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

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 212 192 180
Rank change year-on-year -20 -12 +55
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 172 324 371
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.12% 1.72% 1.80%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.84% 13.61% 12.76%
Number of salaries quoted 113 198 339
10th Percentile £31,150 £36,175 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £53,050 £53,300
Median % change year-on-year -19.89% -0.47% +6.60%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £69,900
90th Percentile £78,790 £77,875 £80,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £47,995 £46,550
% change year-on-year -21.87% +3.10% +3.44%

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 1,340 2,381 2,908
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.76% 12.66% 14.10%
Number of salaries quoted 924 1,376 2,476
10th Percentile £27,040 £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 £70,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,982 £87,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.25% +6.00% -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 7 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 29 (16.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (8.14%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.16%) Apache
3 2 (1.16%) nginx
4 1 (0.58%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (4.07%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (4.07%) MS Visio
2 6 (3.49%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 59 (34.30%) Azure
2 54 (31.40%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (16.28%) AWS
4 24 (13.95%) Entra ID
5 13 (7.56%) Amazon ECS
6 9 (5.23%) GCP
6 9 (5.23%) GitHub
7 8 (4.65%) Amazon ECR
7 8 (4.65%) AWS CloudFormation
7 8 (4.65%) dbt
7 8 (4.65%) IaaS
7 8 (4.65%) Pulumi
8 6 (3.49%) Google Workspace
8 6 (3.49%) SaaS
9 5 (2.91%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (2.91%) Amazon EKS
9 5 (2.91%) Amazon S3
9 5 (2.91%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (2.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (2.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 70 (40.70%) DNS
2 66 (38.37%) DHCP
3 56 (32.56%) Firewall
4 47 (27.33%) VPN
5 34 (19.77%) WAN
6 32 (18.60%) LAN
7 22 (12.79%) VoIP
8 21 (12.21%) VLAN
9 16 (9.30%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (8.14%) Network Security
10 14 (8.14%) SD-WAN
11 10 (5.81%) BGP
11 10 (5.81%) HTTP
12 8 (4.65%) SSL
12 8 (4.65%) Wireless
13 7 (4.07%) OSPF
14 6 (3.49%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (3.49%) HSRP
14 6 (3.49%) VRRP
15 5 (2.91%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.56%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (6.40%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.65%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (4.65%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (4.65%) Redis
4 2 (1.16%) DynamoDB
4 2 (1.16%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.58%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 7 (4.07%) Burp Suite
1 7 (4.07%) Git
1 7 (4.07%) Metasploit
2 4 (2.33%) JIRA
3 3 (1.74%) Snyk
4 2 (1.16%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.58%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.58%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 72 (41.86%) Social Skills
2 37 (21.51%) Finance
3 21 (12.21%) Banking
4 18 (10.47%) Investment Banking
5 12 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (6.40%) Public Sector
6 11 (6.40%) Retail
7 10 (5.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.49%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.49%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (2.91%) Advertising
10 4 (2.33%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.74%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.74%) Back Office
11 3 (1.74%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.74%) Front Office
11 3 (1.74%) Law
12 2 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.16%) Local Government
12 2 (1.16%) Military
Job Titles
1 30 (17.44%) Senior
2 24 (13.95%) Linux Scripter
3 23 (13.37%) Support Engineer
4 21 (12.21%) Developer
4 21 (12.21%) IT Support
5 18 (10.47%) C++ Developer
5 18 (10.47%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
5 18 (10.47%) IT Engineer
5 18 (10.47%) IT Support Engineer
5 18 (10.47%) Linux Developer
5 18 (10.47%) Low Latency C++ Developer
6 17 (9.88%) 2nd Line Support
7 16 (9.30%) Analyst
8 13 (7.56%) 3rd Line Support
8 13 (7.56%) Support Technician
9 12 (6.98%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 12 (6.98%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 12 (6.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (6.98%) Security Engineer
10 9 (5.23%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.65%) Django
2 4 (2.33%) .NET
3 3 (1.74%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (1.74%) Node.js
3 3 (1.74%) RESTful
4 2 (1.16%) AWS CDK
4 2 (1.16%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.16%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (1.16%) LDAP
4 2 (1.16%) Sass
4 2 (1.16%) ZeroMQ
5 1 (0.58%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.58%) OAuth
5 1 (0.58%) OpenID
5 1 (0.58%) SAML
5 1 (0.58%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.63%) FPGA
1 20 (11.63%) Onboarding
2 19 (11.05%) Driving Licence
3 14 (8.14%) Management Information System
4 12 (6.98%) Data Centre
5 11 (6.40%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (5.81%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (4.65%) Cloud Native
7 8 (4.65%) Security Operations Centre
7 8 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (3.49%) iPad
8 6 (3.49%) iPhone
9 5 (2.91%) e-Learning
10 4 (2.33%) CCTV
10 4 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (2.33%) Mobile App
10 4 (2.33%) NHS
10 4 (2.33%) Security Posture
10 4 (2.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 72 (41.86%) Windows
2 54 (31.40%) Linux
3 40 (23.26%) Windows Server
4 25 (14.53%) Windows 10
5 11 (6.40%) Unix
6 9 (5.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (4.65%) Mac OS
8 7 (4.07%) Apple iOS
9 6 (3.49%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (2.91%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (2.91%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (1.74%) OpenWrt
12 2 (1.16%) CentOS
12 2 (1.16%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.58%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (26.16%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (23.84%) ITIL
3 31 (18.02%) Customer Service
4 26 (15.12%) Agile
5 25 (14.53%) Cybersecurity
6 22 (12.79%) Infrastructure as Code
7 21 (12.21%) Low Latency
8 20 (11.63%) CI/CD
8 20 (11.63%) DevOps
9 18 (10.47%) Continuous Improvement
10 17 (9.88%) Penetration Testing
10 17 (9.88%) Root Cause Analysis
11 15 (8.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 14 (8.14%) Observability
13 11 (6.40%) Disaster Recovery
13 11 (6.40%) Information Security
13 11 (6.40%) Network Management
13 11 (6.40%) SIEM
14 10 (5.81%) Security Operations
14 10 (5.81%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 34 (19.77%) Python
2 26 (15.12%) C
2 26 (15.12%) C++
3 25 (14.53%) Java
3 25 (14.53%) PowerShell
4 10 (5.81%) SQL
5 8 (4.65%) Bash
6 3 (1.74%) C#
6 3 (1.74%) Go
7 2 (1.16%) Perl
8 1 (0.58%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (14.53%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (12.79%) Degree
3 18 (10.47%) CCNA
4 17 (9.88%) CCNP
4 17 (9.88%) Security Cleared
5 15 (8.72%) SC Cleared
6 10 (5.81%) Azure Certification
6 10 (5.81%) CompTIA Security+
7 9 (5.23%) CISSP
8 8 (4.65%) A+ Certification
8 8 (4.65%) GCIA
8 8 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (4.65%) SANS
9 7 (4.07%) CHECK Team Member
9 7 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (4.07%) CREST Certified
9 7 (4.07%) Cyber Scheme
10 5 (2.91%) AWS Certification
10 5 (2.91%) DBS Check
10 5 (2.91%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (6.40%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (3.49%) SLA
4 5 (2.91%) GRC
5 3 (1.74%) GDPR
5 3 (1.74%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.74%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.16%) NCSC
7 1 (0.58%) GxP
7 1 (0.58%) NIST
System Software
1 52 (30.23%) Active Directory
2 24 (13.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (11.05%) Hyper-V
4 10 (5.81%) Docker
5 9 (5.23%) vSphere
6 6 (3.49%) Firmware
6 6 (3.49%) NFS
6 6 (3.49%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.16%) pfSense
7 2 (1.16%) XenApp
8 1 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 25 (14.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (13.95%) Terraform
3 12 (6.98%) Ansible
4 9 (5.23%) Kubernetes
5 8 (4.65%) Nessus
5 8 (4.65%) SCCM
6 7 (4.07%) Nmap
7 5 (2.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (2.91%) Autotask
8 2 (1.16%) Grafana
8 2 (1.16%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.16%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.16%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (1.16%) Red Hat Spacewalk
8 2 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.58%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.58%) OpenView
9 1 (0.58%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.58%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 59 (34.30%) Microsoft
2 25 (14.53%) VMware
3 21 (12.21%) Cisco
4 15 (8.72%) Google
5 10 (5.81%) Red Hat
6 7 (4.07%) Commvault
6 7 (4.07%) Pure Storage
6 7 (4.07%) ServiceNow
7 6 (3.49%) Avaya
7 6 (3.49%) Citrix
7 6 (3.49%) Extreme Networks
8 5 (2.91%) HP
9 4 (2.33%) Dell
9 4 (2.33%) Oracle
9 4 (2.33%) Qualys
10 3 (1.74%) Checkmarx
10 3 (1.74%) Freshdesk
10 3 (1.74%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.74%) Siemens
11 2 (1.16%) Palo Alto