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 23 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 36 33
Rank change year-on-year -16 -3 +18
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 24 4 15
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 2.70% 1.34% 3.43%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 25.53% 8.89% 24.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 4 15
10th Percentile £339 £513 £487
25th Percentile £511 £514 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £587 £532 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.48% +1.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £645 £547 £550
90th Percentile £769 £555 £560
South East median daily rate £527 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +17.17% - +13.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33.70 - -
Median hourly rate £38.72 - -
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £89.63 £19.00
% change year-on-year -63.74% +371.74% -69.62%

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 94 45 62
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 10.59% 15.05% 14.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 18 47
10th Percentile £298 £375 £340
25th Percentile £476 £475 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £583 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +14.78% -3.33% +2.44%
75th Percentile £622 £538 £550
90th Percentile £658 £553 £588
South East median daily rate £525 £494 £500
% change year-on-year +6.28% -1.20% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 8
10th Percentile - - £17.36
25th Percentile £17.50 - £18.00
Median hourly rate £38.72 £14.20 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year +172.68% -29.88% +6.58%
75th Percentile £43.75 - £22.54
90th Percentile - - £30.43
South East median hourly rate £42.25 £54.94 £57.35
% change year-on-year -23.09% -4.21% -0.26%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -19 20 £615 +15.65% 2
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 3 (12.50%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (58.33%) Azure
2 8 (33.33%) AWS
3 6 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (20.83%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (16.67%) Entra ID
5 4 (16.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (12.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (8.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (70.83%) Firewall
2 12 (50.00%) DNS
3 10 (41.67%) VPN
4 9 (37.50%) Network Security
5 8 (33.33%) BGP
5 8 (33.33%) BIG-IP
5 8 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
5 8 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
5 8 (33.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 8 (33.33%) IPsec
5 8 (33.33%) OSPF
5 8 (33.33%) VLAN
6 7 (29.17%) DHCP
6 7 (29.17%) LAN
6 7 (29.17%) WAN
7 6 (25.00%) ICMP
7 6 (25.00%) NGFW
8 5 (20.83%) SSH
8 5 (20.83%) Wireless
9 4 (16.67%) MPLS
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (12.50%) Manufacturing
3 3 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Telecoms
4 2 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (8.33%) Military
5 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (29.17%) Senior
2 5 (20.83%) Network Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Architect
3 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Platform Engineer
3 4 (16.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Automation Specialist
4 3 (12.50%) Lead
4 3 (12.50%) Lead Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Network Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Senior Network Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Technical Architect
4 3 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Technical Leader
5 2 (8.33%) IT Engineer
5 2 (8.33%) Network Technical Architect
5 2 (8.33%) Senior Platform Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (25.00%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 10 (41.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (20.83%) Onboarding
3 4 (16.67%) ARM Cortex
3 4 (16.67%) Cloud Native
3 4 (16.67%) Private Cloud
4 3 (12.50%) Data Centre
4 3 (12.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 3 (12.50%) Industry 4.0
4 3 (12.50%) Life Science
4 3 (12.50%) Management Information System
4 3 (12.50%) Operational Technology
4 3 (12.50%) Robotics
4 3 (12.50%) SCADA
5 1 (4.17%) Cyberattack
5 1 (4.17%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (50.00%) Windows
2 9 (37.50%) Windows Server
3 7 (29.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) ITIL
2 9 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (33.33%) Network Virtualisation
3 8 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 8 (33.33%) Validation
4 7 (29.17%) Computer Science
4 7 (29.17%) Service Management
5 6 (25.00%) CI/CD
5 6 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (25.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
6 5 (20.83%) Analytics
6 5 (20.83%) Data Collection
6 5 (20.83%) Decision-Making
6 5 (20.83%) Deployment Automation
6 5 (20.83%) Log Analytics
7 4 (16.67%) DevOps
7 4 (16.67%) Security Hardening
7 4 (16.67%) Server Patching
Programming Languages
1 9 (37.50%) PowerShell
2 6 (25.00%) Bash
2 6 (25.00%) Bicep
3 2 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 13 (54.17%) Degree
3 12 (50.00%) DV Cleared
4 6 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 3 (12.50%) CCNP
5 3 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (8.33%) A+ Certification
6 2 (8.33%) CCIE
6 2 (8.33%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (4.17%) AWS Certification
7 1 (4.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (4.17%) Azure Certification
7 1 (4.17%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (4.17%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) NCSC
2 3 (12.50%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 3 (12.50%) GxP
System Software
1 8 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (16.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (33.33%) Terraform
2 6 (25.00%) Ansible
3 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (45.83%) VMware
2 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
3 8 (33.33%) Cisco
3 8 (33.33%) F5
3 8 (33.33%) Palo Alto
4 5 (20.83%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (16.67%) SolarWinds
6 3 (12.50%) Rockwell
6 3 (12.50%) Siemens
7 2 (8.33%) Google
7 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow
8 1 (4.17%) Aruba
8 1 (4.17%) Splunk