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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 216 285
Rank change year-on-year -26 +69 -42
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 208 180 196
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.86% 1.49% 1.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.29% 14.55% 7.53%
Number of salaries quoted 152 124 148
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £79,800 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £99,500 £84,250 £89,825
England median annual salary £38,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +1.33% -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 1,842 1,237 2,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.64% 10.24% 13.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,057 873 1,348
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,500 £41,250 £44,040
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 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -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 27 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 27 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 -4 18 £73,000 -5.81% 14
West London -21 6 £82,500 +120.00% 6
North London - 4 £60,000 - 2
South London -8 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 32 (15.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (12.02%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.96%) Confluence
4 1 (0.48%) IIS
4 1 (0.48%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.48%) Houdini
3 1 (0.48%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 6 (2.88%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.48%) Eikon
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 82 (39.42%) Azure
2 61 (29.33%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (24.52%) AWS
4 40 (19.23%) Entra ID
5 11 (5.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 11 (5.29%) OneDrive
5 11 (5.29%) SaaS
6 10 (4.81%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (3.85%) Google Workspace
8 7 (3.37%) OpenShift
9 6 (2.88%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (2.40%) GCP
10 5 (2.40%) IaaS
10 5 (2.40%) PaaS
11 4 (1.92%) Azure Storage
12 3 (1.44%) Mimecast
12 3 (1.44%) Route 53
13 2 (0.96%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 2 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
13 2 (0.96%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 123 (59.13%) DNS
2 85 (40.87%) Firewall
3 81 (38.94%) VPN
4 77 (37.02%) DHCP
5 57 (27.40%) LAN
6 55 (26.44%) WAN
7 38 (18.27%) BGP
8 34 (16.35%) Network Security
9 27 (12.98%) HTTP
10 25 (12.02%) OSPF
11 24 (11.54%) VLAN
12 19 (9.13%) SD-WAN
13 18 (8.65%) Wi-Fi
14 14 (6.73%) Wireless
15 13 (6.25%) Multicast
16 11 (5.29%) VoIP
17 9 (4.33%) SSL
18 7 (3.37%) Ethernet
19 6 (2.88%) Internet
19 6 (2.88%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.65%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.88%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.44%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.48%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.48%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.48%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle9i Database
4 1 (0.48%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 10 (4.81%) JIRA
2 4 (1.92%) Bitbucket
2 4 (1.92%) GitLab
3 3 (1.44%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.96%) Git
5 1 (0.48%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.48%) LSMW
General
1 99 (47.60%) Social Skills
2 66 (31.73%) Finance
3 42 (20.19%) Banking
4 27 (12.98%) Telecoms
5 22 (10.58%) Law
6 17 (8.17%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (5.77%) Investment Banking
8 9 (4.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.88%) Digital Health
10 6 (2.88%) Retail
11 5 (2.40%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.92%) Mandarin Language
13 3 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.44%) Marketing
13 3 (1.44%) Publishing
14 2 (0.96%) Cantonese Language
14 2 (0.96%) Corporate Banking
14 2 (0.96%) Legal
14 2 (0.96%) Military
Job Titles
1 41 (19.71%) Network Engineer
2 35 (16.83%) Support Engineer
3 34 (16.35%) Senior
4 25 (12.02%) IT Support
5 21 (10.10%) Analyst
5 21 (10.10%) IT Engineer
6 20 (9.62%) IT Support Engineer
7 17 (8.17%) 2nd Line Support
8 15 (7.21%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 15 (7.21%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 15 (7.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 14 (6.73%) Developer
10 13 (6.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (5.29%) C++ Developer
11 11 (5.29%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
11 11 (5.29%) Linux Developer
11 11 (5.29%) Linux Scripter
11 11 (5.29%) Low Latency C++ Developer
12 10 (4.81%) Azure Engineer
12 10 (4.81%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (12.02%) Terraform
2 7 (3.37%) FIX Protocol
3 6 (2.88%) GraphQL
3 6 (2.88%) RESTful
4 5 (2.40%) ARM Templates
4 5 (2.40%) Next.js
4 5 (2.40%) React
4 5 (2.40%) WebSockets
5 4 (1.92%) ADO
5 4 (1.92%) JWT
5 4 (1.92%) OAuth
6 3 (1.44%) gRPC
7 2 (0.96%) 802.1X
7 2 (0.96%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.48%) Kafka
8 1 (0.48%) OpenTelemetry
8 1 (0.48%) pytest
8 1 (0.48%) REST
8 1 (0.48%) Software Packaging
8 1 (0.48%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.98%) Data Centre
2 24 (11.54%) Onboarding
3 12 (5.77%) FPGA
3 12 (5.77%) MPEG
3 12 (5.77%) Security Posture
4 9 (4.33%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.33%) PKI
5 8 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (3.85%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (3.37%) Cloud Native
7 6 (2.88%) Eurex
8 5 (2.40%) AS400
8 5 (2.40%) Hedge funds
8 5 (2.40%) iSeries
8 5 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.92%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.44%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (1.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 3 (1.44%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 94 (45.19%) Windows
2 59 (28.37%) Linux
3 43 (20.67%) Windows Server
4 23 (11.06%) Mac OS
5 18 (8.65%) Windows 10
6 16 (7.69%) Unix
7 8 (3.85%) Rocky
8 7 (3.37%) CentOS
8 7 (3.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.92%) Ubuntu
10 3 (1.44%) Kali Linux
10 3 (1.44%) Solaris
10 3 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.96%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (32.21%) Problem-Solving
2 47 (22.60%) Continuous Improvement
3 36 (17.31%) Computer Science
4 32 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
5 29 (13.94%) Cybersecurity
6 27 (12.98%) Disaster Recovery
7 26 (12.50%) Incident Response
7 26 (12.50%) ITIL
8 25 (12.02%) High Availability
9 23 (11.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 22 (10.58%) Incident Management
11 20 (9.62%) Project Delivery
12 19 (9.13%) Agile
12 19 (9.13%) DevOps
12 19 (9.13%) Mentoring
13 18 (8.65%) Analytics
13 18 (8.65%) Change Management
13 18 (8.65%) CI/CD
13 18 (8.65%) Root Cause Analysis
14 17 (8.17%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 46 (22.12%) Python
2 27 (12.98%) PowerShell
3 25 (12.02%) Bash
4 22 (10.58%) SQL
5 18 (8.65%) C
6 14 (6.73%) Java
7 12 (5.77%) C++
8 7 (3.37%) Bicep
8 7 (3.37%) C#
8 7 (3.37%) Perl
9 6 (2.88%) Go
9 6 (2.88%) JavaScript
9 6 (2.88%) Ruby
10 5 (2.40%) TypeScript
11 3 (1.44%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.96%) Rust
12 2 (0.96%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.96%) VBA
13 1 (0.48%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 47 (22.60%) Degree
2 32 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
3 27 (12.98%) CCNA
4 26 (12.50%) CCNP
5 21 (10.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (8.65%) Azure Certification
7 13 (6.25%) Security Cleared
8 12 (5.77%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (4.33%) AWS Certification
10 8 (3.85%) OSCP
11 7 (3.37%) CISSP
12 6 (2.88%) A+ Certification
12 6 (2.88%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (2.88%) Master's Degree
12 6 (2.88%) RHCSA
13 5 (2.40%) CEH
13 5 (2.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (2.40%) Network+ Certification
13 5 (2.40%) SC Cleared
14 4 (1.92%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (11.06%) SLA
2 13 (6.25%) GDPR
3 12 (5.77%) Accessibility
4 8 (3.85%) NIST
5 5 (2.40%) GRC
5 5 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.40%) NCSC
6 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.48%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.48%) QA
System Software
1 76 (36.54%) Active Directory
2 30 (14.42%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (11.54%) Hyper-V
4 12 (5.77%) Docker
5 6 (2.88%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (2.88%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.44%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (1.44%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.44%) vSphere
7 1 (0.48%) Firmware
7 1 (0.48%) KVM
7 1 (0.48%) NFS
7 1 (0.48%) Samba
7 1 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (11.54%) Kubernetes
3 16 (7.69%) FortiGate
4 12 (5.77%) Ansible
5 8 (3.85%) Nagios
6 6 (2.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (2.88%) Prometheus
7 5 (2.40%) Grafana
7 5 (2.40%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (2.40%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.92%) Control-M
9 2 (0.96%) Cisco CUCM
9 2 (0.96%) Istio
9 2 (0.96%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.96%) OpenView
9 2 (0.96%) QRadar
9 2 (0.96%) ServiceCenter
9 2 (0.96%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.96%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.48%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 86 (41.35%) Microsoft
2 42 (20.19%) VMware
3 32 (15.38%) Cisco
4 22 (10.58%) Fortinet
4 22 (10.58%) Palo Alto
5 16 (7.69%) SolarWinds
5 16 (7.69%) Zscaler
6 12 (5.77%) Bloomberg
7 11 (5.29%) F5
7 11 (5.29%) Red Hat
8 10 (4.81%) Google
9 9 (4.33%) Meraki
10 8 (3.85%) HP
10 8 (3.85%) Reuters
11 7 (3.37%) Apple
11 7 (3.37%) Oracle
12 6 (2.88%) CQG
12 6 (2.88%) ION Trading
12 6 (2.88%) Patsystems
12 6 (2.88%) Trayport