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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 244 243
Rank change year-on-year +13 -1 -28
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 246 201 320
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.08% 1.22% 1.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.32% 10.20% 8.44%
Number of salaries quoted 184 154 247
10th Percentile £29,825 £27,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,188 £31,313 £37,650
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £46,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.19% -11.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,125 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% -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 2,384 1,970 3,793
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.50% 11.92% 15.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,317 1,207 2,022
10th Percentile £29,625 £25,087 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,796
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £42,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.10% -16.00% -3.85%

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 10 August 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 (18.29%) SharePoint
2 42 (17.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (5.69%) IIS
4 3 (1.22%) SAS
5 1 (0.41%) Confluence
5 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
Applications
1 12 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.41%) Houdini
2 1 (0.41%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.41%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 2 (0.81%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 118 (47.97%) Azure
2 102 (41.46%) Microsoft 365
3 72 (29.27%) Entra ID
4 58 (23.58%) AWS
5 26 (10.57%) GCP
6 22 (8.94%) AWS CloudFormation
7 18 (7.32%) dbt
8 9 (3.66%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (3.66%) OneDrive
9 8 (3.25%) Google Workspace
10 7 (2.85%) Amazon ECS
10 7 (2.85%) OpenShift
11 5 (2.03%) Amazon ECR
11 5 (2.03%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 5 (2.03%) AWS CodeBuild
11 5 (2.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 5 (2.03%) PaaS
11 5 (2.03%) Pulumi
11 5 (2.03%) SaaS
11 5 (2.03%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 130 (52.85%) DNS
2 110 (44.72%) Firewall
3 100 (40.65%) DHCP
4 73 (29.67%) VPN
5 49 (19.92%) LAN
6 46 (18.70%) WAN
7 33 (13.41%) VLAN
8 25 (10.16%) Network Security
9 20 (8.13%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (6.91%) BGP
11 16 (6.50%) OSPF
11 16 (6.50%) VoIP
12 14 (5.69%) HTTP
12 14 (5.69%) Wireless
13 10 (4.07%) SD-WAN
14 7 (2.85%) SSL
15 6 (2.44%) Internet
15 6 (2.44%) MPLS
15 6 (2.44%) VXLAN
16 4 (1.63%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (10.57%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.07%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (2.03%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (2.03%) Redis
4 4 (1.63%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.22%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.22%) MySQL
6 2 (0.81%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.81%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.41%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.41%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.41%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 9 (3.66%) JIRA
2 8 (3.25%) Git
3 1 (0.41%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.41%) CMake
3 1 (0.41%) GDB
3 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.41%) Metasploit
General
1 118 (47.97%) Social Skills
2 43 (17.48%) Finance
3 23 (9.35%) Banking
4 19 (7.72%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (6.50%) Documentation Skills
5 16 (6.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (6.10%) Telecoms
7 14 (5.69%) Investment Banking
8 12 (4.88%) Law
9 8 (3.25%) Aerospace
9 8 (3.25%) Manufacturing
9 8 (3.25%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.25%) Retail
10 7 (2.85%) Electronics
10 7 (2.85%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.63%) Legal
12 3 (1.22%) Games
12 3 (1.22%) Marketing
13 2 (0.81%) Military
14 1 (0.41%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 63 (25.61%) IT Support
2 59 (23.98%) Support Engineer
3 51 (20.73%) Senior
4 45 (18.29%) IT Engineer
5 42 (17.07%) IT Support Engineer
6 28 (11.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 27 (10.98%) Network Engineer
8 24 (9.76%) Analyst
9 20 (8.13%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 20 (8.13%) 2nd Line Support
9 20 (8.13%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 16 (6.50%) Developer
11 15 (6.10%) IT Analyst
12 14 (5.69%) C++ Developer
12 14 (5.69%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
12 14 (5.69%) IT Support Analyst
12 14 (5.69%) Linux Developer
12 14 (5.69%) Linux Scripter
12 14 (5.69%) Low Latency C++ Developer
12 14 (5.69%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.88%) Middleware
2 8 (3.25%) LDAP
3 6 (2.44%) ARM Templates
3 6 (2.44%) React
4 5 (2.03%) .NET
4 5 (2.03%) Django
4 5 (2.03%) REST
5 4 (1.63%) ADO
5 4 (1.63%) COM
5 4 (1.63%) DCOM
5 4 (1.63%) gRPC
5 4 (1.63%) XML
6 3 (1.22%) .NET Core
6 3 (1.22%) 802.1X
6 3 (1.22%) Unreal Engine
7 2 (0.81%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.81%) Node.js
7 2 (0.81%) RESTful
7 2 (0.81%) Vue
8 1 (0.41%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.72%) Linux Command Line
2 18 (7.32%) Onboarding
3 17 (6.91%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (5.69%) FPGA
5 13 (5.28%) Driving Licence
6 12 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (4.07%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (3.25%) Data Centre
8 8 (3.25%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (3.25%) Life Science
9 7 (2.85%) Security Posture
10 6 (2.44%) PKI
11 4 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.63%) Client/Server
11 4 (1.63%) Cloud Native
11 4 (1.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (1.63%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.63%) Replication
11 4 (1.63%) SCADA
11 4 (1.63%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 134 (54.47%) Windows
2 78 (31.71%) Linux
2 78 (31.71%) Windows Server
3 23 (9.35%) Mac OS
3 23 (9.35%) Unix
4 20 (8.13%) Windows 10
5 7 (2.85%) Ubuntu
6 6 (2.44%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (2.03%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (1.63%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (1.22%) Android
9 3 (1.22%) Apple iOS
9 3 (1.22%) Debian
10 2 (0.81%) CentOS
10 2 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
10 2 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.41%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.41%) Solaris
11 1 (0.41%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (33.74%) Problem-Solving
2 49 (19.92%) Infrastructure as Code
3 47 (19.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 43 (17.48%) Incident Response
5 41 (16.67%) DevOps
6 40 (16.26%) Customer Service
7 39 (15.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 38 (15.45%) Cybersecurity
8 38 (15.45%) ITIL
9 32 (13.01%) Disaster Recovery
9 32 (13.01%) Mentoring
10 31 (12.60%) Software Engineering
11 30 (12.20%) CI/CD
12 27 (10.98%) Project Delivery
13 25 (10.16%) Agile
13 25 (10.16%) Change Management
13 25 (10.16%) Collaborative Culture
14 23 (9.35%) ITSM
15 21 (8.54%) Clean Code
16 20 (8.13%) Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 50 (20.33%) Python
2 46 (18.70%) PowerShell
3 19 (7.72%) Java
3 19 (7.72%) SQL
4 18 (7.32%) C++
5 17 (6.91%) C
6 9 (3.66%) Bash
6 9 (3.66%) Bicep
7 6 (2.44%) C#
8 5 (2.03%) PHP
9 4 (1.63%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.22%) Go
10 3 (1.22%) Ruby
10 3 (1.22%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.81%) Delphi
11 2 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.81%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.81%) Pascal
12 1 (0.41%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 44 (17.89%) Security Cleared
2 38 (15.45%) Degree
3 36 (14.63%) SC Cleared
4 17 (6.91%) CCNA
4 17 (6.91%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (6.50%) Azure Certification
6 11 (4.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 11 (4.47%) CCNP
7 8 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (2.44%) A+ Certification
9 4 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.22%) CEH
10 3 (1.22%) CISSP
10 3 (1.22%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (1.22%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.22%) Network+ Certification
10 3 (1.22%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.81%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.81%) GCIA
11 2 (0.81%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (12.20%) SLA
2 10 (4.07%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.63%) GDPR
5 2 (0.81%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.81%) NIST
6 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.41%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.41%) ISO 14001
6 1 (0.41%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 88 (35.77%) Active Directory
2 41 (16.67%) Hyper-V
3 33 (13.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (4.47%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (3.66%) Docker
6 3 (1.22%) Firmware
6 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.22%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (1.22%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.22%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.81%) KVM
7 2 (0.81%) vSphere
8 1 (0.41%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.41%) QEMU
8 1 (0.41%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.41%) Xen
Systems Management
1 45 (18.29%) Microsoft Intune
1 45 (18.29%) Terraform
2 19 (7.72%) Ansible
3 15 (6.10%) Kubernetes
4 11 (4.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 11 (4.47%) FortiGate
5 5 (2.03%) AWS Copilot
5 5 (2.03%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (2.03%) SCCM
6 4 (1.63%) QRadar
7 3 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.81%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.81%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.81%) OpenView
8 2 (0.81%) Puppet
8 2 (0.81%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.41%) Nessus
9 1 (0.41%) Nmap
9 1 (0.41%) OpenVAS
9 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 127 (51.63%) Microsoft
2 43 (17.48%) VMware
3 37 (15.04%) Cisco
4 25 (10.16%) Google
5 21 (8.54%) ServiceNow
6 17 (6.91%) Fortinet
7 14 (5.69%) Veeam
8 10 (4.07%) Zscaler
9 9 (3.66%) Palo Alto
9 9 (3.66%) SolarWinds
10 8 (3.25%) Meraki
11 7 (2.85%) HP
11 7 (2.85%) Splunk
12 6 (2.44%) Apple
12 6 (2.44%) ArcSight
13 5 (2.03%) F5
13 5 (2.03%) Freshdesk
13 5 (2.03%) Okta
13 5 (2.03%) Red Hat
13 5 (2.03%) SonicWALL