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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 228 267
Rank change year-on-year -56 +39 -28
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 364 280 302
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.85% 1.14% 0.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.00% 8.87% 6.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 192 206
10th Percentile £213 £225 £184
25th Percentile £359 £350 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £623 £560
90th Percentile £638 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 11 22
10th Percentile £21.25 £17.79 £16.25
25th Percentile £25.63 £36.88 £20.81
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 - - -
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 4,045 3,158 4,838
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.50% 12.91% 12.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,509 1,978 2,892
10th Percentile £263 £225 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £590 £600 £601
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £485 £498
% change year-on-year +3.09% -2.51% -2.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 266 123 390
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.30 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £16.30 £16.44
Median hourly rate £30.77 £39.32 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% -1.70% +122.22%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.95 £72.54
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £44.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -37.50% +10.00% +113.73%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -60 142 £475 +2.70% 38
North of England -34 92 £450 +12.50% 41
North West -5 54 £525 +110.00% 25
South East -42 52 £500 +11.11% 66
East of England -12 36 £350 -18.60% 28
Midlands -49 34 £400 -27.27% 27
Yorkshire -47 33 £449 -10.30% 11
West Midlands -38 31 £388 -29.55% 18
South West -22 22 £500 -18.70% 24
North East -26 5 £306 +22.50% 7
East Midlands -32 3 £625 +13.64% 9
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 18 (4.95%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.40%) Confluence
3 10 (2.75%) nginx
4 9 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.10%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.82%) IIS
6 3 (0.82%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.55%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (0.55%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.55%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.55%) WebSphere Portal
8 1 (0.27%) CICS
8 1 (0.27%) Traefik
Applications
1 29 (7.97%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.92%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.10%) Acrobat
4 3 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.27%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 93 (25.55%) Azure
2 87 (23.90%) AWS
3 66 (18.13%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (7.69%) Entra ID
5 27 (7.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 26 (7.14%) GCP
7 16 (4.40%) Amazon EC2
8 15 (4.12%) Amazon EKS
8 15 (4.12%) Amazon S3
8 15 (4.12%) GitHub
8 15 (4.12%) OneDrive
9 14 (3.85%) Route 53
10 13 (3.57%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (3.57%) Serverless
11 11 (3.02%) Google Workspace
12 7 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.92%) Nutanix
12 7 (1.92%) SaaS
13 6 (1.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 6 (1.65%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 196 (53.85%) DNS
2 129 (35.44%) Firewall
3 84 (23.08%) DHCP
4 82 (22.53%) VPN
5 63 (17.31%) WAN
6 59 (16.21%) SSL
7 57 (15.66%) LAN
7 57 (15.66%) Network Security
8 56 (15.38%) HTTP
9 47 (12.91%) BIG-IP
9 47 (12.91%) VLAN
10 44 (12.09%) BGP
11 33 (9.07%) Ethernet
12 31 (8.52%) Wireshark
13 30 (8.24%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 30 (8.24%) OSPF
14 29 (7.97%) Wi-Fi
15 23 (6.32%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 21 (5.77%) Wireless
17 14 (3.85%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.02%) Elasticsearch
2 9 (2.47%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.20%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.37%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.55%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.27%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.27%) MySQL
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 45 (12.36%) JIRA
2 25 (6.87%) Fiddler
3 20 (5.49%) GitLab
4 17 (4.67%) Jenkins
5 15 (4.12%) Git
6 13 (3.57%) Eclipse
6 13 (3.57%) Visual Studio
7 9 (2.47%) Browser DevTools
8 7 (1.92%) Bitbucket
8 7 (1.92%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.82%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.82%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.55%) Introscope
10 2 (0.55%) Subversion
11 1 (0.27%) Postman
General
1 139 (38.19%) Social Skills
2 56 (15.38%) Finance
3 45 (12.36%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (10.99%) Banking
5 26 (7.14%) Investment Banking
6 23 (6.32%) Public Sector
7 22 (6.04%) Presentation Skills
8 20 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (4.95%) Military
10 15 (4.12%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (2.47%) Telecoms
12 8 (2.20%) Front Office
13 5 (1.37%) Law
14 3 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.55%) Aviation
15 2 (0.55%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.55%) Games
15 2 (0.55%) Japanese Language
15 2 (0.55%) Retail
15 2 (0.55%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 87 (23.90%) Network Engineer
2 42 (11.54%) Analyst
3 34 (9.34%) Support Engineer
4 33 (9.07%) Web Engineer
5 30 (8.24%) Architect
6 25 (6.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 25 (6.87%) Senior
7 22 (6.04%) Security Engineer
7 22 (6.04%) Technical Engineer
8 19 (5.22%) IT Support
8 19 (5.22%) Systems Engineer
9 18 (4.95%) Blue Coat Engineer
9 18 (4.95%) IP Network Engineer
10 16 (4.40%) Junior
11 14 (3.85%) Software Engineer
12 13 (3.57%) C# Software Engineer
12 13 (3.57%) Technical Support
13 12 (3.30%) Integration Engineer
13 12 (3.30%) IT Engineer
14 11 (3.02%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.49%) LDAP
2 17 (4.67%) SAML
3 13 (3.57%) Node.js
3 13 (3.57%) Web Services
4 11 (3.02%) OpenID
5 10 (2.75%) 802.1X
5 10 (2.75%) JSON
6 7 (1.92%) REST
7 5 (1.37%) .NET
7 5 (1.37%) Kafka
7 5 (1.37%) OAuth
8 3 (0.82%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.82%) HTML
8 3 (0.82%) Middleware
8 3 (0.82%) WinForms
9 2 (0.55%) Blazor
9 2 (0.55%) eBPF
9 2 (0.55%) NETCONF
9 2 (0.55%) RESTCONF
9 2 (0.55%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 45 (12.36%) Data Centre
2 39 (10.71%) Onboarding
3 21 (5.77%) Management Information System
4 16 (4.40%) Cyber Threat
5 15 (4.12%) Industry 4.0
5 15 (4.12%) Robotics
6 12 (3.30%) Security Operations Centre
7 11 (3.02%) Security Posture
8 10 (2.75%) Cyberattack
8 10 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (2.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 8 (2.20%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.65%) NHS
11 6 (1.65%) PKI
11 6 (1.65%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.37%) Client/Server
12 5 (1.37%) Enterprise Storage
12 5 (1.37%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 149 (40.93%) Windows
2 75 (20.60%) Linux
3 40 (10.99%) Windows Server
4 28 (7.69%) Mac OS
5 20 (5.49%) Windows 10
6 17 (4.67%) Apple iOS
7 15 (4.12%) Unix
8 12 (3.30%) Android
9 9 (2.47%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (1.37%) Ubuntu
11 5 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (1.37%) zOS
12 3 (0.82%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.55%) AIX
13 2 (0.55%) CentOS
13 2 (0.55%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.55%) VMS
13 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (29.12%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (16.76%) ITIL
3 55 (15.11%) Agile
4 46 (12.64%) DevOps
5 44 (12.09%) Load Balancing
6 42 (11.54%) CI/CD
6 42 (11.54%) Customer Service
7 40 (10.99%) Incident Response
8 35 (9.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 34 (9.34%) Migration
10 33 (9.07%) ITSM
11 31 (8.52%) Validation
12 30 (8.24%) Cybersecurity
13 29 (7.97%) Decision-Making
14 28 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
15 27 (7.42%) Data Loss Prevention
15 27 (7.42%) High Availability
15 27 (7.42%) SIEM
16 26 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
17 25 (6.87%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 83 (22.80%) Python
2 38 (10.44%) Bash
3 36 (9.89%) PowerShell
4 29 (7.97%) JavaScript
5 20 (5.49%) C++
6 16 (4.40%) C#
7 15 (4.12%) SQL
8 9 (2.47%) VBA
9 8 (2.20%) Java
10 6 (1.65%) Go
11 5 (1.37%) C
11 5 (1.37%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.10%) ActionScript
12 4 (1.10%) Perl
13 2 (0.55%) Jython
13 2 (0.55%) Ruby
14 1 (0.27%) Groovy
14 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 91 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 72 (19.78%) SC Cleared
3 61 (16.76%) Degree
4 38 (10.44%) Cisco Certification
5 29 (7.97%) CCNP
6 25 (6.87%) CCNA
7 19 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (4.67%) DV Cleared
9 15 (4.12%) CISSP
9 15 (4.12%) CompTIA Security+
10 14 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (2.47%) MCSA
12 8 (2.20%) Azure Certification
13 7 (1.92%) CompTIA CySA+
13 7 (1.92%) MCSE
13 7 (1.92%) Network+ Certification
14 6 (1.65%) CCIE
15 5 (1.37%) CISM
15 5 (1.37%) JNCIS
16 4 (1.10%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.30%) SLA
2 6 (1.65%) QA
3 5 (1.37%) NIST
4 4 (1.10%) GDPR
4 4 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (0.82%) NCSC
6 2 (0.55%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.55%) RMADS
7 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.27%) GRC
System Software
1 74 (20.33%) Active Directory
2 46 (12.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (4.95%) Firmware
4 17 (4.67%) Docker
5 13 (3.57%) Squid
5 13 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (2.47%) Hyper-V
7 8 (2.20%) vSphere
8 7 (1.92%) VMware NSX
9 5 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.82%) KVM
10 3 (0.82%) NFS
11 2 (0.55%) VirtualBox
12 1 (0.27%) Ceph
12 1 (0.27%) GPFS
12 1 (0.27%) Lustre
12 1 (0.27%) RACF
12 1 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.27%) Snort
Systems Management
1 63 (17.31%) Ansible
2 36 (9.89%) Terraform
3 35 (9.62%) Kubernetes
4 28 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 25 (6.87%) Grafana
6 24 (6.59%) Single Sign-On
7 21 (5.77%) SCCM
8 15 (4.12%) FortiGate
8 15 (4.12%) Prometheus
9 11 (3.02%) Jamf Pro
10 9 (2.47%) Consul
11 8 (2.20%) WSUS
12 6 (1.65%) CASB
13 5 (1.37%) Nagios
13 5 (1.37%) Nessus
13 5 (1.37%) Suricata
14 4 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (1.10%) Tivoli NetView
15 3 (0.82%) Puppet
15 3 (0.82%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 109 (29.95%) Microsoft
2 60 (16.48%) F5
3 55 (15.11%) VMware
4 52 (14.29%) Cisco
5 31 (8.52%) Blue Coat
6 30 (8.24%) ServiceNow
7 25 (6.87%) McAfee
8 24 (6.59%) Splunk
9 22 (6.04%) Palo Alto
10 21 (5.77%) Citrix
11 19 (5.22%) NetApp
12 18 (4.95%) Fortinet
13 17 (4.67%) Siemens
14 15 (4.12%) Red Hat
14 15 (4.12%) Zscaler
15 14 (3.85%) Google
16 13 (3.57%) Bloomberg
16 13 (3.57%) Juniper
17 11 (3.02%) Aruba
17 11 (3.02%) Veeam