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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 247 237
Rank change year-on-year +14 -10 +1
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 232 199 372
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.07% 1.21% 1.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.84% 10.13% 8.65%
Number of salaries quoted 170 152 288
10th Percentile £29,975 £27,950 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £37,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £61,875 £69,250 £68,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £76,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £38,750 £39,500 £42,286
% change year-on-year -1.90% -6.59% -6.03%

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 2,357 1,964 4,303
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.87% 11.91% 14.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,281 1,198 2,565
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £67,968
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -12.37% -6.73%

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 23 July 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 46 (19.83%) SharePoint
2 45 (19.40%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (6.03%) IIS
4 3 (1.29%) Confluence
4 3 (1.29%) SAS
5 1 (0.43%) OpenStack
Applications
1 12 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.43%) Houdini
2 1 (0.43%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.43%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 107 (46.12%) Azure
2 106 (45.69%) Microsoft 365
3 69 (29.74%) Entra ID
4 51 (21.98%) AWS
5 13 (5.60%) GCP
6 11 (4.74%) AWS CloudFormation
7 9 (3.88%) Amazon ECS
7 9 (3.88%) OneDrive
8 8 (3.45%) Google Workspace
9 7 (3.02%) Azure Monitor
9 7 (3.02%) dbt
9 7 (3.02%) OpenShift
9 7 (3.02%) SaaS
10 5 (2.16%) Amazon ECR
10 5 (2.16%) Amazon ElastiCache
10 5 (2.16%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 5 (2.16%) AWS CodeBuild
10 5 (2.16%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (2.16%) PaaS
10 5 (2.16%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 130 (56.03%) DNS
2 104 (44.83%) Firewall
3 100 (43.10%) DHCP
4 76 (32.76%) VPN
5 52 (22.41%) LAN
5 52 (22.41%) WAN
6 33 (14.22%) VLAN
7 23 (9.91%) Wi-Fi
8 22 (9.48%) Network Security
9 19 (8.19%) BGP
10 15 (6.47%) OSPF
11 14 (6.03%) HTTP
11 14 (6.03%) VoIP
12 13 (5.60%) SD-WAN
13 10 (4.31%) Wireless
14 6 (2.59%) Internet
14 6 (2.59%) MPLS
14 6 (2.59%) VXLAN
15 5 (2.16%) SSL
16 4 (1.72%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.91%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.17%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (3.02%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.16%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (2.16%) Redis
5 4 (1.72%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.72%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.29%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.29%) MySQL
7 2 (0.86%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.43%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.43%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 11 (4.74%) JIRA
2 6 (2.59%) Git
3 2 (0.86%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.43%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.43%) Metasploit
General
1 104 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 50 (21.55%) Finance
3 27 (11.64%) Banking
4 19 (8.19%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (6.90%) Investment Banking
6 15 (6.47%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (6.03%) Law
8 11 (4.74%) Telecoms
9 10 (4.31%) Retail
10 8 (3.45%) Manufacturing
10 8 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (3.02%) Aerospace
11 7 (3.02%) Public Sector
12 5 (2.16%) Electronics
13 3 (1.29%) Games
13 3 (1.29%) Marketing
14 2 (0.86%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.86%) Legal
14 2 (0.86%) Military
Job Titles
1 67 (28.88%) IT Support
2 61 (26.29%) Support Engineer
3 46 (19.83%) IT Engineer
4 45 (19.40%) IT Support Engineer
5 37 (15.95%) Senior
6 29 (12.50%) Analyst
7 28 (12.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 24 (10.34%) Network Engineer
9 20 (8.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 20 (8.62%) 2nd Line Support
9 20 (8.62%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 18 (7.76%) Developer
10 18 (7.76%) IT Analyst
10 18 (7.76%) Support Analyst
11 17 (7.33%) IT Support Analyst
12 16 (6.90%) C++ Developer
12 16 (6.90%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
12 16 (6.90%) Linux Developer
12 16 (6.90%) Linux Scripter
12 16 (6.90%) Low Latency C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.03%) Middleware
2 8 (3.45%) LDAP
3 6 (2.59%) ARM Templates
4 5 (2.16%) .NET
4 5 (2.16%) Django
4 5 (2.16%) REST
5 4 (1.72%) ADO
5 4 (1.72%) COM
5 4 (1.72%) DCOM
5 4 (1.72%) gRPC
5 4 (1.72%) React
5 4 (1.72%) RESTful
6 3 (1.29%) .NET Core
6 3 (1.29%) 802.1X
6 3 (1.29%) Unreal Engine
6 3 (1.29%) XML
7 2 (0.86%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.86%) Node.js
7 2 (0.86%) Vue
8 1 (0.43%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.62%) Onboarding
2 18 (7.76%) Linux Command Line
3 16 (6.90%) FPGA
4 14 (6.03%) Driving Licence
5 11 (4.74%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (4.31%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (3.45%) Data Centre
7 8 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (3.45%) Life Science
8 7 (3.02%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (2.59%) Cloud Native
9 6 (2.59%) PKI
9 6 (2.59%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.72%) CCTV
10 4 (1.72%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (1.72%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.72%) Smartcard
11 3 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 130 (56.03%) Windows
2 74 (31.90%) Windows Server
3 67 (28.88%) Linux
4 27 (11.64%) Windows 10
5 25 (10.78%) Mac OS
6 10 (4.31%) Unix
7 8 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (3.02%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (2.59%) Apple iOS
9 6 (2.59%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (2.16%) Ubuntu
11 4 (1.72%) Android
12 3 (1.29%) Debian
13 2 (0.86%) CentOS
14 1 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
14 1 (0.43%) Kali Linux
14 1 (0.43%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.43%) Solaris
14 1 (0.43%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (35.78%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (18.10%) Customer Service
3 37 (15.95%) Cybersecurity
3 37 (15.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 37 (15.95%) ITIL
4 35 (15.09%) Infrastructure as Code
5 33 (14.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 33 (14.22%) Incident Response
6 32 (13.79%) Disaster Recovery
7 30 (12.93%) DevOps
8 26 (11.21%) Agile
8 26 (11.21%) ITSM
9 23 (9.91%) Change Management
10 21 (9.05%) Project Delivery
11 20 (8.62%) CI/CD
11 20 (8.62%) Low Latency
11 20 (8.62%) Mentoring
12 19 (8.19%) Containerisation
13 17 (7.33%) Service Delivery
13 17 (7.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (18.97%) PowerShell
2 36 (15.52%) Python
3 23 (9.91%) Java
4 21 (9.05%) SQL
5 19 (8.19%) C++
6 18 (7.76%) C
7 7 (3.02%) Bash
7 7 (3.02%) Bicep
7 7 (3.02%) PHP
8 6 (2.59%) C#
9 4 (1.72%) Delphi
9 4 (1.72%) Pascal
10 3 (1.29%) Go
10 3 (1.29%) Ruby
11 2 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.86%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.86%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 36 (15.52%) Degree
2 32 (13.79%) Security Cleared
3 24 (10.34%) SC Cleared
4 16 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (6.47%) CCNA
6 14 (6.03%) Azure Certification
7 11 (4.74%) CCNP
8 10 (4.31%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (4.31%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (2.59%) A+ Certification
10 3 (1.29%) CEH
10 3 (1.29%) CISSP
10 3 (1.29%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.86%) CCNA CyberOps
11 2 (0.86%) CompTIA CySA+
11 2 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.86%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.86%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.86%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.86%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (11.64%) SLA
2 9 (3.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.72%) GDPR
5 3 (1.29%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.86%) NIST
6 2 (0.86%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.43%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.43%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.43%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.43%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.43%) QA
System Software
1 88 (37.93%) Active Directory
2 37 (15.95%) Hyper-V
3 32 (13.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.45%) Docker
4 8 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.72%) Firmware
6 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (1.29%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.29%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.29%) vSphere
7 2 (0.86%) KVM
8 1 (0.43%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.43%) QEMU
8 1 (0.43%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.43%) Xen
Systems Management
1 46 (19.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (14.66%) Terraform
3 18 (7.76%) Ansible
4 15 (6.47%) Kubernetes
5 12 (5.17%) FortiGate
6 11 (4.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (2.16%) AWS Copilot
7 5 (2.16%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (2.16%) SCCM
8 4 (1.72%) QRadar
9 3 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.86%) Norton AntiVirus
10 2 (0.86%) OpenView
10 2 (0.86%) Puppet
10 2 (0.86%) Tivoli
10 2 (0.86%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.43%) Nessus
11 1 (0.43%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.43%) Nmap
11 1 (0.43%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 128 (55.17%) Microsoft
2 41 (17.67%) VMware
3 33 (14.22%) Cisco
4 24 (10.34%) ServiceNow
5 19 (8.19%) Fortinet
6 14 (6.03%) Google
7 10 (4.31%) Palo Alto
7 10 (4.31%) Veeam
8 8 (3.45%) Meraki
8 8 (3.45%) SolarWinds
8 8 (3.45%) Zscaler
9 6 (2.59%) Apple
9 6 (2.59%) ArcSight
9 6 (2.59%) Citrix
10 5 (2.16%) F5
10 5 (2.16%) Freshdesk
10 5 (2.16%) Okta
10 5 (2.16%) SonicWALL
10 5 (2.16%) Splunk
11 4 (1.72%) OneLogin