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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 198 187
Rank change year-on-year -26 -11 +25
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 176 242 497
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.05% 1.74% 1.66%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.17% 13.70% 12.52%
Number of salaries quoted 118 171 423
10th Percentile £31,000 £36,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £74,144 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,559 £82,500 £78,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £48,507 £42,500
% change year-on-year -17.54% +14.13% -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 1,731 1,766 3,970
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.32% 12.72% 13.28%
Number of salaries quoted 949 1,182 3,441
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,050 £30,750
25th Percentile £33,375 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% +4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £40,500 £53,300 £48,500
% change year-on-year -24.02% +9.90% -7.62%

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 12 March 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 49 (27.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (12.50%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.14%) Apache
3 2 (1.14%) Confluence
3 2 (1.14%) IIS
3 2 (1.14%) nginx
Applications
1 14 (7.95%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.14%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 90 (51.14%) Azure
2 71 (40.34%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (26.14%) AWS
4 42 (23.86%) Entra ID
5 20 (11.36%) Amazon ECS
6 18 (10.23%) Google Workspace
7 17 (9.66%) GCP
8 15 (8.52%) OneDrive
9 14 (7.95%) AWS CloudFormation
10 13 (7.39%) Amazon ECR
10 13 (7.39%) dbt
10 13 (7.39%) Pulumi
11 8 (4.55%) PaaS
11 8 (4.55%) SaaS
12 7 (3.98%) Amazon EKS
12 7 (3.98%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (3.41%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (3.41%) Amazon S3
13 6 (3.41%) AWS Direct Connect
13 6 (3.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 95 (53.98%) DNS
2 84 (47.73%) DHCP
3 67 (38.07%) VPN
4 55 (31.25%) WAN
5 52 (29.55%) Firewall
6 38 (21.59%) LAN
7 33 (18.75%) Wi-Fi
8 27 (15.34%) VLAN
9 20 (11.36%) VoIP
10 19 (10.80%) SD-WAN
11 10 (5.68%) BGP
11 10 (5.68%) Network Security
12 8 (4.55%) SNMP
12 8 (4.55%) SSL
12 8 (4.55%) Wireless
13 6 (3.41%) HTTP
14 5 (2.84%) MPLS
14 5 (2.84%) Remote Desktop
14 5 (2.84%) SAN
15 4 (2.27%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (10.80%) Amazon RDS
2 17 (9.66%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (7.39%) Elasticsearch
3 13 (7.39%) Redis
4 12 (6.82%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.84%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.14%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.14%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 7 (3.98%) Burp Suite
1 7 (3.98%) Metasploit
2 6 (3.41%) JIRA
3 2 (1.14%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.57%) IDA Disassembler
4 1 (0.57%) Snyk
General
1 75 (42.61%) Social Skills
2 48 (27.27%) Finance
3 26 (14.77%) Banking
4 20 (11.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (10.80%) Investment Banking
6 15 (8.52%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (6.25%) Public Sector
8 7 (3.98%) Law
8 7 (3.98%) Retail
9 6 (3.41%) Back Office
9 6 (3.41%) Financial Institution
10 5 (2.84%) Front Office
10 5 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.14%) Local Government
12 2 (1.14%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.14%) Military
13 1 (0.57%) Legal
Job Titles
1 43 (24.43%) IT Support
2 41 (23.30%) Senior
3 40 (22.73%) Support Engineer
4 37 (21.02%) IT Engineer
4 37 (21.02%) IT Support Engineer
5 27 (15.34%) 2nd Line Support
6 26 (14.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 23 (13.07%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 23 (13.07%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 23 (13.07%) Developer
8 19 (10.80%) C++ Developer
8 19 (10.80%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
8 19 (10.80%) Linux Developer
8 19 (10.80%) Linux Scripter
8 19 (10.80%) Low Latency C++ Developer
9 17 (9.66%) Analyst
10 13 (7.39%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (6.25%) Support Analyst
12 9 (5.11%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 8 (4.55%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.39%) Django
2 6 (3.41%) RESTful
3 4 (2.27%) .NET
3 4 (2.27%) FIX Protocol
3 4 (2.27%) Sass
3 4 (2.27%) ZeroMQ
4 2 (1.14%) .NET Core
4 2 (1.14%) gRPC
4 2 (1.14%) LDAP
4 2 (1.14%) Middleware
4 2 (1.14%) REST
5 1 (0.57%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.57%) ADO
5 1 (0.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.93%) FPGA
2 17 (9.66%) Onboarding
3 15 (8.52%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (7.39%) Driving Licence
5 11 (6.25%) Cloud Native
6 10 (5.68%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (5.68%) Linux Command Line
7 8 (4.55%) Data Centre
8 7 (3.98%) CCTV
9 6 (3.41%) iPad
9 6 (3.41%) iPhone
9 6 (3.41%) NHS
10 5 (2.84%) Algorithms
10 5 (2.84%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (2.84%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (2.84%) Security Posture
11 4 (2.27%) Mobile App
11 4 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (2.27%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (1.70%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 89 (50.57%) Windows
2 61 (34.66%) Linux
2 61 (34.66%) Windows Server
3 43 (24.43%) Windows 10
4 24 (13.64%) Mac OS
5 18 (10.23%) Apple iOS
6 17 (9.66%) Windows Server 2012
6 17 (9.66%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (8.52%) Unix
8 14 (7.95%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (2.27%) Android
10 3 (1.70%) OpenWrt
11 2 (1.14%) CentOS
11 2 (1.14%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.57%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.57%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (34.09%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 29 (16.48%) Agile
4 28 (15.91%) CI/CD
4 28 (15.91%) Disaster Recovery
5 27 (15.34%) Customer Service
6 26 (14.77%) Infrastructure as Code
6 26 (14.77%) ITIL
7 23 (13.07%) DevOps
8 21 (11.93%) Performance Monitoring
9 20 (11.36%) Low Latency
9 20 (11.36%) Observability
9 20 (11.36%) Service Delivery
10 18 (10.23%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (9.66%) Root Cause Analysis
12 14 (7.95%) Identity Access Management
13 13 (7.39%) Application Performance Monitoring
13 13 (7.39%) Incident Response
13 13 (7.39%) Mentoring
13 13 (7.39%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (20.45%) Python
2 33 (18.75%) Java
3 27 (15.34%) C
3 27 (15.34%) C++
3 27 (15.34%) PowerShell
4 17 (9.66%) SQL
5 6 (3.41%) C#
5 6 (3.41%) Go
6 5 (2.84%) Bash
7 4 (2.27%) Delphi
7 4 (2.27%) Pascal
7 4 (2.27%) PHP
8 2 (1.14%) Bicep
8 2 (1.14%) Perl
Qualifications
1 19 (10.80%) Security Cleared
2 17 (9.66%) SC Cleared
3 16 (9.09%) Degree
4 12 (6.82%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (6.25%) Azure Certification
6 9 (5.11%) CCNA
6 9 (5.11%) CCNP
7 8 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (3.98%) CHECK Team Member
8 7 (3.98%) CREST Certified
8 7 (3.98%) Cyber Scheme
8 7 (3.98%) Master's Degree
9 5 (2.84%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (1.70%) A+ Certification
10 3 (1.70%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.70%) CCIE
10 3 (1.70%) CISSP
10 3 (1.70%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.70%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.41%) PCI DSS
2 6 (3.41%) SOC 2
3 5 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (2.84%) SLA
4 3 (1.70%) GRC
5 2 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.14%) NCSC
5 2 (1.14%) NIST
6 1 (0.57%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.57%) QA
System Software
1 75 (42.61%) Active Directory
2 30 (17.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (16.48%) Hyper-V
4 14 (7.95%) Docker
5 7 (3.98%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (2.27%) vSphere
7 3 (1.70%) Firmware
8 2 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (1.14%) XenApp
9 1 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 31 (17.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (15.91%) Terraform
3 16 (9.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 8 (4.55%) Nessus
4 8 (4.55%) SCCM
5 7 (3.98%) Ansible
5 7 (3.98%) Nmap
6 5 (2.84%) AWS Copilot
7 4 (2.27%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (1.70%) Autotask
8 3 (1.70%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.70%) Kubernetes
8 3 (1.70%) OpenView
8 3 (1.70%) Tivoli
9 2 (1.14%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (1.14%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (1.14%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 2 (1.14%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.57%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 82 (46.59%) Microsoft
2 32 (18.18%) VMware
3 31 (17.61%) Google
4 14 (7.95%) Cisco
5 7 (3.98%) Fortinet
5 7 (3.98%) HP
5 7 (3.98%) ServiceNow
6 6 (3.41%) Dell
7 5 (2.84%) Citrix
8 4 (2.27%) Oracle
8 4 (2.27%) Palo Alto
8 4 (2.27%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.70%) ArcSight
9 3 (1.70%) EMC
9 3 (1.70%) ExtraHop
9 3 (1.70%) Freshdesk
9 3 (1.70%) Riverbed
9 3 (1.70%) Veeam
10 2 (1.14%) InterSystems
10 2 (1.14%) Siebel