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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 256 225
Rank change year-on-year +4 -31 +21
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 164 188 481
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.86% 1.28% 1.45%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.73% 10.01% 9.49%
Number of salaries quoted 113 149 400
10th Percentile £29,400 £30,900 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £37,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,622 £68,000
90th Percentile £89,500 £84,000 £80,000
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 2,122 1,879 5,067
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.07% 12.83% 15.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,056 1,130 3,330
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,250 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.50% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,776 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,250 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.74% - -5.00%

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 29 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 46 (28.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 36 (21.95%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.83%) Confluence
3 3 (1.83%) IIS
3 3 (1.83%) SAS
4 1 (0.61%) OpenStack
Applications
1 17 (10.37%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.22%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 88 (53.66%) Azure
2 78 (47.56%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (30.49%) Entra ID
4 39 (23.78%) AWS
5 14 (8.54%) Google Workspace
6 13 (7.93%) OneDrive
7 10 (6.10%) Amazon ECS
8 9 (5.49%) GCP
9 8 (4.88%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (3.66%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (3.66%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (3.05%) Amazon ECR
11 5 (3.05%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (3.05%) Amazon ElastiCache
11 5 (3.05%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 5 (3.05%) AWS CodeBuild
11 5 (3.05%) dbt
11 5 (3.05%) PaaS
11 5 (3.05%) Pulumi
11 5 (3.05%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 93 (56.71%) DNS
2 75 (45.73%) DHCP
3 56 (34.15%) Firewall
3 56 (34.15%) VPN
3 56 (34.15%) WAN
4 45 (27.44%) LAN
5 26 (15.85%) Wi-Fi
6 20 (12.20%) VLAN
7 19 (11.59%) SD-WAN
8 14 (8.54%) VoIP
9 11 (6.71%) BGP
10 10 (6.10%) Network Security
11 9 (5.49%) HTTP
12 7 (4.27%) OSPF
13 5 (3.05%) FTP
13 5 (3.05%) SMTP
13 5 (3.05%) SNMP
14 4 (2.44%) Internet
14 4 (2.44%) Wireless
15 3 (1.83%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.32%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (4.88%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (4.88%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.05%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (3.05%) Redis
4 4 (2.44%) NoSQL
4 4 (2.44%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.83%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.83%) MySQL
6 2 (1.22%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.61%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.61%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 8 (4.88%) JIRA
2 2 (1.22%) Git
2 2 (1.22%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.61%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.61%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.61%) Metasploit
General
1 60 (36.59%) Social Skills
2 49 (29.88%) Finance
3 28 (17.07%) Banking
4 20 (12.20%) Investment Banking
5 15 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (9.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (6.10%) Law
7 5 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.44%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.83%) Back Office
9 3 (1.83%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.83%) Games
9 3 (1.83%) Legal
9 3 (1.83%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.83%) Retail
10 2 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.22%) Electronics
10 2 (1.22%) Front Office
10 2 (1.22%) Military
10 2 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 48 (29.27%) IT Support
2 39 (23.78%) Support Engineer
3 35 (21.34%) IT Engineer
3 35 (21.34%) IT Support Engineer
4 34 (20.73%) Senior
5 28 (17.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 23 (14.02%) Developer
7 22 (13.41%) Analyst
8 20 (12.20%) C++ Developer
8 20 (12.20%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
8 20 (12.20%) Linux Developer
8 20 (12.20%) Linux Scripter
8 20 (12.20%) Low Latency C++ Developer
9 19 (11.59%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 19 (11.59%) 2nd Line Support
9 19 (11.59%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 18 (10.98%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (7.32%) Support Analyst
12 11 (6.71%) IT Analyst
13 10 (6.10%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.05%) .NET
1 5 (3.05%) ARM Templates
1 5 (3.05%) Django
1 5 (3.05%) REST
2 4 (2.44%) ADO
2 4 (2.44%) LDAP
2 4 (2.44%) RESTful
3 3 (1.83%) .NET Core
3 3 (1.83%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.83%) gRPC
3 3 (1.83%) Middleware
3 3 (1.83%) React
4 2 (1.22%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.22%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (1.22%) Node.js
4 2 (1.22%) Sass
4 2 (1.22%) Unreal Engine
4 2 (1.22%) Vue
4 2 (1.22%) ZeroMQ
5 1 (0.61%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.20%) FPGA
2 10 (6.10%) Driving Licence
2 10 (6.10%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.88%) Linux Command Line
4 7 (4.27%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.66%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (3.66%) Data Centre
5 6 (3.66%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (3.66%) Security Posture
6 4 (2.44%) CCTV
6 4 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.83%) Blog
7 3 (1.83%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (1.83%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 3 (1.83%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.83%) Life Science
7 3 (1.83%) NHS
7 3 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 83 (50.61%) Windows
2 50 (30.49%) Windows Server
3 47 (28.66%) Linux
4 36 (21.95%) Windows 10
5 26 (15.85%) Mac OS
6 14 (8.54%) Apple iOS
6 14 (8.54%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (7.93%) Windows Server 2012
8 12 (7.32%) Windows Server 2019
9 8 (4.88%) Unix
10 5 (3.05%) Android
11 1 (0.61%) CentOS
11 1 (0.61%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.61%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.61%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (32.32%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (20.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 27 (16.46%) Disaster Recovery
3 27 (16.46%) Infrastructure as Code
4 26 (15.85%) Agile
5 22 (13.41%) ITIL
6 21 (12.80%) Customer Service
6 21 (12.80%) DevOps
7 20 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (12.20%) Low Latency
7 20 (12.20%) Service Delivery
8 19 (11.59%) Incident Response
9 18 (10.98%) Service Management
10 16 (9.76%) Containerisation
11 15 (9.15%) CI/CD
11 15 (9.15%) Cybersecurity
12 13 (7.93%) Identity Access Management
12 13 (7.93%) Incident Management
12 13 (7.93%) ITSM
12 13 (7.93%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 28 (17.07%) Java
2 24 (14.63%) C++
3 23 (14.02%) C
3 23 (14.02%) PowerShell
4 18 (10.98%) Python
5 13 (7.93%) SQL
6 8 (4.88%) C#
7 5 (3.05%) Bicep
8 4 (2.44%) Delphi
8 4 (2.44%) Pascal
8 4 (2.44%) PHP
9 3 (1.83%) Go
10 2 (1.22%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.61%) Bash
11 1 (0.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (11.59%) Degree
2 16 (9.76%) Security Cleared
3 14 (8.54%) Azure Certification
4 12 (7.32%) SC Cleared
5 7 (4.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (3.66%) CCNP
6 6 (3.66%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (3.05%) A+ Certification
7 5 (3.05%) CCNA
8 4 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.83%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.22%) CCIE
10 2 (1.22%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.22%) HND
10 2 (1.22%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.61%) ACSP
11 1 (0.61%) CEH
11 1 (0.61%) MCSA
11 1 (0.61%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.54%) SLA
2 7 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.83%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.83%) SOC 2
4 2 (1.22%) GDPR
5 1 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.61%) DO-178B
5 1 (0.61%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.61%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.61%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.61%) NIST
5 1 (0.61%) QA
System Software
1 75 (45.73%) Active Directory
2 26 (15.85%) Hyper-V
3 25 (15.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (4.88%) Docker
5 6 (3.66%) Firmware
6 3 (1.83%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.83%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.22%) vSphere
8 1 (0.61%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.61%) KVM
8 1 (0.61%) QEMU
8 1 (0.61%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.61%) Xen
Systems Management
1 33 (20.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (15.24%) Terraform
3 17 (10.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 12 (7.32%) Kubernetes
5 9 (5.49%) FortiGate
6 5 (3.05%) Ansible
6 5 (3.05%) AWS Copilot
6 5 (3.05%) SCCM
7 3 (1.83%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.83%) QRadar
8 2 (1.22%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (1.22%) OpenView
8 2 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.22%) Tivoli
8 2 (1.22%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.61%) Nessus
9 1 (0.61%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.61%) Nmap
9 1 (0.61%) Norton AntiVirus
9 1 (0.61%) Puppet
Vendors
1 91 (55.49%) Microsoft
2 28 (17.07%) VMware
3 21 (12.80%) Cisco
4 18 (10.98%) Google
5 11 (6.71%) ServiceNow
6 10 (6.10%) Fortinet
7 5 (3.05%) ArcSight
7 5 (3.05%) Freshdesk
7 5 (3.05%) Palo Alto
7 5 (3.05%) SolarWinds
8 4 (2.44%) Meraki
8 4 (2.44%) Okta
8 4 (2.44%) OneLogin
9 3 (1.83%) Citrix
9 3 (1.83%) Dell
9 3 (1.83%) HP
9 3 (1.83%) SonicWALL
9 3 (1.83%) Splunk
9 3 (1.83%) Veeam
9 3 (1.83%) Zscaler