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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 185 195
Rank change year-on-year -33 +10 +20
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 160 296 368
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.07% 1.80% 1.69%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.74% 13.59% 12.49%
Number of salaries quoted 102 180 333
10th Percentile £31,275 £35,900 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,563 £40,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,943 £55,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% -2.65% +13.00%
75th Percentile £69,375 £74,144 £72,433
90th Percentile £78,790 £87,500 £79,150
UK median annual salary £37,750 £49,004 £47,500
% change year-on-year -22.96% +3.17% +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 1,363 2,178 2,946
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.12% 13.25% 13.54%
Number of salaries quoted 865 1,222 2,498
10th Percentile £27,900 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £41,313 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% - -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £86,250 £84,056
UK median annual salary £38,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -28.70% +8.00% -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 12 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 35 (21.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (8.75%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.25%) Apache
3 2 (1.25%) nginx
4 1 (0.63%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (4.38%) MS Visio
2 6 (3.75%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (1.25%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 62 (38.75%) Azure
2 48 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (18.75%) AWS
4 24 (15.00%) Entra ID
5 13 (8.13%) Amazon ECS
6 11 (6.88%) Google Workspace
7 10 (6.25%) GCP
7 10 (6.25%) OneDrive
8 9 (5.63%) GitHub
9 8 (5.00%) Amazon ECR
9 8 (5.00%) AWS CloudFormation
9 8 (5.00%) dbt
9 8 (5.00%) IaaS
9 8 (5.00%) Pulumi
10 5 (3.13%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (3.13%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (3.13%) Amazon S3
10 5 (3.13%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (3.13%) SaaS
10 5 (3.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 65 (40.63%) DNS
2 57 (35.63%) DHCP
3 54 (33.75%) Firewall
4 53 (33.13%) VPN
5 43 (26.88%) WAN
6 34 (21.25%) LAN
7 20 (12.50%) SD-WAN
7 20 (12.50%) VLAN
8 18 (11.25%) VoIP
8 18 (11.25%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (8.13%) Network Security
10 10 (6.25%) BGP
10 10 (6.25%) HTTP
10 10 (6.25%) SSL
11 8 (5.00%) Wireless
12 7 (4.38%) OSPF
13 6 (3.75%) Fibre Channel
13 6 (3.75%) HSRP
13 6 (3.75%) SNMP
13 6 (3.75%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.13%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (6.88%) SQL Server
3 8 (5.00%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (5.00%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (5.00%) Redis
4 2 (1.25%) DynamoDB
4 2 (1.25%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.63%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 7 (4.38%) Burp Suite
1 7 (4.38%) Git
1 7 (4.38%) Metasploit
2 4 (2.50%) JIRA
3 2 (1.25%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.25%) Snyk
4 1 (0.63%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 67 (41.88%) Social Skills
2 43 (26.88%) Finance
3 20 (12.50%) Banking
4 17 (10.63%) Investment Banking
5 13 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (6.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (6.88%) Retail
7 9 (5.63%) Public Sector
8 5 (3.13%) Front Office
9 4 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.88%) Back Office
10 3 (1.88%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.88%) Law
10 3 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.25%) Local Government
12 1 (0.63%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.63%) Legal
12 1 (0.63%) Military
Job Titles
1 36 (22.50%) Senior
2 25 (15.63%) Support Engineer
3 23 (14.38%) IT Support
3 23 (14.38%) Linux Scripter
4 22 (13.75%) Developer
5 21 (13.13%) 2nd Line Support
5 21 (13.13%) IT Engineer
5 21 (13.13%) IT Support Engineer
6 20 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (10.63%) C++ Developer
7 17 (10.63%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
7 17 (10.63%) Linux Developer
7 17 (10.63%) Low Latency C++ Developer
8 16 (10.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 16 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 10 (6.25%) 3rd Line Support
9 10 (6.25%) Analyst
9 10 (6.25%) Security Engineer
10 9 (5.63%) Consultant
10 9 (5.63%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.00%) Django
2 4 (2.50%) .NET
2 4 (2.50%) FIX Protocol
2 4 (2.50%) Sass
2 4 (2.50%) ZeroMQ
3 3 (1.88%) RESTful
4 2 (1.25%) AWS CDK
4 2 (1.25%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.25%) LDAP
5 1 (0.63%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (11.88%) FPGA
2 15 (9.38%) Onboarding
3 14 (8.75%) Data Centre
4 12 (7.50%) Driving Licence
5 11 (6.88%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (6.88%) Management Information System
6 10 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (4.38%) Cloud Native
7 7 (4.38%) Security Operations Centre
8 6 (3.75%) iPad
8 6 (3.75%) iPhone
9 5 (3.13%) Algorithms
9 5 (3.13%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (3.13%) e-Learning
9 5 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (2.50%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (2.50%) Mobile App
10 4 (2.50%) NHS
10 4 (2.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 68 (42.50%) Windows
2 50 (31.25%) Linux
3 45 (28.13%) Windows Server
4 30 (18.75%) Windows 10
5 11 (6.88%) Apple iOS
5 11 (6.88%) Mac OS
6 10 (6.25%) Unix
6 10 (6.25%) Windows Server 2012
7 9 (5.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 9 (5.63%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (5.63%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.88%) OpenWrt
9 2 (1.25%) CentOS
9 2 (1.25%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (28.13%) Problem-Solving
2 38 (23.75%) ITIL
3 25 (15.63%) Agile
3 25 (15.63%) Customer Service
4 24 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
5 23 (14.38%) Infrastructure as Code
5 23 (14.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 22 (13.75%) DevOps
7 20 (12.50%) CI/CD
8 19 (11.88%) Low Latency
8 19 (11.88%) Root Cause Analysis
9 18 (11.25%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (11.25%) Disaster Recovery
10 16 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
11 15 (9.38%) Service Delivery
12 13 (8.13%) Observability
12 13 (8.13%) Performance Monitoring
13 10 (6.25%) Containerisation
13 10 (6.25%) Identity Access Management
13 10 (6.25%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 36 (22.50%) Python
2 25 (15.63%) C
2 25 (15.63%) C++
3 24 (15.00%) Java
4 21 (13.13%) PowerShell
5 13 (8.13%) SQL
6 7 (4.38%) Bash
7 5 (3.13%) C#
8 3 (1.88%) Go
9 2 (1.25%) Perl
10 1 (0.63%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (11.88%) Cisco Certification
1 19 (11.88%) Degree
2 16 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 15 (9.38%) CCNA
4 14 (8.75%) SC Cleared
5 13 (8.13%) CCNP
6 9 (5.63%) CompTIA Security+
7 8 (5.00%) Azure Certification
7 8 (5.00%) CISSP
8 7 (4.38%) CHECK Team Member
8 7 (4.38%) CREST Certified
8 7 (4.38%) Cyber Scheme
8 7 (4.38%) GCIA
8 7 (4.38%) SANS
9 6 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (3.75%) Master's Degree
9 6 (3.75%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (3.13%) AWS Certification
10 5 (3.13%) DBS Check
11 3 (1.88%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (3.75%) SLA
4 4 (2.50%) GRC
5 3 (1.88%) GDPR
5 3 (1.88%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.88%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.25%) NCSC
7 1 (0.63%) GxP
7 1 (0.63%) NIST
System Software
1 53 (33.13%) Active Directory
2 27 (16.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (11.88%) Hyper-V
4 11 (6.88%) Docker
5 9 (5.63%) vSphere
6 7 (4.38%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (3.75%) NFS
8 3 (1.88%) Firmware
9 2 (1.25%) pfSense
9 2 (1.25%) XenApp
10 1 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 29 (18.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (15.63%) Terraform
3 13 (8.13%) Ansible
4 10 (6.25%) Kubernetes
5 8 (5.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 8 (5.00%) Nessus
6 7 (4.38%) Nmap
7 5 (3.13%) Autotask
7 5 (3.13%) SCCM
8 2 (1.25%) Grafana
8 2 (1.25%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (1.25%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.25%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (1.25%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 1 (0.63%) Dell DRAC
9 1 (0.63%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.63%) OpenView
9 1 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.63%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.63%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 55 (34.38%) Microsoft
2 28 (17.50%) VMware
3 21 (13.13%) Cisco
4 20 (12.50%) Google
5 11 (6.88%) Red Hat
6 7 (4.38%) Commvault
6 7 (4.38%) Pure Storage
7 6 (3.75%) Avaya
7 6 (3.75%) Extreme Networks
8 5 (3.13%) Dell
8 5 (3.13%) HP
9 4 (2.50%) Fortinet
9 4 (2.50%) Oracle
9 4 (2.50%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.88%) Citrix
10 3 (1.88%) Freshdesk
10 3 (1.88%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.88%) Qualys
11 2 (1.25%) Checkmarx
11 2 (1.25%) Salesforce