TCP/IP Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 22 14
Rank change year-on-year -10 -8 -
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 5 7 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in County Antrim 2.14% 4.27% 10.46%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 16.67% 41.18% 53.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 13
10th Percentile - £133 £250
25th Percentile £145 £143 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £148 £400
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -63.13% -
75th Percentile £155 £154 -
90th Percentile - £159 -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £150 £148 £400
% change year-on-year +1.69% -63.13% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
County Antrim

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 County Antrim.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 30 17 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 12.82% 10.37% 19.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 19
10th Percentile £208 £135 £210
25th Percentile £325 £143 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £150 £400
Median % change year-on-year +191.67% -62.50% -19.92%
75th Percentile £514 £159 -
90th Percentile £599 £334 £595
Northern Ireland median daily rate £438 £150 £400
% change year-on-year +191.67% -62.50% -15.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
Median hourly rate £15.33 £37.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.12% +108.33% +38.46%
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £15.33 £37.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year -59.12% +108.33% +38.46%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

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

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in County Antrim

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

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

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend in County Antrim

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

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

TCP/IP
Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

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 County Antrim region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Belfast -8 5 £150 +1.69%
TCP/IP
Northern Ireland

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in County Antrim 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
1 4 (80.00%) HTTP
1 4 (80.00%) Internet
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) DB2
1 4 (80.00%) MySQL
1 4 (80.00%) Relational Database
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Account Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Technical Account Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Support
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (80.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (80.00%) Onboarding
1 4 (80.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
1 4 (80.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Application Security
1 4 (80.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Perl
1 4 (80.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle