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

 6 months to
25 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 237 204 238
Rank change year-on-year -33 +34 -20
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 396 328 376
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.12% 1.28% 1.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.03% 9.63% 7.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 206 267
10th Percentile £206 £213 £184
25th Percentile £325 £381 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £519 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.33% +9.21% -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £561
90th Percentile £673 £738 £665
UK median daily rate £450 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -7.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 7 22
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.23 £16.73
25th Percentile £21.25 £24.88 £27.50
Median hourly rate £39.50 £54.50 £52.70
Median % change year-on-year -27.52% +3.43% -18.93%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.38 £56.49
90th Percentile - £68.50 £68.66
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £43.50 £52.70
% change year-on-year -9.20% -17.45% -18.93%

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 3,590 3,405 5,240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.18% 13.31% 13.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,318 2,028 3,143
10th Percentile £204 £210 £205
25th Percentile £358 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £478 £500 £483
% change year-on-year -4.45% +3.63% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 101 362
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £14.27
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.75 £19.99
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -22.22% +130.77%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +4.62% -27.78% +131.96%

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 February 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 February 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 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
London -63 121 £492 -1.60% 56
North of England -24 95 £447 -8.17% 55
East of England +5 60 £350 -30.00% 30
South East -21 60 £500 -10.31% 62
North West -6 55 £515 +37.33% 30
Yorkshire -45 37 £443 -23.04% 16
West Midlands -25 36 £173 -18.34% 15
Midlands -40 36 £173 -61.67% 21
South West -28 34 £638 +3.66% 29
North East -20 3 £200 +6.67% 12
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 24 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 21 (5.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (5.05%) Confluence
4 14 (3.54%) Skype for Business
5 9 (2.27%) nginx
6 7 (1.77%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.76%) Apache
8 2 (0.51%) WordPress
9 1 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.25%) IIS
9 1 (0.25%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.25%) Traefik
Applications
1 45 (11.36%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.02%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.52%) Weka
4 5 (1.26%) Acrobat
5 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) RMDS
1 1 (0.25%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 99 (25.00%) AWS
2 95 (23.99%) Azure
3 75 (18.94%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (6.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 24 (6.06%) Amazon S3
6 23 (5.81%) Amazon EC2
7 22 (5.56%) Entra ID
7 22 (5.56%) GCP
8 13 (3.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 13 (3.28%) Amazon ELB
9 12 (3.03%) Route 53
10 10 (2.53%) Amazon EKS
10 10 (2.53%) GitHub
11 9 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (2.27%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (2.27%) Serverless
12 7 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (1.52%) Google Workspace
13 6 (1.52%) OneDrive
13 6 (1.52%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 220 (55.56%) DNS
2 131 (33.08%) Firewall
3 112 (28.28%) VPN
4 109 (27.53%) DHCP
5 71 (17.93%) WAN
6 68 (17.17%) LAN
7 67 (16.92%) SSL
8 57 (14.39%) Network Security
9 54 (13.64%) VLAN
10 44 (11.11%) HTTP
11 42 (10.61%) Wireshark
12 36 (9.09%) BIG-IP
13 30 (7.58%) BGP
13 30 (7.58%) Ethernet
14 29 (7.32%) Wi-Fi
15 27 (6.82%) OSPF
16 21 (5.30%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 21 (5.30%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 16 (4.04%) Wireless
18 14 (3.54%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.79%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.03%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.01%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.25%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.25%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.25%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.25%) Big Data
5 1 (0.25%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.25%) Impala
5 1 (0.25%) MySQL
5 1 (0.25%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.25%) Power BI
5 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (8.33%) JIRA
2 31 (7.83%) GitLab
3 30 (7.58%) Fiddler
4 26 (6.57%) Git
5 23 (5.81%) Jenkins
6 14 (3.54%) Eclipse
6 14 (3.54%) Visual Studio
7 7 (1.77%) Bitbucket
7 7 (1.77%) SonarQube
8 4 (1.01%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.76%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.76%) Subversion
10 2 (0.51%) Maven
10 2 (0.51%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.25%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.25%) GCC
11 1 (0.25%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.25%) MSI
11 1 (0.25%) Travis CI
General
1 150 (37.88%) Social Skills
2 61 (15.40%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 33 (8.33%) Finance
5 32 (8.08%) Banking
6 31 (7.83%) Presentation Skills
7 24 (6.06%) Investment Banking
7 24 (6.06%) Military
8 18 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (2.53%) Telecoms
11 9 (2.27%) Front Office
12 7 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.26%) Law
14 4 (1.01%) Legal
14 4 (1.01%) Local Government
15 2 (0.51%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.51%) Aviation
15 2 (0.51%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 91 (22.98%) Network Engineer
2 53 (13.38%) Support Engineer
3 50 (12.63%) Analyst
4 39 (9.85%) Senior
5 33 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 29 (7.32%) Web Engineer
7 25 (6.31%) Architect
8 23 (5.81%) IT Support
9 20 (5.05%) Technical Engineer
10 19 (4.80%) 2nd Line Support
10 19 (4.80%) IT Engineer
10 19 (4.80%) Junior
10 19 (4.80%) Technical Analyst
11 18 (4.55%) Technical Support
12 17 (4.29%) DevOps Engineer
12 17 (4.29%) Security Engineer
12 17 (4.29%) Systems Engineer
13 16 (4.04%) Blue Coat Engineer
13 16 (4.04%) IP Network Engineer
14 14 (3.54%) Junior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.29%) LDAP
1 17 (4.29%) Web Services
2 14 (3.54%) Node.js
3 10 (2.53%) Middleware
4 9 (2.27%) OpenID
5 6 (1.52%) 802.1X
5 6 (1.52%) REST
6 5 (1.26%) FIX Protocol
6 5 (1.26%) JSON
7 4 (1.01%) React
7 4 (1.01%) SAML
7 4 (1.01%) SOAP
7 4 (1.01%) Ultra Messaging
8 3 (0.76%) .NET
8 3 (0.76%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.76%) ASP.NET Web API
8 3 (0.76%) Express.js
8 3 (0.76%) Kafka
8 3 (0.76%) WCF
8 3 (0.76%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.83%) Management Information System
2 26 (6.57%) Data Centre
3 21 (5.30%) Onboarding
4 16 (4.04%) Public Cloud
5 15 (3.79%) Analytical Mindset
5 15 (3.79%) Industry 4.0
5 15 (3.79%) Robotics
6 13 (3.28%) NHS
7 12 (3.03%) CMDB
7 12 (3.03%) PKI
8 11 (2.78%) Driving Licence
8 11 (2.78%) Private Cloud
9 10 (2.53%) Cyber Threat
9 10 (2.53%) Security Posture
10 8 (2.02%) Cyberattack
10 8 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (2.02%) Security Operations Centre
10 8 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.52%) Grid Computing
12 5 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 176 (44.44%) Windows
2 110 (27.78%) Linux
3 50 (12.63%) Windows Server
4 32 (8.08%) Windows 10
5 14 (3.54%) Android
6 13 (3.28%) Unix
7 10 (2.53%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (2.02%) Apple iOS
8 8 (2.02%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (1.77%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (1.52%) Mac OS
11 5 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (1.26%) Ubuntu
11 5 (1.26%) VMS
12 4 (1.01%) Windows Server 2003
12 4 (1.01%) zOS
13 3 (0.76%) Debian
13 3 (0.76%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.51%) AIX
14 2 (0.51%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (32.07%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (14.65%) ITIL
3 54 (13.64%) Agile
4 53 (13.38%) DevOps
5 50 (12.63%) CI/CD
6 47 (11.87%) Load Balancing
7 43 (10.86%) Incident Response
8 42 (10.61%) Customer Service
8 42 (10.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 41 (10.35%) Infrastructure as Code
10 36 (9.09%) SIEM
11 32 (8.08%) Cybersecurity
11 32 (8.08%) Root Cause Analysis
12 31 (7.83%) Decision-Making
12 31 (7.83%) Validation
13 30 (7.58%) Data Loss Prevention
14 29 (7.32%) Mentoring
15 28 (7.07%) Continuous Improvement
16 27 (6.82%) Malware Detection/Protection
17 26 (6.57%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 100 (25.25%) Python
2 69 (17.42%) PowerShell
3 57 (14.39%) Bash
4 21 (5.30%) JavaScript
5 19 (4.80%) C++
6 18 (4.55%) C#
6 18 (4.55%) SQL
7 11 (2.78%) Java
8 10 (2.53%) Perl
9 7 (1.77%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.52%) C
11 5 (1.26%) Go
12 3 (0.76%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.51%) VBA
13 2 (0.51%) VBScript
14 1 (0.25%) Bicep
14 1 (0.25%) Ruby
14 1 (0.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 133 (33.59%) Security Cleared
2 101 (25.51%) SC Cleared
3 45 (11.36%) Degree
4 36 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
5 32 (8.08%) DV Cleared
6 29 (7.32%) CCNP
7 27 (6.82%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (4.29%) Azure Certification
8 17 (4.29%) Network+ Certification
9 16 (4.04%) CompTIA Security+
10 15 (3.79%) CCNA
11 14 (3.54%) CISSP
12 11 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (2.78%) Server+ Certification
13 10 (2.53%) JNCIS
13 10 (2.53%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 8 (2.02%) CCIE
14 8 (2.02%) MCSE
15 7 (1.77%) MCSA
16 6 (1.52%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.78%) GDPR
2 9 (2.27%) SLA
3 6 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.01%) NCSC
5 3 (0.76%) NIST
5 3 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.51%) QA
7 1 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.25%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.25%) GRC
7 1 (0.25%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.25%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.25%) RMADS
7 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 90 (22.73%) Active Directory
2 55 (13.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 43 (10.86%) Docker
4 23 (5.81%) Hyper-V
5 18 (4.55%) Firmware
6 11 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (2.78%) VMware NSX
7 8 (2.02%) Squid
8 7 (1.77%) Lustre
8 7 (1.77%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 7 (1.77%) vSphere
9 6 (1.52%) GPFS
9 6 (1.52%) KVM
10 5 (1.26%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (1.01%) NFS
12 2 (0.51%) Ceph
12 2 (0.51%) NDS
12 2 (0.51%) Veritas File System
12 2 (0.51%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 80 (20.20%) Ansible
2 51 (12.88%) Terraform
3 39 (9.85%) Kubernetes
4 35 (8.84%) SCCM
5 30 (7.58%) Microsoft Intune
6 23 (5.81%) Grafana
7 20 (5.05%) Prometheus
8 17 (4.29%) Single Sign-On
9 13 (3.28%) FortiGate
10 9 (2.27%) Nagios
11 8 (2.02%) Consul
11 8 (2.02%) Puppet
11 8 (2.02%) WSUS
12 6 (1.52%) QRadar
13 5 (1.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 5 (1.26%) CASB
13 5 (1.26%) Nessus
13 5 (1.26%) Red Hat Satellite
14 4 (1.01%) Nmap
14 4 (1.01%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 120 (30.30%) Microsoft
2 79 (19.95%) VMware
3 66 (16.67%) F5
4 43 (10.86%) Cisco
5 37 (9.34%) Palo Alto
6 34 (8.59%) Blue Coat
7 32 (8.08%) McAfee
8 29 (7.32%) Splunk
9 28 (7.07%) CheckPoint
10 22 (5.56%) Juniper
10 22 (5.56%) NetApp
11 21 (5.30%) Fortinet
12 20 (5.05%) Red Hat
12 20 (5.05%) ServiceNow
13 16 (4.04%) SolarWinds
14 15 (3.79%) Siemens
15 12 (3.03%) Citrix
15 12 (3.03%) Meraki
15 12 (3.03%) Oracle
16 11 (2.78%) Zscaler
235 TCP/IP jobs in England