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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 253 220
Rank change year-on-year +18 -33 -16
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 254 171 325
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.04% 1.06% 1.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.28% 9.70% 9.33%
Number of salaries quoted 187 126 207
10th Percentile £28,100 £29,375 £31,700
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £42,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -20.00% +4.74%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% -8.11%

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 2,251 1,763 3,482
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.19% 10.92% 15.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,350 1,008 1,564
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 £73,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £48,500 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.25% -20.00% -1.96%

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 22 September 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 54 (21.26%) SharePoint
2 41 (16.14%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (5.12%) IIS
4 3 (1.18%) SAS
5 1 (0.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (4.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.79%) 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 (0.79%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 116 (45.67%) Azure
2 110 (43.31%) Microsoft 365
3 87 (34.25%) Entra ID
4 46 (18.11%) AWS
5 19 (7.48%) GCP
6 15 (5.91%) AWS CloudFormation
7 13 (5.12%) dbt
8 10 (3.94%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (3.15%) OneDrive
10 6 (2.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 6 (2.36%) OpenShift
10 6 (2.36%) Serverless
11 5 (1.97%) SaaS
12 4 (1.57%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (1.57%) Azure Storage
12 4 (1.57%) GitHub
12 4 (1.57%) Power Automate
13 3 (1.18%) Azure Logic Apps
13 3 (1.18%) Google Workspace
14 2 (0.79%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 145 (57.09%) DNS
2 123 (48.43%) Firewall
3 112 (44.09%) DHCP
4 80 (31.50%) VPN
5 44 (17.32%) LAN
5 44 (17.32%) WAN
6 43 (16.93%) VLAN
7 26 (10.24%) Network Security
8 19 (7.48%) BGP
8 19 (7.48%) OSPF
9 17 (6.69%) VoIP
10 15 (5.91%) HTTP
10 15 (5.91%) Wi-Fi
11 14 (5.51%) Wireless
12 10 (3.94%) SD-WAN
12 10 (3.94%) VXLAN
13 8 (3.15%) SSL
14 7 (2.76%) Internet
15 6 (2.36%) EIGRP
15 6 (2.36%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (11.81%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.79%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.79%) MySQL
4 1 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.39%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.39%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (4.72%) Git
2 9 (3.54%) JIRA
3 4 (1.57%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.39%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.39%) CMake
4 1 (0.39%) GDB
4 1 (0.39%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.39%) Metasploit
General
1 130 (51.18%) Social Skills
2 38 (14.96%) Finance
3 24 (9.45%) Telecoms
4 20 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.87%) Banking
5 18 (7.09%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (5.91%) Retail
7 12 (4.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (4.72%) Public Sector
8 11 (4.33%) Electronics
8 11 (4.33%) Law
9 8 (3.15%) Aerospace
9 8 (3.15%) Investment Banking
9 8 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.76%) Marketing
11 5 (1.97%) Legal
11 5 (1.97%) Manufacturing
12 3 (1.18%) Games
13 2 (0.79%) Automotive
14 1 (0.39%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 62 (24.41%) IT Support
2 61 (24.02%) Support Engineer
3 52 (20.47%) Senior
4 46 (18.11%) IT Engineer
5 41 (16.14%) IT Support Engineer
6 32 (12.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 31 (12.20%) Network Engineer
8 21 (8.27%) Analyst
9 19 (7.48%) 2nd Line Support
10 16 (6.30%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 16 (6.30%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 14 (5.51%) Infrastructure Support
11 14 (5.51%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 14 (5.51%) IT Analyst
11 14 (5.51%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (5.12%) IT Support Analyst
12 13 (5.12%) Python Engineer
12 13 (5.12%) Site Engineer
12 13 (5.12%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 13 (5.12%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (17.32%) Terraform
2 12 (4.72%) Middleware
3 8 (3.15%) LDAP
4 7 (2.76%) React
4 7 (2.76%) XML
5 5 (1.97%) ARM Templates
6 4 (1.57%) COM
6 4 (1.57%) DCOM
6 4 (1.57%) YAML
7 3 (1.18%) ADO
7 3 (1.18%) REST
7 3 (1.18%) Unreal Engine
8 2 (0.79%) .NET
8 2 (0.79%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.79%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.79%) JWT
8 2 (0.79%) Node.js
8 2 (0.79%) RESTful
8 2 (0.79%) Vue
9 1 (0.39%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.87%) Onboarding
2 18 (7.09%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (5.91%) Driving Licence
4 13 (5.12%) Data Centre
4 13 (5.12%) Linux Command Line
4 13 (5.12%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.94%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (3.54%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (3.15%) FPGA
7 8 (3.15%) PKI
8 7 (2.76%) Client/Server
8 7 (2.76%) Life Science
8 7 (2.76%) SCADA
9 4 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.57%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (1.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (1.57%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (1.57%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.57%) PMI
9 4 (1.57%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 146 (57.48%) Windows
2 81 (31.89%) Windows Server
3 67 (26.38%) Linux
4 20 (7.87%) Unix
5 15 (5.91%) Mac OS
6 14 (5.51%) Windows 10
7 8 (3.15%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.57%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (1.18%) Android
9 3 (1.18%) Debian
9 3 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.79%) 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 87 (34.25%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (20.87%) Continuous Improvement
3 52 (20.47%) Cybersecurity
4 48 (18.90%) Customer Service
4 48 (18.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 42 (16.54%) Infrastructure as Code
6 37 (14.57%) Disaster Recovery
7 36 (14.17%) Incident Response
7 36 (14.17%) Mentoring
8 33 (12.99%) ITIL
8 33 (12.99%) Software Engineering
9 31 (12.20%) Change Management
10 30 (11.81%) DevOps
11 28 (11.02%) CI/CD
12 25 (9.84%) Collaborative Culture
12 25 (9.84%) Project Delivery
13 24 (9.45%) ITSM
14 18 (7.09%) Clean Code
14 18 (7.09%) High Availability
14 18 (7.09%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 54 (21.26%) Python
2 48 (18.90%) PowerShell
3 15 (5.91%) C++
3 15 (5.91%) SQL
4 12 (4.72%) C
5 10 (3.94%) Bash
6 9 (3.54%) Bicep
6 9 (3.54%) Java
7 6 (2.36%) Go
8 5 (1.97%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.97%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.57%) C#
10 3 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.18%) PHP
10 3 (1.18%) Ruby
11 2 (0.79%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.39%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.39%) Rust
Qualifications
1 46 (18.11%) Degree
2 41 (16.14%) Security Cleared
3 29 (11.42%) SC Cleared
4 16 (6.30%) Azure Certification
4 16 (6.30%) CCNA
4 16 (6.30%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (4.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (3.94%) CCNP
7 9 (3.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (2.76%) A+ Certification
9 5 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.97%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (1.57%) CEH
10 4 (1.57%) CISSP
10 4 (1.57%) PMI Certification
11 3 (1.18%) CompTIA CySA+
11 3 (1.18%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.18%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.18%) GCIA
11 3 (1.18%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (12.60%) SLA
2 17 (6.69%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (3.15%) GDPR
4 5 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.18%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.18%) QA
6 1 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.39%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.39%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.39%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.39%) NIST
6 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 102 (40.16%) Active Directory
2 46 (18.11%) Hyper-V
3 37 (14.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (6.69%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (3.15%) Docker
6 5 (1.97%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.57%) Firmware
8 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (1.18%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.79%) KVM
9 2 (0.79%) QEMU
9 2 (0.79%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.39%) vSphere
10 1 (0.39%) Xen
Systems Management
1 51 (20.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (9.06%) Ansible
3 12 (4.72%) Kubernetes
4 10 (3.94%) FortiGate
5 5 (1.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (1.57%) QRadar
7 3 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.18%) SCCM
7 3 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.79%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.79%) 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
1 139 (54.72%) Microsoft
2 47 (18.50%) VMware
3 39 (15.35%) Cisco
4 21 (8.27%) Fortinet
4 21 (8.27%) Veeam
5 20 (7.87%) ServiceNow
6 16 (6.30%) Google
7 12 (4.72%) Palo Alto
8 10 (3.94%) Zscaler
9 8 (3.15%) SolarWinds
9 8 (3.15%) Splunk
10 7 (2.76%) Apple
11 6 (2.36%) F5
11 6 (2.36%) Meraki
12 5 (1.97%) Dell
12 5 (1.97%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.97%) SonicWALL
13 4 (1.57%) Citrix
13 4 (1.57%) HP
13 4 (1.57%) WatchGuard