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 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 205 196
Rank change year-on-year +7 -9 +72
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 208 228 327
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.30% 1.58% 1.52%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.84% 13.38% 12.10%
Number of salaries quoted 130 135 294
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,200 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,375 £37,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,500 £63,382
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% -18.75% +10.23%
75th Percentile £76,250 £74,258 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £38,250 £47,500 £43,500
% change year-on-year -19.47% +9.20% -3.33%

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 1,919 1,704 2,703
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 11.95% 11.84% 12.55%
Number of salaries quoted 964 1,009 2,136
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £67,500 £64,451
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% +4.73% +3.12%
75th Percentile £85,313 £85,000 £80,063
90th Percentile £107,500 £104,000 £97,500
England median annual salary £42,000 £55,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -23.64% +12.24% -5.77%

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 1 March 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 1 March 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 29 £47,500 +1.06% 13
North London - 3 £55,000 - 1
South London +25 2 £47,500 -5.00% 5
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 58 (27.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (13.94%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.92%) Confluence
3 4 (1.92%) nginx
4 2 (0.96%) Apache
4 2 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.96%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (7.21%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.96%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.48%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.48%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 102 (49.04%) Azure
2 82 (39.42%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (23.08%) AWS
4 46 (22.12%) Entra ID
5 25 (12.02%) Google Workspace
6 18 (8.65%) SaaS
7 15 (7.21%) GCP
7 15 (7.21%) OneDrive
8 11 (5.29%) Amazon ECS
9 8 (3.85%) AWS Direct Connect
9 8 (3.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 6 (2.88%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (2.88%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (2.88%) Amazon S3
10 6 (2.88%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (2.88%) Route 53
11 5 (2.40%) Amazon ECR
11 5 (2.40%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (2.40%) dbt
11 5 (2.40%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 105 (50.48%) DNS
2 90 (43.27%) DHCP
3 77 (37.02%) VPN
4 60 (28.85%) WAN
5 55 (26.44%) Firewall
6 47 (22.60%) LAN
7 44 (21.15%) Wi-Fi
8 41 (19.71%) VLAN
9 19 (9.13%) SD-WAN
9 19 (9.13%) VoIP
10 18 (8.65%) Wireless
11 15 (7.21%) BGP
12 10 (4.81%) Network Security
13 9 (4.33%) OSPF
14 8 (3.85%) MPLS
15 5 (2.40%) HTTP
15 5 (2.40%) HTTPS
15 5 (2.40%) IPsec
15 5 (2.40%) SAN
16 4 (1.92%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.77%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (5.29%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (3.37%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.40%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (2.40%) Redis
5 4 (1.92%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.44%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.44%) MySQL
7 2 (0.96%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.96%) Metadata
7 2 (0.96%) Power BI
8 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.48%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.48%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 15 (7.21%) JIRA
2 8 (3.85%) Git
3 5 (2.40%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.44%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.96%) GitLab
5 2 (0.96%) Jaeger
5 2 (0.96%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.96%) MLflow
5 2 (0.96%) Rational Rhapsody
5 2 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.48%) Snyk
General
1 93 (44.71%) Social Skills
2 75 (36.06%) Finance
3 33 (15.87%) Banking
4 22 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (8.65%) Investment Banking
6 15 (7.21%) Law
7 11 (5.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (5.29%) Retail
8 8 (3.85%) Legal
9 7 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.88%) Back Office
10 6 (2.88%) Financial Institution
10 6 (2.88%) Telecoms
11 5 (2.40%) Front Office
12 4 (1.92%) Billing
12 4 (1.92%) Marketing
13 2 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.96%) Electronics
13 2 (0.96%) Games
13 2 (0.96%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 49 (23.56%) IT Support
2 41 (19.71%) Support Engineer
3 32 (15.38%) IT Engineer
4 31 (14.90%) Developer
5 28 (13.46%) IT Support Engineer
6 27 (12.98%) Analyst
6 27 (12.98%) Senior
7 23 (11.06%) C++ Developer
7 23 (11.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 20 (9.62%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 18 (8.65%) 2nd Line Support
9 18 (8.65%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 18 (8.65%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
9 18 (8.65%) Linux Developer
9 18 (8.65%) Linux Scripter
9 18 (8.65%) Low Latency C++ Developer
9 18 (8.65%) Network Engineer
9 18 (8.65%) Support Analyst
10 14 (6.73%) Network Support
11 12 (5.77%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (2.88%) RESTful
2 5 (2.40%) Django
2 5 (2.40%) FIX Protocol
3 4 (1.92%) Sass
3 4 (1.92%) WebSockets
3 4 (1.92%) ZeroMQ
4 3 (1.44%) LDAP
5 2 (0.96%) .NET
5 2 (0.96%) FastAPI
5 2 (0.96%) Kafka
5 2 (0.96%) Keycloak
5 2 (0.96%) Middleware
5 2 (0.96%) WebRTC
6 1 (0.48%) MFC
6 1 (0.48%) OAuth
6 1 (0.48%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.48%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.06%) Onboarding
2 20 (9.62%) FPGA
3 13 (6.25%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (6.25%) Video Conferencing
4 12 (5.77%) Data Centre
4 12 (5.77%) iPhone
5 11 (5.29%) Cloud Native
6 9 (4.33%) CCTV
7 8 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (3.37%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (2.88%) iPad
9 6 (2.88%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (2.88%) Management Information System
9 6 (2.88%) Mobile App
9 6 (2.88%) MPEG
9 6 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (2.40%) Digital Signage
10 5 (2.40%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 115 (55.29%) Windows
2 77 (37.02%) Linux
3 57 (27.40%) Windows Server
4 46 (22.12%) Windows 10
5 27 (12.98%) Mac OS
6 21 (10.10%) Windows Server 2016
7 20 (9.62%) Unix
8 19 (9.13%) Apple iOS
8 19 (9.13%) Windows Server 2019
9 17 (8.17%) Windows Server 2012
10 11 (5.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 9 (4.33%) Mac OS X
12 6 (2.88%) CentOS
13 5 (2.40%) Android
14 4 (1.92%) Ubuntu
15 3 (1.44%) Kali Linux
15 3 (1.44%) Windows 7
16 2 (0.96%) OpenWrt
16 2 (0.96%) Oracle Linux
16 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (33.17%) Problem-Solving
2 31 (14.90%) Customer Service
2 31 (14.90%) ITIL
2 31 (14.90%) Root Cause Analysis
3 28 (13.46%) CI/CD
3 28 (13.46%) Disaster Recovery
3 28 (13.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 26 (12.50%) Agile
5 25 (12.02%) DevOps
6 23 (11.06%) Computer Science
6 23 (11.06%) Infrastructure as Code
7 22 (10.58%) Continuous Improvement
7 22 (10.58%) Low Latency
8 21 (10.10%) Incident Response
9 18 (8.65%) SIEM
10 17 (8.17%) Service Delivery
10 17 (8.17%) Zero Trust
11 16 (7.69%) Problem Management
11 16 (7.69%) Service Management
12 15 (7.21%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 51 (24.52%) Python
2 33 (15.87%) PowerShell
3 32 (15.38%) Java
4 29 (13.94%) C++
5 24 (11.54%) C
6 17 (8.17%) Bash
7 16 (7.69%) SQL
8 6 (2.88%) C#
8 6 (2.88%) Go
9 4 (1.92%) Delphi
9 4 (1.92%) Pascal
9 4 (1.92%) PHP
9 4 (1.92%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.96%) Bicep
10 2 (0.96%) Perl
11 1 (0.48%) Korn
11 1 (0.48%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.48%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 42 (20.19%) Degree
2 16 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (6.73%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (5.77%) Network+ Certification
5 11 (5.29%) Security Cleared
6 10 (4.81%) Azure Certification
6 10 (4.81%) CCNA
6 10 (4.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (3.37%) A+ Certification
7 7 (3.37%) MCSA
7 7 (3.37%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 7 (3.37%) SC Cleared
8 5 (2.40%) CCNP
8 5 (2.40%) GIAC
8 5 (2.40%) MCSE
8 5 (2.40%) RHCSA
9 4 (1.92%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (1.92%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.92%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.44%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (4.33%) SOC 2
3 6 (2.88%) PCI DSS
3 6 (2.88%) SLA
4 5 (2.40%) GDPR
5 4 (1.92%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.44%) NIST
7 2 (0.96%) PMO
8 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.48%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.48%) QA
System Software
1 80 (38.46%) Active Directory
2 31 (14.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (11.54%) Hyper-V
4 8 (3.85%) Docker
5 5 (2.40%) vSphere
6 4 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.44%) KVM
7 3 (1.44%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.96%) Firmware
8 2 (0.96%) NFS
9 1 (0.48%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 41 (19.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (11.06%) Terraform
3 18 (8.65%) Ansible
4 16 (7.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 11 (5.29%) Kubernetes
6 6 (2.88%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (2.88%) Nagios
7 5 (2.40%) SCCM
8 3 (1.44%) AWS Copilot
8 3 (1.44%) Prometheus
8 3 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.44%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.96%) Argo
9 2 (0.96%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.96%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.96%) Puppet
9 2 (0.96%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (0.96%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 2 (0.96%) ServiceCenter
9 2 (0.96%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 103 (49.52%) Microsoft
2 35 (16.83%) VMware
3 29 (13.94%) Google
4 26 (12.50%) Cisco
5 15 (7.21%) Red Hat
6 11 (5.29%) Palo Alto
7 10 (4.81%) Fortinet
8 9 (4.33%) Apple
8 9 (4.33%) Dell
8 9 (4.33%) SolarWinds
9 8 (3.85%) Bloomberg
9 8 (3.85%) Juniper
9 8 (3.85%) Reuters
9 8 (3.85%) Zscaler
10 7 (3.37%) Arista
11 6 (2.88%) CheckPoint
11 6 (2.88%) ServiceNow
12 5 (2.40%) HP
12 5 (2.40%) Meraki
12 5 (2.40%) Okta