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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 202 233
Rank change year-on-year -30 +31 +37
Permanent jobs citing TCP/IP 197 212 329
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.92% 1.74% 1.33%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.56% 17.19% 10.27%
Number of salaries quoted 131 140 278
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,500 £37,350
25th Percentile £41,625 £36,250 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £64,250
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -18.29% +11.74%
75th Percentile £78,750 £74,444 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,875 £88,750
England median annual salary £39,000 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.02% -2.35% -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 1,866 1,233 3,202
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 8.69% 10.13% 12.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,041 904 1,968
10th Percentile £33,250 £33,200 £32,750
25th Percentile £42,750 £42,500 £42,500
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 £110,000 £100,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year +0.53% -0.53% -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 18 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 18 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 -14 21 £62,500 -5.66% 7
North London - 2 £55,000 -
South London +19 1 £47,500 -5.00% 1
West London -19 1 £80,000 +63.27% 4
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 45 (22.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (13.20%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 17 (8.63%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.51%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 89 (45.18%) Azure
2 61 (30.96%) Microsoft 365
3 50 (25.38%) AWS
4 33 (16.75%) Entra ID
5 12 (6.09%) Google Workspace
5 12 (6.09%) SaaS
6 8 (4.06%) OneDrive
7 6 (3.05%) Route 53
8 5 (2.54%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (2.54%) GCP
8 5 (2.54%) OpenShift
8 5 (2.54%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (2.03%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (2.03%) AWS Direct Connect
9 4 (2.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (2.03%) GitHub
10 3 (1.52%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.52%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 103 (52.28%) DNS
2 76 (38.58%) DHCP
3 65 (32.99%) VPN
4 58 (29.44%) LAN
5 57 (28.93%) WAN
6 55 (27.92%) Firewall
7 28 (14.21%) VLAN
8 27 (13.71%) BGP
9 26 (13.20%) Wi-Fi
10 24 (12.18%) Network Security
11 20 (10.15%) OSPF
12 19 (9.64%) SD-WAN
13 15 (7.61%) HTTP
14 14 (7.11%) Multicast
15 12 (6.09%) VoIP
16 8 (4.06%) HTTPS
17 5 (2.54%) Ethernet
17 5 (2.54%) VXLAN
18 4 (2.03%) SNMP
18 4 (2.03%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (3.05%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (2.03%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.02%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.51%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.51%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.51%) MySQL
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.51%) Oracle9i Database
4 1 (0.51%) Power BI
4 1 (0.51%) Redis
4 1 (0.51%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.51%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.51%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 8 (4.06%) Bitbucket
2 7 (3.55%) Git
3 6 (3.05%) JIRA
4 4 (2.03%) GitLab
4 4 (2.03%) Metasploit
5 2 (1.02%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.51%) LSMW
General
1 89 (45.18%) Social Skills
2 78 (39.59%) Finance
3 42 (21.32%) Banking
4 24 (12.18%) Law
5 23 (11.68%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (9.64%) Investment Banking
7 18 (9.14%) Telecoms
8 9 (4.57%) Retail
9 7 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.52%) Back Office
11 3 (1.52%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.52%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.02%) Corporate Banking
12 2 (1.02%) Digital Health
12 2 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.02%) Front Office
12 2 (1.02%) Mandarin Language
12 2 (1.02%) Military
13 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (18.78%) Support Engineer
2 36 (18.27%) IT Support
3 29 (14.72%) Senior
4 26 (13.20%) Network Engineer
5 25 (12.69%) Developer
6 22 (11.17%) C++ Developer
6 22 (11.17%) IT Engineer
6 22 (11.17%) IT Support Engineer
7 21 (10.66%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 21 (10.66%) 2nd Line Support
7 21 (10.66%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 20 (10.15%) Analyst
9 19 (9.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 19 (9.64%) Investment Banking C++ Developer
9 19 (9.64%) Linux Developer
9 19 (9.64%) Linux Scripter
9 19 (9.64%) Low Latency C++ Developer
10 13 (6.60%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (4.57%) Linux Administrator
11 9 (4.57%) Linux Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.06%) WebSockets
2 5 (2.54%) RESTful
3 4 (2.03%) ADO
3 4 (2.03%) ARM Templates
4 3 (1.52%) gRPC
5 2 (1.02%) 802.1X
5 2 (1.02%) GraphQL
5 2 (1.02%) JWT
5 2 (1.02%) Middleware
5 2 (1.02%) Next.js
5 2 (1.02%) OAuth
5 2 (1.02%) React
5 2 (1.02%) REST
6 1 (0.51%) BAPI
6 1 (0.51%) Django
6 1 (0.51%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (0.51%) Kafka
6 1 (0.51%) OpenTelemetry
6 1 (0.51%) SAP XI
6 1 (0.51%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 25 (12.69%) Data Centre
2 19 (9.64%) FPGA
3 13 (6.60%) MPEG
4 11 (5.58%) Cyber Threat
5 10 (5.08%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.57%) Onboarding
6 9 (4.57%) Security Posture
7 6 (3.05%) CMDB
8 5 (2.54%) Cloud Native
8 5 (2.54%) Digital Signage
8 5 (2.54%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (2.54%) Hybrid Cloud
8 5 (2.54%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (2.03%) CCTV
9 4 (2.03%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (2.03%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (2.03%) Driving Licence
9 4 (2.03%) FMCG
9 4 (2.03%) iPhone
10 3 (1.52%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 95 (48.22%) Windows
2 55 (27.92%) Linux
3 50 (25.38%) Windows Server
4 30 (15.23%) Windows 10
5 19 (9.64%) Mac OS
6 13 (6.60%) Apple iOS
6 13 (6.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (6.09%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (5.58%) Windows Server 2012
8 11 (5.58%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (5.08%) Unix
10 5 (2.54%) Windows 7
11 4 (2.03%) Kali Linux
12 2 (1.02%) Android
12 2 (1.02%) CentOS
12 2 (1.02%) Rocky
13 1 (0.51%) CoreOS
13 1 (0.51%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (37.56%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (17.26%) Continuous Improvement
3 28 (14.21%) Disaster Recovery
4 27 (13.71%) Incident Response
4 27 (13.71%) Infrastructure as Code
5 26 (13.20%) DevOps
6 23 (11.68%) Service Delivery
7 22 (11.17%) Agile
7 22 (11.17%) ITIL
8 21 (10.66%) Computer Science
8 21 (10.66%) High Availability
8 21 (10.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 21 (10.66%) Low Latency
9 20 (10.15%) CI/CD
10 19 (9.64%) Root Cause Analysis
11 18 (9.14%) Incident Management
11 18 (9.14%) Performance Monitoring
12 17 (8.63%) Cybersecurity
13 15 (7.61%) Analytics
13 15 (7.61%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 35 (17.77%) Python
2 27 (13.71%) PowerShell
3 23 (11.68%) C++
3 23 (11.68%) Java
4 21 (10.66%) C
5 20 (10.15%) Bash
6 17 (8.63%) SQL
7 4 (2.03%) Bicep
7 4 (2.03%) Delphi
7 4 (2.03%) Go
7 4 (2.03%) Pascal
7 4 (2.03%) PHP
8 3 (1.52%) C#
8 3 (1.52%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.02%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.51%) ABAP
10 1 (0.51%) Korn
Qualifications
1 37 (18.78%) Degree
2 18 (9.14%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (7.61%) CCNA
4 12 (6.09%) Azure Certification
4 12 (6.09%) CCNP
4 12 (6.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (6.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (4.57%) RHCSA
6 6 (3.05%) MCSA
6 6 (3.05%) Network+ Certification
7 5 (2.54%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (2.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (2.54%) Security Cleared
8 4 (2.03%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 4 (2.03%) MCDST
8 4 (2.03%) MCITP
8 4 (2.03%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 4 (2.03%) OSCP
8 4 (2.03%) SC Cleared
9 3 (1.52%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.12%) SLA
2 13 (6.60%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.03%) GDPR
3 4 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.52%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.52%) SOC 2
5 2 (1.02%) NIST
5 2 (1.02%) QA
6 1 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 69 (35.03%) Active Directory
2 27 (13.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (11.68%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.03%) Docker
4 4 (2.03%) vSphere
5 2 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.51%) Firmware
6 1 (0.51%) KVM
6 1 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.51%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (13.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (11.17%) Kubernetes
3 21 (10.66%) Terraform
4 15 (7.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 13 (6.60%) Ansible
6 11 (5.58%) FortiGate
6 11 (5.58%) Nagios
7 5 (2.54%) Control-M
7 5 (2.54%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (2.03%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (2.03%) Prometheus
8 4 (2.03%) ServiceCenter
9 3 (1.52%) Grafana
9 3 (1.52%) SCCM
9 3 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (1.02%) Norton AntiVirus
10 2 (1.02%) OpenView
10 2 (1.02%) Tivoli
10 2 (1.02%) vCenter Server
10 2 (1.02%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 86 (43.65%) Microsoft
2 35 (17.77%) VMware
3 22 (11.17%) Cisco
4 19 (9.64%) SolarWinds
5 17 (8.63%) Palo Alto
6 13 (6.60%) Fortinet
7 12 (6.09%) Google
7 12 (6.09%) Red Hat
7 12 (6.09%) Zscaler
8 9 (4.57%) Meraki
9 8 (4.06%) Apple
9 8 (4.06%) ServiceNow
10 6 (3.05%) Bloomberg
10 6 (3.05%) HP
11 5 (2.54%) Dell
12 4 (2.03%) Okta
12 4 (2.03%) OneLogin
12 4 (2.03%) Remedy
12 4 (2.03%) Reuters
12 4 (2.03%) TOWER Software