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 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 210 190 187
Rank change year-on-year -20 -3 +40
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 174 310 358
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.14% 1.78% 1.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.97% 13.61% 12.84%
Number of salaries quoted 115 194 328
10th Percentile £31,175 £36,000 £29,600
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £53,050 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.89% -2.66% +9.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £78,790 £80,875 £80,000
UK median annual salary £37,750 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -24.50% +5.26% +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 1,342 2,277 2,788
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.80% 13.04% 14.06%
Number of salaries quoted 921 1,326 2,356
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £38,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.63% +8.00% -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 18 December 2025.

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 33 (18.97%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (8.62%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.15%) Apache
3 2 (1.15%) nginx
4 1 (0.57%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (4.02%) MS Visio
2 6 (3.45%) AutoCAD
2 6 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.15%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 61 (35.06%) Azure
2 53 (30.46%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (17.24%) AWS
4 25 (14.37%) Entra ID
5 13 (7.47%) Amazon ECS
6 10 (5.75%) GCP
7 9 (5.17%) GitHub
8 8 (4.60%) Amazon ECR
8 8 (4.60%) AWS CloudFormation
8 8 (4.60%) dbt
8 8 (4.60%) Google Workspace
8 8 (4.60%) IaaS
8 8 (4.60%) Pulumi
9 6 (3.45%) OneDrive
10 5 (2.87%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (2.87%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (2.87%) Amazon S3
10 5 (2.87%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (2.87%) SaaS
10 5 (2.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 72 (41.38%) DNS
2 66 (37.93%) DHCP
3 59 (33.91%) Firewall
4 51 (29.31%) VPN
5 37 (21.26%) WAN
6 31 (17.82%) LAN
7 23 (13.22%) VLAN
8 22 (12.64%) VoIP
9 16 (9.20%) SD-WAN
9 16 (9.20%) Wi-Fi
10 15 (8.62%) Network Security
11 11 (6.32%) BGP
11 11 (6.32%) HTTP
12 10 (5.75%) SSL
13 8 (4.60%) OSPF
13 8 (4.60%) Wireless
14 6 (3.45%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (3.45%) HSRP
14 6 (3.45%) SNMP
14 6 (3.45%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.47%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (6.32%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.60%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (4.60%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (4.60%) Redis
4 2 (1.15%) DynamoDB
4 2 (1.15%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.57%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 7 (4.02%) Burp Suite
1 7 (4.02%) Git
1 7 (4.02%) Metasploit
2 4 (2.30%) JIRA
3 3 (1.72%) Snyk
4 2 (1.15%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.57%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 72 (41.38%) Social Skills
2 40 (22.99%) Finance
3 21 (12.07%) Banking
4 18 (10.34%) Investment Banking
5 15 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (6.32%) Retail
7 10 (5.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (5.75%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.87%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.30%) Advertising
9 4 (2.30%) Front Office
9 4 (2.30%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.72%) Back Office
10 3 (1.72%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.72%) Law
10 3 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.72%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.15%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.15%) Military
Job Titles
1 33 (18.97%) Senior
2 24 (13.79%) Linux Scripter
3 23 (13.22%) Support Engineer
4 22 (12.64%) Developer
4 22 (12.64%) IT Support
5 19 (10.92%) IT Engineer
5 19 (10.92%) IT Support Engineer
6 18 (10.34%) 2nd Line Support
6 18 (10.34%) C++ Developer
6 18 (10.34%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
6 18 (10.34%) Linux Developer
6 18 (10.34%) Low Latency C++ Developer
7 16 (9.20%) Analyst
7 16 (9.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (7.47%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 13 (7.47%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 13 (7.47%) 3rd Line Support
9 12 (6.90%) Security Engineer
9 12 (6.90%) Support Technician
10 9 (5.17%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.60%) Django
2 4 (2.30%) .NET
3 3 (1.72%) FIX Protocol
3 3 (1.72%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (1.72%) Node.js
3 3 (1.72%) RESTful
3 3 (1.72%) Sass
3 3 (1.72%) ZeroMQ
4 2 (1.15%) AWS CDK
4 2 (1.15%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.15%) LDAP
5 1 (0.57%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.49%) FPGA
2 19 (10.92%) Onboarding
3 18 (10.34%) Driving Licence
4 14 (8.05%) Data Centre
4 14 (8.05%) Management Information System
5 11 (6.32%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (5.75%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (4.60%) Cloud Native
7 8 (4.60%) Security Operations Centre
7 8 (4.60%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (3.45%) iPad
8 6 (3.45%) iPhone
9 5 (2.87%) e-Learning
10 4 (2.30%) Algorithms
10 4 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (2.30%) CCTV
10 4 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (2.30%) Mobile App
10 4 (2.30%) NHS
10 4 (2.30%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 74 (42.53%) Windows
2 55 (31.61%) Linux
3 42 (24.14%) Windows Server
4 27 (15.52%) Windows 10
5 11 (6.32%) Unix
6 9 (5.17%) Mac OS
6 9 (5.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (4.60%) Apple iOS
8 7 (4.02%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.72%) OpenWrt
11 2 (1.15%) CentOS
11 2 (1.15%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.57%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (27.01%) Problem-Solving
2 45 (25.86%) ITIL
3 31 (17.82%) Customer Service
4 26 (14.94%) Agile
4 26 (14.94%) Cybersecurity
5 23 (13.22%) Infrastructure as Code
6 22 (12.64%) DevOps
7 21 (12.07%) CI/CD
7 21 (12.07%) Low Latency
8 19 (10.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 18 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (10.34%) Root Cause Analysis
10 17 (9.77%) Penetration Testing
11 14 (8.05%) Disaster Recovery
11 14 (8.05%) Observability
12 11 (6.32%) Information Security
12 11 (6.32%) Network Management
12 11 (6.32%) Service Delivery
12 11 (6.32%) SIEM
13 10 (5.75%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 36 (20.69%) Python
2 26 (14.94%) C
2 26 (14.94%) C++
3 25 (14.37%) Java
4 24 (13.79%) PowerShell
5 12 (6.90%) SQL
6 8 (4.60%) Bash
7 4 (2.30%) C#
8 3 (1.72%) Go
9 2 (1.15%) Perl
10 1 (0.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (13.79%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (12.64%) Degree
3 17 (9.77%) CCNA
3 17 (9.77%) CCNP
3 17 (9.77%) Security Cleared
4 15 (8.62%) SC Cleared
5 11 (6.32%) Azure Certification
6 10 (5.75%) CompTIA Security+
7 9 (5.17%) CISSP
7 9 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (4.60%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (4.60%) GCIA
8 8 (4.60%) SANS
9 7 (4.02%) A+ Certification
9 7 (4.02%) CHECK Team Member
9 7 (4.02%) CREST Certified
9 7 (4.02%) Cyber Scheme
10 5 (2.87%) DBS Check
10 5 (2.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (2.87%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (6.32%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (3.45%) SLA
4 5 (2.87%) GRC
5 3 (1.72%) GDPR
5 3 (1.72%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.72%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.15%) NCSC
7 1 (0.57%) GxP
7 1 (0.57%) NIST
System Software
1 55 (31.61%) Active Directory
2 25 (14.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (10.34%) Hyper-V
4 11 (6.32%) Docker
5 9 (5.17%) vSphere
6 7 (4.02%) Firmware
6 7 (4.02%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (3.45%) NFS
8 2 (1.15%) pfSense
8 2 (1.15%) XenApp
9 1 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 27 (15.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (14.37%) Terraform
3 13 (7.47%) Ansible
4 10 (5.75%) Kubernetes
5 8 (4.60%) Nessus
5 8 (4.60%) SCCM
6 7 (4.02%) Nmap
7 5 (2.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (2.87%) Autotask
8 2 (1.15%) Grafana
8 2 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.15%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.15%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (1.15%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 1 (0.57%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (0.57%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.57%) OpenView
9 1 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.57%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.57%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 62 (35.63%) Microsoft
2 26 (14.94%) VMware
3 22 (12.64%) Cisco
4 17 (9.77%) Google
5 11 (6.32%) Red Hat
6 7 (4.02%) Commvault
6 7 (4.02%) Pure Storage
6 7 (4.02%) ServiceNow
7 6 (3.45%) Avaya
7 6 (3.45%) Citrix
7 6 (3.45%) Extreme Networks
8 5 (2.87%) Dell
8 5 (2.87%) HP
9 4 (2.30%) Fortinet
9 4 (2.30%) Oracle
9 4 (2.30%) Qualys
10 3 (1.72%) Checkmarx
10 3 (1.72%) Freshdesk
10 3 (1.72%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.72%) Salesforce