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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 237 249
Rank change year-on-year -2 +12 -6
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 233 198 346
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.07% 1.20% 1.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.83% 10.08% 8.40%
Number of salaries quoted 173 151 265
10th Percentile £29,800 £27,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £37,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £69,000 £68,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £76,250 £78,250
UK median annual salary £39,000 £38,750 £42,500
% change year-on-year +0.65% -8.82% -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 2,370 1,965 4,118
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.85% 11.92% 15.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,288 1,202 2,390
10th Percentile £29,750 £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 £67,968
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -12.37% -5.96%

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 26 July 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 45 (19.31%) SharePoint
2 44 (18.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (6.01%) IIS
4 3 (1.29%) Confluence
4 3 (1.29%) SAS
5 1 (0.43%) OpenStack
Applications
1 12 (5.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.43%) Houdini
2 1 (0.43%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.43%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 107 (45.92%) Azure
2 106 (45.49%) Microsoft 365
3 68 (29.18%) Entra ID
4 52 (22.32%) AWS
5 16 (6.87%) GCP
6 13 (5.58%) AWS CloudFormation
7 9 (3.86%) dbt
7 9 (3.86%) Google Workspace
8 8 (3.43%) Amazon ECS
8 8 (3.43%) OneDrive
9 7 (3.00%) Azure Monitor
9 7 (3.00%) OpenShift
10 6 (2.58%) SaaS
11 5 (2.15%) Amazon ECR
11 5 (2.15%) Amazon ElastiCache
11 5 (2.15%) AWS CodeBuild
11 5 (2.15%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (2.15%) PaaS
11 5 (2.15%) Pulumi
11 5 (2.15%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 130 (55.79%) DNS
2 103 (44.21%) Firewall
3 99 (42.49%) DHCP
4 72 (30.90%) VPN
5 50 (21.46%) LAN
6 48 (20.60%) WAN
7 31 (13.30%) VLAN
8 22 (9.44%) Network Security
8 22 (9.44%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (7.73%) BGP
10 15 (6.44%) OSPF
10 15 (6.44%) VoIP
11 14 (6.01%) HTTP
12 12 (5.15%) Wireless
13 11 (4.72%) SD-WAN
14 6 (2.58%) Internet
14 6 (2.58%) MPLS
14 6 (2.58%) SSL
14 6 (2.58%) VXLAN
15 4 (1.72%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.87%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.15%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (2.58%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.15%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (2.15%) Redis
5 4 (1.72%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.72%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.29%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.29%) MySQL
7 2 (0.86%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.43%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.43%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 11 (4.72%) JIRA
2 6 (2.58%) Git
3 2 (0.86%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.43%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.43%) Metasploit
General
1 107 (45.92%) Social Skills
2 46 (19.74%) Finance
3 26 (11.16%) Banking
4 19 (8.15%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.87%) Documentation Skills
5 16 (6.87%) Investment Banking
6 15 (6.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.58%) Law
8 11 (4.72%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.86%) Retail
10 8 (3.43%) Manufacturing
10 8 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (3.00%) Aerospace
11 7 (3.00%) Public Sector
12 5 (2.15%) Electronics
13 3 (1.29%) Games
13 3 (1.29%) Legal
13 3 (1.29%) Marketing
14 2 (0.86%) Military
15 1 (0.43%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 68 (29.18%) IT Support
2 62 (26.61%) Support Engineer
3 47 (20.17%) IT Engineer
4 46 (19.74%) IT Support Engineer
5 39 (16.74%) Senior
6 29 (12.45%) Analyst
7 26 (11.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 23 (9.87%) Network Engineer
9 21 (9.01%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 21 (9.01%) 2nd Line Support
9 21 (9.01%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 18 (7.73%) Developer
10 18 (7.73%) IT Analyst
10 18 (7.73%) Support Analyst
11 17 (7.30%) IT Support Analyst
12 16 (6.87%) C++ Developer
12 16 (6.87%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
12 16 (6.87%) Linux Developer
12 16 (6.87%) Linux Scripter
12 16 (6.87%) Low Latency C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.01%) Middleware
2 8 (3.43%) LDAP
3 6 (2.58%) ARM Templates
4 5 (2.15%) .NET
4 5 (2.15%) Django
4 5 (2.15%) React
4 5 (2.15%) REST
5 4 (1.72%) ADO
5 4 (1.72%) COM
5 4 (1.72%) DCOM
5 4 (1.72%) gRPC
6 3 (1.29%) .NET Core
6 3 (1.29%) 802.1X
6 3 (1.29%) RESTful
6 3 (1.29%) Unreal Engine
6 3 (1.29%) XML
7 2 (0.86%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.86%) Node.js
7 2 (0.86%) Vue
8 1 (0.43%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.58%) Onboarding
2 18 (7.73%) Linux Command Line
3 16 (6.87%) FPGA
4 14 (6.01%) Driving Licence
5 11 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (4.29%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (3.86%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (3.43%) Data Centre
8 8 (3.43%) Life Science
9 7 (3.00%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (2.58%) PKI
10 6 (2.58%) Security Posture
11 5 (2.15%) Cloud Native
12 4 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.72%) CCTV
12 4 (1.72%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (1.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (1.72%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.72%) Smartcard
13 3 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 130 (55.79%) Windows
2 73 (31.33%) Windows Server
3 70 (30.04%) Linux
4 26 (11.16%) Windows 10
5 25 (10.73%) Mac OS
6 13 (5.58%) Unix
7 8 (3.43%) Windows Server 2016
8 7 (3.00%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (2.58%) Ubuntu
9 6 (2.58%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (2.15%) Apple iOS
11 4 (1.72%) Android
12 3 (1.29%) Debian
13 2 (0.86%) CentOS
14 1 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
14 1 (0.43%) Kali Linux
14 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 1 (0.43%) Solaris
14 1 (0.43%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (35.62%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (17.60%) Customer Service
3 38 (16.31%) Infrastructure as Code
3 38 (16.31%) ITIL
4 37 (15.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 37 (15.88%) Cybersecurity
5 35 (15.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 34 (14.59%) Incident Response
7 32 (13.73%) DevOps
8 30 (12.88%) Disaster Recovery
9 26 (11.16%) Agile
9 26 (11.16%) ITSM
10 23 (9.87%) Change Management
10 23 (9.87%) Mentoring
11 22 (9.44%) Project Delivery
12 21 (9.01%) CI/CD
12 21 (9.01%) Low Latency
13 19 (8.15%) Containerisation
13 19 (8.15%) Software Engineering
14 17 (7.30%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 46 (19.74%) PowerShell
2 38 (16.31%) Python
3 22 (9.44%) Java
4 21 (9.01%) SQL
5 19 (8.15%) C++
6 18 (7.73%) C
7 8 (3.43%) Bicep
8 7 (3.00%) Bash
8 7 (3.00%) PHP
9 6 (2.58%) C#
10 4 (1.72%) Delphi
10 4 (1.72%) Pascal
11 3 (1.29%) Go
11 3 (1.29%) Ruby
11 3 (1.29%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.86%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.86%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 36 (15.45%) Degree
2 34 (14.59%) Security Cleared
3 26 (11.16%) SC Cleared
4 16 (6.87%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (6.44%) CCNA
6 14 (6.01%) Azure Certification
7 11 (4.72%) CCNP
8 10 (4.29%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (3.86%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (2.58%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.29%) CEH
11 3 (1.29%) CISSP
11 3 (1.29%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.86%) CCNA CyberOps
12 2 (0.86%) CompTIA CySA+
12 2 (0.86%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.86%) GIAC
12 2 (0.86%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.86%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (11.59%) SLA
2 9 (3.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.72%) GDPR
5 2 (0.86%) NIST
5 2 (0.86%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.43%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.43%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.43%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.43%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.43%) SOC 2
System Software
1 86 (36.91%) Active Directory
2 38 (16.31%) Hyper-V
3 31 (13.30%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.43%) Docker
4 8 (3.43%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.29%) Firmware
5 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (1.29%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (1.29%) VMware NSX
5 3 (1.29%) vSphere
6 2 (0.86%) KVM
7 1 (0.43%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.43%) QEMU
7 1 (0.43%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.43%) Xen
Systems Management
1 45 (19.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 36 (15.45%) Terraform
3 18 (7.73%) Ansible
4 15 (6.44%) Kubernetes
5 12 (5.15%) FortiGate
6 11 (4.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 5 (2.15%) AWS Copilot
7 5 (2.15%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (2.15%) SCCM
8 4 (1.72%) QRadar
9 3 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.86%) Norton AntiVirus
10 2 (0.86%) OpenView
10 2 (0.86%) Puppet
10 2 (0.86%) Tivoli
10 2 (0.86%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.43%) Nessus
11 1 (0.43%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.43%) Nmap
11 1 (0.43%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 127 (54.51%) Microsoft
2 40 (17.17%) VMware
3 33 (14.16%) Cisco
4 24 (10.30%) ServiceNow
5 18 (7.73%) Fortinet
6 17 (7.30%) Google
7 10 (4.29%) Palo Alto
7 10 (4.29%) Veeam
8 8 (3.43%) Meraki
8 8 (3.43%) SolarWinds
8 8 (3.43%) Zscaler
9 6 (2.58%) Apple
9 6 (2.58%) ArcSight
9 6 (2.58%) Splunk
10 5 (2.15%) Citrix
10 5 (2.15%) F5
10 5 (2.15%) Freshdesk
10 5 (2.15%) Okta
10 5 (2.15%) SonicWALL
11 4 (1.72%) OneLogin