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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 219 231
Rank change year-on-year +18 +12 +65
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 218 196 313
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.12% 1.52% 1.35%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.28% 13.93% 9.54%
Number of salaries quoted 138 135 274
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.77% -17.60% +13.64%
75th Percentile £78,750 £74,629 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £86,500 £88,375
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% -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 2,121 1,407 3,282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 10.87% 10.90% 14.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,016 988 2,056
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £33,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £85,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £95,625
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

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 22 April 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 22 April 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 -5 29 £52,500 - 12
South London +14 2 £47,500 -5.00% 1
North London - 2 £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 54 (24.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (13.76%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.83%) Confluence
4 2 (0.92%) Apache
4 2 (0.92%) IIS
4 2 (0.92%) nginx
Applications
1 19 (8.72%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.46%) Acrobat
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.46%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 102 (46.79%) Azure
2 79 (36.24%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (25.23%) AWS
4 40 (18.35%) Entra ID
5 26 (11.93%) Google Workspace
6 15 (6.88%) SaaS
7 14 (6.42%) OneDrive
8 10 (4.59%) GCP
9 9 (4.13%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (3.67%) Amazon ECS
10 8 (3.67%) Route 53
10 8 (3.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 7 (3.21%) AWS Direct Connect
12 5 (2.29%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (2.29%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (2.29%) Amazon S3
12 5 (2.29%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (2.29%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.83%) GitHub
14 3 (1.38%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 120 (55.05%) DNS
2 101 (46.33%) DHCP
3 73 (33.49%) VPN
4 62 (28.44%) Firewall
4 62 (28.44%) WAN
5 57 (26.15%) LAN
6 40 (18.35%) Wi-Fi
7 36 (16.51%) VLAN
8 21 (9.63%) SD-WAN
9 19 (8.72%) VoIP
10 15 (6.88%) BGP
10 15 (6.88%) Network Security
11 14 (6.42%) Wireless
12 10 (4.59%) HTTP
13 9 (4.13%) Multicast
14 8 (3.67%) HTTPS
14 8 (3.67%) OSPF
15 6 (2.75%) MPLS
15 6 (2.75%) SAN
16 4 (1.83%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.67%) Amazon RDS
1 8 (3.67%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (3.21%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (1.83%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.38%) Redis
5 2 (0.92%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.92%) Power BI
6 1 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.46%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.46%) MySQL
6 1 (0.46%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.46%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 10 (4.59%) JIRA
2 9 (4.13%) Git
3 8 (3.67%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.83%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.92%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.46%) GitLab
General
1 100 (45.87%) Social Skills
2 89 (40.83%) Finance
3 40 (18.35%) Banking
4 27 (12.39%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (8.72%) Investment Banking
6 17 (7.80%) Law
7 11 (5.05%) Telecoms
8 10 (4.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (4.59%) Retail
9 8 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (2.29%) Back Office
10 5 (2.29%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.38%) Front Office
11 3 (1.38%) Legal
11 3 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.38%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.92%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.92%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.92%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 46 (21.10%) Support Engineer
2 44 (20.18%) IT Support
3 31 (14.22%) Developer
4 30 (13.76%) Senior
5 28 (12.84%) Analyst
6 26 (11.93%) IT Engineer
6 26 (11.93%) IT Support Engineer
7 25 (11.47%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 24 (11.01%) 2nd Line Support
8 24 (11.01%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 24 (11.01%) C++ Developer
9 23 (10.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 19 (8.72%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
10 19 (8.72%) Linux Developer
10 19 (8.72%) Linux Scripter
10 19 (8.72%) Low Latency C++ Developer
11 18 (8.26%) Network Engineer
12 15 (6.88%) Support Analyst
13 14 (6.42%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (5.05%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.21%) RESTful
2 6 (2.75%) WebSockets
3 4 (1.83%) ADO
3 4 (1.83%) ARM Templates
3 4 (1.83%) FIX Protocol
4 3 (1.38%) Django
4 3 (1.38%) LDAP
4 3 (1.38%) Sass
4 3 (1.38%) ZeroMQ
5 2 (0.92%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.92%) GraphQL
5 2 (0.92%) JWT
5 2 (0.92%) Middleware
5 2 (0.92%) Next.js
5 2 (0.92%) OAuth
5 2 (0.92%) React
6 1 (0.46%) gRPC
6 1 (0.46%) Kafka
6 1 (0.46%) pytest
6 1 (0.46%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.09%) Onboarding
2 21 (9.63%) FPGA
3 16 (7.34%) Data Centre
4 13 (5.96%) iPhone
5 12 (5.50%) Cyber Threat
5 12 (5.50%) Video Conferencing
6 10 (4.59%) Cloud Native
6 10 (4.59%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (4.59%) Management Information System
7 9 (4.13%) MPEG
8 8 (3.67%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (2.75%) iPad
9 6 (2.75%) Mobile App
9 6 (2.75%) Security Posture
10 5 (2.29%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (2.29%) CCTV
10 5 (2.29%) Digital Signage
10 5 (2.29%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 118 (54.13%) Windows
2 73 (33.49%) Linux
3 61 (27.98%) Windows Server
4 48 (22.02%) Windows 10
5 29 (13.30%) Mac OS
6 20 (9.17%) Apple iOS
6 20 (9.17%) Windows Server 2016
7 18 (8.26%) Unix
7 18 (8.26%) Windows Server 2019
8 17 (7.80%) Windows Server 2012
9 13 (5.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (2.29%) Android
10 5 (2.29%) CentOS
10 5 (2.29%) Windows 7
11 4 (1.83%) Kali Linux
11 4 (1.83%) Mac OS X
12 3 (1.38%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.92%) OpenWrt
13 2 (0.92%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.92%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (37.16%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (15.14%) ITIL
3 29 (13.30%) DevOps
3 29 (13.30%) Infrastructure as Code
4 27 (12.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 26 (11.93%) CI/CD
5 26 (11.93%) Customer Service
5 26 (11.93%) Disaster Recovery
5 26 (11.93%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 26 (11.93%) Root Cause Analysis
6 25 (11.47%) Agile
7 23 (10.55%) Incident Response
8 22 (10.09%) Computer Science
8 22 (10.09%) Low Latency
8 22 (10.09%) Service Delivery
9 19 (8.72%) Identity Access Management
9 19 (8.72%) Incident Management
10 18 (8.26%) Performance Monitoring
10 18 (8.26%) SIEM
11 17 (7.80%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (22.02%) Python
2 33 (15.14%) PowerShell
3 29 (13.30%) C++
3 29 (13.30%) Java
4 24 (11.01%) C
5 21 (9.63%) Bash
6 19 (8.72%) SQL
7 6 (2.75%) C#
7 6 (2.75%) Go
8 4 (1.83%) Bicep
8 4 (1.83%) Delphi
8 4 (1.83%) Pascal
8 4 (1.83%) PHP
9 3 (1.38%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.92%) Perl
10 2 (0.92%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.46%) Korn
11 1 (0.46%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 41 (18.81%) Degree
2 12 (5.50%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (5.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (5.05%) Azure Certification
3 11 (5.05%) CCNA
4 10 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (4.59%) Network+ Certification
5 7 (3.21%) RHCSA
5 7 (3.21%) Security Cleared
6 6 (2.75%) CCNP
6 6 (2.75%) CompTIA Security+
6 6 (2.75%) MCSA
6 6 (2.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 5 (2.29%) MCDST
7 5 (2.29%) MCITP
7 5 (2.29%) SC Cleared
8 4 (1.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 4 (1.83%) GIAC
8 4 (1.83%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.83%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (4.13%) Accessibility
3 8 (3.67%) SLA
3 8 (3.67%) SOC 2
4 6 (2.75%) GDPR
5 5 (2.29%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.46%) QA
System Software
1 85 (38.99%) Active Directory
2 28 (12.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (11.93%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.75%) Docker
5 4 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.83%) vSphere
6 2 (0.92%) Firmware
6 2 (0.92%) KVM
6 2 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 36 (16.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (12.84%) Terraform
3 20 (9.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 17 (7.80%) Ansible
4 17 (7.80%) Kubernetes
5 7 (3.21%) Nagios
6 6 (2.75%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.83%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (1.83%) ServiceCenter
8 3 (1.38%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.38%) SCCM
9 2 (0.92%) AWS Copilot
9 2 (0.92%) Control-M
9 2 (0.92%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.92%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.92%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (0.92%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 2 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.92%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.46%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 105 (48.17%) Microsoft
2 33 (15.14%) VMware
3 28 (12.84%) Google
4 25 (11.47%) Cisco
5 16 (7.34%) Red Hat
6 14 (6.42%) Palo Alto
7 13 (5.96%) SolarWinds
8 10 (4.59%) Dell
9 9 (4.13%) Apple
9 9 (4.13%) Fortinet
9 9 (4.13%) Meraki
9 9 (4.13%) Zscaler
10 8 (3.67%) HP
11 6 (2.75%) Bloomberg
11 6 (2.75%) Reuters
12 5 (2.29%) Okta
12 5 (2.29%) ServiceNow
13 4 (1.83%) Arista
13 4 (1.83%) OneLogin
13 4 (1.83%) Remedy