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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 300 220 208
Rank change year-on-year -80 -12 +37
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 553 666 1,402
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.61% 1.52% 1.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.21% 10.44% 10.85%
Number of salaries quoted 413 480 1,165
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,088 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +10.59% -5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £63,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £78,990 £77,500 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £34,500 £42,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -18.82% +13.33% -6.25%

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 8,905 6,382 12,926
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.85% 14.54% 13.38%
Number of salaries quoted 4,037 3,824 9,414
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,533 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £77,715
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £43,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +3.45% -3.33%

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 May 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 May 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 -61 509 £40,000 -10.81% 213
UK excluding London -92 335 £34,500 -18.82% 179
London -8 198 £55,000 +6.80% 59
Work from Home -5 159 £43,750 -20.45% 89
North of England -23 107 £34,000 -23.94% 40
South East -57 89 £36,500 -2.67% 67
Yorkshire -40 51 £32,500 -23.26% 16
Midlands -76 45 £32,500 - 20
South West -28 42 £39,000 -24.61% 25
North West -4 39 £40,000 -5.88% 18
East Midlands -34 30 £32,500 +8.33% 4
East of England -54 28 £43,750 -2.78% 27
North East -29 17 £45,000 -35.14% 7
Wales -33 16 £29,500 -54.62% 7
West Midlands -60 15 £35,375 +1.07% 16
Scotland -31 7 £46,000 -8.00% 4
Northern Ireland -36 1 £73,801 -13.18%

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
1 108 (19.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 72 (13.02%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.17%) IIS
4 4 (0.72%) Confluence
5 3 (0.54%) Apache
6 2 (0.36%) nginx
7 1 (0.18%) OpenStack
Applications
1 71 (12.84%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.36%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.36%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.36%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 249 (45.03%) Azure
2 233 (42.13%) Microsoft 365
3 112 (20.25%) AWS
3 112 (20.25%) Entra ID
4 35 (6.33%) GCP
5 27 (4.88%) Google Workspace
6 22 (3.98%) GitHub
6 22 (3.98%) OneDrive
7 19 (3.44%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (3.25%) GitHub Actions
8 18 (3.25%) IaaS
9 14 (2.53%) PaaS
10 12 (2.17%) SaaS
11 10 (1.81%) Amazon ECS
11 10 (1.81%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (1.63%) AWS CloudFormation
12 9 (1.63%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (1.08%) Route 53
13 6 (1.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 345 (62.39%) DNS
2 267 (48.28%) DHCP
3 213 (38.52%) Firewall
4 173 (31.28%) VPN
5 155 (28.03%) WAN
6 136 (24.59%) LAN
7 100 (18.08%) VLAN
8 66 (11.93%) Wi-Fi
9 57 (10.31%) HTTP
10 53 (9.58%) Network Security
11 42 (7.59%) SD-WAN
12 39 (7.05%) VoIP
13 38 (6.87%) Wireless
14 29 (5.24%) BGP
15 23 (4.16%) OSPF
16 20 (3.62%) SMTP
17 18 (3.25%) Multicast
18 16 (2.89%) Wireshark
19 14 (2.53%) SAN
20 10 (1.81%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (6.87%) SQL Server
2 17 (3.07%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (2.89%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.27%) MySQL
5 6 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (0.90%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.90%) Redis
6 5 (0.90%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.72%) Power BI
8 3 (0.54%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.54%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.18%) InfluxDB
10 1 (0.18%) KDB
10 1 (0.18%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.18%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.18%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 20 (3.62%) Jenkins
2 17 (3.07%) Git
3 10 (1.81%) Bitbucket
4 9 (1.63%) Metasploit
5 8 (1.45%) GitLab
6 7 (1.27%) JIRA
7 5 (0.90%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.36%) Rational Rhapsody
8 2 (0.36%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.18%) CMake
9 1 (0.18%) Selenium
9 1 (0.18%) WebDriver
General
1 229 (41.41%) Social Skills
2 97 (17.54%) Finance
3 71 (12.84%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (7.78%) Banking
5 39 (7.05%) Law
6 34 (6.15%) Telecoms
7 31 (5.61%) Organisational Skills
8 26 (4.70%) Documentation Skills
9 24 (4.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 19 (3.44%) Investment Banking
11 16 (2.89%) Aerospace
11 16 (2.89%) Retail
12 14 (2.53%) Public Sector
13 13 (2.35%) Back Office
13 13 (2.35%) Legal
13 13 (2.35%) Manufacturing
14 9 (1.63%) Automotive
15 7 (1.27%) Electronics
16 6 (1.08%) Spanish Language
17 5 (0.90%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 141 (25.50%) IT Support
2 83 (15.01%) Support Engineer
3 75 (13.56%) Analyst
4 67 (12.12%) Senior
5 57 (10.31%) IT Engineer
6 54 (9.76%) 2nd Line Support
6 54 (9.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 54 (9.76%) Support Technician
7 52 (9.40%) IT Support Engineer
8 43 (7.78%) IT Support Technician
8 43 (7.78%) IT Technician
9 41 (7.41%) Network Engineer
10 37 (6.69%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 33 (5.97%) Support Analyst
12 32 (5.79%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 32 (5.79%) Developer
13 28 (5.06%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 26 (4.70%) C++ Developer
15 23 (4.16%) Infrastructure Support
16 22 (3.98%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.25%) Elastic Stack
2 11 (1.99%) LDAP
2 11 (1.99%) WebSockets
3 8 (1.45%) .NET
3 8 (1.45%) REST
4 6 (1.08%) 802.1X
4 6 (1.08%) Django
5 5 (0.90%) ARM Templates
5 5 (0.90%) gRPC
5 5 (0.90%) React
5 5 (0.90%) RESTful
6 4 (0.72%) ADO
6 4 (0.72%) FIX Protocol
6 4 (0.72%) Middleware
7 3 (0.54%) .NET Core
7 3 (0.54%) AngularJS
7 3 (0.54%) Node.js
7 3 (0.54%) Qt
8 2 (0.36%) JWT
8 2 (0.36%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 70 (12.66%) Driving Licence
2 32 (5.79%) Data Centre
3 31 (5.61%) Onboarding
4 21 (3.80%) FPGA
5 20 (3.62%) Cyber Threat
5 20 (3.62%) Security Posture
5 20 (3.62%) Video Conferencing
6 19 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (3.25%) EPoS
8 13 (2.35%) Replication
9 12 (2.17%) Cloud Native
10 11 (1.99%) Cyber Defence
10 11 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
11 10 (1.81%) Management Information System
11 10 (1.81%) MPEG
11 10 (1.81%) Security Operations Centre
12 9 (1.63%) Digital Signage
12 9 (1.63%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 338 (61.12%) Windows
2 191 (34.54%) Windows Server
3 127 (22.97%) Linux
4 102 (18.44%) Windows 10
5 40 (7.23%) Mac OS
6 38 (6.87%) Apple iOS
7 26 (4.70%) Android
8 25 (4.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 24 (4.34%) Windows Server 2016
10 18 (3.25%) Windows Server 2019
11 17 (3.07%) Unix
12 14 (2.53%) Windows Server 2012
13 7 (1.27%) CentOS
13 7 (1.27%) Windows 7
14 6 (1.08%) VMS
15 4 (0.72%) Kali Linux
15 4 (0.72%) Ubuntu
16 3 (0.54%) CoreOS
17 2 (0.36%) Oracle Linux
17 2 (0.36%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (34.54%) Problem-Solving
2 108 (19.53%) Customer Service
3 87 (15.73%) ITIL
4 77 (13.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 70 (12.66%) Infrastructure as Code
6 66 (11.93%) Cybersecurity
7 64 (11.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 64 (11.57%) Service Delivery
8 61 (11.03%) DevOps
8 61 (11.03%) Disaster Recovery
9 57 (10.31%) Incident Response
10 49 (8.86%) CI/CD
11 48 (8.68%) Root Cause Analysis
12 47 (8.50%) Incident Management
13 41 (7.41%) SIEM
14 39 (7.05%) High Availability
15 38 (6.87%) ITSM
15 38 (6.87%) Mentoring
16 35 (6.33%) Computer Science
17 33 (5.97%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 105 (18.99%) Python
2 104 (18.81%) PowerShell
3 59 (10.67%) Bash
4 40 (7.23%) C++
5 39 (7.05%) SQL
6 30 (5.42%) Java
7 22 (3.98%) C
7 22 (3.98%) Go
8 13 (2.35%) C#
9 7 (1.27%) Perl
10 6 (1.08%) Bicep
11 4 (0.72%) Delphi
11 4 (0.72%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.72%) Pascal
11 4 (0.72%) PHP
12 3 (0.54%) Search Processing Language
12 3 (0.54%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.36%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.36%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 81 (14.65%) Degree
2 49 (8.86%) Security Cleared
3 42 (7.59%) Microsoft Certification
3 42 (7.59%) SC Cleared
4 37 (6.69%) Cisco Certification
5 28 (5.06%) CCNA
6 25 (4.52%) CCNP
7 23 (4.16%) Azure Certification
8 22 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (3.25%) CompTIA Security+
10 14 (2.53%) CREST Certified
10 14 (2.53%) Network+ Certification
11 12 (2.17%) DBS Check
12 11 (1.99%) RHCSA
13 9 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
13 9 (1.63%) MCDST
13 9 (1.63%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 8 (1.45%) CEH
14 8 (1.45%) GIAC
14 8 (1.45%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.97%) SLA
2 29 (5.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (3.62%) GDPR
4 14 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (1.81%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.08%) QA
6 6 (1.08%) SOC 2
7 4 (0.72%) DICOM
7 4 (0.72%) HL7
8 3 (0.54%) NIST
8 3 (0.54%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.36%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 2 (0.36%) GxP
10 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.18%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 246 (44.48%) Active Directory
2 102 (18.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 76 (13.74%) Hyper-V
4 18 (3.25%) Docker
5 13 (2.35%) Firmware
5 13 (2.35%) vSphere
6 12 (2.17%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (1.45%) KVM
8 6 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.72%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.18%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.18%) QEMU
11 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.18%) Xen
Systems Management
1 74 (13.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 57 (10.31%) Ansible
2 57 (10.31%) Terraform
3 31 (5.61%) Kubernetes
4 21 (3.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 21 (3.80%) Grafana
4 21 (3.80%) Prometheus
5 18 (3.25%) FortiGate
6 14 (2.53%) Jamf Pro
6 14 (2.53%) Nagios
7 9 (1.63%) QRadar
7 9 (1.63%) SCCM
8 8 (1.45%) Puppet
9 6 (1.08%) Nessus
9 6 (1.08%) vCenter Server
10 5 (0.90%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.90%) Nmap
10 5 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (0.90%) VxRail
10 5 (0.90%) WSUS
Vendors
1 305 (55.15%) Microsoft
2 128 (23.15%) VMware
3 60 (10.85%) Cisco
4 30 (5.42%) Google
5 29 (5.24%) SolarWinds
6 28 (5.06%) Meraki
7 25 (4.52%) Palo Alto
8 24 (4.34%) Citrix
8 24 (4.34%) Red Hat
8 24 (4.34%) Veeam
9 20 (3.62%) Apple
9 20 (3.62%) Dell
10 19 (3.44%) HP
11 17 (3.07%) Fortinet
11 17 (3.07%) Splunk
12 15 (2.71%) CrowdStrike
13 12 (2.17%) ServiceNow
14 10 (1.81%) Zscaler
15 8 (1.45%) Sophos
15 8 (1.45%) Yealink