TCP/IP Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 12 12
Rank change year-on-year -11 0 +13
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 1 10 17
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 0.72% 10.87% 9.09%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.00% 34.48% 48.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -2.56% -
75th Percentile £575 £688 £494
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £638 £615 £550
% change year-on-year +3.66% +11.82% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 12
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £56.49
75th Percentile - - £69.62
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £63.14 - £56.49
% change year-on-year - - -13.09%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10 29 35
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 7.25% 31.52% 18.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 17 4
10th Percentile £323 £223 £269
25th Percentile £356 £250 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £456
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +1.37% -9.88%
75th Percentile £506 £488 £563
90th Percentile £548 £688 £686
South West median daily rate £540 £535 £540
% change year-on-year +0.93% -0.93% +9.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 19
10th Percentile £70.70 - -
25th Percentile £71.01 - £56.49
Median hourly rate £71.77 - £65.98
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.66%
75th Percentile £72.28 - £69.62
90th Percentile £72.44 - £70.65
South West median hourly rate £41.52 £75.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -44.64% +32.77% +476.43%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing TCP/IP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

TCP/IP job vacancy trend in Dorset

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

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

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

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

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

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

TCP/IP
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

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 Dorset region over the 6 months to 24 February 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
Dorchester +1 1 £550 -18.52% 1
TCP/IP
South West

TCP/IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Java Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes