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 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 182 186
Rank change year-on-year -34 +4 +22
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 161 303 454
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.03% 1.85% 1.82%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.18% 13.78% 13.40%
Number of salaries quoted 101 182 407
10th Percentile £31,125 £36,025 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,875 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £74,144 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,790 £83,625 £77,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £48,504 £45,000
% change year-on-year -17.53% +7.79% -

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 1,440 2,199 3,387
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.23% 13.43% 13.60%
Number of salaries quoted 891 1,239 2,907
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% - -
75th Percentile £72,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -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 24 January 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 38 (23.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (10.56%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.24%) Apache
3 2 (1.24%) nginx
4 1 (0.62%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (5.59%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.11%) MS Visio
3 4 (2.48%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (1.24%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 69 (42.86%) Azure
2 53 (32.92%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (20.50%) AWS
4 30 (18.63%) Entra ID
5 15 (9.32%) Amazon ECS
6 12 (7.45%) Google Workspace
6 12 (7.45%) OneDrive
7 10 (6.21%) GCP
8 8 (4.97%) Amazon ECR
8 8 (4.97%) AWS CloudFormation
8 8 (4.97%) dbt
8 8 (4.97%) IaaS
8 8 (4.97%) Pulumi
9 7 (4.35%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (4.35%) Amazon EKS
9 7 (4.35%) Amazon S3
9 7 (4.35%) GitHub
9 7 (4.35%) SaaS
9 7 (4.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (3.11%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 72 (44.72%) DNS
2 63 (39.13%) DHCP
3 61 (37.89%) VPN
4 53 (32.92%) Firewall
5 47 (29.19%) WAN
6 34 (21.12%) LAN
7 25 (15.53%) VLAN
8 21 (13.04%) SD-WAN
8 21 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
9 17 (10.56%) VoIP
10 11 (6.83%) Network Security
11 10 (6.21%) SSL
12 9 (5.59%) BGP
12 9 (5.59%) HTTP
12 9 (5.59%) Wireless
13 6 (3.73%) SNMP
14 5 (3.11%) Fibre Channel
14 5 (3.11%) Remote Desktop
15 4 (2.48%) HSRP
15 4 (2.48%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.32%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (6.83%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.97%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (4.97%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (4.97%) Redis
4 2 (1.24%) DynamoDB
4 2 (1.24%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.62%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 7 (4.35%) Burp Suite
1 7 (4.35%) Metasploit
2 5 (3.11%) Git
3 4 (2.48%) JIRA
4 2 (1.24%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.24%) Snyk
5 1 (0.62%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 70 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 48 (29.81%) Finance
3 22 (13.66%) Banking
4 17 (10.56%) Investment Banking
5 13 (8.07%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (8.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (6.83%) Retail
7 9 (5.59%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.11%) Back Office
8 5 (3.11%) Financial Institution
8 5 (3.11%) Front Office
8 5 (3.11%) Law
9 4 (2.48%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.24%) Local Government
11 2 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.62%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.62%) Legal
12 1 (0.62%) Military
Job Titles
1 35 (21.74%) Senior
2 28 (17.39%) Support Engineer
3 26 (16.15%) IT Support
4 25 (15.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 24 (14.91%) IT Engineer
5 24 (14.91%) IT Support Engineer
6 22 (13.66%) 2nd Line Support
6 22 (13.66%) Developer
6 22 (13.66%) Linux Scripter
7 17 (10.56%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 17 (10.56%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 17 (10.56%) C++ Developer
7 17 (10.56%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
7 17 (10.56%) Linux Developer
7 17 (10.56%) Low Latency C++ Developer
8 10 (6.21%) 3rd Line Support
8 10 (6.21%) Analyst
9 9 (5.59%) Consultant
9 9 (5.59%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (5.59%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.97%) Django
2 5 (3.11%) RESTful
3 4 (2.48%) .NET
3 4 (2.48%) FIX Protocol
3 4 (2.48%) Sass
3 4 (2.48%) ZeroMQ
4 2 (1.24%) AWS CDK
4 2 (1.24%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.24%) LDAP
5 1 (0.62%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.62%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (11.80%) FPGA
2 15 (9.32%) Onboarding
3 13 (8.07%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (7.45%) Data Centre
4 12 (7.45%) Driving Licence
5 10 (6.21%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (6.21%) Management Information System
6 9 (5.59%) Cloud Native
7 6 (3.73%) iPad
7 6 (3.73%) iPhone
8 5 (3.11%) Algorithms
8 5 (3.11%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (3.11%) Security Operations Centre
8 5 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (2.48%) CCTV
9 4 (2.48%) e-Learning
9 4 (2.48%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (2.48%) Mobile App
9 4 (2.48%) NHS
9 4 (2.48%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 72 (44.72%) Windows
2 49 (30.43%) Linux
2 49 (30.43%) Windows Server
3 31 (19.25%) Windows 10
4 14 (8.70%) Apple iOS
4 14 (8.70%) Mac OS
5 11 (6.83%) Windows Server 2012
6 10 (6.21%) Unix
6 10 (6.21%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (5.59%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (1.86%) OpenWrt
10 2 (1.24%) CentOS
10 2 (1.24%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.62%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (31.06%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (18.01%) ITIL
3 28 (17.39%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 26 (16.15%) Customer Service
5 25 (15.53%) Agile
6 23 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
6 23 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
7 22 (13.66%) CI/CD
8 20 (12.42%) Cybersecurity
8 20 (12.42%) DevOps
9 19 (11.80%) Root Cause Analysis
10 18 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
10 18 (11.18%) Low Latency
11 17 (10.56%) Service Delivery
12 15 (9.32%) Observability
12 15 (9.32%) Performance Monitoring
13 14 (8.70%) Penetration Testing
14 12 (7.45%) Identity Access Management
15 11 (6.83%) Cost Management
15 11 (6.83%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (22.98%) Python
2 26 (16.15%) Java
3 25 (15.53%) C
3 25 (15.53%) C++
4 20 (12.42%) PowerShell
5 13 (8.07%) SQL
6 6 (3.73%) Bash
7 5 (3.11%) C#
7 5 (3.11%) Go
8 2 (1.24%) Perl
9 1 (0.62%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (12.42%) Degree
2 15 (9.32%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (8.70%) Security Cleared
4 13 (8.07%) CCNA
5 12 (7.45%) SC Cleared
6 9 (5.59%) Azure Certification
6 9 (5.59%) CCNP
7 8 (4.97%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (4.35%) CHECK Team Member
8 7 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (4.35%) CREST Certified
8 7 (4.35%) Cyber Scheme
9 6 (3.73%) CISSP
9 6 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (3.73%) Master's Degree
10 5 (3.11%) AWS Certification
10 5 (3.11%) DBS Check
10 5 (3.11%) GCIA
10 5 (3.11%) SANS
11 3 (1.86%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (4.97%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (3.11%) PCI DSS
3 5 (3.11%) SOC 2
4 4 (2.48%) GRC
4 4 (2.48%) SLA
5 2 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.24%) GDPR
5 2 (1.24%) NCSC
6 1 (0.62%) GxP
6 1 (0.62%) NIST
6 1 (0.62%) QA
System Software
1 61 (37.89%) Active Directory
2 29 (18.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (12.42%) Hyper-V
4 11 (6.83%) Docker
5 7 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (4.35%) vSphere
6 5 (3.11%) NFS
7 4 (2.48%) Firmware
8 2 (1.24%) XenApp
9 1 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 31 (19.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (15.53%) Terraform
3 11 (6.83%) Ansible
4 9 (5.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 8 (4.97%) Kubernetes
5 8 (4.97%) Nessus
6 7 (4.35%) Nmap
7 5 (3.11%) Autotask
7 5 (3.11%) SCCM
8 2 (1.24%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (1.24%) Grafana
8 2 (1.24%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.24%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.24%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (1.24%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 1 (0.62%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.62%) OpenView
9 1 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.62%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.62%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 62 (38.51%) Microsoft
2 29 (18.01%) VMware
3 21 (13.04%) Google
4 16 (9.94%) Cisco
5 9 (5.59%) Red Hat
6 6 (3.73%) Dell
7 5 (3.11%) Commvault
7 5 (3.11%) Fortinet
7 5 (3.11%) HP
7 5 (3.11%) Pure Storage
8 4 (2.48%) Avaya
8 4 (2.48%) Extreme Networks
8 4 (2.48%) Oracle
8 4 (2.48%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.86%) Citrix
9 3 (1.86%) Freshdesk
9 3 (1.86%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.86%) Qualys
10 2 (1.24%) Checkmarx
10 2 (1.24%) Salesforce