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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 187 185
Rank change year-on-year -36 -2 +31
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 155 300 430
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.01% 1.84% 1.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.84% 13.75% 13.19%
Number of salaries quoted 98 181 386
10th Percentile £31,088 £36,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% -2.65% +13.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £74,144 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,790 £87,500 £79,625
UK median annual salary £38,000 £48,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year -21.65% +5.43% +2.22%

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 1,430 2,182 3,259
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.27% 13.36% 13.55%
Number of salaries quoted 885 1,226 2,782
10th Percentile £27,900 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,781 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% - -
75th Percentile £71,500 £72,500 £69,800
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 21 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 37 (23.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (9.68%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.29%) Apache
3 2 (1.29%) nginx
4 1 (0.65%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (5.16%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.87%) MS Visio
3 5 (3.23%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (1.29%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 64 (41.29%) Azure
2 50 (32.26%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (20.00%) AWS
4 26 (16.77%) Entra ID
5 13 (8.39%) Amazon ECS
6 12 (7.74%) Google Workspace
7 11 (7.10%) OneDrive
8 10 (6.45%) GCP
9 8 (5.16%) Amazon ECR
9 8 (5.16%) AWS CloudFormation
9 8 (5.16%) dbt
9 8 (5.16%) IaaS
9 8 (5.16%) Pulumi
10 7 (4.52%) GitHub
11 5 (3.23%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (3.23%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (3.23%) Amazon S3
11 5 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (3.23%) SaaS
11 5 (3.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 67 (43.23%) DNS
2 58 (37.42%) DHCP
3 54 (34.84%) VPN
4 50 (32.26%) Firewall
5 43 (27.74%) WAN
6 33 (21.29%) LAN
7 20 (12.90%) SD-WAN
7 20 (12.90%) VLAN
8 19 (12.26%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (11.61%) VoIP
10 11 (7.10%) Network Security
11 10 (6.45%) HTTP
11 10 (6.45%) SSL
12 8 (5.16%) BGP
12 8 (5.16%) Wireless
13 6 (3.87%) SNMP
14 5 (3.23%) Fibre Channel
14 5 (3.23%) HSRP
14 5 (3.23%) OSPF
14 5 (3.23%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.39%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (7.10%) SQL Server
3 8 (5.16%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (5.16%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (5.16%) Redis
4 2 (1.29%) DynamoDB
4 2 (1.29%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.65%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 7 (4.52%) Burp Suite
1 7 (4.52%) Metasploit
2 5 (3.23%) Git
3 4 (2.58%) JIRA
4 2 (1.29%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.29%) Snyk
5 1 (0.65%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 67 (43.23%) Social Skills
2 43 (27.74%) Finance
3 20 (12.90%) Banking
4 17 (10.97%) Investment Banking
5 13 (8.39%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (7.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (6.45%) Retail
8 9 (5.81%) Public Sector
9 5 (3.23%) Front Office
10 4 (2.58%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.94%) Back Office
11 3 (1.94%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.94%) Law
11 3 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.29%) Local Government
13 1 (0.65%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.65%) Legal
13 1 (0.65%) Military
13 1 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (21.94%) Senior
2 27 (17.42%) Support Engineer
3 25 (16.13%) IT Support
4 23 (14.84%) IT Engineer
4 23 (14.84%) IT Support Engineer
5 22 (14.19%) 2nd Line Support
5 22 (14.19%) Developer
5 22 (14.19%) Linux Scripter
6 20 (12.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (10.97%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 17 (10.97%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 17 (10.97%) C++ Developer
7 17 (10.97%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
7 17 (10.97%) Linux Developer
7 17 (10.97%) Low Latency C++ Developer
8 10 (6.45%) 3rd Line Support
9 9 (5.81%) Analyst
9 9 (5.81%) Consultant
9 9 (5.81%) Support Consultant
10 8 (5.16%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.16%) Django
2 4 (2.58%) .NET
2 4 (2.58%) FIX Protocol
2 4 (2.58%) Sass
2 4 (2.58%) ZeroMQ
3 3 (1.94%) RESTful
4 2 (1.29%) AWS CDK
4 2 (1.29%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.29%) LDAP
5 1 (0.65%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.65%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.26%) FPGA
2 15 (9.68%) Onboarding
3 13 (8.39%) Data Centre
4 12 (7.74%) Driving Licence
5 11 (7.10%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (6.45%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (6.45%) Management Information System
7 7 (4.52%) Cloud Native
8 6 (3.87%) iPad
8 6 (3.87%) iPhone
9 5 (3.23%) Algorithms
9 5 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (3.23%) e-Learning
9 5 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (2.58%) CCTV
10 4 (2.58%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (2.58%) Mobile App
10 4 (2.58%) NHS
10 4 (2.58%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 69 (44.52%) Windows
2 48 (30.97%) Linux
3 47 (30.32%) Windows Server
4 31 (20.00%) Windows 10
5 13 (8.39%) Mac OS
6 12 (7.74%) Apple iOS
7 11 (7.10%) Windows Server 2012
8 10 (6.45%) Unix
8 10 (6.45%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (5.81%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (4.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (1.94%) OpenWrt
12 2 (1.29%) CentOS
12 2 (1.29%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (30.32%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (20.65%) ITIL
3 25 (16.13%) Agile
3 25 (16.13%) Customer Service
4 23 (14.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 21 (13.55%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (13.55%) Infrastructure as Code
6 20 (12.90%) CI/CD
6 20 (12.90%) DevOps
7 19 (12.26%) Disaster Recovery
8 18 (11.61%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (11.61%) Low Latency
8 18 (11.61%) Root Cause Analysis
9 16 (10.32%) Service Delivery
10 14 (9.03%) Penetration Testing
10 14 (9.03%) Performance Monitoring
11 13 (8.39%) Observability
12 11 (7.10%) Identity Access Management
13 10 (6.45%) Cloud Operations
13 10 (6.45%) Cost Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (21.94%) Python
2 25 (16.13%) C
2 25 (16.13%) C++
3 24 (15.48%) Java
4 21 (13.55%) PowerShell
5 13 (8.39%) SQL
6 6 (3.87%) Bash
7 5 (3.23%) C#
8 3 (1.94%) Go
9 2 (1.29%) Perl
10 1 (0.65%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (12.26%) Degree
2 16 (10.32%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (9.68%) Security Cleared
4 13 (8.39%) CCNA
4 13 (8.39%) SC Cleared
5 10 (6.45%) CCNP
6 8 (5.16%) Azure Certification
7 7 (4.52%) CHECK Team Member
7 7 (4.52%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (4.52%) CREST Certified
7 7 (4.52%) Cyber Scheme
8 6 (3.87%) CISSP
8 6 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (3.87%) Master's Degree
8 6 (3.87%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (3.23%) AWS Certification
9 5 (3.23%) DBS Check
9 5 (3.23%) GCIA
9 5 (3.23%) SANS
10 3 (1.94%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (5.16%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (3.23%) SLA
4 4 (2.58%) GRC
5 3 (1.94%) GDPR
5 3 (1.94%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.94%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.29%) NCSC
7 1 (0.65%) GxP
7 1 (0.65%) NIST
System Software
1 55 (35.48%) Active Directory
2 27 (17.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (12.90%) Hyper-V
4 11 (7.10%) Docker
5 7 (4.52%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (4.52%) vSphere
6 5 (3.23%) NFS
7 3 (1.94%) Firmware
8 2 (1.29%) XenApp
9 1 (0.65%) pfSense
9 1 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 30 (19.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (14.84%) Terraform
3 11 (7.10%) Ansible
4 9 (5.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 8 (5.16%) Kubernetes
5 8 (5.16%) Nessus
6 7 (4.52%) Nmap
7 5 (3.23%) Autotask
8 4 (2.58%) SCCM
9 2 (1.29%) Grafana
9 2 (1.29%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (1.29%) Prometheus
9 2 (1.29%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (1.29%) Red Hat Spacewalk
10 1 (0.65%) Dell DRAC
10 1 (0.65%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.65%) OpenView
10 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.65%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.65%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 57 (36.77%) Microsoft
2 27 (17.42%) VMware
3 21 (13.55%) Google
4 17 (10.97%) Cisco
5 9 (5.81%) Red Hat
6 5 (3.23%) Avaya
6 5 (3.23%) Commvault
6 5 (3.23%) Dell
6 5 (3.23%) Extreme Networks
6 5 (3.23%) HP
6 5 (3.23%) Pure Storage
7 4 (2.58%) Fortinet
7 4 (2.58%) Oracle
8 3 (1.94%) Freshdesk
8 3 (1.94%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.94%) Qualys
8 3 (1.94%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.29%) Checkmarx
9 2 (1.29%) Citrix
9 2 (1.29%) Salesforce