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 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 215 285
Rank change year-on-year -26 +70 -30
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 211 188 194
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.89% 1.55% 0.99%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.19% 15.10% 7.60%
Number of salaries quoted 147 125 150
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,600 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £59,250
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -11.39% +3.04%
75th Percentile £85,625 £76,250 £76,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £81,500 £89,775
England median annual salary £38,500 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.67% -11.76% -5.56%

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 1,886 1,245 2,553
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.92% 10.26% 13.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,051 886 1,371
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,338 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,500 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -2.91%

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 14 August 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 14 August 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 -11 17 £75,000 -3.23% 13
West London -20 6 £82,500 +68.37% 4
North London - 3 £60,000 - 1
South London -1 1 £24,000 -47.83% 4
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 36 (17.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (11.37%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.47%) IIS
3 1 (0.47%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (6.64%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.47%) Houdini
3 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.47%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 5 (2.37%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 88 (41.71%) Azure
2 56 (26.54%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (26.07%) AWS
4 34 (16.11%) Entra ID
5 10 (4.74%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 10 (4.74%) SaaS
6 8 (3.79%) Azure Monitor
6 8 (3.79%) OneDrive
7 7 (3.32%) Google Workspace
7 7 (3.32%) OpenShift
8 6 (2.84%) AWS CloudFormation
8 6 (2.84%) GCP
9 5 (2.37%) IaaS
9 5 (2.37%) PaaS
10 4 (1.90%) GitHub
11 3 (1.42%) Mimecast
11 3 (1.42%) Route 53
12 2 (0.95%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.95%) dbt
12 2 (0.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 115 (54.50%) DNS
2 86 (40.76%) Firewall
3 76 (36.02%) VPN
4 68 (32.23%) DHCP
5 63 (29.86%) LAN
6 60 (28.44%) WAN
7 38 (18.01%) BGP
8 35 (16.59%) Network Security
9 27 (12.80%) HTTP
10 25 (11.85%) OSPF
11 24 (11.37%) VLAN
12 22 (10.43%) Wi-Fi
13 20 (9.48%) SD-WAN
14 17 (8.06%) Multicast
15 12 (5.69%) VoIP
16 10 (4.74%) Wireless
17 7 (3.32%) Ethernet
17 7 (3.32%) HTTPS
17 7 (3.32%) SSL
18 6 (2.84%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.58%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.37%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.95%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.47%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.47%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle9i Database
4 1 (0.47%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 9 (4.27%) JIRA
2 7 (3.32%) Bitbucket
3 4 (1.90%) GitLab
3 4 (1.90%) Metasploit
4 3 (1.42%) Git
5 1 (0.47%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.47%) LSMW
General
1 95 (45.02%) Social Skills
2 69 (32.70%) Finance
3 40 (18.96%) Banking
4 31 (14.69%) Telecoms
5 26 (12.32%) Law
6 19 (9.00%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (6.64%) Investment Banking
8 11 (5.21%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.84%) Digital Health
10 6 (2.84%) Retail
11 5 (2.37%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.90%) Mandarin Language
13 3 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.42%) Marketing
14 2 (0.95%) Cantonese Language
14 2 (0.95%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.95%) Legal
14 2 (0.95%) Military
15 1 (0.47%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 42 (19.91%) Network Engineer
2 33 (15.64%) Senior
2 33 (15.64%) Support Engineer
3 25 (11.85%) IT Support
4 22 (10.43%) Analyst
5 19 (9.00%) 2nd Line Support
6 18 (8.53%) IT Engineer
6 18 (8.53%) IT Support Engineer
7 17 (8.06%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 17 (8.06%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 15 (7.11%) Developer
9 14 (6.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (6.16%) C++ Developer
10 13 (6.16%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
10 13 (6.16%) Linux Developer
10 13 (6.16%) Linux Scripter
10 13 (6.16%) Low Latency C++ Developer
10 13 (6.16%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (4.74%) Operations Engineer
12 9 (4.27%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.84%) FIX Protocol
1 6 (2.84%) WebSockets
2 5 (2.37%) ARM Templates
2 5 (2.37%) GraphQL
2 5 (2.37%) Next.js
2 5 (2.37%) React
2 5 (2.37%) RESTful
3 4 (1.90%) ADO
3 4 (1.90%) JWT
3 4 (1.90%) OAuth
4 3 (1.42%) gRPC
5 2 (0.95%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.47%) JSON
6 1 (0.47%) Kafka
6 1 (0.47%) LDAP
6 1 (0.47%) pytest
6 1 (0.47%) REST
6 1 (0.47%) Unreal Engine
6 1 (0.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.22%) Data Centre
2 21 (9.95%) Onboarding
3 16 (7.58%) MPEG
4 14 (6.64%) FPGA
5 12 (5.69%) Security Posture
6 11 (5.21%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (4.74%) Management Information System
8 8 (3.79%) PKI
9 7 (3.32%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (2.84%) Cloud Native
11 5 (2.37%) AS400
11 5 (2.37%) Driving Licence
11 5 (2.37%) Eurex
11 5 (2.37%) iSeries
11 5 (2.37%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.90%) CMDB
12 4 (1.90%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (1.90%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 3 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
13 3 (1.42%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 88 (41.71%) Windows
2 59 (27.96%) Linux
3 42 (19.91%) Windows Server
4 21 (9.95%) Mac OS
5 16 (7.58%) Unix
6 13 (6.16%) Windows 10
7 9 (4.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (3.32%) Rocky
9 6 (2.84%) CentOS
10 4 (1.90%) Kali Linux
10 4 (1.90%) Ubuntu
10 4 (1.90%) Windows 7
10 4 (1.90%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (1.90%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (1.90%) Windows Server 2019
11 3 (1.42%) Solaris
12 2 (0.95%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (30.81%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (22.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 34 (16.11%) Infrastructure as Code
4 31 (14.69%) Computer Science
5 29 (13.74%) Incident Response
6 27 (12.80%) ITIL
7 25 (11.85%) DevOps
8 24 (11.37%) CI/CD
8 24 (11.37%) Cybersecurity
8 24 (11.37%) Disaster Recovery
8 24 (11.37%) High Availability
9 21 (9.95%) Agile
9 21 (9.95%) Incident Management
9 21 (9.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 21 (9.95%) Project Delivery
10 18 (8.53%) Change Management
10 18 (8.53%) Line Management
10 18 (8.53%) Low Latency
10 18 (8.53%) Root Cause Analysis
10 18 (8.53%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (21.33%) Python
2 30 (14.22%) PowerShell
3 25 (11.85%) Bash
4 22 (10.43%) SQL
5 19 (9.00%) C
6 16 (7.58%) Java
7 14 (6.64%) C++
8 7 (3.32%) C#
9 6 (2.84%) Bicep
9 6 (2.84%) Perl
10 5 (2.37%) Go
10 5 (2.37%) JavaScript
10 5 (2.37%) Ruby
10 5 (2.37%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.95%) Delphi
11 2 (0.95%) Pascal
11 2 (0.95%) PHP
11 2 (0.95%) Rust
11 2 (0.95%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.95%) VBA
Qualifications
1 48 (22.75%) Degree
2 31 (14.69%) Cisco Certification
3 26 (12.32%) CCNA
3 26 (12.32%) CCNP
4 18 (8.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (8.06%) Azure Certification
6 13 (6.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (5.21%) Security Cleared
8 9 (4.27%) AWS Certification
8 9 (4.27%) OSCP
9 7 (3.32%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (3.32%) RHCSA
10 6 (2.84%) MCSA
11 5 (2.37%) CISSP
11 5 (2.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 5 (2.37%) SC Cleared
12 4 (1.90%) A+ Certification
12 4 (1.90%) CREST Certified
12 4 (1.90%) MCITP
12 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.90%) SLA
2 16 (7.58%) Accessibility
3 9 (4.27%) GDPR
4 8 (3.79%) NIST
5 5 (2.37%) GRC
5 5 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.37%) NCSC
6 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.47%) QA
System Software
1 65 (30.81%) Active Directory
2 28 (13.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (11.37%) Hyper-V
4 11 (5.21%) Docker
5 4 (1.90%) vSphere
6 3 (1.42%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.42%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (1.42%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.47%) Firmware
8 1 (0.47%) KVM
8 1 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 28 (13.27%) Kubernetes
2 26 (12.32%) Terraform
3 25 (11.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (8.06%) Ansible
5 14 (6.64%) FortiGate
6 9 (4.27%) Nagios
7 8 (3.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (2.84%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (2.84%) Prometheus
9 5 (2.37%) Grafana
9 5 (2.37%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.90%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (1.90%) Control-M
10 4 (1.90%) ServiceCenter
11 2 (0.95%) Norton AntiVirus
11 2 (0.95%) OpenView
11 2 (0.95%) QRadar
11 2 (0.95%) SCCM
11 2 (0.95%) Tivoli
11 2 (0.95%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 81 (38.39%) Microsoft
2 42 (19.91%) VMware
3 33 (15.64%) Cisco
4 23 (10.90%) Palo Alto
5 22 (10.43%) Fortinet
6 17 (8.06%) SolarWinds
6 17 (8.06%) Zscaler
7 13 (6.16%) Red Hat
8 11 (5.21%) Bloomberg
8 11 (5.21%) F5
9 10 (4.74%) HP
9 10 (4.74%) Meraki
10 9 (4.27%) Apple
10 9 (4.27%) Google
10 9 (4.27%) Reuters
11 6 (2.84%) Oracle
12 5 (2.37%) CQG
12 5 (2.37%) ION Trading
12 5 (2.37%) Patsystems
12 5 (2.37%) Remedy