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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 202 238 272
Rank change year-on-year +36 +34 -69
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 1,479 1,557 2,360
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.49% 1.54% 1.50%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.94% 9.87% 11.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,171 1,083 1,325
10th Percentile £25,500 £26,250 £26,050
25th Percentile £31,000 £32,438 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -
75th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,715 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -2.44% -1.60%

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 13,519 15,777 20,936
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.64% 15.57% 13.34%
Number of salaries quoted 9,433 8,018 11,667
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,625 £45,000 £46,223
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.64% +2.72%

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 9 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 9 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 +48 1,322 £42,500 -5.56% 332
UK excluding London +17 1,120 £37,500 -6.25% 255
Work from Home +26 532 £52,500 +5.00% 122
London +64 327 £65,000 +13.04% 89
South East -55 250 £38,500 +10.00% 54
North of England +9 225 £40,000 -11.11% 61
Midlands +59 199 £37,500 -1.32% 59
South West +24 180 £33,000 -24.14% 33
East of England +46 142 £37,500 -11.76% 31
North West +19 121 £40,000 -14.89% 42
West Midlands +48 110 £35,000 -9.09% 30
Yorkshire +32 96 £38,750 -13.89% 17
East Midlands +28 89 £40,000 +9.59% 29
Scotland -57 61 £42,500 +6.25% 11
Wales +3 32 £27,500 -20.48% 8
Northern Ireland +43 31 £32,500 - 5
North East -10 8 £23,625 -31.02% 4

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
1 183 (12.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 151 (10.21%) SharePoint
3 46 (3.11%) WebLogic
4 34 (2.30%) IIS
5 16 (1.08%) Apache
6 14 (0.95%) nginx
7 11 (0.74%) Exchange Server 2013
8 10 (0.68%) Exchange Server 2010
8 10 (0.68%) Skype for Business
9 9 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2007
10 7 (0.47%) Confluence
11 4 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2003
12 3 (0.20%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.14%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.14%) Moodle
13 2 (0.14%) OpenStack
14 1 (0.068%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.068%) WebSphere
Applications
1 195 (13.18%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.27%) Trello
4 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.068%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.068%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 46 (3.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 16 (1.08%) Fidessa
3 5 (0.34%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.27%) Epicor Tropos
4 4 (0.27%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 535 (36.17%) Azure
2 436 (29.48%) Microsoft 365
3 262 (17.71%) AWS
4 139 (9.40%) Entra ID
5 49 (3.31%) Amazon EKS
6 47 (3.18%) SaaS
7 46 (3.11%) Amazon SQS
8 43 (2.91%) GCP
9 39 (2.64%) Cloud Computing
10 37 (2.50%) OneDrive
11 36 (2.43%) OpenShift
12 32 (2.16%) AWS CloudFormation
13 31 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
14 24 (1.62%) Azure Sentinel
14 24 (1.62%) Mimecast
15 20 (1.35%) WhatsApp
16 18 (1.22%) IaaS
17 15 (1.01%) GitHub
18 14 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
19 13 (0.88%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 713 (48.21%) DNS
2 535 (36.17%) DHCP
3 520 (35.16%) Firewall
4 357 (24.14%) WAN
5 347 (23.46%) LAN
6 258 (17.44%) VPN
7 175 (11.83%) Wireless
8 161 (10.89%) VLAN
9 144 (9.74%) BGP
10 138 (9.33%) Wi-Fi
11 132 (8.92%) HTTP
12 121 (8.18%) Network Security
13 112 (7.57%) SSL
14 111 (7.51%) OSPF
15 107 (7.23%) Internet
16 99 (6.69%) VoIP
17 86 (5.81%) MPLS
18 84 (5.68%) Ethernet
19 58 (3.92%) SAN
19 58 (3.92%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (6.56%) SQL Server
2 67 (4.53%) Relational Database
3 60 (4.06%) Amazon RDS
4 48 (3.25%) RDBMS
5 46 (3.11%) Oracle Database
6 43 (2.91%) MySQL
7 22 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
8 21 (1.42%) NoSQL
9 12 (0.81%) MongoDB
10 8 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (0.47%) Redis
12 6 (0.41%) Power BI
13 4 (0.27%) Crystal Reports
13 4 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
13 4 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.20%) Amazon Aurora
14 3 (0.20%) InfluxDB
15 2 (0.14%) Apache Cassandra
15 2 (0.14%) Couchbase
15 2 (0.14%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 48 (3.25%) JIRA
2 43 (2.91%) Jenkins
3 21 (1.42%) Git
4 20 (1.35%) GitLab
4 20 (1.35%) Visual Studio
5 13 (0.88%) Eclipse
6 11 (0.74%) Subversion
7 5 (0.34%) Rational DOORS
7 5 (0.34%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.27%) MSBuild
8 4 (0.27%) 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 (0.068%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.068%) Postman
10 1 (0.068%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 447 (30.22%) Social Skills
2 202 (13.66%) Finance
3 175 (11.83%) Analytical Skills
4 108 (7.30%) Telecoms
5 71 (4.80%) Electronics
6 61 (4.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 52 (3.52%) Law
8 35 (2.37%) Banking
8 35 (2.37%) Manufacturing
9 30 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
10 29 (1.96%) Legal
11 27 (1.83%) Retail
12 24 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (1.49%) Public Sector
14 18 (1.22%) Aerospace
15 17 (1.15%) Marketing
16 15 (1.01%) Military
17 13 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
18 10 (0.68%) Automotive
19 9 (0.61%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 268 (18.12%) Senior
2 185 (12.51%) Analyst
3 169 (11.43%) Support Engineer
4 153 (10.34%) IT Support
5 148 (10.01%) Network Engineer
6 144 (9.74%) IT Engineer
7 133 (8.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 120 (8.11%) Lead
9 112 (7.57%) Software Engineer
10 85 (5.75%) Architect
11 74 (5.00%) IT Support Engineer
12 71 (4.80%) IT Technician
13 64 (4.33%) Developer
14 62 (4.19%) Support Technician
15 58 (3.92%) IT Analyst
16 57 (3.85%) Support Analyst
17 55 (3.72%) Solutions Architect
18 53 (3.58%) 2nd Line Support
19 52 (3.52%) Administrator
19 52 (3.52%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (6.49%) HTML
2 69 (4.67%) RabbitMQ
3 63 (4.26%) .NET
4 56 (3.79%) CSS
5 48 (3.25%) REST
6 46 (3.11%) Spring Boot
7 45 (3.04%) AngularJS
8 43 (2.91%) Web Services
9 37 (2.50%) SAML
10 33 (2.23%) WPF
11 30 (2.03%) React
12 29 (1.96%) OpenID
13 26 (1.76%) XML
14 25 (1.69%) LDAP
15 23 (1.56%) FIX Protocol
16 20 (1.35%) 802.1X
16 20 (1.35%) ASP.NET
17 19 (1.28%) ASP.NET MVC
17 19 (1.28%) Node.js
17 19 (1.28%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 104 (7.03%) Data Centre
2 91 (6.15%) Management Information System
3 80 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
4 70 (4.73%) Driving Licence
5 58 (3.92%) Public Cloud
6 57 (3.85%) IoT
7 55 (3.72%) Enterprise Software
8 51 (3.45%) Cyberattack
9 42 (2.84%) Onboarding
9 42 (2.84%) Replication
10 34 (2.30%) Cloud Native
11 31 (2.10%) Clustering
12 28 (1.89%) CCTV
13 27 (1.83%) Client/Server
14 25 (1.69%) PKI
15 24 (1.62%) Video Conferencing
16 21 (1.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
16 21 (1.42%) Security Operations Centre
17 19 (1.28%) FPGA
18 16 (1.08%) Eurex
Operating Systems
1 822 (55.58%) Windows
2 416 (28.13%) Linux
3 389 (26.30%) Windows Server
4 216 (14.60%) Windows 10
5 98 (6.63%) Windows Server 2016
6 93 (6.29%) Windows Server 2019
7 92 (6.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 81 (5.48%) Windows Server 2012
9 65 (4.39%) Android
10 64 (4.33%) Apple iOS
11 58 (3.92%) Unix
12 38 (2.57%) Windows Server 2008
13 37 (2.50%) Ubuntu
14 30 (2.03%) Mac OS
15 28 (1.89%) CentOS
15 28 (1.89%) Windows 7
16 20 (1.35%) Embedded Linux
16 20 (1.35%) Mac OS X
17 19 (1.28%) Debian
18 18 (1.22%) VyOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (20.96%) Problem-Solving
2 255 (17.24%) ITIL
3 240 (16.23%) Customer Service
4 226 (15.28%) Agile
5 220 (14.87%) Cybersecurity
6 153 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 151 (10.21%) Software Engineering
8 130 (8.79%) DevOps
9 113 (7.64%) Migration
10 110 (7.44%) Computer Science
11 107 (7.23%) Actionable Insight
12 87 (5.88%) SDLC
13 85 (5.75%) Project Management
14 84 (5.68%) Collaborative Working
15 81 (5.48%) Open Source
16 80 (5.41%) Load Balancing
17 79 (5.34%) Disaster Recovery
17 79 (5.34%) ITSM
18 76 (5.14%) Mentoring
19 75 (5.07%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 245 (16.57%) PowerShell
2 233 (15.75%) Python
3 131 (8.86%) Bash
4 127 (8.59%) SQL
5 99 (6.69%) Java
6 97 (6.56%) C
7 78 (5.27%) C++
8 75 (5.07%) C#
9 56 (3.79%) Perl
10 53 (3.58%) JavaScript
11 20 (1.35%) Ruby
12 19 (1.28%) XAML
13 11 (0.74%) Embedded C
14 7 (0.47%) Go
15 6 (0.41%) PHP
15 6 (0.41%) TypeScript
16 5 (0.34%) Ladder Logic
17 4 (0.27%) Bicep
17 4 (0.27%) T-SQL
18 3 (0.20%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 257 (17.38%) Degree
2 213 (14.40%) Security Cleared
3 185 (12.51%) Cisco Certification
4 135 (9.13%) CCNA
5 117 (7.91%) SC Cleared
6 97 (6.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 90 (6.09%) DV Cleared
8 84 (5.68%) AWS Certification
9 76 (5.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 66 (4.46%) Azure Certification
11 57 (3.85%) CISSP
11 57 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
12 52 (3.52%) CCNP
13 47 (3.18%) DBS Check
14 38 (2.57%) JNCIA
14 38 (2.57%) MCSA
15 32 (2.16%) CEH
16 29 (1.96%) MCSE
17 26 (1.76%) Master's Degree
18 22 (1.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (6.36%) SLA
2 43 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (2.03%) QA
4 29 (1.96%) NIST
5 24 (1.62%) NCSC
6 21 (1.42%) GDPR
7 17 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (1.15%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.68%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.47%) JTAG
10 5 (0.34%) MISRA
10 5 (0.34%) PMO
11 4 (0.27%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.20%) ISO 22301
12 3 (0.20%) ISO 31000
12 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.068%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 514 (34.75%) Active Directory
2 242 (16.36%) Hyper-V
3 239 (16.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 84 (5.68%) Docker
5 39 (2.64%) VMware ESXi
6 38 (2.57%) Firmware
7 25 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
8 21 (1.42%) vSphere
9 20 (1.35%) Virtual Servers
10 14 (0.95%) Terminal Services
10 14 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
11 11 (0.74%) Embedded Firmware
12 10 (0.68%) pfSense
12 10 (0.68%) XenApp
13 9 (0.61%) NFS
14 5 (0.34%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 4 (0.27%) KVM
15 4 (0.27%) vCloud
15 4 (0.27%) VMware Server
15 4 (0.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 122 (8.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 86 (5.81%) Ansible
3 77 (5.21%) Terraform
4 71 (4.80%) Kubernetes
5 58 (3.92%) Puppet
6 56 (3.79%) SCCM
7 37 (2.50%) Grafana
8 29 (1.96%) WSUS
9 22 (1.49%) Prometheus
9 22 (1.49%) vCenter Server
10 18 (1.22%) Nmap
11 15 (1.01%) FortiGate
11 15 (1.01%) Nagios
12 14 (0.95%) HAProxy
12 14 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
13 13 (0.88%) WMI
14 12 (0.81%) Failover Clustering
14 12 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
15 11 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 11 (0.74%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 564 (38.13%) Microsoft
2 345 (23.33%) VMware
3 223 (15.08%) Cisco
4 103 (6.96%) Oracle
5 79 (5.34%) Juniper
6 78 (5.27%) Red Hat
7 66 (4.46%) Citrix
8 57 (3.85%) Splunk
9 56 (3.79%) Fortinet
10 53 (3.58%) Meraki
11 48 (3.25%) Veeam
12 46 (3.11%) Sparx
13 39 (2.64%) Bloomberg
14 38 (2.57%) SolarWinds
15 36 (2.43%) Apple
16 35 (2.37%) Palo Alto
17 31 (2.10%) HP
18 30 (2.03%) CheckPoint
18 30 (2.03%) Google
19 29 (1.96%) Sophos