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 4 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 206 241 284
Rank change year-on-year +35 +43 -72
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 1,458 1,463 2,513
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.38% 1.56% 1.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.73% 9.55% 11.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,144 1,000 1,395
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,725 £26,050
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% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,715 £75,150
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £40,500 £40,150
% change year-on-year -7.41% +0.87% -3.71%

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 13,594 15,325 22,705
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.85% 16.32% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 9,387 7,648 11,890
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 £87,443 £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 4 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 4 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 +31 1,294 £42,500 -5.56% 273
UK excluding London -1 1,102 £37,500 -7.41% 229
Work from Home +19 532 £52,500 +5.00% 124
London +60 324 £65,000 +13.04% 60
South East -51 246 £37,500 +1.35% 56
North of England -6 226 £40,000 -11.11% 66
Midlands +59 199 £36,500 -3.95% 36
South West -4 158 £33,000 -22.35% 29
East of England +31 142 £36,250 -14.71% 26
North West +4 120 £40,000 -14.89% 39
West Midlands +30 109 £34,500 -10.39% 15
Yorkshire +22 98 £37,500 -16.67% 22
East Midlands +27 90 £40,000 +9.59% 21
Scotland -56 65 £40,000 - 12
Northern Ireland +44 35 £32,500 - 2
Wales +9 32 £27,500 -20.48% 11
North East -17 8 £23,625 -29.48% 6

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
1 185 (12.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 146 (10.01%) SharePoint
3 46 (3.16%) WebLogic
4 34 (2.33%) IIS
5 17 (1.17%) Apache
6 14 (0.96%) nginx
7 11 (0.75%) Exchange Server 2013
8 10 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2010
8 10 (0.69%) 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 (0.069%) Apache Solr
14 1 (0.069%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.069%) OpenStack
Applications
1 195 (13.37%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.03%) 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 (0.069%) OrCAD
Business Applications
1 46 (3.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 17 (1.17%) 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
1 543 (37.24%) Azure
2 433 (29.70%) Microsoft 365
3 237 (16.26%) AWS
4 143 (9.81%) Entra ID
5 52 (3.57%) SaaS
6 48 (3.29%) Amazon EKS
7 46 (3.16%) Amazon SQS
8 40 (2.74%) OpenShift
9 39 (2.67%) GCP
10 38 (2.61%) Cloud Computing
11 35 (2.40%) OneDrive
12 29 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
13 22 (1.51%) Mimecast
14 21 (1.44%) Azure Sentinel
15 20 (1.37%) IaaS
16 18 (1.23%) WhatsApp
17 14 (0.96%) GitHub
18 12 (0.82%) Microsoft Purview
19 11 (0.75%) Amazon S3
20 9 (0.62%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 689 (47.26%) DNS
2 520 (35.67%) Firewall
3 508 (34.84%) DHCP
4 350 (24.01%) WAN
5 346 (23.73%) LAN
6 261 (17.90%) VPN
7 177 (12.14%) Wireless
8 171 (11.73%) VLAN
9 145 (9.95%) BGP
10 140 (9.60%) Wi-Fi
11 116 (7.96%) HTTP
12 114 (7.82%) Network Security
13 112 (7.68%) Internet
14 110 (7.54%) SSL
15 104 (7.13%) OSPF
16 95 (6.52%) VoIP
17 89 (6.10%) MPLS
18 88 (6.04%) Ethernet
19 68 (4.66%) SAN
20 53 (3.64%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (6.86%) SQL Server
2 67 (4.60%) Relational Database
3 57 (3.91%) Amazon RDS
4 48 (3.29%) RDBMS
5 46 (3.16%) Oracle Database
6 37 (2.54%) MySQL
7 24 (1.65%) NoSQL
8 20 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (0.69%) 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 (3.22%) JIRA
2 41 (2.81%) Jenkins
3 22 (1.51%) 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 (0.069%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.069%) Burp Suite
11 1 (0.069%) LoadRunner
11 1 (0.069%) Metasploit
11 1 (0.069%) Postman
General
1 426 (29.22%) Social Skills
2 169 (11.59%) Analytical Skills
3 165 (11.32%) Finance
4 101 (6.93%) Telecoms
5 68 (4.66%) Electronics
6 47 (3.22%) Law
7 36 (2.47%) Banking
8 34 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 33 (2.26%) Manufacturing
10 32 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
11 26 (1.78%) Legal
11 26 (1.78%) Retail
12 24 (1.65%) Aerospace
13 23 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
14 18 (1.23%) Public Sector
15 16 (1.10%) Marketing
16 15 (1.03%) Military
17 12 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
18 9 (0.62%) Police
19 8 (0.55%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 252 (17.28%) Senior
2 175 (12.00%) Analyst
3 170 (11.66%) Support Engineer
4 153 (10.49%) IT Support
5 150 (10.29%) Network Engineer
6 140 (9.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 139 (9.53%) IT Engineer
8 118 (8.09%) Lead
9 108 (7.41%) Software Engineer
10 73 (5.01%) IT Technician
11 72 (4.94%) IT Support Engineer
12 70 (4.80%) Architect
13 68 (4.66%) Support Technician
14 62 (4.25%) Developer
15 59 (4.05%) IT Analyst
16 55 (3.77%) Linux Engineer
17 53 (3.64%) Service Analyst
18 52 (3.57%) 2nd Line Support
18 52 (3.57%) Service Desk Analyst
19 51 (3.50%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (4.94%) RabbitMQ
2 64 (4.39%) .NET
3 63 (4.32%) HTML
4 55 (3.77%) CSS
5 49 (3.36%) AngularJS
6 48 (3.29%) REST
6 48 (3.29%) Web Services
7 46 (3.16%) Spring Boot
8 32 (2.19%) WPF
9 30 (2.06%) React
10 27 (1.85%) LDAP
11 26 (1.78%) XML
12 24 (1.65%) FIX Protocol
13 23 (1.58%) Node.js
14 20 (1.37%) ASP.NET
15 19 (1.30%) 802.1X
15 19 (1.30%) ASP.NET MVC
15 19 (1.30%) jQuery
15 19 (1.30%) Twitter Bootstrap
15 19 (1.30%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 104 (7.13%) Data Centre
2 87 (5.97%) Management Information System
3 83 (5.69%) Self-Motivation
4 69 (4.73%) Driving Licence
5 61 (4.18%) IoT
6 59 (4.05%) Public Cloud
7 55 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
8 44 (3.02%) Replication
9 39 (2.67%) Onboarding
10 31 (2.13%) Clustering
11 29 (1.99%) CCTV
11 29 (1.99%) Client/Server
12 24 (1.65%) Video Conferencing
13 22 (1.51%) Cyberattack
13 22 (1.51%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 20 (1.37%) FPGA
15 19 (1.30%) PKI
16 17 (1.17%) Eurex
17 15 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
17 15 (1.03%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 825 (56.58%) Windows
2 418 (28.67%) Linux
3 387 (26.54%) Windows Server
4 215 (14.75%) Windows 10
5 100 (6.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 98 (6.72%) Windows Server 2016
7 95 (6.52%) Windows Server 2019
8 83 (5.69%) Windows Server 2012
9 58 (3.98%) Apple iOS
10 57 (3.91%) Android
10 57 (3.91%) Unix
11 40 (2.74%) Ubuntu
12 36 (2.47%) Windows Server 2008
13 33 (2.26%) CentOS
14 29 (1.99%) Mac OS
15 26 (1.78%) Windows 7
16 21 (1.44%) Mac OS X
17 19 (1.30%) Debian
18 18 (1.23%) Embedded Linux
18 18 (1.23%) VyOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (21.81%) Problem-Solving
2 250 (17.15%) Customer Service
3 247 (16.94%) ITIL
4 204 (13.99%) Cybersecurity
5 201 (13.79%) Agile
6 159 (10.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 154 (10.56%) Software Engineering
8 126 (8.64%) Computer Science
9 124 (8.50%) DevOps
10 113 (7.75%) Migration
11 101 (6.93%) Actionable Insight
12 90 (6.17%) Collaborative Working
13 85 (5.83%) Project Management
14 81 (5.56%) Open Source
15 77 (5.28%) Disaster Recovery
16 75 (5.14%) ITSM
17 74 (5.08%) Information Security
17 74 (5.08%) Load Balancing
17 74 (5.08%) Mentoring
18 70 (4.80%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 247 (16.94%) PowerShell
2 242 (16.60%) Python
3 130 (8.92%) Bash
4 128 (8.78%) SQL
5 104 (7.13%) Java
6 91 (6.24%) C
7 77 (5.28%) C++
8 72 (4.94%) C#
9 59 (4.05%) Perl
10 55 (3.77%) JavaScript
11 22 (1.51%) 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%) Embedded C++
17 4 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 269 (18.45%) Degree
2 188 (12.89%) Security Cleared
3 186 (12.76%) Cisco Certification
4 138 (9.47%) CCNA
5 124 (8.50%) SC Cleared
6 95 (6.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 65 (4.46%) Azure Certification
8 64 (4.39%) DV Cleared
9 61 (4.18%) Computer Science Degree
10 57 (3.91%) CCNP
11 55 (3.77%) AWS Certification
12 53 (3.64%) CISSP
13 49 (3.36%) DBS Check
14 47 (3.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 38 (2.61%) JNCIA
15 38 (2.61%) MCSA
16 32 (2.19%) CEH
17 29 (1.99%) Master's Degree
18 28 (1.92%) MCSE
19 22 (1.51%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (6.52%) SLA
2 38 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (2.33%) QA
4 25 (1.71%) NIST
5 23 (1.58%) NCSC
6 20 (1.37%) GDPR
7 16 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (0.96%) PCI DSS
9 10 (0.69%) Accessibility
10 7 (0.48%) JTAG
11 5 (0.34%) MISRA
11 5 (0.34%) PMO
12 4 (0.27%) 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%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.069%) GxP
System Software
1 511 (35.05%) Active Directory
2 240 (16.46%) Hyper-V
3 238 (16.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 85 (5.83%) Docker
5 39 (2.67%) VMware ESXi
6 38 (2.61%) Firmware
7 23 (1.58%) vSphere
8 21 (1.44%) Virtual Desktop
8 21 (1.44%) Virtual Servers
9 16 (1.10%) Terminal Services
9 16 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
10 11 (0.75%) Embedded Firmware
11 10 (0.69%) pfSense
12 9 (0.62%) NFS
13 8 (0.55%) XenApp
14 6 (0.41%) KVM
15 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.27%) Citrix Hypervisor
16 4 (0.27%) VirtualBox
16 4 (0.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 119 (8.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 94 (6.45%) Ansible
3 77 (5.28%) Kubernetes
4 62 (4.25%) Puppet
5 59 (4.05%) SCCM
6 41 (2.81%) Terraform
7 34 (2.33%) Grafana
8 29 (1.99%) WSUS
9 23 (1.58%) Prometheus
10 22 (1.51%) vCenter Server
11 15 (1.03%) Nmap
12 14 (0.96%) FortiGate
13 13 (0.89%) HAProxy
13 13 (0.89%) Jamf Pro
13 13 (0.89%) Nagios
13 13 (0.89%) WMI
14 12 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 12 (0.82%) Failover Clustering
14 12 (0.82%) SCOM
15 11 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 561 (38.48%) Microsoft
2 353 (24.21%) VMware
3 221 (15.16%) Cisco
4 108 (7.41%) Oracle
5 90 (6.17%) Red Hat
6 77 (5.28%) Juniper
7 62 (4.25%) Citrix
8 55 (3.77%) Fortinet
9 51 (3.50%) Meraki
9 51 (3.50%) Veeam
10 50 (3.43%) Splunk
11 46 (3.16%) Sparx
12 41 (2.81%) Bloomberg
13 35 (2.40%) SolarWinds
14 34 (2.33%) Apple
14 34 (2.33%) Palo Alto
15 32 (2.19%) Google
16 31 (2.13%) HP
17 29 (1.99%) CheckPoint
18 28 (1.92%) Dell