Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for TCP/IP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited TCP/IP over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 198 237 269
Rank change year-on-year +39 +32 -67
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 1,482 1,593 2,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.50% 1.54% 1.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.91% 9.96% 11.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,171 1,111 1,352
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £26,013
25th Percentile £31,000 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £44,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +0.56% -0.56%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,625 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,715 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £40,075
% change year-on-year -6.25% -0.19% -4.58%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

TCP/IP is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,580 15,992 20,989
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.78% 15.46% 13.40%
Number of salaries quoted 9,473 8,159 11,855
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% -2.17% +2.22%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing TCP/IP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in the UK

TCP/IP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP.

Salary trend for TCP/IP in the UK

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

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 May 2024. 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 +45 1,321 £42,500 -5.56% 388
UK excluding London +19 1,127 £37,500 -6.25% 292
Work from Home +30 534 £52,500 +5.00% 147
London +69 322 £64,250 +14.22% 109
South East -43 253 £38,500 +10.00% 68
North of England +3 225 £40,000 -11.11% 67
Midlands +76 199 £37,500 -1.32% 62
South West +18 183 £33,000 -26.01% 41
East of England +40 140 £37,500 -11.76% 36
North West +22 121 £40,000 -14.89% 45
West Midlands +55 110 £35,000 -9.09% 31
Yorkshire +24 96 £40,000 -11.11% 20
East Midlands +29 89 £41,000 +12.33% 31
Scotland -55 62 £42,500 +6.25% 14
Wales +15 35 £27,500 -20.48% 8
Northern Ireland +40 30 £32,500 - 4
North East -13 8 £23,625 -31.02% 5

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 181 (12.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 150 (10.12%) SharePoint
3 46 (3.10%) WebLogic
4 34 (2.29%) IIS
5 15 (1.01%) Apache
6 14 (0.94%) nginx
7 11 (0.74%) Exchange Server 2013
8 10 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2010
8 10 (0.67%) Skype for Business
9 9 (0.61%) Confluence
9 9 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2007
10 5 (0.34%) Tomcat
11 4 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2003
12 2 (0.13%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.13%) Moodle
12 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.067%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.067%) WebSphere
Applications
1 196 (13.23%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.27%) Trello
4 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.067%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.067%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 46 (3.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 15 (1.01%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.27%) Epicor Tropos
5 3 (0.20%) Oracle Cash Management
6 2 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 535 (36.10%) Azure
2 437 (29.49%) Microsoft 365
3 261 (17.61%) AWS
4 138 (9.31%) Entra ID
5 49 (3.31%) Amazon EKS
5 49 (3.31%) SaaS
6 46 (3.10%) Amazon SQS
6 46 (3.10%) GCP
7 39 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
8 38 (2.56%) OpenShift
9 36 (2.43%) OneDrive
10 32 (2.16%) AWS CloudFormation
11 31 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
12 24 (1.62%) Azure Sentinel
13 23 (1.55%) Mimecast
14 19 (1.28%) WhatsApp
15 18 (1.21%) IaaS
16 15 (1.01%) GitHub
17 14 (0.94%) Microsoft Purview
18 13 (0.88%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 715 (48.25%) DNS
2 535 (36.10%) DHCP
3 522 (35.22%) Firewall
4 355 (23.95%) WAN
5 345 (23.28%) LAN
6 258 (17.41%) VPN
7 177 (11.94%) Wireless
8 163 (11.00%) VLAN
9 144 (9.72%) BGP
10 141 (9.51%) Wi-Fi
11 134 (9.04%) HTTP
12 122 (8.23%) Network Security
13 114 (7.69%) SSL
14 111 (7.49%) OSPF
15 110 (7.42%) Internet
16 100 (6.75%) VoIP
17 86 (5.80%) MPLS
18 84 (5.67%) Ethernet
19 58 (3.91%) SAN
20 57 (3.85%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (6.55%) SQL Server
2 67 (4.52%) Relational Database
3 61 (4.12%) Amazon RDS
4 48 (3.24%) RDBMS
5 46 (3.10%) Oracle Database
6 45 (3.04%) MySQL
7 22 (1.48%) Elasticsearch
8 20 (1.35%) NoSQL
9 12 (0.81%) MongoDB
10 8 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (0.47%) Power BI
11 7 (0.47%) Redis
12 4 (0.27%) Crystal Reports
12 4 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
13 3 (0.20%) InfluxDB
14 2 (0.13%) Apache Cassandra
14 2 (0.13%) Couchbase
14 2 (0.13%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 50 (3.37%) JIRA
2 43 (2.90%) Jenkins
3 21 (1.42%) Git
3 21 (1.42%) GitLab
4 20 (1.35%) Visual Studio
5 13 (0.88%) Eclipse
6 11 (0.74%) Subversion
7 5 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
7 5 (0.34%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.27%) MSBuild
8 4 (0.27%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.20%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.20%) Metasploit
10 2 (0.13%) Browser DevTools
10 2 (0.13%) Hudson
10 2 (0.13%) Selenium
10 2 (0.13%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.067%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.067%) Postman
11 1 (0.067%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 443 (29.89%) Social Skills
2 202 (13.63%) Finance
3 180 (12.15%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (7.29%) Telecoms
5 70 (4.72%) Electronics
6 60 (4.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 51 (3.44%) Law
8 37 (2.50%) Manufacturing
9 35 (2.36%) Banking
10 31 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
11 27 (1.82%) Legal
12 26 (1.75%) Retail
13 24 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (1.42%) Public Sector
15 17 (1.15%) Aerospace
16 15 (1.01%) Marketing
16 15 (1.01%) Military
17 13 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
18 10 (0.67%) Automotive
19 9 (0.61%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 267 (18.02%) Senior
2 186 (12.55%) Analyst
3 172 (11.61%) Support Engineer
4 155 (10.46%) IT Support
5 147 (9.92%) Network Engineer
6 146 (9.85%) IT Engineer
7 136 (9.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 120 (8.10%) Lead
9 112 (7.56%) Software Engineer
10 84 (5.67%) Architect
11 75 (5.06%) IT Support Engineer
12 73 (4.93%) IT Technician
13 63 (4.25%) Support Technician
14 62 (4.18%) Developer
15 58 (3.91%) IT Analyst
16 57 (3.85%) Support Analyst
17 55 (3.71%) Solutions Architect
18 52 (3.51%) Administrator
19 51 (3.44%) 2nd Line Support
19 51 (3.44%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (6.48%) HTML
2 67 (4.52%) RabbitMQ
3 63 (4.25%) .NET
4 56 (3.78%) CSS
5 48 (3.24%) REST
6 46 (3.10%) Spring Boot
7 44 (2.97%) AngularJS
8 42 (2.83%) Web Services
9 37 (2.50%) SAML
10 33 (2.23%) WPF
11 30 (2.02%) React
12 29 (1.96%) OpenID
13 27 (1.82%) XML
14 26 (1.75%) LDAP
15 22 (1.48%) FIX Protocol
16 20 (1.35%) 802.1X
16 20 (1.35%) ASP.NET
17 19 (1.28%) Tailwind CSS
17 19 (1.28%) Twitter Bootstrap
17 19 (1.28%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 103 (6.95%) Data Centre
2 89 (6.01%) Management Information System
3 79 (5.33%) Self-Motivation
4 71 (4.79%) Driving Licence
5 60 (4.05%) Public Cloud
6 55 (3.71%) Enterprise Software
6 55 (3.71%) IoT
7 51 (3.44%) Cyberattack
8 43 (2.90%) Replication
9 42 (2.83%) Onboarding
10 34 (2.29%) Cloud Native
11 31 (2.09%) Clustering
12 28 (1.89%) CCTV
13 26 (1.75%) PKI
14 25 (1.69%) Client/Server
14 25 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
15 23 (1.55%) Security Operations Centre
16 20 (1.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
17 19 (1.28%) FPGA
18 16 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 826 (55.74%) Windows
2 420 (28.34%) Linux
3 394 (26.59%) Windows Server
4 218 (14.71%) Windows 10
5 99 (6.68%) Windows Server 2016
6 94 (6.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 94 (6.34%) Windows Server 2019
7 82 (5.53%) Windows Server 2012
8 66 (4.45%) Android
9 64 (4.32%) Apple iOS
10 60 (4.05%) Unix
11 39 (2.63%) Windows Server 2008
12 35 (2.36%) Ubuntu
13 29 (1.96%) Mac OS
13 29 (1.96%) Windows 7
14 26 (1.75%) CentOS
15 20 (1.35%) Embedded Linux
15 20 (1.35%) Mac OS X
16 19 (1.28%) Debian
16 19 (1.28%) VyOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (20.58%) Problem-Solving
2 253 (17.07%) ITIL
3 239 (16.13%) Customer Service
4 224 (15.11%) Agile
4 224 (15.11%) Cybersecurity
5 156 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 149 (10.05%) Software Engineering
7 134 (9.04%) DevOps
8 114 (7.69%) Migration
9 113 (7.62%) Actionable Insight
10 107 (7.22%) Computer Science
11 87 (5.87%) SDLC
12 85 (5.74%) Project Management
13 82 (5.53%) Collaborative Working
14 81 (5.47%) Open Source
15 80 (5.40%) Load Balancing
16 79 (5.33%) Disaster Recovery
17 78 (5.26%) ITSM
18 77 (5.20%) Mentoring
19 75 (5.06%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 248 (16.73%) PowerShell
2 234 (15.79%) Python
3 133 (8.97%) Bash
4 124 (8.37%) SQL
5 101 (6.82%) Java
6 97 (6.55%) C
7 78 (5.26%) C++
8 75 (5.06%) C#
9 54 (3.64%) Perl
10 52 (3.51%) JavaScript
11 19 (1.28%) Ruby
11 19 (1.28%) XAML
12 11 (0.74%) Embedded C
13 7 (0.47%) Go
14 6 (0.40%) PHP
14 6 (0.40%) TypeScript
15 5 (0.34%) Ladder Logic
16 4 (0.27%) Bicep
16 4 (0.27%) T-SQL
17 3 (0.20%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 254 (17.14%) Degree
2 217 (14.64%) Security Cleared
3 187 (12.62%) Cisco Certification
4 137 (9.24%) CCNA
5 118 (7.96%) SC Cleared
6 100 (6.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 92 (6.21%) DV Cleared
8 84 (5.67%) AWS Certification
9 76 (5.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 66 (4.45%) Azure Certification
11 57 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
12 56 (3.78%) CISSP
13 52 (3.51%) CCNP
14 47 (3.17%) DBS Check
15 40 (2.70%) MCSA
16 38 (2.56%) JNCIA
17 32 (2.16%) CEH
18 29 (1.96%) MCSE
19 26 (1.75%) Master's Degree
20 22 (1.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (6.34%) SLA
2 43 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (1.96%) NIST
3 29 (1.96%) QA
4 24 (1.62%) NCSC
5 20 (1.35%) GDPR
6 17 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
6 17 (1.15%) PCI DSS
7 9 (0.61%) Accessibility
8 7 (0.47%) JTAG
9 5 (0.34%) MISRA
9 5 (0.34%) PMO
10 4 (0.27%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.20%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.20%) ISO 31000
11 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.067%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 512 (34.55%) Active Directory
2 245 (16.53%) Hyper-V
3 241 (16.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 86 (5.80%) Docker
5 39 (2.63%) VMware ESXi
6 38 (2.56%) Firmware
7 26 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
8 21 (1.42%) vSphere
9 19 (1.28%) Virtual Servers
10 14 (0.94%) Terminal Services
11 13 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
12 11 (0.74%) Embedded Firmware
13 10 (0.67%) pfSense
13 10 (0.67%) XenApp
14 9 (0.61%) NFS
15 5 (0.34%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.27%) vCloud
16 4 (0.27%) VMware Server
16 4 (0.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 123 (8.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 87 (5.87%) Ansible
3 78 (5.26%) Terraform
4 72 (4.86%) Kubernetes
5 59 (3.98%) Puppet
6 55 (3.71%) SCCM
7 35 (2.36%) Grafana
8 29 (1.96%) WSUS
9 22 (1.48%) vCenter Server
10 20 (1.35%) Prometheus
11 19 (1.28%) Nmap
12 16 (1.08%) FortiGate
13 15 (1.01%) Nagios
14 14 (0.94%) HAProxy
15 13 (0.88%) WMI
16 12 (0.81%) Failover Clustering
16 12 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
16 12 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
17 11 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 11 (0.74%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 564 (38.06%) Microsoft
2 346 (23.35%) VMware
3 226 (15.25%) Cisco
4 102 (6.88%) Oracle
5 80 (5.40%) Juniper
6 78 (5.26%) Red Hat
7 66 (4.45%) Citrix
8 57 (3.85%) Fortinet
9 56 (3.78%) Splunk
10 54 (3.64%) Meraki
11 49 (3.31%) Veeam
12 46 (3.10%) Sparx
13 38 (2.56%) Bloomberg
14 37 (2.50%) SolarWinds
15 35 (2.36%) Palo Alto
16 34 (2.29%) Apple
17 31 (2.09%) CheckPoint
17 31 (2.09%) HP
18 30 (2.02%) Google
18 30 (2.02%) Ruckus Wireless