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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 256 228
Rank change year-on-year -1 -28 +8
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 167 190 481
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.87% 1.28% 1.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.88% 10.01% 9.50%
Number of salaries quoted 118 150 397
10th Percentile £30,400 £27,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,938 £35,688 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £69,688 £72,281 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -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 2,119 1,898 5,062
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.01% 12.78% 15.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,071 1,139 3,310
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,750 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.68% - -5.94%

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 4 June 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 (27.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 37 (22.16%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.40%) IIS
4 3 (1.80%) Confluence
4 3 (1.80%) SAS
5 1 (0.60%) OpenStack
Applications
1 16 (9.58%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 89 (53.29%) Azure
2 80 (47.90%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (31.74%) Entra ID
4 38 (22.75%) AWS
5 13 (7.78%) Google Workspace
6 12 (7.19%) OneDrive
7 10 (5.99%) Amazon ECS
8 9 (5.39%) GCP
9 8 (4.79%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (3.59%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (2.99%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (2.99%) Amazon ElastiCache
11 5 (2.99%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 5 (2.99%) AWS CodeBuild
11 5 (2.99%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (2.99%) dbt
11 5 (2.99%) OpenShift
11 5 (2.99%) PaaS
11 5 (2.99%) Pulumi
11 5 (2.99%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 95 (56.89%) DNS
2 76 (45.51%) DHCP
3 59 (35.33%) Firewall
4 56 (33.53%) VPN
5 55 (32.93%) WAN
6 45 (26.95%) LAN
7 25 (14.97%) Wi-Fi
8 22 (13.17%) VLAN
9 18 (10.78%) SD-WAN
10 13 (7.78%) VoIP
11 12 (7.19%) BGP
11 12 (7.19%) Network Security
12 9 (5.39%) HTTP
13 8 (4.79%) OSPF
14 5 (2.99%) FTP
14 5 (2.99%) SMTP
14 5 (2.99%) SNMP
15 4 (2.40%) Internet
15 4 (2.40%) VXLAN
15 4 (2.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.19%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (4.79%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (4.79%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.99%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (2.99%) Redis
4 4 (2.40%) NoSQL
4 4 (2.40%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.80%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.80%) MySQL
6 2 (1.20%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.60%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.60%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 9 (5.39%) JIRA
2 2 (1.20%) Git
2 2 (1.20%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.60%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.60%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.60%) Metasploit
General
1 63 (37.72%) Social Skills
2 48 (28.74%) Finance
3 28 (16.77%) Banking
4 19 (11.38%) Investment Banking
5 16 (9.58%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (8.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (5.99%) Law
8 5 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.40%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.80%) Back Office
10 3 (1.80%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.80%) Games
10 3 (1.80%) Legal
10 3 (1.80%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.80%) Retail
11 2 (1.20%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.20%) Front Office
11 2 (1.20%) Military
11 2 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 47 (28.14%) IT Support
2 41 (24.55%) Support Engineer
3 36 (21.56%) IT Engineer
4 35 (20.96%) IT Support Engineer
5 34 (20.36%) Senior
6 29 (17.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 22 (13.17%) Developer
8 20 (11.98%) Analyst
9 19 (11.38%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 19 (11.38%) 2nd Line Support
9 19 (11.38%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 19 (11.38%) C++ Developer
9 19 (11.38%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
9 19 (11.38%) Linux Developer
9 19 (11.38%) Linux Scripter
9 19 (11.38%) Low Latency C++ Developer
10 18 (10.78%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (5.99%) IT Analyst
11 10 (5.99%) Network Engineer
11 10 (5.99%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.99%) .NET
1 5 (2.99%) ARM Templates
1 5 (2.99%) Django
1 5 (2.99%) LDAP
1 5 (2.99%) REST
2 4 (2.40%) ADO
2 4 (2.40%) Middleware
2 4 (2.40%) RESTful
3 3 (1.80%) .NET Core
3 3 (1.80%) 802.1X
3 3 (1.80%) gRPC
3 3 (1.80%) React
4 2 (1.20%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.20%) COM
4 2 (1.20%) DCOM
4 2 (1.20%) Node.js
4 2 (1.20%) Sass
4 2 (1.20%) Unreal Engine
4 2 (1.20%) Vue
4 2 (1.20%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 19 (11.38%) FPGA
2 8 (4.79%) Driving Licence
2 8 (4.79%) Linux Command Line
2 8 (4.79%) Onboarding
3 7 (4.19%) Cloud Native
4 6 (3.59%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (3.59%) Data Centre
4 6 (3.59%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (3.59%) Security Posture
5 5 (2.99%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.40%) CCTV
6 4 (2.40%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.80%) Blog
7 3 (1.80%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (1.80%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 3 (1.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.80%) Life Science
7 3 (1.80%) PKI
8 2 (1.20%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 86 (51.50%) Windows
2 52 (31.14%) Windows Server
3 46 (27.54%) Linux
4 33 (19.76%) Windows 10
5 26 (15.57%) Mac OS
6 13 (7.78%) Apple iOS
6 13 (7.78%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (7.19%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (6.59%) Windows Server 2019
9 8 (4.79%) Unix
10 5 (2.99%) Android
11 1 (0.60%) CentOS
11 1 (0.60%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.60%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.60%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (31.14%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (20.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 28 (16.77%) Disaster Recovery
3 28 (16.77%) Infrastructure as Code
4 25 (14.97%) Agile
5 24 (14.37%) ITIL
6 23 (13.77%) Customer Service
7 21 (12.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (12.57%) DevOps
8 20 (11.98%) Incident Response
8 20 (11.98%) Service Delivery
9 19 (11.38%) Low Latency
9 19 (11.38%) Service Management
10 17 (10.18%) Containerisation
10 17 (10.18%) ITSM
11 16 (9.58%) Cybersecurity
12 15 (8.98%) CI/CD
13 13 (7.78%) Mentoring
13 13 (7.78%) Performance Monitoring
13 13 (7.78%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 27 (16.17%) Java
2 24 (14.37%) PowerShell
3 23 (13.77%) C++
4 22 (13.17%) C
5 18 (10.78%) Python
6 14 (8.38%) SQL
7 8 (4.79%) C#
8 5 (2.99%) Bicep
9 4 (2.40%) Delphi
9 4 (2.40%) Pascal
9 4 (2.40%) PHP
10 3 (1.80%) Go
11 2 (1.20%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.60%) Bash
12 1 (0.60%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (12.57%) Degree
2 19 (11.38%) Security Cleared
3 14 (8.38%) Azure Certification
3 14 (8.38%) SC Cleared
4 8 (4.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (3.59%) CCNP
5 6 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.99%) A+ Certification
6 5 (2.99%) CCNA
7 4 (2.40%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.80%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.20%) CCIE
9 2 (1.20%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.20%) HND
9 2 (1.20%) MCSA
9 2 (1.20%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.60%) ACSP
10 1 (0.60%) CEH
10 1 (0.60%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.18%) SLA
2 7 (4.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.80%) PCI DSS
3 3 (1.80%) SOC 2
4 2 (1.20%) GDPR
5 1 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.60%) DO-178B
5 1 (0.60%) ISO 14001
5 1 (0.60%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.60%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.60%) NIST
5 1 (0.60%) QA
System Software
1 78 (46.71%) Active Directory
2 26 (15.57%) Hyper-V
2 26 (15.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.79%) Docker
4 6 (3.59%) Firmware
5 3 (1.80%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.80%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.20%) vSphere
7 1 (0.60%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.60%) KVM
7 1 (0.60%) QEMU
7 1 (0.60%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.60%) Xen
Systems Management
1 35 (20.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (14.97%) Terraform
3 16 (9.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 13 (7.78%) Kubernetes
5 10 (5.99%) FortiGate
6 5 (2.99%) Ansible
6 5 (2.99%) AWS Copilot
7 4 (2.40%) SCCM
8 3 (1.80%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (1.80%) QRadar
9 2 (1.20%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (1.20%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (1.20%) OpenView
9 2 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.20%) Tivoli
9 2 (1.20%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.60%) Nessus
10 1 (0.60%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.60%) Nmap
10 1 (0.60%) Puppet
Vendors
1 96 (57.49%) Microsoft
2 30 (17.96%) VMware
3 22 (13.17%) Cisco
4 17 (10.18%) Google
5 15 (8.98%) ServiceNow
6 12 (7.19%) Fortinet
7 6 (3.59%) Palo Alto
8 5 (2.99%) ArcSight
8 5 (2.99%) Freshdesk
8 5 (2.99%) Meraki
8 5 (2.99%) SolarWinds
8 5 (2.99%) Veeam
9 4 (2.40%) Apple
9 4 (2.40%) Okta
9 4 (2.40%) OneLogin
9 4 (2.40%) SonicWALL
9 4 (2.40%) Zscaler
10 3 (1.80%) HP
10 3 (1.80%) Splunk
10 3 (1.80%) Symantec