77%) Infrastructure as Code
15 62 (7.30%) DevOps
15 62 (7.30%) Software Engineering
16 60 (7.07%) CI/CD
16 60 (7.07%) High Availability
17 53 (6.24%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 157 (18.49%) Python
2 147 (17.31%) PowerShell
3 83 (9.78%) SQL
4 78 (9.19%) Bash
5 44 (5.18%) C++
6 25 (2.94%) Perl
7 24 (2.83%) JavaScript
8 23 (2.71%) C
9 18 (2.12%) Java
10 17 (2.00%) C#
11 14 (1.65%) Go
11 14 (1.65%) VBA
12 13 (1.53%) Ruby
13 10 (1.18%) Bicep
13 10 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
13 10 (1.18%) Shell Script
13 10 (1.18%) TypeScript
14 7 (0.82%) PHP
14 7 (0.82%) Search Processing Language
15 4 (0.47%) Rust
Qualifications
1 146 (17.20%) Degree
2 106 (12.49%) Security Cleared
3 86 (10.13%) Cisco Certification
4 70 (8.24%) CCNA
5 69 (8.13%) SC Cleared
6 61 (7.18%) Microsoft Certification
7 54 (6.36%) CCNP
8 34 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 32 (3.77%) Azure Certification
9 32 (3.77%) CompTIA Security+
10 25 (2.94%) CREST Certified
11 24 (2.83%) Network+ Certification
12 23 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
13 20 (2.36%) CEH
14 19 (2.24%) A+ Certification
14 19 (2.24%) GCIA
15 18 (2.12%) CISSP
15 18 (2.12%) DV Cleared
16 16 (1.88%) HND
17 14 (1.65%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (8.24%) SLA
2 45 (5.30%) Cyber Essentials
3 35 (4.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 32 (3.77%) GDPR
5 16 (1.88%) QA
6 13 (1.53%) Accessibility
6 13 (1.53%) NIST
7 8 (0.94%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (0.71%) GRC
9 5 (0.59%) NCSC
10 4 (0.47%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.12%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.12%) DO-178B
11 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 385 (45.35%) Active Directory
2 153 (18.02%) Hyper-V
3 135 (15.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 34 (4.00%) Docker
5 32 (3.77%) Virtual Machines
6 24 (2.83%) Firmware
7 12 (1.41%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (1.41%) vSphere
8 11 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.35%) KVM
10 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.35%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.24%) QEMU
12 1 (0.12%) Ceph
12 1 (0.12%) Samba
12 1 (0.12%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.12%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.12%) XenApp
12 1 (0.12%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 143 (16.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (4.24%) Ansible
3 30 (3.53%) FortiGate
4 29 (3.42%) Kubernetes
5 20 (2.36%) QRadar
6 16 (1.88%) Grafana
7 14 (1.65%) Nagios
7 14 (1.65%) Prometheus
8 12 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (1.18%) WSUS
10 9 (1.06%) Jamf Pro
10 9 (1.06%) Kibana
11 5 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.59%) McAfee ePO
11 5 (0.59%) SCVMM
12 4 (0.47%) Proxmox
12 4 (0.47%) VxRail
12 4 (0.47%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.35%) Control-M
13 3 (0.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 486 (57.24%) Microsoft
2 156 (18.37%) VMware
3 120 (14.13%) Cisco
4 66 (7.77%) Fortinet
5 53 (6.24%) Veeam
6 43 (5.06%) Splunk
7 41 (4.83%) Google
7 41 (4.83%) ServiceNow
8 38 (4.48%) Palo Alto
9 29 (3.42%) Meraki
10 26 (3.06%) SonicWALL
11 25 (2.94%) Dell
11 25 (2.94%) Red Hat
12 22 (2.59%) SolarWinds
13 19 (2.24%) HP
14 18 (2.12%) Sophos
14 18 (2.12%) Ubiquiti
15 17 (2.00%) CrowdStrike
16 16 (1.88%) Zscaler
17 15 (1.77%) Apple