TCP/IP Contracts in Birmingham

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring TCP/IP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited TCP/IP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 61 69
Rank change year-on-year +15 +8 +18
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 4 6 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.77% 0.78% 0.66%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.81% 4.00% 4.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 5
10th Percentile - £188 £316
25th Percentile - £191 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £200 £325
Median % change year-on-year - -38.46% -22.62%
75th Percentile - £381 £350
90th Percentile - £463 £370
West Midlands median daily rate £210 £525 £320
% change year-on-year -60.00% +64.06% -14.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.25
Median hourly rate - - £18.50
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate - - £18.50
% change year-on-year - - -7.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 37 150 147
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 7.09% 19.40% 16.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 93 68
10th Percentile £165 £205 £313
25th Percentile £319 £290 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £350 £500
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -30.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £597 £488 £700
90th Percentile £698 £600 £731
West Midlands median daily rate £463 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +15.63% -20.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 5
10th Percentile - £13.25 -
25th Percentile - £14.00 £12.50
Median hourly rate - £19.95 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year - +33.00% -25.00%
75th Percentile - £28.75 £18.75
90th Percentile - £72.90 £20.21
West Midlands median hourly rate £16.23 £19.95 £16.75
% change year-on-year -18.67% +19.10% +1.52%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in Birmingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for TCP/IP in Birmingham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for TCP/IP in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) BGP
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) IPsec
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
1 4 (100.00%) OSPF
1 4 (100.00%) SSL
1 4 (100.00%) VLAN
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Check Point Expert
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Check Point GAiA
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) High Availability
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CCSE
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 4 (100.00%) Fortinet