Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for TCP/IP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited TCP/IP over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 208 238 285
Rank change year-on-year +30 +47 -70
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 1,463 1,475 2,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.39% 1.56% 1.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.75% 9.59% 11.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,150 1,014 1,374
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,575 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,715 £75,600
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -2.44% -1.36%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

TCP/IP is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,607 15,377 22,507
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.96% 16.25% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 9,414 7,683 11,818
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% -3.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,419 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% +5.56%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing TCP/IP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in the UK

TCP/IP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP.

Salary trend for TCP/IP in the UK

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for TCP/IP in the UK

TCP/IP
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +39 1,299 £42,500 -5.56% 274
UK excluding London +13 1,106 £37,500 -6.25% 216
Work from Home +28 532 £52,500 +5.00% 130
London +75 325 £65,000 +13.04% 70
South East -55 244 £37,500 +1.35% 48
North of England +9 233 £40,000 -11.11% 67
Midlands +60 199 £36,500 -3.95% 33
South West -1 157 £33,000 -22.35% 28
East of England +42 142 £36,250 -14.71% 25
North West +5 121 £40,000 -14.89% 42
West Midlands +22 109 £34,500 -10.39% 13
Yorkshire +21 104 £39,500 -12.22% 21
East Midlands +34 90 £40,000 +9.59% 20
Scotland -56 65 £40,000 - 11
Northern Ireland +40 35 £32,500 - 1
Wales +9 32 £27,500 -20.48% 12
North East -15 8 £23,625 -29.48% 5

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 186 (12.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 147 (10.05%) SharePoint
3 46 (3.14%) WebLogic
4 35 (2.39%) IIS
5 18 (1.23%) Apache
6 14 (0.96%) nginx
7 11 (0.75%) Exchange Server 2013
8 10 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2010
8 10 (0.68%) Skype for Business
9 9 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2007
10 7 (0.48%) Confluence
11 4 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2003
12 3 (0.21%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.14%) Moodle
14 1 (0.068%) Apache Solr
14 1 (0.068%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.068%) OpenStack
14 1 (0.068%) WebSphere
Applications
1 198 (13.53%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.41%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.21%) Trello
5 2 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.068%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 46 (3.14%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 17 (1.16%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.34%) Oracle Cash Management
3 5 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (0.21%) Epicor Tropos
5 2 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 547 (37.39%) Azure
2 437 (29.87%) Microsoft 365
3 237 (16.20%) AWS
4 142 (9.71%) Entra ID
5 52 (3.55%) SaaS
6 48 (3.28%) Amazon EKS
7 46 (3.14%) Amazon SQS
8 40 (2.73%) Cloud Computing
8 40 (2.73%) OpenShift
9 39 (2.67%) GCP
10 35 (2.39%) OneDrive
11 31 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
12 23 (1.57%) Azure Sentinel
13 22 (1.50%) Mimecast
14 19 (1.30%) IaaS
15 18 (1.23%) WhatsApp
16 14 (0.96%) GitHub
16 14 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
17 11 (0.75%) Amazon S3
18 9 (0.62%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 688 (47.03%) DNS
2 523 (35.75%) Firewall
3 509 (34.79%) DHCP
4 357 (24.40%) WAN
5 352 (24.06%) LAN
6 261 (17.84%) VPN
7 179 (12.24%) Wireless
8 169 (11.55%) VLAN
9 147 (10.05%) BGP
10 138 (9.43%) Wi-Fi
11 116 (7.93%) Network Security
12 113 (7.72%) HTTP
13 110 (7.52%) SSL
14 109 (7.45%) Internet
15 108 (7.38%) OSPF
16 94 (6.43%) VoIP
17 91 (6.22%) MPLS
18 87 (5.95%) Ethernet
19 67 (4.58%) SAN
20 56 (3.83%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (6.84%) SQL Server
2 67 (4.58%) Relational Database
3 57 (3.90%) Amazon RDS
4 48 (3.28%) RDBMS
5 46 (3.14%) Oracle Database
6 37 (2.53%) MySQL
7 24 (1.64%) NoSQL
8 20 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (0.68%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.48%) Redis
10 7 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.34%) Power BI
12 4 (0.27%) Crystal Reports
12 4 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
14 2 (0.14%) Amazon Aurora
14 2 (0.14%) Apache Cassandra
14 2 (0.14%) DTS
14 2 (0.14%) InfluxDB
14 2 (0.14%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 47 (3.21%) JIRA
2 41 (2.80%) Jenkins
3 22 (1.50%) Visual Studio
4 21 (1.44%) Git
5 19 (1.30%) GitLab
6 13 (0.89%) Eclipse
7 11 (0.75%) Subversion
8 5 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
8 5 (0.34%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.27%) MSBuild
9 4 (0.27%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.14%) Browser DevTools
10 2 (0.14%) Hudson
10 2 (0.14%) Selenium
10 2 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.068%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.068%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.068%) Metasploit
11 1 (0.068%) Postman
11 1 (0.068%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 423 (28.91%) Social Skills
2 169 (11.55%) Finance
3 167 (11.41%) Analytical Skills
4 102 (6.97%) Telecoms
5 67 (4.58%) Electronics
6 48 (3.28%) Law
7 36 (2.46%) Banking
8 34 (2.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 34 (2.32%) Manufacturing
9 32 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
10 26 (1.78%) Retail
11 25 (1.71%) Legal
12 24 (1.64%) Aerospace
13 23 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
14 18 (1.23%) Public Sector
15 16 (1.09%) Marketing
16 15 (1.03%) Military
17 12 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
18 9 (0.62%) Police
19 8 (0.55%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 250 (17.09%) Senior
2 177 (12.10%) Analyst
3 169 (11.55%) Support Engineer
4 152 (10.39%) IT Support
5 149 (10.18%) Network Engineer
6 140 (9.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 140 (9.57%) IT Engineer
7 120 (8.20%) Lead
8 108 (7.38%) Software Engineer
9 73 (4.99%) IT Technician
10 71 (4.85%) IT Support Engineer
11 70 (4.78%) Architect
12 67 (4.58%) Support Technician
13 63 (4.31%) Developer
14 59 (4.03%) IT Analyst
15 55 (3.76%) Linux Engineer
16 53 (3.62%) Service Analyst
16 53 (3.62%) Support Analyst
17 52 (3.55%) 2nd Line Support
17 52 (3.55%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (4.92%) RabbitMQ
2 64 (4.37%) .NET
3 63 (4.31%) HTML
4 55 (3.76%) CSS
5 49 (3.35%) AngularJS
6 48 (3.28%) REST
7 47 (3.21%) Web Services
8 46 (3.14%) Spring Boot
9 32 (2.19%) WPF
10 30 (2.05%) React
11 27 (1.85%) LDAP
12 26 (1.78%) XML
13 24 (1.64%) FIX Protocol
14 23 (1.57%) Node.js
15 20 (1.37%) 802.1X
15 20 (1.37%) ASP.NET
16 19 (1.30%) ASP.NET MVC
16 19 (1.30%) jQuery
16 19 (1.30%) Tailwind CSS
16 19 (1.30%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 105 (7.18%) Data Centre
2 90 (6.15%) Management Information System
3 83 (5.67%) Self-Motivation
4 69 (4.72%) Driving Licence
5 61 (4.17%) IoT
6 59 (4.03%) Public Cloud
7 55 (3.76%) Enterprise Software
8 44 (3.01%) Replication
9 40 (2.73%) Onboarding
10 32 (2.19%) Clustering
11 29 (1.98%) CCTV
11 29 (1.98%) Client/Server
12 24 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
13 22 (1.50%) Cyberattack
13 22 (1.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 21 (1.44%) FPGA
15 19 (1.30%) PKI
16 17 (1.16%) Eurex
16 17 (1.16%) Security Operations Centre
17 15 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 828 (56.60%) Windows
2 418 (28.57%) Linux
3 386 (26.38%) Windows Server
4 216 (14.76%) Windows 10
5 100 (6.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 98 (6.70%) Windows Server 2016
7 95 (6.49%) Windows Server 2019
8 83 (5.67%) Windows Server 2012
9 61 (4.17%) Apple iOS
10 60 (4.10%) Android
11 58 (3.96%) Unix
12 40 (2.73%) Ubuntu
13 37 (2.53%) Windows Server 2008
14 33 (2.26%) CentOS
15 30 (2.05%) Mac OS
16 26 (1.78%) Windows 7
17 21 (1.44%) Mac OS X
18 19 (1.30%) Debian
19 18 (1.23%) Embedded Linux
19 18 (1.23%) VyOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (21.46%) Problem-Solving
2 252 (17.22%) Customer Service
3 248 (16.95%) ITIL
4 208 (14.22%) Cybersecurity
5 203 (13.88%) Agile
6 160 (10.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 154 (10.53%) Software Engineering
8 126 (8.61%) DevOps
9 123 (8.41%) Computer Science
10 114 (7.79%) Migration
11 101 (6.90%) Actionable Insight
12 90 (6.15%) Collaborative Working
13 85 (5.81%) Project Management
14 81 (5.54%) Open Source
15 79 (5.40%) ITSM
16 77 (5.26%) Disaster Recovery
16 77 (5.26%) Information Security
17 75 (5.13%) Load Balancing
18 74 (5.06%) Mentoring
19 70 (4.78%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 249 (17.02%) PowerShell
2 244 (16.68%) Python
3 130 (8.89%) Bash
4 129 (8.82%) SQL
5 105 (7.18%) Java
6 92 (6.29%) C
7 78 (5.33%) C++
8 72 (4.92%) C#
9 59 (4.03%) Perl
10 54 (3.69%) JavaScript
11 22 (1.50%) Ruby
12 19 (1.30%) XAML
13 13 (0.89%) Embedded C
14 7 (0.48%) Go
15 6 (0.41%) TypeScript
16 5 (0.34%) Ladder Logic
16 5 (0.34%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.27%) Assembly Language
17 4 (0.27%) Bicep
17 4 (0.27%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 265 (18.11%) Degree
2 188 (12.85%) Cisco Certification
2 188 (12.85%) Security Cleared
3 138 (9.43%) CCNA
4 124 (8.48%) SC Cleared
5 98 (6.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 65 (4.44%) Azure Certification
7 64 (4.37%) DV Cleared
8 60 (4.10%) Computer Science Degree
9 56 (3.83%) CCNP
9 56 (3.83%) CISSP
10 55 (3.76%) AWS Certification
11 48 (3.28%) DBS Check
12 47 (3.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 39 (2.67%) MCSA
14 38 (2.60%) JNCIA
15 34 (2.32%) CEH
16 29 (1.98%) Master's Degree
16 29 (1.98%) MCSE
17 22 (1.50%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (6.56%) SLA
2 41 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (2.32%) QA
4 28 (1.91%) NIST
5 23 (1.57%) NCSC
6 20 (1.37%) GDPR
7 17 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (1.16%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.68%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.48%) JTAG
10 5 (0.34%) MISRA
10 5 (0.34%) PMO
11 4 (0.27%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.21%) ISO 31000
12 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (0.14%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.14%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 512 (35.00%) Active Directory
2 245 (16.75%) Hyper-V
3 241 (16.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 85 (5.81%) Docker
5 39 (2.67%) VMware ESXi
6 38 (2.60%) Firmware
7 23 (1.57%) Virtual Desktop
7 23 (1.57%) vSphere
8 21 (1.44%) Virtual Servers
9 16 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
10 15 (1.03%) Terminal Services
11 11 (0.75%) Embedded Firmware
12 10 (0.68%) pfSense
13 9 (0.62%) NFS
14 8 (0.55%) XenApp
15 6 (0.41%) KVM
16 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
17 4 (0.27%) Citrix Hypervisor
17 4 (0.27%) vCloud
17 4 (0.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 122 (8.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 94 (6.43%) Ansible
3 77 (5.26%) Kubernetes
4 62 (4.24%) Puppet
5 57 (3.90%) SCCM
6 41 (2.80%) Terraform
7 34 (2.32%) Grafana
8 29 (1.98%) WSUS
9 23 (1.57%) Prometheus
10 22 (1.50%) vCenter Server
11 17 (1.16%) Nmap
12 14 (0.96%) Failover Clustering
12 14 (0.96%) FortiGate
12 14 (0.96%) Nagios
13 13 (0.89%) HAProxy
13 13 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
13 13 (0.89%) WMI
14 11 (0.75%) SCOM
14 11 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
14 11 (0.75%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 564 (38.55%) Microsoft
2 357 (24.40%) VMware
3 225 (15.38%) Cisco
4 108 (7.38%) Oracle
5 90 (6.15%) Red Hat
6 78 (5.33%) Juniper
7 62 (4.24%) Citrix
8 55 (3.76%) Fortinet
9 52 (3.55%) Splunk
10 51 (3.49%) Meraki
10 51 (3.49%) Veeam
11 46 (3.14%) Sparx
12 41 (2.80%) Bloomberg
13 36 (2.46%) SolarWinds
14 35 (2.39%) Palo Alto
15 34 (2.32%) Apple
16 32 (2.19%) Google
17 31 (2.12%) HP
18 29 (1.98%) CheckPoint
18 29 (1.98%) Ruckus Wireless