TCP/IP Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work requiring TCP/IP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited TCP/IP over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 221 248
Rank change year-on-year -76 +27 +65
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 189 532 496
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.93% 1.54% 1.38%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 3.45% 10.43% 11.97%
Number of salaries quoted 146 390 381
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,250 £27,750
25th Percentile £32,873 £37,800 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +1.73%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £77,625 £80,000
UK median annual salary £41,500 £42,072 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.36% -6.51% -

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 5,482 5,102 4,143
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.90% 14.79% 11.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,962 3,174 3,210
10th Percentile £23,504 £31,250 £31,475
25th Percentile £25,087 £39,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% -8.70% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £74,258 £80,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -26.32% -6.86% -2.86%

TCP/IP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing TCP/IP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

TCP/IP trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

TCP/IP
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing TCP/IP.

TCP/IP salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing TCP/IP over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

TCP/IP salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 26 (13.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (5.82%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.23%) IIS
4 5 (2.65%) Apache
5 2 (1.06%) Apache Solr
5 2 (1.06%) nginx
5 2 (1.06%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 27 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 57 (30.16%) Azure
2 54 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (25.40%) AWS
4 25 (13.23%) Cloud Computing
5 24 (12.70%) GCP
6 14 (7.41%) SaaS
7 13 (6.88%) AWS CloudFormation
8 11 (5.82%) Amazon ECR
8 11 (5.82%) Amazon ECS
8 11 (5.82%) Amazon ElastiCache
8 11 (5.82%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 11 (5.82%) AWS CodeBuild
8 11 (5.82%) dbt
8 11 (5.82%) Pulumi
9 10 (5.29%) Entra ID
10 9 (4.76%) Sentry
11 7 (3.70%) IaaS
11 7 (3.70%) PaaS
12 6 (3.17%) OCI
13 5 (2.65%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 81 (42.86%) DNS
2 78 (41.27%) DHCP
3 51 (26.98%) Firewall
4 33 (17.46%) VPN
5 30 (15.87%) VLAN
6 27 (14.29%) WAN
7 25 (13.23%) LAN
8 23 (12.17%) Network Security
9 19 (10.05%) BGP
10 18 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
11 16 (8.47%) OSPF
12 12 (6.35%) VoIP
13 11 (5.82%) Wireless
14 10 (5.29%) Internet
14 10 (5.29%) Modbus
15 8 (4.23%) HTTP
16 6 (3.17%) IPsec
16 6 (3.17%) Remote Desktop
17 5 (2.65%) NGFW
17 5 (2.65%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (10.05%) SQL Server
2 11 (5.82%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (5.82%) Elasticsearch
2 11 (5.82%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (5.82%) Redis
3 5 (2.65%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.06%) Couchbase
4 2 (1.06%) MySQL
4 2 (1.06%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.53%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 9 (4.76%) Git
2 5 (2.65%) JIRA
3 4 (2.12%) Subversion
4 2 (1.06%) JMeter
5 1 (0.53%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.53%) Jenkins
General
1 52 (27.51%) Social Skills
2 44 (23.28%) Finance
3 24 (12.70%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (10.05%) Banking
5 15 (7.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (7.94%) Investment Banking
6 12 (6.35%) Public Sector
7 7 (3.70%) Local Government
7 7 (3.70%) Telecoms
8 6 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.65%) Aerospace
9 5 (2.65%) Back Office
9 5 (2.65%) Law
9 5 (2.65%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.59%) Advertising
10 3 (1.59%) Marketing
10 3 (1.59%) Police
11 2 (1.06%) Electronics
11 2 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 41 (21.69%) Senior
2 31 (16.40%) Network Engineer
3 24 (12.70%) Developer
4 21 (11.11%) Analyst
5 17 (8.99%) C++ Developer
6 16 (8.47%) Linux Developer
6 16 (8.47%) Low Latency C++ Developer
7 15 (7.94%) IT Support
8 14 (7.41%) ICT Officer
8 14 (7.41%) ICT Support
8 14 (7.41%) ICT Support Officer
8 14 (7.41%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
8 14 (7.41%) Lead
8 14 (7.41%) Linux Scripter
8 14 (7.41%) Support Officer
9 12 (6.35%) Firmware Engineer
10 11 (5.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (5.82%) Support Engineer
11 10 (5.29%) 1st Line Support
11 10 (5.29%) Senior Firmware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.82%) Django
2 6 (3.17%) RabbitMQ
3 4 (2.12%) .NET
3 4 (2.12%) .NET Core
3 4 (2.12%) .NET Framework
3 4 (2.12%) Entity Framework
3 4 (2.12%) Kafka
3 4 (2.12%) YAML
4 3 (1.59%) ARM Templates
4 3 (1.59%) HTML
4 3 (1.59%) JSON
4 3 (1.59%) REST
5 2 (1.06%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (1.06%) Jinja
5 2 (1.06%) RESTful
5 2 (1.06%) YANG
6 1 (0.53%) HTML5
6 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.53%) OpenID
6 1 (0.53%) React
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.11%) FPGA
2 18 (9.52%) Management Information System
3 17 (8.99%) Data Centre
4 13 (6.88%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (6.35%) Onboarding
6 10 (5.29%) Clustering
6 10 (5.29%) Driving Licence
7 9 (4.76%) Device Driver
7 9 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (3.17%) Product Ownership
8 6 (3.17%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (2.65%) Client/Server
9 5 (2.65%) NHS
9 5 (2.65%) Replication
10 4 (2.12%) Algorithms
10 4 (2.12%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (2.12%) MicroBlaze
10 4 (2.12%) Security Posture
10 4 (2.12%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 80 (42.33%) Windows
2 65 (34.39%) Linux
3 33 (17.46%) Windows Server
4 26 (13.76%) Unix
5 12 (6.35%) Windows 10
6 9 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (4.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (4.23%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (3.17%) Embedded Linux
8 6 (3.17%) Mac OS
8 6 (3.17%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (3.17%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (1.59%) Android
9 3 (1.59%) Apple iOS
9 3 (1.59%) Windows 7
10 2 (1.06%) Debian
10 2 (1.06%) Mac OS X
10 2 (1.06%) SUSE
10 2 (1.06%) Ubuntu
10 2 (1.06%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (32.80%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (17.46%) CI/CD
3 30 (15.87%) DevOps
4 23 (12.17%) Customer Service
5 22 (11.64%) Agile
6 21 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
6 21 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
6 21 (11.11%) ITIL
7 19 (10.05%) Low Latency
8 18 (9.52%) Continuous Integration
9 16 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (7.94%) Open Source
11 14 (7.41%) Clean Code
11 14 (7.41%) High Availability
11 14 (7.41%) Performance Monitoring
12 13 (6.88%) Change Management
12 13 (6.88%) Continuous Delivery
12 13 (6.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 13 (6.88%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 11 (5.82%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 44 (23.28%) Python
2 33 (17.46%) PowerShell
3 30 (15.87%) C++
4 29 (15.34%) C
5 17 (8.99%) Java
6 13 (6.88%) SQL
7 6 (3.17%) Bash
8 5 (2.65%) Shell Script
8 5 (2.65%) TypeScript
9 4 (2.12%) C#
10 3 (1.59%) Bicep
10 3 (1.59%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.59%) Perl
10 3 (1.59%) PHP
11 2 (1.06%) JCL
12 1 (0.53%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 32 (16.93%) Security Cleared
2 25 (13.23%) SC Cleared
3 21 (11.11%) Degree
4 20 (10.58%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (6.35%) CCNA
6 9 (4.76%) Network+ Certification
7 7 (3.70%) CCNP
7 7 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (2.65%) Azure Certification
8 5 (2.65%) DV Cleared
9 4 (2.12%) A+ Certification
9 4 (2.12%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.12%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (2.12%) JNCIA
10 3 (1.59%) HNC
10 3 (1.59%) HND
11 2 (1.06%) CCIE
12 1 (0.53%) MCITP
12 1 (0.53%) MCSA
12 1 (0.53%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.35%) SLA
2 4 (2.12%) QA
3 3 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.06%) GDPR
5 1 (0.53%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.53%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 39 (20.63%) Active Directory
2 36 (19.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (14.81%) Hyper-V
4 21 (11.11%) Docker
5 17 (8.99%) Firmware
6 10 (5.29%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (3.17%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (2.65%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 2 (1.06%) vSphere
10 1 (0.53%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 27 (14.29%) Ansible
2 16 (8.47%) SCCM
2 16 (8.47%) Terraform
3 11 (5.82%) AWS Copilot
4 10 (5.29%) Kubernetes
5 8 (4.23%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (3.17%) ZABBIX
7 5 (2.65%) WSUS
8 4 (2.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (2.12%) SCOM
9 2 (1.06%) Iperf
9 2 (1.06%) Progress Chef
9 2 (1.06%) Puppet
9 2 (1.06%) SCOrch
9 2 (1.06%) SCSM
9 2 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.06%) Tivoli NetView
10 1 (0.53%) Dell DRAC
10 1 (0.53%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.53%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 76 (40.21%) Microsoft
2 43 (22.75%) VMware
3 19 (10.05%) Cisco
4 17 (8.99%) Google
5 9 (4.76%) Oracle
5 9 (4.76%) Red Hat
6 8 (4.23%) Juniper
7 6 (3.17%) HP
8 5 (2.65%) Dell
8 5 (2.65%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.65%) Veritas
9 4 (2.12%) EMC
9 4 (2.12%) Symantec
9 4 (2.12%) TOWER Software
10 3 (1.59%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.59%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.59%) Splunk
11 2 (1.06%) ArcSight
11 2 (1.06%) Citrix
11 2 (1.06%) Ubiquiti