TCP/IP Job Trends in London

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 227 225 260
Rank change year-on-year -2 +35 -43
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 234 172 221
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.91% 1.45% 1.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.83% 14.05% 8.90%
Number of salaries quoted 171 118 141
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £33,200
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -16.67% -3.74%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,824 1,224 2,482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.10% 10.32% 13.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,064 836 1,213
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,800 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +0.15%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £97,500
England median annual salary £49,500 £40,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +22.98% -19.50% -4.76%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

TCP/IP job vacancy trend in London

TCP/IP
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing TCP/IP

TCP/IP
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in London over the 6 months to 27 September 2026.

Salary histogram for TCP/IP in London

TCP/IP
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the London region over the 6 months to 27 September 2026. 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
Central London -8 17 £70,000 -9.68% 24
West London -17 6 £82,500 +153.85% 9
North London +4 4 £60,000 +84.62% 1
East London -9 4 £36,000 +5.88% 1
South London -7 1 £24,000 -47.83% 8
TCP/IP
England

TCP/IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 35 (14.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (10.26%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.56%) Confluence
4 1 (0.43%) IIS
4 1 (0.43%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.43%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (4.27%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.43%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.43%) Houdini
4 1 (0.43%) NUKE
4 1 (0.43%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (3.42%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.43%) Eikon
2 1 (0.43%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.43%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 82 (35.04%) Azure
2 68 (29.06%) Microsoft 365
3 56 (23.93%) Entra ID
4 51 (21.79%) AWS
5 15 (6.41%) OneDrive
5 15 (6.41%) SaaS
6 11 (4.70%) Google Workspace
7 10 (4.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 9 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (3.85%) GCP
9 7 (2.99%) OpenShift
10 6 (2.56%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (2.56%) IaaS
10 6 (2.56%) Slack
11 5 (2.14%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 5 (2.14%) PaaS
12 4 (1.71%) Azure Storage
12 4 (1.71%) Mimecast
13 3 (1.28%) Amazon EKS
13 3 (1.28%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 151 (64.53%) DNS
2 109 (46.58%) VPN
3 108 (46.15%) DHCP
4 97 (41.45%) Firewall
5 63 (26.92%) LAN
5 63 (26.92%) WAN
6 41 (17.52%) VLAN
7 40 (17.09%) BGP
8 39 (16.67%) Network Security
9 32 (13.68%) Wireless
10 31 (13.25%) HTTP
10 31 (13.25%) Wi-Fi
11 26 (11.11%) OSPF
12 18 (7.69%) SD-WAN
13 12 (5.13%) SSL
14 11 (4.70%) Multicast
15 8 (3.42%) FIX Connectivity
15 8 (3.42%) VoIP
16 7 (2.99%) Ethernet
16 7 (2.99%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.12%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.99%) NoSQL
3 4 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.28%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.43%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.43%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.43%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.43%) KDB
5 1 (0.43%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.43%) MySQL
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle9i Database
5 1 (0.43%) Redis
5 1 (0.43%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.43%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 15 (6.41%) JIRA
2 5 (2.14%) GitLab
3 3 (1.28%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.43%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.43%) Git
4 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.43%) LSMW
4 1 (0.43%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.43%) Selenium
General
1 109 (46.58%) Social Skills
2 66 (28.21%) Finance
3 44 (18.80%) Banking
4 25 (10.68%) Telecoms
5 22 (9.40%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (8.55%) Law
7 11 (4.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (4.27%) Retail
9 9 (3.85%) Investment Banking
10 8 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.56%) Digital Health
11 6 (2.56%) Publishing
12 5 (2.14%) Financial Institution
12 5 (2.14%) Public Sector
13 4 (1.71%) Mandarin Language
14 3 (1.28%) Back Office
14 3 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.28%) Marketing
15 2 (0.85%) Cantonese Language
16 1 (0.43%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 46 (19.66%) Network Engineer
2 39 (16.67%) IT Support
3 38 (16.24%) Support Engineer
4 37 (15.81%) Senior
5 32 (13.68%) Analyst
6 26 (11.11%) IT Engineer
7 25 (10.68%) IT Support Engineer
8 23 (9.83%) Support Analyst
9 18 (7.69%) 2nd Line Support
10 16 (6.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (5.56%) Developer
11 13 (5.56%) Junior
11 13 (5.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (5.13%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 12 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
13 11 (4.70%) 3rd Line Support
13 11 (4.70%) Lead
14 10 (4.27%) Desktop Support
14 10 (4.27%) Operations Engineer
15 9 (3.85%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (10.26%) Terraform
2 10 (4.27%) FIX Protocol
3 9 (3.85%) RESTful
4 6 (2.56%) GraphQL
5 5 (2.14%) Next.js
5 5 (2.14%) React
6 4 (1.71%) ARM Templates
6 4 (1.71%) JWT
6 4 (1.71%) OAuth
6 4 (1.71%) WebSockets
7 3 (1.28%) ADO
7 3 (1.28%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (1.28%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (0.85%) gRPC
8 2 (0.85%) LDAP
8 2 (0.85%) REST
9 1 (0.43%) BAPI
9 1 (0.43%) JSON
9 1 (0.43%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.43%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 41 (17.52%) Onboarding
2 25 (10.68%) Data Centre
3 13 (5.56%) Security Posture
4 11 (4.70%) Driving Licence
5 10 (4.27%) Cloud Native
5 10 (4.27%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (3.85%) FPGA
6 9 (3.85%) Hedge funds
6 9 (3.85%) MPEG
6 9 (3.85%) PKI
7 8 (3.42%) Eurex
7 8 (3.42%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.56%) Linux Command Line
8 6 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (2.14%) AS400
9 5 (2.14%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (2.14%) iSeries
9 5 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 110 (47.01%) Windows
2 61 (26.07%) Linux
3 49 (20.94%) Windows Server
4 34 (14.53%) Windows 10
5 25 (10.68%) Mac OS
6 19 (8.12%) Unix
7 11 (4.70%) Rocky
8 9 (3.85%) CentOS
9 6 (2.56%) Ubuntu
10 5 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (2.14%) Solaris
11 1 (0.43%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 43 (18.38%) Disaster Recovery
4 41 (17.52%) Customer Service
5 38 (16.24%) Computer Science
6 36 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
7 32 (13.68%) ITIL
8 30 (12.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 28 (11.97%) Infrastructure as Code
10 26 (11.11%) High Availability
11 24 (10.26%) Incident Response
11 24 (10.26%) Project Delivery
12 21 (8.97%) AI
12 21 (8.97%) Mentoring
13 19 (8.12%) Incident Management
13 19 (8.12%) Runbook
14 18 (7.69%) Change Management
14 18 (7.69%) DevOps
14 18 (7.69%) ITSM
14 18 (7.69%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 50 (21.37%) Python
2 35 (14.96%) PowerShell
3 28 (11.97%) Bash
3 28 (11.97%) SQL
4 16 (6.84%) Java
5 15 (6.41%) C
6 11 (4.70%) C++
7 10 (4.27%) JavaScript
8 9 (3.85%) Perl
9 8 (3.42%) Go
9 8 (3.42%) Ruby
10 7 (2.99%) C#
11 6 (2.56%) Bicep
12 5 (2.14%) TypeScript
13 3 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (1.28%) Rust
14 2 (0.85%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.85%) VBA
15 1 (0.43%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 46 (19.66%) Degree
2 35 (14.96%) Cisco Certification
3 28 (11.97%) CCNA
4 26 (11.11%) CCNP
5 23 (9.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (6.84%) Azure Certification
7 14 (5.98%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (5.56%) Security Cleared
9 11 (4.70%) A+ Certification
10 9 (3.85%) AWS Certification
10 9 (3.85%) CISSP
10 9 (3.85%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (2.56%) CEH
11 6 (2.56%) OSCP
12 5 (2.14%) Master's Degree
13 4 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (1.71%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (1.71%) CREST Certified
13 4 (1.71%) DBS Check
13 4 (1.71%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (13.25%) SLA
2 16 (6.84%) GDPR
3 10 (4.27%) NIST
4 9 (3.85%) Accessibility
4 9 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.56%) GRC
6 5 (2.14%) NCSC
7 4 (1.71%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.71%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.85%) QA
9 1 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
System Software
1 91 (38.89%) Active Directory
2 34 (14.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (11.54%) Hyper-V
4 13 (5.56%) Docker
5 12 (5.13%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (2.14%) Firmware
6 5 (2.14%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.28%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (1.28%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.28%) vSphere
8 1 (0.43%) NFS
8 1 (0.43%) Samba
8 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 29 (12.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (8.97%) Kubernetes
3 15 (6.41%) FortiGate
4 8 (3.42%) Ansible
4 8 (3.42%) Grafana
5 7 (2.99%) Prometheus
5 7 (2.99%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (2.56%) Nagios
7 4 (1.71%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.71%) QRadar
8 3 (1.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.28%) Control-M
9 2 (0.85%) Norton AntiVirus
10 1 (0.43%) Istio
10 1 (0.43%) Nessus
10 1 (0.43%) Nmap
10 1 (0.43%) OpenVAS
10 1 (0.43%) SCCM
10 1 (0.43%) vRealize Orchestrator
10 1 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 99 (42.31%) Microsoft
2 47 (20.09%) VMware
3 34 (14.53%) Cisco
4 26 (11.11%) Palo Alto
5 24 (10.26%) Fortinet
6 16 (6.84%) Zscaler
7 14 (5.98%) F5
7 14 (5.98%) Google
8 13 (5.56%) Red Hat
8 13 (5.56%) SolarWinds
9 12 (5.13%) Bloomberg
10 10 (4.27%) Oracle
10 10 (4.27%) ServiceNow
11 9 (3.85%) Meraki
12 8 (3.42%) CQG
12 8 (3.42%) ION Trading
12 8 (3.42%) Patsystems
12 8 (3.42%) Reuters
12 8 (3.42%) Trayport
13 7 (2.99%) Adobe