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

6 months to
6 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 209 257
Rank change year-on-year -38 +48 -29
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 207 174 207
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.85% 1.46% 1.08%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.10% 14.15% 7.94%
Number of salaries quoted 155 119 148
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £33,200
25th Percentile £42,875 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £79,800 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,000 £83,000 £89,050
England median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -11.76% -7.61%

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 1,865 1,230 2,608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.62% 10.32% 13.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,075 863 1,298
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £102,000 £96,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £41,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.46% -17.00% -3.85%

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 6 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 6 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 -10 18 £72,500 -6.45% 15
West London -18 6 £82,500 +153.85% 3
North London - 4 £60,000 - 1
South London -12 1 £24,000 -47.83% 6
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 33 (15.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (12.08%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.93%) Confluence
4 1 (0.48%) IIS
4 1 (0.48%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.48%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (6.28%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.48%) Houdini
3 1 (0.48%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 8 (3.86%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.48%) Eikon
2 1 (0.48%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 78 (37.68%) Azure
2 61 (29.47%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (24.15%) AWS
4 44 (21.26%) Entra ID
5 11 (5.31%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 11 (5.31%) OneDrive
5 11 (5.31%) SaaS
6 10 (4.83%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (3.86%) Google Workspace
8 7 (3.38%) OpenShift
9 6 (2.90%) AWS CloudFormation
9 6 (2.90%) GCP
10 5 (2.42%) IaaS
10 5 (2.42%) PaaS
11 4 (1.93%) Azure Storage
11 4 (1.93%) Slack
12 3 (1.45%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 3 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (1.45%) Mimecast
12 3 (1.45%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 127 (61.35%) DNS
2 87 (42.03%) VPN
3 85 (41.06%) Firewall
4 83 (40.10%) DHCP
5 52 (25.12%) LAN
6 51 (24.64%) WAN
7 39 (18.84%) BGP
8 36 (17.39%) Network Security
9 28 (13.53%) HTTP
10 26 (12.56%) OSPF
11 24 (11.59%) VLAN
12 18 (8.70%) SD-WAN
13 17 (8.21%) Wi-Fi
14 16 (7.73%) Wireless
15 11 (5.31%) Multicast
16 10 (4.83%) SSL
16 10 (4.83%) VoIP
17 8 (3.86%) FIX Connectivity
18 7 (3.38%) Ethernet
19 6 (2.90%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.66%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.38%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.45%) 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%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.48%) MySQL
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle9i Database
4 1 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.48%) Redis
4 1 (0.48%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 13 (6.28%) JIRA
2 5 (2.42%) GitLab
3 1 (0.48%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.48%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.48%) Git
3 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.48%) LSMW
3 1 (0.48%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.48%) Selenium
General
1 98 (47.34%) Social Skills
2 63 (30.43%) Finance
3 43 (20.77%) Banking
4 26 (12.56%) Telecoms
5 20 (9.66%) Law
6 17 (8.21%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (5.31%) Investment Banking
8 8 (3.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.38%) Retail
10 6 (2.90%) Digital Health
11 5 (2.42%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.93%) Mandarin Language
12 4 (1.93%) Publishing
13 3 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.45%) Marketing
14 2 (0.97%) Cantonese Language
14 2 (0.97%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.97%) Legal
14 2 (0.97%) Military
Job Titles
1 41 (19.81%) Network Engineer
2 36 (17.39%) Support Engineer
3 35 (16.91%) Senior
4 28 (13.53%) IT Support
5 25 (12.08%) Analyst
6 23 (11.11%) IT Engineer
7 22 (10.63%) IT Support Engineer
8 16 (7.73%) 2nd Line Support
9 15 (7.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 14 (6.76%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 14 (6.76%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 14 (6.76%) Developer
10 14 (6.76%) Support Analyst
11 13 (6.28%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (5.31%) Junior
13 10 (4.83%) C++ Developer
13 10 (4.83%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
13 10 (4.83%) Linux Developer
13 10 (4.83%) Low Latency C++ Developer
13 10 (4.83%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (12.08%) Terraform
2 9 (4.35%) FIX Protocol
3 7 (3.38%) RESTful
4 6 (2.90%) GraphQL
5 5 (2.42%) ARM Templates
5 5 (2.42%) Next.js
5 5 (2.42%) React
6 4 (1.93%) ADO
6 4 (1.93%) JWT
6 4 (1.93%) OAuth
6 4 (1.93%) WebSockets
7 3 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (1.45%) gRPC
8 2 (0.97%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.97%) Kafka
8 2 (0.97%) pytest
8 2 (0.97%) REST
9 1 (0.48%) Flask
9 1 (0.48%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.48%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 29 (14.01%) Onboarding
2 25 (12.08%) Data Centre
3 12 (5.80%) Security Posture
4 11 (5.31%) FPGA
5 10 (4.83%) MPEG
6 9 (4.35%) PKI
7 8 (3.86%) Eurex
7 8 (3.86%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (3.38%) Cloud Native
8 7 (3.38%) Hedge funds
9 6 (2.90%) Management Information System
10 5 (2.42%) AS400
10 5 (2.42%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (2.42%) iSeries
10 5 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.93%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.93%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.93%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (1.45%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 95 (45.89%) Windows
2 60 (28.99%) Linux
3 41 (19.81%) Windows Server
4 23 (11.11%) Mac OS
5 22 (10.63%) Windows 10
6 18 (8.70%) Unix
7 10 (4.83%) Rocky
8 8 (3.86%) CentOS
9 5 (2.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (2.42%) Solaris
9 5 (2.42%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.48%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.48%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (32.37%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (20.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 37 (17.87%) Computer Science
4 32 (15.46%) Infrastructure as Code
5 30 (14.49%) Cybersecurity
6 29 (14.01%) ITIL
7 28 (13.53%) Disaster Recovery
8 25 (12.08%) High Availability
8 25 (12.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 23 (11.11%) Incident Response
10 21 (10.14%) Incident Management
11 20 (9.66%) Mentoring
11 20 (9.66%) Project Delivery
12 19 (9.18%) Agile
12 19 (9.18%) Change Management
12 19 (9.18%) DevOps
13 18 (8.70%) Analytics
13 18 (8.70%) Customer Service
14 17 (8.21%) Roadmaps
14 17 (8.21%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 46 (22.22%) Python
2 28 (13.53%) PowerShell
3 25 (12.08%) Bash
4 24 (11.59%) SQL
5 17 (8.21%) C
6 13 (6.28%) Java
7 11 (5.31%) C++
8 9 (4.35%) JavaScript
8 9 (4.35%) Perl
9 8 (3.86%) Ruby
10 7 (3.38%) Bicep
10 7 (3.38%) C#
11 6 (2.90%) Go
12 5 (2.42%) TypeScript
13 3 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.97%) Rust
14 2 (0.97%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.97%) VBA
15 1 (0.48%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 45 (21.74%) Degree
2 32 (15.46%) Cisco Certification
3 27 (13.04%) CCNP
4 26 (12.56%) CCNA
5 22 (10.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (8.21%) Azure Certification
7 12 (5.80%) Security Cleared
8 10 (4.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (4.35%) A+ Certification
9 9 (4.35%) AWS Certification
10 8 (3.86%) CISSP
11 7 (3.38%) Network+ Certification
11 7 (3.38%) OSCP
12 6 (2.90%) CEH
12 6 (2.90%) Master's Degree
13 5 (2.42%) CompTIA Security+
13 5 (2.42%) SC Cleared
14 4 (1.93%) CREST Certified
14 4 (1.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 4 (1.93%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (11.11%) SLA
2 15 (7.25%) GDPR
3 10 (4.83%) Accessibility
4 9 (4.35%) NIST
5 6 (2.90%) GRC
5 6 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (2.42%) NCSC
7 2 (0.97%) QA
8 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.48%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.48%) SOC 2
System Software
1 80 (38.65%) Active Directory
2 28 (13.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (10.63%) Hyper-V
4 12 (5.80%) Docker
5 8 (3.86%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.90%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.45%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (1.45%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.45%) vSphere
8 1 (0.48%) Firmware
8 1 (0.48%) NFS
8 1 (0.48%) Samba
8 1 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (12.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (10.14%) Kubernetes
3 15 (7.25%) FortiGate
4 8 (3.86%) Ansible
5 6 (2.90%) Grafana
5 6 (2.90%) Nagios
5 6 (2.90%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (2.42%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (2.42%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.45%) Control-M
7 3 (1.45%) QRadar
8 2 (0.97%) Istio
8 2 (0.97%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.97%) OpenView
8 2 (0.97%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.48%) Nessus
9 1 (0.48%) Nmap
9 1 (0.48%) SCCM
9 1 (0.48%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 88 (42.51%) Microsoft
2 40 (19.32%) VMware
3 32 (15.46%) Cisco
4 23 (11.11%) Palo Alto
5 22 (10.63%) Fortinet
6 16 (7.73%) Zscaler
7 14 (6.76%) SolarWinds
8 13 (6.28%) Bloomberg
9 12 (5.80%) F5
9 12 (5.80%) Red Hat
10 10 (4.83%) Google
10 10 (4.83%) Oracle
11 9 (4.35%) Meraki
11 9 (4.35%) Reuters
12 8 (3.86%) CQG
12 8 (3.86%) ION Trading
12 8 (3.86%) Patsystems
12 8 (3.86%) Trayport
13 7 (3.38%) HP
13 7 (3.38%) ServiceNow