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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 245 234
Rank change year-on-year +9 -11 +17
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 223 202 424
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.04% 1.22% 1.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.43% 10.33% 9.18%
Number of salaries quoted 161 153 332
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,150 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -8.65% +4.00%
75th Percentile £59,084 £69,000 £67,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £76,250 £77,250
UK median annual salary £38,000 £40,000 £41,750
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.19% -7.22%

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 2,365 1,955 4,619
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 11.04% 11.86% 15.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,280 1,193 2,847
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -7.77%

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 17 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 (19.73%) SharePoint
2 42 (18.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (6.28%) IIS
4 3 (1.35%) Confluence
4 3 (1.35%) SAS
5 1 (0.45%) OpenStack
Applications
1 13 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.45%) Houdini
2 1 (0.45%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.45%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.45%) NUKE
Cloud Services
1 102 (45.74%) Azure
2 100 (44.84%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (29.15%) Entra ID
4 50 (22.42%) AWS
5 11 (4.93%) GCP
6 10 (4.48%) Amazon ECS
7 9 (4.04%) AWS CloudFormation
7 9 (4.04%) Google Workspace
8 7 (3.14%) OneDrive
8 7 (3.14%) OpenShift
8 7 (3.14%) SaaS
9 6 (2.69%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (2.24%) Amazon ECR
10 5 (2.24%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (2.24%) Amazon ElastiCache
10 5 (2.24%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 5 (2.24%) AWS CodeBuild
10 5 (2.24%) dbt
10 5 (2.24%) Pulumi
10 5 (2.24%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 125 (56.05%) DNS
2 99 (44.39%) Firewall
3 97 (43.50%) DHCP
4 72 (32.29%) VPN
5 52 (23.32%) WAN
6 51 (22.87%) LAN
7 33 (14.80%) VLAN
8 23 (10.31%) Wi-Fi
9 20 (8.97%) BGP
9 20 (8.97%) Network Security
10 14 (6.28%) HTTP
10 14 (6.28%) OSPF
10 14 (6.28%) VoIP
11 13 (5.83%) SD-WAN
12 10 (4.48%) Wireless
13 6 (2.69%) Internet
13 6 (2.69%) MPLS
13 6 (2.69%) VXLAN
14 5 (2.24%) SSL
15 4 (1.79%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.42%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.38%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (3.59%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.24%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (2.24%) Redis
5 4 (1.79%) NoSQL
5 4 (1.79%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.35%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.35%) MySQL
7 2 (0.90%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.45%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.45%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 10 (4.48%) JIRA
2 5 (2.24%) Git
3 2 (0.90%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (0.45%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.45%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.45%) Metasploit
General
1 99 (44.39%) Social Skills
2 49 (21.97%) Finance
3 28 (12.56%) Banking
4 19 (8.52%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (7.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (7.17%) Investment Banking
6 15 (6.73%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (6.28%) Law
8 11 (4.93%) Retail
9 9 (4.04%) Telecoms
10 8 (3.59%) Manufacturing
11 7 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (3.14%) Public Sector
12 6 (2.69%) Aerospace
13 5 (2.24%) Electronics
14 3 (1.35%) Back Office
14 3 (1.35%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.35%) Games
14 3 (1.35%) Marketing
15 2 (0.90%) Legal
Job Titles
1 64 (28.70%) IT Support
2 60 (26.91%) Support Engineer
3 45 (20.18%) IT Engineer
4 44 (19.73%) IT Support Engineer
5 33 (14.80%) Senior
6 30 (13.45%) Analyst
7 27 (12.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 22 (9.87%) Network Engineer
9 21 (9.42%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 21 (9.42%) 2nd Line Support
9 21 (9.42%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 18 (8.07%) Developer
10 18 (8.07%) IT Analyst
10 18 (8.07%) Support Analyst
11 17 (7.62%) IT Support Analyst
12 16 (7.17%) C++ Developer
12 16 (7.17%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
12 16 (7.17%) Linux Developer
12 16 (7.17%) Linux Scripter
12 16 (7.17%) Low Latency C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.28%) Middleware
2 8 (3.59%) LDAP
3 6 (2.69%) ARM Templates
4 5 (2.24%) .NET
4 5 (2.24%) Django
4 5 (2.24%) REST
4 5 (2.24%) RESTful
5 4 (1.79%) ADO
5 4 (1.79%) COM
5 4 (1.79%) DCOM
5 4 (1.79%) gRPC
5 4 (1.79%) React
6 3 (1.35%) .NET Core
6 3 (1.35%) 802.1X
6 3 (1.35%) Unreal Engine
6 3 (1.35%) XML
7 2 (0.90%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.90%) Node.js
7 2 (0.90%) Vue
8 1 (0.45%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.52%) Onboarding
2 17 (7.62%) Linux Command Line
3 16 (7.17%) FPGA
4 13 (5.83%) Driving Licence
5 10 (4.48%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (3.14%) Cloud Native
6 7 (3.14%) Data Centre
6 7 (3.14%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (3.14%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (3.14%) Life Science
7 6 (2.69%) PKI
7 6 (2.69%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.79%) CCTV
8 4 (1.79%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.79%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (1.79%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.79%) Smartcard
9 3 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 123 (55.16%) Windows
2 69 (30.94%) Windows Server
3 62 (27.80%) Linux
4 27 (12.11%) Windows 10
5 24 (10.76%) Mac OS
6 9 (4.04%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (3.59%) Unix
7 8 (3.59%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (3.14%) Apple iOS
8 7 (3.14%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (2.24%) Android
9 5 (2.24%) Ubuntu
10 3 (1.35%) Debian
11 2 (0.90%) CentOS
12 1 (0.45%) Embedded Linux
12 1 (0.45%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.45%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.45%) Solaris
12 1 (0.45%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (36.32%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (17.94%) Customer Service
3 36 (16.14%) Cybersecurity
4 35 (15.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 33 (14.80%) Infrastructure as Code
5 33 (14.80%) ITIL
6 32 (14.35%) Disaster Recovery
7 31 (13.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 30 (13.45%) Incident Response
9 27 (12.11%) DevOps
10 26 (11.66%) ITSM
11 25 (11.21%) Agile
12 21 (9.42%) Change Management
13 20 (8.97%) Low Latency
13 20 (8.97%) Project Delivery
14 19 (8.52%) Containerisation
15 18 (8.07%) CI/CD
16 17 (7.62%) Load Balancing
16 17 (7.62%) Mentoring
16 17 (7.62%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 40 (17.94%) PowerShell
2 33 (14.80%) Python
3 24 (10.76%) Java
4 21 (9.42%) SQL
5 19 (8.52%) C++
6 18 (8.07%) C
7 7 (3.14%) PHP
8 6 (2.69%) Bash
8 6 (2.69%) Bicep
8 6 (2.69%) C#
9 4 (1.79%) Delphi
9 4 (1.79%) Go
9 4 (1.79%) Pascal
10 3 (1.35%) Ruby
11 2 (0.90%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.90%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 35 (15.70%) Degree
2 28 (12.56%) Security Cleared
3 20 (8.97%) SC Cleared
4 14 (6.28%) Azure Certification
4 14 (6.28%) Cisco Certification
5 13 (5.83%) CCNA
6 11 (4.93%) CCNP
7 10 (4.48%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (4.04%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (2.69%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.90%) CCIE
10 2 (0.90%) CEH
10 2 (0.90%) CISSP
10 2 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.90%) HND
10 2 (0.90%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.90%) MCSA
10 2 (0.90%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (0.90%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (11.21%) SLA
2 8 (3.59%) Cyber Essentials
2 8 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.79%) GDPR
3 4 (1.79%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.35%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.90%) NIST
6 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.45%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.45%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.45%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.45%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.45%) QA
System Software
1 85 (38.12%) Active Directory
2 38 (17.04%) Hyper-V
3 31 (13.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.59%) Docker
5 7 (3.14%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.79%) Firmware
7 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (1.35%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (1.35%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.35%) vSphere
8 2 (0.90%) KVM
8 2 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.45%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.45%) QEMU
9 1 (0.45%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.45%) Xen
Systems Management
1 42 (18.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (13.90%) Terraform
3 17 (7.62%) Ansible
4 15 (6.73%) Kubernetes
5 12 (5.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 12 (5.38%) FortiGate
6 5 (2.24%) AWS Copilot
6 5 (2.24%) SCCM
7 4 (1.79%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.79%) QRadar
8 3 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.90%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.90%) OpenView
9 2 (0.90%) Puppet
9 2 (0.90%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.90%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.45%) Nessus
10 1 (0.45%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.45%) Nmap
10 1 (0.45%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 124 (55.61%) Microsoft
2 39 (17.49%) VMware
3 30 (13.45%) Cisco
4 24 (10.76%) ServiceNow
5 18 (8.07%) Fortinet
6 13 (5.83%) Google
7 10 (4.48%) Palo Alto
8 9 (4.04%) Veeam
9 8 (3.59%) Meraki
10 7 (3.14%) SolarWinds
10 7 (3.14%) Zscaler
11 6 (2.69%) ArcSight
11 6 (2.69%) Citrix
12 5 (2.24%) Apple
12 5 (2.24%) F5
12 5 (2.24%) Freshdesk
12 5 (2.24%) SonicWALL
12 5 (2.24%) Splunk
13 4 (1.79%) Okta
13 4 (1.79%) OneLogin