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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 232 261
Rank change year-on-year -9 +29 -41
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 219 175 220
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.88% 1.47% 1.15%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 12.13% 14.07% 8.24%
Number of salaries quoted 164 120 148
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £33,200
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,375 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -5.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £75,625
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,250 £90,000
England median annual salary £39,250 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +4.67% -11.76% -8.60%

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 1,806 1,244 2,670
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.26% 10.43% 13.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,050 857 1,265
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +3.90%
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £95,600
England median annual salary £48,445 £41,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +18.16% -18.00% -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 16 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 16 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 -15 18 £62,500 -19.35% 24
West London -12 6 £82,500 +153.85% 6
North London +4 4 £60,000 +84.62% 1
South London -8 1 £24,000 -47.83% 8
East London -14 1 £36,000 +5.88% 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 31 (14.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (10.50%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.74%) Confluence
4 1 (0.46%) IIS
4 1 (0.46%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.46%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (5.48%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.46%) Houdini
3 1 (0.46%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 8 (3.65%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.46%) Eikon
2 1 (0.46%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.46%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.46%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 79 (36.07%) Azure
2 63 (28.77%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (22.83%) AWS
4 49 (22.37%) Entra ID
5 13 (5.94%) SaaS
6 12 (5.48%) OneDrive
7 11 (5.02%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 10 (4.57%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (3.65%) Google Workspace
10 7 (3.20%) OpenShift
11 6 (2.74%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (2.74%) GCP
11 6 (2.74%) Slack
12 5 (2.28%) IaaS
12 5 (2.28%) PaaS
13 4 (1.83%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 4 (1.83%) Azure Storage
14 3 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
14 3 (1.37%) Mimecast
14 3 (1.37%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 140 (63.93%) DNS
2 101 (46.12%) VPN
3 96 (43.84%) DHCP
4 92 (42.01%) Firewall
5 59 (26.94%) LAN
6 58 (26.48%) WAN
7 40 (18.26%) BGP
8 38 (17.35%) Network Security
9 32 (14.61%) VLAN
10 29 (13.24%) HTTP
11 27 (12.33%) OSPF
12 25 (11.42%) Wireless
13 24 (10.96%) Wi-Fi
14 19 (8.68%) SD-WAN
15 10 (4.57%) Multicast
15 10 (4.57%) SSL
16 8 (3.65%) FIX Connectivity
16 8 (3.65%) VoIP
17 7 (3.20%) Ethernet
17 7 (3.20%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.68%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.20%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.37%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.46%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.46%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.46%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.46%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.46%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.46%) MySQL
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle9i Database
4 1 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.46%) Redis
4 1 (0.46%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 15 (6.85%) JIRA
2 5 (2.28%) GitLab
3 1 (0.46%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.46%) Git
3 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.46%) LSMW
3 1 (0.46%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.46%) Selenium
General
1 102 (46.58%) Social Skills
2 62 (28.31%) Finance
3 43 (19.63%) Banking
4 25 (11.42%) Telecoms
5 19 (8.68%) Law
6 18 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (4.57%) Investment Banking
8 8 (3.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.65%) Retail
9 6 (2.74%) Digital Health
9 6 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.28%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.28%) Publishing
11 4 (1.83%) Mandarin Language
12 3 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.37%) Marketing
13 2 (0.91%) Cantonese Language
13 2 (0.91%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.91%) Legal
14 1 (0.46%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 45 (20.55%) Network Engineer
2 38 (17.35%) Support Engineer
3 35 (15.98%) Senior
4 34 (15.53%) IT Support
5 30 (13.70%) Analyst
6 25 (11.42%) IT Engineer
7 24 (10.96%) IT Support Engineer
8 19 (8.68%) Support Analyst
9 16 (7.31%) 2nd Line Support
10 15 (6.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (5.94%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 13 (5.94%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 13 (5.94%) Developer
11 13 (5.94%) Junior
11 13 (5.94%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (4.57%) 3rd Line Support
12 10 (4.57%) Azure Engineer
12 10 (4.57%) Desktop Support
12 10 (4.57%) Operations Engineer
13 9 (4.11%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (10.96%) Terraform
2 9 (4.11%) FIX Protocol
3 7 (3.20%) RESTful
4 6 (2.74%) GraphQL
5 5 (2.28%) ARM Templates
5 5 (2.28%) Next.js
5 5 (2.28%) React
6 4 (1.83%) JWT
6 4 (1.83%) OAuth
6 4 (1.83%) WebSockets
7 3 (1.37%) ADO
7 3 (1.37%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (1.37%) gRPC
8 2 (0.91%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.91%) Kafka
8 2 (0.91%) LDAP
8 2 (0.91%) pytest
8 2 (0.91%) REST
9 1 (0.46%) Flask
9 1 (0.46%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 34 (15.53%) Onboarding
2 25 (11.42%) Data Centre
3 12 (5.48%) Security Posture
4 10 (4.57%) FPGA
5 9 (4.11%) Hedge funds
5 9 (4.11%) MPEG
5 9 (4.11%) PKI
6 8 (3.65%) Eurex
6 8 (3.65%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (3.20%) Cloud Native
8 6 (2.74%) Driving Licence
8 6 (2.74%) Linux Command Line
8 6 (2.74%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (2.28%) AS400
9 5 (2.28%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (2.28%) iSeries
9 5 (2.28%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (2.28%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.37%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 101 (46.12%) Windows
2 60 (27.40%) Linux
3 42 (19.18%) Windows Server
4 27 (12.33%) Windows 10
5 24 (10.96%) Mac OS
6 19 (8.68%) Unix
7 11 (5.02%) Rocky
8 9 (4.11%) CentOS
9 6 (2.74%) Ubuntu
10 5 (2.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (2.28%) Solaris
11 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.46%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (31.51%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (21.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 38 (17.35%) Computer Science
4 34 (15.53%) Cybersecurity
5 32 (14.61%) ITIL
6 31 (14.16%) Disaster Recovery
7 30 (13.70%) Customer Service
7 30 (13.70%) Infrastructure as Code
8 27 (12.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 26 (11.87%) High Availability
10 23 (10.50%) Incident Response
11 21 (9.59%) AI
11 21 (9.59%) Incident Management
11 21 (9.59%) Project Delivery
12 20 (9.13%) Mentoring
13 18 (8.22%) Agile
13 18 (8.22%) Change Management
14 17 (7.76%) Analytics
14 17 (7.76%) DevOps
14 17 (7.76%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 48 (21.92%) Python
2 31 (14.16%) PowerShell
3 26 (11.87%) Bash
4 24 (10.96%) SQL
5 16 (7.31%) C
6 12 (5.48%) Java
7 10 (4.57%) C++
8 9 (4.11%) JavaScript
8 9 (4.11%) Perl
9 8 (3.65%) Ruby
10 7 (3.20%) Bicep
10 7 (3.20%) C#
11 6 (2.74%) Go
12 5 (2.28%) TypeScript
13 3 (1.37%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.91%) Rust
14 2 (0.91%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.91%) VBA
15 1 (0.46%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 45 (20.55%) Degree
2 34 (15.53%) Cisco Certification
3 28 (12.79%) CCNA
4 26 (11.87%) CCNP
5 23 (10.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (7.31%) Azure Certification
7 13 (5.94%) Security Cleared
8 11 (5.02%) A+ Certification
8 11 (5.02%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (4.11%) AWS Certification
9 9 (4.11%) Network+ Certification
10 8 (3.65%) CISSP
11 6 (2.74%) CEH
11 6 (2.74%) OSCP
12 5 (2.28%) Master's Degree
13 4 (1.83%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (1.83%) CREST Certified
13 4 (1.83%) DV Cleared
13 4 (1.83%) RHCSA
13 4 (1.83%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (11.87%) SLA
2 16 (7.31%) GDPR
3 9 (4.11%) Accessibility
3 9 (4.11%) NIST
4 6 (2.74%) GRC
4 6 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.28%) NCSC
6 2 (0.91%) QA
7 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.46%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.46%) SOC 2
System Software
1 86 (39.27%) Active Directory
2 31 (14.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (10.50%) Hyper-V
4 13 (5.94%) Docker
5 11 (5.02%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.74%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.37%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (1.37%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.37%) vSphere
8 2 (0.91%) Firmware
9 1 (0.46%) NFS
9 1 (0.46%) Samba
9 1 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (12.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (8.68%) Kubernetes
3 15 (6.85%) FortiGate
4 8 (3.65%) Ansible
5 6 (2.74%) Grafana
5 6 (2.74%) Nagios
5 6 (2.74%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.28%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (2.28%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.83%) QRadar
8 3 (1.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.37%) Control-M
9 2 (0.91%) Istio
9 2 (0.91%) Norton AntiVirus
10 1 (0.46%) Argo
10 1 (0.46%) Cilium
10 1 (0.46%) OpenView
10 1 (0.46%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.46%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.46%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 91 (41.55%) Microsoft
2 43 (19.63%) VMware
3 32 (14.61%) Cisco
4 25 (11.42%) Palo Alto
5 23 (10.50%) Fortinet
6 16 (7.31%) Zscaler
7 14 (6.39%) SolarWinds
8 13 (5.94%) Red Hat
9 12 (5.48%) Bloomberg
9 12 (5.48%) F5
10 10 (4.57%) Google
10 10 (4.57%) Oracle
11 9 (4.11%) Meraki
11 9 (4.11%) ServiceNow
12 8 (3.65%) CQG
12 8 (3.65%) ION Trading
12 8 (3.65%) Patsystems
12 8 (3.65%) Reuters
12 8 (3.65%) Trayport
13 7 (3.20%) Splunk