TCP/IP Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 31 32
Rank change year-on-year -21 +1 +20
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 18 4 19
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 2.08% 1.62% 4.16%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 22.22% 9.52% 27.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 19
10th Percentile £330 £513 £506
25th Percentile £510 £514 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £532 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.31% +1.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £640 £547 £550
90th Percentile £654 £555 £560
South East median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - +3.24%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 81 42 69
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 9.38% 17.00% 15.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 20 50
10th Percentile £304 £365 £370
25th Percentile £463 £463 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% -3.33% +2.44%
75th Percentile £610 £538 £550
90th Percentile £648 £551 £753
South East median daily rate £525 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +9.38% -4.00% +4.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £18.00
Median hourly rate - £14.20 £22.52
Median % change year-on-year - -36.94% +18.53%
75th Percentile - - £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £42.25 £45.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -7.14% -20.66% -3.54%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

TCP/IP job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 22 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for TCP/IP in Buckinghamshire

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

TCP/IP
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 22 June 2026. 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
Milton Keynes -26 14 £578 +8.60% 3
Bletchley - 3 - -
TCP/IP
South East

TCP/IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) AWS
1 6 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (50.00%) DNS
2 6 (33.33%) BGP
2 6 (33.33%) BIG-IP
2 6 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
2 6 (33.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 6 (33.33%) Firewall
2 6 (33.33%) ICMP
2 6 (33.33%) IPsec
2 6 (33.33%) Network Security
2 6 (33.33%) NGFW
2 6 (33.33%) OSPF
3 5 (27.78%) LAN
3 5 (27.78%) WAN
3 5 (27.78%) Wireless
4 4 (22.22%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (16.67%) Ethernet
5 3 (16.67%) VLAN
6 2 (11.11%) VPN
6 2 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Analyst
2 5 (27.78%) Network Engineer
2 5 (27.78%) Senior
3 4 (22.22%) SOC Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Architect
5 2 (11.11%) IT Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Lead
5 2 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Cisco Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Field Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Network Architect
6 1 (5.56%) Network Field Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Cisco Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Cyberattack
1 6 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (16.67%) Industry 4.0
2 3 (16.67%) Robotics
3 2 (11.11%) Cloud Native
3 2 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (11.11%) Private Cloud
4 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
4 1 (5.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (44.44%) Windows
2 6 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Security Operations
2 8 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (38.89%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 6 (33.33%) SIEM
5 5 (27.78%) Computer Science
5 5 (27.78%) ITIL
5 5 (27.78%) Network Virtualisation
6 4 (22.22%) High Availability
6 4 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (22.22%) Virtual Environments
7 3 (16.67%) Creative Thinking
7 3 (16.67%) Customer Service
7 3 (16.67%) Decision-Making
7 3 (16.67%) Fault Analysis
7 3 (16.67%) ITSM
7 3 (16.67%) Mechatronics
7 3 (16.67%) Migration
7 3 (16.67%) Network Monitoring
7 3 (16.67%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 13 (72.22%) Security Cleared
2 10 (55.56%) SC Cleared
3 8 (44.44%) Degree
4 7 (38.89%) DV Cleared
5 4 (22.22%) CompTIA CySA+
5 4 (22.22%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (11.11%) A+ Certification
6 2 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (5.56%) AWS Certification
7 1 (5.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (5.56%) Azure Certification
7 1 (5.56%) CCNP
7 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (5.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (27.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (11.11%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Cisco
1 6 (33.33%) F5
1 6 (33.33%) Palo Alto
1 6 (33.33%) Splunk
1 6 (33.33%) VMware
2 3 (16.67%) Siemens
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 2 (11.11%) SolarWinds
4 1 (5.56%) Aruba