TCP/IP Contracts in England

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for TCP/IP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited TCP/IP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 263 239 262
Rank change year-on-year -24 +23 +1
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 313 594 757
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.85% 1.18% 1.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.26% 9.62% 9.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 367 508
10th Percentile £188 £227 £185
25th Percentile £313 £325 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.58% +9.35%
75th Percentile £550 £650 £575
90th Percentile £650 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 55 28
10th Percentile £16.00 £23.23 £20.53
25th Percentile £20.00 £50.42 £20.75
Median hourly rate £47.00 £65.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.70% +136.36% -30.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.40 £49.26
90th Percentile £66.88 £77.65 £67.74
UK median hourly rate £47.00 £65.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -27.70% +136.36% -30.82%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

TCP/IP is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 5,003 6,173 7,919
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.54% 12.21% 11.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,017 4,061 5,228
10th Percentile £206 £231 £222
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £490 £519 £500
% change year-on-year -5.59% +3.80% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 396 442 304
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.00 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.38 £48.08
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.46
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £19.00 £28.33
% change year-on-year +100.00% -32.93% -0.60%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing TCP/IP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in England

TCP/IP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in England.

Daily rate trend for TCP/IP in England

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for TCP/IP in England

TCP/IP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in England.

Hourly rate trend for TCP/IP in England

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing TCP/IP in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for TCP/IP in England

TCP/IP
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TCP/IP within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -21 118 £500 -9.09% 77
South East 0 66 £450 -6.36% 63
Midlands +42 42 £475 +40.74% 60
North of England -18 34 £410 -21.90% 65
North West -20 25 £410 -21.90% 46
South West -23 24 £600 +23.08% 33
East Midlands +35 21 £325 -15.58% 28
West Midlands +32 21 £525 +64.06% 32
East of England -7 20 £350 -17.65% 36
Yorkshire +5 9 £624 +18.76% 17
TCP/IP
UK

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 27 (8.63%) Confluence
2 21 (6.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (6.07%) IIS
4 18 (5.75%) Apache
5 15 (4.79%) SharePoint
5 15 (4.79%) Tomcat
6 9 (2.88%) nginx
7 4 (1.28%) Apache Solr
7 4 (1.28%) MQSeries
8 3 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.96%) IBM Domino
8 3 (0.96%) IBM Notes
9 2 (0.64%) Traefik
10 1 (0.32%) CICS
10 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.32%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (5.11%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (4.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.24%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.96%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.64%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 65 (20.77%) Azure
2 55 (17.57%) AWS
3 46 (14.70%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (11.18%) GCP
5 15 (4.79%) Cloud Computing
5 15 (4.79%) PaaS
6 13 (4.15%) SaaS
7 11 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (3.51%) GitHub
7 11 (3.51%) IaaS
8 9 (2.88%) Amazon EC2
8 9 (2.88%) Nutanix
8 9 (2.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 8 (2.56%) Rubrik
10 7 (2.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 7 (2.24%) Entra ID
11 6 (1.92%) Apigee
11 6 (1.92%) Kong
12 5 (1.60%) Amazon S3
13 4 (1.28%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 143 (45.69%) DNS
2 100 (31.95%) DHCP
2 100 (31.95%) Firewall
3 66 (21.09%) VPN
4 62 (19.81%) HTTP
5 44 (14.06%) VLAN
6 43 (13.74%) SAN
6 43 (13.74%) WAN
7 38 (12.14%) BGP
7 38 (12.14%) LAN
8 35 (11.18%) Network Security
8 35 (11.18%) OSPF
9 24 (7.67%) SSL
10 22 (7.03%) Wireshark
11 21 (6.71%) NAS
12 19 (6.07%) MPLS
13 18 (5.75%) SNMP
14 16 (5.11%) IPsec
15 15 (4.79%) Internet
15 15 (4.79%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.51%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (3.19%) MySQL
3 9 (2.88%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.24%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.28%) Apache Cassandra
5 4 (1.28%) Couchbase
5 4 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.28%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.96%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.64%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.64%) Redis
8 1 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.32%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.32%) CouchDB
8 1 (0.32%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.32%) Power BI
8 1 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (11.50%) Jenkins
1 36 (11.50%) JIRA
2 33 (10.54%) Git
3 8 (2.56%) Bitbucket
3 8 (2.56%) GitLab
3 8 (2.56%) TeamCity
4 7 (2.24%) CircleCI
4 7 (2.24%) Sonatype Nexus
4 7 (2.24%) Travis CI
5 6 (1.92%) Artifactory
5 6 (1.92%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 6 (1.92%) Eclipse
5 6 (1.92%) Visual Studio
6 5 (1.60%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.64%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.64%) TestRail
8 1 (0.32%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.32%) Darcs
8 1 (0.32%) IDA Disassembler
8 1 (0.32%) Jaeger
General
1 64 (20.45%) Social Skills
2 35 (11.18%) Finance
3 34 (10.86%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (10.54%) Telecoms
5 21 (6.71%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.11%) Legal
7 12 (3.83%) Manufacturing
8 11 (3.51%) Military
9 8 (2.56%) Mandarin Language
9 8 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.24%) Banking
11 6 (1.92%) Electronics
11 6 (1.92%) Marketing
12 4 (1.28%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.28%) Front Office
12 4 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.96%) German Language
13 3 (0.96%) Retail
14 2 (0.64%) Automotive
14 2 (0.64%) Cantonese Language
Job Titles
1 53 (16.93%) Network Engineer
2 38 (12.14%) Developer
3 31 (9.90%) Python Developer
4 27 (8.63%) Support Engineer
5 22 (7.03%) Senior
6 21 (6.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 20 (6.39%) IT Support
8 19 (6.07%) Analyst
8 19 (6.07%) Technical Support
9 18 (5.75%) Linux Engineer
10 16 (5.11%) DevOps Engineer
10 16 (5.11%) Support Specialist
11 13 (4.15%) 2nd Line Support
12 11 (3.51%) Linux Server Engineer
12 11 (3.51%) Security Engineer
12 11 (3.51%) Server Engineer
13 10 (3.19%) Consultant
13 10 (3.19%) Technical Specialist
14 9 (2.88%) Software Engineer
14 9 (2.88%) Technical Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.07%) LDAP
2 16 (5.11%) Elastic Stack
2 16 (5.11%) JSON
3 15 (4.79%) .NET
4 11 (3.51%) XML
4 11 (3.51%) YAML
5 10 (3.19%) Web Services
6 7 (2.24%) SAML
6 7 (2.24%) SOAP
7 6 (1.92%) Node.js
7 6 (1.92%) REST
7 6 (1.92%) RESTful
8 4 (1.28%) .NET Framework
8 4 (1.28%) LEMP Stack
8 4 (1.28%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (0.96%) OAuth
9 3 (0.96%) OpenID
9 3 (0.96%) SPML
10 2 (0.64%) 802.1X
10 2 (0.64%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.63%) Management Information System
2 23 (7.35%) Data Centre
3 18 (5.75%) Clustering
4 14 (4.47%) IVR
5 10 (3.19%) PKI
6 8 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (2.56%) Replication
6 8 (2.56%) Video Conferencing
7 7 (2.24%) iPad
8 6 (1.92%) CCTV
8 6 (1.92%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.28%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.28%) IoT
9 4 (1.28%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.96%) CMDB
10 3 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.96%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.64%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.64%) Fibre Optics
11 2 (0.64%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 130 (41.53%) Windows
2 120 (38.34%) Linux
3 43 (13.74%) Windows Server
4 33 (10.54%) Unix
5 32 (10.22%) Windows 10
6 31 (9.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 24 (7.67%) Ubuntu
8 21 (6.71%) Debian
9 10 (3.19%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (2.88%) Solaris
11 8 (2.56%) Oracle Linux
12 7 (2.24%) CentOS
13 5 (1.60%) Windows Server 2016
14 4 (1.28%) Embedded Linux
14 4 (1.28%) Mac OS
14 4 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
15 3 (0.96%) Apple iOS
15 3 (0.96%) Mac OS X
15 3 (0.96%) Windows 7
16 2 (0.64%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (21.73%) Agile
2 47 (15.02%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (14.06%) ITIL
4 43 (13.74%) Customer Service
5 41 (13.10%) DevOps
6 39 (12.46%) Infrastructure as Code
7 37 (11.82%) Configuration Management
8 36 (11.50%) CI/CD
9 30 (9.58%) Continuous Integration
10 29 (9.27%) Change Management
10 29 (9.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 27 (8.63%) Cybersecurity
11 27 (8.63%) SIEM
12 22 (7.03%) Computer Science
13 21 (6.71%) Data Modelling
13 21 (6.71%) Software Engineering
14 20 (6.39%) Data Engineering
15 19 (6.07%) Scrum
16 18 (5.75%) Migration
16 18 (5.75%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 86 (27.48%) Python
2 45 (14.38%) PowerShell
3 26 (8.31%) C#
4 23 (7.35%) Bash
5 20 (6.39%) Java
5 20 (6.39%) SQL
6 17 (5.43%) C++
7 10 (3.19%) JavaScript
8 8 (2.56%) C
8 8 (2.56%) Go
9 7 (2.24%) Perl
10 6 (1.92%) PHP
11 3 (0.96%) Ruby
11 3 (0.96%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.96%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.96%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.32%) Rust
12 1 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 78 (24.92%) Security Cleared
2 50 (15.97%) Degree
3 47 (15.02%) SC Cleared
4 46 (14.70%) DV Cleared
5 41 (13.10%) Cisco Certification
6 32 (10.22%) CCNP
7 27 (8.63%) CCNA
8 13 (4.15%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (2.56%) CCDP
10 8 (2.56%) MCSE
11 7 (2.24%) CCIE
11 7 (2.24%) CISSP
12 4 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.28%) CISM
12 4 (1.28%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.96%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.96%) CEH
13 3 (0.96%) JNCIP
13 3 (0.96%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.07%) QA
2 17 (5.43%) NIST
3 16 (5.11%) SLA
4 15 (4.79%) GDPR
5 11 (3.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (2.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 7 (2.24%) PCI DSS
8 4 (1.28%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.96%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 3 (0.96%) NCSC
10 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.32%) COPPA
11 1 (0.32%) ISA99
11 1 (0.32%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
System Software
1 76 (24.28%) Active Directory
2 49 (15.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (8.95%) Docker
4 14 (4.47%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (4.15%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (4.15%) VMware NSX
6 12 (3.83%) vSphere
7 11 (3.51%) Virtual Servers
8 9 (2.88%) Hyper-V
9 5 (1.60%) NFS
9 5 (1.60%) Samba
9 5 (1.60%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (1.28%) Firmware
10 4 (1.28%) VirtualBox
10 4 (1.28%) XenApp
11 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.96%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.64%) Snort
12 2 (0.64%) Squid
12 2 (0.64%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 42 (13.42%) Terraform
2 40 (12.78%) Ansible
3 31 (9.90%) Kubernetes
4 27 (8.63%) SCCM
5 23 (7.35%) Puppet
6 18 (5.75%) Progress Chef
7 15 (4.79%) Kibana
8 11 (3.51%) logstash
8 11 (3.51%) Prometheus
9 10 (3.19%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (2.88%) Docker Swarm
10 9 (2.88%) FortiGate
10 9 (2.88%) Grafana
11 8 (2.56%) EMC NetWorker
11 8 (2.56%) Netcool
11 8 (2.56%) Tivoli
11 8 (2.56%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 7 (2.24%) SCOM
12 7 (2.24%) vCenter Server
12 7 (2.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 114 (36.42%) Microsoft
2 79 (25.24%) VMware
3 69 (22.04%) Cisco
4 39 (12.46%) Red Hat
5 31 (9.90%) Splunk
6 21 (6.71%) Palo Alto
7 17 (5.43%) ServiceNow
8 16 (5.11%) Avaya
8 16 (5.11%) HP
8 16 (5.11%) Oracle
9 15 (4.79%) F5
10 14 (4.47%) Google
11 13 (4.15%) Dell
11 13 (4.15%) IBM
11 13 (4.15%) SolarWinds
12 12 (3.83%) CheckPoint
13 11 (3.51%) Fortinet
13 11 (3.51%) Qualys
13 11 (3.51%) Remedy
13 11 (3.51%) Veeam