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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 217 256
Rank change year-on-year -38 +39 -31
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 373 297 352
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.01% 1.21% 0.93%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.06% 8.99% 6.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 210 255
10th Percentile £213 £213 £184
25th Percentile £378 £387 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £575 £630 £550
90th Percentile £652 £738 £650
UK median daily rate £460 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -12.38% +10.53% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 8 17
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.55 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £28.06 £23.25
Median hourly rate £40.72 £52.25 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -22.07% -7.51% -9.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.06 -
90th Percentile - £65.00 £73.95
UK median hourly rate £40.72 £52.25 £56.49
% change year-on-year -22.07% -7.51% -9.69%

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 3,707 3,305 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.02% 13.51% 13.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,383 2,034 3,199
10th Percentile £213 £213 £205
25th Percentile £375 £375 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £489 £495 £475
% change year-on-year -1.21% +4.21% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 181 114 374
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £18.23
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +7.69% +71.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £64.34
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.21 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -2.86% +7.69% +71.05%

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 19 March 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 19 March 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 19 March 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 -63 115 £475 -7.32% 45
North of England -26 94 £448 +2.69% 59
North West +9 60 £540 +44.00% 30
South East -36 59 £525 -4.55% 50
East of England +4 55 £350 -24.73% 24
South West -13 33 £700 +13.82% 25
Midlands -48 32 £200 -60.00% 23
West Midlands -33 31 £200 -4.76% 15
Yorkshire -47 31 £443 -23.04% 22
North East -12 3 £200 +6.67% 10
East Midlands -41 1 £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 20 (5.36%) Confluence
2 18 (4.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (4.83%) SharePoint
3 14 (3.75%) Skype for Business
4 9 (2.41%) nginx
5 7 (1.88%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.80%) Apache
7 2 (0.54%) IIS
7 2 (0.54%) WordPress
8 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.27%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.27%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 1 (0.27%) Traefik
8 1 (0.27%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.27%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 39 (10.46%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.68%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.61%) Weka
4 5 (1.34%) Acrobat
5 4 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) RMDS
1 1 (0.27%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 89 (23.86%) Azure
2 83 (22.25%) AWS
3 66 (17.69%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (7.24%) GCP
5 20 (5.36%) Entra ID
6 19 (5.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 14 (3.75%) Amazon S3
8 13 (3.49%) Amazon EC2
9 12 (3.22%) Route 53
10 10 (2.68%) Amazon EKS
11 9 (2.41%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (2.41%) Serverless
12 8 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (2.14%) GitHub
13 7 (1.88%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (1.88%) Nutanix
13 7 (1.88%) SaaS
14 6 (1.61%) Google Workspace
15 5 (1.34%) Akamai
Communications & Networking
1 199 (53.35%) DNS
2 120 (32.17%) Firewall
3 92 (24.66%) DHCP
4 90 (24.13%) VPN
5 78 (20.91%) WAN
6 70 (18.77%) LAN
7 55 (14.75%) SSL
8 54 (14.48%) Network Security
9 52 (13.94%) HTTP
10 48 (12.87%) VLAN
11 41 (10.99%) BIG-IP
12 38 (10.19%) BGP
12 38 (10.19%) Wireshark
13 34 (9.12%) Wi-Fi
14 33 (8.85%) OSPF
15 30 (8.04%) Ethernet
16 26 (6.97%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 21 (5.63%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
18 20 (5.36%) Wireless
19 14 (3.75%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.22%) Elasticsearch
1 12 (3.22%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.07%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.27%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.27%) Big Data
4 1 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (0.27%) Impala
4 1 (0.27%) MySQL
4 1 (0.27%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.27%) Power BI
4 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (9.65%) JIRA
2 30 (8.04%) Fiddler
3 22 (5.90%) GitLab
4 14 (3.75%) Eclipse
4 14 (3.75%) Jenkins
4 14 (3.75%) Visual Studio
5 13 (3.49%) Git
6 7 (1.88%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.88%) SonarQube
7 6 (1.61%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (1.07%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.27%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.27%) GCC
10 1 (0.27%) IntelliJ
10 1 (0.27%) Maven
10 1 (0.27%) MSI
10 1 (0.27%) Subversion
10 1 (0.27%) Travis CI
General
1 141 (37.80%) Social Skills
2 52 (13.94%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (10.46%) Finance
4 36 (9.65%) Banking
5 30 (8.04%) Presentation Skills
5 30 (8.04%) Public Sector
6 24 (6.43%) Investment Banking
7 21 (5.63%) Military
8 18 (4.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (2.41%) Front Office
10 9 (2.41%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.34%) Law
13 4 (1.07%) Legal
14 3 (0.80%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.54%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.54%) Aviation
16 1 (0.27%) Influencing Skills
16 1 (0.27%) Police
Job Titles
1 95 (25.47%) Network Engineer
2 49 (13.14%) Support Engineer
3 43 (11.53%) Analyst
4 37 (9.92%) Web Engineer
5 32 (8.58%) Senior
6 24 (6.43%) Architect
6 24 (6.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (5.63%) Technical Engineer
8 19 (5.09%) Blue Coat Engineer
8 19 (5.09%) IP Network Engineer
8 19 (5.09%) Technical Support
9 18 (4.83%) Technical Analyst
10 17 (4.56%) Junior
10 17 (4.56%) Systems Engineer
11 14 (3.75%) IT Engineer
11 14 (3.75%) IT Support
12 13 (3.49%) 2nd Line Support
12 13 (3.49%) Microsoft Engineer
12 13 (3.49%) Security Engineer
12 13 (3.49%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.83%) LDAP
2 16 (4.29%) Web Services
3 14 (3.75%) Node.js
4 9 (2.41%) 802.1X
4 9 (2.41%) OpenID
5 8 (2.14%) Middleware
5 8 (2.14%) SAML
6 5 (1.34%) FIX Protocol
6 5 (1.34%) JSON
6 5 (1.34%) REST
7 4 (1.07%) Kafka
7 4 (1.07%) NETCONF
7 4 (1.07%) OAuth
7 4 (1.07%) OpenConfig
7 4 (1.07%) RESTCONF
7 4 (1.07%) Ultra Messaging
7 4 (1.07%) YANG
8 3 (0.80%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.80%) React
9 2 (0.54%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.31%) Data Centre
1 31 (8.31%) Management Information System
2 17 (4.56%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.29%) Public Cloud
4 15 (4.02%) Industry 4.0
4 15 (4.02%) Robotics
5 13 (3.49%) NHS
6 12 (3.22%) CMDB
6 12 (3.22%) PKI
7 11 (2.95%) Driving Licence
7 11 (2.95%) Private Cloud
8 10 (2.68%) Cyberattack
8 10 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.68%) Security Operations Centre
8 10 (2.68%) Security Posture
9 9 (2.41%) Cyber Threat
10 8 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.61%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 157 (42.09%) Windows
2 90 (24.13%) Linux
3 50 (13.40%) Windows Server
4 24 (6.43%) Windows 10
5 15 (4.02%) Android
6 12 (3.22%) Unix
7 9 (2.41%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (2.14%) Apple iOS
9 6 (1.61%) Mac OS
9 6 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (1.61%) zOS
10 4 (1.07%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (1.07%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.80%) Debian
11 3 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.80%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.80%) VMS
11 3 (0.80%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.54%) AIX
13 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (30.83%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (14.75%) ITIL
3 54 (14.48%) Agile
4 48 (12.87%) Load Balancing
5 43 (11.53%) DevOps
6 40 (10.72%) CI/CD
7 39 (10.46%) Incident Response
8 37 (9.92%) Customer Service
9 34 (9.12%) Infrastructure as Code
10 33 (8.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 33 (8.85%) SIEM
10 33 (8.85%) Validation
11 32 (8.58%) Cybersecurity
12 31 (8.31%) Data Loss Prevention
12 31 (8.31%) Decision-Making
13 30 (8.04%) Malware Detection/Protection
14 29 (7.77%) Migration
15 27 (7.24%) Root Cause Analysis
16 25 (6.70%) Continuous Improvement
17 24 (6.43%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 89 (23.86%) Python
2 69 (18.50%) PowerShell
3 45 (12.06%) Bash
4 21 (5.63%) JavaScript
5 18 (4.83%) C++
5 18 (4.83%) SQL
6 17 (4.56%) C#
7 9 (2.41%) Java
8 7 (1.88%) Perl
9 6 (1.61%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.34%) C
10 5 (1.34%) Go
11 2 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.54%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.54%) VBA
11 2 (0.54%) VBScript
12 1 (0.27%) Bicep
12 1 (0.27%) Jython
12 1 (0.27%) Ruby
12 1 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 123 (32.98%) Security Cleared
2 97 (26.01%) SC Cleared
3 41 (10.99%) Cisco Certification
3 41 (10.99%) Degree
4 35 (9.38%) DV Cleared
5 32 (8.58%) CCNP
6 19 (5.09%) CCNA
7 17 (4.56%) CompTIA Security+
8 14 (3.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (3.49%) CISSP
9 13 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (2.68%) JNCIS
11 8 (2.14%) MCSE
11 8 (2.14%) Network+ Certification
12 7 (1.88%) Azure Certification
12 7 (1.88%) CCIE
12 7 (1.88%) CompTIA CySA+
12 7 (1.88%) MCSA
13 6 (1.61%) ECDL
13 6 (1.61%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.14%) SLA
2 6 (1.61%) GDPR
3 5 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.07%) NCSC
5 3 (0.80%) NIST
6 2 (0.54%) QA
7 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.27%) GRC
7 1 (0.27%) RMADS
System Software
1 84 (22.52%) Active Directory
2 48 (12.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (7.77%) Docker
4 21 (5.63%) Firmware
5 11 (2.95%) VMware NSX
6 10 (2.68%) Hyper-V
7 8 (2.14%) Squid
7 8 (2.14%) vSphere
8 7 (1.88%) Lustre
8 7 (1.88%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 7 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (1.61%) GPFS
10 5 (1.34%) Virtual Desktop
11 4 (1.07%) KVM
12 2 (0.54%) Ceph
12 2 (0.54%) NFS
12 2 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (0.27%) Samba
13 1 (0.27%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 62 (16.62%) Ansible
2 41 (10.99%) Terraform
3 35 (9.38%) Kubernetes
4 29 (7.77%) SCCM
5 25 (6.70%) Microsoft Intune
6 23 (6.17%) Grafana
7 20 (5.36%) Prometheus
8 19 (5.09%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (3.22%) FortiGate
10 9 (2.41%) Nagios
11 8 (2.14%) Consul
12 6 (1.61%) Puppet
12 6 (1.61%) Tivoli NetView
12 6 (1.61%) WSUS
13 5 (1.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 5 (1.34%) CASB
13 5 (1.34%) Nessus
14 4 (1.07%) ITRS Geneos
15 3 (0.80%) QRadar
15 3 (0.80%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 107 (28.69%) Microsoft
2 70 (18.77%) VMware
3 62 (16.62%) F5
4 46 (12.33%) Cisco
5 34 (9.12%) Blue Coat
6 32 (8.58%) McAfee
7 28 (7.51%) Palo Alto
8 25 (6.70%) Splunk
9 24 (6.43%) Juniper
10 22 (5.90%) Fortinet
10 22 (5.90%) NetApp
11 20 (5.36%) ServiceNow
12 17 (4.56%) Red Hat
13 15 (4.02%) CheckPoint
13 15 (4.02%) Siemens
14 14 (3.75%) Citrix
15 13 (3.49%) SolarWinds
16 12 (3.22%) Aruba
17 11 (2.95%) Meraki
17 11 (2.95%) Veeam