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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 254 208
Rank change year-on-year +30 -46 -17
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 267 169 329
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.07% 1.02% 1.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.14% 9.77% 10.51%
Number of salaries quoted 185 120 200
10th Percentile £27,900 £28,700 £34,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,500 £52,250
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -22.49% -1.23%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,075 £80,000 £79,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -16.67% -5.26%

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 2,199 1,729 3,129
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.84% 10.41% 14.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,341 990 1,472
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,475 £70,000 £70,344
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £38,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +29.87% -26.67% +1.94%

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 11 October 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 52 (19.48%) SharePoint
2 41 (15.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (4.87%) IIS
4 3 (1.12%) SAS
5 1 (0.37%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.75%) Lightworks
3 1 (0.37%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.37%) Houdini
3 1 (0.37%) NUKE
3 1 (0.37%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.37%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 111 (41.57%) Azure
2 107 (40.07%) Microsoft 365
3 85 (31.84%) Entra ID
4 58 (21.72%) AWS
5 33 (12.36%) GCP
6 19 (7.12%) SaaS
7 15 (5.62%) AWS CloudFormation
8 14 (5.24%) Amazon EKS
8 14 (5.24%) Google Compute Engine
8 14 (5.24%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 14 (5.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 13 (4.87%) dbt
10 11 (4.12%) Google Workspace
11 8 (3.00%) Azure Monitor
11 8 (3.00%) OneDrive
12 6 (2.25%) OpenShift
12 6 (2.25%) Serverless
13 5 (1.87%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 4 (1.50%) Azure Sentinel
14 4 (1.50%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 143 (53.56%) DNS
2 129 (48.31%) Firewall
3 111 (41.57%) DHCP
4 98 (36.70%) VPN
5 55 (20.60%) VLAN
6 44 (16.48%) WAN
7 43 (16.10%) LAN
8 34 (12.73%) Network Security
9 32 (11.99%) BGP
10 18 (6.74%) OSPF
11 17 (6.37%) VoIP
11 17 (6.37%) Wireless
12 16 (5.99%) Wi-Fi
13 15 (5.62%) HTTP
14 11 (4.12%) SD-WAN
15 10 (3.75%) Ethernet
15 10 (3.75%) VXLAN
16 9 (3.37%) SSL
17 6 (2.25%) Cisco Nexus
17 6 (2.25%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (10.49%) SQL Server
2 17 (6.37%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (5.99%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.75%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.75%) MySQL
5 1 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.37%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.37%) Redis
Development Applications
1 14 (5.24%) TeamCity
2 12 (4.49%) Git
3 9 (3.37%) JIRA
4 4 (1.50%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.37%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.37%) CMake
5 1 (0.37%) GDB
5 1 (0.37%) Metasploit
General
1 136 (50.94%) Social Skills
2 49 (18.35%) Finance
3 24 (8.99%) Banking
3 24 (8.99%) Telecoms
4 23 (8.61%) Retail
5 21 (7.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (7.12%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (6.74%) Documentation Skills
8 17 (6.37%) Law
9 14 (5.24%) Back Office
9 14 (5.24%) Financial Institution
10 12 (4.49%) Electronics
10 12 (4.49%) Public Sector
11 9 (3.37%) Aerospace
11 9 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (2.62%) Marketing
13 6 (2.25%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.87%) Legal
14 5 (1.87%) Manufacturing
15 3 (1.12%) Games
Job Titles
1 62 (23.22%) IT Support
2 61 (22.85%) Senior
2 61 (22.85%) Support Engineer
3 47 (17.60%) IT Engineer
4 41 (15.36%) IT Support Engineer
5 37 (13.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 32 (11.99%) Network Engineer
7 19 (7.12%) Analyst
8 18 (6.74%) 2nd Line Support
9 15 (5.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 15 (5.62%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 15 (5.62%) Software Engineer
10 14 (5.24%) GCP Engineer
10 14 (5.24%) Infrastructure Support
10 14 (5.24%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 14 (5.24%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 14 (5.24%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (4.87%) IT Analyst
11 13 (4.87%) IT Support Analyst
11 13 (4.87%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (20.22%) Terraform
2 12 (4.49%) Middleware
3 10 (3.75%) RESTful
4 8 (3.00%) OpenTelemetry
5 7 (2.62%) LDAP
5 7 (2.62%) React
5 7 (2.62%) XML
6 4 (1.50%) COM
6 4 (1.50%) DCOM
6 4 (1.50%) YAML
7 3 (1.12%) ARM Templates
7 3 (1.12%) REST
7 3 (1.12%) Unreal Engine
8 2 (0.75%) .NET
8 2 (0.75%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.75%) JSON
8 2 (0.75%) JWT
8 2 (0.75%) Node.js
8 2 (0.75%) Protocol Buffers
8 2 (0.75%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 33 (12.36%) Distributed Systems
2 20 (7.49%) Onboarding
3 15 (5.62%) Cloud Native
3 15 (5.62%) Data Centre
3 15 (5.62%) Driving Licence
3 15 (5.62%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (5.24%) Blog
5 12 (4.49%) Linux Command Line
6 9 (3.37%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (3.37%) Management Information System
6 9 (3.37%) Security Posture
7 8 (3.00%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (3.00%) PKI
8 7 (2.62%) Client/Server
8 7 (2.62%) SCADA
9 6 (2.25%) FPGA
9 6 (2.25%) Life Science
10 5 (1.87%) PMI
11 4 (1.50%) Embedded Systems
11 4 (1.50%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 143 (53.56%) Windows
2 80 (29.96%) Windows Server
3 64 (23.97%) Linux
4 20 (7.49%) Unix
5 16 (5.99%) macOS
6 12 (4.49%) Windows 10
7 7 (2.62%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.50%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (1.12%) Android
9 3 (1.12%) Debian
9 3 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.75%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.37%) CentOS
11 1 (0.37%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.37%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (34.83%) Problem-Solving
2 60 (22.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 55 (20.60%) Cybersecurity
4 53 (19.85%) Continuous Improvement
5 46 (17.23%) Customer Service
5 46 (17.23%) Disaster Recovery
6 44 (16.48%) Infrastructure as Code
7 42 (15.73%) CI/CD
7 42 (15.73%) Incident Response
8 37 (13.86%) Mentoring
9 36 (13.48%) Software Engineering
10 34 (12.73%) ITIL
11 31 (11.61%) Change Management
12 28 (10.49%) Project Delivery
13 27 (10.11%) DevOps
14 26 (9.74%) Clean Code
14 26 (9.74%) Collaborative Culture
15 22 (8.24%) ITSM
15 22 (8.24%) Observability
16 21 (7.87%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 68 (25.47%) Python
2 44 (16.48%) PowerShell
3 29 (10.86%) SQL
4 21 (7.87%) Java
5 20 (7.49%) Go
6 18 (6.74%) Bash
7 16 (5.99%) C++
8 10 (3.75%) C
9 8 (3.00%) Bicep
10 5 (1.87%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.87%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.50%) C#
12 3 (1.12%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (1.12%) MATLAB
12 3 (1.12%) PHP
12 3 (1.12%) Ruby
13 1 (0.37%) Embedded C++
13 1 (0.37%) Rust
Qualifications
1 46 (17.23%) Degree
2 40 (14.98%) Security Cleared
3 29 (10.86%) SC Cleared
4 23 (8.61%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (6.37%) CCNA
6 13 (4.87%) Azure Certification
7 12 (4.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (4.12%) CCNP
9 10 (3.75%) CISSP
10 8 (3.00%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (2.62%) A+ Certification
11 7 (2.62%) CISM
12 6 (2.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (2.25%) CCSP
13 5 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (1.87%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (1.87%) PMI Certification
14 4 (1.50%) CEH
15 3 (1.12%) GCIA
15 3 (1.12%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (11.24%) SLA
2 18 (6.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (6.37%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (5.62%) PCI DSS
5 14 (5.24%) SOC 2
6 7 (2.62%) GDPR
6 7 (2.62%) NIST
7 3 (1.12%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.12%) QA
8 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.37%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.37%) ECSS
8 1 (0.37%) IEC 61508
8 1 (0.37%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.37%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 99 (37.08%) Active Directory
2 48 (17.98%) Hyper-V
3 37 (13.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (6.74%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (2.62%) Docker
6 5 (1.87%) Firmware
6 5 (1.87%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (1.12%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (1.12%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.37%) KVM
9 1 (0.37%) QEMU
9 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 47 (17.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (8.61%) Kubernetes
3 22 (8.24%) Ansible
4 14 (5.24%) Grafana
5 11 (4.12%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (3.37%) FortiGate
7 8 (3.00%) Prometheus
8 6 (2.25%) Cilium
9 4 (1.50%) SCCM
10 3 (1.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (1.12%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (1.12%) QRadar
11 2 (0.75%) Norton AntiVirus
12 1 (0.37%) AirWatch
12 1 (0.37%) logstash
12 1 (0.37%) Nessus
12 1 (0.37%) NetBackup
12 1 (0.37%) Nmap
12 1 (0.37%) OpenVAS
12 1 (0.37%) Puppet
Vendors
1 136 (50.94%) Microsoft
2 48 (17.98%) VMware
3 40 (14.98%) Cisco
4 30 (11.24%) Google
5 24 (8.99%) Fortinet
6 23 (8.61%) Veeam
7 19 (7.12%) ServiceNow
8 13 (4.87%) Palo Alto
9 10 (3.75%) Zscaler
10 9 (3.37%) F5
11 7 (2.62%) Apple
11 7 (2.62%) Splunk
12 6 (2.25%) Dell
12 6 (2.25%) Meraki
12 6 (2.25%) SolarWinds
13 5 (1.87%) Aruba
13 5 (1.87%) CheckPoint
13 5 (1.87%) Juniper
13 5 (1.87%) SonicWALL
13 5 (1.87%) WatchGuard