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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 223 268
Rank change year-on-year -19 +45 -37
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 212 176 212
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.86% 1.47% 1.10%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.53% 14.29% 8.03%
Number of salaries quoted 159 121 147
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,500 £33,200
25th Percentile £41,625 £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 £78,750 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £82,500 £89,150
England median annual salary £38,500 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.67% -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 1,839 1,232 2,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 7.44% 10.28% 13.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,057 853 1,289
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 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -6.25% +2.21%
75th Percentile £88,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £100,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £48,445 £41,355 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.14% -17.29% -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 12 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 12 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 -13 18 £62,500 -19.35% 12
West London -12 6 £82,500 +153.85% 4
North London +2 4 £60,000 +84.62% 1
South London -7 1 £24,000 -47.83% 8
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 (15.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 24 (11.32%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.36%) Confluence
4 1 (0.47%) IIS
4 1 (0.47%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.47%) Tomcat
Applications
1 13 (6.13%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.47%) Houdini
3 1 (0.47%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 8 (3.77%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.47%) Eikon
2 1 (0.47%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 80 (37.74%) Azure
2 62 (29.25%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (24.06%) AWS
4 47 (22.17%) Entra ID
5 12 (5.66%) SaaS
6 11 (5.19%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 11 (5.19%) OneDrive
7 10 (4.72%) Azure Monitor
8 8 (3.77%) Google Workspace
9 7 (3.30%) OpenShift
10 6 (2.83%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (2.83%) GCP
11 5 (2.36%) IaaS
11 5 (2.36%) PaaS
11 5 (2.36%) Slack
12 4 (1.89%) Azure Storage
13 3 (1.42%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 3 (1.42%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (1.42%) Mimecast
13 3 (1.42%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 133 (62.74%) DNS
2 93 (43.87%) VPN
3 89 (41.98%) DHCP
4 88 (41.51%) Firewall
5 54 (25.47%) LAN
6 53 (25.00%) WAN
7 39 (18.40%) BGP
8 37 (17.45%) Network Security
9 28 (13.21%) HTTP
10 27 (12.74%) VLAN
11 26 (12.26%) OSPF
12 21 (9.91%) Wireless
13 20 (9.43%) Wi-Fi
14 18 (8.49%) SD-WAN
15 10 (4.72%) Multicast
15 10 (4.72%) SSL
16 9 (4.25%) VoIP
17 8 (3.77%) FIX Connectivity
18 7 (3.30%) Ethernet
19 6 (2.83%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.96%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.30%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.42%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.47%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.47%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.47%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.47%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.47%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.47%) MySQL
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle9i Database
4 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.47%) Redis
4 1 (0.47%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 14 (6.60%) JIRA
2 5 (2.36%) GitLab
3 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.47%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.47%) Git
3 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.47%) LSMW
3 1 (0.47%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.47%) Selenium
General
1 98 (46.23%) Social Skills
2 62 (29.25%) Finance
3 43 (20.28%) Banking
4 25 (11.79%) Telecoms
5 19 (8.96%) Law
6 16 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (5.19%) Investment Banking
8 8 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.30%) Retail
10 6 (2.83%) Digital Health
10 6 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (2.36%) Public Sector
12 4 (1.89%) Mandarin Language
12 4 (1.89%) Publishing
13 3 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.42%) Marketing
14 2 (0.94%) Cantonese Language
14 2 (0.94%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.94%) Legal
15 1 (0.47%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 43 (20.28%) Network Engineer
2 38 (17.92%) Support Engineer
3 35 (16.51%) Senior
4 33 (15.57%) IT Support
5 28 (13.21%) Analyst
6 26 (12.26%) IT Engineer
7 25 (11.79%) IT Support Engineer
8 17 (8.02%) Support Analyst
9 16 (7.55%) 2nd Line Support
10 15 (7.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (6.60%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 14 (6.60%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 14 (6.60%) Developer
12 13 (6.13%) Junior
12 13 (6.13%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 10 (4.72%) 3rd Line Support
13 10 (4.72%) C++ Developer
13 10 (4.72%) Linux Developer
13 10 (4.72%) Linux Scripter
13 10 (4.72%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (11.32%) Terraform
2 9 (4.25%) FIX Protocol
3 7 (3.30%) RESTful
4 6 (2.83%) GraphQL
5 5 (2.36%) ARM Templates
5 5 (2.36%) Next.js
5 5 (2.36%) React
6 4 (1.89%) JWT
6 4 (1.89%) OAuth
6 4 (1.89%) WebSockets
7 3 (1.42%) ADO
7 3 (1.42%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (1.42%) gRPC
8 2 (0.94%) 802.1X
8 2 (0.94%) Kafka
8 2 (0.94%) pytest
8 2 (0.94%) REST
9 1 (0.47%) Flask
9 1 (0.47%) Jinja
9 1 (0.47%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.15%) Onboarding
2 25 (11.79%) Data Centre
3 12 (5.66%) Security Posture
4 11 (5.19%) FPGA
5 9 (4.25%) MPEG
5 9 (4.25%) PKI
6 8 (3.77%) Eurex
6 8 (3.77%) Hedge funds
6 8 (3.77%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (3.30%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.36%) AS400
8 5 (2.36%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (2.36%) iSeries
8 5 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.36%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (2.36%) Management Information System
8 5 (2.36%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.89%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.42%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 99 (46.70%) Windows
2 61 (28.77%) Linux
3 42 (19.81%) Windows Server
4 26 (12.26%) Windows 10
5 23 (10.85%) Mac OS
6 19 (8.96%) Unix
7 11 (5.19%) Rocky
8 9 (4.25%) CentOS
9 6 (2.83%) Ubuntu
10 5 (2.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (2.36%) Solaris
11 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.47%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.47%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (33.02%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (20.28%) Continuous Improvement
3 39 (18.40%) Computer Science
4 31 (14.62%) Cybersecurity
4 31 (14.62%) Infrastructure as Code
4 31 (14.62%) ITIL
5 30 (14.15%) Disaster Recovery
6 27 (12.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 26 (12.26%) High Availability
8 24 (11.32%) Customer Service
8 24 (11.32%) Incident Response
9 21 (9.91%) Project Delivery
10 20 (9.43%) Incident Management
10 20 (9.43%) Mentoring
11 19 (8.96%) Agile
11 19 (8.96%) AI
12 18 (8.49%) Change Management
12 18 (8.49%) DevOps
13 17 (8.02%) Analytics
13 17 (8.02%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 47 (22.17%) Python
2 30 (14.15%) PowerShell
3 26 (12.26%) Bash
4 24 (11.32%) SQL
5 17 (8.02%) C
6 13 (6.13%) Java
7 11 (5.19%) C++
8 9 (4.25%) JavaScript
8 9 (4.25%) Perl
9 8 (3.77%) Ruby
10 7 (3.30%) Bicep
10 7 (3.30%) C#
11 6 (2.83%) Go
12 5 (2.36%) TypeScript
13 3 (1.42%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.94%) Rust
14 2 (0.94%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.94%) VBA
15 1 (0.47%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 45 (21.23%) Degree
2 32 (15.09%) Cisco Certification
3 26 (12.26%) CCNA
3 26 (12.26%) CCNP
4 23 (10.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (7.55%) Azure Certification
6 11 (5.19%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (5.19%) Security Cleared
7 10 (4.72%) A+ Certification
8 9 (4.25%) AWS Certification
9 8 (3.77%) CISSP
9 8 (3.77%) Network+ Certification
10 7 (3.30%) OSCP
11 6 (2.83%) CEH
12 5 (2.36%) CompTIA Security+
12 5 (2.36%) Master's Degree
13 4 (1.89%) CREST Certified
13 4 (1.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 4 (1.89%) RHCSA
13 4 (1.89%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (11.32%) SLA
2 16 (7.55%) GDPR
3 9 (4.25%) Accessibility
3 9 (4.25%) NIST
4 6 (2.83%) GRC
4 6 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (2.36%) NCSC
6 2 (0.94%) QA
7 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 84 (39.62%) Active Directory
2 30 (14.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (10.85%) Hyper-V
4 13 (6.13%) Docker
5 11 (5.19%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.83%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (1.42%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (1.42%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.42%) vSphere
8 1 (0.47%) Firmware
8 1 (0.47%) NFS
8 1 (0.47%) Samba
8 1 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (12.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (9.43%) Kubernetes
3 15 (7.08%) FortiGate
4 8 (3.77%) Ansible
5 6 (2.83%) Grafana
5 6 (2.83%) Nagios
5 6 (2.83%) Prometheus
6 5 (2.36%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (2.36%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.42%) Control-M
8 3 (1.42%) QRadar
9 2 (0.94%) Istio
9 2 (0.94%) Norton AntiVirus
10 1 (0.47%) Argo
10 1 (0.47%) Cilium
10 1 (0.47%) OpenView
10 1 (0.47%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.47%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.47%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 90 (42.45%) Microsoft
2 42 (19.81%) VMware
3 31 (14.62%) Cisco
4 24 (11.32%) Palo Alto
5 23 (10.85%) Fortinet
6 16 (7.55%) Zscaler
7 14 (6.60%) SolarWinds
8 13 (6.13%) Red Hat
9 12 (5.66%) Bloomberg
9 12 (5.66%) F5
10 10 (4.72%) Google
10 10 (4.72%) Oracle
11 9 (4.25%) Meraki
11 9 (4.25%) ServiceNow
12 8 (3.77%) CQG
12 8 (3.77%) ION Trading
12 8 (3.77%) Patsystems
12 8 (3.77%) Reuters
12 8 (3.77%) Trayport
13 6 (2.83%) Veeam