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

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 193 191
Rank change year-on-year -16 -2 +21
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 168 278 472
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.04% 1.77% 1.71%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.92% 13.69% 12.66%
Number of salaries quoted 109 167 416
10th Percentile £31,100 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.09% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,400 £74,144 £69,850
90th Percentile £78,790 £83,000 £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 1,539 2,031 3,729
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.50% 12.96% 13.50%
Number of salaries quoted 911 1,171 3,226
10th Percentile £27,900 £30,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,250 £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 £87,500 £86,250 £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 11 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 45 (26.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (11.90%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.19%) Apache
3 2 (1.19%) Confluence
3 2 (1.19%) nginx
4 1 (0.60%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (6.55%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.38%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.19%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (1.19%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 78 (46.43%) Azure
2 64 (38.10%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (23.21%) Entra ID
4 35 (20.83%) AWS
5 15 (8.93%) Google Workspace
6 14 (8.33%) Amazon ECS
6 14 (8.33%) OneDrive
7 10 (5.95%) GCP
8 8 (4.76%) Amazon ECR
8 8 (4.76%) AWS CloudFormation
8 8 (4.76%) dbt
8 8 (4.76%) IaaS
8 8 (4.76%) Pulumi
8 8 (4.76%) SaaS
9 6 (3.57%) Amazon EC2
9 6 (3.57%) Amazon EKS
9 6 (3.57%) Amazon S3
9 6 (3.57%) AWS Direct Connect
9 6 (3.57%) Route 53
9 6 (3.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 83 (49.40%) DNS
2 74 (44.05%) DHCP
3 69 (41.07%) VPN
4 55 (32.74%) Firewall
5 51 (30.36%) WAN
6 36 (21.43%) LAN
7 27 (16.07%) Wi-Fi
8 25 (14.88%) VLAN
9 20 (11.90%) SD-WAN
10 17 (10.12%) VoIP
11 12 (7.14%) Network Security
12 10 (5.95%) SSL
13 9 (5.36%) BGP
13 9 (5.36%) Wireless
14 7 (4.17%) HTTP
15 6 (3.57%) SNMP
16 5 (2.98%) Remote Desktop
17 4 (2.38%) SAN
17 4 (2.38%) SSH
17 4 (2.38%) Telnet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.33%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (6.55%) SQL Server
3 10 (5.95%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (4.76%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (4.76%) Redis
5 4 (2.38%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.60%) FileMaker
Development Applications
1 7 (4.17%) Burp Suite
1 7 (4.17%) Metasploit
2 6 (3.57%) JIRA
3 2 (1.19%) Git
3 2 (1.19%) Rational Rhapsody
3 2 (1.19%) Snyk
4 1 (0.60%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 74 (44.05%) Social Skills
2 47 (27.98%) Finance
3 23 (13.69%) Banking
4 17 (10.12%) Investment Banking
5 14 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (5.95%) Retail
7 9 (5.36%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.57%) Back Office
8 6 (3.57%) Financial Institution
8 6 (3.57%) Law
9 5 (2.98%) Front Office
10 4 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.19%) Local Government
13 1 (0.60%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.60%) Legal
13 1 (0.60%) Military
Job Titles
1 35 (20.83%) IT Support
1 35 (20.83%) Senior
1 35 (20.83%) Support Engineer
2 30 (17.86%) IT Engineer
2 30 (17.86%) IT Support Engineer
3 26 (15.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 25 (14.88%) 2nd Line Support
5 22 (13.10%) Developer
6 20 (11.90%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 20 (11.90%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 19 (11.31%) Linux Scripter
8 17 (10.12%) C++ Developer
8 17 (10.12%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
8 17 (10.12%) Linux Developer
8 17 (10.12%) Low Latency C++ Developer
9 14 (8.33%) Analyst
10 12 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (5.95%) 3rd Line Support
11 10 (5.95%) Consultant
12 9 (5.36%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.76%) Django
2 6 (3.57%) RESTful
3 4 (2.38%) .NET
3 4 (2.38%) FIX Protocol
3 4 (2.38%) Sass
3 4 (2.38%) ZeroMQ
4 2 (1.19%) LDAP
4 2 (1.19%) Middleware
5 1 (0.60%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.60%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (11.31%) FPGA
2 17 (10.12%) Onboarding
3 14 (8.33%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (8.33%) Driving Licence
4 10 (5.95%) Cloud Native
4 10 (5.95%) Data Centre
4 10 (5.95%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (4.17%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.57%) CCTV
6 6 (3.57%) iPad
6 6 (3.57%) iPhone
6 6 (3.57%) NHS
7 5 (2.98%) Algorithms
7 5 (2.98%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.98%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.38%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (2.38%) Mobile App
8 4 (2.38%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 83 (49.40%) Windows
2 57 (33.93%) Windows Server
3 50 (29.76%) Linux
4 36 (21.43%) Windows 10
5 18 (10.71%) Mac OS
6 16 (9.52%) Apple iOS
7 14 (8.33%) Windows Server 2012
8 13 (7.74%) Windows Server 2016
9 11 (6.55%) Windows Server 2019
10 10 (5.95%) Unix
11 4 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (1.79%) OpenWrt
13 2 (1.19%) Android
13 2 (1.19%) CentOS
13 2 (1.19%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.60%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.60%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (34.52%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 29 (17.26%) Customer Service
4 27 (16.07%) ITIL
5 26 (15.48%) Disaster Recovery
6 23 (13.69%) Agile
7 22 (13.10%) CI/CD
8 19 (11.31%) Infrastructure as Code
8 19 (11.31%) Root Cause Analysis
8 19 (11.31%) Service Delivery
9 18 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
9 18 (10.71%) Low Latency
10 16 (9.52%) DevOps
10 16 (9.52%) Observability
10 16 (9.52%) Performance Monitoring
11 14 (8.33%) Penetration Testing
12 13 (7.74%) Identity Access Management
13 12 (7.14%) Cost Management
13 12 (7.14%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (19.64%) Python
2 27 (16.07%) Java
3 25 (14.88%) C
3 25 (14.88%) C++
4 22 (13.10%) PowerShell
5 15 (8.93%) SQL
6 6 (3.57%) Go
7 5 (2.98%) C#
8 4 (2.38%) Bash
9 2 (1.19%) Delphi
9 2 (1.19%) Pascal
9 2 (1.19%) Perl
9 2 (1.19%) PHP
10 1 (0.60%) Bicep
10 1 (0.60%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (12.50%) Degree
2 16 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (7.74%) CCNA
3 13 (7.74%) Security Cleared
4 11 (6.55%) SC Cleared
5 10 (5.95%) CCNP
6 9 (5.36%) Azure Certification
6 9 (5.36%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (4.17%) CHECK Team Member
7 7 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (4.17%) CREST Certified
7 7 (4.17%) Cyber Scheme
8 6 (3.57%) CISSP
8 6 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (3.57%) Master's Degree
9 5 (2.98%) DBS Check
9 5 (2.98%) GCIA
9 5 (2.98%) SANS
10 3 (1.79%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.79%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (3.57%) PCI DSS
3 6 (3.57%) SOC 2
4 5 (2.98%) SLA
5 4 (2.38%) GRC
6 2 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.19%) NCSC
7 1 (0.60%) GxP
7 1 (0.60%) NIST
7 1 (0.60%) QA
System Software
1 72 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 30 (17.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (14.29%) Hyper-V
4 9 (5.36%) Docker
5 7 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (2.98%) vSphere
7 4 (2.38%) Firmware
8 2 (1.19%) NFS
8 2 (1.19%) XenApp
9 1 (0.60%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 31 (18.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (13.10%) Terraform
3 12 (7.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 8 (4.76%) Ansible
4 8 (4.76%) Nessus
5 7 (4.17%) Nmap
6 6 (3.57%) SCCM
7 5 (2.98%) Autotask
8 3 (1.79%) Kubernetes
9 2 (1.19%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (1.19%) FortiGate
9 2 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (1.19%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (1.19%) Red Hat Spacewalk
10 1 (0.60%) OpenView
10 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.60%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.60%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.60%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 74 (44.05%) Microsoft
2 31 (18.45%) VMware
3 23 (13.69%) Google
4 12 (7.14%) Cisco
5 7 (4.17%) ServiceNow
6 6 (3.57%) Dell
6 6 (3.57%) Fortinet
6 6 (3.57%) Red Hat
7 5 (2.98%) Citrix
7 5 (2.98%) HP
8 4 (2.38%) Oracle
8 4 (2.38%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.79%) Freshdesk
9 3 (1.79%) Qualys
10 2 (1.19%) Avaya
10 2 (1.19%) Checkmarx
10 2 (1.19%) Commvault
10 2 (1.19%) Extreme Networks
10 2 (1.19%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.19%) Symantec