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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 200 205
Rank change year-on-year -93 +5 +35
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 568 681 1,409
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.63% 1.61% 1.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.47% 11.40% 10.84%
Number of salaries quoted 425 494 1,173
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,250 £25,550
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +11.76% -5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £78,774 £78,750 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £44,700 £37,500
% change year-on-year -21.70% +19.20% -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 10,385 5,974 13,000
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.58% 14.10% 13.62%
Number of salaries quoted 4,025 3,790 9,475
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,750 £34,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.47%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £77,715
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.45% -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 29 April 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 April 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 -77 521 £40,000 -11.11% 164
UK excluding London -109 336 £35,000 -21.70% 151
London +3 210 £47,500 -9.52% 42
Work from Home -27 169 £42,500 -22.73% 71
North of England -25 109 £34,000 -24.19% 34
South East -82 79 £35,000 -6.67% 49
Yorkshire -54 49 £32,500 -27.29% 13
Midlands -73 47 £32,500 -7.14% 8
North West -24 45 £40,000 -5.88% 14
South West -25 44 £40,000 -22.67% 26
East Midlands -56 33 £32,500 +4.00% 1
East of England -55 32 £40,000 -15.79% 26
North East -27 15 £46,250 -33.34% 8
Wales -33 15 £29,500 -54.62% 9
West Midlands -63 14 £41,250 +17.86% 7
Scotland -50 9 £46,000 -8.00% 4
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
1 113 (19.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 75 (13.20%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.94%) IIS
4 4 (0.70%) Confluence
5 2 (0.35%) Apache
5 2 (0.35%) nginx
6 1 (0.18%) CMS
6 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 73 (12.85%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.35%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.35%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.35%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 255 (44.89%) Azure
2 237 (41.73%) Microsoft 365
3 117 (20.60%) Entra ID
4 110 (19.37%) AWS
5 35 (6.16%) GCP
6 33 (5.81%) Google Workspace
7 25 (4.40%) OneDrive
8 22 (3.87%) GitHub
9 20 (3.52%) IaaS
10 19 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (3.17%) GitHub Actions
12 17 (2.99%) SaaS
13 15 (2.64%) PaaS
14 11 (1.94%) Amazon ECS
15 10 (1.76%) Azure Monitor
16 9 (1.58%) AWS CloudFormation
16 9 (1.58%) Cloud Computing
17 7 (1.23%) Route 53
17 7 (1.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 6 (1.06%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 350 (61.62%) DNS
2 277 (48.77%) DHCP
3 212 (37.32%) Firewall
4 172 (30.28%) VPN
5 152 (26.76%) WAN
6 133 (23.42%) LAN
7 111 (19.54%) VLAN
8 73 (12.85%) Wi-Fi
9 53 (9.33%) Network Security
10 52 (9.15%) HTTP
11 45 (7.92%) Wireless
12 43 (7.57%) VoIP
13 42 (7.39%) SD-WAN
14 29 (5.11%) BGP
15 23 (4.05%) OSPF
16 19 (3.35%) SMTP
17 18 (3.17%) Multicast
17 18 (3.17%) Wireshark
18 13 (2.29%) SAN
19 12 (2.11%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (6.87%) SQL Server
2 18 (3.17%) Amazon RDS
3 14 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (1.06%) Power BI
5 5 (0.88%) MySQL
5 5 (0.88%) NoSQL
5 5 (0.88%) Redis
5 5 (0.88%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.53%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.18%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.18%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.18%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.18%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.18%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 20 (3.52%) Jenkins
2 17 (2.99%) Git
3 12 (2.11%) Metasploit
4 10 (1.76%) Bitbucket
5 8 (1.41%) Burp Suite
5 8 (1.41%) JIRA
6 5 (0.88%) GitLab
7 4 (0.70%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.35%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.18%) CMake
9 1 (0.18%) Selenium
9 1 (0.18%) WebDriver
General
1 240 (42.25%) Social Skills
2 97 (17.08%) Finance
3 71 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (7.39%) Law
5 41 (7.22%) Banking
6 35 (6.16%) Telecoms
7 31 (5.46%) Organisational Skills
8 28 (4.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 27 (4.75%) Documentation Skills
10 19 (3.35%) Investment Banking
11 18 (3.17%) Retail
12 17 (2.99%) Manufacturing
12 17 (2.99%) Public Sector
13 15 (2.64%) Aerospace
14 14 (2.46%) Back Office
15 13 (2.29%) Legal
16 10 (1.76%) Automotive
17 8 (1.41%) Electronics
18 6 (1.06%) Spanish Language
19 5 (0.88%) Military
Job Titles
1 154 (27.11%) IT Support
2 102 (17.96%) Support Engineer
3 69 (12.15%) Analyst
3 69 (12.15%) IT Engineer
4 66 (11.62%) 2nd Line Support
4 66 (11.62%) Senior
5 65 (11.44%) IT Support Engineer
6 52 (9.15%) Support Technician
7 51 (8.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 45 (7.92%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 42 (7.39%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 41 (7.22%) IT Support Technician
10 41 (7.22%) IT Technician
11 40 (7.04%) Network Engineer
12 36 (6.34%) Developer
13 34 (5.99%) Support Analyst
14 28 (4.93%) C++ Developer
15 26 (4.58%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 24 (4.23%) Infrastructure Support
17 22 (3.87%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.17%) Elastic Stack
2 8 (1.41%) LDAP
3 7 (1.23%) WebSockets
4 6 (1.06%) 802.1X
4 6 (1.06%) REST
4 6 (1.06%) RESTful
5 5 (0.88%) .NET
5 5 (0.88%) ARM Templates
5 5 (0.88%) Django
5 5 (0.88%) FIX Protocol
5 5 (0.88%) gRPC
5 5 (0.88%) Qt
6 4 (0.70%) ADO
6 4 (0.70%) Middleware
6 4 (0.70%) STL
7 3 (0.53%) .NET Core
7 3 (0.53%) QML
7 3 (0.53%) Sass
7 3 (0.53%) ZeroMQ
8 2 (0.35%) React
Miscellaneous
1 73 (12.85%) Driving Licence
2 38 (6.69%) Onboarding
3 30 (5.28%) Data Centre
4 25 (4.40%) Self-Motivation
5 21 (3.70%) FPGA
6 20 (3.52%) Cyber Threat
6 20 (3.52%) Video Conferencing
7 19 (3.35%) Security Posture
8 18 (3.17%) EPoS
9 14 (2.46%) Cloud Native
10 13 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (2.11%) Management Information System
11 12 (2.11%) Replication
12 11 (1.94%) iPhone
13 10 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (1.76%) Cyber Defence
13 10 (1.76%) Linux Command Line
13 10 (1.76%) MPEG
13 10 (1.76%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 353 (62.15%) Windows
2 201 (35.39%) Windows Server
3 131 (23.06%) Linux
4 112 (19.72%) Windows 10
5 47 (8.27%) Mac OS
6 40 (7.04%) Apple iOS
7 28 (4.93%) Android
8 26 (4.58%) Windows Server 2016
9 23 (4.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 20 (3.52%) Unix
10 20 (3.52%) Windows Server 2019
11 16 (2.82%) Windows Server 2012
12 8 (1.41%) CentOS
13 7 (1.23%) Windows 7
14 6 (1.06%) Ubuntu
15 5 (0.88%) Kali Linux
16 4 (0.70%) VMS
17 3 (0.53%) CoreOS
17 3 (0.53%) Mac OS X
18 2 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (35.21%) Problem-Solving
2 116 (20.42%) Customer Service
3 90 (15.85%) ITIL
4 76 (13.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 70 (12.32%) Infrastructure as Code
6 63 (11.09%) Cybersecurity
7 61 (10.74%) Continuous Improvement
7 61 (10.74%) Disaster Recovery
7 61 (10.74%) Service Delivery
8 59 (10.39%) DevOps
9 53 (9.33%) Incident Response
10 51 (8.98%) CI/CD
11 50 (8.80%) Root Cause Analysis
12 46 (8.10%) Incident Management
13 39 (6.87%) ITSM
13 39 (6.87%) Mentoring
14 38 (6.69%) SIEM
15 37 (6.51%) High Availability
16 35 (6.16%) Computer Science
17 34 (5.99%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 104 (18.31%) Python
2 101 (17.78%) PowerShell
3 54 (9.51%) Bash
4 40 (7.04%) C++
5 36 (6.34%) SQL
6 33 (5.81%) Java
7 24 (4.23%) C
8 23 (4.05%) Go
9 13 (2.29%) C#
10 6 (1.06%) Bicep
11 4 (0.70%) Delphi
11 4 (0.70%) Pascal
11 4 (0.70%) Perl
11 4 (0.70%) PHP
12 3 (0.53%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.35%) JavaScript
13 2 (0.35%) Search Processing Language
13 2 (0.35%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.35%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.18%) Rust
Qualifications
1 85 (14.96%) Degree
2 46 (8.10%) Microsoft Certification
2 46 (8.10%) Security Cleared
3 40 (7.04%) SC Cleared
4 39 (6.87%) Cisco Certification
5 31 (5.46%) CCNA
6 24 (4.23%) CCNP
7 23 (4.05%) Azure Certification
7 23 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (2.99%) Network+ Certification
9 15 (2.64%) CompTIA Security+
10 14 (2.46%) DBS Check
11 12 (2.11%) CREST Certified
12 11 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (1.76%) A+ Certification
13 10 (1.76%) ITIL Certification
13 10 (1.76%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 9 (1.58%) Master's Degree
14 9 (1.58%) MCDST
15 8 (1.41%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (5.63%) SLA
2 30 (5.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (3.52%) GDPR
4 16 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (1.76%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.41%) QA
7 7 (1.23%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.70%) DICOM
8 4 (0.70%) HL7
8 4 (0.70%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.53%) NIST
10 2 (0.35%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.35%) GxP
11 1 (0.18%) GRC
11 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.18%) NCSC
System Software
1 254 (44.72%) Active Directory
2 103 (18.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 81 (14.26%) Hyper-V
4 18 (3.17%) Docker
5 13 (2.29%) Firmware
5 13 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (2.11%) vSphere
7 10 (1.76%) KVM
8 5 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.70%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.18%) QEMU
11 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 81 (14.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 59 (10.39%) Terraform
3 58 (10.21%) Ansible
4 30 (5.28%) Kubernetes
5 23 (4.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 20 (3.52%) Grafana
6 20 (3.52%) Prometheus
7 17 (2.99%) FortiGate
8 16 (2.82%) Jamf Pro
9 11 (1.94%) Nagios
10 10 (1.76%) Nessus
10 10 (1.76%) SCCM
11 9 (1.58%) Puppet
12 8 (1.41%) Nmap
13 6 (1.06%) QRadar
13 6 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
13 6 (1.06%) vCenter Server
14 5 (0.88%) AWS Copilot
15 4 (0.70%) Autotask
15 4 (0.70%) VxRail
Vendors
1 309 (54.40%) Microsoft
2 129 (22.71%) VMware
3 62 (10.92%) Cisco
4 36 (6.34%) Google
5 27 (4.75%) Meraki
5 27 (4.75%) Palo Alto
5 27 (4.75%) SolarWinds
6 24 (4.23%) Citrix
7 23 (4.05%) Red Hat
8 21 (3.70%) Apple
8 21 (3.70%) Veeam
9 20 (3.52%) Dell
10 19 (3.35%) Fortinet
10 19 (3.35%) HP
11 13 (2.29%) CrowdStrike
11 13 (2.29%) Splunk
12 12 (2.11%) ServiceNow
13 9 (1.58%) CheckPoint
13 9 (1.58%) Zscaler
14 8 (1.41%) Logitech