TCP/IP Jobs with Work from Home 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 26 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 231 210 260
Rank change year-on-year -21 +50 +4
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 324 395 884
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.42% 1.59% 1.41%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.37% 12.03% 11.09%
Number of salaries quoted 199 354 613
10th Percentile £34,800 £28,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £33,949
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £69,800 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £84,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year - +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 5,085 3,283 7,969
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.25% 13.26% 12.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,399 2,620 5,067
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,375 £41,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,318 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +2.40% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £74,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,098 £91,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

TCP/IP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing TCP/IP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

TCP/IP trend for jobs with a WFH option

TCP/IP
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing TCP/IP over the 6 months to 26 October 2024.

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 58 (17.90%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (7.10%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.16%) Apache
4 4 (1.23%) IIS
4 4 (1.23%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.31%) nginx
5 1 (0.31%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 12 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.31%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 138 (42.59%) Azure
2 136 (41.98%) Microsoft 365
3 79 (24.38%) AWS
4 35 (10.80%) SaaS
5 33 (10.19%) PaaS
6 28 (8.64%) GCP
7 27 (8.33%) Entra ID
8 24 (7.41%) AWS CloudFormation
9 20 (6.17%) Amazon ECR
9 20 (6.17%) Amazon ECS
9 20 (6.17%) Amazon ElastiCache
9 20 (6.17%) Amazon OpenSearch
9 20 (6.17%) AWS CodeBuild
9 20 (6.17%) Cloud Computing
9 20 (6.17%) dbt
9 20 (6.17%) Pulumi
10 18 (5.56%) IaaS
11 12 (3.70%) Sentry
12 9 (2.78%) OneDrive
13 7 (2.16%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 149 (45.99%) DNS
2 135 (41.67%) Firewall
3 109 (33.64%) DHCP
4 102 (31.48%) VLAN
5 88 (27.16%) VPN
6 57 (17.59%) LAN
6 57 (17.59%) WAN
7 52 (16.05%) Internet
8 45 (13.89%) BGP
9 38 (11.73%) Wireless
10 37 (11.42%) HTTP
11 33 (10.19%) Network Security
12 31 (9.57%) OSPF
13 22 (6.79%) SAN
14 21 (6.48%) SMTP
15 19 (5.86%) Intrusion Detection
15 19 (5.86%) SNMP
16 16 (4.94%) SD-WAN
16 16 (4.94%) VoIP
17 14 (4.32%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (8.95%) SQL Server
2 24 (7.41%) Amazon RDS
2 24 (7.41%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (6.79%) Elasticsearch
4 20 (6.17%) Redis
5 4 (1.23%) Power BI
6 2 (0.62%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.31%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 12 (3.70%) Git
2 8 (2.47%) Subversion
3 3 (0.93%) JIRA
General
1 156 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 30 (9.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 26 (8.02%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (5.56%) Finance
5 15 (4.63%) Back Office
5 15 (4.63%) Banking
6 13 (4.01%) Legal
7 12 (3.70%) Aerospace
7 12 (3.70%) Automotive
7 12 (3.70%) Telecoms
8 11 (3.40%) Retail
9 9 (2.78%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.47%) Law
10 8 (2.47%) Mandarin Language
10 8 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.16%) Electronics
12 4 (1.23%) Advertising
12 4 (1.23%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (17.28%) Senior
2 45 (13.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 38 (11.73%) Consultant
4 36 (11.11%) IT Engineer
5 34 (10.49%) IT Consultant
5 34 (10.49%) Network Engineer
6 26 (8.02%) IT Support
7 24 (7.41%) Support Engineer
8 23 (7.10%) Developer
9 21 (6.48%) Desktop Engineer
9 21 (6.48%) Lead
10 19 (5.86%) Technical Consultant
11 18 (5.56%) Network Consultant
12 16 (4.94%) Cisco Consultant
12 16 (4.94%) Cisco Network Consultant
12 16 (4.94%) Solutions Consultant
13 15 (4.63%) Embedded Engineer
14 14 (4.32%) IT Support Engineer
14 14 (4.32%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
14 14 (4.32%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.17%) Django
1 20 (6.17%) OAuth
1 20 (6.17%) OAuth2
1 20 (6.17%) SAML
2 12 (3.70%) HTML
2 12 (3.70%) XML
3 7 (2.16%) LDAP
3 7 (2.16%) WDF
4 4 (1.23%) LAPP Stack
5 3 (0.93%) RESTful
5 3 (0.93%) Web Services
5 3 (0.93%) YAML
6 2 (0.62%) .NET
6 2 (0.62%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (0.62%) Kafka
6 2 (0.62%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (0.62%) WebSockets
7 1 (0.31%) 802.1X
7 1 (0.31%) FIX Protocol
7 1 (0.31%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.64%) Self-Motivation
2 23 (7.10%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (6.48%) Hybrid Cloud
4 16 (4.94%) FPGA
5 15 (4.63%) Algorithms
5 15 (4.63%) PKI
6 14 (4.32%) Onboarding
7 11 (3.40%) IoT
8 10 (3.09%) Cloud Native
9 9 (2.78%) Data Centre
9 9 (2.78%) Security Operations Centre
10 8 (2.47%) Clustering
10 8 (2.47%) GNSS
10 8 (2.47%) MicroBlaze
10 8 (2.47%) Public Cloud
10 8 (2.47%) Replication
10 8 (2.47%) Tandem
11 7 (2.16%) Driving Licence
11 7 (2.16%) Management Information System
12 6 (1.85%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 167 (51.54%) Windows
2 103 (31.79%) Linux
3 62 (19.14%) Windows Server
4 48 (14.81%) Windows 10
5 32 (9.88%) Unix
6 20 (6.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 13 (4.01%) Windows Server 2016
8 10 (3.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (3.09%) Windows 7
9 8 (2.47%) CentOS
9 8 (2.47%) Ubuntu
9 8 (2.47%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.54%) Mac OS
11 4 (1.23%) AIX
11 4 (1.23%) Oracle Linux
11 4 (1.23%) Solaris
11 4 (1.23%) SUSE
12 3 (0.93%) Embedded Linux
12 3 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.62%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (46.30%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (17.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 49 (15.12%) Customer Service
3 49 (15.12%) Roadmaps
4 41 (12.65%) Cybersecurity
5 35 (10.80%) Agile
6 33 (10.19%) ITIL
7 32 (9.88%) Computer Science
8 31 (9.57%) DevOps
8 31 (9.57%) Performance Monitoring
9 30 (9.26%) High Availability
10 28 (8.64%) Open Source
10 28 (8.64%) Platform Engineering
10 28 (8.64%) Technology Roadmap
11 27 (8.33%) Data Privacy
11 27 (8.33%) Network Design
11 27 (8.33%) Presales
12 26 (8.02%) Continuous Improvement
12 26 (8.02%) Project Management
13 24 (7.41%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 64 (19.75%) Python
2 42 (12.96%) C++
3 40 (12.35%) C
4 38 (11.73%) PowerShell
5 17 (5.25%) Embedded C++
6 15 (4.63%) SQL
7 10 (3.09%) Java
8 9 (2.78%) Bash
9 7 (2.16%) Assembly Language
9 7 (2.16%) C#
9 7 (2.16%) Embedded C
9 7 (2.16%) Rust
10 4 (1.23%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.93%) Go
11 3 (0.93%) VBScript
12 2 (0.62%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.62%) Perl
Qualifications
1 64 (19.75%) Degree
2 55 (16.98%) Security Cleared
3 53 (16.36%) SC Cleared
4 38 (11.73%) Cisco Certification
5 27 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (7.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 23 (7.10%) DBS Check
8 22 (6.79%) Azure Certification
9 21 (6.48%) CEH
10 20 (6.17%) CompTIA Security+
11 18 (5.56%) CCNA
12 15 (4.63%) CCNP
13 12 (3.70%) CISSP
14 9 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
15 8 (2.47%) AWS Certification
16 6 (1.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 6 (1.85%) CCSP
16 6 (1.85%) TOGAF Certification
17 5 (1.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 5 (1.54%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (5.56%) ISO 9001
3 16 (4.94%) NIST
4 13 (4.01%) GDPR
5 11 (3.40%) SLA
6 5 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (1.23%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.23%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.93%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.62%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.31%) COBIT
10 1 (0.31%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.31%) NCSC
System Software
1 110 (33.95%) Active Directory
2 56 (17.28%) Hyper-V
3 46 (14.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (7.41%) Docker
5 16 (4.94%) Firmware
6 11 (3.40%) Embedded Firmware
7 10 (3.09%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 10 (3.09%) Virtual Servers
7 10 (3.09%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (2.16%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (2.16%) vSphere
9 3 (0.93%) pfSense
9 3 (0.93%) Terminal Server
9 3 (0.93%) Terminal Services
9 3 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.62%) NFS
Systems Management
1 30 (9.26%) Kubernetes
2 28 (8.64%) SCCM
3 25 (7.72%) Terraform
4 22 (6.79%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (4.32%) Ansible
6 10 (3.09%) vCenter Server
7 9 (2.78%) FortiGate
7 9 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (2.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 6 (1.85%) Puppet
10 5 (1.54%) CASB
11 4 (1.23%) Grafana
12 3 (0.93%) Failover Clustering
12 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Clustering
12 3 (0.93%) Prometheus
12 3 (0.93%) SCOM
13 2 (0.62%) HAProxy
13 2 (0.62%) Progress Chef
14 1 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.31%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 106 (32.72%) Microsoft
2 80 (24.69%) VMware
3 45 (13.89%) Cisco
4 31 (9.57%) Google
5 19 (5.86%) Fortinet
6 18 (5.56%) Sony
7 16 (4.94%) Extreme Networks
8 14 (4.32%) Meraki
9 11 (3.40%) Veeam
10 10 (3.09%) Bloomberg
10 10 (3.09%) CheckPoint
10 10 (3.09%) Red Hat
10 10 (3.09%) Reuters
11 8 (2.47%) HP
12 7 (2.16%) Intel
12 7 (2.16%) Juniper
13 6 (1.85%) F5
13 6 (1.85%) SolarWinds
14 5 (1.54%) Salesforce
14 5 (1.54%) ServiceNow