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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 225 216
Rank change year-on-year -36 -9 -45
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 837 695 993
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.72% 1.41% 1.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.73% 9.67% 10.46%
Number of salaries quoted 644 497 591
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,400 £28,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% -8.60%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,075 £75,500 £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 7,797 7,189 9,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.71% 14.58% 12.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,899 4,004 4,868
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £29,320
25th Percentile £33,750 £29,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.25% -20.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £67,500
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 20 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 20 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 -36 791 £39,500 +5.33% 708
UK excluding London -49 602 £36,000 +5.88% 458
Work from Home +24 255 £40,000 -5.88% 255
London -22 223 £60,000 +4.35% 314
South East -26 178 £37,500 - 132
North of England -31 145 £32,500 -7.14% 86
Midlands -33 115 £36,750 +13.08% 59
East of England -20 82 £35,000 -22.22% 69
North West +31 80 £32,000 -20.99% 49
West Midlands -35 69 £37,500 +15.38% 34
Yorkshire -38 53 £33,500 -16.25% 23
South West -65 50 £32,500 -5.80% 58
East Midlands -38 46 £36,000 +20.00% 25
Wales -78 15 £45,000 +28.57% 12
Scotland +9 12 £63,451 +111.50% 36
North East -74 12 £40,000 +37.93% 16
Northern Ireland - 5 £42,500 - 14

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 (16.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 112 (13.38%) SharePoint
3 25 (2.99%) IIS
4 16 (1.91%) Apache
5 7 (0.84%) Confluence
6 5 (0.60%) WinCC
7 3 (0.36%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.36%) SAS
8 2 (0.24%) Tomcat
Applications
1 36 (4.30%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.24%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.12%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.12%) Houdini
4 1 (0.12%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 8 (0.96%) 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
1 383 (45.76%) Microsoft 365
2 330 (39.43%) Azure
3 220 (26.28%) Entra ID
4 128 (15.29%) AWS
5 43 (5.14%) OneDrive
6 36 (4.30%) GCP
7 21 (2.51%) AWS CloudFormation
8 20 (2.39%) SaaS
9 14 (1.67%) dbt
10 13 (1.55%) Google Workspace
11 12 (1.43%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 12 (1.43%) OpenShift
12 10 (1.19%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (1.08%) IaaS
13 9 (1.08%) PaaS
13 9 (1.08%) Serverless
14 6 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (0.72%) Datadog
14 6 (0.72%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 525 (62.72%) DNS
2 416 (49.70%) DHCP
3 383 (45.76%) Firewall
4 339 (40.50%) VPN
5 193 (23.06%) WAN
6 185 (22.10%) LAN
7 183 (21.86%) VLAN
8 115 (13.74%) Wi-Fi
9 103 (12.31%) Network Security
10 96 (11.47%) Wireless
11 72 (8.60%) HTTP
12 71 (8.48%) VoIP
13 65 (7.77%) BGP
14 54 (6.45%) OSPF
15 40 (4.78%) SD-WAN
16 32 (3.82%) SSL
17 27 (3.23%) Ethernet
17 27 (3.23%) Internet
18 23 (2.75%) SMTP
19 21 (2.51%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (7.77%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.03%) MySQL
3 9 (1.08%) NoSQL
3 9 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (0.72%) Crystal Reports
5 6 (0.72%) Redis
6 5 (0.60%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.36%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.36%) InfluxDB
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.36%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.12%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.12%) Db2
9 1 (0.12%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.12%) KDB
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle9i Database
9 1 (0.12%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 34 (4.06%) JIRA
2 23 (2.75%) Git
3 11 (1.31%) GitLab
4 5 (0.60%) Selenium
5 4 (0.48%) Bitbucket
5 4 (0.48%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (0.48%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.24%) CMake
6 2 (0.24%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.24%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.12%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.12%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.12%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.12%) GDB
7 1 (0.12%) LSMW
7 1 (0.12%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.12%) Postman
General
1 401 (47.91%) Social Skills
2 106 (12.66%) Analytical Skills
3 91 (10.87%) Finance
4 63 (7.53%) Telecoms
5 48 (5.73%) Banking
6 37 (4.42%) Law
7 35 (4.18%) Documentation Skills
8 33 (3.94%) Electronics
8 33 (3.94%) Retail
9 31 (3.70%) Aerospace
9 31 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 31 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (2.39%) Public Sector
11 17 (2.03%) Manufacturing
12 10 (1.19%) Investment Banking
13 9 (1.08%) Automotive
14 8 (0.96%) Marketing
15 7 (0.84%) Digital Health
16 6 (0.72%) Games
16 6 (0.72%) Legal
Job Titles
1 218 (26.05%) IT Support
2 199 (23.78%) Support Engineer
3 170 (20.31%) IT Engineer
4 141 (16.85%) IT Support Engineer
5 119 (14.22%) Analyst
6 104 (12.43%) Network Engineer
7 103 (12.31%) Senior
8 88 (10.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 71 (8.48%) 2nd Line Support
10 61 (7.29%) Support Analyst
11 51 (6.09%) Support Technician
12 48 (5.73%) IT Technician
13 47 (5.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 45 (5.38%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 45 (5.38%) IT Support Technician
15 36 (4.30%) Lead
16 34 (4.06%) IT Analyst
17 33 (3.94%) Infrastructure Support
18 32 (3.82%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
19 29 (3.46%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (7.65%) Terraform
2 24 (2.87%) LDAP
3 22 (2.63%) React
4 17 (2.03%) XML
5 15 (1.79%) Node.js
6 12 (1.43%) JSON
6 12 (1.43%) Middleware
6 12 (1.43%) WebSockets
7 11 (1.31%) RESTful
8 10 (1.19%) CSS
8 10 (1.19%) Django
8 10 (1.19%) gRPC
8 10 (1.19%) HTML
9 9 (1.08%) .NET
9 9 (1.08%) AngularJS
9 9 (1.08%) FIX Protocol
9 9 (1.08%) REST
10 6 (0.72%) GraphQL
10 6 (0.72%) pytest
11 5 (0.60%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 115 (13.74%) Driving Licence
2 87 (10.39%) Onboarding
3 42 (5.02%) Data Centre
4 36 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
5 26 (3.11%) Cyber Threat
5 26 (3.11%) Security Operations Centre
6 24 (2.87%) PKI
7 22 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
7 22 (2.63%) Security Posture
8 20 (2.39%) Hybrid Cloud
9 19 (2.27%) Client/Server
9 19 (2.27%) Linux Command Line
10 18 (2.15%) CCTV
11 17 (2.03%) Cyber Defence
11 17 (2.03%) Replication
12 14 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (1.67%) Management Information System
13 12 (1.43%) Social Media
14 11 (1.31%) FPGA
15 10 (1.19%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 512 (61.17%) Windows
2 261 (31.18%) Windows Server
3 207 (24.73%) Linux
4 103 (12.31%) Windows 10
5 53 (6.33%) Mac OS
6 41 (4.90%) Unix
7 32 (3.82%) Ubuntu
8 24 (2.87%) Apple iOS
9 18 (2.15%) Android
10 17 (2.03%) Windows Server 2016
11 16 (1.91%) CentOS
11 16 (1.91%) Rocky
12 15 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 10 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
14 7 (0.84%) Debian
14 7 (0.84%) Embedded Linux
15 6 (0.72%) Solaris
16 5 (0.60%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.24%) FreeRTOS
17 2 (0.24%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (36.20%) Problem-Solving
2 205 (24.49%) Customer Service
3 187 (22.34%) Cybersecurity
4 166 (19.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 147 (17.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 128 (15.29%) ITIL
7 111 (13.26%) Disaster Recovery
8 91 (10.87%) Mentoring
9 86 (10.27%) Incident Response
10 80 (9.56%) Service Delivery
11 78 (9.32%) ITSM
12 77 (9.20%) Project Delivery
13 68 (8.12%) Computer Science
14 67 (8.00%) Infrastructure as Code
15 66 (7.89%) SIEM
16 61 (7.29%) Software Engineering
17 60 (7.17%) DevOps
18 59 (7.05%) High Availability
19 57 (6.81%) CI/CD
20 53 (6.33%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 154 (18.40%) Python
2 146 (17.44%) PowerShell
3 78 (9.32%) SQL
4 76 (9.08%) Bash
5 41 (4.90%) C++
6 25 (2.99%) Perl
7 24 (2.87%) C
8 23 (2.75%) JavaScript
9 17 (2.03%) C#
10 14 (1.67%) Java
10 14 (1.67%) VBA
11 13 (1.55%) Ruby
12 12 (1.43%) Go
13 10 (1.19%) Bicep
13 10 (1.19%) Kusto Query Language
13 10 (1.19%) Shell Script
13 10 (1.19%) TypeScript
14 7 (0.84%) PHP
14 7 (0.84%) Search Processing Language
15 3 (0.36%) Rust
Qualifications
1 145 (17.32%) Degree
2 106 (12.66%) Security Cleared
3 85 (10.16%) Cisco Certification
4 70 (8.36%) CCNA
5 69 (8.24%) SC Cleared
6 61 (7.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 54 (6.45%) CCNP
8 34 (4.06%) Computer Science Degree
9 32 (3.82%) Azure Certification
9 32 (3.82%) CompTIA Security+
10 25 (2.99%) CREST Certified
11 24 (2.87%) Network+ Certification
12 22 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
13 20 (2.39%) CEH
14 19 (2.27%) A+ Certification
14 19 (2.27%) GCIA
15 18 (2.15%) DV Cleared
16 17 (2.03%) CISSP
17 16 (1.91%) HND
18 14 (1.67%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (8.24%) SLA
2 44 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 32 (3.82%) GDPR
4 31 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.91%) QA
6 13 (1.55%) Accessibility
7 12 (1.43%) NIST
8 6 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (0.72%) GRC
9 5 (0.60%) NCSC
9 5 (0.60%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.12%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.12%) DO-178B
10 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 382 (45.64%) Active Directory
2 152 (18.16%) Hyper-V
3 136 (16.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 34 (4.06%) Docker
5 32 (3.82%) Virtual Machines
6 24 (2.87%) Firmware
7 12 (1.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (1.43%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (1.43%) vSphere
8 10 (1.19%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.36%) KVM
9 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.36%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.24%) QEMU
11 1 (0.12%) Ceph
11 1 (0.12%) NFS
11 1 (0.12%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.12%) Xen
11 1 (0.12%) XenApp
11 1 (0.12%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 141 (16.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (4.30%) Ansible
3 31 (3.70%) FortiGate
4 27 (3.23%) Kubernetes
5 20 (2.39%) QRadar
6 14 (1.67%) Grafana
6 14 (1.67%) Nagios
7 13 (1.55%) Prometheus
8 10 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (1.19%) WSUS
9 9 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
9 9 (1.08%) Kibana
10 5 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 5 (0.60%) McAfee ePO
10 5 (0.60%) SCVMM
11 4 (0.48%) Proxmox
11 4 (0.48%) VxRail
11 4 (0.48%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.36%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (0.36%) logstash
Vendors
1 478 (57.11%) Microsoft
2 156 (18.64%) VMware
3 117 (13.98%) Cisco
4 65 (7.77%) Fortinet
5 53 (6.33%) Veeam
6 42 (5.02%) Splunk
7 41 (4.90%) ServiceNow
8 38 (4.54%) Palo Alto
9 36 (4.30%) Google
10 29 (3.46%) Meraki
11 26 (3.11%) SonicWALL
12 25 (2.99%) Dell
12 25 (2.99%) Red Hat
13 22 (2.63%) SolarWinds
14 19 (2.27%) HP
15 18 (2.15%) Sophos
15 18 (2.15%) Ubiquiti
16 16 (1.91%) CrowdStrike
16 16 (1.91%) Zscaler
17 15 (1.79%) Apple