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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 255 212
Rank change year-on-year +9 -43 +30
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 156 189 482
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.83% 1.26% 1.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.64% 9.83% 9.56%
Number of salaries quoted 105 148 402
10th Percentile £31,000 £30,850 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £38,000 £37,913
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.27% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,622 £68,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,875 £79,925
UK median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -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 2,043 1,922 5,043
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.88% 12.82% 15.50%
Number of salaries quoted 999 1,174 3,323
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,750 £85,875 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.47%

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 May 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 44 (28.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 33 (21.15%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.92%) Confluence
4 2 (1.28%) IIS
4 2 (1.28%) SAS
5 1 (0.64%) Apache
5 1 (0.64%) nginx
5 1 (0.64%) OpenStack
Applications
1 16 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.28%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 85 (54.49%) Azure
2 72 (46.15%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (28.85%) Entra ID
4 40 (25.64%) AWS
5 14 (8.97%) Google Workspace
6 13 (8.33%) OneDrive
7 10 (6.41%) Amazon ECS
8 9 (5.77%) GCP
9 8 (5.13%) AWS CloudFormation
10 7 (4.49%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (4.49%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (3.21%) Amazon ECR
11 5 (3.21%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (3.21%) Amazon ElastiCache
11 5 (3.21%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 5 (3.21%) AWS CodeBuild
11 5 (3.21%) dbt
11 5 (3.21%) PaaS
11 5 (3.21%) Pulumi
11 5 (3.21%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 90 (57.69%) DNS
2 72 (46.15%) DHCP
3 55 (35.26%) WAN
4 54 (34.62%) VPN
5 50 (32.05%) Firewall
6 43 (27.56%) LAN
7 25 (16.03%) Wi-Fi
8 19 (12.18%) SD-WAN
9 17 (10.90%) VLAN
10 14 (8.97%) VoIP
11 11 (7.05%) BGP
12 9 (5.77%) HTTP
13 8 (5.13%) Network Security
14 7 (4.49%) OSPF
15 5 (3.21%) FTP
15 5 (3.21%) SMTP
15 5 (3.21%) SNMP
16 4 (2.56%) Internet
16 4 (2.56%) SAN
16 4 (2.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (5.13%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (5.13%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.21%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (3.21%) Redis
4 4 (2.56%) NoSQL
4 4 (2.56%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.92%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.92%) MySQL
6 2 (1.28%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.64%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.64%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 5 (3.21%) JIRA
2 3 (1.92%) Burp Suite
2 3 (1.92%) Metasploit
3 2 (1.28%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.64%) Jenkins
General
1 54 (34.62%) Social Skills
2 48 (30.77%) Finance
3 26 (16.67%) Banking
4 19 (12.18%) Investment Banking
5 15 (9.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (5.77%) Law
8 5 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (3.21%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.92%) Back Office
9 3 (1.92%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.92%) Legal
9 3 (1.92%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.92%) Retail
10 2 (1.28%) Front Office
10 2 (1.28%) Games
10 2 (1.28%) Military
11 1 (0.64%) Advertising
11 1 (0.64%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 44 (28.21%) IT Support
2 36 (23.08%) Senior
3 34 (21.79%) Support Engineer
4 32 (20.51%) IT Engineer
4 32 (20.51%) IT Support Engineer
5 28 (17.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 22 (14.10%) Analyst
6 22 (14.10%) Developer
7 19 (12.18%) C++ Developer
7 19 (12.18%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
7 19 (12.18%) Linux Developer
7 19 (12.18%) Linux Scripter
7 19 (12.18%) Low Latency C++ Developer
8 18 (11.54%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 18 (11.54%) 2nd Line Support
8 18 (11.54%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 18 (11.54%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (7.69%) Support Analyst
10 10 (6.41%) IT Analyst
11 9 (5.77%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.21%) .NET
1 5 (3.21%) ARM Templates
1 5 (3.21%) Django
1 5 (3.21%) REST
2 4 (2.56%) ADO
2 4 (2.56%) LDAP
2 4 (2.56%) RESTful
3 3 (1.92%) .NET Core
3 3 (1.92%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.92%) gRPC
3 3 (1.92%) React
4 2 (1.28%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.28%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (1.28%) Middleware
4 2 (1.28%) Node.js
4 2 (1.28%) Sass
4 2 (1.28%) Unreal Engine
4 2 (1.28%) Vue
4 2 (1.28%) ZeroMQ
5 1 (0.64%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.82%) FPGA
2 10 (6.41%) Driving Licence
2 10 (6.41%) Onboarding
3 7 (4.49%) Cloud Native
3 7 (4.49%) Linux Command Line
4 6 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (3.85%) Security Posture
5 5 (3.21%) Data Centre
5 5 (3.21%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.56%) CCTV
6 4 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.56%) NHS
7 3 (1.92%) Blog
7 3 (1.92%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (1.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 3 (1.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (1.28%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.28%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 78 (50.00%) Windows
2 48 (30.77%) Windows Server
3 46 (29.49%) Linux
4 35 (22.44%) Windows 10
5 25 (16.03%) Mac OS
6 15 (9.62%) Apple iOS
7 14 (8.97%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (8.33%) Windows Server 2012
9 12 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (4.49%) Unix
11 5 (3.21%) Android
12 2 (1.28%) CentOS
13 1 (0.64%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.64%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.64%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.64%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (31.41%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (21.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 27 (17.31%) Disaster Recovery
3 27 (17.31%) Infrastructure as Code
4 24 (15.38%) Agile
5 20 (12.82%) DevOps
5 20 (12.82%) ITIL
6 19 (12.18%) Low Latency
6 19 (12.18%) Service Delivery
7 18 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (11.54%) Incident Response
8 17 (10.90%) Customer Service
9 15 (9.62%) CI/CD
9 15 (9.62%) Service Management
10 14 (8.97%) Containerisation
10 14 (8.97%) Identity Access Management
10 14 (8.97%) Incident Management
11 13 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
11 13 (8.33%) Performance Monitoring
12 12 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 28 (17.95%) Java
2 21 (13.46%) C
2 21 (13.46%) C++
2 21 (13.46%) PowerShell
3 17 (10.90%) Python
4 12 (7.69%) SQL
5 8 (5.13%) C#
6 5 (3.21%) Bicep
7 4 (2.56%) Delphi
7 4 (2.56%) Pascal
7 4 (2.56%) PHP
8 3 (1.92%) Go
9 1 (0.64%) Bash
9 1 (0.64%) Perl
9 1 (0.64%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (8.33%) Azure Certification
1 13 (8.33%) Degree
2 12 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 9 (5.77%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.21%) CCNP
4 5 (3.21%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (3.21%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.56%) CCNA
5 4 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.92%) A+ Certification
6 3 (1.92%) CHECK Team Member
6 3 (1.92%) CREST Certified
6 3 (1.92%) Cyber Scheme
6 3 (1.92%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.28%) CCIE
7 2 (1.28%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.28%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.64%) ACSP
8 1 (0.64%) CEH
8 1 (0.64%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.05%) SLA
2 6 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.92%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.92%) SOC 2
4 2 (1.28%) GDPR
5 1 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.64%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.64%) NIST
5 1 (0.64%) QA
System Software
1 71 (45.51%) Active Directory
2 26 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (16.03%) Hyper-V
4 8 (5.13%) Docker
5 5 (3.21%) Firmware
6 3 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.28%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (1.28%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.28%) vSphere
8 1 (0.64%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.64%) KVM
8 1 (0.64%) QEMU
8 1 (0.64%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.64%) Xen
Systems Management
1 30 (19.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (15.38%) Terraform
3 17 (10.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 12 (7.69%) Kubernetes
5 8 (5.13%) FortiGate
6 6 (3.85%) Ansible
6 6 (3.85%) SCCM
7 5 (3.21%) AWS Copilot
8 3 (1.92%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (1.92%) Nessus
8 3 (1.92%) Nmap
8 3 (1.92%) QRadar
9 2 (1.28%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (1.28%) OpenView
9 2 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.28%) Tivoli
9 2 (1.28%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.64%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.64%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.64%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 84 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 28 (17.95%) VMware
3 18 (11.54%) Cisco
3 18 (11.54%) Google
4 9 (5.77%) Fortinet
5 7 (4.49%) ServiceNow
6 5 (3.21%) ArcSight
6 5 (3.21%) Palo Alto
6 5 (3.21%) Red Hat
6 5 (3.21%) SolarWinds
7 4 (2.56%) Dell
7 4 (2.56%) HP
7 4 (2.56%) Meraki
7 4 (2.56%) Okta
7 4 (2.56%) OneLogin
8 3 (1.92%) Citrix
8 3 (1.92%) Freshdesk
8 3 (1.92%) Splunk
8 3 (1.92%) Zscaler
9 2 (1.28%) EMC