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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 246 237
Rank change year-on-year +23 -9 -8
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 246 193 331
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.08% 1.16% 1.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.34% 9.83% 8.65%
Number of salaries quoted 184 147 251
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,050 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,813 £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 £68,750 £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 2,380 1,964 3,828
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.47% 11.82% 15.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,318 1,199 2,013
10th Percentile £29,625 £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 £87,500 £85,000 £81,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -4.76%

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 13 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 44 (17.89%) SharePoint
2 41 (16.67%) 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
1 118 (47.97%) Azure
2 101 (41.06%) Microsoft 365
3 71 (28.86%) Entra ID
4 58 (23.58%) AWS
5 27 (10.98%) GCP
6 22 (8.94%) AWS CloudFormation
7 18 (7.32%) dbt
8 9 (3.66%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (3.66%) OneDrive
9 7 (2.85%) Amazon ECS
9 7 (2.85%) Google Workspace
9 7 (2.85%) OpenShift
10 5 (2.03%) Amazon ECR
10 5 (2.03%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 5 (2.03%) AWS CodeBuild
10 5 (2.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 5 (2.03%) PaaS
10 5 (2.03%) Pulumi
10 5 (2.03%) SaaS
10 5 (2.03%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 130 (52.85%) DNS
2 112 (45.53%) Firewall
3 98 (39.84%) DHCP
4 73 (29.67%) VPN
5 48 (19.51%) LAN
6 45 (18.29%) WAN
7 32 (13.01%) VLAN
8 25 (10.16%) Network Security
9 18 (7.32%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (6.91%) BGP
11 16 (6.50%) OSPF
11 16 (6.50%) VoIP
12 14 (5.69%) HTTP
12 14 (5.69%) Wireless
13 10 (4.07%) SD-WAN
14 7 (2.85%) SSL
15 6 (2.44%) Internet
15 6 (2.44%) MPLS
15 6 (2.44%) VXLAN
16 4 (1.63%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (10.57%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.07%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (2.03%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (2.03%) Redis
4 4 (1.63%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.22%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.22%) MySQL
6 2 (0.81%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.81%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.41%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.41%) MariaDB
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
1 120 (48.78%) Social Skills
2 42 (17.07%) Finance
3 22 (8.94%) Banking
4 19 (7.72%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (6.91%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (6.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (6.10%) Telecoms
8 13 (5.28%) Investment Banking
9 12 (4.88%) Law
10 8 (3.25%) Aerospace
10 8 (3.25%) Manufacturing
10 8 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (3.25%) Retail
11 7 (2.85%) Electronics
11 7 (2.85%) Public Sector
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 62 (25.20%) IT Support
2 57 (23.17%) Support Engineer
3 52 (21.14%) Senior
4 44 (17.89%) IT Engineer
5 41 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
6 29 (11.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 27 (10.98%) Network Engineer
8 24 (9.76%) Analyst
9 19 (7.72%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 19 (7.72%) 2nd Line Support
9 19 (7.72%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 15 (6.10%) Developer
10 15 (6.10%) IT Analyst
11 14 (5.69%) IT Support Analyst
11 14 (5.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (5.69%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 14 (5.69%) Support Analyst
12 13 (5.28%) C++ Developer
12 13 (5.28%) Linux Scripter
12 13 (5.28%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.88%) Middleware
2 8 (3.25%) LDAP
3 7 (2.85%) React
4 6 (2.44%) ARM Templates
5 5 (2.03%) .NET
5 5 (2.03%) Django
5 5 (2.03%) REST
6 4 (1.63%) ADO
6 4 (1.63%) COM
6 4 (1.63%) DCOM
6 4 (1.63%) gRPC
6 4 (1.63%) XML
7 3 (1.22%) .NET Core
7 3 (1.22%) 802.1X
7 3 (1.22%) Unreal Engine
8 2 (0.81%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.81%) Node.js
8 2 (0.81%) RESTful
8 2 (0.81%) Vue
9 1 (0.41%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.72%) Linux Command Line
2 18 (7.32%) Onboarding
3 17 (6.91%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (5.28%) Driving Licence
4 13 (5.28%) FPGA
5 12 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (4.07%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (3.25%) Data Centre
7 8 (3.25%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (3.25%) Life Science
8 7 (2.85%) Security Posture
9 6 (2.44%) PKI
10 4 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.63%) Client/Server
10 4 (1.63%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.63%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.63%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.63%) Replication
10 4 (1.63%) SCADA
10 4 (1.63%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 134 (54.47%) Windows
2 80 (32.52%) Linux
3 76 (30.89%) Windows Server
4 24 (9.76%) Unix
5 22 (8.94%) Mac OS
6 18 (7.32%) Windows 10
7 8 (3.25%) Ubuntu
8 5 (2.03%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (1.63%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.63%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.22%) Debian
10 3 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.81%) Android
11 2 (0.81%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.81%) CentOS
11 2 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.41%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.41%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (34.15%) Problem-Solving
2 50 (20.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 47 (19.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 43 (17.48%) Incident Response
5 41 (16.67%) DevOps
6 40 (16.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 39 (15.85%) Customer Service
8 38 (15.45%) Cybersecurity
9 36 (14.63%) ITIL
10 33 (13.41%) Disaster Recovery
10 33 (13.41%) Mentoring
10 33 (13.41%) Software Engineering
11 30 (12.20%) CI/CD
12 26 (10.57%) Project Delivery
13 25 (10.16%) Collaborative Culture
14 24 (9.76%) Agile
15 23 (9.35%) Change Management
16 22 (8.94%) Clean Code
16 22 (8.94%) ITSM
17 20 (8.13%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 53 (21.54%) Python
2 47 (19.11%) PowerShell
3 19 (7.72%) SQL
4 18 (7.32%) Java
5 17 (6.91%) C++
6 16 (6.50%) C
7 10 (4.07%) Bash
8 9 (3.66%) Bicep
9 6 (2.44%) C#
10 5 (2.03%) PHP
10 5 (2.03%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.63%) Go
11 4 (1.63%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (1.22%) Ruby
13 2 (0.81%) Delphi
13 2 (0.81%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.81%) Pascal
14 1 (0.41%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 45 (18.29%) Security Cleared
2 39 (15.85%) Degree
3 37 (15.04%) SC Cleared
4 17 (6.91%) CCNA
4 17 (6.91%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (6.50%) Azure Certification
6 11 (4.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (4.47%) CCNP
7 8 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (2.03%) A+ Certification
8 5 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.63%) CEH
9 4 (1.63%) CISSP
10 3 (1.22%) CCNA CyberOps
10 3 (1.22%) CompTIA CySA+
10 3 (1.22%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (1.22%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.22%) GCIA
10 3 (1.22%) GIAC
10 3 (1.22%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (11.79%) SLA
2 10 (4.07%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.63%) GDPR
5 2 (0.81%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.81%) NIST
6 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.41%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.41%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 87 (35.37%) Active Directory
2 40 (16.26%) Hyper-V
3 33 (13.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (4.47%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (3.66%) Docker
6 3 (1.22%) Firmware
6 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.22%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.22%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.81%) KVM
7 2 (0.81%) vSphere
8 1 (0.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.41%) QEMU
8 1 (0.41%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.41%) Xen
Systems Management
1 45 (18.29%) Terraform
2 44 (17.89%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (7.72%) Ansible
4 15 (6.10%) Kubernetes
5 11 (4.47%) FortiGate
6 10 (4.07%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (2.03%) AWS Copilot
8 4 (1.63%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (1.63%) QRadar
8 4 (1.63%) SCCM
9 3 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.81%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.81%) Norton AntiVirus
10 2 (0.81%) OpenView
10 2 (0.81%) Puppet
10 2 (0.81%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.41%) Nessus
11 1 (0.41%) Nmap
11 1 (0.41%) OpenVAS
11 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 127 (51.63%) Microsoft
2 43 (17.48%) VMware
3 38 (15.45%) Cisco
4 25 (10.16%) Google
5 21 (8.54%) ServiceNow
6 18 (7.32%) Fortinet
7 14 (5.69%) 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