TCP/IP Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 90 83
Rank change year-on-year +1 -7 +23
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 24 22 41
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.69% 1.38% 2.32%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.34% 7.19% 8.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 4 33
10th Percentile - £334 -
25th Percentile £219 £384 £148
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 £463 £150
Median % change year-on-year -48.54% +208.33% -55.62%
75th Percentile £335 £544 £575
90th Percentile £515 £623 -
South East median daily rate £425 £450 £275
% change year-on-year -5.56% +63.64% -46.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £71.20 - £24.60
25th Percentile £73.00 £18.50 £24.75
Median hourly rate £79.50 £19.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +318.42% -24.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £84.50 £19.50 £50.38
90th Percentile £85.40 - £65.30
South East median hourly rate £86.82 £19.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +356.92% -24.00% +4.17%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Berkshire

TCP/IP falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 232 306 460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 16.30% 19.13% 26.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 134 263
10th Percentile £239 £234 £201
25th Percentile £303 £366 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% -8.11%
75th Percentile £538 £607 £575
90th Percentile £618 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £486 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -2.75% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 14
10th Percentile £17.63 £26.05 £24.39
25th Percentile £28.00 £37.38 £35.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £71.07
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -19.09% +215.84%
75th Percentile £84.50 £58.75 £75.99
90th Percentile £89.88 - £84.86
South East median hourly rate £70.16 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +12.26% +4.17% +33.33%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing TCP/IP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

TCP/IP job vacancy trend in Berkshire

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing TCP/IP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing TCP/IP

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in Berkshire over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for TCP/IP in Berkshire

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing TCP/IP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing TCP/IP

TCP/IP
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 13 December 2025. 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
Wokingham -7 14 £238 -63.38%
Reading +5 7 £544 +35.94% 1
Bracknell -8 1 - -
Maidenhead - 1 £200 -
TCP/IP
South East

TCP/IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (8.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 18 (75.00%) Azure
2 16 (66.67%) AWS
3 4 (16.67%) AWS CloudFormation
4 1 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (79.17%) DNS
2 15 (62.50%) DHCP
3 11 (45.83%) VLAN
4 8 (33.33%) Firewall
5 6 (25.00%) WAN
6 4 (16.67%) LAN
6 4 (16.67%) Network Security
7 3 (12.50%) Intranet
7 3 (12.50%) IPv6
7 3 (12.50%) VPN
8 2 (8.33%) BGP
8 2 (8.33%) HTTP
8 2 (8.33%) Internet
8 2 (8.33%) MPLS
8 2 (8.33%) SNMP
8 2 (8.33%) TACACS
9 1 (4.17%) SSL
9 1 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (4.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (4.17%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (54.17%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.17%) Aerospace
4 1 (4.17%) French Language
4 1 (4.17%) German Language
Job Titles
1 15 (62.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 13 (54.17%) Support Engineer
3 11 (45.83%) Infrastructure Support
3 11 (45.83%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 5 (20.83%) Senior
5 4 (16.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (8.33%) IP Specialist
7 1 (4.17%) Administrator
7 1 (4.17%) Azure Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Azure Security Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) IT Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) IT Support
7 1 (4.17%) IT Support Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Network Administrator
7 1 (4.17%) Security Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Security Support Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Technical Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Technical Support Engineer
7 1 (4.17%) Vulnerability Management Manager
7 1 (4.17%) Vulnerability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.33%) NETCONF
1 2 (8.33%) OpenConfig
1 2 (8.33%) RESTCONF
1 2 (8.33%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 13 (54.17%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (16.67%) PKI
3 3 (12.50%) SCADA
4 2 (8.33%) Data Centre
4 2 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 17 (70.83%) Linux
1 17 (70.83%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (70.83%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (62.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 13 (54.17%) Disaster Recovery
3 13 (54.17%) ITIL
4 11 (45.83%) Preventative Maintenance
4 11 (45.83%) Service Management
4 11 (45.83%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 9 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (20.83%) CI/CD
7 4 (16.67%) Containerisation
7 4 (16.67%) DevSecOps
7 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
7 4 (16.67%) Mentoring
7 4 (16.67%) Network Design
7 4 (16.67%) Platform Engineering
7 4 (16.67%) SIEM
8 3 (12.50%) Feasibility Study
8 3 (12.50%) Systems Engineering
8 3 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) Python
2 4 (16.67%) Bash
2 4 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.17%) Java
3 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (54.17%) Security Cleared
2 11 (45.83%) Azure Certification
2 11 (45.83%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (45.83%) Network+ Certification
2 11 (45.83%) SC Cleared
2 11 (45.83%) Server+ Certification
3 4 (16.67%) AWS Certification
4 3 (12.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 3 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (8.33%) CCIE
5 2 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (8.33%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.17%) NIST
1 1 (4.17%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (62.50%) Hyper-V
1 15 (62.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
2 5 (20.83%) Docker
3 1 (4.17%) NDS
3 1 (4.17%) NetIQ eDirectory
Systems Management
1 6 (25.00%) Ansible
2 5 (20.83%) Kubernetes
3 4 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 15 (62.50%) VMware
3 2 (8.33%) Cisco
3 2 (8.33%) F5
3 2 (8.33%) Fortinet
3 2 (8.33%) Juniper
4 1 (4.17%) NetIQ
4 1 (4.17%) OpenText
4 1 (4.17%) Oracle