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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 216 202
Rank change year-on-year -31 -14 -35
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 887 707 983
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.75% 1.43% 1.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.27% 9.90% 11.15%
Number of salaries quoted 669 500 544
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 £34,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year +9.49% -19.41% -

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 7,872 7,143 8,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 6.65% 14.42% 12.03%
Number of salaries quoted 4,860 3,933 4,371
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,087 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,188 £28,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £39,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.21% -25.71% +2.94%
75th Percentile £70,000 £61,000 £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 6 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 6 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 -22 832 £40,000 +6.67% 777
UK excluding London -51 617 £37,500 +9.49% 507
Work from Home +24 258 £40,000 -1.23% 264
London -1 252 £55,000 - 322
South East -22 181 £38,500 +2.67% 146
North of England -27 147 £32,500 -7.14% 112
Midlands -40 123 £36,000 +10.77% 62
East of England -10 86 £35,000 -9.68% 67
North West +26 81 £32,000 -20.99% 64
West Midlands -20 74 £37,500 +15.38% 30
Yorkshire -35 54 £33,500 - 35
East Midlands -33 49 £36,000 +10.77% 32
South West -77 45 £32,500 -5.80% 59
Wales -76 15 £45,000 +28.57% 15
Scotland -2 14 £63,451 +111.50% 34
North East -82 12 £40,000 +37.93% 16
Northern Ireland - 6 £40,250 - 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
1 146 (16.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 117 (13.19%) SharePoint
3 24 (2.71%) 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 (0.23%) Tomcat
Applications
1 35 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (2.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.23%) 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 (0.23%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.23%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.23%) 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
1 405 (45.66%) Microsoft 365
2 342 (38.56%) Azure
3 240 (27.06%) Entra ID
4 139 (15.67%) AWS
5 48 (5.41%) OneDrive
6 47 (5.30%) GCP
7 30 (3.38%) SaaS
8 21 (2.37%) AWS CloudFormation
9 20 (2.25%) Google Workspace
10 14 (1.58%) dbt
10 14 (1.58%) OpenShift
11 11 (1.24%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 10 (1.13%) IaaS
13 9 (1.01%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
14 8 (0.90%) Serverless
15 7 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
15 7 (0.79%) Google Compute Engine
15 7 (0.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 556 (62.68%) DNS
2 441 (49.72%) DHCP
3 407 (45.89%) Firewall
4 380 (42.84%) VPN
5 208 (23.45%) WAN
6 207 (23.34%) VLAN
7 202 (22.77%) LAN
8 135 (15.22%) Wi-Fi
9 111 (12.51%) Wireless
10 107 (12.06%) Network Security
11 75 (8.46%) HTTP
12 73 (8.23%) BGP
13 69 (7.78%) VoIP
14 57 (6.43%) OSPF
15 42 (4.74%) SD-WAN
16 37 (4.17%) SSL
17 31 (3.49%) Ethernet
18 28 (3.16%) Internet
19 23 (2.59%) FTP
20 22 (2.48%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (6.76%) SQL Server
2 19 (2.14%) MySQL
3 16 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (1.01%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.68%) Crystal Reports
6 6 (0.68%) 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 (3.83%) JIRA
2 24 (2.71%) Git
3 13 (1.47%) GitLab
4 7 (0.79%) TeamCity
5 6 (0.68%) 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 (0.23%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.23%) 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 (47.69%) Social Skills
2 118 (13.30%) Analytical Skills
3 101 (11.39%) Finance
4 66 (7.44%) Telecoms
5 48 (5.41%) Banking
6 41 (4.62%) Law
7 39 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 38 (4.28%) Documentation Skills
9 37 (4.17%) Retail
10 33 (3.72%) Aerospace
10 33 (3.72%) Electronics
10 33 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (2.25%) Manufacturing
11 20 (2.25%) Public Sector
12 10 (1.13%) Automotive
12 10 (1.13%) Back Office
13 9 (1.01%) Financial Institution
14 8 (0.90%) Investment Banking
14 8 (0.90%) Marketing
15 7 (0.79%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 236 (26.61%) IT Support
2 204 (23.00%) Support Engineer
3 176 (19.84%) IT Engineer
4 146 (16.46%) IT Support Engineer
5 124 (13.98%) Analyst
6 113 (12.74%) Senior
7 111 (12.51%) Network Engineer
8 92 (10.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 72 (8.12%) 2nd Line Support
10 66 (7.44%) Support Analyst
11 57 (6.43%) IT Technician
11 57 (6.43%) Support Technician
12 52 (5.86%) IT Support Technician
13 44 (4.96%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 43 (4.85%) Lead
15 42 (4.74%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
16 33 (3.72%) Infrastructure Support
16 33 (3.72%) IT Analyst
17 32 (3.61%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
18 31 (3.49%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (8.00%) Terraform
2 25 (2.82%) LDAP
3 22 (2.48%) React
4 17 (1.92%) XML
5 15 (1.69%) Node.js
5 15 (1.69%) RESTful
6 12 (1.35%) JSON
6 12 (1.35%) Middleware
6 12 (1.35%) WebSockets
7 10 (1.13%) CSS
7 10 (1.13%) Django
7 10 (1.13%) FIX Protocol
7 10 (1.13%) HTML
8 9 (1.01%) .NET
8 9 (1.01%) AngularJS
8 9 (1.01%) REST
9 8 (0.90%) gRPC
10 7 (0.79%) OpenTelemetry
11 6 (0.68%) GraphQL
12 5 (0.56%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 124 (13.98%) Driving Licence
2 102 (11.50%) Onboarding
3 44 (4.96%) Data Centre
4 34 (3.83%) Self-Motivation
5 29 (3.27%) Distributed Systems
6 28 (3.16%) Cyber Threat
6 28 (3.16%) Security Operations Centre
6 28 (3.16%) Security Posture
7 24 (2.71%) PKI
8 22 (2.48%) Linux Command Line
9 21 (2.37%) Management Information System
10 20 (2.25%) Client/Server
10 20 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
11 19 (2.14%) Replication
12 18 (2.03%) CCTV
12 18 (2.03%) Cyber Defence
13 17 (1.92%) Cloud Native
14 13 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
15 12 (1.35%) Social Media
16 11 (1.24%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 537 (60.54%) Windows
2 268 (30.21%) Windows Server
3 219 (24.69%) Linux
4 112 (12.63%) Windows 10
5 55 (6.20%) Mac OS
6 41 (4.62%) Unix
7 32 (3.61%) Ubuntu
8 25 (2.82%) Apple iOS
9 20 (2.25%) Android
10 19 (2.14%) Rocky
11 18 (2.03%) CentOS
11 18 (2.03%) Windows Server 2016
12 15 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 9 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
14 7 (0.79%) Debian
15 6 (0.68%) Embedded Linux
15 6 (0.68%) Solaris
16 5 (0.56%) CoreOS
17 4 (0.45%) Kali Linux
18 2 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (35.40%) Problem-Solving
2 218 (24.58%) Customer Service
3 203 (22.89%) Cybersecurity
4 188 (21.20%) Continuous Improvement
5 159 (17.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 131 (14.77%) ITIL
7 126 (14.21%) Disaster Recovery
8 97 (10.94%) Incident Response
9 93 (10.48%) Mentoring
10 84 (9.47%) Service Delivery
11 82 (9.24%) Project Delivery
12 80 (9.02%) ITSM
13 71 (8.00%) SIEM
14 69 (7.78%) Infrastructure as Code
15 68 (7.67%) Computer Science
16 66 (7.44%) CI/CD
17 63 (7.10%) DevOps
18 62 (6.99%) Software Engineering
19 61 (6.88%) High Availability
20 53 (5.98%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 173 (19.50%) Python
2 154 (17.36%) PowerShell
3 89 (10.03%) SQL
4 88 (9.92%) Bash
5 47 (5.30%) C++
6 27 (3.04%) Perl
7 24 (2.71%) JavaScript
8 23 (2.59%) Java
9 21 (2.37%) C
10 18 (2.03%) Go
11 17 (1.92%) C#
12 14 (1.58%) VBA
13 13 (1.47%) Ruby
14 10 (1.13%) Kusto Query Language
14 10 (1.13%) Shell Script
14 10 (1.13%) TypeScript
15 9 (1.01%) Bicep
16 7 (0.79%) PHP
16 7 (0.79%) Search Processing Language
17 6 (0.68%) Rust
Qualifications
1 146 (16.46%) Degree
2 111 (12.51%) Security Cleared
3 94 (10.60%) Cisco Certification
4 75 (8.46%) SC Cleared
5 73 (8.23%) CCNA
6 61 (6.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 57 (6.43%) CCNP
8 36 (4.06%) CompTIA Security+
9 32 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
10 30 (3.38%) Azure Certification
11 26 (2.93%) CREST Certified
12 24 (2.71%) BPSS Clearance
12 24 (2.71%) Network+ Certification
13 21 (2.37%) CISSP
13 21 (2.37%) 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 (8.34%) SLA
2 45 (5.07%) Cyber Essentials
3 42 (4.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (3.83%) GDPR
5 20 (2.25%) QA
6 18 (2.03%) NIST
7 12 (1.35%) Accessibility
7 12 (1.35%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.90%) SOC 2
9 7 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.68%) GRC
10 6 (0.68%) NCSC
11 2 (0.23%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.11%) DO-178B
12 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.11%) IASME
12 1 (0.11%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 397 (44.76%) Active Directory
2 157 (17.70%) Hyper-V
3 138 (15.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 38 (4.28%) Docker
5 33 (3.72%) Virtual Machines
6 27 (3.04%) Firmware
7 12 (1.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 12 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (1.35%) vSphere
8 10 (1.13%) Virtual Servers
9 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 3 (0.34%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.23%) KVM
10 2 (0.23%) Snort
10 2 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
11 1 (0.11%) QEMU
11 1 (0.11%) Samba
11 1 (0.11%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.11%) XenApp
11 1 (0.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 149 (16.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (4.62%) Ansible
3 36 (4.06%) Kubernetes
4 31 (3.49%) FortiGate
5 21 (2.37%) QRadar
6 19 (2.14%) Grafana
7 17 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
8 16 (1.80%) Prometheus
9 13 (1.47%) Nagios
10 9 (1.01%) Kibana
10 9 (1.01%) WSUS
11 8 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (0.56%) McAfee ePO
12 5 (0.56%) SCVMM
13 4 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.45%) Autotask
13 4 (0.45%) Proxmox
13 4 (0.45%) SCCM
13 4 (0.45%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.34%) VxRail
Vendors
1 507 (57.16%) Microsoft
2 162 (18.26%) VMware
3 127 (14.32%) Cisco
4 74 (8.34%) Fortinet
5 54 (6.09%) Veeam
6 51 (5.75%) Google
7 45 (5.07%) Splunk
8 41 (4.62%) ServiceNow
9 38 (4.28%) Palo Alto
10 30 (3.38%) Meraki
11 27 (3.04%) Dell
11 27 (3.04%) SonicWALL
12 26 (2.93%) Red Hat
13 23 (2.59%) SolarWinds
14 20 (2.25%) Sophos
15 18 (2.03%) CrowdStrike
15 18 (2.03%) WatchGuard
16 17 (1.92%) Ubiquiti
17 16 (1.80%) Apple
17 16 (1.80%) HP