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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 237 216 202
Rank change year-on-year -21 -14 -25
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 889 707 983
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.75% 1.42% 1.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.26% 9.90% 11.15%
Number of salaries quoted 669 501 544
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -16.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,075 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £34,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +10.29% -20.00% -1.16%

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 7,898 7,144 8,815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.68% 14.38% 12.04%
Number of salaries quoted 4,869 3,938 4,368
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £28,708 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £39,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.21% -25.71% +1.94%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,030 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £34,000 £48,500
% change year-on-year +32.35% -29.90% +7.78%

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 7 October 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 7 October 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 -21 833 £40,000 +6.67% 753
UK excluding London -48 617 £37,500 +10.29% 479
Work from Home +23 260 £40,000 -1.23% 238
London -4 253 £55,000 - 316
South East -19 181 £38,500 +2.67% 142
North of England -25 146 £33,000 -5.71% 105
Midlands -21 124 £36,000 +10.77% 59
East of England -14 87 £35,000 +7.69% 65
North West +33 81 £32,000 -20.99% 60
West Midlands -29 74 £37,500 +15.38% 28
Yorkshire -35 54 £33,500 - 34
East Midlands -31 50 £36,000 +10.77% 31
South West -77 44 £32,500 -5.80% 56
Wales -76 15 £45,000 +28.57% 13
Scotland +5 14 £63,451 +111.50% 31
North East -87 11 £40,000 +37.93% 14
Northern Ireland - 6 £40,250 - 12

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
1 146 (16.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 117 (13.16%) SharePoint
3 24 (2.70%) IIS
4 16 (1.80%) Apache
5 7 (0.79%) Confluence
6 5 (0.56%) WinCC
7 3 (0.34%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.34%) SAS
8 2 (0.22%) Tomcat
Applications
1 35 (3.94%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.22%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.11%) Houdini
4 1 (0.11%) NUKE
4 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (0.90%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.22%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.22%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.22%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.11%) C-CURE
3 1 (0.11%) Eikon
3 1 (0.11%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 406 (45.67%) Microsoft 365
2 343 (38.58%) Azure
3 239 (26.88%) Entra ID
4 140 (15.75%) AWS
5 48 (5.40%) GCP
5 48 (5.40%) OneDrive
6 31 (3.49%) SaaS
7 21 (2.36%) AWS CloudFormation
7 21 (2.36%) Google Workspace
8 14 (1.57%) dbt
8 14 (1.57%) OpenShift
9 11 (1.24%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 9 (1.01%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
10 9 (1.01%) IaaS
11 8 (0.90%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (0.90%) Google Compute Engine
11 8 (0.90%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 8 (0.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 556 (62.54%) DNS
2 441 (49.61%) DHCP
3 407 (45.78%) Firewall
4 382 (42.97%) VPN
5 207 (23.28%) VLAN
5 207 (23.28%) WAN
6 202 (22.72%) LAN
7 134 (15.07%) Wi-Fi
8 111 (12.49%) Wireless
9 107 (12.04%) Network Security
10 75 (8.44%) HTTP
11 74 (8.32%) BGP
12 69 (7.76%) VoIP
13 57 (6.41%) OSPF
14 41 (4.61%) SD-WAN
15 38 (4.27%) SSL
16 31 (3.49%) Ethernet
17 28 (3.15%) Internet
18 23 (2.59%) FTP
19 22 (2.47%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (6.64%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.14%) MySQL
3 17 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (1.01%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.67%) Crystal Reports
6 6 (0.67%) Redis
7 5 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
7 5 (0.56%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.45%) KDB
8 4 (0.45%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (0.34%) InfluxDB
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.11%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 1 (0.11%) Db2
10 1 (0.11%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle9i Database
10 1 (0.11%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 34 (3.82%) JIRA
2 24 (2.70%) Git
3 13 (1.46%) GitLab
4 8 (0.90%) TeamCity
5 6 (0.67%) Sonatype Nexus
6 5 (0.56%) Selenium
7 4 (0.45%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.45%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.34%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.22%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.22%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.22%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.11%) CMake
10 1 (0.11%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.11%) Fiddler
10 1 (0.11%) GDB
10 1 (0.11%) LSMW
10 1 (0.11%) Metasploit
10 1 (0.11%) Postman
General
1 423 (47.58%) Social Skills
2 118 (13.27%) Analytical Skills
3 102 (11.47%) Finance
4 67 (7.54%) Telecoms
5 49 (5.51%) Banking
6 42 (4.72%) Law
7 40 (4.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 38 (4.27%) Documentation Skills
8 38 (4.27%) Retail
9 33 (3.71%) Aerospace
9 33 (3.71%) Electronics
9 33 (3.71%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (2.25%) Manufacturing
10 20 (2.25%) Public Sector
11 11 (1.24%) Back Office
12 10 (1.12%) Automotive
12 10 (1.12%) Financial Institution
13 8 (0.90%) Investment Banking
13 8 (0.90%) Marketing
14 7 (0.79%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 237 (26.66%) IT Support
2 205 (23.06%) Support Engineer
3 177 (19.91%) IT Engineer
4 147 (16.54%) IT Support Engineer
5 122 (13.72%) Analyst
6 114 (12.82%) Senior
7 111 (12.49%) Network Engineer
8 93 (10.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 72 (8.10%) 2nd Line Support
10 65 (7.31%) Support Analyst
11 57 (6.41%) IT Technician
11 57 (6.41%) Support Technician
12 52 (5.85%) IT Support Technician
13 44 (4.95%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 43 (4.84%) Lead
15 42 (4.72%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 33 (3.71%) IT Analyst
16 33 (3.71%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 32 (3.60%) Infrastructure Support
18 31 (3.49%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (8.10%) Terraform
2 25 (2.81%) LDAP
3 22 (2.47%) React
4 17 (1.91%) XML
5 16 (1.80%) RESTful
6 15 (1.69%) Node.js
7 12 (1.35%) JSON
7 12 (1.35%) Middleware
7 12 (1.35%) WebSockets
8 10 (1.12%) CSS
8 10 (1.12%) Django
8 10 (1.12%) FIX Protocol
8 10 (1.12%) HTML
9 9 (1.01%) .NET
9 9 (1.01%) AngularJS
9 9 (1.01%) REST
10 8 (0.90%) gRPC
10 8 (0.90%) OpenTelemetry
11 6 (0.67%) GraphQL
12 5 (0.56%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 124 (13.95%) Driving Licence
2 102 (11.47%) Onboarding
3 45 (5.06%) Data Centre
4 34 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
5 30 (3.37%) Distributed Systems
6 28 (3.15%) Cyber Threat
6 28 (3.15%) Security Operations Centre
6 28 (3.15%) Security Posture
7 24 (2.70%) PKI
8 22 (2.47%) Linux Command Line
9 21 (2.36%) Management Information System
10 20 (2.25%) Client/Server
10 20 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
11 19 (2.14%) Replication
12 18 (2.02%) CCTV
12 18 (2.02%) Cloud Native
12 18 (2.02%) Cyber Defence
13 13 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (1.35%) Social Media
15 11 (1.24%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 538 (60.52%) Windows
2 268 (30.15%) Windows Server
3 219 (24.63%) Linux
4 112 (12.60%) Windows 10
5 55 (6.19%) Mac OS
6 41 (4.61%) Unix
7 32 (3.60%) Ubuntu
8 24 (2.70%) Apple iOS
9 19 (2.14%) Android
9 19 (2.14%) Rocky
10 18 (2.02%) CentOS
10 18 (2.02%) Windows Server 2016
11 15 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
13 7 (0.79%) Debian
14 6 (0.67%) Embedded Linux
14 6 (0.67%) Solaris
15 5 (0.56%) CoreOS
16 4 (0.45%) Kali Linux
17 2 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (35.32%) Problem-Solving
2 217 (24.41%) Customer Service
3 202 (22.72%) Cybersecurity
4 188 (21.15%) Continuous Improvement
5 160 (18.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 131 (14.74%) ITIL
7 127 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
8 97 (10.91%) Incident Response
9 94 (10.57%) Mentoring
10 83 (9.34%) Service Delivery
11 82 (9.22%) Project Delivery
12 80 (9.00%) ITSM
13 71 (7.99%) SIEM
14 69 (7.76%) Infrastructure as Code
15 68 (7.65%) Computer Science
16 67 (7.54%) CI/CD
17 63 (7.09%) DevOps
18 62 (6.97%) Software Engineering
19 61 (6.86%) High Availability
20 53 (5.96%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 174 (19.57%) Python
2 155 (17.44%) PowerShell
3 90 (10.12%) SQL
4 89 (10.01%) Bash
5 47 (5.29%) C++
6 27 (3.04%) Perl
7 24 (2.70%) Java
7 24 (2.70%) JavaScript
8 21 (2.36%) C
9 19 (2.14%) Go
10 17 (1.91%) C#
11 14 (1.57%) VBA
12 13 (1.46%) Ruby
13 10 (1.12%) Kusto Query Language
13 10 (1.12%) Shell Script
13 10 (1.12%) TypeScript
14 9 (1.01%) Bicep
15 7 (0.79%) PHP
15 7 (0.79%) Search Processing Language
16 6 (0.67%) Rust
Qualifications
1 146 (16.42%) Degree
2 111 (12.49%) Security Cleared
3 94 (10.57%) Cisco Certification
4 75 (8.44%) SC Cleared
5 73 (8.21%) CCNA
6 61 (6.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 57 (6.41%) CCNP
8 36 (4.05%) CompTIA Security+
9 32 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
10 30 (3.37%) Azure Certification
11 26 (2.92%) CREST Certified
12 24 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
12 24 (2.70%) Network+ Certification
13 21 (2.36%) CISSP
13 21 (2.36%) DV Cleared
14 20 (2.25%) A+ Certification
14 20 (2.25%) CEH
15 19 (2.14%) GCIA
16 16 (1.80%) HND
17 15 (1.69%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (8.32%) SLA
2 44 (4.95%) Cyber Essentials
3 42 (4.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (3.82%) GDPR
5 20 (2.25%) QA
6 18 (2.02%) NIST
7 13 (1.46%) PCI DSS
8 12 (1.35%) Accessibility
9 9 (1.01%) SOC 2
10 7 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.67%) GRC
11 6 (0.67%) NCSC
12 2 (0.22%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.11%) DO-178B
13 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.11%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 397 (44.66%) Active Directory
2 157 (17.66%) Hyper-V
3 139 (15.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 38 (4.27%) Docker
5 33 (3.71%) Virtual Machines
6 27 (3.04%) Firmware
7 13 (1.46%) Virtual Desktop
7 13 (1.46%) vSphere
8 12 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
9 10 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.34%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.22%) KVM
11 2 (0.22%) Snort
11 2 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.22%) XenApp
11 2 (0.22%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.11%) QEMU
12 1 (0.11%) Samba
12 1 (0.11%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 150 (16.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (4.61%) Ansible
3 37 (4.16%) Kubernetes
4 31 (3.49%) FortiGate
5 21 (2.36%) QRadar
6 20 (2.25%) Grafana
7 18 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
8 17 (1.91%) Prometheus
9 13 (1.46%) Nagios
10 9 (1.01%) Kibana
10 9 (1.01%) WSUS
11 8 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (0.67%) SCCM
13 5 (0.56%) McAfee ePO
13 5 (0.56%) SCVMM
14 4 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (0.45%) Autotask
14 4 (0.45%) Proxmox
14 4 (0.45%) ZABBIX
15 3 (0.34%) Cilium
Vendors
1 506 (56.92%) Microsoft
2 163 (18.34%) VMware
3 127 (14.29%) Cisco
4 74 (8.32%) Fortinet
5 53 (5.96%) Veeam
6 52 (5.85%) Google
7 45 (5.06%) Splunk
8 42 (4.72%) ServiceNow
9 38 (4.27%) Palo Alto
10 30 (3.37%) Meraki
11 27 (3.04%) Dell
11 27 (3.04%) SonicWALL
12 26 (2.92%) Red Hat
13 23 (2.59%) SolarWinds
14 20 (2.25%) Sophos
15 18 (2.02%) CrowdStrike
15 18 (2.02%) WatchGuard
16 17 (1.91%) Ubiquiti
17 16 (1.80%) Apple
18 15 (1.69%) HP