TCP/IP Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Scotland > Edinburgh

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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 - 72
Rank change year-on-year - - +27
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 7 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.92% - 0.25%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 7.29% - 1.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £205 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 - £438
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.00%
75th Percentile £215 - -
90th Percentile £326 - -
Scotland median daily rate £210 £420 £438
% change year-on-year -49.94% -4.22% +6.83%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 96 60 103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 12.61% 9.40% 12.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 26 64
10th Percentile £154 £220 £178
25th Percentile £210 £413 £205
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £455 £281
Median % change year-on-year -6.59% +61.80% -37.51%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £534
90th Percentile £603 £572 £623
Scotland median daily rate £363 £445 £400
% change year-on-year -18.54% +11.25% -18.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 8
10th Percentile - - £12.00
25th Percentile £19.33 - £13.13
Median hourly rate £25.75 £17.30 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +48.84% -4.60% -
75th Percentile £75.00 - £18.27
90th Percentile - - £35.29
Scotland median hourly rate £16.86 £17.30 £18.27
% change year-on-year -2.54% -5.31% -52.99%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

TCP/IP job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 24 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for TCP/IP in Edinburgh

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

TCP/IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (14.29%) CICS
1 1 (14.29%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) LAN
1 5 (71.43%) WAN
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) HTTP
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (14.29%) VPN
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) IT Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) IT Support
1 5 (71.43%) IT Support Engineer
1 5 (71.43%) Support Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Technical Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Technical Support
2 3 (42.86%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) CICS Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) z/OS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) REST
1 1 (14.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Mainframe
2 1 (14.29%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
1 5 (71.43%) Windows 10
2 1 (14.29%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Customer Service
1 5 (71.43%) ITIL
1 5 (71.43%) ITSM
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (14.29%) Change Control
2 1 (14.29%) Change Management
2 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
2 1 (14.29%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (14.29%) JVM Tuning
2 1 (14.29%) Load Balancing
2 1 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) A+ Certification
1 5 (71.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) CCNP
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) RACF
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
1 5 (71.43%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) F5
2 1 (14.29%) IBM