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 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 228 282
Rank change year-on-year -45 +54 -51
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 379 291 307
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.87% 1.16% 0.82%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.24% 9.05% 6.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 191 205
10th Percentile £212 £220 £188
25th Percentile £350 £350 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.50% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £568 £623 £560
90th Percentile £638 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 16 30
10th Percentile £21.25 £18.63 £18.25
25th Percentile £25.00 £38.09 £48.81
Median hourly rate £32.50 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.00% -3.85% +17.49%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile - - £67.50
UK median hourly rate £33.86 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -45.82% -3.85% +17.49%

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 4,103 3,217 4,817
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.45% 12.82% 12.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,542 1,995 2,871
10th Percentile £250 £230 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.93% -0.92% -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £481 £500
% change year-on-year +3.95% -3.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 282 133 396
10th Percentile £16.04 £14.69 £13.68
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.82 £17.69
Median hourly rate £28.96 £40.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -27.60% -12.82% +141.47%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.35 £73.88
UK median hourly rate £27.88 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -38.04% - +136.84%

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 25 June 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 25 June 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 25 June 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 -58 151 £475 +1.33% 42
North of England -34 87 £450 +5.70% 41
South East -36 61 £525 +16.67% 63
North West +4 55 £508 +79.65% 25
East of England -14 37 £175 -59.30% 34
Midlands -43 35 £413 -25.00% 26
West Midlands -37 31 £400 -20.00% 18
Yorkshire -57 28 £447 -10.60% 13
South West -45 20 £500 -18.70% 26
East Midlands -21 4 £563 +2.27% 8
North East -34 4 £306 +22.50% 7
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 22 (5.80%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.96%) Confluence
3 12 (3.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (2.64%) nginx
5 4 (1.06%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.79%) IIS
6 3 (0.79%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.53%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (0.53%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.53%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.53%) WebSphere Portal
8 1 (0.26%) CICS
8 1 (0.26%) Traefik
Applications
1 29 (7.65%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.85%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.53%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.26%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 104 (27.44%) Azure
2 93 (24.54%) AWS
3 69 (18.21%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (8.97%) Entra ID
5 31 (8.18%) GCP
6 29 (7.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 22 (5.80%) Route 53
8 17 (4.49%) OneDrive
9 16 (4.22%) Amazon EC2
10 15 (3.96%) Amazon EKS
10 15 (3.96%) Amazon S3
11 13 (3.43%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (3.43%) Serverless
12 11 (2.90%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (2.90%) GitHub
12 11 (2.90%) Google Workspace
13 7 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (1.85%) IaaS
13 7 (1.85%) SaaS
14 6 (1.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 205 (54.09%) DNS
2 147 (38.79%) Firewall
3 94 (24.80%) DHCP
4 90 (23.75%) VPN
5 71 (18.73%) WAN
6 68 (17.94%) Network Security
7 63 (16.62%) LAN
8 55 (14.51%) SSL
9 54 (14.25%) HTTP
10 53 (13.98%) BGP
11 50 (13.19%) BIG-IP
11 50 (13.19%) VLAN
12 37 (9.76%) Ethernet
13 34 (8.97%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 34 (8.97%) OSPF
14 29 (7.65%) Wireshark
15 28 (7.39%) Wi-Fi
16 23 (6.07%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
17 20 (5.28%) SD-WAN
18 19 (5.01%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.90%) Elasticsearch
2 9 (2.37%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.53%) MySQL
5 2 (0.53%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.26%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.26%) KDB
6 1 (0.26%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 46 (12.14%) JIRA
2 23 (6.07%) Fiddler
3 15 (3.96%) GitLab
4 14 (3.69%) Visual Studio
5 13 (3.43%) Eclipse
5 13 (3.43%) Jenkins
6 10 (2.64%) Git
7 9 (2.37%) Browser DevTools
8 7 (1.85%) Bitbucket
8 7 (1.85%) SonarQube
9 5 (1.32%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.79%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.53%) Introscope
11 2 (0.53%) Subversion
12 1 (0.26%) MSI
12 1 (0.26%) Postman
General
1 151 (39.84%) Social Skills
2 57 (15.04%) Finance
3 50 (13.19%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (10.03%) Banking
5 25 (6.60%) Investment Banking
6 22 (5.80%) Presentation Skills
7 20 (5.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (5.01%) Documentation Skills
9 18 (4.75%) Public Sector
10 16 (4.22%) Military
11 12 (3.17%) Telecoms
12 9 (2.37%) Front Office
13 5 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.06%) Legal
15 2 (0.53%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.53%) Japanese Language
15 2 (0.53%) Law
15 2 (0.53%) Retail
15 2 (0.53%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 87 (22.96%) Network Engineer
2 43 (11.35%) Architect
3 38 (10.03%) Support Engineer
4 35 (9.23%) Analyst
5 30 (7.92%) Web Engineer
6 25 (6.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 24 (6.33%) Security Engineer
8 23 (6.07%) Senior
9 22 (5.80%) Technical Engineer
10 21 (5.54%) IT Support
11 20 (5.28%) Systems Engineer
12 17 (4.49%) Blue Coat Engineer
12 17 (4.49%) IP Network Engineer
13 15 (3.96%) IT Engineer
14 14 (3.69%) Junior
14 14 (3.69%) Software Engineer
15 13 (3.43%) C# Software Engineer
15 13 (3.43%) Technical Support
16 12 (3.17%) IT Support Engineer
17 11 (2.90%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.28%) LDAP
2 17 (4.49%) SAML
3 13 (3.43%) Node.js
3 13 (3.43%) Web Services
4 11 (2.90%) OpenID
5 10 (2.64%) JSON
6 8 (2.11%) 802.1X
6 8 (2.11%) REST
7 6 (1.58%) .NET
8 5 (1.32%) OAuth
9 4 (1.06%) ARM Templates
10 3 (0.79%) HTML
10 3 (0.79%) Kafka
10 3 (0.79%) Middleware
10 3 (0.79%) NETCONF
10 3 (0.79%) OpenConfig
10 3 (0.79%) RESTCONF
10 3 (0.79%) WinForms
10 3 (0.79%) YANG
11 2 (0.53%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 53 (13.98%) Data Centre
2 36 (9.50%) Onboarding
3 21 (5.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 21 (5.54%) Management Information System
4 15 (3.96%) Industry 4.0
4 15 (3.96%) Robotics
4 15 (3.96%) Security Posture
5 13 (3.43%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (2.64%) Cloud Native
7 9 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
7 9 (2.37%) Private Cloud
8 8 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.11%) Security Operations Centre
9 7 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
9 7 (1.85%) Public Cloud
9 7 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.58%) NHS
10 6 (1.58%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 150 (39.58%) Windows
2 66 (17.41%) Linux
3 40 (10.55%) Windows Server
4 30 (7.92%) Mac OS
5 24 (6.33%) Windows 10
6 17 (4.49%) Apple iOS
7 16 (4.22%) Unix
8 10 (2.64%) Android
9 7 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (1.58%) Ubuntu
11 5 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (1.32%) zOS
12 3 (0.79%) Check Point GAiA
12 3 (0.79%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.53%) CentOS
13 2 (0.53%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.53%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (27.97%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (18.21%) ITIL
3 57 (15.04%) Agile
4 49 (12.93%) Load Balancing
5 45 (11.87%) Customer Service
6 41 (10.82%) Incident Response
7 40 (10.55%) CI/CD
7 40 (10.55%) DevOps
8 38 (10.03%) High Availability
9 37 (9.76%) Migration
10 35 (9.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 34 (8.97%) Infrastructure as Code
12 32 (8.44%) ITSM
13 31 (8.18%) Decision-Making
14 30 (7.92%) Stakeholder Management
15 29 (7.65%) Validation
16 28 (7.39%) Root Cause Analysis
17 27 (7.12%) SIEM
18 25 (6.60%) Risk Assessment
19 24 (6.33%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 97 (25.59%) Python
2 44 (11.61%) PowerShell
3 43 (11.35%) Bash
4 28 (7.39%) JavaScript
5 21 (5.54%) C++
6 16 (4.22%) C#
7 10 (2.64%) SQL
8 9 (2.37%) VBA
9 5 (1.32%) ActionScript
9 5 (1.32%) C
10 4 (1.06%) Perl
11 3 (0.79%) Go
11 3 (0.79%) Java
12 2 (0.53%) Jython
12 2 (0.53%) Ruby
12 2 (0.53%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.26%) Groovy
13 1 (0.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 93 (24.54%) Security Cleared
2 75 (19.79%) SC Cleared
3 67 (17.68%) Degree
4 43 (11.35%) Cisco Certification
5 33 (8.71%) CCNP
6 24 (6.33%) CCNA
7 18 (4.75%) CISSP
8 17 (4.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (4.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 16 (4.22%) DV Cleared
10 12 (3.17%) CompTIA Security+
11 11 (2.90%) CCIE
12 10 (2.64%) Azure Certification
12 10 (2.64%) MCSA
13 8 (2.11%) MCSE
14 7 (1.85%) Network+ Certification
15 5 (1.32%) CISM
15 5 (1.32%) CompTIA CySA+
16 4 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 4 (1.06%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.85%) NCSC
1 7 (1.85%) SLA
2 6 (1.58%) QA
3 5 (1.32%) GDPR
3 5 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.32%) NIST
4 3 (0.79%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.53%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.53%) RMADS
6 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.26%) GRC
System Software
1 78 (20.58%) Active Directory
2 45 (11.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (4.75%) Firmware
4 13 (3.43%) Squid
5 12 (3.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (2.64%) Docker
7 9 (2.37%) Hyper-V
7 9 (2.37%) VMware NSX
8 6 (1.58%) vSphere
9 4 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.79%) NFS
11 2 (0.53%) KVM
11 2 (0.53%) VirtualBox
12 1 (0.26%) GPFS
12 1 (0.26%) Lustre
12 1 (0.26%) RACF
12 1 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.26%) Snort
Systems Management
1 60 (15.83%) Ansible
2 42 (11.08%) Terraform
3 30 (7.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 28 (7.39%) Kubernetes
5 25 (6.60%) Single Sign-On
6 21 (5.54%) Grafana
6 21 (5.54%) SCCM
7 17 (4.49%) FortiGate
8 16 (4.22%) Prometheus
9 11 (2.90%) Jamf Pro
10 9 (2.37%) Consul
11 8 (2.11%) WSUS
12 6 (1.58%) CASB
13 5 (1.32%) Nessus
13 5 (1.32%) Suricata
14 4 (1.06%) Nagios
14 4 (1.06%) Tivoli NetView
15 3 (0.79%) Puppet
15 3 (0.79%) Tivoli
16 2 (0.53%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 127 (33.51%) Microsoft
2 63 (16.62%) F5
3 58 (15.30%) Cisco
4 55 (14.51%) VMware
5 30 (7.92%) ServiceNow
6 28 (7.39%) Blue Coat
7 25 (6.60%) Google
8 23 (6.07%) Fortinet
8 23 (6.07%) Palo Alto
9 22 (5.80%) McAfee
10 21 (5.54%) Citrix
11 20 (5.28%) Infoblox
11 20 (5.28%) Zscaler
12 18 (4.75%) NetApp
13 17 (4.49%) Siemens
14 16 (4.22%) Juniper
14 16 (4.22%) Splunk
15 14 (3.69%) CheckPoint
15 14 (3.69%) Red Hat
16 13 (3.43%) Bloomberg