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

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 213 232
Rank change year-on-year -21 +19 +50
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 203 205 323
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.93% 1.68% 1.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.62% 16.64% 10.31%
Number of salaries quoted 139 134 272
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,500 £37,530
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -16.80% +8.70%
75th Percentile £78,750 £74,131 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £88,625
England median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% -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 1,912 1,232 3,132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 8.77% 10.09% 12.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,051 902 1,922
10th Percentile £33,250 £33,200 £32,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -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 28 June 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 June 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 -16 21 £70,000 +5.66% 8
North London - 2 £55,000 -
South London +10 1 £47,500 -5.00% 1
West London -23 1 £80,000 +63.27% 5
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 43 (21.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (12.81%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.48%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (7.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 89 (43.84%) Azure
2 59 (29.06%) Microsoft 365
3 51 (25.12%) AWS
4 33 (16.26%) Entra ID
5 12 (5.91%) SaaS
6 9 (4.43%) Google Workspace
7 8 (3.94%) OneDrive
8 6 (2.96%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (2.96%) OpenShift
8 6 (2.96%) Route 53
9 5 (2.46%) GCP
9 5 (2.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (1.97%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (1.97%) AWS Direct Connect
10 4 (1.97%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 4 (1.97%) GitHub
11 3 (1.48%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (1.48%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (1.48%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 105 (51.72%) DNS
2 76 (37.44%) DHCP
3 70 (34.48%) VPN
4 60 (29.56%) Firewall
5 59 (29.06%) LAN
6 57 (28.08%) WAN
7 33 (16.26%) BGP
8 29 (14.29%) VLAN
9 26 (12.81%) Network Security
10 25 (12.32%) Wi-Fi
11 22 (10.84%) OSPF
12 20 (9.85%) HTTP
13 18 (8.87%) SD-WAN
14 15 (7.39%) Multicast
15 10 (4.93%) VoIP
16 8 (3.94%) HTTPS
17 6 (2.96%) Ethernet
17 6 (2.96%) VXLAN
18 4 (1.97%) SNMP
18 4 (1.97%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.45%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.97%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.99%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.49%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.49%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.49%) InfluxDB
5 1 (0.49%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.49%) MySQL
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle9i Database
5 1 (0.49%) Power BI
5 1 (0.49%) Redis
5 1 (0.49%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.49%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.49%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 8 (3.94%) Bitbucket
2 7 (3.45%) Git
2 7 (3.45%) JIRA
3 5 (2.46%) Metasploit
4 4 (1.97%) GitLab
5 2 (0.99%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.49%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.49%) LSMW
General
1 91 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 75 (36.95%) Finance
3 41 (20.20%) Banking
4 25 (12.32%) Law
5 23 (11.33%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (9.85%) Telecoms
7 18 (8.87%) Investment Banking
8 9 (4.43%) Retail
9 7 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.48%) Back Office
11 3 (1.48%) Digital Health
11 3 (1.48%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.48%) Mandarin Language
11 3 (1.48%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.99%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.99%) Front Office
12 2 (0.99%) Military
13 1 (0.49%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 35 (17.24%) Support Engineer
2 34 (16.75%) IT Support
3 33 (16.26%) Network Engineer
4 31 (15.27%) Senior
5 24 (11.82%) Developer
6 21 (10.34%) Analyst
6 21 (10.34%) C++ Developer
7 20 (9.85%) IT Engineer
7 20 (9.85%) IT Support Engineer
8 19 (9.36%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 19 (9.36%) 2nd Line Support
8 19 (9.36%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 19 (9.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 18 (8.87%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
9 18 (8.87%) Linux Developer
9 18 (8.87%) Linux Scripter
9 18 (8.87%) Low Latency C++ Developer
10 13 (6.40%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (4.43%) Linux Systems Administrator
11 9 (4.43%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.94%) WebSockets
2 5 (2.46%) ARM Templates
2 5 (2.46%) RESTful
3 4 (1.97%) ADO
4 3 (1.48%) gRPC
5 2 (0.99%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.99%) GraphQL
5 2 (0.99%) JWT
5 2 (0.99%) Middleware
5 2 (0.99%) Next.js
5 2 (0.99%) OAuth
5 2 (0.99%) React
5 2 (0.99%) REST
6 1 (0.49%) BAPI
6 1 (0.49%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (0.49%) Kafka
6 1 (0.49%) pytest
6 1 (0.49%) SAP XI
6 1 (0.49%) Sass
6 1 (0.49%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 25 (12.32%) Data Centre
2 18 (8.87%) FPGA
3 14 (6.90%) MPEG
4 11 (5.42%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (4.93%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.43%) Onboarding
6 9 (4.43%) Security Posture
7 6 (2.96%) CMDB
7 6 (2.96%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.46%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.46%) Digital Signage
8 5 (2.46%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (2.46%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.97%) CCTV
9 4 (1.97%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (1.97%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (1.97%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.97%) FMCG
9 4 (1.97%) iPhone
10 3 (1.48%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 94 (46.31%) Windows
2 54 (26.60%) Linux
3 48 (23.65%) Windows Server
4 26 (12.81%) Windows 10
5 16 (7.88%) Mac OS
6 13 (6.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (5.42%) Apple iOS
8 10 (4.93%) Unix
8 10 (4.93%) Windows Server 2016
9 9 (4.43%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (4.43%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (2.46%) Kali Linux
10 5 (2.46%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.99%) Android
11 2 (0.99%) CentOS
11 2 (0.99%) Rocky
12 1 (0.49%) CoreOS
12 1 (0.49%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.49%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (35.47%) Problem-Solving
2 36 (17.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 29 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
4 28 (13.79%) Incident Response
5 27 (13.30%) Disaster Recovery
6 26 (12.81%) DevOps
7 23 (11.33%) Computer Science
7 23 (11.33%) High Availability
7 23 (11.33%) ITIL
8 21 (10.34%) Agile
8 21 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 21 (10.34%) Service Delivery
9 20 (9.85%) CI/CD
9 20 (9.85%) Incident Management
9 20 (9.85%) Low Latency
10 18 (8.87%) Cybersecurity
10 18 (8.87%) Root Cause Analysis
11 16 (7.88%) Line Management
11 16 (7.88%) Ticket Management
11 16 (7.88%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 36 (17.73%) Python
2 28 (13.79%) PowerShell
3 22 (10.84%) C++
3 22 (10.84%) Java
4 20 (9.85%) Bash
4 20 (9.85%) C
5 17 (8.37%) SQL
6 4 (1.97%) Bicep
6 4 (1.97%) Delphi
6 4 (1.97%) Go
6 4 (1.97%) Pascal
6 4 (1.97%) PHP
7 3 (1.48%) C#
7 3 (1.48%) Shell Script
8 2 (0.99%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.49%) ABAP
9 1 (0.49%) Korn
Qualifications
1 40 (19.70%) Degree
2 21 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (8.87%) CCNA
4 15 (7.39%) CCNP
5 13 (6.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (5.91%) Azure Certification
6 12 (5.91%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (4.43%) RHCSA
8 6 (2.96%) MCSA
8 6 (2.96%) Network+ Certification
9 5 (2.46%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (2.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (2.46%) Security Cleared
10 4 (1.97%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.97%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (1.97%) MCDST
10 4 (1.97%) MCITP
10 4 (1.97%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 4 (1.97%) OSCP
10 4 (1.97%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.37%) SLA
2 14 (6.90%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.46%) GDPR
3 5 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.48%) NIST
4 3 (1.48%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.48%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.99%) QA
6 1 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 68 (33.50%) Active Directory
2 25 (12.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (10.34%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.97%) Docker
4 4 (1.97%) vSphere
5 2 (0.99%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.49%) Firmware
6 1 (0.49%) KVM
6 1 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.49%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (13.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (11.33%) Kubernetes
3 22 (10.84%) Terraform
4 13 (6.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 13 (6.40%) Ansible
4 13 (6.40%) FortiGate
5 11 (5.42%) Nagios
6 5 (2.46%) Control-M
6 5 (2.46%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.97%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (1.97%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.97%) ServiceCenter
8 3 (1.48%) Grafana
8 3 (1.48%) SCCM
8 3 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.99%) Norton AntiVirus
9 2 (0.99%) OpenView
9 2 (0.99%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.99%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.99%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 84 (41.38%) Microsoft
2 34 (16.75%) VMware
3 23 (11.33%) Cisco
4 21 (10.34%) SolarWinds
5 19 (9.36%) Palo Alto
6 15 (7.39%) Fortinet
7 14 (6.90%) Zscaler
8 12 (5.91%) Red Hat
9 10 (4.93%) Meraki
10 9 (4.43%) Google
10 9 (4.43%) ServiceNow
11 7 (3.45%) Apple
12 6 (2.96%) Bloomberg
12 6 (2.96%) HP
13 5 (2.46%) Dell
14 4 (1.97%) F5
14 4 (1.97%) OneLogin
14 4 (1.97%) Remedy
14 4 (1.97%) Reuters
14 4 (1.97%) TOWER Software