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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 214 228
Rank change year-on-year -46 +14 -5
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 729 763 1,112
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.73% 1.55% 1.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.99% 10.63% 9.99%
Number of salaries quoted 569 541 868
10th Percentile £28,450 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £39,500 £42,036
Median % change year-on-year -3.80% -6.03% -6.59%
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 7,295 7,180 11,126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.26% 14.63% 12.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,675 4,135 7,543
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £26,700
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £42,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -12.37% -6.73%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,500 £82,500 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £38,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.84% -15.56% -

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 24 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 24 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 -3.23% 312
UK excluding London -47 513 £35,000 -5.41% 263
Work from Home +5 229 £40,000 -15.79% 115
London -30 205 £60,000 +14.29% 93
South East -14 159 £37,500 +4.17% 78
North of England -17 143 £32,500 -14.47% 52
Midlands -49 81 £32,500 - 31
North West +26 69 £31,875 -20.31% 27
East of England -24 57 £35,000 -26.32% 30
Yorkshire -44 57 £32,500 -13.33% 20
East Midlands -21 44 £32,500 - 11
South West -58 41 £33,000 -10.81% 54
West Midlands -57 37 £33,250 +2.31% 20
Wales -60 21 £40,000 +14.29% 5
North East -49 17 £37,500 +17.19% 7
Scotland -1 9 £51,750 +8.95% 17
Northern Ireland - 2 £58,151 - 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
1 129 (17.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 94 (12.89%) SharePoint
3 24 (3.29%) IIS
4 11 (1.51%) Apache
5 3 (0.41%) Confluence
5 3 (0.41%) SAS
6 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
Applications
1 59 (8.09%) 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
2 1 (0.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 322 (44.17%) Microsoft 365
2 306 (41.98%) Azure
3 153 (20.99%) Entra ID
4 132 (18.11%) AWS
5 34 (4.66%) GCP
6 23 (3.16%) OneDrive
7 20 (2.74%) IaaS
8 16 (2.19%) AWS CloudFormation
8 16 (2.19%) GitHub
8 16 (2.19%) PaaS
9 15 (2.06%) SaaS
10 11 (1.51%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (1.37%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 10 (1.37%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (1.37%) OpenShift
12 9 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (1.23%) dbt
13 8 (1.10%) Amazon ECS
13 8 (1.10%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (1.10%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 425 (58.30%) DNS
2 328 (44.99%) DHCP
3 324 (44.44%) Firewall
4 237 (32.51%) VPN
5 177 (24.28%) WAN
6 173 (23.73%) LAN
7 150 (20.58%) VLAN
8 85 (11.66%) Network Security
8 85 (11.66%) Wi-Fi
9 70 (9.60%) HTTP
10 65 (8.92%) VoIP
11 59 (8.09%) Wireless
12 57 (7.82%) BGP
13 42 (5.76%) OSPF
14 39 (5.35%) SD-WAN
15 25 (3.43%) Multicast
16 18 (2.47%) Ethernet
16 18 (2.47%) SSL
16 18 (2.47%) WLAN
17 17 (2.33%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (5.49%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.92%) 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%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 30 (4.12%) JIRA
2 15 (2.06%) Git
3 12 (1.65%) Bitbucket
4 11 (1.51%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.69%) GitLab
5 5 (0.69%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.27%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.27%) Rational Rhapsody
6 2 (0.27%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.14%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.14%) CMake
7 1 (0.14%) LSMW
General
1 328 (44.99%) Social Skills
2 92 (12.62%) Finance
3 87 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (8.37%) Telecoms
5 50 (6.86%) Law
6 42 (5.76%) Banking
7 39 (5.35%) Organisational Skills
8 32 (4.39%) Documentation Skills
9 26 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 24 (3.29%) Retail
11 22 (3.02%) Aerospace
12 21 (2.88%) Electronics
13 16 (2.19%) Investment Banking
14 14 (1.92%) Manufacturing
14 14 (1.92%) Public Sector
15 9 (1.23%) Legal
16 7 (0.96%) Automotive
17 6 (0.82%) Back Office
17 6 (0.82%) Military
17 6 (0.82%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 194 (26.61%) IT Support
2 138 (18.93%) Support Engineer
3 115 (15.78%) IT Engineer
4 96 (13.17%) Analyst
5 92 (12.62%) IT Support Engineer
6 86 (11.80%) Network Engineer
7 74 (10.15%) Senior
8 62 (8.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 59 (8.09%) Support Technician
10 55 (7.54%) 2nd Line Support
11 54 (7.41%) IT Technician
12 52 (7.13%) IT Support Technician
13 38 (5.21%) Support Analyst
14 36 (4.94%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 34 (4.66%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 33 (4.53%) IT Analyst
16 33 (4.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
17 30 (4.12%) Lead
18 27 (3.70%) IT Support Analyst
19 26 (3.57%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.47%) LDAP
2 14 (1.92%) Middleware
2 14 (1.92%) React
2 14 (1.92%) WebSockets
3 13 (1.78%) gRPC
4 12 (1.65%) Elastic Stack
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%) REST
9 6 (0.82%) ARM Templates
10 5 (0.69%) CSS
10 5 (0.69%) HTML
10 5 (0.69%) RESTful
11 4 (0.55%) ADO
11 4 (0.55%) COM
Miscellaneous
1 106 (14.54%) Driving Licence
2 48 (6.58%) Onboarding
3 47 (6.45%) Data Centre
4 32 (4.39%) Self-Motivation
5 29 (3.98%) Cyber Threat
6 24 (3.29%) Security Posture
7 21 (2.88%) Security Operations Centre
8 18 (2.47%) Linux Command Line
9 17 (2.33%) FPGA
10 16 (2.19%) CCTV
10 16 (2.19%) Cyber Defence
10 16 (2.19%) MPEG
11 15 (2.06%) PKI
12 14 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
13 13 (1.78%) Client/Server
14 12 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (1.65%) Replication
15 11 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
15 11 (1.51%) Life Science
15 11 (1.51%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 442 (60.63%) Windows
2 239 (32.78%) Windows Server
3 168 (23.05%) Linux
4 93 (12.76%) Windows 10
5 54 (7.41%) Mac OS
6 34 (4.66%) Apple iOS
7 24 (3.29%) Android
8 22 (3.02%) Unix
9 20 (2.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 18 (2.47%) Windows Server 2016
11 14 (1.92%) Ubuntu
12 11 (1.51%) Windows Server 2019
13 7 (0.96%) Debian
13 7 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
14 6 (0.82%) CentOS
15 5 (0.69%) Kali Linux
15 5 (0.69%) Windows 7
16 4 (0.55%) Embedded Linux
16 4 (0.55%) VMS
17 2 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (36.63%) Problem-Solving
2 153 (20.99%) Customer Service
3 136 (18.66%) Continuous Improvement
4 121 (16.60%) Cybersecurity
5 105 (14.40%) ITIL
6 103 (14.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 87 (11.93%) Disaster Recovery
8 86 (11.80%) Service Delivery
9 78 (10.70%) Incident Response
10 72 (9.88%) ITSM
11 71 (9.74%) Infrastructure as Code
12 68 (9.33%) Project Delivery
13 67 (9.19%) DevOps
14 64 (8.78%) Mentoring
15 58 (7.96%) High Availability
16 56 (7.68%) SIEM
17 54 (7.41%) CI/CD
18 47 (6.45%) Incident Management
19 46 (6.31%) Computer Science
19 46 (6.31%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 129 (17.70%) PowerShell
2 121 (16.60%) Python
3 63 (8.64%) Bash
4 60 (8.23%) SQL
5 38 (5.21%) C++
6 25 (3.43%) C
7 24 (3.29%) Java
8 15 (2.06%) C#
9 14 (1.92%) VBA
10 13 (1.78%) Go
10 13 (1.78%) Perl
11 11 (1.51%) PHP
12 9 (1.23%) Bicep
12 9 (1.23%) JavaScript
13 7 (0.96%) Search Processing Language
14 6 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (0.55%) Delphi
15 4 (0.55%) Pascal
15 4 (0.55%) Ruby
15 4 (0.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 122 (16.74%) Degree
2 85 (11.66%) Security Cleared
3 76 (10.43%) Cisco Certification
4 65 (8.92%) SC Cleared
5 62 (8.50%) CCNA
6 56 (7.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 49 (6.72%) CCNP
8 28 (3.84%) Azure Certification
9 27 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
10 21 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
11 19 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
12 18 (2.47%) CREST Certified
13 15 (2.06%) CEH
13 15 (2.06%) GCIA
13 15 (2.06%) Network+ Certification
14 14 (1.92%) HND
15 13 (1.78%) GIAC
16 12 (1.65%) HNC
17 11 (1.51%) OSCP
17 11 (1.51%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (8.50%) SLA
2 27 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 25 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (2.33%) Accessibility
5 16 (2.19%) GDPR
6 6 (0.82%) NIST
7 5 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.55%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.55%) QA
9 3 (0.41%) DICOM
9 3 (0.41%) HL7
10 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.14%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.14%) GRC
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.14%) NCSC
10 1 (0.14%) SOC 2
System Software
1 314 (43.07%) Active Directory
2 129 (17.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 125 (17.15%) Hyper-V
4 25 (3.43%) Docker
5 16 (2.19%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (1.92%) Firmware
6 14 (1.92%) vSphere
7 10 (1.37%) Virtual Servers
8 9 (1.23%) KVM
8 9 (1.23%) 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
1 111 (15.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 60 (8.23%) Terraform
3 54 (7.41%) Ansible
4 38 (5.21%) Kubernetes
5 34 (4.66%) FortiGate
6 21 (2.88%) Grafana
6 21 (2.88%) Prometheus
7 18 (2.47%) Jamf Pro
8 17 (2.33%) Nagios
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%) SCCM
14 6 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
14 6 (0.82%) VxRail
15 5 (0.69%) AWS Copilot
15 5 (0.69%) Control-M
16 4 (0.55%) Autotask
Vendors
1 413 (56.65%) Microsoft
2 154 (21.12%) VMware
3 95 (13.03%) Cisco
4 42 (5.76%) Fortinet
5 39 (5.35%) Veeam
6 37 (5.08%) Meraki
7 33 (4.53%) ServiceNow
8 30 (4.12%) Palo Alto
8 30 (4.12%) Splunk
9 27 (3.70%) SolarWinds
10 25 (3.43%) Apple
11 22 (3.02%) HP
12 21 (2.88%) Google
13 18 (2.47%) Dell
13 18 (2.47%) Sophos
14 17 (2.33%) Citrix
14 17 (2.33%) SonicWALL
14 17 (2.33%) Zscaler
15 16 (2.19%) CrowdStrike
15 16 (2.19%) Red Hat