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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 210 193 177
Rank change year-on-year -17 -16 +55
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 171 332 378
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.13% 1.71% 1.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.69% 13.70% 12.87%
Number of salaries quoted 112 200 345
10th Percentile £31,138 £36,225 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £53,050 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.89% +1.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £68,125 £71,250 £69,800
90th Percentile £78,790 £78,750 £78,250
UK median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -21.05% +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 1,347 2,424 2,938
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.88% 12.45% 14.05%
Number of salaries quoted 935 1,397 2,507
10th Percentile £26,687 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,235 £86,086
UK median annual salary £37,500 £53,050 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.31% +6.10% -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 30 November 2025.

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 28 (16.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (7.60%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.17%) Apache
3 2 (1.17%) nginx
4 1 (0.58%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (4.09%) MS Visio
2 6 (3.51%) AutoCAD
2 6 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.17%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 58 (33.92%) Azure
2 53 (30.99%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (15.79%) AWS
4 23 (13.45%) Entra ID
5 13 (7.60%) Amazon ECS
6 9 (5.26%) GCP
6 9 (5.26%) GitHub
7 8 (4.68%) Amazon ECR
7 8 (4.68%) AWS CloudFormation
7 8 (4.68%) dbt
7 8 (4.68%) IaaS
7 8 (4.68%) Pulumi
8 7 (4.09%) SaaS
9 5 (2.92%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (2.92%) Amazon EKS
9 5 (2.92%) Amazon S3
9 5 (2.92%) Google Workspace
9 5 (2.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (2.34%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.75%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 69 (40.35%) DNS
2 65 (38.01%) DHCP
3 56 (32.75%) Firewall
4 46 (26.90%) VPN
5 33 (19.30%) WAN
6 32 (18.71%) LAN
7 22 (12.87%) VoIP
8 21 (12.28%) VLAN
9 15 (8.77%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (8.19%) Network Security
11 13 (7.60%) SD-WAN
12 10 (5.85%) BGP
12 10 (5.85%) HTTP
13 8 (4.68%) SSL
14 7 (4.09%) OSPF
14 7 (4.09%) Wireless
15 6 (3.51%) Fibre Channel
15 6 (3.51%) HSRP
15 6 (3.51%) Internet
15 6 (3.51%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.60%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (6.43%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.68%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (4.68%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (4.68%) Redis
4 2 (1.17%) DynamoDB
4 2 (1.17%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.58%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 7 (4.09%) Git
2 6 (3.51%) Burp Suite
2 6 (3.51%) Metasploit
3 4 (2.34%) JIRA
4 3 (1.75%) Snyk
5 2 (1.17%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.58%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.58%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 72 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 36 (21.05%) Finance
3 21 (12.28%) Banking
4 18 (10.53%) Investment Banking
5 13 (7.60%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (6.43%) Retail
7 10 (5.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (5.85%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.51%) Manufacturing
8 6 (3.51%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (2.92%) Advertising
9 5 (2.92%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.75%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.75%) Back Office
10 3 (1.75%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.75%) Front Office
10 3 (1.75%) Law
11 2 (1.17%) Local Government
11 2 (1.17%) Military
11 2 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (17.54%) Senior
2 24 (14.04%) Linux Scripter
3 22 (12.87%) Support Engineer
4 21 (12.28%) Developer
4 21 (12.28%) IT Support
5 18 (10.53%) C++ Developer
5 18 (10.53%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
5 18 (10.53%) Linux Developer
5 18 (10.53%) Low Latency C++ Developer
6 17 (9.94%) IT Engineer
6 17 (9.94%) IT Support Engineer
7 16 (9.36%) 2nd Line Support
8 15 (8.77%) Analyst
9 13 (7.60%) 3rd Line Support
9 13 (7.60%) Support Technician
10 12 (7.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (7.02%) Security Engineer
11 11 (6.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 11 (6.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 9 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.68%) Django
2 4 (2.34%) .NET
3 3 (1.75%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (1.75%) Node.js
3 3 (1.75%) RESTful
4 2 (1.17%) AWS CDK
4 2 (1.17%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.17%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (1.17%) LDAP
4 2 (1.17%) Sass
4 2 (1.17%) ZeroMQ
5 1 (0.58%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.58%) OAuth
5 1 (0.58%) OpenID
5 1 (0.58%) SAML
5 1 (0.58%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.70%) FPGA
2 19 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 19 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 14 (8.19%) Management Information System
4 13 (7.60%) Data Centre
5 11 (6.43%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (4.68%) Cloud Native
7 8 (4.68%) Security Operations Centre
7 8 (4.68%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.92%) e-Learning
8 5 (2.92%) iPad
8 5 (2.92%) iPhone
9 4 (2.34%) CCTV
9 4 (2.34%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (2.34%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (2.34%) NHS
9 4 (2.34%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.75%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.75%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 71 (41.52%) Windows
2 54 (31.58%) Linux
3 38 (22.22%) Windows Server
4 23 (13.45%) Windows 10
5 11 (6.43%) Unix
6 9 (5.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (4.09%) Mac OS
8 6 (3.51%) Apple iOS
9 5 (2.92%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (2.34%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (2.34%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (1.75%) OpenWrt
12 2 (1.17%) CentOS
12 2 (1.17%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.58%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (23.39%) ITIL
3 31 (18.13%) Customer Service
4 26 (15.20%) Agile
5 25 (14.62%) Cybersecurity
6 22 (12.87%) Infrastructure as Code
7 21 (12.28%) Low Latency
8 20 (11.70%) CI/CD
8 20 (11.70%) DevOps
9 18 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (9.36%) Penetration Testing
10 16 (9.36%) Root Cause Analysis
11 15 (8.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 14 (8.19%) Observability
13 12 (7.02%) Network Management
14 11 (6.43%) Information Security
14 11 (6.43%) SIEM
15 10 (5.85%) Disaster Recovery
15 10 (5.85%) Security Operations
15 10 (5.85%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 34 (19.88%) Python
2 26 (15.20%) C
2 26 (15.20%) C++
3 25 (14.62%) Java
3 25 (14.62%) PowerShell
4 10 (5.85%) SQL
5 8 (4.68%) Bash
6 3 (1.75%) C#
6 3 (1.75%) Go
7 2 (1.17%) Perl
8 1 (0.58%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (14.62%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (12.87%) Degree
3 18 (10.53%) CCNA
4 17 (9.94%) CCNP
4 17 (9.94%) Security Cleared
5 15 (8.77%) SC Cleared
6 10 (5.85%) Azure Certification
6 10 (5.85%) CompTIA Security+
7 9 (5.26%) CISSP
8 8 (4.68%) A+ Certification
8 8 (4.68%) GCIA
8 8 (4.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (4.68%) SANS
9 7 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (3.51%) CHECK Team Member
10 6 (3.51%) CREST Certified
10 6 (3.51%) Cyber Scheme
11 5 (2.92%) AWS Certification
11 5 (2.92%) DBS Check
11 5 (2.92%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (6.43%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (2.92%) GRC
3 5 (2.92%) SLA
4 3 (1.75%) GDPR
4 3 (1.75%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.75%) SOC 2
5 2 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.17%) NCSC
6 1 (0.58%) GxP
6 1 (0.58%) NIST
System Software
1 51 (29.82%) Active Directory
2 23 (13.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (10.53%) Hyper-V
4 10 (5.85%) Docker
5 9 (5.26%) vSphere
6 6 (3.51%) Firmware
6 6 (3.51%) NFS
7 5 (2.92%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (1.17%) pfSense
8 2 (1.17%) XenApp
9 1 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 25 (14.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (14.04%) Terraform
3 12 (7.02%) Ansible
4 9 (5.26%) Kubernetes
4 9 (5.26%) SCCM
5 7 (4.09%) Nessus
6 6 (3.51%) Nmap
7 5 (2.92%) Autotask
8 4 (2.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (1.17%) Grafana
9 2 (1.17%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (1.17%) Prometheus
9 2 (1.17%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (1.17%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 2 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.58%) Functional Safety
10 1 (0.58%) OpenView
10 1 (0.58%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.58%) WSUS
10 1 (0.58%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 58 (33.92%) Microsoft
2 24 (14.04%) VMware
3 21 (12.28%) Cisco
4 14 (8.19%) Google
5 10 (5.85%) Red Hat
6 7 (4.09%) Commvault
6 7 (4.09%) Pure Storage
6 7 (4.09%) ServiceNow
7 6 (3.51%) Avaya
7 6 (3.51%) Citrix
7 6 (3.51%) Extreme Networks
8 5 (2.92%) HP
9 4 (2.34%) Dell
9 4 (2.34%) Oracle
9 4 (2.34%) Qualys
10 3 (1.75%) Checkmarx
10 3 (1.75%) Freshdesk
10 3 (1.75%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.75%) Siemens
11 2 (1.17%) Palo Alto