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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 237 254 235
Rank change year-on-year +17 -19 -3
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 238 197 331
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.07% 1.19% 1.27%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.17% 9.92% 8.42%
Number of salaries quoted 180 150 259
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,813 £31,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £46,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.43% -11.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,813 £69,750 £68,375
90th Percentile £86,250 £76,250 £78,750
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 2,341 1,986 3,933
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.54% 12.01% 15.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,293 1,215 2,180
10th Percentile £29,750 £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 £68,000
90th Percentile £87,250 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -13.27% -5.77%

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 1 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 45 (18.91%) SharePoint
2 43 (18.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (5.88%) IIS
4 3 (1.26%) SAS
5 1 (0.42%) Confluence
5 1 (0.42%) OpenStack
Applications
1 12 (5.04%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.42%) Houdini
2 1 (0.42%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.42%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 113 (47.48%) Azure
2 104 (43.70%) Microsoft 365
3 68 (28.57%) Entra ID
4 56 (23.53%) AWS
5 22 (9.24%) GCP
6 19 (7.98%) AWS CloudFormation
7 15 (6.30%) dbt
8 9 (3.78%) Google Workspace
9 8 (3.36%) OneDrive
10 7 (2.94%) Amazon ECS
10 7 (2.94%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (2.94%) OpenShift
11 5 (2.10%) Amazon ECR
11 5 (2.10%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 5 (2.10%) AWS CodeBuild
11 5 (2.10%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (2.10%) PaaS
11 5 (2.10%) Pulumi
11 5 (2.10%) SaaS
11 5 (2.10%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 128 (53.78%) DNS
2 105 (44.12%) Firewall
3 97 (40.76%) DHCP
4 70 (29.41%) VPN
5 50 (21.01%) LAN
6 47 (19.75%) WAN
7 31 (13.03%) VLAN
8 23 (9.66%) Network Security
9 21 (8.82%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (7.14%) BGP
11 15 (6.30%) OSPF
11 15 (6.30%) VoIP
12 14 (5.88%) HTTP
13 13 (5.46%) Wireless
14 10 (4.20%) SD-WAN
15 7 (2.94%) SSL
16 6 (2.52%) Internet
16 6 (2.52%) MPLS
16 6 (2.52%) VXLAN
17 4 (1.68%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (10.50%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (2.10%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (2.10%) Redis
4 4 (1.68%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.26%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.26%) MySQL
5 3 (1.26%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.42%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.42%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 9 (3.78%) JIRA
2 8 (3.36%) Git
3 1 (0.42%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.42%) CMake
3 1 (0.42%) GDB
3 1 (0.42%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.42%) Metasploit
General
1 113 (47.48%) Social Skills
2 43 (18.07%) Finance
3 24 (10.08%) Banking
4 18 (7.56%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.72%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (6.30%) Investment Banking
7 14 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (5.04%) Law
8 12 (5.04%) Telecoms
9 10 (4.20%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (3.36%) Manufacturing
10 8 (3.36%) Retail
11 7 (2.94%) Aerospace
11 7 (2.94%) Public Sector
12 6 (2.52%) Electronics
13 3 (1.26%) Games
13 3 (1.26%) Legal
13 3 (1.26%) Marketing
14 2 (0.84%) Military
15 1 (0.42%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 67 (28.15%) IT Support
2 62 (26.05%) Support Engineer
3 48 (20.17%) IT Engineer
4 46 (19.33%) IT Support Engineer
5 44 (18.49%) Senior
6 26 (10.92%) Analyst
7 25 (10.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 24 (10.08%) Network Engineer
9 21 (8.82%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 21 (8.82%) 2nd Line Support
9 21 (8.82%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 17 (7.14%) Developer
11 16 (6.72%) IT Analyst
12 15 (6.30%) C++ Developer
12 15 (6.30%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
12 15 (6.30%) IT Support Analyst
12 15 (6.30%) Linux Developer
12 15 (6.30%) Linux Scripter
12 15 (6.30%) Low Latency C++ Developer
12 15 (6.30%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.04%) Middleware
2 8 (3.36%) LDAP
3 6 (2.52%) ARM Templates
4 5 (2.10%) .NET
4 5 (2.10%) Django
4 5 (2.10%) React
4 5 (2.10%) REST
5 4 (1.68%) ADO
5 4 (1.68%) COM
5 4 (1.68%) DCOM
5 4 (1.68%) gRPC
6 3 (1.26%) .NET Core
6 3 (1.26%) 802.1X
6 3 (1.26%) Unreal Engine
6 3 (1.26%) XML
7 2 (0.84%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.84%) Node.js
7 2 (0.84%) RESTful
7 2 (0.84%) Vue
8 1 (0.42%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.98%) Linux Command Line
1 19 (7.98%) Onboarding
2 15 (6.30%) FPGA
3 14 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (5.46%) Driving Licence
5 11 (4.62%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (4.20%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (3.78%) Data Centre
8 8 (3.36%) Life Science
9 6 (2.52%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (2.52%) PKI
9 6 (2.52%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.68%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.68%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.68%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.68%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (1.68%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.68%) Smartcard
11 3 (1.26%) CCTV
11 3 (1.26%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 131 (55.04%) Windows
2 76 (31.93%) Linux
3 75 (31.51%) Windows Server
4 25 (10.50%) Mac OS
5 23 (9.66%) Windows 10
6 19 (7.98%) Unix
7 7 (2.94%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (2.52%) Ubuntu
8 6 (2.52%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (2.10%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (1.68%) Android
10 4 (1.68%) Apple iOS
11 3 (1.26%) Debian
12 2 (0.84%) CentOS
12 2 (0.84%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.42%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.42%) Solaris
13 1 (0.42%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (34.45%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (18.49%) Continuous Improvement
3 43 (18.07%) Infrastructure as Code
4 42 (17.65%) Customer Service
5 39 (16.39%) Incident Response
6 38 (15.97%) DevOps
6 38 (15.97%) ITIL
7 37 (15.55%) Cybersecurity
8 33 (13.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 28 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
10 27 (11.34%) CI/CD
11 26 (10.92%) Software Engineering
12 25 (10.50%) Agile
12 25 (10.50%) Change Management
12 25 (10.50%) ITSM
12 25 (10.50%) Mentoring
12 25 (10.50%) Project Delivery
13 22 (9.24%) Collaborative Culture
14 20 (8.40%) Low Latency
15 19 (7.98%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 45 (18.91%) PowerShell
1 45 (18.91%) Python
2 20 (8.40%) Java
2 20 (8.40%) SQL
3 19 (7.98%) C++
4 18 (7.56%) C
5 9 (3.78%) Bash
6 7 (2.94%) Bicep
7 6 (2.52%) C#
7 6 (2.52%) PHP
8 3 (1.26%) Delphi
8 3 (1.26%) Pascal
8 3 (1.26%) Ruby
8 3 (1.26%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.84%) Go
9 2 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.84%) MATLAB
9 2 (0.84%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.42%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 40 (16.81%) Security Cleared
2 35 (14.71%) Degree
3 32 (13.45%) SC Cleared
4 16 (6.72%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (6.30%) CCNA
6 13 (5.46%) Azure Certification
7 11 (4.62%) CCNP
8 10 (4.20%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (3.36%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (2.52%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.26%) CEH
11 3 (1.26%) CISSP
11 3 (1.26%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.84%) CCNA CyberOps
12 2 (0.84%) CompTIA CySA+
12 2 (0.84%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.84%) GIAC
12 2 (0.84%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.84%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (12.18%) SLA
2 9 (3.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.68%) GDPR
5 2 (0.84%) NIST
6 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.42%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.42%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.42%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.42%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 85 (35.71%) Active Directory
2 40 (16.81%) Hyper-V
3 30 (12.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.78%) Docker
4 9 (3.78%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.26%) Firmware
5 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (1.26%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.26%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.84%) KVM
6 2 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.84%) vSphere
7 1 (0.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.42%) QEMU
7 1 (0.42%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.42%) Xen
Systems Management
1 46 (19.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (16.81%) Terraform
3 19 (7.98%) Ansible
4 15 (6.30%) Kubernetes
5 12 (5.04%) FortiGate
6 11 (4.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (2.52%) SCCM
8 5 (2.10%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (2.10%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (1.68%) QRadar
10 3 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.84%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.84%) Norton AntiVirus
11 2 (0.84%) OpenView
11 2 (0.84%) Puppet
11 2 (0.84%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.42%) Nessus
12 1 (0.42%) Nmap
12 1 (0.42%) OpenVAS
12 1 (0.42%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 125 (52.52%) Microsoft
2 39 (16.39%) VMware
3 36 (15.13%) Cisco
4 23 (9.66%) Google
5 22 (9.24%) ServiceNow
6 18 (7.56%) Fortinet
7 12 (5.04%) Veeam
8 10 (4.20%) Palo Alto
9 9 (3.78%) Zscaler
10 8 (3.36%) Meraki
10 8 (3.36%) SolarWinds
11 6 (2.52%) Apple
11 6 (2.52%) ArcSight
11 6 (2.52%) HP
11 6 (2.52%) Splunk
12 5 (2.10%) F5
12 5 (2.10%) Freshdesk
12 5 (2.10%) Okta
12 5 (2.10%) SonicWALL
13 4 (1.68%) Ubiquiti