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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 206 238 272
Rank change year-on-year +32 +34 -56
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 1,437 1,516 2,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.42% 1.54% 1.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.68% 9.72% 11.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,151 1,045 1,350
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,350 £26,250
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% - -2.96%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,629 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £41,164
% change year-on-year -6.25% -2.83% -1.99%

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 13,460 15,589 21,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.34% 15.83% 13.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9,379 7,833 11,758
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £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 23 May 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 23 May 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 1,280 £42,500 -5.56% 317
UK excluding London +13 1,082 £37,500 -6.25% 259
Work from Home +32 527 £52,500 +5.00% 128
London +66 323 £65,000 +13.04% 70
South East -43 241 £38,500 +10.00% 50
North of England +14 228 £40,000 -11.11% 77
Midlands +51 195 £36,500 -2.67% 50
South West +9 154 £33,000 -22.35% 36
East of England +37 140 £37,500 -11.76% 31
North West -1 118 £40,000 -14.89% 44
West Midlands +36 105 £34,500 -10.39% 23
Yorkshire +26 102 £38,500 -14.44% 29
East Midlands +39 90 £40,000 +9.59% 27
Scotland -49 61 £42,500 +6.25% 10
Northern Ireland +45 33 £32,500 - 4
Wales +9 31 £27,500 -20.48% 9
North East -11 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
1 177 (12.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 147 (10.23%) SharePoint
3 46 (3.20%) WebLogic
4 34 (2.37%) IIS
5 17 (1.18%) Apache
6 15 (1.04%) nginx
7 11 (0.77%) Exchange Server 2013
8 10 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2010
8 10 (0.70%) Skype for Business
9 9 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2007
10 6 (0.42%) Confluence
11 4 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2003
12 3 (0.21%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.14%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.14%) Moodle
14 1 (0.070%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.070%) OpenStack
14 1 (0.070%) WebSphere
Applications
1 192 (13.36%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.35%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.21%) Trello
5 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.070%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.070%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 46 (3.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 17 (1.18%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.35%) Oracle Cash Management
3 5 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.28%) Epicor Tropos
5 2 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 534 (37.16%) Azure
2 430 (29.92%) Microsoft 365
3 235 (16.35%) AWS
4 140 (9.74%) Entra ID
5 51 (3.55%) SaaS
6 49 (3.41%) Amazon EKS
7 46 (3.20%) Amazon SQS
8 41 (2.85%) GCP
9 39 (2.71%) Cloud Computing
9 39 (2.71%) OpenShift
10 36 (2.51%) OneDrive
11 31 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
12 23 (1.60%) Azure Sentinel
13 22 (1.53%) Mimecast
14 19 (1.32%) IaaS
15 18 (1.25%) WhatsApp
16 14 (0.97%) GitHub
16 14 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
17 12 (0.84%) Amazon S3
18 9 (0.63%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 679 (47.25%) DNS
2 516 (35.91%) Firewall
3 497 (34.59%) DHCP
4 356 (24.77%) WAN
5 346 (24.08%) LAN
6 257 (17.88%) VPN
7 176 (12.25%) Wireless
8 164 (11.41%) VLAN
9 145 (10.09%) BGP
10 136 (9.46%) Wi-Fi
11 115 (8.00%) Network Security
12 111 (7.72%) SSL
13 109 (7.59%) HTTP
13 109 (7.59%) Internet
14 108 (7.52%) OSPF
15 93 (6.47%) VoIP
16 91 (6.33%) MPLS
17 86 (5.98%) Ethernet
18 63 (4.38%) SAN
19 58 (4.04%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (6.96%) SQL Server
2 67 (4.66%) Relational Database
3 59 (4.11%) Amazon RDS
4 48 (3.34%) RDBMS
5 46 (3.20%) Oracle Database
6 39 (2.71%) MySQL
7 23 (1.60%) NoSQL
8 21 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
9 11 (0.77%) MongoDB
10 8 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (0.49%) Redis
12 6 (0.42%) Power BI
13 4 (0.28%) Crystal Reports
13 4 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.21%) Amazon Aurora
14 3 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
15 2 (0.14%) Apache Cassandra
15 2 (0.14%) Couchbase
15 2 (0.14%) InfluxDB
15 2 (0.14%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 47 (3.27%) JIRA
2 42 (2.92%) Jenkins
3 21 (1.46%) Git
3 21 (1.46%) Visual Studio
4 19 (1.32%) GitLab
5 13 (0.90%) Eclipse
6 11 (0.77%) Subversion
7 5 (0.35%) Rational DOORS
7 5 (0.35%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.28%) MSBuild
8 4 (0.28%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.14%) Browser DevTools
9 2 (0.14%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.14%) Hudson
9 2 (0.14%) Metasploit
9 2 (0.14%) Selenium
9 2 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.070%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.070%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.070%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 408 (28.39%) Social Skills
2 170 (11.83%) Analytical Skills
3 168 (11.69%) Finance
4 105 (7.31%) Telecoms
5 68 (4.73%) Electronics
6 49 (3.41%) Law
7 36 (2.51%) Banking
8 33 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 33 (2.30%) Manufacturing
9 30 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
10 27 (1.88%) Retail
11 24 (1.67%) Legal
11 24 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (1.60%) Aerospace
13 18 (1.25%) Public Sector
14 16 (1.11%) Marketing
15 15 (1.04%) Military
16 12 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
17 9 (0.63%) Police
18 8 (0.56%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 250 (17.40%) Senior
2 177 (12.32%) Analyst
3 169 (11.76%) Support Engineer
4 154 (10.72%) IT Support
5 145 (10.09%) Network Engineer
6 139 (9.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 139 (9.67%) IT Engineer
7 120 (8.35%) Lead
8 106 (7.38%) Software Engineer
9 73 (5.08%) IT Support Engineer
10 69 (4.80%) IT Technician
11 68 (4.73%) Architect
12 63 (4.38%) Support Technician
13 62 (4.31%) Developer
14 58 (4.04%) IT Analyst
15 55 (3.83%) Linux Engineer
15 55 (3.83%) Support Analyst
16 53 (3.69%) 2nd Line Support
17 50 (3.48%) Service Analyst
18 49 (3.41%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (4.94%) RabbitMQ
2 64 (4.45%) .NET
2 64 (4.45%) HTML
3 55 (3.83%) CSS
4 48 (3.34%) REST
5 47 (3.27%) AngularJS
6 46 (3.20%) Spring Boot
6 46 (3.20%) Web Services
7 32 (2.23%) WPF
8 30 (2.09%) React
9 27 (1.88%) LDAP
10 26 (1.81%) XML
11 24 (1.67%) FIX Protocol
12 21 (1.46%) Node.js
13 20 (1.39%) 802.1X
13 20 (1.39%) ASP.NET
14 19 (1.32%) ASP.NET MVC
14 19 (1.32%) jQuery
14 19 (1.32%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 19 (1.32%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 104 (7.24%) Data Centre
2 91 (6.33%) Management Information System
3 80 (5.57%) Self-Motivation
4 68 (4.73%) Driving Licence
5 58 (4.04%) IoT
5 58 (4.04%) Public Cloud
6 55 (3.83%) Enterprise Software
7 42 (2.92%) Replication
8 39 (2.71%) Onboarding
9 33 (2.30%) Clustering
10 29 (2.02%) CCTV
10 29 (2.02%) Client/Server
11 24 (1.67%) Video Conferencing
12 22 (1.53%) Cyberattack
13 21 (1.46%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 21 (1.46%) FPGA
13 21 (1.46%) PKI
14 18 (1.25%) Security Operations Centre
15 17 (1.18%) Eurex
16 15 (1.04%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 813 (56.58%) Windows
2 413 (28.74%) Linux
3 381 (26.51%) Windows Server
4 213 (14.82%) Windows 10
5 99 (6.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 97 (6.75%) Windows Server 2016
7 92 (6.40%) Windows Server 2019
8 82 (5.71%) Windows Server 2012
9 61 (4.24%) Apple iOS
10 60 (4.18%) Android
10 60 (4.18%) Unix
11 39 (2.71%) Ubuntu
12 37 (2.57%) Windows Server 2008
13 32 (2.23%) CentOS
14 29 (2.02%) Mac OS
15 26 (1.81%) Windows 7
16 21 (1.46%) Mac OS X
17 19 (1.32%) Debian
18 18 (1.25%) Embedded Linux
18 18 (1.25%) VyOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (21.22%) Problem-Solving
2 247 (17.19%) ITIL
3 243 (16.91%) Customer Service
4 207 (14.41%) Cybersecurity
5 201 (13.99%) Agile
6 159 (11.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 149 (10.37%) Software Engineering
8 130 (9.05%) DevOps
9 115 (8.00%) Computer Science
10 112 (7.79%) Migration
11 102 (7.10%) Actionable Insight
12 90 (6.26%) Collaborative Working
13 84 (5.85%) Project Management
14 81 (5.64%) Open Source
15 77 (5.36%) Information Security
16 76 (5.29%) Disaster Recovery
16 76 (5.29%) ITSM
16 76 (5.29%) Load Balancing
17 74 (5.15%) Mentoring
18 68 (4.73%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 247 (17.19%) PowerShell
2 238 (16.56%) Python
3 130 (9.05%) Bash
4 124 (8.63%) SQL
5 104 (7.24%) Java
6 90 (6.26%) C
7 75 (5.22%) C#
8 74 (5.15%) C++
9 58 (4.04%) Perl
10 54 (3.76%) JavaScript
11 21 (1.46%) Ruby
12 19 (1.32%) XAML
13 11 (0.77%) Embedded C
14 7 (0.49%) Go
15 6 (0.42%) TypeScript
16 5 (0.35%) Ladder Logic
17 4 (0.28%) Bicep
17 4 (0.28%) PHP
17 4 (0.28%) T-SQL
18 3 (0.21%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 256 (17.81%) Degree
2 184 (12.80%) Cisco Certification
2 184 (12.80%) Security Cleared
3 136 (9.46%) CCNA
4 120 (8.35%) SC Cleared
5 95 (6.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 65 (4.52%) Azure Certification
7 63 (4.38%) DV Cleared
8 57 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
9 56 (3.90%) CISSP
10 55 (3.83%) AWS Certification
11 50 (3.48%) CCNP
12 48 (3.34%) DBS Check
13 47 (3.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 37 (2.57%) JNCIA
14 37 (2.57%) MCSA
15 33 (2.30%) CEH
16 29 (2.02%) MCSE
17 26 (1.81%) Master's Degree
18 22 (1.53%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (6.47%) SLA
2 39 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (2.16%) QA
4 28 (1.95%) NIST
5 23 (1.60%) NCSC
6 19 (1.32%) GDPR
7 17 (1.18%) PCI DSS
8 15 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (0.70%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.49%) JTAG
11 5 (0.35%) MISRA
11 5 (0.35%) PMO
12 4 (0.28%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.21%) ISO 31000
13 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.14%) ISO 22301
14 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.070%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 502 (34.93%) Active Directory
2 243 (16.91%) Hyper-V
3 236 (16.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 86 (5.98%) Docker
5 38 (2.64%) VMware ESXi
6 37 (2.57%) Firmware
7 24 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
8 22 (1.53%) vSphere
9 20 (1.39%) Virtual Servers
10 15 (1.04%) Terminal Services
10 15 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
11 11 (0.77%) Embedded Firmware
12 10 (0.70%) NFS
12 10 (0.70%) pfSense
13 9 (0.63%) XenApp
14 5 (0.35%) KVM
15 4 (0.28%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.28%) vCloud
15 4 (0.28%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 122 (8.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 92 (6.40%) Ansible
3 77 (5.36%) Kubernetes
4 60 (4.18%) Puppet
5 56 (3.90%) SCCM
6 44 (3.06%) Terraform
7 35 (2.44%) Grafana
8 30 (2.09%) WSUS
9 23 (1.60%) Prometheus
10 22 (1.53%) vCenter Server
11 18 (1.25%) Nmap
12 15 (1.04%) Nagios
13 14 (0.97%) Failover Clustering
13 14 (0.97%) FortiGate
13 14 (0.97%) HAProxy
14 13 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
14 13 (0.90%) WMI
15 11 (0.77%) SCOM
15 11 (0.77%) Single Sign-On
15 11 (0.77%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 558 (38.83%) Microsoft
2 348 (24.22%) VMware
3 221 (15.38%) Cisco
4 108 (7.52%) Oracle
5 88 (6.12%) Red Hat
6 76 (5.29%) Juniper
7 63 (4.38%) Citrix
8 56 (3.90%) Fortinet
9 53 (3.69%) Splunk
10 51 (3.55%) Meraki
11 47 (3.27%) Veeam
12 46 (3.20%) Sparx
13 39 (2.71%) Bloomberg
14 35 (2.44%) Palo Alto
14 35 (2.44%) SolarWinds
15 34 (2.37%) Apple
16 31 (2.16%) Google
17 30 (2.09%) HP
18 29 (2.02%) CheckPoint
18 29 (2.02%) Ruckus Wireless