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 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 224 226
Rank change year-on-year +5 +2 +60
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 205 194 318
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.01% 1.52% 1.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.69% 14.53% 9.83%
Number of salaries quoted 129 134 278
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,710 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,500 £42,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £64,250
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -19.07% +16.82%
75th Percentile £78,750 £74,258 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £87,875
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 2,115 1,335 3,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 10.45% 10.47% 13.86%
Number of salaries quoted 995 963 2,023
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,000 £32,800
25th Percentile £42,000 £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 £86,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £105,000 £95,000
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 5 May 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 5 May 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 -2 25 £53,750 +2.38% 14
South London +13 2 £47,500 -5.00% 3
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 50 (24.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 30 (14.63%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.95%) Confluence
4 2 (0.98%) Apache
4 2 (0.98%) nginx
5 1 (0.49%) IIS
Applications
1 18 (8.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 96 (46.83%) Azure
2 74 (36.10%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (24.88%) AWS
4 39 (19.02%) Entra ID
5 21 (10.24%) Google Workspace
6 14 (6.83%) OneDrive
7 11 (5.37%) SaaS
8 9 (4.39%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (3.90%) GCP
10 7 (3.41%) Route 53
10 7 (3.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 6 (2.93%) AWS Direct Connect
12 5 (2.44%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (1.95%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (1.95%) Amazon EKS
13 4 (1.95%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.95%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (1.95%) GitHub
14 3 (1.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 115 (56.10%) DNS
2 93 (45.37%) DHCP
3 69 (33.66%) VPN
4 60 (29.27%) WAN
5 59 (28.78%) Firewall
6 54 (26.34%) LAN
7 34 (16.59%) Wi-Fi
8 31 (15.12%) VLAN
9 21 (10.24%) SD-WAN
10 16 (7.80%) Network Security
11 15 (7.32%) BGP
11 15 (7.32%) VoIP
12 12 (5.85%) HTTP
13 11 (5.37%) Wireless
14 10 (4.88%) Multicast
15 9 (4.39%) OSPF
16 8 (3.90%) HTTPS
17 6 (2.93%) SAN
18 4 (1.95%) MPLS
18 4 (1.95%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (2.93%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.95%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.98%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.98%) Power BI
5 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.49%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.49%) MySQL
5 1 (0.49%) Redis
5 1 (0.49%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.49%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 9 (4.39%) Git
2 8 (3.90%) Bitbucket
2 8 (3.90%) JIRA
3 4 (1.95%) Metasploit
4 2 (0.98%) GitLab
4 2 (0.98%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 93 (45.37%) Social Skills
2 86 (41.95%) Finance
3 40 (19.51%) Banking
4 27 (13.17%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (9.27%) Investment Banking
6 18 (8.78%) Law
7 12 (5.85%) Telecoms
8 9 (4.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (4.39%) Retail
9 8 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.95%) Back Office
10 4 (1.95%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.95%) Front Office
11 3 (1.46%) Legal
11 3 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.46%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.98%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.98%) Electronics
12 2 (0.98%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 43 (20.98%) Support Engineer
2 37 (18.05%) IT Support
3 29 (14.15%) Developer
3 29 (14.15%) Senior
4 26 (12.68%) Analyst
5 24 (11.71%) C++ Developer
6 23 (11.22%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 22 (10.73%) 2nd Line Support
7 22 (10.73%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 22 (10.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 22 (10.73%) IT Engineer
7 22 (10.73%) IT Support Engineer
8 19 (9.27%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
8 19 (9.27%) Linux Developer
8 19 (9.27%) Linux Scripter
8 19 (9.27%) Low Latency C++ Developer
9 18 (8.78%) Network Engineer
10 14 (6.83%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (5.85%) Support Analyst
12 9 (4.39%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.41%) WebSockets
2 6 (2.93%) RESTful
3 4 (1.95%) ADO
3 4 (1.95%) ARM Templates
3 4 (1.95%) FIX Protocol
4 3 (1.46%) LDAP
4 3 (1.46%) Sass
4 3 (1.46%) ZeroMQ
5 2 (0.98%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.98%) GraphQL
5 2 (0.98%) JWT
5 2 (0.98%) Middleware
5 2 (0.98%) Next.js
5 2 (0.98%) OAuth
5 2 (0.98%) React
6 1 (0.49%) .NET
6 1 (0.49%) Django
6 1 (0.49%) gRPC
6 1 (0.49%) pytest
6 1 (0.49%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.24%) FPGA
2 18 (8.78%) Onboarding
3 16 (7.80%) Data Centre
4 13 (6.34%) Cyber Threat
5 12 (5.85%) Video Conferencing
6 10 (4.88%) iPhone
6 10 (4.88%) Management Information System
6 10 (4.88%) MPEG
7 9 (4.39%) Cloud Native
8 7 (3.41%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (3.41%) Security Posture
9 6 (2.93%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (2.93%) Mobile App
10 5 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (2.44%) Digital Signage
10 5 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (2.44%) iPad
11 4 (1.95%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 109 (53.17%) Windows
2 66 (32.20%) Linux
3 57 (27.80%) Windows Server
4 43 (20.98%) Windows 10
5 22 (10.73%) Mac OS
6 19 (9.27%) Apple iOS
7 16 (7.80%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (7.32%) Windows Server 2019
9 14 (6.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 14 (6.83%) Unix
9 14 (6.83%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (2.44%) CentOS
10 5 (2.44%) Windows 7
11 4 (1.95%) Kali Linux
12 3 (1.46%) Android
12 3 (1.46%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.98%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.98%) Oracle Linux
14 1 (0.49%) OpenWrt
14 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (36.10%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (14.63%) ITIL
3 28 (13.66%) DevOps
4 27 (13.17%) Infrastructure as Code
5 26 (12.68%) Disaster Recovery
5 26 (12.68%) Root Cause Analysis
6 25 (12.20%) Incident Response
6 25 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 24 (11.71%) Agile
7 24 (11.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (11.22%) CI/CD
8 23 (11.22%) Service Delivery
9 22 (10.73%) Computer Science
10 21 (10.24%) Customer Service
10 21 (10.24%) Low Latency
11 20 (9.76%) SIEM
12 19 (9.27%) Identity Access Management
12 19 (9.27%) Incident Management
13 18 (8.78%) Performance Monitoring
14 17 (8.29%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (21.95%) Python
2 34 (16.59%) PowerShell
3 28 (13.66%) C++
4 26 (12.68%) Java
5 23 (11.22%) C
6 22 (10.73%) Bash
7 20 (9.76%) SQL
8 6 (2.93%) C#
9 5 (2.44%) Go
10 4 (1.95%) Bicep
10 4 (1.95%) Delphi
10 4 (1.95%) Pascal
10 4 (1.95%) PHP
11 3 (1.46%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.98%) Perl
12 2 (0.98%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.49%) Korn
13 1 (0.49%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 38 (18.54%) Degree
2 11 (5.37%) Azure Certification
3 10 (4.88%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (4.39%) CCNA
4 9 (4.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (3.90%) Network+ Certification
5 8 (3.90%) RHCSA
6 6 (2.93%) CCNP
6 6 (2.93%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (2.44%) MCDST
7 5 (2.44%) MCITP
7 5 (2.44%) MCSA
7 5 (2.44%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 5 (2.44%) Security Cleared
8 4 (1.95%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 4 (1.95%) GIAC
8 4 (1.95%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.95%) OSCP
9 3 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.88%) Accessibility
2 9 (4.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (4.39%) SLA
3 7 (3.41%) SOC 2
4 6 (2.93%) GDPR
5 4 (1.95%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.49%) QA
System Software
1 78 (38.05%) Active Directory
2 29 (14.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (11.71%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.95%) Docker
4 4 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.95%) vSphere
5 2 (0.98%) Firmware
5 2 (0.98%) KVM
5 2 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 33 (16.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 25 (12.20%) Terraform
3 18 (8.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 18 (8.78%) Kubernetes
4 17 (8.29%) Ansible
5 8 (3.90%) Nagios
6 5 (2.44%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.95%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (1.95%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.95%) ServiceCenter
8 3 (1.46%) SCCM
9 2 (0.98%) Control-M
9 2 (0.98%) Dell DRAC
9 2 (0.98%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.98%) Red Hat Satellite
9 2 (0.98%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 2 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.98%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.49%) Cilium
10 1 (0.49%) Istio
Vendors
1 97 (47.32%) Microsoft
2 34 (16.59%) VMware
3 22 (10.73%) Cisco
4 21 (10.24%) Google
5 17 (8.29%) Red Hat
6 14 (6.83%) SolarWinds
7 13 (6.34%) Palo Alto
8 9 (4.39%) Dell
8 9 (4.39%) Meraki
8 9 (4.39%) Zscaler
9 8 (3.90%) Fortinet
9 8 (3.90%) HP
10 6 (2.93%) Apple
11 5 (2.44%) Bloomberg
11 5 (2.44%) Reuters
11 5 (2.44%) ServiceNow
12 4 (1.95%) Okta
12 4 (1.95%) OneLogin
12 4 (1.95%) Remedy
12 4 (1.95%) TOWER Software