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 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 238 248
Rank change year-on-year -1 +10 -11
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 237 196 331
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.08% 1.19% 1.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.26% 9.94% 8.19%
Number of salaries quoted 178 151 256
10th Percentile £29,925 £27,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,777 £69,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £76,250 £78,125
UK median annual salary £39,000 £38,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +1.30% -9.41% -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 2,311 1,972 4,043
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.56% 11.98% 15.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,279 1,205 2,284
10th Percentile £29,750 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -10.80% -7.39%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £67,968
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -13.27% -4.99%

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 29 July 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 46 (19.41%) SharePoint
2 45 (18.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (5.91%) IIS
4 3 (1.27%) SAS
5 1 (0.42%) Confluence
5 1 (0.42%) OpenStack
Applications
1 12 (5.06%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.42%) Houdini
2 1 (0.42%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.42%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 112 (47.26%) Azure
2 105 (44.30%) Microsoft 365
3 69 (29.11%) Entra ID
4 53 (22.36%) AWS
5 19 (8.02%) GCP
6 16 (6.75%) AWS CloudFormation
7 12 (5.06%) dbt
8 9 (3.80%) OneDrive
9 8 (3.38%) Google Workspace
10 7 (2.95%) Amazon ECS
10 7 (2.95%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (2.95%) OpenShift
11 5 (2.11%) Amazon ECR
11 5 (2.11%) Amazon ElastiCache
11 5 (2.11%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 5 (2.11%) AWS CodeBuild
11 5 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (2.11%) PaaS
11 5 (2.11%) SaaS
11 5 (2.11%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 130 (54.85%) DNS
2 105 (44.30%) Firewall
3 100 (42.19%) DHCP
4 71 (29.96%) VPN
5 50 (21.10%) LAN
6 48 (20.25%) WAN
7 30 (12.66%) VLAN
8 23 (9.70%) Network Security
9 22 (9.28%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (7.17%) BGP
11 15 (6.33%) OSPF
12 14 (5.91%) HTTP
12 14 (5.91%) VoIP
13 12 (5.06%) Wireless
14 11 (4.64%) SD-WAN
15 6 (2.53%) Internet
15 6 (2.53%) MPLS
15 6 (2.53%) SSL
15 6 (2.53%) VXLAN
16 4 (1.69%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (10.55%) SQL Server
2 12 (5.06%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (2.11%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (2.11%) Redis
4 4 (1.69%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.69%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.27%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.27%) MySQL
6 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.42%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.42%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 9 (3.80%) JIRA
2 8 (3.38%) Git
3 1 (0.42%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.42%) CMake
3 1 (0.42%) GDB
3 1 (0.42%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.42%) Metasploit
General
1 110 (46.41%) Social Skills
2 44 (18.57%) Finance
3 24 (10.13%) Banking
4 18 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.75%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (6.33%) Investment Banking
7 14 (5.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (5.06%) Law
8 12 (5.06%) Telecoms
9 9 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (3.38%) Manufacturing
10 8 (3.38%) Retail
11 7 (2.95%) Aerospace
11 7 (2.95%) Public Sector
12 6 (2.53%) Electronics
13 3 (1.27%) Games
13 3 (1.27%) Legal
13 3 (1.27%) Marketing
14 2 (0.84%) Military
15 1 (0.42%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 67 (28.27%) IT Support
2 61 (25.74%) Support Engineer
3 47 (19.83%) IT Engineer
4 45 (18.99%) IT Support Engineer
5 43 (18.14%) Senior
6 27 (11.39%) Analyst
6 27 (11.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 24 (10.13%) Network Engineer
8 20 (8.44%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 20 (8.44%) 2nd Line Support
8 20 (8.44%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 17 (7.17%) Developer
9 17 (7.17%) IT Analyst
10 16 (6.75%) IT Support Analyst
10 16 (6.75%) Support Analyst
11 15 (6.33%) C++ Developer
11 15 (6.33%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
11 15 (6.33%) Linux Developer
11 15 (6.33%) Linux Scripter
11 15 (6.33%) Low Latency C++ Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.06%) Middleware
2 8 (3.38%) LDAP
3 6 (2.53%) ARM Templates
4 5 (2.11%) .NET
4 5 (2.11%) Django
4 5 (2.11%) React
4 5 (2.11%) REST
5 4 (1.69%) ADO
5 4 (1.69%) COM
5 4 (1.69%) DCOM
5 4 (1.69%) gRPC
6 3 (1.27%) .NET Core
6 3 (1.27%) 802.1X
6 3 (1.27%) Unreal Engine
6 3 (1.27%) XML
7 2 (0.84%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.84%) Node.js
7 2 (0.84%) RESTful
7 2 (0.84%) Vue
8 1 (0.42%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.44%) Onboarding
2 19 (8.02%) Linux Command Line
3 15 (6.33%) FPGA
4 14 (5.91%) Driving Licence
5 11 (4.64%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (4.64%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (4.22%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (3.80%) Data Centre
8 8 (3.38%) Life Science
9 6 (2.53%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (2.53%) PKI
9 6 (2.53%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.69%) CCTV
10 4 (1.69%) Cloud Native
10 4 (1.69%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (1.69%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.69%) Smartcard
11 3 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 132 (55.70%) Windows
2 76 (32.07%) Windows Server
3 73 (30.80%) Linux
4 25 (10.55%) Windows 10
5 24 (10.13%) Mac OS
6 16 (6.75%) Unix
7 7 (2.95%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (2.53%) Ubuntu
8 6 (2.53%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (2.11%) Apple iOS
9 5 (2.11%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (1.69%) Android
11 3 (1.27%) Debian
12 2 (0.84%) CentOS
12 2 (0.84%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.42%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 1 (0.42%) Solaris
13 1 (0.42%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (35.02%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (17.72%) Customer Service
3 41 (17.30%) Continuous Improvement
4 40 (16.88%) Infrastructure as Code
5 38 (16.03%) ITIL
6 37 (15.61%) Cybersecurity
6 37 (15.61%) Incident Response
7 35 (14.77%) DevOps
7 35 (14.77%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 29 (12.24%) Disaster Recovery
9 25 (10.55%) Agile
9 25 (10.55%) Change Management
9 25 (10.55%) ITSM
9 25 (10.55%) Project Delivery
10 24 (10.13%) CI/CD
11 23 (9.70%) Mentoring
11 23 (9.70%) Software Engineering
12 20 (8.44%) Low Latency
13 19 (8.02%) Collaborative Culture
13 19 (8.02%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 46 (19.41%) PowerShell
2 42 (17.72%) Python
3 21 (8.86%) SQL
4 20 (8.44%) Java
5 19 (8.02%) C++
6 18 (7.59%) C
7 9 (3.80%) Bash
8 7 (2.95%) Bicep
8 7 (2.95%) PHP
9 6 (2.53%) C#
10 4 (1.69%) Delphi
10 4 (1.69%) Pascal
11 3 (1.27%) Ruby
11 3 (1.27%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.84%) Go
12 2 (0.84%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.84%) MATLAB
12 2 (0.84%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.42%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 37 (15.61%) Security Cleared
2 35 (14.77%) Degree
3 29 (12.24%) SC Cleared
4 16 (6.75%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (6.33%) CCNA
6 13 (5.49%) Azure Certification
7 11 (4.64%) CCNP
8 10 (4.22%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (2.53%) A+ Certification
11 3 (1.27%) CEH
11 3 (1.27%) CISSP
11 3 (1.27%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.84%) CCNA CyberOps
12 2 (0.84%) CompTIA CySA+
12 2 (0.84%) GCIA
12 2 (0.84%) GIAC
12 2 (0.84%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.84%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (12.24%) SLA
2 9 (3.80%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.69%) GDPR
5 2 (0.84%) NIST
6 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.42%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.42%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.42%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.42%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 87 (36.71%) Active Directory
2 40 (16.88%) Hyper-V
3 32 (13.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (3.80%) Docker
4 9 (3.80%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.27%) Firmware
5 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (1.27%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (1.27%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.84%) KVM
6 2 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.84%) vSphere
7 1 (0.42%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.42%) QEMU
7 1 (0.42%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.42%) Xen
Systems Management
1 47 (19.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (15.61%) Terraform
3 19 (8.02%) Ansible
4 15 (6.33%) Kubernetes
5 12 (5.06%) FortiGate
6 11 (4.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 6 (2.53%) SCCM
8 5 (2.11%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (2.11%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (1.69%) QRadar
10 3 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.84%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.84%) Norton AntiVirus
11 2 (0.84%) OpenView
11 2 (0.84%) Puppet
11 2 (0.84%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.42%) Nessus
12 1 (0.42%) Nmap
12 1 (0.42%) OpenVAS
12 1 (0.42%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 127 (53.59%) Microsoft
2 41 (17.30%) VMware
3 35 (14.77%) Cisco
4 22 (9.28%) ServiceNow
5 19 (8.02%) Google
6 18 (7.59%) Fortinet
7 12 (5.06%) Veeam
8 10 (4.22%) Palo Alto
9 9 (3.80%) Zscaler
10 8 (3.38%) Meraki
10 8 (3.38%) SolarWinds
11 6 (2.53%) Apple
11 6 (2.53%) ArcSight
11 6 (2.53%) HP
11 6 (2.53%) Splunk
12 5 (2.11%) F5
12 5 (2.11%) Freshdesk
12 5 (2.11%) Okta
12 5 (2.11%) SonicWALL
13 4 (1.69%) Salesforce