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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 276 233 276
Rank change year-on-year -43 +43 -45
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 382 290 306
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.88% 1.16% 0.82%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.32% 9.03% 6.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 190 204
10th Percentile £213 £219 £188
25th Percentile £352 £350 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £558 £623 £564
90th Percentile £638 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £481
% change year-on-year -10.00% +3.90% +0.36%
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 4,097 3,211 4,788
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.43% 12.82% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,547 1,997 2,850
10th Percentile £250 £230 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -1.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 134 394
10th Percentile £16.04 £14.69 £13.61
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.98 £17.69
Median hourly rate £29.04 £40.50 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.30% -7.95% +131.58%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.35 £73.60
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £45.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -37.91% +12.50% +110.53%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 -60 150 £475 +1.33% 34
North of England -35 90 £450 +5.82% 40
South East -34 60 £523 +16.11% 63
North West -4 56 £508 +79.65% 24
East of England -15 37 £175 -59.30% 35
Midlands -36 35 £413 -25.00% 28
West Midlands -35 31 £400 -27.27% 18
Yorkshire -53 30 £450 -10.00% 12
South West -29 22 £500 -18.70% 25
East Midlands -21 4 £563 +2.27% 10
North East -34 4 £306 +22.50% 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 22 (5.76%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.45%) Confluence
3 12 (3.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (2.62%) nginx
5 4 (1.05%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.79%) IIS
6 3 (0.79%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.52%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (0.52%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.52%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.52%) WebSphere Portal
8 1 (0.26%) CICS
8 1 (0.26%) Traefik
Applications
1 29 (7.59%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.83%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.05%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.26%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 105 (27.49%) Azure
2 92 (24.08%) AWS
3 71 (18.59%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (8.90%) Entra ID
5 30 (7.85%) GCP
6 28 (7.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 22 (5.76%) Route 53
8 17 (4.45%) OneDrive
9 16 (4.19%) Amazon EC2
10 15 (3.93%) Amazon EKS
10 15 (3.93%) Amazon S3
11 13 (3.40%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (3.40%) Serverless
12 11 (2.88%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (2.88%) GitHub
12 11 (2.88%) Google Workspace
13 9 (2.36%) SaaS
14 7 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (1.83%) IaaS
15 6 (1.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 205 (53.66%) DNS
2 145 (37.96%) Firewall
3 94 (24.61%) DHCP
4 89 (23.30%) VPN
5 71 (18.59%) WAN
6 68 (17.80%) Network Security
7 63 (16.49%) LAN
8 56 (14.66%) SSL
9 55 (14.40%) HTTP
10 52 (13.61%) BGP
11 50 (13.09%) BIG-IP
12 49 (12.83%) VLAN
13 37 (9.69%) Ethernet
14 33 (8.64%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 33 (8.64%) OSPF
15 30 (7.85%) Wi-Fi
15 30 (7.85%) Wireshark
16 23 (6.02%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
17 19 (4.97%) SD-WAN
17 19 (4.97%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.88%) Elasticsearch
2 9 (2.36%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.52%) MySQL
5 2 (0.52%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.26%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.26%) KDB
6 1 (0.26%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 48 (12.57%) JIRA
2 24 (6.28%) Fiddler
3 15 (3.93%) GitLab
4 14 (3.66%) Visual Studio
5 13 (3.40%) Eclipse
5 13 (3.40%) Jenkins
6 10 (2.62%) Git
7 9 (2.36%) Browser DevTools
8 7 (1.83%) Bitbucket
8 7 (1.83%) SonarQube
9 4 (1.05%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.79%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.52%) Introscope
11 2 (0.52%) Subversion
12 1 (0.26%) MSI
12 1 (0.26%) Postman
General
1 152 (39.79%) Social Skills
2 57 (14.92%) Finance
3 50 (13.09%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (9.69%) Banking
5 25 (6.54%) Investment Banking
6 22 (5.76%) Presentation Skills
7 20 (5.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (4.97%) Documentation Skills
9 18 (4.71%) Public Sector
10 17 (4.45%) Military
11 11 (2.88%) Telecoms
12 9 (2.36%) Front Office
13 4 (1.05%) Legal
13 4 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.52%) Aviation
14 2 (0.52%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.52%) Games
14 2 (0.52%) Japanese Language
14 2 (0.52%) Law
14 2 (0.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 89 (23.30%) Network Engineer
2 42 (10.99%) Architect
3 38 (9.95%) Support Engineer
4 35 (9.16%) Analyst
5 31 (8.12%) Web Engineer
6 25 (6.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 24 (6.28%) Security Engineer
8 23 (6.02%) Senior
9 22 (5.76%) Technical Engineer
10 21 (5.50%) IT Support
10 21 (5.50%) Systems Engineer
11 17 (4.45%) Blue Coat Engineer
11 17 (4.45%) IP Network Engineer
12 15 (3.93%) IT Engineer
12 15 (3.93%) Junior
13 14 (3.66%) Software Engineer
14 13 (3.40%) C# Software Engineer
14 13 (3.40%) Technical Support
15 12 (3.14%) Integration Engineer
15 12 (3.14%) IT Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.24%) LDAP
2 17 (4.45%) SAML
3 13 (3.40%) Node.js
3 13 (3.40%) Web Services
4 11 (2.88%) OpenID
5 10 (2.62%) JSON
6 8 (2.09%) 802.1X
6 8 (2.09%) REST
7 6 (1.57%) .NET
8 5 (1.31%) OAuth
9 4 (1.05%) 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 (0.52%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 51 (13.35%) Data Centre
2 38 (9.95%) Onboarding
3 21 (5.50%) Management Information System
4 20 (5.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 15 (3.93%) Industry 4.0
5 15 (3.93%) Robotics
5 15 (3.93%) Security Posture
6 13 (3.40%) Cyber Threat
7 10 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.36%) Cloud Native
9 8 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (2.09%) Private Cloud
9 8 (2.09%) Security Operations Centre
10 7 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (1.83%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (1.83%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.57%) NHS
11 6 (1.57%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 153 (40.05%) Windows
2 68 (17.80%) Linux
3 39 (10.21%) Windows Server
4 30 (7.85%) Mac OS
5 24 (6.28%) Windows 10
6 17 (4.45%) Apple iOS
7 15 (3.93%) Unix
8 11 (2.88%) Android
9 7 (1.83%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (1.57%) Ubuntu
11 5 (1.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (1.31%) zOS
12 3 (0.79%) Check Point GAiA
12 3 (0.79%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.52%) CentOS
13 2 (0.52%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.52%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (28.80%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (18.32%) ITIL
3 57 (14.92%) Agile
4 50 (13.09%) Load Balancing
5 47 (12.30%) Customer Service
6 41 (10.73%) Incident Response
7 40 (10.47%) DevOps
8 39 (10.21%) CI/CD
9 38 (9.95%) High Availability
10 37 (9.69%) Migration
11 36 (9.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 34 (8.90%) Infrastructure as Code
12 34 (8.90%) ITSM
13 31 (8.12%) Validation
14 30 (7.85%) Decision-Making
15 29 (7.59%) Stakeholder Management
16 28 (7.33%) Root Cause Analysis
17 26 (6.81%) Cybersecurity
17 26 (6.81%) SIEM
18 25 (6.54%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 97 (25.39%) Python
2 45 (11.78%) PowerShell
3 43 (11.26%) Bash
4 29 (7.59%) JavaScript
5 21 (5.50%) C++
6 16 (4.19%) C#
7 10 (2.62%) SQL
8 9 (2.36%) VBA
9 5 (1.31%) ActionScript
9 5 (1.31%) C
10 4 (1.05%) Perl
11 3 (0.79%) Go
11 3 (0.79%) Java
12 2 (0.52%) Jython
12 2 (0.52%) Ruby
12 2 (0.52%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.26%) Groovy
13 1 (0.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 94 (24.61%) Security Cleared
2 77 (20.16%) SC Cleared
3 66 (17.28%) Degree
4 42 (10.99%) Cisco Certification
5 32 (8.38%) CCNP
6 24 (6.28%) CCNA
7 18 (4.71%) CISSP
8 17 (4.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (4.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (3.93%) DV Cleared
10 12 (3.14%) CompTIA Security+
11 10 (2.62%) Azure Certification
11 10 (2.62%) CCIE
11 10 (2.62%) MCSA
12 8 (2.09%) MCSE
13 7 (1.83%) Network+ Certification
14 5 (1.31%) CISM
14 5 (1.31%) CompTIA CySA+
15 4 (1.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 4 (1.05%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.83%) SLA
2 6 (1.57%) NCSC
2 6 (1.57%) QA
3 5 (1.31%) GDPR
3 5 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.31%) NIST
4 3 (0.79%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.52%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.52%) RMADS
6 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.26%) GRC
System Software
1 78 (20.42%) Active Directory
2 45 (11.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (4.71%) Firmware
4 13 (3.40%) Squid
5 12 (3.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (2.62%) Docker
7 9 (2.36%) Hyper-V
7 9 (2.36%) VMware NSX
8 6 (1.57%) vSphere
9 4 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.79%) NFS
11 2 (0.52%) KVM
11 2 (0.52%) 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 (15.71%) Ansible
2 41 (10.73%) Terraform
3 32 (8.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 28 (7.33%) Kubernetes
5 25 (6.54%) Single Sign-On
6 21 (5.50%) Grafana
6 21 (5.50%) SCCM
7 17 (4.45%) FortiGate
8 16 (4.19%) Prometheus
9 11 (2.88%) Jamf Pro
10 9 (2.36%) Consul
11 8 (2.09%) WSUS
12 6 (1.57%) CASB
13 5 (1.31%) Nessus
13 5 (1.31%) Suricata
14 4 (1.05%) Nagios
14 4 (1.05%) Tivoli NetView
15 3 (0.79%) Puppet
15 3 (0.79%) Tivoli
16 2 (0.52%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 128 (33.51%) Microsoft
2 63 (16.49%) F5
3 59 (15.45%) Cisco
4 55 (14.40%) VMware
5 30 (7.85%) ServiceNow
6 29 (7.59%) Blue Coat
7 24 (6.28%) Google
8 23 (6.02%) Fortinet
8 23 (6.02%) McAfee
9 22 (5.76%) Palo Alto
10 21 (5.50%) Citrix
11 20 (5.24%) Infoblox
12 19 (4.97%) Zscaler
13 18 (4.71%) NetApp
14 17 (4.45%) Siemens
15 16 (4.19%) Juniper
16 15 (3.93%) Splunk
17 14 (3.66%) CheckPoint
17 14 (3.66%) Red Hat
18 13 (3.40%) Bloomberg