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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 226 256
Rank change year-on-year +9 +30 -42
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 253 171 215
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.98% 1.45% 1.17%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.95% 13.86% 9.28%
Number of salaries quoted 184 114 135
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £37,125 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -16.67% -5.26%

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 1,813 1,234 2,316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.00% 10.49% 12.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,067 837 1,180
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,625 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £89,375 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £101,000 £99,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -23.81% -

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -2 18 £48,750 -37.10% 30
West London -16 7 £82,500 +153.85% 8
East London -10 6 £36,000 +5.88% 2
North London +4 4 £60,000 +84.62% 1
South London -10 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 41 (16.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 28 (11.07%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.37%) Confluence
4 1 (0.40%) IIS
4 1 (0.40%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.40%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (3.95%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.40%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.40%) Houdini
4 1 (0.40%) NUKE
4 1 (0.40%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (3.16%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.40%) C-CURE
2 1 (0.40%) Eikon
2 1 (0.40%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 87 (34.39%) Azure
2 77 (30.43%) Microsoft 365
3 67 (26.48%) Entra ID
4 55 (21.74%) AWS
5 24 (9.49%) SaaS
6 19 (7.51%) OneDrive
7 17 (6.72%) GCP
8 13 (5.14%) Google Workspace
9 10 (3.95%) Amazon EKS
9 10 (3.95%) Google Compute Engine
9 10 (3.95%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 10 (3.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 9 (3.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 8 (3.16%) OpenShift
12 7 (2.77%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (2.37%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (2.37%) IaaS
13 6 (2.37%) Slack
14 5 (1.98%) Mimecast
14 5 (1.98%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 162 (64.03%) DNS
2 127 (50.20%) VPN
3 117 (46.25%) DHCP
4 105 (41.50%) Firewall
5 71 (28.06%) WAN
6 69 (27.27%) LAN
7 50 (19.76%) VLAN
8 48 (18.97%) BGP
9 41 (16.21%) Network Security
9 41 (16.21%) Wi-Fi
10 40 (15.81%) Wireless
11 31 (12.25%) HTTP
12 27 (10.67%) OSPF
13 20 (7.91%) SD-WAN
14 13 (5.14%) SSL
15 10 (3.95%) Multicast
16 9 (3.56%) VoIP
17 8 (3.16%) FIX Connectivity
18 7 (2.77%) Internet
19 6 (2.37%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.72%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (3.95%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (2.77%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.19%) KDB
5 3 (1.19%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.79%) MySQL
7 1 (0.40%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.40%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.40%) InfluxDB
7 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle9i Database
7 1 (0.40%) Redis
7 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.40%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 15 (5.93%) JIRA
2 10 (3.95%) TeamCity
3 6 (2.37%) GitLab
4 2 (0.79%) Burp Suite
4 2 (0.79%) Git
5 1 (0.40%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.40%) LSMW
5 1 (0.40%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.40%) Selenium
5 1 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 117 (46.25%) Social Skills
2 70 (27.67%) Finance
3 41 (16.21%) Banking
4 26 (10.28%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (9.88%) Telecoms
6 23 (9.09%) Law
7 13 (5.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (5.14%) Retail
8 12 (4.74%) Financial Institution
9 10 (3.95%) Back Office
10 8 (3.16%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (2.77%) Investment Banking
12 6 (2.37%) Digital Health
12 6 (2.37%) Publishing
13 5 (1.98%) Public Sector
14 4 (1.58%) Mandarin Language
15 3 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (1.19%) Marketing
16 2 (0.79%) Cantonese Language
16 2 (0.79%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 51 (20.16%) Network Engineer
2 44 (17.39%) IT Support
3 42 (16.60%) Support Engineer
4 37 (14.62%) Senior
5 34 (13.44%) Analyst
6 28 (11.07%) IT Engineer
7 27 (10.67%) IT Support Engineer
8 25 (9.88%) Support Analyst
9 19 (7.51%) 2nd Line Support
10 17 (6.72%) Lead
11 15 (5.93%) Network Support
11 15 (5.93%) Team Leader
12 13 (5.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (5.14%) Junior
12 13 (5.14%) Support Team Leader
13 12 (4.74%) 3rd Line Support
14 11 (4.35%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 11 (4.35%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 11 (4.35%) Developer
15 10 (3.95%) GCP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (11.07%) Terraform
2 11 (4.35%) RESTful
3 10 (3.95%) FIX Protocol
4 6 (2.37%) GraphQL
5 5 (1.98%) Next.js
5 5 (1.98%) OpenTelemetry
5 5 (1.98%) React
6 4 (1.58%) JWT
6 4 (1.58%) OAuth
6 4 (1.58%) WebSockets
7 3 (1.19%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.79%) ARM Templates
8 2 (0.79%) gRPC
8 2 (0.79%) LDAP
8 2 (0.79%) REST
9 1 (0.40%) ADO
9 1 (0.40%) CSS
9 1 (0.40%) HTML
9 1 (0.40%) Rendezvous
9 1 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (19.76%) Onboarding
2 26 (10.28%) Data Centre
3 18 (7.11%) Cloud Native
3 18 (7.11%) Security Posture
4 16 (6.32%) Driving Licence
5 14 (5.53%) Management Information System
6 12 (4.74%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (3.95%) Blog
7 10 (3.95%) Hybrid Cloud
8 9 (3.56%) Hedge funds
8 9 (3.56%) PKI
9 8 (3.16%) Eurex
10 7 (2.77%) FPGA
10 7 (2.77%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (2.77%) MPEG
11 6 (2.37%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.98%) AS400
12 5 (1.98%) iSeries
12 5 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (1.98%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 120 (47.43%) Windows
2 62 (24.51%) Linux
3 54 (21.34%) Windows Server
4 39 (15.42%) Windows 10
5 25 (9.88%) Mac OS
6 19 (7.51%) Unix
7 12 (4.74%) Rocky
8 10 (3.95%) CentOS
9 6 (2.37%) Ubuntu
10 5 (1.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.98%) Solaris
11 2 (0.79%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (31.62%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (25.30%) Continuous Improvement
3 55 (21.74%) Customer Service
4 49 (19.37%) Disaster Recovery
5 37 (14.62%) Computer Science
5 37 (14.62%) Cybersecurity
6 35 (13.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 34 (13.44%) ITIL
8 30 (11.86%) Infrastructure as Code
9 29 (11.46%) Incident Response
10 25 (9.88%) CI/CD
11 24 (9.49%) High Availability
12 23 (9.09%) Project Delivery
13 22 (8.70%) Coaching
14 21 (8.30%) AI
14 21 (8.30%) ITSM
14 21 (8.30%) Mentoring
14 21 (8.30%) Runbook
15 20 (7.91%) Service Delivery
16 19 (7.51%) Patch Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (23.72%) Python
2 41 (16.21%) PowerShell
3 36 (14.23%) SQL
4 32 (12.65%) Bash
5 23 (9.09%) Java
6 15 (5.93%) Go
7 13 (5.14%) C
8 11 (4.35%) C++
9 10 (3.95%) JavaScript
10 9 (3.56%) Perl
11 8 (3.16%) Ruby
12 7 (2.77%) C#
13 5 (1.98%) Bicep
13 5 (1.98%) Rust
13 5 (1.98%) TypeScript
14 3 (1.19%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.79%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.79%) VBA
16 1 (0.40%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 47 (18.58%) Degree
2 42 (16.60%) Cisco Certification
3 29 (11.46%) CCNA
4 25 (9.88%) CCNP
5 22 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (5.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (5.53%) CISSP
7 14 (5.53%) Security Cleared
8 13 (5.14%) Azure Certification
9 12 (4.74%) A+ Certification
10 9 (3.56%) AWS Certification
10 9 (3.56%) CISM
10 9 (3.56%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (2.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (2.37%) CCSP
11 6 (2.37%) CEH
11 6 (2.37%) OSCP
12 5 (1.98%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (1.98%) Master's Degree
12 5 (1.98%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (14.62%) SLA
2 15 (5.93%) GDPR
2 15 (5.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (5.93%) NIST
3 11 (4.35%) PCI DSS
3 11 (4.35%) SOC 2
4 7 (2.77%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.37%) GRC
5 6 (2.37%) NCSC
6 3 (1.19%) QA
7 2 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.40%) IASME
System Software
1 99 (39.13%) Active Directory
2 37 (14.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (11.86%) Hyper-V
4 14 (5.53%) Docker
5 13 (5.14%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (2.77%) Firmware
6 7 (2.77%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.58%) vSphere
8 3 (1.19%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (1.19%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.40%) NFS
9 1 (0.40%) Samba
9 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.40%) XenApp
9 1 (0.40%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 37 (14.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (10.67%) Kubernetes
3 15 (5.93%) Grafana
4 14 (5.53%) FortiGate
5 10 (3.95%) Ansible
6 9 (3.56%) Prometheus
6 9 (3.56%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (2.37%) Cilium
7 6 (2.37%) Nagios
8 4 (1.58%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (1.58%) QRadar
9 3 (1.19%) Control-M
9 3 (1.19%) SCCM
10 2 (0.79%) Argo
10 2 (0.79%) Nessus
10 2 (0.79%) Nmap
10 2 (0.79%) Norton AntiVirus
11 1 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.40%) Istio
11 1 (0.40%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 106 (41.90%) Microsoft
2 50 (19.76%) VMware
3 34 (13.44%) Cisco
4 27 (10.67%) Fortinet
5 24 (9.49%) Palo Alto
6 22 (8.70%) Google
7 14 (5.53%) F5
7 14 (5.53%) Red Hat
7 14 (5.53%) Zscaler
8 12 (4.74%) Bloomberg
8 12 (4.74%) SolarWinds
9 10 (3.95%) Oracle
9 10 (3.95%) ServiceNow
10 8 (3.16%) CQG
10 8 (3.16%) ION Trading
10 8 (3.16%) Meraki
10 8 (3.16%) Patsystems
10 8 (3.16%) Reuters
10 8 (3.16%) Trayport
10 8 (3.16%) Veeam