TCP/IP Job Trends in the City of London

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 123 132
Rank change year-on-year +10 +9 +62
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 14 43 47
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.83% 1.54% 1.56%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.38% 9.75% 10.98%
Number of salaries quoted 10 13 45
10th Percentile £27,300 £32,050 £37,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £45,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% -35.71% +75.00%
75th Percentile £41,000 £57,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £45,650 £72,050 £91,000
Central London median annual salary £57,500 £45,000 £64,075
% change year-on-year +27.78% -29.77% +28.15%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
City of London

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 requiring communications or computer networking skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 167 441 428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 9.93% 15.77% 14.23%
Number of salaries quoted 136 252 389
10th Percentile £35,625 £37,650 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £50,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £81,563 £85,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £112,500 £95,250
Central London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing TCP/IP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

TCP/IP job vacancy trend in the City of London

TCP/IP
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing TCP/IP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing TCP/IP

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Salary histogram for TCP/IP in the City of London

TCP/IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 4 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (7.14%) Apache
3 1 (7.14%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (28.57%) OneDrive
3 3 (21.43%) AWS
3 3 (21.43%) Azure
3 3 (21.43%) Google Workspace
4 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (78.57%) DHCP
1 11 (78.57%) WAN
2 9 (64.29%) DNS
2 9 (64.29%) LAN
3 6 (42.86%) VoIP
3 6 (42.86%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (21.43%) Firewall
5 2 (14.29%) Broadband
5 2 (14.29%) DOCSIS
5 2 (14.29%) DSL
5 2 (14.29%) GPON
5 2 (14.29%) IPv4
5 2 (14.29%) IPv6
5 2 (14.29%) Network Security
5 2 (14.29%) PPP
5 2 (14.29%) RTP
5 2 (14.29%) VLAN
5 2 (14.29%) VPN
6 1 (7.14%) NAS
6 1 (7.14%) WebEx
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 10 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 5 (35.71%) Finance
3 4 (28.57%) Banking
3 4 (28.57%) Wholesale Banking
4 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Japanese Language
5 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
5 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (21.43%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) IT Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) IT Support
2 3 (21.43%) IT Support Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Junior
3 2 (14.29%) Junior Network Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) Software Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Account Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Network Technician
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Account Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Account Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Onboarding
2 4 (28.57%) CCTV
3 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (7.14%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 9 (64.29%) Windows
2 4 (28.57%) Linux
3 3 (21.43%) Mac OS
3 3 (21.43%) Windows 10
3 3 (21.43%) Windows Server
3 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2012
3 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2016
3 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (14.29%) OpenWrt
5 1 (7.14%) CentOS
5 1 (7.14%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (7.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (64.29%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) BCP
3 4 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 4 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (28.57%) Data Analysis
3 4 (28.57%) Data Protection
3 4 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (21.43%) AI
4 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
5 2 (14.29%) Agile
5 2 (14.29%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 2 (14.29%) Creative Thinking
5 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 2 (14.29%) Open Source
5 2 (14.29%) SDLC
5 2 (14.29%) Software Architecture
5 2 (14.29%) Use Case
5 2 (14.29%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) C
1 2 (14.29%) C++
2 1 (7.14%) Java
2 1 (7.14%) Perl
2 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Degree
2 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.14%) CCNA
3 1 (7.14%) CCNP
3 1 (7.14%) JNCIP
3 1 (7.14%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 7 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (28.57%) BitLocker
3 3 (21.43%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (28.57%) Nagios
1 4 (28.57%) SCCM
2 3 (21.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (7.14%) Ansible
3 1 (7.14%) Red Hat Satellite
3 1 (7.14%) Red Hat Spacewalk
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 7 (50.00%) Cisco
3 5 (35.71%) Fortinet
4 4 (28.57%) Symantec
5 3 (21.43%) Google
6 2 (14.29%) HP
6 2 (14.29%) Juniper
7 1 (7.14%) Dell
7 1 (7.14%) Oracle
7 1 (7.14%) Palo Alto
7 1 (7.14%) Red Hat
7 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow