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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 211 187 193
Rank change year-on-year -24 +6 +18
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 177 275 475
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.09% 1.75% 1.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.28% 13.74% 12.73%
Number of salaries quoted 116 162 417
10th Percentile £31,063 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £74,144 £69,800
90th Percentile £78,790 £83,625 £76,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +11.11% -

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 1,569 2,001 3,732
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.67% 12.77% 13.42%
Number of salaries quoted 927 1,160 3,229
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,613 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% - -0.72%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £86,253 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +12.24% -6.67%

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 14 February 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 46 (25.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (11.86%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.13%) Apache
3 2 (1.13%) Confluence
3 2 (1.13%) nginx
4 1 (0.56%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (6.21%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.69%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.56%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (1.13%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 85 (48.02%) Azure
2 67 (37.85%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (23.73%) Entra ID
4 41 (23.16%) AWS
5 20 (11.30%) Amazon ECS
6 15 (8.47%) GCP
6 15 (8.47%) Google Workspace
7 14 (7.91%) AWS CloudFormation
7 14 (7.91%) OneDrive
8 13 (7.34%) Amazon ECR
8 13 (7.34%) dbt
8 13 (7.34%) Pulumi
9 8 (4.52%) IaaS
9 8 (4.52%) PaaS
9 8 (4.52%) SaaS
10 7 (3.95%) Amazon EKS
10 7 (3.95%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (3.39%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (3.39%) Amazon S3
11 6 (3.39%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 87 (49.15%) DNS
2 76 (42.94%) DHCP
3 70 (39.55%) VPN
4 57 (32.20%) Firewall
5 52 (29.38%) WAN
6 36 (20.34%) LAN
7 28 (15.82%) Wi-Fi
8 26 (14.69%) VLAN
9 19 (10.73%) SD-WAN
10 16 (9.04%) VoIP
11 12 (6.78%) Network Security
12 10 (5.65%) SSL
13 9 (5.08%) BGP
13 9 (5.08%) Wireless
14 7 (3.95%) HTTP
15 6 (3.39%) SNMP
16 5 (2.82%) Remote Desktop
17 4 (2.26%) SAN
17 4 (2.26%) SSH
17 4 (2.26%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (10.73%) Amazon RDS
2 15 (8.47%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (7.34%) Elasticsearch
3 13 (7.34%) Redis
4 11 (6.21%) SQL Server
5 4 (2.26%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.56%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 7 (3.95%) Burp Suite
1 7 (3.95%) Metasploit
2 6 (3.39%) JIRA
3 2 (1.13%) Git
3 2 (1.13%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (1.13%) Snyk
4 1 (0.56%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 75 (42.37%) Social Skills
2 48 (27.12%) Finance
3 24 (13.56%) Banking
4 19 (10.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (10.17%) Investment Banking
6 14 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (5.08%) Public Sector
7 9 (5.08%) Retail
8 6 (3.39%) Back Office
8 6 (3.39%) Financial Institution
8 6 (3.39%) Law
9 5 (2.82%) Front Office
9 5 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.26%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.13%) Local Government
13 1 (0.56%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.56%) Legal
13 1 (0.56%) Military
Job Titles
1 41 (23.16%) Senior
2 38 (21.47%) IT Support
2 38 (21.47%) Support Engineer
3 33 (18.64%) IT Engineer
3 33 (18.64%) IT Support Engineer
4 26 (14.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 25 (14.12%) 2nd Line Support
6 23 (12.99%) Developer
7 20 (11.30%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 20 (11.30%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 20 (11.30%) Linux Scripter
8 18 (10.17%) C++ Developer
8 18 (10.17%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
8 18 (10.17%) Linux Developer
8 18 (10.17%) Low Latency C++ Developer
9 14 (7.91%) Analyst
10 12 (6.78%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (5.65%) 3rd Line Support
11 10 (5.65%) Consultant
12 9 (5.08%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.34%) Django
2 6 (3.39%) RESTful
3 4 (2.26%) .NET
3 4 (2.26%) FIX Protocol
3 4 (2.26%) Sass
3 4 (2.26%) ZeroMQ
4 2 (1.13%) LDAP
4 2 (1.13%) Middleware
5 1 (0.56%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.30%) FPGA
2 17 (9.60%) Onboarding
3 15 (8.47%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (7.91%) Driving Licence
5 10 (5.65%) Cloud Native
5 10 (5.65%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (5.08%) Data Centre
6 9 (5.08%) Linux Command Line
7 7 (3.95%) Management Information System
8 6 (3.39%) CCTV
8 6 (3.39%) iPad
8 6 (3.39%) iPhone
8 6 (3.39%) NHS
9 5 (2.82%) Algorithms
9 5 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (2.82%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (2.26%) Mobile App
10 4 (2.26%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 85 (48.02%) Windows
2 59 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 58 (32.77%) Linux
4 37 (20.90%) Windows 10
5 20 (11.30%) Mac OS
6 17 (9.60%) Apple iOS
7 15 (8.47%) Unix
8 14 (7.91%) Windows Server 2012
9 13 (7.34%) Windows Server 2016
10 11 (6.21%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (2.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (1.69%) Android
12 3 (1.69%) OpenWrt
13 2 (1.13%) CentOS
13 2 (1.13%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.56%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.56%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (18.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 30 (16.95%) Customer Service
4 29 (16.38%) Agile
5 28 (15.82%) ITIL
6 27 (15.25%) CI/CD
7 26 (14.69%) Disaster Recovery
8 25 (14.12%) Infrastructure as Code
9 21 (11.86%) DevOps
9 21 (11.86%) Observability
9 21 (11.86%) Performance Monitoring
9 21 (11.86%) Service Delivery
10 19 (10.73%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (10.73%) Low Latency
10 19 (10.73%) Root Cause Analysis
11 18 (10.17%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (7.91%) Penetration Testing
13 13 (7.34%) Application Performance Monitoring
13 13 (7.34%) Clean Code
13 13 (7.34%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 38 (21.47%) Python
2 33 (18.64%) Java
3 26 (14.69%) C
3 26 (14.69%) C++
4 23 (12.99%) PowerShell
5 15 (8.47%) SQL
6 6 (3.39%) Go
7 5 (2.82%) C#
8 4 (2.26%) Bash
9 2 (1.13%) Delphi
9 2 (1.13%) Pascal
9 2 (1.13%) Perl
9 2 (1.13%) PHP
10 1 (0.56%) Bicep
10 1 (0.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (11.86%) Degree
2 18 (10.17%) Security Cleared
3 16 (9.04%) Cisco Certification
3 16 (9.04%) SC Cleared
4 13 (7.34%) CCNA
5 10 (5.65%) CCNP
6 9 (5.08%) Azure Certification
6 9 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (4.52%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (3.95%) CHECK Team Member
8 7 (3.95%) CREST Certified
8 7 (3.95%) Cyber Scheme
9 6 (3.39%) CISSP
9 6 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (3.39%) Master's Degree
10 5 (2.82%) DBS Check
10 5 (2.82%) GCIA
10 5 (2.82%) SANS
11 3 (1.69%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.69%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (4.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (3.39%) PCI DSS
3 6 (3.39%) SOC 2
4 5 (2.82%) SLA
5 4 (2.26%) GRC
6 2 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.13%) NCSC
7 1 (0.56%) GxP
7 1 (0.56%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.56%) NIST
7 1 (0.56%) QA
System Software
1 74 (41.81%) Active Directory
2 30 (16.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (13.56%) Hyper-V
4 14 (7.91%) Docker
5 7 (3.95%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (2.82%) vSphere
7 4 (2.26%) Firmware
8 2 (1.13%) NFS
8 2 (1.13%) XenApp
9 1 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 32 (18.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (15.82%) Terraform
3 12 (6.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 8 (4.52%) Ansible
4 8 (4.52%) Nessus
5 7 (3.95%) Nmap
5 7 (3.95%) SCCM
6 5 (2.82%) Autotask
6 5 (2.82%) AWS Copilot
7 4 (2.26%) Kubernetes
8 3 (1.69%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (1.13%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (1.13%) FortiGate
9 2 (1.13%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (1.13%) Red Hat Spacewalk
10 1 (0.56%) OpenView
10 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.56%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.56%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.56%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 77 (43.50%) Microsoft
2 31 (17.51%) VMware
3 28 (15.82%) Google
4 11 (6.21%) Cisco
5 7 (3.95%) ServiceNow
6 6 (3.39%) Dell
6 6 (3.39%) Fortinet
6 6 (3.39%) Red Hat
7 5 (2.82%) Citrix
7 5 (2.82%) HP
8 4 (2.26%) Oracle
8 4 (2.26%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.69%) Freshdesk
9 3 (1.69%) Qualys
10 2 (1.13%) Checkmarx
10 2 (1.13%) Commvault
10 2 (1.13%) InterSystems
10 2 (1.13%) Pure Storage
10 2 (1.13%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.13%) Symantec