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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 259 208
Rank change year-on-year +40 -51 -19
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 274 170 327
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.09% 1.03% 1.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.44% 9.84% 11.56%
Number of salaries quoted 185 120 199
10th Percentile £27,900 £28,700 £34,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -22.86% -1.50%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,125 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,075 £80,000 £79,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -19.35% -2.11%

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 2,202 1,727 2,829
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.78% 10.45% 13.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,338 988 1,451
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,681 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £38,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +29.87% -26.67% +2.94%

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 14 October 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 53 (19.34%) SharePoint
2 42 (15.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (4.38%) IIS
4 3 (1.09%) SAS
5 2 (0.73%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.73%) Lightworks
3 1 (0.36%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.36%) Houdini
3 1 (0.36%) NUKE
3 1 (0.36%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.36%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.73%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 110 (40.15%) Azure
2 109 (39.78%) Microsoft 365
3 87 (31.75%) Entra ID
4 61 (22.26%) AWS
5 36 (13.14%) GCP
6 22 (8.03%) SaaS
7 17 (6.20%) Amazon EKS
7 17 (6.20%) Google Compute Engine
7 17 (6.20%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 17 (6.20%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 15 (5.47%) AWS CloudFormation
9 13 (4.74%) dbt
10 12 (4.38%) Google Workspace
11 9 (3.28%) OneDrive
12 8 (2.92%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (2.19%) OpenShift
13 6 (2.19%) Serverless
14 5 (1.82%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 4 (1.46%) Azure Storage
15 4 (1.46%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 145 (52.92%) DNS
2 134 (48.91%) Firewall
3 113 (41.24%) DHCP
4 103 (37.59%) VPN
5 58 (21.17%) VLAN
6 47 (17.15%) WAN
7 46 (16.79%) LAN
8 38 (13.87%) Network Security
9 35 (12.77%) BGP
10 19 (6.93%) Wireless
11 18 (6.57%) OSPF
11 18 (6.57%) VoIP
11 18 (6.57%) Wi-Fi
12 15 (5.47%) HTTP
13 13 (4.74%) SD-WAN
14 10 (3.65%) Ethernet
14 10 (3.65%) VXLAN
15 9 (3.28%) SSL
16 8 (2.92%) Cisco Nexus
17 6 (2.19%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (10.22%) SQL Server
2 20 (7.30%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (6.93%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.73%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.73%) MySQL
5 1 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.36%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.36%) Redis
Development Applications
1 17 (6.20%) TeamCity
2 12 (4.38%) Git
3 10 (3.65%) JIRA
4 4 (1.46%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.36%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.36%) CMake
5 1 (0.36%) GDB
5 1 (0.36%) Metasploit
General
1 142 (51.82%) Social Skills
2 54 (19.71%) Finance
3 25 (9.12%) Banking
3 25 (9.12%) Telecoms
4 24 (8.76%) Retail
5 23 (8.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (6.57%) Documentation Skills
7 18 (6.57%) Law
8 17 (6.20%) Back Office
8 17 (6.20%) Financial Institution
9 12 (4.38%) Electronics
9 12 (4.38%) Public Sector
10 10 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (3.28%) Aerospace
12 7 (2.55%) Marketing
13 6 (2.19%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.82%) Legal
14 5 (1.82%) Manufacturing
15 4 (1.46%) French Language
Job Titles
1 63 (22.99%) Senior
2 62 (22.63%) IT Support
3 61 (22.26%) Support Engineer
4 47 (17.15%) IT Engineer
5 41 (14.96%) IT Support Engineer
6 38 (13.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 34 (12.41%) Network Engineer
8 20 (7.30%) Analyst
9 18 (6.57%) 2nd Line Support
10 17 (6.20%) GCP Engineer
11 15 (5.47%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 15 (5.47%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 15 (5.47%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (5.47%) Software Engineer
12 14 (5.11%) Infrastructure Support
12 14 (5.11%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 14 (5.11%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 14 (5.11%) Support Analyst
13 13 (4.74%) Python Engineer
13 13 (4.74%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (20.80%) Terraform
2 12 (4.38%) Middleware
3 11 (4.01%) RESTful
4 9 (3.28%) OpenTelemetry
5 7 (2.55%) LDAP
5 7 (2.55%) React
5 7 (2.55%) XML
6 4 (1.46%) COM
6 4 (1.46%) DCOM
6 4 (1.46%) YAML
7 3 (1.09%) ARM Templates
7 3 (1.09%) REST
7 3 (1.09%) Unreal Engine
8 2 (0.73%) .NET
8 2 (0.73%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.73%) JSON
8 2 (0.73%) JWT
8 2 (0.73%) Node.js
8 2 (0.73%) Protocol Buffers
8 2 (0.73%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 36 (13.14%) Distributed Systems
2 21 (7.66%) Onboarding
3 18 (6.57%) Cloud Native
4 17 (6.20%) Blog
4 17 (6.20%) Data Centre
4 17 (6.20%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (5.84%) Driving Licence
6 12 (4.38%) Linux Command Line
7 11 (4.01%) Management Information System
7 11 (4.01%) Security Posture
8 9 (3.28%) Cyber Threat
9 8 (2.92%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (2.55%) Client/Server
10 7 (2.55%) PKI
10 7 (2.55%) SCADA
11 6 (2.19%) FPGA
11 6 (2.19%) Life Science
12 5 (1.82%) PMI
13 4 (1.46%) Embedded Systems
13 4 (1.46%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 145 (52.92%) Windows
2 81 (29.56%) Windows Server
3 65 (23.72%) Linux
4 20 (7.30%) Unix
5 17 (6.20%) macOS
6 12 (4.38%) Windows 10
7 7 (2.55%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.46%) Android
8 4 (1.46%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (1.09%) Debian
9 3 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.73%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.73%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.36%) CentOS
11 1 (0.36%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.36%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (35.40%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (22.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 58 (21.17%) Cybersecurity
4 54 (19.71%) Continuous Improvement
5 49 (17.88%) Customer Service
6 47 (17.15%) Disaster Recovery
7 46 (16.79%) Infrastructure as Code
8 45 (16.42%) CI/CD
9 44 (16.06%) Incident Response
10 37 (13.50%) Mentoring
11 36 (13.14%) ITIL
11 36 (13.14%) Software Engineering
12 33 (12.04%) Change Management
13 31 (11.31%) Project Delivery
14 27 (9.85%) Clean Code
14 27 (9.85%) DevOps
15 26 (9.49%) Collaborative Culture
16 24 (8.76%) Identity Access Management
17 23 (8.39%) Observability
18 22 (8.03%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 71 (25.91%) Python
2 45 (16.42%) PowerShell
3 31 (11.31%) SQL
4 24 (8.76%) Java
5 23 (8.39%) Go
6 19 (6.93%) Bash
7 16 (5.84%) C++
8 10 (3.65%) C
9 8 (2.92%) Bicep
10 5 (1.82%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.82%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.46%) C#
12 3 (1.09%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (1.09%) MATLAB
12 3 (1.09%) PHP
12 3 (1.09%) Ruby
13 1 (0.36%) Embedded C++
13 1 (0.36%) Rust
Qualifications
1 46 (16.79%) Degree
2 40 (14.60%) Security Cleared
3 29 (10.58%) SC Cleared
4 27 (9.85%) Cisco Certification
5 19 (6.93%) CCNA
6 13 (4.74%) Azure Certification
6 13 (4.74%) CCNP
7 12 (4.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (4.38%) CISSP
8 9 (3.28%) CISM
9 8 (2.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 8 (2.92%) A+ Certification
9 8 (2.92%) CCSP
9 8 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.82%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.82%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (1.82%) PMI Certification
11 4 (1.46%) CEH
12 3 (1.09%) GCIA
12 3 (1.09%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (10.95%) SLA
2 21 (7.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (6.57%) PCI DSS
4 17 (6.20%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (6.20%) SOC 2
5 9 (3.28%) NIST
6 7 (2.55%) GDPR
7 3 (1.09%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.09%) QA
8 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.36%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.36%) ECSS
8 1 (0.36%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.36%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.36%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 98 (35.77%) Active Directory
2 48 (17.52%) Hyper-V
3 37 (13.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (6.57%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (2.55%) Docker
6 5 (1.82%) Firmware
6 5 (1.82%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (1.09%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (1.09%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.36%) KVM
9 1 (0.36%) QEMU
9 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 48 (17.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (9.49%) Kubernetes
3 22 (8.03%) Ansible
4 17 (6.20%) Grafana
5 12 (4.38%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (3.28%) FortiGate
6 9 (3.28%) Prometheus
7 8 (2.92%) Cilium
8 4 (1.46%) SCCM
9 3 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.09%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (1.09%) QRadar
10 2 (0.73%) Norton AntiVirus
11 1 (0.36%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.36%) logstash
11 1 (0.36%) Nessus
11 1 (0.36%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.36%) Nmap
11 1 (0.36%) OpenVAS
11 1 (0.36%) Puppet
Vendors
1 137 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 48 (17.52%) VMware
3 42 (15.33%) Cisco
4 33 (12.04%) Google
5 26 (9.49%) Fortinet
6 23 (8.39%) Veeam
7 19 (6.93%) ServiceNow
8 13 (4.74%) Palo Alto
9 11 (4.01%) F5
10 10 (3.65%) Zscaler
11 7 (2.55%) Apple
11 7 (2.55%) Aruba
11 7 (2.55%) CheckPoint
11 7 (2.55%) Splunk
12 6 (2.19%) Dell
12 6 (2.19%) Meraki
12 6 (2.19%) SolarWinds
13 5 (1.82%) Juniper
13 5 (1.82%) Sophos
13 5 (1.82%) WatchGuard