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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 259 223
Rank change year-on-year +13 -36 +16
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 191 187 490
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.93% 1.19% 1.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.33% 9.76% 9.81%
Number of salaries quoted 138 144 394
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,061 £37,913
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,875 £70,313 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £76,250 £77,125
UK median annual salary £39,000 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.02% -2.35% -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 2,293 1,916 4,996
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.11% 12.17% 14.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,199 1,161 3,197
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.68% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -6.86%

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 29 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 42 (21.99%) Microsoft Exchange
1 42 (21.99%) SharePoint
2 12 (6.28%) IIS
3 3 (1.57%) Confluence
3 3 (1.57%) SAS
4 1 (0.52%) OpenStack
Applications
1 14 (7.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 96 (50.26%) Azure
2 89 (46.60%) Microsoft 365
3 60 (31.41%) Entra ID
4 43 (22.51%) AWS
5 10 (5.24%) Amazon ECS
5 10 (5.24%) OneDrive
6 9 (4.71%) Google Workspace
7 8 (4.19%) AWS CloudFormation
7 8 (4.19%) GCP
8 7 (3.66%) OpenShift
8 7 (3.66%) SaaS
9 6 (3.14%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (2.62%) Amazon ECR
10 5 (2.62%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (2.62%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 5 (2.62%) AWS CodeBuild
10 5 (2.62%) dbt
10 5 (2.62%) PaaS
10 5 (2.62%) Pulumi
10 5 (2.62%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 112 (58.64%) DNS
2 90 (47.12%) DHCP
3 77 (40.31%) Firewall
4 65 (34.03%) VPN
5 55 (28.80%) WAN
6 51 (26.70%) LAN
7 27 (14.14%) VLAN
8 24 (12.57%) Wi-Fi
9 18 (9.42%) Network Security
10 16 (8.38%) BGP
11 14 (7.33%) SD-WAN
12 12 (6.28%) OSPF
12 12 (6.28%) VoIP
13 9 (4.71%) HTTP
14 6 (3.14%) Internet
14 6 (3.14%) VXLAN
14 6 (3.14%) Wireless
15 4 (2.09%) FTP
15 4 (2.09%) MPLS
15 4 (2.09%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.38%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.28%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (4.19%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.62%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (2.62%) Redis
5 4 (2.09%) NoSQL
5 4 (2.09%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.57%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.57%) MySQL
7 2 (1.05%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.52%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.52%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 10 (5.24%) JIRA
2 4 (2.09%) Git
3 2 (1.05%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.52%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.52%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.52%) Metasploit
General
1 82 (42.93%) Social Skills
2 45 (23.56%) Finance
3 28 (14.66%) Banking
4 18 (9.42%) Investment Banking
5 17 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (7.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (5.76%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (5.76%) Law
8 7 (3.66%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.62%) Aerospace
11 4 (2.09%) Public Sector
11 4 (2.09%) Retail
12 3 (1.57%) Back Office
12 3 (1.57%) Financial Institution
12 3 (1.57%) Games
13 2 (1.05%) Electronics
13 2 (1.05%) Legal
13 2 (1.05%) Military
13 2 (1.05%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (28.80%) IT Support
2 54 (28.27%) Support Engineer
3 41 (21.47%) IT Engineer
4 40 (20.94%) IT Support Engineer
5 34 (17.80%) Senior
6 27 (14.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 25 (13.09%) Analyst
8 20 (10.47%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 20 (10.47%) 2nd Line Support
8 20 (10.47%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 20 (10.47%) Developer
9 18 (9.42%) C++ Developer
9 18 (9.42%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
9 18 (9.42%) Linux Developer
9 18 (9.42%) Linux Scripter
9 18 (9.42%) Low Latency C++ Developer
10 16 (8.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 15 (7.85%) Network Engineer
12 13 (6.81%) IT Analyst
12 13 (6.81%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.28%) Middleware
2 8 (4.19%) LDAP
3 6 (3.14%) ARM Templates
4 5 (2.62%) .NET
4 5 (2.62%) Django
4 5 (2.62%) REST
5 4 (2.09%) ADO
5 4 (2.09%) COM
5 4 (2.09%) DCOM
5 4 (2.09%) RESTful
6 3 (1.57%) .NET Core
6 3 (1.57%) 802.1X
6 3 (1.57%) gRPC
6 3 (1.57%) React
7 2 (1.05%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.05%) Node.js
7 2 (1.05%) Unreal Engine
7 2 (1.05%) Vue
8 1 (0.52%) OAuth
8 1 (0.52%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.42%) FPGA
2 15 (7.85%) Onboarding
3 12 (6.28%) Driving Licence
4 9 (4.71%) Linux Command Line
5 7 (3.66%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.66%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (3.14%) PKI
6 6 (3.14%) Security Posture
6 6 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.62%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.62%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (2.62%) Data Centre
8 4 (2.09%) CCTV
8 4 (2.09%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (2.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (2.09%) Life Science
8 4 (2.09%) Mobile App
8 4 (2.09%) Smartcard
9 3 (1.57%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 103 (53.93%) Windows
2 62 (32.46%) Windows Server
3 49 (25.65%) Linux
4 30 (15.71%) Windows 10
5 25 (13.09%) Mac OS
6 10 (5.24%) Apple iOS
6 10 (5.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (4.71%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (4.19%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (3.66%) Unix
10 5 (2.62%) Android
11 4 (2.09%) Ubuntu
12 3 (1.57%) Debian
13 1 (0.52%) CentOS
13 1 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.52%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.52%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.52%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (34.55%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (18.32%) Customer Service
3 33 (17.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 32 (16.75%) Disaster Recovery
5 30 (15.71%) Infrastructure as Code
6 29 (15.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (13.61%) Agile
7 26 (13.61%) ITIL
8 25 (13.09%) Cybersecurity
8 25 (13.09%) Incident Response
9 22 (11.52%) DevOps
9 22 (11.52%) ITSM
10 19 (9.95%) Service Delivery
11 18 (9.42%) Containerisation
11 18 (9.42%) Low Latency
11 18 (9.42%) Service Management
12 15 (7.85%) Change Management
12 15 (7.85%) Incident Management
12 15 (7.85%) Roadmaps
13 14 (7.33%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 34 (17.80%) PowerShell
2 26 (13.61%) Java
3 23 (12.04%) Python
4 22 (11.52%) C++
5 21 (10.99%) C
6 20 (10.47%) SQL
7 7 (3.66%) C#
7 7 (3.66%) PHP
8 5 (2.62%) Bicep
9 4 (2.09%) Bash
9 4 (2.09%) Delphi
9 4 (2.09%) Pascal
10 3 (1.57%) Go
10 3 (1.57%) Ruby
11 2 (1.05%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 29 (15.18%) Degree
2 25 (13.09%) Security Cleared
3 17 (8.90%) SC Cleared
4 13 (6.81%) Azure Certification
5 10 (5.24%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (4.71%) CCNA
6 9 (4.71%) CCNP
7 8 (4.19%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (4.19%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (3.14%) A+ Certification
9 3 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.05%) CCIE
10 2 (1.05%) HND
10 2 (1.05%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.05%) MCSA
10 2 (1.05%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.52%) CEH
11 1 (0.52%) CISM
11 1 (0.52%) CISSP
11 1 (0.52%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (12.04%) SLA
2 8 (4.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.09%) GDPR
3 4 (2.09%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.57%) SOC 2
5 2 (1.05%) NIST
6 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.52%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.52%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.52%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.52%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.52%) QA
System Software
1 83 (43.46%) Active Directory
2 33 (17.28%) Hyper-V
3 29 (15.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (3.66%) Docker
5 5 (2.62%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (2.09%) Firmware
7 3 (1.57%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (1.57%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (1.05%) vSphere
9 1 (0.52%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.52%) KVM
9 1 (0.52%) QEMU
9 1 (0.52%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.52%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.52%) Xen
Systems Management
1 38 (19.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (13.61%) Terraform
3 14 (7.33%) Kubernetes
4 13 (6.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 12 (6.28%) FortiGate
6 9 (4.71%) Ansible
7 5 (2.62%) AWS Copilot
8 4 (2.09%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (2.09%) QRadar
8 4 (2.09%) SCCM
9 3 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (1.05%) Norton AntiVirus
10 2 (1.05%) OpenView
10 2 (1.05%) Tivoli
10 2 (1.05%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.52%) Dell DRAC
11 1 (0.52%) Nessus
11 1 (0.52%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.52%) Nmap
11 1 (0.52%) Puppet
Vendors
1 111 (58.12%) Microsoft
2 35 (18.32%) VMware
3 24 (12.57%) Cisco
4 20 (10.47%) ServiceNow
5 15 (7.85%) Fortinet
6 13 (6.81%) Google
7 8 (4.19%) Meraki
7 8 (4.19%) Palo Alto
8 7 (3.66%) SolarWinds
8 7 (3.66%) Veeam
8 7 (3.66%) Zscaler
9 6 (3.14%) ArcSight
10 5 (2.62%) Apple
10 5 (2.62%) Freshdesk
10 5 (2.62%) SonicWALL
11 4 (2.09%) Citrix
11 4 (2.09%) Okta
11 4 (2.09%) OneLogin
11 4 (2.09%) Salesforce
11 4 (2.09%) Splunk