Hybrid/Remote ICMP Job Trends

Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring ICMP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 414 - 493
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing ICMP 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.006% - 0.004%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.059% - 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £88,750 - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 - £32,500
75th Percentile £96,250 - £33,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £92,500 £55,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +68.18% -33.33% +243.75%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

ICMP 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,707 2,399 3,173
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.53% 11.87% 13.66%
Number of salaries quoted 982 1,421 2,642
10th Percentile £25,750 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% -2.70% +2.77%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £38,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.62% +5.00% -4.76%

ICMP
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ICMP and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

ICMP job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

ICMP
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ICMP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing ICMP

ICMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Arduino
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux Command Line
1 1 (100.00%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Development
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Rapid Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared