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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 255 227
Rank change year-on-year +36 -28 -9
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 253 177 338
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.08% 1.08% 1.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.96% 9.35% 8.96%
Number of salaries quoted 188 131 240
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -19.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,610 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £39,500 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.33% -11.76% -5.87%

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 2,309 1,894 3,774
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.90% 11.52% 15.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,340 1,127 1,824
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -12.04% -6.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £86,776 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.75% -20.00% -2.91%

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 1 September 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 51 (20.16%) SharePoint
2 40 (15.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (5.53%) IIS
4 3 (1.19%) SAS
5 1 (0.40%) Confluence
5 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (5.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.40%) Houdini
2 1 (0.40%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.40%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.79%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 117 (46.25%) Azure
2 108 (42.69%) Microsoft 365
3 79 (31.23%) Entra ID
4 51 (20.16%) AWS
5 22 (8.70%) GCP
6 16 (6.32%) AWS CloudFormation
7 13 (5.14%) dbt
8 11 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
9 9 (3.56%) OneDrive
10 7 (2.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 7 (2.77%) OpenShift
11 5 (1.98%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.98%) SaaS
12 4 (1.58%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (1.58%) Azure Storage
12 4 (1.58%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.58%) Serverless
13 3 (1.19%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (1.19%) GitHub
14 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 142 (56.13%) DNS
2 119 (47.04%) Firewall
3 108 (42.69%) DHCP
4 76 (30.04%) VPN
5 46 (18.18%) LAN
6 43 (17.00%) WAN
7 38 (15.02%) VLAN
8 25 (9.88%) Network Security
9 18 (7.11%) BGP
9 18 (7.11%) OSPF
9 18 (7.11%) VoIP
10 16 (6.32%) Wi-Fi
11 14 (5.53%) HTTP
11 14 (5.53%) Wireless
12 9 (3.56%) SD-WAN
13 8 (3.16%) VXLAN
14 7 (2.77%) Internet
14 7 (2.77%) SSL
15 5 (1.98%) MPLS
16 4 (1.58%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (11.86%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.58%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.19%) Data Lake
3 3 (1.19%) MySQL
3 3 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.79%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.40%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.40%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 10 (3.95%) Git
2 9 (3.56%) JIRA
3 2 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.40%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.40%) CMake
4 1 (0.40%) GDB
4 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.40%) Metasploit
General
1 128 (50.59%) Social Skills
2 41 (16.21%) Finance
3 22 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (8.70%) Banking
4 20 (7.91%) Telecoms
5 18 (7.11%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (4.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (4.74%) Law
7 11 (4.35%) Investment Banking
7 11 (4.35%) Retail
8 9 (3.56%) Aerospace
8 9 (3.56%) Electronics
8 9 (3.56%) Public Sector
9 8 (3.16%) Manufacturing
10 7 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.98%) Legal
11 5 (1.98%) Marketing
12 3 (1.19%) Games
13 1 (0.40%) Military
13 1 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (23.32%) IT Support
1 59 (23.32%) Support Engineer
2 50 (19.76%) Senior
3 43 (17.00%) IT Engineer
4 40 (15.81%) IT Support Engineer
5 34 (13.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 29 (11.46%) Network Engineer
7 22 (8.70%) Analyst
8 19 (7.51%) 2nd Line Support
9 17 (6.72%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 17 (6.72%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 14 (5.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (5.14%) Developer
11 13 (5.14%) IT Analyst
11 13 (5.14%) Python Engineer
11 13 (5.14%) Site Engineer
11 13 (5.14%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 12 (4.74%) Infrastructure Support
12 12 (4.74%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (4.74%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (17.79%) Terraform
2 12 (4.74%) Middleware
3 8 (3.16%) LDAP
4 7 (2.77%) React
5 6 (2.37%) ARM Templates
5 6 (2.37%) REST
5 6 (2.37%) XML
6 5 (1.98%) .NET
7 4 (1.58%) ADO
7 4 (1.58%) COM
7 4 (1.58%) DCOM
7 4 (1.58%) gRPC
8 3 (1.19%) .NET Core
8 3 (1.19%) 802.1X
8 3 (1.19%) Unreal Engine
9 2 (0.79%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.79%) JWT
9 2 (0.79%) RESTful
9 2 (0.79%) Vue
9 2 (0.79%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.11%) Distributed Systems
1 18 (7.11%) Onboarding
2 14 (5.53%) Linux Command Line
3 13 (5.14%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (4.35%) Driving Licence
4 11 (4.35%) FPGA
5 10 (3.95%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (3.95%) Data Centre
6 9 (3.56%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (3.16%) Life Science
7 8 (3.16%) PKI
8 7 (2.77%) Security Posture
9 6 (2.37%) Client/Server
9 6 (2.37%) SCADA
10 4 (1.58%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.58%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.58%) Embedded Systems
10 4 (1.58%) PMI
10 4 (1.58%) Replication
10 4 (1.58%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 143 (56.52%) Windows
2 79 (31.23%) Windows Server
3 74 (29.25%) Linux
4 19 (7.51%) Mac OS
4 19 (7.51%) Unix
5 15 (5.93%) Windows 10
6 8 (3.16%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.58%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (1.19%) Debian
8 3 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.79%) Android
9 2 (0.79%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.79%) CentOS
9 2 (0.79%) OpenWrt
9 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.40%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.40%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (35.18%) Problem-Solving
2 51 (20.16%) Continuous Improvement
3 47 (18.58%) Infrastructure as Code
4 46 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 45 (17.79%) Customer Service
5 45 (17.79%) Cybersecurity
6 37 (14.62%) Incident Response
7 35 (13.83%) DevOps
7 35 (13.83%) ITIL
7 35 (13.83%) Mentoring
7 35 (13.83%) Software Engineering
8 34 (13.44%) Disaster Recovery
9 28 (11.07%) Change Management
9 28 (11.07%) CI/CD
10 27 (10.67%) Project Delivery
11 25 (9.88%) Collaborative Culture
12 23 (9.09%) ITSM
13 18 (7.11%) Agile
13 18 (7.11%) Low Latency
14 17 (6.72%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 52 (20.55%) Python
2 48 (18.97%) PowerShell
3 18 (7.11%) SQL
4 16 (6.32%) C++
5 15 (5.93%) C
6 11 (4.35%) Bash
6 11 (4.35%) Java
7 10 (3.95%) Bicep
8 6 (2.37%) C#
9 5 (1.98%) Go
9 5 (1.98%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.98%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.19%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.19%) PHP
10 3 (1.19%) Ruby
11 2 (0.79%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.40%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.40%) Rust
Qualifications
1 42 (16.60%) Security Cleared
2 41 (16.21%) Degree
3 31 (12.25%) SC Cleared
4 17 (6.72%) Azure Certification
4 17 (6.72%) CCNA
4 17 (6.72%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (4.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (4.35%) CCNP
7 8 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.98%) A+ Certification
8 5 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.58%) CEH
9 4 (1.58%) CISSP
9 4 (1.58%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.58%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.19%) CCNA CyberOps
10 3 (1.19%) CompTIA CySA+
10 3 (1.19%) GCIA
10 3 (1.19%) GIAC
10 3 (1.19%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (12.25%) SLA
2 14 (5.53%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (2.77%) GDPR
4 6 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.19%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.79%) QA
7 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.40%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.40%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.40%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.40%) NIST
7 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 96 (37.94%) Active Directory
2 45 (17.79%) Hyper-V
3 36 (14.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (5.14%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (2.37%) Docker
6 5 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.58%) Firmware
8 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (1.19%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (1.19%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.79%) KVM
9 2 (0.79%) QEMU
9 2 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.40%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.40%) vSphere
10 1 (0.40%) Xen
Systems Management
1 47 (18.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (9.09%) Ansible
3 15 (5.93%) Kubernetes
4 11 (4.35%) FortiGate
5 8 (3.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.58%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (1.58%) QRadar
7 3 (1.19%) SCCM
7 3 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.79%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.79%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.79%) Puppet
9 1 (0.40%) Nessus
9 1 (0.40%) Nmap
9 1 (0.40%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.40%) OpenView
9 1 (0.40%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 134 (52.96%) Microsoft
2 45 (17.79%) VMware
3 39 (15.42%) Cisco
4 21 (8.30%) ServiceNow
5 18 (7.11%) Google
5 18 (7.11%) Veeam
6 17 (6.72%) Fortinet
7 10 (3.95%) Zscaler
8 9 (3.56%) Palo Alto
8 9 (3.56%) SolarWinds
9 8 (3.16%) Splunk
10 7 (2.77%) Meraki
11 6 (2.37%) HP
11 6 (2.37%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.98%) Apple
12 5 (1.98%) ArcSight
12 5 (1.98%) F5
12 5 (1.98%) Freshdesk
12 5 (1.98%) Okta
12 5 (1.98%) SonicWALL