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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 224 259
Rank change year-on-year -47 +35 -35
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 376 279 332
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.99% 1.15% 0.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.04% 8.68% 6.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 198 241
10th Percentile £213 £213 £185
25th Percentile £379 £365 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £503 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.47% +11.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £566 £625 £550
90th Percentile £639 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £453 £513 £475
% change year-on-year -11.61% +7.89% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 9 16
10th Percentile £20.75 £17.87 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £28.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £41.94 £50.00 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -16.12% +60.00% -50.04%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £57.37
90th Percentile £66.99 £65.00 £74.63
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £50.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year -16.12% +60.00% -50.04%

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 3,746 3,216 5,258
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.85% 13.25% 13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,394 2,012 3,180
10th Percentile £213 £213 £205
25th Percentile £393 £363 £350
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 £500 £489 £475
% change year-on-year +2.30% +2.89% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 181 121 383
10th Percentile £15.62 £14.20 £13.57
25th Percentile £19.34 £20.85 £17.72
Median hourly rate £41.94 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.83% +7.69% +71.05%
75th Percentile £67.50 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.01 £69.73
UK median hourly rate £41.24 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +17.83% +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 31 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 31 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 31 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 -60 124 £475 -0.21% 42
North of England -17 96 £450 +3.04% 49
South East -32 61 £525 -4.55% 50
North West +9 60 £540 +66.15% 26
East of England -7 53 £280 -34.88% 20
Yorkshire -41 33 £447 -22.35% 17
Midlands -46 32 £225 -55.00% 25
West Midlands -30 30 £213 +1.19% 17
South West -23 27 £700 +13.82% 25
North East -15 3 £200 -11.11% 7
East Midlands -43 2 £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 19 (5.05%) Confluence
2 16 (4.26%) SharePoint
3 14 (3.72%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (2.66%) nginx
5 9 (2.39%) Skype for Business
6 6 (1.60%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.80%) Apache
8 2 (0.53%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.53%) IIS
8 2 (0.53%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.53%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.53%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.53%) WebSphere Portal
8 2 (0.53%) WordPress
9 1 (0.27%) Traefik
Applications
1 36 (9.57%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.66%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.33%) Acrobat
3 5 (1.33%) Weka
4 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 93 (24.73%) Azure
2 87 (23.14%) AWS
3 66 (17.55%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (7.45%) GCP
5 22 (5.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 21 (5.59%) Entra ID
7 17 (4.52%) Amazon S3
8 16 (4.26%) Amazon EC2
9 14 (3.72%) Route 53
10 12 (3.19%) Amazon EKS
10 12 (3.19%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (3.19%) Serverless
11 10 (2.66%) AWS CloudFormation
12 9 (2.39%) Google Workspace
13 8 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (2.13%) GitHub
14 7 (1.86%) Nutanix
14 7 (1.86%) OneDrive
14 7 (1.86%) SaaS
15 6 (1.60%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 202 (53.72%) DNS
2 129 (34.31%) Firewall
3 94 (25.00%) VPN
4 86 (22.87%) DHCP
5 77 (20.48%) WAN
6 68 (18.09%) LAN
7 56 (14.89%) SSL
8 55 (14.63%) HTTP
8 55 (14.63%) Network Security
9 49 (13.03%) VLAN
10 44 (11.70%) BIG-IP
11 39 (10.37%) BGP
12 36 (9.57%) Wireshark
13 34 (9.04%) OSPF
13 34 (9.04%) Wi-Fi
14 30 (7.98%) Ethernet
15 28 (7.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 22 (5.85%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
17 16 (4.26%) Wireless
18 13 (3.46%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.19%) Elasticsearch
1 12 (3.19%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.33%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.53%) MySQL
5 1 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 39 (10.37%) JIRA
2 30 (7.98%) Fiddler
3 22 (5.85%) GitLab
4 15 (3.99%) Git
4 15 (3.99%) Jenkins
5 14 (3.72%) Eclipse
5 14 (3.72%) Visual Studio
6 7 (1.86%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.86%) Browser DevTools
6 7 (1.86%) SonarQube
7 4 (1.06%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.53%) Introscope
8 2 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.53%) Subversion
9 1 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.27%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.27%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.27%) Maven
9 1 (0.27%) Travis CI
General
1 139 (36.97%) Social Skills
2 45 (11.97%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (11.44%) Finance
4 40 (10.64%) Banking
5 27 (7.18%) Investment Banking
6 26 (6.91%) Presentation Skills
6 26 (6.91%) Public Sector
7 21 (5.59%) Military
8 18 (4.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (4.26%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (2.66%) Front Office
10 10 (2.66%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.33%) Law
13 3 (0.80%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.80%) Legal
14 2 (0.53%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.53%) Games
14 2 (0.53%) Japanese Language
14 2 (0.53%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 93 (24.73%) Network Engineer
2 43 (11.44%) Support Engineer
3 42 (11.17%) Analyst
4 40 (10.64%) Web Engineer
5 32 (8.51%) Senior
6 27 (7.18%) Architect
7 23 (6.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 21 (5.59%) Technical Engineer
9 20 (5.32%) Blue Coat Engineer
9 20 (5.32%) IP Network Engineer
10 17 (4.52%) Systems Engineer
11 16 (4.26%) Integration Engineer
11 16 (4.26%) Technical Support
12 15 (3.99%) IT Engineer
12 15 (3.99%) Junior
12 15 (3.99%) Security Engineer
12 15 (3.99%) Technical Analyst
13 13 (3.46%) IT Support
14 12 (3.19%) IT Support Engineer
15 11 (2.93%) Junior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.05%) LDAP
2 16 (4.26%) Web Services
3 14 (3.72%) Node.js
4 9 (2.39%) 802.1X
4 9 (2.39%) OpenID
4 9 (2.39%) SAML
5 7 (1.86%) JSON
6 6 (1.60%) Middleware
7 5 (1.33%) Kafka
7 5 (1.33%) REST
8 4 (1.06%) NETCONF
8 4 (1.06%) OAuth
8 4 (1.06%) OpenConfig
8 4 (1.06%) RESTCONF
8 4 (1.06%) YANG
9 3 (0.80%) ARM Templates
9 3 (0.80%) HTML
9 3 (0.80%) React
10 2 (0.53%) eBPF
10 2 (0.53%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.98%) Data Centre
2 29 (7.71%) Management Information System
3 19 (5.05%) Onboarding
4 15 (3.99%) Industry 4.0
4 15 (3.99%) Public Cloud
4 15 (3.99%) Robotics
5 11 (2.93%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (2.93%) NHS
5 11 (2.93%) PKI
6 10 (2.66%) Cyberattack
6 10 (2.66%) Private Cloud
6 10 (2.66%) Security Operations Centre
6 10 (2.66%) Security Posture
7 9 (2.39%) CMDB
7 9 (2.39%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (2.39%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.60%) iPhone
8 6 (1.60%) Mainframe
8 6 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 156 (41.49%) Windows
2 89 (23.67%) Linux
3 51 (13.56%) Windows Server
4 22 (5.85%) Windows 10
5 16 (4.26%) Android
6 13 (3.46%) Unix
7 9 (2.39%) Apple iOS
7 9 (2.39%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (1.60%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.60%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (1.60%) zOS
9 5 (1.33%) Ubuntu
10 4 (1.06%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.80%) Debian
11 3 (0.80%) VMS
11 3 (0.80%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.53%) AIX
12 2 (0.53%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (29.79%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (15.16%) Agile
3 54 (14.36%) ITIL
4 50 (13.30%) Load Balancing
5 42 (11.17%) DevOps
6 40 (10.64%) CI/CD
7 39 (10.37%) Incident Response
8 36 (9.57%) Customer Service
9 35 (9.31%) Cybersecurity
9 35 (9.31%) SIEM
10 34 (9.04%) Validation
11 33 (8.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 32 (8.51%) Data Loss Prevention
12 32 (8.51%) Infrastructure as Code
13 31 (8.24%) Decision-Making
14 30 (7.98%) Malware Detection/Protection
15 29 (7.71%) Migration
16 27 (7.18%) Root Cause Analysis
16 27 (7.18%) Security Operations
17 24 (6.38%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 90 (23.94%) Python
2 66 (17.55%) PowerShell
3 47 (12.50%) Bash
4 26 (6.91%) JavaScript
5 19 (5.05%) C++
6 16 (4.26%) C#
6 16 (4.26%) SQL
7 7 (1.86%) C
7 7 (1.86%) Java
7 7 (1.86%) Perl
8 6 (1.60%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.33%) Go
10 4 (1.06%) VBA
11 2 (0.53%) Jython
11 2 (0.53%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.53%) VBScript
12 1 (0.27%) Bicep
12 1 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 120 (31.91%) Security Cleared
2 98 (26.06%) SC Cleared
3 44 (11.70%) Degree
4 43 (11.44%) Cisco Certification
5 35 (9.31%) CCNP
6 30 (7.98%) DV Cleared
7 21 (5.59%) CCNA
8 17 (4.52%) CompTIA Security+
9 15 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (3.46%) CISSP
11 12 (3.19%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (2.66%) JNCIS
13 8 (2.13%) MCSA
13 8 (2.13%) MCSE
14 7 (1.86%) Azure Certification
14 7 (1.86%) CCIE
14 7 (1.86%) CompTIA CySA+
15 6 (1.60%) Network+ Certification
16 4 (1.06%) CISM
16 4 (1.06%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.13%) SLA
2 6 (1.60%) GDPR
2 6 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.06%) NCSC
3 4 (1.06%) NIST
4 2 (0.53%) QA
5 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.27%) GRC
5 1 (0.27%) RMADS
System Software
1 77 (20.48%) Active Directory
2 49 (13.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (7.71%) Docker
4 21 (5.59%) Firmware
5 10 (2.66%) VMware NSX
6 9 (2.39%) Hyper-V
6 9 (2.39%) Squid
7 8 (2.13%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (2.13%) vSphere
8 6 (1.60%) Lustre
8 6 (1.60%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 5 (1.33%) GPFS
10 4 (1.06%) KVM
10 4 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.80%) NFS
12 2 (0.53%) Ceph
12 2 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.27%) iptables
13 1 (0.27%) RHEV
13 1 (0.27%) Samba
Systems Management
1 62 (16.49%) Ansible
2 40 (10.64%) Terraform
3 37 (9.84%) Kubernetes
4 31 (8.24%) SCCM
5 25 (6.65%) Microsoft Intune
6 22 (5.85%) Grafana
7 21 (5.59%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (5.05%) Prometheus
9 13 (3.46%) FortiGate
10 9 (2.39%) Nagios
10 9 (2.39%) WSUS
11 7 (1.86%) Consul
12 6 (1.60%) Tivoli NetView
13 5 (1.33%) CASB
13 5 (1.33%) Nessus
13 5 (1.33%) Puppet
14 4 (1.06%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (1.06%) QRadar
15 3 (0.80%) Red Hat Satellite
16 2 (0.53%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 104 (27.66%) Microsoft
2 69 (18.35%) VMware
3 64 (17.02%) F5
4 48 (12.77%) Cisco
5 34 (9.04%) Blue Coat
6 32 (8.51%) McAfee
7 27 (7.18%) Palo Alto
8 24 (6.38%) Juniper
8 24 (6.38%) Splunk
9 23 (6.12%) NetApp
10 22 (5.85%) Fortinet
11 19 (5.05%) Red Hat
12 18 (4.79%) ServiceNow
13 17 (4.52%) Citrix
14 15 (3.99%) CheckPoint
14 15 (3.99%) Siemens
15 13 (3.46%) SolarWinds
16 12 (3.19%) Aruba
17 11 (2.93%) Meraki
17 11 (2.93%) Veeam