TCP/IP Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring TCP/IP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited TCP/IP over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 290 216 241
Rank change year-on-year -74 +25 +71
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 203 471 467
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.96% 1.49% 1.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.53% 9.91% 11.63%
Number of salaries quoted 153 332 372
10th Percentile £28,150 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £37,500 £35,969
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% +1.73%
75th Percentile £69,000 £67,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £77,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,072 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.92% -6.51% -

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 5,750 4,755 4,014
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.28% 14.99% 11.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,016 2,847 3,180
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,569
25th Percentile £25,087 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -47.62% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £74,258 £81,250 £88,750
UK median annual salary £33,000 £47,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year -30.53% -7.77% -1.90%

TCP/IP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing TCP/IP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

TCP/IP trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

TCP/IP
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing TCP/IP.

TCP/IP salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing TCP/IP over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

TCP/IP salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 28 (13.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (6.40%) SharePoint
3 8 (3.94%) IIS
4 5 (2.46%) Apache
5 2 (0.99%) Apache Solr
5 2 (0.99%) nginx
5 2 (0.99%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 28 (13.79%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.49%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 61 (30.05%) Azure
2 60 (29.56%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (23.65%) AWS
4 24 (11.82%) Cloud Computing
4 24 (11.82%) GCP
5 13 (6.40%) SaaS
6 12 (5.91%) AWS CloudFormation
6 12 (5.91%) Entra ID
7 11 (5.42%) Amazon ECR
7 11 (5.42%) Amazon ECS
7 11 (5.42%) Amazon ElastiCache
7 11 (5.42%) Amazon OpenSearch
7 11 (5.42%) AWS CodeBuild
7 11 (5.42%) dbt
7 11 (5.42%) Pulumi
8 9 (4.43%) Sentry
9 7 (3.45%) IaaS
9 7 (3.45%) PaaS
10 6 (2.96%) OCI
11 5 (2.46%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 89 (43.84%) DNS
2 87 (42.86%) DHCP
3 58 (28.57%) Firewall
4 35 (17.24%) VPN
5 32 (15.76%) VLAN
6 30 (14.78%) WAN
7 28 (13.79%) LAN
8 26 (12.81%) Network Security
9 20 (9.85%) BGP
10 17 (8.37%) OSPF
10 17 (8.37%) Wi-Fi
11 16 (7.88%) VoIP
12 12 (5.91%) Internet
13 10 (4.93%) Wireless
14 9 (4.43%) HTTP
14 9 (4.43%) Modbus
15 6 (2.96%) IPsec
15 6 (2.96%) Remote Desktop
15 6 (2.96%) SD-WAN
16 5 (2.46%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (9.36%) SQL Server
2 11 (5.42%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (5.42%) Elasticsearch
2 11 (5.42%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (5.42%) Redis
3 5 (2.46%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.99%) Couchbase
4 2 (0.99%) MySQL
4 2 (0.99%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.49%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 11 (5.42%) Git
2 5 (2.46%) JIRA
3 4 (1.97%) Subversion
4 2 (0.99%) JMeter
5 1 (0.49%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.49%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.49%) Snyk
General
1 58 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 43 (21.18%) Finance
3 25 (12.32%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (10.34%) Banking
5 17 (8.37%) Investment Banking
6 15 (7.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (5.91%) Public Sector
8 9 (4.43%) Telecoms
9 7 (3.45%) Local Government
9 7 (3.45%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.46%) Advertising
10 5 (2.46%) Aerospace
10 5 (2.46%) Back Office
10 5 (2.46%) Law
10 5 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.48%) Marketing
11 3 (1.48%) Police
12 2 (0.99%) Electronics
12 2 (0.99%) Retail
Job Titles
1 43 (21.18%) Senior
2 29 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 25 (12.32%) Analyst
3 25 (12.32%) Developer
4 19 (9.36%) C++ Developer
5 18 (8.87%) Linux Developer
5 18 (8.87%) Low Latency C++ Developer
6 17 (8.37%) Linux Scripter
7 16 (7.88%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
8 15 (7.39%) ICT Officer
8 15 (7.39%) ICT Support
8 15 (7.39%) ICT Support Officer
8 15 (7.39%) IT Support
8 15 (7.39%) Support Officer
9 14 (6.90%) Lead
10 12 (5.91%) 1st Line Support
10 12 (5.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (5.91%) Support Technician
11 11 (5.42%) Firmware Engineer
11 11 (5.42%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.42%) Django
2 6 (2.96%) RabbitMQ
3 4 (1.97%) .NET
3 4 (1.97%) .NET Core
3 4 (1.97%) .NET Framework
3 4 (1.97%) Entity Framework
3 4 (1.97%) Kafka
4 3 (1.48%) ARM Templates
4 3 (1.48%) FreeSWITCH
4 3 (1.48%) HTML
4 3 (1.48%) Node.js
4 3 (1.48%) YAML
5 2 (0.99%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.99%) Jinja
5 2 (0.99%) JSON
5 2 (0.99%) REST
5 2 (0.99%) RESTful
5 2 (0.99%) YANG
6 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.49%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.33%) FPGA
2 21 (10.34%) Management Information System
3 17 (8.37%) Data Centre
4 14 (6.90%) Onboarding
4 14 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (5.91%) Driving Licence
6 9 (4.43%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (4.43%) Security Operations Centre
7 8 (3.94%) Clustering
7 8 (3.94%) Device Driver
8 5 (2.46%) Client/Server
8 5 (2.46%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (2.46%) NHS
8 5 (2.46%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.46%) Replication
8 5 (2.46%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.97%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.97%) GNSS
9 4 (1.97%) MicroBlaze
9 4 (1.97%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 86 (42.36%) Windows
2 68 (33.50%) Linux
3 35 (17.24%) Windows Server
4 24 (11.82%) Unix
5 14 (6.90%) Windows 10
6 10 (4.93%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (4.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (3.94%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (2.96%) Mac OS
9 6 (2.96%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (2.96%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (2.46%) Embedded Linux
11 3 (1.48%) Android
11 3 (1.48%) Apple iOS
11 3 (1.48%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.99%) Debian
12 2 (0.99%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.99%) SUSE
12 2 (0.99%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.99%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (15.76%) CI/CD
3 30 (14.78%) DevOps
3 30 (14.78%) ITIL
4 27 (13.30%) Customer Service
5 26 (12.81%) Cybersecurity
6 24 (11.82%) Agile
7 21 (10.34%) Low Latency
8 19 (9.36%) Disaster Recovery
9 17 (8.37%) Continuous Integration
10 16 (7.88%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (7.39%) High Availability
11 15 (7.39%) Open Source
12 14 (6.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 14 (6.90%) Performance Monitoring
13 13 (6.40%) Clean Code
13 13 (6.40%) Continuous Delivery
13 13 (6.40%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 12 (5.91%) Network Management
14 12 (5.91%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 44 (21.67%) Python
2 34 (16.75%) PowerShell
3 31 (15.27%) C++
4 30 (14.78%) C
5 18 (8.87%) Java
6 13 (6.40%) SQL
7 6 (2.96%) Bash
8 5 (2.46%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.97%) C#
9 4 (1.97%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.48%) Bicep
10 3 (1.48%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.48%) PHP
11 2 (0.99%) JCL
11 2 (0.99%) Perl
12 1 (0.49%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 32 (15.76%) Security Cleared
2 26 (12.81%) Cisco Certification
2 26 (12.81%) SC Cleared
3 23 (11.33%) Degree
4 16 (7.88%) CCNA
5 12 (5.91%) CCNP
6 10 (4.93%) Network+ Certification
7 9 (4.43%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (3.45%) Azure Certification
9 6 (2.96%) A+ Certification
10 5 (2.46%) DV Cleared
11 4 (1.97%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.97%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (1.97%) GCIA
11 4 (1.97%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (1.97%) JNCIA
12 3 (1.48%) CISSP
12 3 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (1.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (1.48%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.91%) SLA
2 6 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.97%) QA
4 3 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.99%) GDPR
6 1 (0.49%) GRC
6 1 (0.49%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.49%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 44 (21.67%) Active Directory
2 38 (18.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (14.29%) Hyper-V
4 21 (10.34%) Docker
5 18 (8.87%) Firmware
6 9 (4.43%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (2.96%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (1.97%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 4 (1.97%) vSphere
9 1 (0.49%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.49%) NFS
9 1 (0.49%) pfSense
9 1 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (13.30%) Ansible
2 18 (8.87%) SCCM
2 18 (8.87%) Terraform
3 12 (5.91%) Kubernetes
4 11 (5.42%) AWS Copilot
5 9 (4.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (2.96%) ZABBIX
7 5 (2.46%) WSUS
8 4 (1.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (1.97%) SCOM
9 2 (0.99%) Iperf
9 2 (0.99%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.99%) Puppet
9 2 (0.99%) SCOrch
9 2 (0.99%) SCSM
9 2 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.99%) Tivoli NetView
10 1 (0.49%) Dell DRAC
10 1 (0.49%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.49%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 83 (40.89%) Microsoft
2 46 (22.66%) VMware
3 23 (11.33%) Cisco
4 17 (8.37%) Google
5 9 (4.43%) Oracle
5 9 (4.43%) Red Hat
6 7 (3.45%) Juniper
6 7 (3.45%) ServiceNow
7 6 (2.96%) HP
8 5 (2.46%) Dell
9 4 (1.97%) Citrix
9 4 (1.97%) EMC
9 4 (1.97%) Symantec
9 4 (1.97%) TOWER Software
9 4 (1.97%) Veritas
10 3 (1.48%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.48%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.48%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.48%) Splunk
11 2 (0.99%) ArcSight