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 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 259 215
Rank change year-on-year +28 -44 -13
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 258 173 337
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.04% 1.03% 1.51%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.67% 9.80% 9.99%
Number of salaries quoted 187 124 203
10th Percentile £28,100 £29,000 £33,600
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,500 £50,948
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -20.51% -2.96%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,875 £69,375
90th Percentile £77,145 £78,875 £81,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -16.67% -4.76%

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 2,210 1,766 3,374
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.89% 10.48% 15.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,352 998 1,505
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £74,475 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £39,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year +26.58% -23.30% +0.39%

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 4 October 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 53 (20.54%) SharePoint
2 40 (15.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (5.04%) IIS
4 3 (1.16%) SAS
5 1 (0.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.39%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.39%) Houdini
3 1 (0.39%) Lightworks
3 1 (0.39%) NUKE
3 1 (0.39%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 112 (43.41%) Azure
2 107 (41.47%) Microsoft 365
3 87 (33.72%) Entra ID
4 51 (19.77%) AWS
5 25 (9.69%) GCP
6 15 (5.81%) AWS CloudFormation
7 13 (5.04%) dbt
8 11 (4.26%) SaaS
9 9 (3.49%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (3.10%) OneDrive
11 6 (2.33%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (2.33%) Google Compute Engine
11 6 (2.33%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 6 (2.33%) Google Workspace
11 6 (2.33%) OpenShift
11 6 (2.33%) Serverless
11 6 (2.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 5 (1.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 4 (1.55%) Azure Storage
13 4 (1.55%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 144 (55.81%) DNS
2 125 (48.45%) Firewall
3 111 (43.02%) DHCP
4 87 (33.72%) VPN
5 47 (18.22%) VLAN
6 43 (16.67%) WAN
7 42 (16.28%) LAN
8 29 (11.24%) Network Security
9 24 (9.30%) BGP
10 18 (6.98%) OSPF
11 17 (6.59%) VoIP
12 14 (5.43%) HTTP
12 14 (5.43%) Wi-Fi
12 14 (5.43%) Wireless
13 10 (3.88%) VXLAN
14 9 (3.49%) Ethernet
14 9 (3.49%) SD-WAN
14 9 (3.49%) SSL
15 6 (2.33%) EIGRP
15 6 (2.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (11.24%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.49%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (2.71%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.78%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.78%) MySQL
5 1 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.39%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.39%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (4.65%) Git
2 9 (3.49%) JIRA
3 6 (2.33%) TeamCity
4 4 (1.55%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.39%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.39%) CMake
5 1 (0.39%) GDB
5 1 (0.39%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.39%) Metasploit
General
1 130 (50.39%) Social Skills
2 43 (16.67%) Finance
3 24 (9.30%) Telecoms
4 21 (8.14%) Banking
5 19 (7.36%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (6.98%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (6.98%) Retail
7 16 (6.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (4.65%) Law
8 12 (4.65%) Public Sector
9 11 (4.26%) Electronics
10 9 (3.49%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (3.10%) Aerospace
12 7 (2.71%) Investment Banking
12 7 (2.71%) Marketing
13 6 (2.33%) Back Office
13 6 (2.33%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.94%) Legal
14 5 (1.94%) Manufacturing
15 3 (1.16%) Games
Job Titles
1 61 (23.64%) IT Support
2 60 (23.26%) Support Engineer
3 57 (22.09%) Senior
4 45 (17.44%) IT Engineer
5 40 (15.50%) IT Support Engineer
6 34 (13.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 30 (11.63%) Network Engineer
8 18 (6.98%) 2nd Line Support
8 18 (6.98%) Analyst
9 15 (5.81%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 15 (5.81%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 15 (5.81%) Software Engineer
10 14 (5.43%) Infrastructure Support
10 14 (5.43%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 14 (5.43%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (5.04%) Python Engineer
11 13 (5.04%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (5.04%) Site Engineer
11 13 (5.04%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 12 (4.65%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (18.60%) Terraform
2 12 (4.65%) Middleware
3 7 (2.71%) LDAP
3 7 (2.71%) React
3 7 (2.71%) XML
4 5 (1.94%) RESTful
5 4 (1.55%) ARM Templates
5 4 (1.55%) COM
5 4 (1.55%) DCOM
5 4 (1.55%) YAML
6 3 (1.16%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (1.16%) REST
6 3 (1.16%) Unreal Engine
7 2 (0.78%) .NET
7 2 (0.78%) ADO
7 2 (0.78%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.78%) JWT
7 2 (0.78%) Node.js
7 2 (0.78%) Vue
8 1 (0.39%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.30%) Distributed Systems
2 20 (7.75%) Onboarding
3 14 (5.43%) Driving Licence
4 13 (5.04%) Data Centre
4 13 (5.04%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (4.65%) Linux Command Line
6 9 (3.49%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (3.49%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (3.10%) PKI
8 7 (2.71%) Client/Server
8 7 (2.71%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.71%) FPGA
8 7 (2.71%) SCADA
9 6 (2.33%) Blog
9 6 (2.33%) Life Science
9 6 (2.33%) Management Information System
9 6 (2.33%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.94%) PMI
11 4 (1.55%) Embedded Systems
11 4 (1.55%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 144 (55.81%) Windows
2 81 (31.40%) Windows Server
3 65 (25.19%) Linux
4 20 (7.75%) Unix
5 15 (5.81%) Mac OS
6 12 (4.65%) Windows 10
7 8 (3.10%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.55%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (1.16%) Android
9 3 (1.16%) Debian
9 3 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.78%) OpenWrt
11 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.39%) CentOS
11 1 (0.39%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.39%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.39%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (34.50%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (20.54%) Continuous Improvement
2 53 (20.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 52 (20.16%) Cybersecurity
4 46 (17.83%) Customer Service
5 43 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
6 42 (16.28%) Disaster Recovery
7 39 (15.12%) Incident Response
8 37 (14.34%) Mentoring
9 36 (13.95%) Software Engineering
10 34 (13.18%) CI/CD
11 31 (12.02%) ITIL
12 30 (11.63%) Change Management
13 29 (11.24%) DevOps
14 25 (9.69%) Collaborative Culture
14 25 (9.69%) Project Delivery
15 23 (8.91%) ITSM
16 21 (8.14%) Clean Code
17 19 (7.36%) Service Delivery
18 18 (6.98%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 60 (23.26%) Python
2 46 (17.83%) PowerShell
3 21 (8.14%) SQL
4 17 (6.59%) C++
5 14 (5.43%) Java
6 13 (5.04%) Bash
7 12 (4.65%) Go
8 11 (4.26%) C
9 8 (3.10%) Bicep
10 5 (1.94%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.94%) TypeScript
11 4 (1.55%) C#
12 3 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (1.16%) PHP
12 3 (1.16%) Ruby
13 2 (0.78%) MATLAB
14 1 (0.39%) Embedded C++
14 1 (0.39%) Rust
Qualifications
1 45 (17.44%) Degree
2 40 (15.50%) Security Cleared
3 29 (11.24%) SC Cleared
4 19 (7.36%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (6.20%) CCNA
6 14 (5.43%) Azure Certification
7 12 (4.65%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (3.88%) CCNP
9 8 (3.10%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (2.71%) A+ Certification
10 7 (2.71%) CISSP
11 5 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.94%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (1.94%) PMI Certification
12 4 (1.55%) CEH
12 4 (1.55%) CISM
13 3 (1.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (1.16%) DV Cleared
13 3 (1.16%) GCIA
13 3 (1.16%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (11.63%) SLA
2 17 (6.59%) Cyber Essentials
3 11 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (3.10%) GDPR
5 7 (2.71%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.33%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.55%) NIST
8 3 (1.16%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.16%) QA
9 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.39%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.39%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.39%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 99 (38.37%) Active Directory
2 47 (18.22%) Hyper-V
3 37 (14.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (6.98%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (3.10%) Docker
6 4 (1.55%) Firmware
6 4 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (1.16%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (1.16%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.78%) KVM
8 2 (0.78%) QEMU
8 2 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.39%) vSphere
9 1 (0.39%) Xen
Systems Management
1 48 (18.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (8.91%) Ansible
3 17 (6.59%) Kubernetes
4 10 (3.88%) FortiGate
5 6 (2.33%) Grafana
5 6 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (1.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.16%) Cilium
7 3 (1.16%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.16%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.16%) QRadar
7 3 (1.16%) SCCM
8 2 (0.78%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.78%) Puppet
9 1 (0.39%) logstash
9 1 (0.39%) Nessus
9 1 (0.39%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.39%) Nmap
9 1 (0.39%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 138 (53.49%) Microsoft
2 48 (18.60%) VMware
3 38 (14.73%) Cisco
4 22 (8.53%) Fortinet
4 22 (8.53%) Google
4 22 (8.53%) Veeam
5 19 (7.36%) ServiceNow
6 13 (5.04%) Palo Alto
7 10 (3.88%) Zscaler
8 7 (2.71%) Apple
8 7 (2.71%) F5
8 7 (2.71%) SolarWinds
8 7 (2.71%) Splunk
9 6 (2.33%) Dell
9 6 (2.33%) Meraki
10 5 (1.94%) Juniper
10 5 (1.94%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.94%) SonicWALL
10 5 (1.94%) Sophos
10 5 (1.94%) WatchGuard