TCP/IP Job Trends

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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 190 190
Rank change year-on-year -41 0 +45
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 635 723 1,323
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.87% 1.65% 1.58%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.38% 12.13% 11.71%
Number of salaries quoted 472 514 1,108
10th Percentile £27,375 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,219 £34,813 £30,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £48,754 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% +14.71% -5.56%
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £60,875
90th Percentile £78,790 £78,750 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,500 £47,500 £39,500
% change year-on-year -27.37% +20.25% -1.25%

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 9,947 5,960 11,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.63% 13.59% 13.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,890 3,649 9,221
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £53,500 £48,392
Median % change year-on-year -21.50% +10.56% -7.83%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £43,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +16.28% -4.44%

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 11 March 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 11 March 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 -39 577 £38,000 -20.00% 194
UK excluding London -66 396 £34,500 -27.37% 174
London +24 214 £45,000 -12.62% 42
Work from Home -23 172 £42,250 -23.18% 74
North of England -15 125 £32,500 -29.73% 44
South East -53 94 £37,500 -21.05% 51
Yorkshire -25 59 £32,500 -27.29% 15
Midlands -25 59 £32,500 -7.14% 14
South West -9 46 £40,000 -1.84% 23
North West -19 39 £40,000 -27.27% 21
East of England -27 39 £31,000 -34.74% 36
East Midlands -25 38 £32,500 -40.91% 6
North East +1 27 £45,000 -35.11% 11
West Midlands -25 21 £52,500 +50.00% 8
Wales -18 16 £40,000 -38.46% 4
Scotland -40 14 £55,000 +11.67% 6
Northern Ireland -27 3 £73,801 +6.48% 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
1 140 (22.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 85 (13.39%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.89%) IIS
4 4 (0.63%) Confluence
5 3 (0.47%) nginx
6 2 (0.31%) Apache
6 2 (0.31%) CMS
6 2 (0.31%) WordPress
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.16%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 89 (14.02%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.63%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.31%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (0.31%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 315 (49.61%) Azure
2 294 (46.30%) Microsoft 365
3 127 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 123 (19.37%) AWS
5 61 (9.61%) GCP
6 37 (5.83%) Google Workspace
7 32 (5.04%) Amazon ECS
8 30 (4.72%) OneDrive
9 29 (4.57%) SaaS
10 26 (4.09%) AWS CloudFormation
11 25 (3.94%) Amazon ECR
11 25 (3.94%) dbt
11 25 (3.94%) PaaS
11 25 (3.94%) Pulumi
12 22 (3.46%) IaaS
13 21 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
13 21 (3.31%) GitHub
14 18 (2.83%) GitHub Actions
15 17 (2.68%) Amazon OpenSearch
15 17 (2.68%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 363 (57.17%) DNS
2 304 (47.87%) DHCP
3 229 (36.06%) Firewall
4 201 (31.65%) VPN
5 141 (22.20%) VLAN
5 141 (22.20%) WAN
6 121 (19.06%) LAN
7 87 (13.70%) Wi-Fi
8 61 (9.61%) Wireless
9 54 (8.50%) VoIP
10 51 (8.03%) Network Security
11 41 (6.46%) HTTP
12 35 (5.51%) SD-WAN
13 25 (3.94%) BGP
14 20 (3.15%) Wireshark
15 19 (2.99%) OSPF
15 19 (2.99%) SSL
16 16 (2.52%) Remote Desktop
17 14 (2.20%) MPLS
17 14 (2.20%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (7.56%) Amazon RDS
2 40 (6.30%) SQL Server
3 34 (5.35%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (3.94%) Elasticsearch
4 25 (3.94%) Redis
5 10 (1.57%) Power BI
6 9 (1.42%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.10%) MySQL
8 3 (0.47%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.31%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.31%) JasperReports
9 2 (0.31%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.31%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.16%) Metadata
10 1 (0.16%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.16%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 22 (3.46%) Jenkins
2 17 (2.68%) Git
2 17 (2.68%) JIRA
3 14 (2.20%) Metasploit
4 10 (1.57%) Burp Suite
5 9 (1.42%) Bitbucket
6 5 (0.79%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.63%) GitLab
8 3 (0.47%) Snyk
9 2 (0.31%) IDA Disassembler
9 2 (0.31%) Rational Rhapsody
10 1 (0.16%) Jaeger
10 1 (0.16%) MLflow
10 1 (0.16%) Selenium
10 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.16%) WebDriver
General
1 280 (44.09%) Social Skills
2 89 (14.02%) Finance
3 64 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (7.09%) Law
5 40 (6.30%) Banking
6 39 (6.14%) Telecoms
7 30 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
8 29 (4.57%) Documentation Skills
9 27 (4.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 21 (3.31%) Manufacturing
11 19 (2.99%) Investment Banking
12 18 (2.83%) Retail
13 17 (2.68%) Public Sector
14 14 (2.20%) Aerospace
15 13 (2.05%) Legal
16 12 (1.89%) Back Office
17 11 (1.73%) Marketing
18 10 (1.57%) Automotive
19 7 (1.10%) Electronics
19 7 (1.10%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 194 (30.55%) IT Support
2 129 (20.31%) Support Engineer
3 92 (14.49%) IT Engineer
4 85 (13.39%) IT Support Engineer
5 82 (12.91%) Senior
6 78 (12.28%) 2nd Line Support
7 65 (10.24%) Support Technician
8 61 (9.61%) Analyst
9 54 (8.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 53 (8.35%) IT Support Technician
10 53 (8.35%) IT Technician
11 47 (7.40%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 45 (7.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 44 (6.93%) Support Analyst
14 37 (5.83%) Developer
15 30 (4.72%) Network Engineer
16 28 (4.41%) C++ Developer
16 28 (4.41%) Technical Support
17 25 (3.94%) 3rd Line Support
17 25 (3.94%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.94%) Django
2 18 (2.83%) Elastic Stack
3 6 (0.94%) .NET
3 6 (0.94%) FIX Protocol
3 6 (0.94%) REST
3 6 (0.94%) RESTful
4 5 (0.79%) Middleware
4 5 (0.79%) WebSockets
5 4 (0.63%) LDAP
5 4 (0.63%) Qt
5 4 (0.63%) Sass
5 4 (0.63%) STL
5 4 (0.63%) ZeroMQ
6 3 (0.47%) QML
6 3 (0.47%) SOAP
6 3 (0.47%) Web Services
7 2 (0.31%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.31%) gRPC
7 2 (0.31%) OAuth
7 2 (0.31%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 79 (12.44%) Driving Licence
2 50 (7.87%) Onboarding
3 36 (5.67%) Data Centre
4 27 (4.25%) Linux Command Line
5 23 (3.62%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (3.62%) Video Conferencing
6 21 (3.31%) FPGA
7 20 (3.15%) Distributed Systems
8 19 (2.99%) Management Information System
9 18 (2.83%) Replication
10 17 (2.68%) Cloud Native
11 16 (2.52%) Security Posture
12 15 (2.36%) Cyber Threat
13 14 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (2.20%) NHS
14 13 (2.05%) CCTV
15 12 (1.89%) iPhone
16 10 (1.57%) EPoS
17 9 (1.42%) Digital Signage
18 8 (1.26%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 395 (62.20%) Windows
2 229 (36.06%) Windows Server
3 177 (27.87%) Linux
4 128 (20.16%) Windows 10
5 60 (9.45%) Mac OS
6 44 (6.93%) Unix
7 38 (5.98%) Apple iOS
8 36 (5.67%) Android
9 33 (5.20%) Windows Server 2016
10 24 (3.78%) Windows Server 2019
11 22 (3.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 19 (2.99%) Windows Server 2012
13 9 (1.42%) CentOS
13 9 (1.42%) Mac OS X
13 9 (1.42%) Ubuntu
14 7 (1.10%) Kali Linux
14 7 (1.10%) Windows 7
15 4 (0.63%) Embedded Linux
15 4 (0.63%) FreeRTOS
15 4 (0.63%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (36.06%) Problem-Solving
2 135 (21.26%) Customer Service
3 111 (17.48%) ITIL
4 80 (12.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 76 (11.97%) Infrastructure as Code
6 73 (11.50%) CI/CD
7 72 (11.34%) Cybersecurity
7 72 (11.34%) DevOps
8 71 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
9 63 (9.92%) Service Delivery
10 56 (8.82%) Disaster Recovery
11 50 (7.87%) Root Cause Analysis
12 45 (7.09%) ITSM
13 44 (6.93%) Mentoring
14 43 (6.77%) Incident Response
15 42 (6.61%) Agile
15 42 (6.61%) Computer Science
16 39 (6.14%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 37 (5.83%) High Availability
18 32 (5.04%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 134 (21.10%) Python
2 108 (17.01%) PowerShell
3 52 (8.19%) Bash
4 50 (7.87%) C++
5 41 (6.46%) Java
5 41 (6.46%) SQL
6 34 (5.35%) C
7 24 (3.78%) Go
8 13 (2.05%) C#
9 6 (0.94%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.63%) Delphi
10 4 (0.63%) Pascal
10 4 (0.63%) PHP
11 3 (0.47%) R
11 3 (0.47%) Rust
12 2 (0.31%) Bicep
12 2 (0.31%) Embedded C++
12 2 (0.31%) Perl
12 2 (0.31%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.31%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 108 (17.01%) Degree
2 68 (10.71%) Security Cleared
3 62 (9.76%) Microsoft Certification
4 58 (9.13%) SC Cleared
5 39 (6.14%) Cisco Certification
6 30 (4.72%) Azure Certification
6 30 (4.72%) CCNA
7 24 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (3.62%) A+ Certification
8 23 (3.62%) CCNP
9 20 (3.15%) Network+ Certification
10 17 (2.68%) ITIL Certification
10 17 (2.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 14 (2.20%) DBS Check
12 12 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
13 11 (1.73%) CompTIA Security+
13 11 (1.73%) DV Cleared
13 11 (1.73%) Master's Degree
14 10 (1.57%) MCSA
15 9 (1.42%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (3.62%) SLA
3 22 (3.46%) GDPR
4 16 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (1.42%) QA
5 9 (1.42%) SOC 2
6 7 (1.10%) Accessibility
7 6 (0.94%) NIST
7 6 (0.94%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.63%) DICOM
8 4 (0.63%) HL7
8 4 (0.63%) MISRA
9 3 (0.47%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 3 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.47%) GRC
9 3 (0.47%) GxP
10 2 (0.31%) NCSC
10 2 (0.31%) PMO
11 1 (0.16%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.16%) NIST 800
System Software
1 320 (50.39%) Active Directory
2 126 (19.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 113 (17.80%) Hyper-V
4 39 (6.14%) Docker
5 14 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (2.20%) vSphere
6 12 (1.89%) Firmware
7 10 (1.57%) KVM
8 6 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.63%) Embedded Firmware
9 4 (0.63%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.31%) XenApp
11 1 (0.16%) NFS
11 1 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 99 (15.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 67 (10.55%) Terraform
3 53 (8.35%) Ansible
4 22 (3.46%) Kubernetes
5 20 (3.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 20 (3.15%) Prometheus
6 19 (2.99%) Grafana
7 17 (2.68%) AWS Copilot
8 16 (2.52%) FortiGate
9 15 (2.36%) Jamf Pro
10 12 (1.89%) Nessus
11 11 (1.73%) SCCM
12 10 (1.57%) Nmap
13 9 (1.42%) Puppet
14 8 (1.26%) Nagios
15 7 (1.10%) vCenter Server
16 6 (0.94%) Autotask
17 5 (0.79%) Failover Clustering
17 5 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
18 4 (0.63%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 344 (54.17%) Microsoft
2 153 (24.09%) VMware
3 70 (11.02%) Cisco
4 66 (10.39%) Google
5 31 (4.88%) Veeam
6 30 (4.72%) Apple
7 29 (4.57%) Citrix
8 26 (4.09%) Palo Alto
9 24 (3.78%) Red Hat
9 24 (3.78%) SolarWinds
10 20 (3.15%) Dell
10 20 (3.15%) Fortinet
11 18 (2.83%) Meraki
12 15 (2.36%) SonicWALL
13 14 (2.20%) HP
14 13 (2.05%) CheckPoint
15 11 (1.73%) Juniper
15 11 (1.73%) ServiceNow
16 9 (1.42%) Bloomberg
16 9 (1.42%) Reuters