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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 245 224
Rank change year-on-year +9 -21 +24
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 218 194 463
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.02% 1.18% 1.44%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.22% 9.89% 9.64%
Number of salaries quoted 156 148 367
10th Percentile £29,875 £29,150 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,813 £69,250 £67,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £76,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £41,250
% change year-on-year -6.25% -3.03% -8.33%

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 2,364 1,961 4,802
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.09% 11.91% 14.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,286 1,198 3,016
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,457 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.65% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -7.50%

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 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 44 (20.18%) SharePoint
2 42 (19.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (6.42%) IIS
4 3 (1.38%) Confluence
4 3 (1.38%) SAS
5 1 (0.46%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (5.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.46%) Houdini
2 1 (0.46%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.46%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.46%) NUKE
Cloud Services
1 102 (46.79%) Azure
2 98 (44.95%) Microsoft 365
3 64 (29.36%) Entra ID
4 49 (22.48%) AWS
5 10 (4.59%) Amazon ECS
5 10 (4.59%) GCP
6 9 (4.13%) AWS CloudFormation
7 8 (3.67%) Google Workspace
7 8 (3.67%) OneDrive
8 7 (3.21%) OpenShift
8 7 (3.21%) SaaS
9 6 (2.75%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (2.29%) Amazon ECR
10 5 (2.29%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (2.29%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 5 (2.29%) AWS CodeBuild
10 5 (2.29%) dbt
10 5 (2.29%) PaaS
10 5 (2.29%) Pulumi
10 5 (2.29%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 124 (56.88%) DNS
2 97 (44.50%) DHCP
3 94 (43.12%) Firewall
4 72 (33.03%) VPN
5 54 (24.77%) WAN
6 52 (23.85%) LAN
7 30 (13.76%) VLAN
8 23 (10.55%) Wi-Fi
9 20 (9.17%) BGP
9 20 (9.17%) Network Security
10 14 (6.42%) OSPF
10 14 (6.42%) SD-WAN
11 13 (5.96%) HTTP
11 13 (5.96%) VoIP
12 8 (3.67%) Wireless
13 6 (2.75%) Internet
13 6 (2.75%) MPLS
13 6 (2.75%) VXLAN
14 4 (1.83%) FTP
14 4 (1.83%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.63%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.50%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (3.67%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.29%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (2.29%) Redis
5 4 (1.83%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.83%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.38%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.38%) MySQL
7 2 (0.92%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.46%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.46%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 10 (4.59%) JIRA
2 5 (2.29%) Git
3 2 (0.92%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.46%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.46%) Metasploit
General
1 96 (44.04%) Social Skills
2 51 (23.39%) Finance
3 29 (13.30%) Banking
4 18 (8.26%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.80%) Investment Banking
6 15 (6.88%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (6.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (6.42%) Law
8 11 (5.05%) Retail
9 8 (3.67%) Manufacturing
10 7 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (3.21%) Public Sector
10 7 (3.21%) Telecoms
11 6 (2.75%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.83%) Electronics
13 3 (1.38%) Back Office
13 3 (1.38%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.38%) Games
13 3 (1.38%) Marketing
14 2 (0.92%) Legal
Job Titles
1 62 (28.44%) IT Support
2 59 (27.06%) Support Engineer
3 44 (20.18%) IT Engineer
4 43 (19.72%) IT Support Engineer
5 33 (15.14%) Senior
6 29 (13.30%) Analyst
7 28 (12.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 22 (10.09%) Network Engineer
9 20 (9.17%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 20 (9.17%) 2nd Line Support
9 20 (9.17%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 18 (8.26%) Developer
11 17 (7.80%) C++ Developer
11 17 (7.80%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
11 17 (7.80%) IT Analyst
11 17 (7.80%) Linux Developer
11 17 (7.80%) Linux Scripter
11 17 (7.80%) Low Latency C++ Developer
11 17 (7.80%) Support Analyst
12 16 (7.34%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.42%) Middleware
2 8 (3.67%) LDAP
3 6 (2.75%) ARM Templates
4 5 (2.29%) .NET
4 5 (2.29%) Django
4 5 (2.29%) REST
4 5 (2.29%) RESTful
5 4 (1.83%) ADO
5 4 (1.83%) COM
5 4 (1.83%) DCOM
5 4 (1.83%) gRPC
6 3 (1.38%) .NET Core
6 3 (1.38%) 802.1X
6 3 (1.38%) React
6 3 (1.38%) Unreal Engine
7 2 (0.92%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.92%) Node.js
7 2 (0.92%) Vue
7 2 (0.92%) XML
8 1 (0.46%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.72%) Onboarding
2 17 (7.80%) FPGA
2 17 (7.80%) Linux Command Line
3 13 (5.96%) Driving Licence
4 10 (4.59%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (4.13%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (3.21%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.21%) Data Centre
6 7 (3.21%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (3.21%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (3.21%) Life Science
7 6 (2.75%) PKI
7 6 (2.75%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.83%) CCTV
8 4 (1.83%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.83%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (1.83%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.83%) Smartcard
9 3 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 120 (55.05%) Windows
2 69 (31.65%) Windows Server
3 62 (28.44%) Linux
4 28 (12.84%) Windows 10
5 24 (11.01%) Mac OS
6 9 (4.13%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (3.67%) Apple iOS
7 8 (3.67%) Unix
7 8 (3.67%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (3.21%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (2.29%) Android
9 5 (2.29%) Ubuntu
10 3 (1.38%) Debian
11 2 (0.92%) CentOS
12 1 (0.46%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.46%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.46%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.46%) Solaris
12 1 (0.46%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (36.24%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (18.35%) Customer Service
3 35 (16.06%) Cybersecurity
3 35 (16.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 33 (15.14%) Disaster Recovery
5 32 (14.68%) Infrastructure as Code
6 31 (14.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 31 (14.22%) ITIL
7 30 (13.76%) Incident Response
8 27 (12.39%) DevOps
9 26 (11.93%) Agile
10 25 (11.47%) ITSM
11 21 (9.63%) Change Management
12 20 (9.17%) Low Latency
12 20 (9.17%) Project Delivery
13 19 (8.72%) Containerisation
14 18 (8.26%) CI/CD
14 18 (8.26%) Service Delivery
15 16 (7.34%) Load Balancing
15 16 (7.34%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (17.43%) PowerShell
2 31 (14.22%) Python
3 25 (11.47%) Java
4 21 (9.63%) SQL
5 20 (9.17%) C++
6 19 (8.72%) C
7 7 (3.21%) PHP
8 6 (2.75%) Bicep
8 6 (2.75%) C#
9 5 (2.29%) Bash
10 4 (1.83%) Delphi
10 4 (1.83%) Pascal
11 3 (1.38%) Go
11 3 (1.38%) Ruby
12 2 (0.92%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.46%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.46%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (15.14%) Degree
2 27 (12.39%) Security Cleared
3 19 (8.72%) SC Cleared
4 14 (6.42%) Azure Certification
5 13 (5.96%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (5.50%) CCNA
7 11 (5.05%) CCNP
8 9 (4.13%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (4.13%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (2.75%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.92%) CCIE
10 2 (0.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.92%) HND
10 2 (0.92%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.92%) MCSA
10 2 (0.92%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.92%) RHCE
11 1 (0.46%) CEH
11 1 (0.46%) Linux+ Certification
11 1 (0.46%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (11.47%) SLA
2 8 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.21%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.83%) GDPR
4 4 (1.83%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.38%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.92%) NIST
7 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.46%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.46%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.46%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.46%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.46%) QA
System Software
1 86 (39.45%) Active Directory
2 38 (17.43%) Hyper-V
3 32 (14.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.67%) Docker
5 6 (2.75%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.83%) Firmware
7 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (1.38%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (1.38%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.38%) vSphere
8 2 (0.92%) KVM
8 2 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.46%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.46%) QEMU
9 1 (0.46%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.46%) Xen
Systems Management
1 40 (18.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (14.22%) Terraform
3 17 (7.80%) Ansible
4 15 (6.88%) Kubernetes
5 12 (5.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 12 (5.50%) FortiGate
6 5 (2.29%) AWS Copilot
7 4 (1.83%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.83%) QRadar
7 4 (1.83%) SCCM
8 3 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.92%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.92%) OpenView
9 2 (0.92%) Puppet
9 2 (0.92%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.92%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.46%) Nessus
10 1 (0.46%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.46%) Nmap
10 1 (0.46%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 121 (55.50%) Microsoft
2 40 (18.35%) VMware
3 28 (12.84%) Cisco
4 23 (10.55%) ServiceNow
5 17 (7.80%) Fortinet
6 12 (5.50%) Google
7 10 (4.59%) Palo Alto
8 9 (4.13%) Veeam
9 8 (3.67%) Meraki
10 7 (3.21%) SolarWinds
10 7 (3.21%) Zscaler
11 6 (2.75%) ArcSight
11 6 (2.75%) Citrix
12 5 (2.29%) Apple
12 5 (2.29%) F5
12 5 (2.29%) Freshdesk
12 5 (2.29%) SonicWALL
13 4 (1.83%) OneLogin
13 4 (1.83%) Salesforce
13 4 (1.83%) Splunk