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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 203 266
Rank change year-on-year -39 +63 +2
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 209 209 222
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.91% 1.71% 1.08%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.95% 16.73% 8.50%
Number of salaries quoted 150 138 178
10th Percentile £33,400 £31,500 £37,710
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -13.33% +4.12%
75th Percentile £79,782 £74,815 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £84,125 £88,750
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 1,909 1,249 2,613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 8.33% 10.20% 12.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,042 895 1,490
10th Percentile £33,825 £31,600 £34,675
25th Percentile £44,188 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.56% +1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £101,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +11.76% -12.37% -3.96%

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 28 July 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 28 July 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 -13 20 £70,500 +0.71% 13
West London -21 5 £85,000 +73.47% 5
South London -2 1 £24,000 -52.00% 8
North London - 1 £55,000 - 1
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 39 (18.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (12.44%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (8.13%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.48%) Houdini
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.48%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 93 (44.50%) Azure
2 61 (29.19%) Microsoft 365
3 53 (25.36%) AWS
4 33 (15.79%) Entra ID
5 11 (5.26%) SaaS
6 9 (4.31%) Google Workspace
7 8 (3.83%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 8 (3.83%) OneDrive
8 7 (3.35%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (3.35%) OpenShift
9 6 (2.87%) PaaS
10 5 (2.39%) GCP
10 5 (2.39%) IaaS
11 4 (1.91%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (1.91%) GitHub
11 4 (1.91%) Route 53
12 3 (1.44%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 2 (0.96%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 114 (54.55%) DNS
2 79 (37.80%) VPN
3 75 (35.89%) Firewall
4 72 (34.45%) DHCP
5 67 (32.06%) LAN
6 62 (29.67%) WAN
7 38 (18.18%) BGP
8 32 (15.31%) Network Security
9 28 (13.40%) Wi-Fi
10 27 (12.92%) VLAN
11 25 (11.96%) HTTP
11 25 (11.96%) OSPF
12 20 (9.57%) SD-WAN
13 17 (8.13%) Multicast
14 13 (6.22%) VoIP
15 9 (4.31%) Wireless
16 8 (3.83%) HTTPS
17 7 (3.35%) Ethernet
18 6 (2.87%) MPLS
18 6 (2.87%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.31%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.91%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.96%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.48%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.48%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle9i Database
5 1 (0.48%) Redis
5 1 (0.48%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 10 (4.78%) JIRA
2 8 (3.83%) Bitbucket
3 5 (2.39%) Git
3 5 (2.39%) Metasploit
4 4 (1.91%) GitLab
5 1 (0.48%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.48%) LSMW
5 1 (0.48%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 93 (44.50%) Social Skills
2 68 (32.54%) Finance
3 40 (19.14%) Banking
4 30 (14.35%) Telecoms
5 26 (12.44%) Law
6 22 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (7.18%) Investment Banking
8 9 (4.31%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (4.31%) Retail
9 5 (2.39%) Digital Health
9 5 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.39%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.91%) Mandarin Language
11 3 (1.44%) Marketing
12 2 (0.96%) Cantonese Language
12 2 (0.96%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.96%) Military
13 1 (0.48%) Legal
13 1 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (20.10%) Network Engineer
2 37 (17.70%) Support Engineer
3 33 (15.79%) IT Support
4 30 (14.35%) Senior
5 21 (10.05%) IT Engineer
5 21 (10.05%) IT Support Engineer
6 20 (9.57%) 2nd Line Support
6 20 (9.57%) Analyst
7 19 (9.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 19 (9.09%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 17 (8.13%) Developer
9 15 (7.18%) C++ Developer
9 15 (7.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 15 (7.18%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
9 15 (7.18%) Linux Developer
9 15 (7.18%) Linux Scripter
9 15 (7.18%) Low Latency C++ Developer
10 13 (6.22%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (4.78%) Operations Engineer
12 9 (4.31%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.83%) WebSockets
2 5 (2.39%) ARM Templates
3 4 (1.91%) ADO
4 3 (1.44%) gRPC
4 3 (1.44%) RESTful
5 2 (0.96%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.96%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.96%) GraphQL
5 2 (0.96%) JWT
5 2 (0.96%) Next.js
5 2 (0.96%) OAuth
5 2 (0.96%) React
6 1 (0.48%) Django
6 1 (0.48%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (0.48%) Kafka
6 1 (0.48%) Middleware
6 1 (0.48%) OpenTelemetry
6 1 (0.48%) pytest
6 1 (0.48%) REST
6 1 (0.48%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 32 (15.31%) Data Centre
2 19 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 16 (7.66%) FPGA
3 16 (7.66%) MPEG
4 12 (5.74%) Security Posture
5 11 (5.26%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (4.78%) Management Information System
7 7 (3.35%) Driving Licence
8 6 (2.87%) CMDB
9 5 (2.39%) AS400
9 5 (2.39%) CCTV
9 5 (2.39%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (2.39%) iSeries
9 5 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.91%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (1.91%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (1.91%) FMCG
10 4 (1.91%) iPhone
11 3 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.44%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 94 (44.98%) Windows
2 55 (26.32%) Linux
3 43 (20.57%) Windows Server
4 19 (9.09%) Windows 10
5 18 (8.61%) Mac OS
6 12 (5.74%) Unix
7 11 (5.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (3.35%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (3.35%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (2.87%) Apple iOS
9 6 (2.87%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (2.39%) Kali Linux
10 5 (2.39%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.96%) Rocky
12 1 (0.48%) Android
12 1 (0.48%) CentOS
12 1 (0.48%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.48%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (22.01%) Continuous Improvement
3 32 (15.31%) Infrastructure as Code
4 31 (14.83%) Incident Response
5 27 (12.92%) DevOps
6 26 (12.44%) ITIL
7 24 (11.48%) Disaster Recovery
7 24 (11.48%) High Availability
8 23 (11.00%) Computer Science
9 21 (10.05%) Root Cause Analysis
10 20 (9.57%) CI/CD
10 20 (9.57%) Cybersecurity
10 20 (9.57%) Incident Management
10 20 (9.57%) Low Latency
10 20 (9.57%) Project Delivery
11 19 (9.09%) Agile
11 19 (9.09%) Change Management
11 19 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 18 (8.61%) Line Management
12 18 (8.61%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 39 (18.66%) Python
2 27 (12.92%) PowerShell
3 20 (9.57%) Bash
4 19 (9.09%) Java
5 18 (8.61%) C
6 16 (7.66%) C++
7 15 (7.18%) SQL
8 4 (1.91%) Bicep
8 4 (1.91%) C#
8 4 (1.91%) Delphi
8 4 (1.91%) Pascal
8 4 (1.91%) PHP
9 2 (0.96%) Go
9 2 (0.96%) Rust
9 2 (0.96%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.96%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.96%) VBA
10 1 (0.48%) ABAP
10 1 (0.48%) Perl
Qualifications
1 41 (19.62%) Degree
2 30 (14.35%) Cisco Certification
3 25 (11.96%) CCNA
4 24 (11.48%) CCNP
5 15 (7.18%) Azure Certification
5 15 (7.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (6.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (4.31%) RHCSA
8 8 (3.83%) Security Cleared
9 7 (3.35%) AWS Certification
10 6 (2.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (2.87%) MCSA
10 6 (2.87%) SC Cleared
11 5 (2.39%) CompTIA Security+
11 5 (2.39%) OSCP
12 4 (1.91%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 4 (1.91%) MCDST
12 4 (1.91%) MCITP
12 4 (1.91%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (1.44%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (11.48%) SLA
2 16 (7.66%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.39%) GDPR
3 5 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.91%) NIST
5 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.48%) GRC
5 1 (0.48%) NCSC
5 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.48%) QA
5 1 (0.48%) SOC 2
System Software
1 70 (33.49%) Active Directory
2 29 (13.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (11.96%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.87%) Docker
5 4 (1.91%) vSphere
6 3 (1.44%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (1.44%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.48%) Firmware
7 1 (0.48%) KVM
7 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (12.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (11.96%) Kubernetes
3 23 (11.00%) Terraform
4 18 (8.61%) Ansible
5 14 (6.70%) FortiGate
6 11 (5.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 11 (5.26%) Nagios
7 7 (3.35%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (2.87%) Prometheus
9 5 (2.39%) Control-M
9 5 (2.39%) Grafana
10 4 (1.91%) Cisco CUCM
10 4 (1.91%) SCCM
10 4 (1.91%) ServiceCenter
11 3 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.96%) Norton AntiVirus
12 2 (0.96%) OpenView
12 2 (0.96%) Tivoli
12 2 (0.96%) ZABBIX
13 1 (0.48%) Nessus
Vendors
1 86 (41.15%) Microsoft
2 42 (20.10%) VMware
3 34 (16.27%) Cisco
4 24 (11.48%) Palo Alto
5 21 (10.05%) Fortinet
6 20 (9.57%) SolarWinds
7 18 (8.61%) Zscaler
8 13 (6.22%) Meraki
9 10 (4.78%) F5
9 10 (4.78%) Google
9 10 (4.78%) Red Hat
10 9 (4.31%) Apple
10 9 (4.31%) HP
11 7 (3.35%) ServiceNow
12 6 (2.87%) Bloomberg
13 5 (2.39%) Okta
13 5 (2.39%) Remedy
14 4 (1.91%) Dell
14 4 (1.91%) OneLogin
14 4 (1.91%) Reuters