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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 273 222 268
Rank change year-on-year -51 +46 -6
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 304 593 755
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.82% 1.19% 1.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.19% 9.69% 9.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 371 497
10th Percentile £188 £230 £181
25th Percentile £331 £325 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £471
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +6.21% +10.77%
75th Percentile £550 £650 £575
90th Percentile £645 £750 £697
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 52 29
10th Percentile £16.00 £21.72 £20.60
25th Percentile £20.00 £50.42 £20.75
Median hourly rate £56.49 £65.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.09% +128.07% -27.85%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.20 £52.50
90th Percentile £66.25 £77.50 £67.66
UK median hourly rate £56.49 £65.00 £36.12
% change year-on-year -13.09% +79.96% -9.13%

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 4,910 6,122 7,902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.32% 12.24% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,964 4,025 5,192
10th Percentile £206 £240 £223
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +5.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £613
90th Percentile £700 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -4.81% +4.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 435 302
10th Percentile £13.50 £9.80 £14.82
25th Percentile £16.93 £10.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £18.50 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year +116.22% -22.63% -4.36%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.24
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £18.93 £27.50
% change year-on-year +111.30% -31.16% +3.77%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 4 May 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 -31 113 £513 -4.21% 91
South East -3 65 £475 -1.16% 60
Midlands +50 44 £500 +48.15% 62
North of England -26 28 £463 -11.90% 63
South West -19 26 £600 +23.08% 35
East Midlands +43 24 £488 +26.62% 31
West Midlands +26 20 £525 +64.06% 31
East of England -16 19 £375 -11.76% 34
North West -21 19 £430 -18.10% 42
Yorkshire +6 9 £624 +18.76% 19
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 (8.88%) Confluence
2 20 (6.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (4.61%) SharePoint
4 12 (3.95%) IIS
5 11 (3.62%) Apache
6 9 (2.96%) nginx
7 8 (2.63%) Tomcat
8 4 (1.32%) Apache Solr
8 4 (1.32%) MQSeries
9 3 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.99%) IBM Domino
9 3 (0.99%) IBM Notes
10 2 (0.66%) Traefik
11 1 (0.33%) CICS
11 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.33%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.30%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.99%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.66%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 64 (21.05%) Azure
2 56 (18.42%) AWS
3 45 (14.80%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (11.84%) GCP
5 15 (4.93%) Cloud Computing
5 15 (4.93%) PaaS
6 12 (3.95%) SaaS
7 11 (3.62%) GitHub
7 11 (3.62%) IaaS
8 10 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (2.96%) Nutanix
9 9 (2.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 8 (2.63%) Amazon EC2
10 8 (2.63%) Rubrik
11 7 (2.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 6 (1.97%) Apigee
12 6 (1.97%) Entra ID
12 6 (1.97%) Kong
13 5 (1.64%) Amazon S3
14 4 (1.32%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 140 (46.05%) DNS
2 99 (32.57%) Firewall
3 97 (31.91%) DHCP
4 69 (22.70%) VPN
5 56 (18.42%) HTTP
6 43 (14.14%) VLAN
7 41 (13.49%) SAN
7 41 (13.49%) WAN
8 38 (12.50%) BGP
9 36 (11.84%) LAN
10 35 (11.51%) OSPF
11 34 (11.18%) Network Security
12 24 (7.89%) SSL
13 22 (7.24%) Wireshark
14 21 (6.91%) MPLS
15 19 (6.25%) NAS
16 18 (5.92%) SNMP
17 16 (5.26%) Ethernet
17 16 (5.26%) IPsec
18 15 (4.93%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.62%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (3.29%) MySQL
3 9 (2.96%) NoSQL
4 7 (2.30%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.32%) Apache Cassandra
5 4 (1.32%) Couchbase
5 4 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.32%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.99%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.66%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.66%) Redis
8 1 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.33%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.33%) CouchDB
8 1 (0.33%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.33%) Power BI
8 1 (0.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (11.84%) Jenkins
1 36 (11.84%) JIRA
2 33 (10.86%) Git
3 8 (2.63%) Bitbucket
3 8 (2.63%) Eclipse
3 8 (2.63%) GitLab
3 8 (2.63%) TeamCity
3 8 (2.63%) Visual Studio
4 7 (2.30%) CircleCI
4 7 (2.30%) Sonatype Nexus
4 7 (2.30%) Travis CI
5 6 (1.97%) Artifactory
5 6 (1.97%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 4 (1.32%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
7 2 (0.66%) TestRail
8 1 (0.33%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.33%) Darcs
8 1 (0.33%) IDA Disassembler
8 1 (0.33%) Jaeger
General
1 65 (21.38%) Social Skills
2 34 (11.18%) Finance
3 29 (9.54%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (8.22%) Telecoms
5 20 (6.58%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.28%) Military
7 11 (3.62%) Legal
7 11 (3.62%) Manufacturing
8 10 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.97%) Mandarin Language
10 5 (1.64%) Banking
10 5 (1.64%) Electronics
10 5 (1.64%) Marketing
11 4 (1.32%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.32%) Front Office
11 4 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.99%) German Language
12 3 (0.99%) Retail
13 2 (0.66%) Automotive
13 2 (0.66%) Cantonese Language
Job Titles
1 50 (16.45%) Network Engineer
2 38 (12.50%) Developer
3 31 (10.20%) Python Developer
4 26 (8.55%) Support Engineer
5 22 (7.24%) Senior
6 21 (6.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (6.25%) IT Support
8 18 (5.92%) Analyst
8 18 (5.92%) Linux Engineer
9 16 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
10 15 (4.93%) Technical Support
11 13 (4.28%) 2nd Line Support
12 12 (3.95%) Support Specialist
13 11 (3.62%) Linux Server Engineer
13 11 (3.62%) Server Engineer
13 11 (3.62%) Software Engineer
14 10 (3.29%) Consultant
15 9 (2.96%) Architect
15 9 (2.96%) Security Engineer
15 9 (2.96%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.25%) LDAP
2 16 (5.26%) Elastic Stack
2 16 (5.26%) JSON
3 15 (4.93%) .NET
4 12 (3.95%) Web Services
5 11 (3.62%) XML
5 11 (3.62%) YAML
6 8 (2.63%) Node.js
7 7 (2.30%) SAML
7 7 (2.30%) SOAP
8 6 (1.97%) REST
8 6 (1.97%) RESTful
9 4 (1.32%) .NET Framework
9 4 (1.32%) LEMP Stack
9 4 (1.32%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (0.99%) OAuth
10 3 (0.99%) OpenID
10 3 (0.99%) SPML
11 2 (0.66%) 802.1X
11 2 (0.66%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.91%) Data Centre
2 19 (6.25%) Management Information System
3 18 (5.92%) Clustering
4 10 (3.29%) PKI
5 8 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (2.63%) Replication
6 7 (2.30%) IVR
7 6 (1.97%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.97%) iPad
7 6 (1.97%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.32%) CCTV
8 4 (1.32%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.32%) IoT
8 4 (1.32%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.99%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.99%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.66%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.66%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 122 (40.13%) Windows
2 114 (37.50%) Linux
3 40 (13.16%) Windows Server
4 33 (10.86%) Unix
5 31 (10.20%) Windows 10
6 24 (7.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 24 (7.89%) Ubuntu
7 21 (6.91%) Debian
8 10 (3.29%) Windows Server 2012
9 9 (2.96%) Solaris
10 8 (2.63%) Oracle Linux
11 7 (2.30%) CentOS
12 5 (1.64%) Embedded Linux
12 5 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
13 4 (1.32%) Mac OS
13 4 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
14 3 (0.99%) Apple iOS
14 3 (0.99%) Mac OS X
14 3 (0.99%) Windows 7
15 2 (0.66%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (23.03%) Agile
2 44 (14.47%) ITIL
3 43 (14.14%) Customer Service
3 43 (14.14%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (13.16%) DevOps
5 38 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 38 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
6 36 (11.84%) Configuration Management
7 32 (10.53%) Continuous Integration
8 29 (9.54%) Cybersecurity
9 28 (9.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 27 (8.88%) SIEM
11 23 (7.57%) Change Management
11 23 (7.57%) Software Engineering
12 22 (7.24%) Computer Science
13 21 (6.91%) Data Modelling
14 20 (6.58%) Data Engineering
15 19 (6.25%) Scrum
16 18 (5.92%) Continuous Improvement
16 18 (5.92%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 83 (27.30%) Python
2 44 (14.47%) PowerShell
3 28 (9.21%) C#
4 23 (7.57%) Bash
5 20 (6.58%) C++
5 20 (6.58%) Java
6 19 (6.25%) SQL
7 12 (3.95%) JavaScript
8 9 (2.96%) C
9 8 (2.63%) Go
10 6 (1.97%) PHP
11 5 (1.64%) Perl
12 3 (0.99%) Ruby
12 3 (0.99%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.99%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.99%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.33%) Rust
13 1 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 80 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 49 (16.12%) Degree
3 47 (15.46%) DV Cleared
3 47 (15.46%) SC Cleared
4 39 (12.83%) Cisco Certification
5 31 (10.20%) CCNP
6 26 (8.55%) CCNA
7 12 (3.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (2.63%) CCDP
9 8 (2.63%) MCSE
10 7 (2.30%) CISSP
11 6 (1.97%) CCIE
12 4 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.32%) CISM
12 4 (1.32%) VCAP
12 4 (1.32%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.99%) BC Cleared
13 3 (0.99%) CEH
13 3 (0.99%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.25%) QA
2 18 (5.92%) NIST
3 16 (5.26%) SLA
4 15 (4.93%) GDPR
5 11 (3.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (3.29%) PCI DSS
7 8 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (2.30%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.99%) ISO 9001
9 3 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 3 (0.99%) NCSC
10 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.33%) COPPA
11 1 (0.33%) ISA99
11 1 (0.33%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.33%) NIST 800
System Software
1 72 (23.68%) Active Directory
2 49 (16.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (9.21%) Docker
4 15 (4.93%) Virtual Machines
5 13 (4.28%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (4.28%) VMware NSX
6 12 (3.95%) vSphere
7 11 (3.62%) Virtual Servers
8 9 (2.96%) Hyper-V
9 5 (1.64%) Firmware
9 5 (1.64%) NFS
9 5 (1.64%) Samba
9 5 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (1.32%) VirtualBox
10 4 (1.32%) XenApp
11 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.99%) Terminal Services
12 2 (0.66%) Snort
12 2 (0.66%) Squid
12 2 (0.66%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 41 (13.49%) Terraform
2 40 (13.16%) Ansible
3 31 (10.20%) Kubernetes
4 28 (9.21%) SCCM
5 23 (7.57%) Puppet
6 18 (5.92%) Progress Chef
7 15 (4.93%) Kibana
8 11 (3.62%) logstash
8 11 (3.62%) Prometheus
9 10 (3.29%) Microsoft Intune
10 9 (2.96%) Docker Swarm
10 9 (2.96%) FortiGate
10 9 (2.96%) Grafana
11 8 (2.63%) EMC NetWorker
11 8 (2.63%) Netcool
11 8 (2.63%) Tivoli
11 8 (2.63%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 8 (2.63%) WSUS
12 7 (2.30%) SCOM
12 7 (2.30%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 108 (35.53%) Microsoft
2 79 (25.99%) VMware
3 67 (22.04%) Cisco
4 32 (10.53%) Red Hat
5 31 (10.20%) Splunk
6 21 (6.91%) Palo Alto
7 17 (5.59%) ServiceNow
8 16 (5.26%) HP
8 16 (5.26%) Oracle
9 15 (4.93%) F5
10 14 (4.61%) Google
11 13 (4.28%) Dell
11 13 (4.28%) IBM
11 13 (4.28%) SolarWinds
12 11 (3.62%) Fortinet
12 11 (3.62%) Qualys
12 11 (3.62%) Veeam
13 10 (3.29%) CheckPoint
13 10 (3.29%) Remedy
14 9 (2.96%) Avaya