TCP/IP Contract Job Trends in England

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 212 231
Rank change year-on-year -57 +19 -16
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 449 354 351
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.97% 1.27% 1.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.34% 10.64% 8.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 198 192
10th Percentile £200 £200 £207
25th Percentile £307 £301 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £567 £612 £575
90th Percentile £700 £670 £645
UK median daily rate £450 £463 £463
% change year-on-year -2.70% - +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 34 29
10th Percentile £26.58 £28.30 £43.00
25th Percentile £31.25 £42.53 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £71.43 - -
90th Percentile £98.82 £78.28 -
UK median hourly rate £64.24 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -1.17% - +30.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,341 3,326 3,982
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.37% 11.95% 12.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,593 2,071 2,335
10th Percentile £252 £235 £248
25th Percentile £400 £364 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £508
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -3.05% +1.50%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £614
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £481 £500
% change year-on-year +3.95% -3.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 364 168 229
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.96 £24.75 £22.40
Median hourly rate £32.50 £41.23 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -21.16% -28.12% +1.52%
75th Percentile £67.48 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.40 £76.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.11 £42.50 £52.00
% change year-on-year -36.21% -18.27% -7.95%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

TCP/IP job vacancy trend in England

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in England over the 6 months to 12 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for TCP/IP in England

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing TCP/IP in England over the 6 months to 12 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for TCP/IP in England

TCP/IP
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 12 September 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
London -40 199 £470 -14.93% 194
South East -38 74 £525 +40.00% 117
North of England -60 72 £420 -23.64% 68
South West -2 49 £638 +9.68% 41
North West -29 42 £240 -56.36% 34
Midlands -38 42 £400 -6.10% 46
West Midlands -41 35 £400 -0.50% 27
East of England -24 27 £425 -10.53% 63
Yorkshire -50 26 £500 -9.09% 19
East Midlands -13 7 £326 -40.73% 19
North East -44 4 £438 +75.00% 17
TCP/IP
UK

TCP/IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 52 (11.58%) SharePoint
2 35 (7.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.67%) Confluence
4 11 (2.45%) OpenStack
5 6 (1.34%) nginx
6 4 (0.89%) FactoryTalk
7 2 (0.45%) IIS
7 2 (0.45%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.45%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.22%) CICS
8 1 (0.22%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 1 (0.22%) Traefik
8 1 (0.22%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.22%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 17 (3.79%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.34%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.45%) Houdini
5 2 (0.45%) NUKE
6 1 (0.22%) Weka
Business Applications
1 7 (1.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 159 (35.41%) Azure
2 116 (25.84%) Microsoft 365
3 103 (22.94%) AWS
4 72 (16.04%) Entra ID
5 36 (8.02%) OneDrive
6 29 (6.46%) GCP
7 21 (4.68%) GitHub
7 21 (4.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 15 (3.34%) OpenShift
9 13 (2.90%) Azure Monitor
10 12 (2.67%) AWS CloudFormation
10 12 (2.67%) Route 53
11 11 (2.45%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (2.45%) GitHub Actions
11 11 (2.45%) Google Workspace
12 9 (2.00%) Azure Sentinel
13 8 (1.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 8 (1.78%) Amazon EKS
14 7 (1.56%) IaaS
15 6 (1.34%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 279 (62.14%) DNS
2 197 (43.88%) Firewall
3 186 (41.43%) DHCP
4 145 (32.29%) VPN
5 79 (17.59%) Network Security
6 74 (16.48%) WAN
7 66 (14.70%) VLAN
8 64 (14.25%) LAN
9 60 (13.36%) BGP
10 56 (12.47%) HTTP
11 50 (11.14%) SSL
12 42 (9.35%) Wi-Fi
13 35 (7.80%) OSPF
13 35 (7.80%) Wireless
14 34 (7.57%) BIG-IP
15 30 (6.68%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 25 (5.57%) SD-WAN
17 23 (5.12%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
18 22 (4.90%) Ethernet
19 20 (4.45%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.01%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (3.12%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.78%) MySQL
3 8 (1.78%) SQLite
4 7 (1.56%) MongoDB
4 7 (1.56%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.11%) Redis
6 4 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.67%) KDB
8 2 (0.45%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.22%) Cloud Spanner
9 1 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.22%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 46 (10.24%) JIRA
2 39 (8.69%) Git
3 32 (7.13%) Jenkins
4 23 (5.12%) GitLab
5 15 (3.34%) Fiddler
6 12 (2.67%) Visual Studio
7 11 (2.45%) Eclipse
8 7 (1.56%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (1.11%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.89%) Browser DevTools
10 4 (0.89%) Selenium
11 2 (0.45%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.45%) Subversion
12 1 (0.22%) Introscope
12 1 (0.22%) MSI
12 1 (0.22%) Postman
General
1 177 (39.42%) Social Skills
2 66 (14.70%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (12.03%) Finance
4 40 (8.91%) Banking
5 27 (6.01%) Public Sector
5 27 (6.01%) Telecoms
6 20 (4.45%) Investment Banking
7 15 (3.34%) Front Office
7 15 (3.34%) Military
8 10 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.56%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.34%) Legal
11 5 (1.11%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.11%) Police
12 4 (0.89%) Automotive
12 4 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.67%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 83 (18.49%) Network Engineer
2 61 (13.59%) Support Engineer
3 57 (12.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 56 (12.47%) Senior
5 39 (8.69%) IT Support
6 37 (8.24%) Architect
7 35 (7.80%) Analyst
8 34 (7.57%) IT Engineer
9 30 (6.68%) IT Support Engineer
10 23 (5.12%) Platform Engineer
11 21 (4.68%) Senior Network Engineer
12 20 (4.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 19 (4.23%) Linux Engineer
13 19 (4.23%) Security Engineer
14 18 (4.01%) Web Engineer
15 16 (3.56%) Cloud Engineer
15 16 (3.56%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
15 16 (3.56%) Support Analyst
16 14 (3.12%) 2nd Line Engineer
16 14 (3.12%) Blue Coat Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (19.60%) Terraform
2 14 (3.12%) REST
3 13 (2.90%) SAML
4 12 (2.67%) ARM Templates
5 11 (2.45%) JSON
5 11 (2.45%) Node.js
5 11 (2.45%) Web Services
6 9 (2.00%) .NET
7 8 (1.78%) Kafka
7 8 (1.78%) LDAP
7 8 (1.78%) SPNEGO
8 7 (1.56%) HTML
9 6 (1.34%) 802.1X
9 6 (1.34%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (1.11%) CSS
10 5 (1.11%) FastAPI
10 5 (1.11%) Flask
10 5 (1.11%) Jinja
10 5 (1.11%) Pandas
10 5 (1.11%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 74 (16.48%) Data Centre
2 55 (12.25%) Onboarding
3 33 (7.35%) PKI
4 29 (6.46%) Hybrid Cloud
5 27 (6.01%) Management Information System
6 21 (4.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 21 (4.68%) Linux Command Line
7 17 (3.79%) Public Cloud
8 14 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (2.90%) Cloud Native
9 13 (2.90%) Operational Technology
10 11 (2.45%) Cyber Threat
10 11 (2.45%) SCADA
11 10 (2.23%) Driving Licence
11 10 (2.23%) Enterprise Storage
12 9 (2.00%) Private Cloud
12 9 (2.00%) Video Conferencing
13 8 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.78%) Security Posture
14 7 (1.56%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 216 (48.11%) Windows
2 141 (31.40%) Linux
3 67 (14.92%) Windows Server
4 44 (9.80%) Windows 10
5 37 (8.24%) Mac OS
6 28 (6.24%) Unix
7 23 (5.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 19 (4.23%) Apple iOS
9 16 (3.56%) Ubuntu
10 15 (3.34%) Android
11 6 (1.34%) CentOS
12 5 (1.11%) zOS
13 3 (0.67%) Check Point GAiA
13 3 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.22%) AIX
15 1 (0.22%) Rocky
15 1 (0.22%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (26.50%) Problem-Solving
2 102 (22.72%) ITIL
3 84 (18.71%) CI/CD
4 79 (17.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 75 (16.70%) Infrastructure as Code
6 66 (14.70%) DevOps
7 63 (14.03%) Agile
8 55 (12.25%) Customer Service
8 55 (12.25%) Load Balancing
9 53 (11.80%) Cybersecurity
9 53 (11.80%) ITSM
10 50 (11.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 46 (10.24%) Platform Engineering
12 45 (10.02%) Service Management
13 44 (9.80%) High Availability
14 43 (9.58%) Incident Response
14 43 (9.58%) Migration
14 43 (9.58%) SIEM
15 41 (9.13%) Stakeholder Management
16 40 (8.91%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 145 (32.29%) Python
2 102 (22.72%) PowerShell
3 87 (19.38%) Bash
4 23 (5.12%) C++
5 22 (4.90%) JavaScript
6 18 (4.01%) SQL
7 16 (3.56%) C#
8 14 (3.12%) Perl
9 13 (2.90%) Shell Script
10 11 (2.45%) Bicep
11 8 (1.78%) Java
11 8 (1.78%) Korn
12 7 (1.56%) VBA
13 5 (1.11%) ActionScript
13 5 (1.11%) Go
14 4 (0.89%) C
15 3 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.67%) VBScript
16 2 (0.45%) Objective-C
16 2 (0.45%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 124 (27.62%) Security Cleared
2 71 (15.81%) SC Cleared
3 58 (12.92%) Degree
4 51 (11.36%) DV Cleared
5 48 (10.69%) Cisco Certification
6 37 (8.24%) CCNP
7 26 (5.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (4.90%) CCNA
9 19 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (3.34%) Network+ Certification
11 13 (2.90%) A+ Certification
11 13 (2.90%) CCIE
12 12 (2.67%) AWS Certification
12 12 (2.67%) Azure Certification
12 12 (2.67%) CISSP
12 12 (2.67%) VCAP
13 8 (1.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 8 (1.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 5 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (1.11%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.12%) SLA
2 14 (3.12%) QA
3 10 (2.23%) NCSC
4 8 (1.78%) NIST
5 5 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.89%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 4 (0.89%) GDPR
6 4 (0.89%) GxP
6 4 (0.89%) NIST 800
6 4 (0.89%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.45%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.22%) RMADS
System Software
1 138 (30.73%) Active Directory
2 91 (20.27%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (8.91%) Hyper-V
4 32 (7.13%) Docker
5 24 (5.35%) vSphere
6 23 (5.12%) VMware NSX
7 18 (4.01%) Firmware
8 14 (3.12%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (1.11%) NFS
10 5 (1.11%) Squid
11 4 (0.89%) VMware ESXi
12 3 (0.67%) VirtualBox
13 2 (0.45%) KVM
13 2 (0.45%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.22%) GPFS
14 1 (0.22%) Lustre
14 1 (0.22%) Veritas Volume Manager
14 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 104 (23.16%) Ansible
2 63 (14.03%) Microsoft Intune
3 50 (11.14%) Kubernetes
4 35 (7.80%) SCCM
5 27 (6.01%) Grafana
6 18 (4.01%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (3.56%) Prometheus
7 16 (3.56%) VxRail
8 12 (2.67%) FortiGate
8 12 (2.67%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (1.56%) WSUS
10 6 (1.34%) Istio
10 6 (1.34%) systemd
11 5 (1.11%) Puppet
11 5 (1.11%) Suricata
12 4 (0.89%) Consul
12 4 (0.89%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.67%) Packer
13 3 (0.67%) SELinux
13 3 (0.67%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 186 (41.43%) Microsoft
2 101 (22.49%) VMware
3 83 (18.49%) Cisco
4 53 (11.80%) F5
5 50 (11.14%) ServiceNow
6 23 (5.12%) NetApp
7 22 (4.90%) Google
8 21 (4.68%) Fortinet
8 21 (4.68%) Zscaler
9 18 (4.01%) Blue Coat
9 18 (4.01%) Infoblox
9 18 (4.01%) Juniper
10 17 (3.79%) McAfee
10 17 (3.79%) Palo Alto
11 16 (3.56%) Citrix
12 15 (3.34%) Splunk
13 14 (3.12%) Bloomberg
13 14 (3.12%) Red Hat
14 13 (2.90%) CheckPoint
15 11 (2.45%) Arista