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 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 178 190
Rank change year-on-year -39 +12 +18
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 167 302 470
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.06% 1.86% 1.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.07% 14.23% 13.20%
Number of salaries quoted 105 179 416
10th Percentile £31,350 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £74,144 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,790 £82,750 £77,500
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 1,509 2,122 3,560
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.54% 13.09% 13.53%
Number of salaries quoted 902 1,209 3,056
10th Percentile £27,540 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,125 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,445 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% - -
75th Percentile £72,250 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £83,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -27.27% +10.00% -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 31 January 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 40 (23.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (10.78%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.20%) Apache
3 2 (1.20%) Confluence
3 2 (1.20%) nginx
4 1 (0.60%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (5.99%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.40%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.80%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (1.20%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 73 (43.71%) Azure
2 57 (34.13%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (20.96%) AWS
3 35 (20.96%) Entra ID
4 16 (9.58%) Amazon ECS
5 13 (7.78%) Google Workspace
5 13 (7.78%) OneDrive
6 10 (5.99%) GCP
7 8 (4.79%) Amazon EC2
7 8 (4.79%) Amazon ECR
7 8 (4.79%) Amazon EKS
7 8 (4.79%) Amazon S3
7 8 (4.79%) AWS CloudFormation
7 8 (4.79%) dbt
7 8 (4.79%) IaaS
7 8 (4.79%) Pulumi
7 8 (4.79%) SaaS
7 8 (4.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 6 (3.59%) AWS Direct Connect
8 6 (3.59%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 78 (46.71%) DNS
2 68 (40.72%) DHCP
3 66 (39.52%) VPN
4 55 (32.93%) Firewall
5 48 (28.74%) WAN
6 33 (19.76%) LAN
7 26 (15.57%) VLAN
8 22 (13.17%) Wi-Fi
9 21 (12.57%) SD-WAN
10 17 (10.18%) VoIP
11 11 (6.59%) Network Security
12 10 (5.99%) BGP
12 10 (5.99%) SSL
13 9 (5.39%) Wireless
14 8 (4.79%) HTTP
15 6 (3.59%) SNMP
16 5 (2.99%) Remote Desktop
17 4 (2.40%) Fibre Channel
17 4 (2.40%) OSPF
17 4 (2.40%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (9.58%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (6.59%) SQL Server
3 8 (4.79%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (4.79%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (4.79%) Redis
4 2 (1.20%) DynamoDB
4 2 (1.20%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.60%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 7 (4.19%) Burp Suite
1 7 (4.19%) Metasploit
2 6 (3.59%) JIRA
3 4 (2.40%) Git
4 2 (1.20%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.20%) Rational Rhapsody
4 2 (1.20%) Snyk
5 1 (0.60%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 73 (43.71%) Social Skills
2 50 (29.94%) Finance
3 24 (14.37%) Banking
4 18 (10.78%) Investment Banking
5 14 (8.38%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (8.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (6.59%) Retail
7 9 (5.39%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.59%) Back Office
8 6 (3.59%) Financial Institution
8 6 (3.59%) Law
9 5 (2.99%) Front Office
10 4 (2.40%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.20%) Local Government
12 2 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.60%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.60%) Legal
13 1 (0.60%) Military
Job Titles
1 38 (22.75%) Senior
2 29 (17.37%) Support Engineer
3 28 (16.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 28 (16.77%) IT Support
4 25 (14.97%) IT Engineer
4 25 (14.97%) IT Support Engineer
5 23 (13.77%) 2nd Line Support
5 23 (13.77%) Developer
6 22 (13.17%) Linux Scripter
7 18 (10.78%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 18 (10.78%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 18 (10.78%) C++ Developer
7 18 (10.78%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
7 18 (10.78%) Linux Developer
7 18 (10.78%) Low Latency C++ Developer
8 12 (7.19%) Analyst
8 12 (7.19%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (5.99%) 3rd Line Support
10 9 (5.39%) Consultant
10 9 (5.39%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.79%) Django
2 6 (3.59%) RESTful
3 4 (2.40%) .NET
3 4 (2.40%) FIX Protocol
3 4 (2.40%) Sass
3 4 (2.40%) ZeroMQ
4 2 (1.20%) AWS CDK
4 2 (1.20%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.20%) LDAP
4 2 (1.20%) Middleware
5 1 (0.60%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.60%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.98%) FPGA
2 15 (8.98%) Onboarding
3 14 (8.38%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (7.19%) Driving Licence
5 11 (6.59%) Data Centre
6 10 (5.99%) Cloud Native
6 10 (5.99%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (5.39%) Management Information System
8 6 (3.59%) iPad
8 6 (3.59%) iPhone
8 6 (3.59%) NHS
9 5 (2.99%) Algorithms
9 5 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (2.99%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (2.40%) CCTV
10 4 (2.40%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (2.40%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (2.40%) Mobile App
10 4 (2.40%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 76 (45.51%) Windows
2 52 (31.14%) Windows Server
3 51 (30.54%) Linux
4 32 (19.16%) Windows 10
5 15 (8.98%) Apple iOS
5 15 (8.98%) Mac OS
6 12 (7.19%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (6.59%) Windows Server 2016
8 10 (5.99%) Unix
8 10 (5.99%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (3.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (1.80%) OpenWrt
11 2 (1.20%) CentOS
11 2 (1.20%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.60%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (31.74%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (19.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 29 (17.37%) ITIL
4 26 (15.57%) Agile
4 26 (15.57%) Customer Service
4 26 (15.57%) Disaster Recovery
5 24 (14.37%) CI/CD
6 23 (13.77%) Infrastructure as Code
7 20 (11.98%) DevOps
7 20 (11.98%) Root Cause Analysis
8 19 (11.38%) Cybersecurity
8 19 (11.38%) Low Latency
9 18 (10.78%) Service Delivery
10 17 (10.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (9.58%) Observability
11 16 (9.58%) Performance Monitoring
12 14 (8.38%) Penetration Testing
13 13 (7.78%) Identity Access Management
13 13 (7.78%) Mentoring
14 12 (7.19%) Cloud Operations
Programming Languages
1 37 (22.16%) Python
2 28 (16.77%) Java
3 26 (15.57%) C
3 26 (15.57%) C++
4 20 (11.98%) PowerShell
5 13 (7.78%) SQL
6 6 (3.59%) Bash
6 6 (3.59%) Go
7 5 (2.99%) C#
8 2 (1.20%) Perl
9 1 (0.60%) Bicep
9 1 (0.60%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (12.57%) Degree
2 15 (8.98%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (8.38%) Security Cleared
4 13 (7.78%) CCNA
5 12 (7.19%) SC Cleared
6 10 (5.99%) Azure Certification
7 9 (5.39%) CCNP
7 9 (5.39%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (4.19%) CHECK Team Member
8 7 (4.19%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (4.19%) CREST Certified
8 7 (4.19%) Cyber Scheme
9 6 (3.59%) CISSP
9 6 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (3.59%) Master's Degree
10 5 (2.99%) AWS Certification
10 5 (2.99%) DBS Check
10 5 (2.99%) GCIA
10 5 (2.99%) SANS
11 3 (1.80%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (4.79%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (3.59%) PCI DSS
3 6 (3.59%) SOC 2
4 4 (2.40%) GRC
4 4 (2.40%) SLA
5 2 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.20%) NCSC
6 1 (0.60%) GDPR
6 1 (0.60%) GxP
6 1 (0.60%) NIST
6 1 (0.60%) QA
System Software
1 66 (39.52%) Active Directory
2 31 (18.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (12.57%) Hyper-V
4 11 (6.59%) Docker
5 7 (4.19%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (4.19%) vSphere
6 4 (2.40%) Firmware
6 4 (2.40%) NFS
7 2 (1.20%) XenApp
8 1 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 31 (18.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 26 (15.57%) Terraform
3 10 (5.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 10 (5.99%) Ansible
4 8 (4.79%) Nessus
5 7 (4.19%) Kubernetes
5 7 (4.19%) Nmap
6 5 (2.99%) Autotask
6 5 (2.99%) SCCM
7 2 (1.20%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (1.20%) Grafana
7 2 (1.20%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (1.20%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.20%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (1.20%) Red Hat Spacewalk
8 1 (0.60%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.60%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.60%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.60%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 68 (40.72%) Microsoft
2 32 (19.16%) VMware
3 22 (13.17%) Google
4 14 (8.38%) Cisco
5 8 (4.79%) Red Hat
6 6 (3.59%) Dell
6 6 (3.59%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.99%) Citrix
7 5 (2.99%) Fortinet
7 5 (2.99%) HP
8 4 (2.40%) Commvault
8 4 (2.40%) Oracle
8 4 (2.40%) Pure Storage
9 3 (1.80%) Avaya
9 3 (1.80%) Extreme Networks
9 3 (1.80%) Freshdesk
9 3 (1.80%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.80%) Qualys
10 2 (1.20%) Checkmarx
10 2 (1.20%) Salesforce