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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 251 234
Rank change year-on-year +20 -17 -2
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 242 197 323
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.09% 1.19% 1.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.29% 9.92% 8.43%
Number of salaries quoted 184 152 246
10th Percentile £29,825 £27,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,813 £31,438 £37,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £46,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.19% -11.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,125 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% -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 2,351 1,986 3,831
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.56% 12.03% 15.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,296 1,215 2,063
10th Percentile £29,625 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
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 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -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 4 August 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 (19.01%) SharePoint
2 44 (18.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (5.79%) IIS
4 3 (1.24%) SAS
5 1 (0.41%) Confluence
5 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (5.37%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.41%) Houdini
2 1 (0.41%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.41%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 116 (47.93%) Azure
2 106 (43.80%) Microsoft 365
3 69 (28.51%) Entra ID
4 58 (23.97%) AWS
5 25 (10.33%) GCP
6 21 (8.68%) AWS CloudFormation
7 17 (7.02%) dbt
8 10 (4.13%) OneDrive
9 9 (3.72%) Azure Monitor
9 9 (3.72%) Google Workspace
10 7 (2.89%) Amazon ECS
10 7 (2.89%) OpenShift
11 5 (2.07%) Amazon ElastiCache
11 5 (2.07%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 5 (2.07%) AWS CodeBuild
11 5 (2.07%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 5 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (2.07%) PaaS
11 5 (2.07%) Pulumi
11 5 (2.07%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 131 (54.13%) DNS
2 107 (44.21%) Firewall
3 100 (41.32%) DHCP
4 71 (29.34%) VPN
5 50 (20.66%) LAN
6 47 (19.42%) WAN
7 31 (12.81%) VLAN
8 23 (9.50%) Network Security
9 22 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (7.02%) BGP
11 16 (6.61%) VoIP
12 15 (6.20%) OSPF
13 14 (5.79%) HTTP
14 13 (5.37%) Wireless
15 10 (4.13%) SD-WAN
16 7 (2.89%) SSL
17 6 (2.48%) Internet
17 6 (2.48%) MPLS
17 6 (2.48%) VXLAN
18 4 (1.65%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (10.74%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (2.07%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (2.07%) Redis
4 4 (1.65%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.24%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.24%) MySQL
5 3 (1.24%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.83%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.41%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.41%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 9 (3.72%) JIRA
2 8 (3.31%) Git
3 1 (0.41%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.41%) CMake
3 1 (0.41%) GDB
3 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.41%) Metasploit
General
1 116 (47.93%) Social Skills
2 42 (17.36%) Finance
3 23 (9.50%) Banking
4 18 (7.44%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.61%) Documentation Skills
6 14 (5.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (5.79%) Investment Banking
7 13 (5.37%) Telecoms
8 12 (4.96%) Law
9 9 (3.72%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (3.31%) Manufacturing
10 8 (3.31%) Retail
11 7 (2.89%) Aerospace
11 7 (2.89%) Public Sector
12 6 (2.48%) Electronics
13 4 (1.65%) Legal
14 3 (1.24%) Games
14 3 (1.24%) Marketing
15 2 (0.83%) Military
16 1 (0.41%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 67 (27.69%) IT Support
2 61 (25.21%) Support Engineer
3 49 (20.25%) Senior
4 47 (19.42%) IT Engineer
5 45 (18.60%) IT Support Engineer
6 27 (11.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 25 (10.33%) Analyst
7 25 (10.33%) Network Engineer
8 21 (8.68%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 21 (8.68%) 2nd Line Support
8 21 (8.68%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 16 (6.61%) Developer
9 16 (6.61%) IT Analyst
10 15 (6.20%) IT Support Analyst
10 15 (6.20%) Support Analyst
11 14 (5.79%) C++ Developer
11 14 (5.79%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
11 14 (5.79%) Linux Developer
11 14 (5.79%) Linux Scripter
11 14 (5.79%) Low Latency C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.96%) Middleware
2 8 (3.31%) LDAP
3 6 (2.48%) ARM Templates
3 6 (2.48%) React
4 5 (2.07%) .NET
4 5 (2.07%) Django
4 5 (2.07%) REST
5 4 (1.65%) ADO
5 4 (1.65%) COM
5 4 (1.65%) DCOM
5 4 (1.65%) gRPC
6 3 (1.24%) .NET Core
6 3 (1.24%) 802.1X
6 3 (1.24%) Unreal Engine
6 3 (1.24%) XML
7 2 (0.83%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.83%) Node.js
7 2 (0.83%) RESTful
7 2 (0.83%) Vue
8 1 (0.41%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.85%) Linux Command Line
1 19 (7.85%) Onboarding
2 16 (6.61%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (5.79%) Driving Licence
3 14 (5.79%) FPGA
4 12 (4.96%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (4.13%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (3.31%) Data Centre
6 8 (3.31%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (3.31%) Life Science
7 6 (2.48%) PKI
7 6 (2.48%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.65%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.65%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.65%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (1.65%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.65%) Smartcard
9 3 (1.24%) Embedded Systems
9 3 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 134 (55.37%) Windows
2 78 (32.23%) Linux
3 77 (31.82%) Windows Server
4 25 (10.33%) Mac OS
5 23 (9.50%) Windows 10
6 22 (9.09%) Unix
7 7 (2.89%) Ubuntu
7 7 (2.89%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (2.48%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (1.24%) Android
10 3 (1.24%) Apple iOS
10 3 (1.24%) Debian
11 2 (0.83%) CentOS
11 2 (0.83%) Embedded Linux
11 2 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.41%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.41%) Solaris
12 1 (0.41%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (35.12%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (19.83%) Infrastructure as Code
3 47 (19.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 42 (17.36%) Incident Response
5 41 (16.94%) Customer Service
6 40 (16.53%) DevOps
7 38 (15.70%) ITIL
8 37 (15.29%) Cybersecurity
8 37 (15.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 31 (12.81%) Disaster Recovery
9 31 (12.81%) Mentoring
10 30 (12.40%) Software Engineering
11 29 (11.98%) CI/CD
12 25 (10.33%) Change Management
12 25 (10.33%) Project Delivery
13 24 (9.92%) Agile
13 24 (9.92%) Collaborative Culture
14 23 (9.50%) ITSM
15 20 (8.26%) Clean Code
15 20 (8.26%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 49 (20.25%) Python
2 48 (19.83%) PowerShell
3 20 (8.26%) SQL
4 19 (7.85%) Java
5 18 (7.44%) C++
6 17 (7.02%) C
7 9 (3.72%) Bash
7 9 (3.72%) Bicep
8 6 (2.48%) C#
8 6 (2.48%) PHP
9 4 (1.65%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.24%) Delphi
10 3 (1.24%) Go
10 3 (1.24%) Pascal
10 3 (1.24%) Ruby
10 3 (1.24%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.83%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.41%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 42 (17.36%) Security Cleared
2 36 (14.88%) Degree
3 34 (14.05%) SC Cleared
4 15 (6.20%) Azure Certification
4 15 (6.20%) CCNA
4 15 (6.20%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (4.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (4.13%) CCNP
6 8 (3.31%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (2.48%) A+ Certification
8 4 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.24%) CEH
9 3 (1.24%) CISSP
9 3 (1.24%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.83%) CCIE
10 2 (0.83%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.83%) GCIA
10 2 (0.83%) GIAC
10 2 (0.83%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.83%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (12.40%) SLA
2 9 (3.72%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.65%) GDPR
5 2 (0.83%) NIST
6 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.41%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.41%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.41%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 86 (35.54%) Active Directory
2 42 (17.36%) Hyper-V
3 32 (13.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (3.72%) Docker
6 3 (1.24%) Firmware
6 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (1.24%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.24%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (1.24%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.83%) KVM
7 2 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.83%) vSphere
8 1 (0.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.41%) QEMU
8 1 (0.41%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.41%) Xen
Systems Management
1 45 (18.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (18.18%) Terraform
3 19 (7.85%) Ansible
4 15 (6.20%) Kubernetes
5 11 (4.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 11 (4.55%) FortiGate
6 5 (2.07%) AWS Copilot
6 5 (2.07%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (2.07%) SCCM
7 4 (1.65%) QRadar
8 3 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.83%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.83%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.83%) OpenView
9 2 (0.83%) Puppet
9 2 (0.83%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.41%) Nessus
10 1 (0.41%) Nmap
10 1 (0.41%) OpenVAS
10 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 127 (52.48%) Microsoft
2 42 (17.36%) VMware
3 36 (14.88%) Cisco
4 25 (10.33%) Google
5 21 (8.68%) ServiceNow
6 17 (7.02%) Fortinet
7 12 (4.96%) Veeam
8 10 (4.13%) Zscaler
9 9 (3.72%) Palo Alto
10 8 (3.31%) Meraki
10 8 (3.31%) SolarWinds
11 7 (2.89%) HP
11 7 (2.89%) Splunk
12 6 (2.48%) Apple
12 6 (2.48%) ArcSight
13 5 (2.07%) F5
13 5 (2.07%) Freshdesk
13 5 (2.07%) Okta
13 5 (2.07%) Red Hat
13 5 (2.07%) SonicWALL