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 10 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 39 40
Rank change year-on-year -3 +1 +8
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 8 14 23
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 1.95% 3.67% 3.96%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 19.05% 21.54% 22.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 14 18
10th Percentile £514 £516 £499
25th Percentile £528 £531 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £558 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.35% +1.36% -
75th Percentile £560 £626 £561
90th Percentile - £705 £624
South East median daily rate £425 £450 £275
% change year-on-year -5.56% +63.64% -46.60%

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 42 65 102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 10.24% 17.06% 17.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 51 77
10th Percentile £145 £350 £203
25th Percentile £292 £440 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.29% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £560 £607 £638
90th Percentile £580 £656 £700
South East median daily rate £486 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -2.75% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - £20.25
25th Percentile - - £23.63
Median hourly rate £36.00 - £24.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +41.18%
75th Percentile - - £30.00
90th Percentile - - £38.00
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 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
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 10 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
Milton Keynes +6 8 £550 - 8
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) SAN
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
General
1 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Python Developer
3 3 (37.50%) Senior
3 3 (37.50%) Senior Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Linux Engineer
4 2 (25.00%) Senior Python Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Active Directory Engineer
5 1 (12.50%) Linux Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Senior Software Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Software Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (12.50%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Debian
1 7 (87.50%) Linux
1 7 (87.50%) Ubuntu
2 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) Windows Server
3 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (12.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Agile
1 6 (75.00%) ITIL
2 5 (62.50%) Customer Service
2 5 (62.50%) Data Modelling
3 4 (50.00%) Data Engineering
4 3 (37.50%) Configuration Management
4 3 (37.50%) Prototyping
4 3 (37.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 2 (25.00%) Incident Management
5 2 (25.00%) Problem Management
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Release Management
6 1 (12.50%) Change Control
6 1 (12.50%) Clean Code
6 1 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
6 1 (12.50%) Secure Coding
6 1 (12.50%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) DV Cleared
1 6 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Red Hat
1 7 (87.50%) VMware
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Remedy