TCP/IP Contracts in Cardiff

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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 27 30 40
Rank change year-on-year +3 +10 +9
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 3 5 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 1.88% 2.36% 1.78%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.64% 21.74% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 6
10th Percentile £390 - £369
25th Percentile £413 £563 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £645 £425
Median % change year-on-year -30.18% +51.65% +112.50%
75th Percentile £456 £667 £442
90th Percentile £459 £680 £459
South Wales median daily rate £425 £645 £525
% change year-on-year -34.06% +22.76% +19.44%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 22 23 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 13.75% 10.85% 8.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 15 26
10th Percentile £206 £182 £188
25th Percentile £213 £199 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £220 £431
Median % change year-on-year +93.18% -48.99% +1.47%
75th Percentile £458 £588 £575
90th Percentile £475 £667 £625
South Wales median daily rate £313 £220 £513
% change year-on-year +42.05% -57.07% +13.89%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in Cardiff

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Daily rate trend for TCP/IP in Cardiff

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Hourly rate trend for TCP/IP in Cardiff

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) HTTP
2 1 (33.33%) VoIP
2 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Technical Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
1 1 (33.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Azure Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CCNA
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Aerohive Networks
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Ekahau