TCP/IP Contracts in Northern Ireland

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
UK > Northern Ireland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 18 31
Rank change year-on-year -2 +13 -
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 5 15 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 3.38% 7.39% 0.47%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 33.33% 38.46% 4.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £133
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £400 £135
Median % change year-on-year - +196.30% -
75th Percentile - - £138
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.70%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 15 39 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 10.14% 19.21% 11.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 15 12
10th Percentile £516 £156 £172
25th Percentile £531 £158 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £215 £338
Median % change year-on-year +161.63% -36.30% -15.63%
75th Percentile £569 £400 £449
90th Percentile - - £540
UK median daily rate £490 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -5.72% +3.95% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £16.72 -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £19.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +110.53% -30.91% +1.85%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in Northern Ireland

TCP/IP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Daily rate trend for TCP/IP in Northern Ireland

TCP/IP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Hourly rate trend for TCP/IP in Northern Ireland

TCP/IP
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 26 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
County Antrim +4 5 - - 4
TCP/IP
UK

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (60.00%) Skype for Business
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) DNS
1 5 (100.00%) HTTP
2 3 (60.00%) Skype
3 1 (20.00%) VoIP
General
1 3 (60.00%) Electronics
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (60.00%) Marketing
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 1st/2nd Line Desktop Support
2 1 (20.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (20.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) CSS
1 5 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (60.00%) Digital Marketing
2 3 (60.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Coaching
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) MCSD
1 2 (40.00%) MCSE
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) SAP