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 28 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 287 229 267
Rank change year-on-year -58 +38 -30
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 355 274 315
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.85% 1.15% 0.86%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.90% 8.80% 6.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 197 218
10th Percentile £220 £225 £186
25th Percentile £381 £350 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - +4.05%
75th Percentile £550 £623 £563
90th Percentile £638 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £460 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -8.00% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 10 21
10th Percentile £21.25 £17.54 £16.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £32.44 £20.00
Median hourly rate £38.58 £58.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.05% -10.00% +10.35%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £58.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -28.31% -10.00% +10.35%

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 3,991 3,115 4,823
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.56% 13.07% 13.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,474 1,948 2,910
10th Percentile £263 £220 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £601
90th Percentile £675 £675 £694
UK median daily rate £500 £484 £500
% change year-on-year +3.31% -3.20% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 116 387
10th Percentile £16.45 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £15.44 £16.30
Median hourly rate £32.50 £39.66 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.05% -0.85% +131.45%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £81.35 £70.26
UK median hourly rate £28.44 £40.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -29.78% +1.25% +116.22%

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 28 May 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 28 May 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 28 May 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 -62 130 £475 - 58
North of England -25 93 £450 +12.50% 35
North West 0 56 £540 +116.00% 20
South East -38 55 £510 +13.33% 68
East of England -16 37 £263 -38.95% 26
Midlands -44 34 £400 -27.27% 23
Yorkshire -48 32 £449 -10.30% 11
West Midlands -39 31 £388 -29.55% 15
South West -25 20 £500 -18.70% 23
North East -26 5 £306 +22.50% 5
East Midlands -30 3 £625 +13.64% 8
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 17 (4.79%) Confluence
2 12 (3.38%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.82%) nginx
4 7 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.13%) IIS
6 3 (0.85%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.85%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.56%) Apache
7 2 (0.56%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (0.56%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.56%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.56%) WebSphere Portal
8 1 (0.28%) CICS
8 1 (0.28%) Traefik
Applications
1 27 (7.61%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.25%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.13%) Acrobat
4 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.28%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 92 (25.92%) Azure
2 90 (25.35%) AWS
3 57 (16.06%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (7.32%) GCP
5 25 (7.04%) Entra ID
5 25 (7.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 16 (4.51%) Amazon EC2
7 15 (4.23%) Amazon EKS
7 15 (4.23%) Amazon S3
8 14 (3.94%) Route 53
9 13 (3.66%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (3.66%) Serverless
10 11 (3.10%) GitHub
11 9 (2.54%) OneDrive
12 7 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.97%) Google Workspace
12 7 (1.97%) Nutanix
13 6 (1.69%) Akamai
13 6 (1.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 6 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 193 (54.37%) DNS
2 127 (35.77%) Firewall
3 86 (24.23%) VPN
4 81 (22.82%) DHCP
5 64 (18.03%) WAN
6 63 (17.75%) Network Security
7 60 (16.90%) SSL
8 59 (16.62%) LAN
9 58 (16.34%) HTTP
10 47 (13.24%) VLAN
11 46 (12.96%) BIG-IP
12 43 (12.11%) BGP
13 34 (9.58%) OSPF
14 32 (9.01%) Ethernet
15 31 (8.73%) Wireshark
16 28 (7.89%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 26 (7.32%) Wi-Fi
18 21 (5.92%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
19 18 (5.07%) Wireless
20 12 (3.38%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.38%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (2.25%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.41%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.28%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.28%) MySQL
6 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 44 (12.39%) JIRA
2 26 (7.32%) Fiddler
3 20 (5.63%) GitLab
4 16 (4.51%) Git
5 15 (4.23%) Jenkins
6 13 (3.66%) Eclipse
6 13 (3.66%) Visual Studio
7 9 (2.54%) Browser DevTools
8 7 (1.97%) Bitbucket
8 7 (1.97%) SonarQube
9 4 (1.13%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.85%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.56%) Introscope
11 2 (0.56%) Subversion
12 1 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.28%) Postman
12 1 (0.28%) Travis CI
General
1 126 (35.49%) Social Skills
2 52 (14.65%) Finance
3 44 (12.39%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (10.42%) Banking
5 24 (6.76%) Public Sector
6 23 (6.48%) Investment Banking
7 22 (6.20%) Presentation Skills
8 19 (5.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (5.07%) Military
10 17 (4.79%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (2.25%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.69%) Front Office
13 5 (1.41%) Law
14 3 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.56%) Aviation
15 2 (0.56%) Games
15 2 (0.56%) Japanese Language
15 2 (0.56%) Retail
15 2 (0.56%) Spanish Language
16 1 (0.28%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 84 (23.66%) Network Engineer
2 39 (10.99%) Analyst
3 34 (9.58%) Web Engineer
4 28 (7.89%) Support Engineer
5 27 (7.61%) Architect
6 26 (7.32%) Senior
7 25 (7.04%) Security Engineer
8 22 (6.20%) Technical Engineer
9 20 (5.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 18 (5.07%) Blue Coat Engineer
10 18 (5.07%) IP Network Engineer
11 17 (4.79%) Systems Engineer
12 16 (4.51%) Junior
13 13 (3.66%) IT Support
13 13 (3.66%) Software Engineer
13 13 (3.66%) Technical Support
14 12 (3.38%) C# Software Engineer
14 12 (3.38%) Integration Engineer
15 11 (3.10%) Junior Network Engineer
15 11 (3.10%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.63%) LDAP
2 15 (4.23%) SAML
3 13 (3.66%) Node.js
3 13 (3.66%) Web Services
4 11 (3.10%) JSON
4 11 (3.10%) OpenID
5 9 (2.54%) 802.1X
6 6 (1.69%) REST
7 5 (1.41%) Kafka
7 5 (1.41%) OAuth
8 3 (0.85%) .NET
8 3 (0.85%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.85%) HTML
8 3 (0.85%) Middleware
8 3 (0.85%) XML
9 2 (0.56%) eBPF
9 2 (0.56%) JDBC
9 2 (0.56%) JMS
9 2 (0.56%) NETCONF
9 2 (0.56%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 35 (9.86%) Data Centre
2 33 (9.30%) Onboarding
3 22 (6.20%) Management Information System
4 16 (4.51%) Cyber Threat
5 15 (4.23%) Industry 4.0
5 15 (4.23%) Robotics
6 12 (3.38%) Security Operations Centre
7 10 (2.82%) Cyberattack
7 10 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (2.82%) Security Posture
8 9 (2.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 8 (2.25%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.97%) PKI
11 6 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.69%) NHS
11 6 (1.69%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.41%) Cloud Security Posture
12 5 (1.41%) Enterprise Storage
12 5 (1.41%) Mainframe
12 5 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 139 (39.15%) Windows
2 74 (20.85%) Linux
3 42 (11.83%) Windows Server
4 20 (5.63%) Mac OS
5 17 (4.79%) Windows 10
6 14 (3.94%) Unix
7 11 (3.10%) Android
7 11 (3.10%) Apple iOS
8 10 (2.82%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (1.97%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (1.69%) Ubuntu
11 5 (1.41%) zOS
12 4 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.85%) Debian
13 3 (0.85%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.85%) Windows Server 2003
14 2 (0.56%) AIX
14 2 (0.56%) CentOS
14 2 (0.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (28.17%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (15.49%) ITIL
3 54 (15.21%) Agile
4 45 (12.68%) DevOps
4 45 (12.68%) Load Balancing
5 42 (11.83%) Incident Response
6 38 (10.70%) CI/CD
7 36 (10.14%) Customer Service
8 32 (9.01%) SIEM
9 31 (8.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 30 (8.45%) Cybersecurity
11 29 (8.17%) Decision-Making
11 29 (8.17%) Validation
12 28 (7.89%) Data Loss Prevention
12 28 (7.89%) Migration
13 27 (7.61%) High Availability
14 26 (7.32%) Infrastructure as Code
14 26 (7.32%) Malware Detection/Protection
14 26 (7.32%) Security Operations
15 25 (7.04%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 82 (23.10%) Python
2 38 (10.70%) Bash
3 35 (9.86%) PowerShell
4 29 (8.17%) JavaScript
5 20 (5.63%) C++
6 16 (4.51%) SQL
7 15 (4.23%) C#
8 9 (2.54%) VBA
9 8 (2.25%) Java
10 7 (1.97%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.69%) C
11 6 (1.69%) Go
12 4 (1.13%) Perl
13 2 (0.56%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.56%) Jython
13 2 (0.56%) Ruby
14 1 (0.28%) Groovy
14 1 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 99 (27.89%) Security Cleared
2 80 (22.54%) SC Cleared
3 54 (15.21%) Degree
4 40 (11.27%) Cisco Certification
5 34 (9.58%) CCNP
6 24 (6.76%) CCNA
7 20 (5.63%) DV Cleared
8 19 (5.35%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (4.23%) CISSP
9 15 (4.23%) CompTIA Security+
10 12 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (2.54%) Azure Certification
11 9 (2.54%) MCSA
12 8 (2.25%) Network+ Certification
13 7 (1.97%) CompTIA CySA+
13 7 (1.97%) JNCIS
13 7 (1.97%) MCSE
14 6 (1.69%) CCIE
15 5 (1.41%) CISM
16 4 (1.13%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.38%) SLA
2 6 (1.69%) GDPR
2 6 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.41%) QA
4 4 (1.13%) NIST
5 3 (0.85%) NCSC
6 2 (0.56%) RMADS
7 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.28%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.28%) GRC
7 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 69 (19.44%) Active Directory
2 44 (12.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (5.07%) Docker
3 18 (5.07%) Firmware
4 13 (3.66%) Squid
5 10 (2.82%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (2.54%) vSphere
7 8 (2.25%) Hyper-V
7 8 (2.25%) VMware NSX
8 7 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (1.13%) KVM
10 3 (0.85%) NFS
11 1 (0.28%) Ceph
11 1 (0.28%) GPFS
11 1 (0.28%) Lustre
11 1 (0.28%) RACF
11 1 (0.28%) RHEV
11 1 (0.28%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.28%) Snort
11 1 (0.28%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 60 (16.90%) Ansible
2 36 (10.14%) Terraform
3 34 (9.58%) Kubernetes
4 26 (7.32%) Grafana
5 25 (7.04%) Microsoft Intune
6 23 (6.48%) SCCM
6 23 (6.48%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (4.51%) FortiGate
7 16 (4.51%) Prometheus
8 10 (2.82%) Nagios
9 9 (2.54%) Consul
10 7 (1.97%) WSUS
11 6 (1.69%) CASB
11 6 (1.69%) Jamf Pro
12 5 (1.41%) Nessus
12 5 (1.41%) Suricata
13 4 (1.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (1.13%) Puppet
13 4 (1.13%) QRadar
13 4 (1.13%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 94 (26.48%) Microsoft
2 60 (16.90%) F5
3 59 (16.62%) VMware
4 49 (13.80%) Cisco
5 32 (9.01%) Blue Coat
6 26 (7.32%) McAfee
7 25 (7.04%) Splunk
8 23 (6.48%) ServiceNow
9 20 (5.63%) Palo Alto
10 19 (5.35%) NetApp
11 18 (5.07%) Citrix
11 18 (5.07%) Red Hat
12 17 (4.79%) Fortinet
12 17 (4.79%) Siemens
13 16 (4.51%) Juniper
14 14 (3.94%) Zscaler
15 13 (3.66%) SolarWinds
16 12 (3.38%) Bloomberg
17 11 (3.10%) Google
17 11 (3.10%) Infoblox