Hybrid/Remote TCP/IP Job Trends

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 238 266 233
Rank change year-on-year +28 -33 -20
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 246 183 333
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.07% 1.11% 1.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.43% 9.45% 8.77%
Number of salaries quoted 184 139 246
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,950 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £37,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,125 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% -5.56%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Work from Home

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 2,359 1,936 3,799
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.29% 11.69% 15.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,326 1,171 1,957
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,875 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.85% -18.00% -3.85%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

TCP/IP job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

TCP/IP
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing TCP/IP over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

TCP/IP salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

TCP/IP
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:

Application Platforms
1 46 (18.70%) SharePoint
2 40 (16.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (5.69%) IIS
4 3 (1.22%) SAS
5 1 (0.41%) Confluence
5 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
Applications
1 12 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.41%) Houdini
2 1 (0.41%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.41%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 116 (47.15%) Azure
2 104 (42.28%) Microsoft 365
3 75 (30.49%) Entra ID
4 52 (21.14%) AWS
5 22 (8.94%) GCP
6 16 (6.50%) AWS CloudFormation
7 13 (5.28%) dbt
8 11 (4.47%) Azure Monitor
9 9 (3.66%) OneDrive
10 7 (2.85%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 7 (2.85%) OpenShift
11 6 (2.44%) Google Workspace
12 5 (2.03%) SaaS
13 4 (1.63%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (1.63%) Azure Storage
13 4 (1.63%) Power Automate
14 3 (1.22%) Azure Logic Apps
14 3 (1.22%) GitHub
15 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Copilot
16 1 (0.41%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 137 (55.69%) DNS
2 115 (46.75%) Firewall
3 105 (42.68%) DHCP
4 76 (30.89%) VPN
5 46 (18.70%) LAN
6 43 (17.48%) WAN
7 33 (13.41%) VLAN
8 25 (10.16%) Network Security
9 18 (7.32%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (6.91%) VoIP
11 16 (6.50%) BGP
11 16 (6.50%) OSPF
12 14 (5.69%) HTTP
12 14 (5.69%) Wireless
13 9 (3.66%) SD-WAN
14 7 (2.85%) Internet
14 7 (2.85%) SSL
15 6 (2.44%) MPLS
15 6 (2.44%) VXLAN
16 5 (2.03%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (10.98%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.63%) NoSQL
2 4 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.22%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.22%) MySQL
4 2 (0.81%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.41%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.41%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (3.66%) JIRA
2 8 (3.25%) Git
3 1 (0.41%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.41%) CMake
3 1 (0.41%) GDB
3 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.41%) Metasploit
General
1 124 (50.41%) Social Skills
2 42 (17.07%) Finance
3 21 (8.54%) Banking
4 20 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (7.32%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (6.50%) Telecoms
7 12 (4.88%) Investment Banking
7 12 (4.88%) Law
8 10 (4.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (3.66%) Aerospace
9 9 (3.66%) Retail
10 8 (3.25%) Manufacturing
10 8 (3.25%) Public Sector
11 7 (2.85%) Electronics
11 7 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.03%) Legal
13 3 (1.22%) Games
13 3 (1.22%) Marketing
14 2 (0.81%) Military
15 1 (0.41%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 60 (24.39%) IT Support
2 57 (23.17%) Support Engineer
3 47 (19.11%) Senior
4 43 (17.48%) IT Engineer
5 40 (16.26%) IT Support Engineer
6 31 (12.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 28 (11.38%) Network Engineer
8 23 (9.35%) Analyst
9 18 (7.32%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 18 (7.32%) 2nd Line Support
9 18 (7.32%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 14 (5.69%) Developer
10 14 (5.69%) IT Analyst
10 14 (5.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (5.28%) IT Support Analyst
11 13 (5.28%) Python Engineer
11 13 (5.28%) Site Engineer
11 13 (5.28%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 13 (5.28%) Support Analyst
12 12 (4.88%) Linux Scripter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (17.89%) Terraform
2 12 (4.88%) Middleware
3 8 (3.25%) LDAP
4 7 (2.85%) React
5 6 (2.44%) ARM Templates
5 6 (2.44%) REST
6 5 (2.03%) .NET
7 4 (1.63%) ADO
7 4 (1.63%) COM
7 4 (1.63%) DCOM
7 4 (1.63%) gRPC
7 4 (1.63%) XML
8 3 (1.22%) .NET Core
8 3 (1.22%) 802.1X
8 3 (1.22%) Unreal Engine
9 2 (0.81%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.81%) JWT
9 2 (0.81%) Node.js
9 2 (0.81%) RESTful
9 2 (0.81%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.32%) Distributed Systems
1 18 (7.32%) Onboarding
2 14 (5.69%) Linux Command Line
3 13 (5.28%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (4.88%) Driving Licence
4 12 (4.88%) FPGA
5 10 (4.07%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (4.07%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (3.25%) Data Centre
6 8 (3.25%) Life Science
6 8 (3.25%) PKI
7 7 (2.85%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.63%) Client/Server
8 4 (1.63%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (1.63%) PMI
8 4 (1.63%) Replication
8 4 (1.63%) SCADA
8 4 (1.63%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 139 (56.50%) Windows
2 78 (31.71%) Windows Server
3 75 (30.49%) Linux
4 20 (8.13%) Mac OS
5 19 (7.72%) Unix
6 17 (6.91%) Windows 10
7 8 (3.25%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.63%) Embedded Linux
8 4 (1.63%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (1.22%) Debian
9 3 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (1.22%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.81%) Android
10 2 (0.81%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.81%) CentOS
10 2 (0.81%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.41%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.41%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (35.77%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (19.51%) Continuous Improvement
3 47 (19.11%) Infrastructure as Code
4 44 (17.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 40 (16.26%) Customer Service
5 40 (16.26%) Cybersecurity
6 37 (15.04%) Incident Response
7 36 (14.63%) DevOps
7 36 (14.63%) ITIL
8 35 (14.23%) Disaster Recovery
8 35 (14.23%) Mentoring
9 34 (13.82%) Software Engineering
10 27 (10.98%) CI/CD
10 27 (10.98%) Project Delivery
11 25 (10.16%) Collaborative Culture
12 24 (9.76%) Change Management
13 22 (8.94%) ITSM
14 19 (7.72%) Agile
14 19 (7.72%) Low Latency
15 18 (7.32%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 50 (20.33%) PowerShell
1 50 (20.33%) Python
2 19 (7.72%) SQL
3 16 (6.50%) C
3 16 (6.50%) C++
4 12 (4.88%) Java
5 11 (4.47%) Bash
5 11 (4.47%) Bicep
6 6 (2.44%) C#
7 5 (2.03%) Go
7 5 (2.03%) Shell Script
7 5 (2.03%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.63%) PHP
9 3 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (1.22%) Ruby
10 2 (0.81%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.41%) Delphi
11 1 (0.41%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.41%) Pascal
11 1 (0.41%) Rust
Qualifications
1 43 (17.48%) Security Cleared
2 40 (16.26%) Degree
3 32 (13.01%) SC Cleared
4 18 (7.32%) Azure Certification
4 18 (7.32%) CCNA
4 18 (7.32%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (4.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (4.88%) CCNP
6 8 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.03%) A+ Certification
9 4 (1.63%) CEH
9 4 (1.63%) CISSP
9 4 (1.63%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.63%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.22%) CompTIA CySA+
10 3 (1.22%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (1.22%) GCIA
10 3 (1.22%) GIAC
10 3 (1.22%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (11.79%) SLA
2 11 (4.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.03%) GDPR
5 3 (1.22%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.81%) NIST
6 2 (0.81%) QA
7 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.41%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.41%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 92 (37.40%) Active Directory
2 43 (17.48%) Hyper-V
3 36 (14.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (5.28%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (2.44%) Docker
6 5 (2.03%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.63%) Firmware
8 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (1.22%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.22%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.81%) KVM
9 2 (0.81%) QEMU
9 2 (0.81%) vSphere
10 1 (0.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.41%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.41%) Xen
Systems Management
1 44 (17.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (8.54%) Ansible
3 15 (6.10%) Kubernetes
4 11 (4.47%) FortiGate
5 9 (3.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.63%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (1.63%) QRadar
6 4 (1.63%) SCCM
7 3 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.81%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.81%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.81%) OpenView
8 2 (0.81%) Puppet
8 2 (0.81%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.41%) Nessus
9 1 (0.41%) Nmap
9 1 (0.41%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 131 (53.25%) Microsoft
2 46 (18.70%) VMware
3 38 (15.45%) Cisco
4 21 (8.54%) ServiceNow
5 19 (7.72%) Google
6 17 (6.91%) Fortinet
7 15 (6.10%) Veeam
8 10 (4.07%) Zscaler
9 9 (3.66%) Palo Alto
9 9 (3.66%) SolarWinds
10 8 (3.25%) Splunk
11 7 (2.85%) HP
11 7 (2.85%) Meraki
12 6 (2.44%) ArcSight
12 6 (2.44%) Red Hat
13 5 (2.03%) Apple
13 5 (2.03%) F5
13 5 (2.03%) Freshdesk
13 5 (2.03%) Okta
13 5 (2.03%) SonicWALL