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 2 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 234 198 192
Rank change year-on-year -36 -6 +65
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 181 323 397
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.11% 1.62% 1.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.60% 13.51% 12.80%
Number of salaries quoted 129 196 358
10th Percentile £30,250 £35,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £69,800
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -21.05% - +5.56%

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 1,708 2,391 3,102
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.51% 12.00% 13.92%
Number of salaries quoted 993 1,380 2,594
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £74,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,964 £85,000
UK median annual salary £37,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -29.25% +6.00% -4.76%

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 2 November 2025.

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 29 (16.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (4.97%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.55%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.55%) IIS
3 1 (0.55%) nginx
Applications
1 12 (6.63%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.31%) AutoCAD
2 6 (3.31%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 61 (33.70%) Azure
2 59 (32.60%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (17.13%) AWS
4 18 (9.94%) GCP
5 16 (8.84%) Entra ID
6 12 (6.63%) Amazon ECS
7 9 (4.97%) GitHub
8 8 (4.42%) Amazon ECR
8 8 (4.42%) AWS CloudFormation
8 8 (4.42%) dbt
8 8 (4.42%) IaaS
8 8 (4.42%) Pulumi
9 7 (3.87%) SaaS
10 6 (3.31%) OCI
11 4 (2.21%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (2.21%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (2.21%) Amazon S3
11 4 (2.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 3 (1.66%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.66%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 72 (39.78%) DNS
2 71 (39.23%) DHCP
3 63 (34.81%) Firewall
4 50 (27.62%) VPN
5 33 (18.23%) LAN
6 31 (17.13%) WAN
7 27 (14.92%) VLAN
8 24 (13.26%) Network Security
9 20 (11.05%) VoIP
10 17 (9.39%) BGP
11 14 (7.73%) OSPF
11 14 (7.73%) Wi-Fi
12 10 (5.52%) HTTP
13 8 (4.42%) Remote Desktop
13 8 (4.42%) SD-WAN
13 8 (4.42%) SSL
14 6 (3.31%) Fibre Channel
14 6 (3.31%) HSRP
14 6 (3.31%) VRRP
15 5 (2.76%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.63%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (6.08%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.42%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (4.42%) Redis
4 2 (1.10%) DynamoDB
4 2 (1.10%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.55%) Couchbase
5 1 (0.55%) FileMaker
5 1 (0.55%) MySQL
5 1 (0.55%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (4.42%) Git
2 4 (2.21%) JIRA
3 3 (1.66%) Snyk
4 2 (1.10%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.55%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.55%) Fiddler
5 1 (0.55%) IDA Disassembler
5 1 (0.55%) Metasploit
General
1 63 (34.81%) Social Skills
2 30 (16.57%) Finance
3 22 (12.15%) Banking
4 19 (10.50%) Investment Banking
5 14 (7.73%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (5.52%) Retail
7 8 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (4.42%) Telecoms
8 7 (3.87%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.31%) Pharmaceutical
9 6 (3.31%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.76%) Advertising
11 4 (2.21%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.10%) Electronics
12 2 (1.10%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.10%) Front Office
12 2 (1.10%) Law
12 2 (1.10%) Local Government
12 2 (1.10%) Marketing
12 2 (1.10%) Military
Job Titles
1 29 (16.02%) Senior
2 25 (13.81%) Linux Scripter
3 22 (12.15%) Developer
4 21 (11.60%) IT Support
5 19 (10.50%) C++ Developer
5 19 (10.50%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
5 19 (10.50%) Linux Developer
5 19 (10.50%) Low Latency C++ Developer
5 19 (10.50%) Support Engineer
6 16 (8.84%) Analyst
7 15 (8.29%) IT Engineer
7 15 (8.29%) Network Engineer
8 14 (7.73%) IT Support Engineer
9 13 (7.18%) 2nd Line Support
9 13 (7.18%) 3rd Line Support
9 13 (7.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (7.18%) Support Technician
10 11 (6.08%) Security Engineer
11 8 (4.42%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 8 (4.42%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.42%) Django
2 5 (2.76%) .NET
3 3 (1.66%) FreeSWITCH
3 3 (1.66%) Node.js
3 3 (1.66%) RESTful
4 2 (1.10%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.10%) AWS CDK
4 2 (1.10%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.10%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.55%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.55%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.55%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (0.55%) Jinja
5 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.55%) OAuth
5 1 (0.55%) OpenID
5 1 (0.55%) SAML
5 1 (0.55%) Web Services
5 1 (0.55%) YAML
5 1 (0.55%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.50%) FPGA
2 18 (9.94%) Driving Licence
3 16 (8.84%) Management Information System
3 16 (8.84%) Onboarding
4 15 (8.29%) Data Centre
5 11 (6.08%) Security Operations Centre
6 10 (5.52%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (4.42%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (3.31%) Cloud Native
9 5 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (2.21%) CCTV
10 4 (2.21%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (2.21%) NHS
11 3 (1.66%) Device Driver
11 3 (1.66%) e-Learning
11 3 (1.66%) Life Science
11 3 (1.66%) PKI
11 3 (1.66%) Replication
11 3 (1.66%) Robotics
11 3 (1.66%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 74 (40.88%) Windows
2 53 (29.28%) Linux
3 34 (18.78%) Windows Server
4 18 (9.94%) Windows 10
5 10 (5.52%) Unix
6 8 (4.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (2.76%) Mac OS
7 5 (2.76%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (2.76%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (2.21%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (1.10%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.10%) OpenWrt
10 1 (0.55%) Android
10 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (27.07%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (20.44%) ITIL
3 30 (16.57%) Customer Service
4 27 (14.92%) Agile
5 25 (13.81%) Cybersecurity
6 23 (12.71%) CI/CD
6 23 (12.71%) DevOps
7 22 (12.15%) Low Latency
8 21 (11.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (11.60%) Infrastructure as Code
9 16 (8.84%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 14 (7.73%) Network Management
11 13 (7.18%) Observability
12 12 (6.63%) Security Operations
12 12 (6.63%) SIEM
13 11 (6.08%) Information Security
14 10 (5.52%) Containerisation
14 10 (5.52%) Load Balancing
14 10 (5.52%) Penetration Testing
14 10 (5.52%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 34 (18.78%) Python
2 28 (15.47%) PowerShell
3 25 (13.81%) C
3 25 (13.81%) C++
4 23 (12.71%) Java
5 10 (5.52%) SQL
6 6 (3.31%) Bash
7 3 (1.66%) C#
8 2 (1.10%) Go
9 1 (0.55%) PHP
9 1 (0.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 29 (16.02%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (12.15%) CCNA
2 22 (12.15%) Degree
3 18 (9.94%) Security Cleared
4 17 (9.39%) CCNP
5 15 (8.29%) SC Cleared
6 10 (5.52%) Azure Certification
6 10 (5.52%) CompTIA Security+
7 9 (4.97%) GCIA
8 8 (4.42%) A+ Certification
8 8 (4.42%) CISSP
8 8 (4.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (4.42%) Network+ Certification
8 8 (4.42%) SANS
9 6 (3.31%) DBS Check
10 5 (2.76%) AWS Certification
10 5 (2.76%) HND
11 4 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (2.21%) HNC
11 4 (2.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (4.97%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.21%) GRC
4 3 (1.66%) GDPR
5 2 (1.10%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.10%) SLA
5 2 (1.10%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.55%) GxP
6 1 (0.55%) NCSC
System Software
1 56 (30.94%) Active Directory
2 23 (12.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (11.05%) Hyper-V
4 12 (6.63%) Docker
5 9 (4.97%) vSphere
6 6 (3.31%) Firmware
6 6 (3.31%) NFS
7 2 (1.10%) pfSense
7 2 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.10%) XenApp
8 1 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 24 (13.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (12.15%) Terraform
3 16 (8.84%) Ansible
4 12 (6.63%) Kubernetes
4 12 (6.63%) SCCM
5 5 (2.76%) Autotask
5 5 (2.76%) WSUS
6 3 (1.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (1.10%) Grafana
7 2 (1.10%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.10%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.55%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.55%) Functional Safety
8 1 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.55%) Nessus
8 1 (0.55%) Nmap
8 1 (0.55%) OpenView
8 1 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.55%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 67 (37.02%) Microsoft
2 26 (14.36%) Cisco
3 25 (13.81%) VMware
4 13 (7.18%) Google
5 8 (4.42%) Red Hat
6 7 (3.87%) Commvault
6 7 (3.87%) Extreme Networks
6 7 (3.87%) Pure Storage
7 6 (3.31%) Avaya
7 6 (3.31%) Citrix
7 6 (3.31%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.76%) HP
9 3 (1.66%) Checkmarx
9 3 (1.66%) Juniper
9 3 (1.66%) Oracle
9 3 (1.66%) Qualys
9 3 (1.66%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.66%) Siemens
10 2 (1.10%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.10%) SAP