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 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 34 27
Rank change year-on-year -7 -7 +28
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 21 6 26
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 3.02% 2.18% 4.79%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 28.38% 11.76% 24.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 6 26
10th Percentile £512 £562 £508
25th Percentile £550 £577 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £618 £533
Median % change year-on-year -9.31% +15.96% -3.18%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £550
90th Percentile £652 £684 -
South East median daily rate £525 £558 £450
% change year-on-year -5.83% +23.89% -14.29%

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 74 51 107
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 10.65% 18.55% 19.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 32 81
10th Percentile £208 £153 £203
25th Percentile £456 £375 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £554 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.06% -3.33% +5.00%
75th Percentile £610 £630 £560
90th Percentile £643 £656 £825
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 19
10th Percentile - - £18.00
25th Percentile - - £22.51
Median hourly rate £36.00 £14.20 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +153.52% -40.83% -
75th Percentile - - £39.38
90th Percentile - - £48.75
South East median hourly rate £42.25 £54.94 £57.35
% change year-on-year -23.09% -4.21% +27.44%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 -8 17 £578 -3.95% 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.52%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (33.33%) AWS
2 4 (19.05%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 11 (52.38%) DNS
2 5 (23.81%) Network Security
2 5 (23.81%) Wireless
3 4 (19.05%) BGP
3 4 (19.05%) BIG-IP
3 4 (19.05%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (19.05%) Cisco Firepower
3 4 (19.05%) Cisco ISE
3 4 (19.05%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 4 (19.05%) Firewall
3 4 (19.05%) ICMP
3 4 (19.05%) IPsec
3 4 (19.05%) NGFW
3 4 (19.05%) OSPF
3 4 (19.05%) SAN
4 3 (14.29%) Ethernet
4 3 (14.29%) LAN
4 3 (14.29%) WAN
5 2 (9.52%) DHCP
6 1 (4.76%) VLAN
General
1 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Analyst
2 7 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
3 6 (28.57%) Senior
4 5 (23.81%) Network Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Lead
5 3 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (14.29%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (14.29%) Technical Engineer
6 2 (9.52%) Linux Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Cisco Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Developer
7 1 (4.76%) Field Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Network Field Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Python Developer
7 1 (4.76%) Senior Cisco Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
7 1 (4.76%) Splunk Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Cyberattack
1 8 (38.10%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (14.29%) Industry 4.0
2 3 (14.29%) Robotics
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.76%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.76%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 12 (57.14%) Linux
2 10 (47.62%) Windows
3 3 (14.29%) Debian
3 3 (14.29%) Ubuntu
4 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (57.14%) Security Operations
2 9 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (42.86%) SIEM
3 8 (38.10%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (38.10%) Incident Response
4 6 (28.57%) Customer Service
4 6 (28.57%) ITIL
5 5 (23.81%) Computer Science
6 4 (19.05%) High Availability
6 4 (19.05%) Network Virtualisation
6 4 (19.05%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (19.05%) Virtual Environments
7 3 (14.29%) Agile
7 3 (14.29%) Creative Thinking
7 3 (14.29%) Decision-Making
7 3 (14.29%) Fault Analysis
7 3 (14.29%) Mechatronics
7 3 (14.29%) Network Monitoring
7 3 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (14.29%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) Shell Script
2 1 (4.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (76.19%) Security Cleared
2 13 (61.90%) SC Cleared
3 11 (52.38%) DV Cleared
4 8 (38.10%) Degree
5 5 (23.81%) CompTIA CySA+
5 5 (23.81%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (23.81%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.76%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) Splunk
2 7 (33.33%) VMware
3 4 (19.05%) Cisco
3 4 (19.05%) F5
3 4 (19.05%) Palo Alto
4 3 (14.29%) Red Hat
4 3 (14.29%) Siemens
5 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow
6 1 (4.76%) Aruba
6 1 (4.76%) Microsoft