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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 227 221
Rank change year-on-year -43 -6 -30
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 780 683 959
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.70% 1.38% 1.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.26% 9.50% 10.37%
Number of salaries quoted 612 489 641
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% -6.23%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,075 £75,250 £74,144
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £34,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +1.45% -13.75% -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 7,606 7,191 9,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.85% 14.58% 11.72%
Number of salaries quoted 4,912 4,053 5,277
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £28,750
25th Percentile £33,250 £29,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% -3.05%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £81,250
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 5 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 5 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 -32 742 £37,750 +0.67% 504
UK excluding London -45 567 £35,000 +1.45% 342
Work from Home +30 251 £40,000 -3.61% 185
London -26 204 £60,000 +9.09% 225
South East -16 172 £37,500 +4.90% 96
North of England -23 142 £32,500 -7.14% 71
Midlands -27 104 £36,000 +10.77% 43
North West +43 78 £32,000 -20.50% 35
East of England -31 73 £35,000 -22.22% 45
West Midlands -31 60 £37,500 +15.38% 27
Yorkshire -48 53 £32,500 -2.99% 19
South West -68 49 £33,000 -4.35% 49
East Midlands -26 44 £32,500 +8.33% 16
Wales -71 15 £45,000 +28.57% 6
North East -74 11 £35,000 +20.69% 20
Scotland -3 9 £63,451 +95.23% 23
Northern Ireland - 3 £57,246 - 16

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
1 137 (17.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 106 (13.59%) SharePoint
3 25 (3.21%) IIS
4 13 (1.67%) Apache
5 4 (0.51%) Confluence
6 3 (0.38%) SAS
6 3 (0.38%) WinCC
7 2 (0.26%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.26%) Tomcat
Applications
1 41 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.26%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.13%) Houdini
4 1 (0.13%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 7 (0.90%) Fidessa
2 2 (0.26%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.26%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.26%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.13%) Eikon
3 1 (0.13%) FLEXCUBE
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 352 (45.13%) Microsoft 365
2 315 (40.38%) Azure
3 195 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 128 (16.41%) AWS
5 37 (4.74%) OneDrive
6 33 (4.23%) GCP
7 22 (2.82%) AWS CloudFormation
8 17 (2.18%) SaaS
9 14 (1.79%) dbt
10 13 (1.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 13 (1.67%) Google Workspace
10 13 (1.67%) OpenShift
11 11 (1.41%) Azure Monitor
12 10 (1.28%) Azure Sentinel
12 10 (1.28%) IaaS
13 9 (1.15%) PaaS
14 7 (0.90%) Microsoft Copilot
14 7 (0.90%) Serverless
15 5 (0.64%) Azure Logic Apps
15 5 (0.64%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 479 (61.41%) DNS
2 377 (48.33%) DHCP
3 359 (46.03%) Firewall
4 296 (37.95%) VPN
5 175 (22.44%) WAN
6 169 (21.67%) LAN
7 167 (21.41%) VLAN
8 99 (12.69%) Network Security
9 89 (11.41%) Wi-Fi
10 81 (10.38%) Wireless
11 71 (9.10%) VoIP
12 66 (8.46%) HTTP
13 61 (7.82%) BGP
14 50 (6.41%) OSPF
15 38 (4.87%) SD-WAN
16 28 (3.59%) SSL
17 23 (2.95%) Internet
18 21 (2.69%) Ethernet
18 21 (2.69%) SMTP
19 18 (2.31%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.67%) MySQL
3 8 (1.03%) NoSQL
4 6 (0.77%) Crystal Reports
5 5 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.51%) InfluxDB
7 3 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (0.38%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.26%) Redis
8 2 (0.26%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.13%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.13%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.13%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.13%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.13%) Oracle9i Database
9 1 (0.13%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 31 (3.97%) JIRA
2 18 (2.31%) Git
3 7 (0.90%) GitLab
4 5 (0.64%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.26%) CMake
5 2 (0.26%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.26%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.26%) Selenium
5 2 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.26%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.13%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.13%) GDB
6 1 (0.13%) LSMW
6 1 (0.13%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
General
1 375 (48.08%) Social Skills
2 102 (13.08%) Analytical Skills
3 89 (11.41%) Finance
4 57 (7.31%) Telecoms
5 44 (5.64%) Banking
6 36 (4.62%) Law
7 34 (4.36%) Organisational Skills
8 33 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
9 31 (3.97%) Electronics
10 29 (3.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 27 (3.46%) Retail
12 25 (3.21%) Aerospace
13 16 (2.05%) Public Sector
14 15 (1.92%) Manufacturing
15 11 (1.41%) Investment Banking
16 7 (0.90%) Digital Health
16 7 (0.90%) Legal
17 6 (0.77%) Games
18 5 (0.64%) Marketing
18 5 (0.64%) Military
Job Titles
1 196 (25.13%) IT Support
2 178 (22.82%) Support Engineer
3 149 (19.10%) IT Engineer
4 124 (15.90%) IT Support Engineer
5 110 (14.10%) Analyst
6 95 (12.18%) Senior
7 94 (12.05%) Network Engineer
8 84 (10.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 64 (8.21%) 2nd Line Support
10 50 (6.41%) Support Analyst
10 50 (6.41%) Support Technician
11 45 (5.77%) IT Technician
12 44 (5.64%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 43 (5.51%) IT Support Technician
14 42 (5.38%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 33 (4.23%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 32 (4.10%) IT Analyst
17 29 (3.72%) Lead
18 27 (3.46%) Infrastructure Support
19 26 (3.33%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (7.95%) Terraform
2 21 (2.69%) LDAP
2 21 (2.69%) React
3 15 (1.92%) XML
4 13 (1.67%) Node.js
5 12 (1.54%) Middleware
6 11 (1.41%) gRPC
6 11 (1.41%) WebSockets
7 10 (1.28%) JSON
8 9 (1.15%) .NET
8 9 (1.15%) RESTful
9 8 (1.03%) AngularJS
9 8 (1.03%) FIX Protocol
10 7 (0.90%) 802.1X
10 7 (0.90%) CSS
10 7 (0.90%) Django
10 7 (0.90%) HTML
10 7 (0.90%) REST
11 6 (0.77%) ARM Templates
11 6 (0.77%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 102 (13.08%) Driving Licence
2 73 (9.36%) Onboarding
3 41 (5.26%) Data Centre
4 37 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
5 25 (3.21%) Cyber Threat
5 25 (3.21%) Security Operations Centre
6 24 (3.08%) PKI
6 24 (3.08%) Security Posture
7 21 (2.69%) Distributed Systems
8 19 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
9 18 (2.31%) Replication
10 17 (2.18%) CCTV
10 17 (2.18%) Client/Server
11 16 (2.05%) Linux Command Line
12 15 (1.92%) Cyber Defence
13 13 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (1.67%) Management Information System
14 12 (1.54%) FPGA
14 12 (1.54%) Social Media
15 10 (1.28%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 478 (61.28%) Windows
2 249 (31.92%) Windows Server
3 194 (24.87%) Linux
4 91 (11.67%) Windows 10
5 56 (7.18%) Mac OS
6 35 (4.49%) Unix
7 28 (3.59%) Ubuntu
8 25 (3.21%) Apple iOS
9 17 (2.18%) Android
9 17 (2.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 15 (1.92%) CentOS
10 15 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 14 (1.79%) Rocky
12 11 (1.41%) Windows Server 2019
13 7 (0.90%) Debian
13 7 (0.90%) Embedded Linux
14 5 (0.64%) CoreOS
14 5 (0.64%) Solaris
15 2 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
15 2 (0.26%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (38.08%) Problem-Solving
2 181 (23.21%) Customer Service
3 158 (20.26%) Cybersecurity
4 151 (19.36%) Continuous Improvement
5 137 (17.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 117 (15.00%) ITIL
7 101 (12.95%) Disaster Recovery
8 88 (11.28%) Mentoring
9 83 (10.64%) Incident Response
10 75 (9.62%) Project Delivery
11 71 (9.10%) Service Delivery
12 67 (8.59%) Computer Science
12 67 (8.59%) Infrastructure as Code
12 67 (8.59%) ITSM
13 61 (7.82%) SIEM
14 58 (7.44%) DevOps
14 58 (7.44%) High Availability
14 58 (7.44%) Software Engineering
15 50 (6.41%) CI/CD
16 48 (6.15%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 139 (17.82%) PowerShell
1 139 (17.82%) Python
2 72 (9.23%) SQL
3 67 (8.59%) Bash
4 38 (4.87%) C++
5 25 (3.21%) C
6 23 (2.95%) Perl
7 18 (2.31%) JavaScript
8 16 (2.05%) C#
9 14 (1.79%) Java
9 14 (1.79%) VBA
10 12 (1.54%) Ruby
11 11 (1.41%) Bicep
11 11 (1.41%) Go
12 10 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
12 10 (1.28%) TypeScript
13 8 (1.03%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.90%) PHP
14 7 (0.90%) Search Processing Language
15 3 (0.38%) Rust
Qualifications
1 136 (17.44%) Degree
2 99 (12.69%) Security Cleared
3 84 (10.77%) Cisco Certification
4 70 (8.97%) CCNA
5 69 (8.85%) SC Cleared
6 57 (7.31%) Microsoft Certification
7 54 (6.92%) CCNP
8 33 (4.23%) Azure Certification
8 33 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 30 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
10 23 (2.95%) CREST Certified
11 20 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (2.56%) CEH
12 19 (2.44%) GCIA
12 19 (2.44%) Network+ Certification
13 16 (2.05%) CISSP
13 16 (2.05%) DV Cleared
13 16 (2.05%) HND
14 14 (1.79%) AWS Certification
14 14 (1.79%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (8.21%) SLA
2 38 (4.87%) Cyber Essentials
3 28 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (3.46%) GDPR
5 14 (1.79%) Accessibility
6 10 (1.28%) NIST
6 10 (1.28%) QA
7 6 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (0.77%) GRC
8 5 (0.64%) NCSC
9 4 (0.51%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.13%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.13%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 352 (45.13%) Active Directory
2 144 (18.46%) Hyper-V
3 131 (16.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (3.59%) Docker
4 28 (3.59%) Virtual Machines
5 23 (2.95%) Firmware
6 12 (1.54%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (1.28%) Virtual Servers
7 10 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (1.28%) vSphere
8 4 (0.51%) KVM
9 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.38%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.26%) QEMU
11 1 (0.13%) Ceph
11 1 (0.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.13%) Samba
11 1 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.13%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 131 (16.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (4.36%) Ansible
2 34 (4.36%) FortiGate
3 29 (3.72%) Kubernetes
4 18 (2.31%) QRadar
5 13 (1.67%) Nagios
6 12 (1.54%) Grafana
7 11 (1.41%) Jamf Pro
7 11 (1.41%) Prometheus
8 8 (1.03%) Kibana
8 8 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (1.03%) WSUS
9 7 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.64%) McAfee ePO
10 5 (0.64%) SCVMM
11 4 (0.51%) Proxmox
11 4 (0.51%) SCCM
11 4 (0.51%) VxRail
11 4 (0.51%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.38%) Control-M
Vendors
1 446 (57.18%) Microsoft
2 150 (19.23%) VMware
3 111 (14.23%) Cisco
4 58 (7.44%) Fortinet
5 49 (6.28%) Veeam
6 39 (5.00%) Splunk
7 36 (4.62%) ServiceNow
8 34 (4.36%) Google
8 34 (4.36%) Palo Alto
9 29 (3.72%) Meraki
10 24 (3.08%) Red Hat
10 24 (3.08%) SonicWALL
11 22 (2.82%) SolarWinds
12 20 (2.56%) Dell
12 20 (2.56%) HP
13 19 (2.44%) Sophos
14 16 (2.05%) CrowdStrike
14 16 (2.05%) Ubiquiti
14 16 (2.05%) Zscaler
15 14 (1.79%) Apple