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

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 224 236
Rank change year-on-year -34 +12 -15
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 453 322 335
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.99% 1.17% 1.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.51% 9.58% 8.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 184 202
10th Percentile £207 £207 £206
25th Percentile £313 £350 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £575 £615 £575
90th Percentile £693 £660 £644
UK median daily rate £470 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -6.00% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 31 32
10th Percentile £26.50 £28.00 £31.63
25th Percentile £31.25 £47.88 £63.44
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £72.59 - -
90th Percentile £98.82 £83.00 £67.25
UK median hourly rate £64.24 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -1.17% - +30.00%

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 4,310 3,362 4,166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.44% 12.20% 12.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,606 2,083 2,545
10th Percentile £263 £250 £250
25th Percentile £400 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £504
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -2.38% +0.80%
75th Percentile £590 £600 £614
90th Percentile £687 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +3.52% -3.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 169 277
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.23
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £21.25
Median hourly rate £27.75 £43.50 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year -36.21% -20.73% -1.84%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £84.20 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.14 £46.25 £49.00
% change year-on-year -43.48% -5.61% -12.35%

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 21 August 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 21 August 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 21 August 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 -41 194 £475 -17.39% 56
South East -24 83 £525 +38.34% 76
North of England -55 80 £461 -7.75% 43
North West -19 50 £410 -18.81% 19
South West -9 48 £644 +4.04% 24
Midlands -28 42 £402 -5.63% 29
West Midlands -35 34 £406 +1.06% 21
Yorkshire -45 26 £500 -4.76% 16
East of England -20 22 £425 -22.73% 24
East Midlands -13 8 £402 -26.91% 8
North East -35 4 £438 +75.00% 11
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 48 (10.60%) SharePoint
2 27 (5.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.65%) Confluence
4 9 (1.99%) OpenStack
5 6 (1.32%) nginx
6 4 (0.88%) FactoryTalk
7 3 (0.66%) IIS
7 3 (0.66%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.44%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.44%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.44%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.44%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.22%) CICS
Applications
1 20 (4.42%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (3.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.77%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.44%) Houdini
5 2 (0.44%) NUKE
6 1 (0.22%) Weka
Business Applications
1 7 (1.55%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 168 (37.09%) Azure
2 115 (25.39%) AWS
3 110 (24.28%) Microsoft 365
4 71 (15.67%) Entra ID
5 38 (8.39%) GCP
6 35 (7.73%) OneDrive
7 25 (5.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 20 (4.42%) GitHub
9 13 (2.87%) Azure Monitor
9 13 (2.87%) OpenShift
9 13 (2.87%) Route 53
10 12 (2.65%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (2.43%) AWS CloudFormation
11 11 (2.43%) Google Workspace
12 10 (2.21%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (1.99%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (1.77%) Akamai
14 8 (1.77%) Azure Sentinel
15 7 (1.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 280 (61.81%) DNS
2 205 (45.25%) Firewall
3 175 (38.63%) DHCP
4 144 (31.79%) VPN
5 87 (19.21%) Network Security
6 85 (18.76%) WAN
7 74 (16.34%) LAN
8 70 (15.45%) VLAN
9 68 (15.01%) BGP
10 63 (13.91%) HTTP
11 53 (11.70%) SSL
12 45 (9.93%) Wi-Fi
13 41 (9.05%) OSPF
14 39 (8.61%) BIG-IP
15 37 (8.17%) Wireless
16 34 (7.51%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 26 (5.74%) SD-WAN
18 24 (5.30%) Ethernet
19 23 (5.08%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
20 22 (4.86%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
1 12 (2.65%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.32%) MySQL
3 5 (1.10%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.88%) MongoDB
4 4 (0.88%) SQLite
5 3 (0.66%) KDB
5 3 (0.66%) Redis
6 2 (0.44%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.22%) Cloud Spanner
7 1 (0.22%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 44 (9.71%) JIRA
2 30 (6.62%) Git
3 26 (5.74%) Jenkins
4 19 (4.19%) GitLab
5 16 (3.53%) Fiddler
6 14 (3.09%) Visual Studio
7 13 (2.87%) Eclipse
8 10 (2.21%) Browser DevTools
9 7 (1.55%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (1.10%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.66%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.44%) Introscope
12 2 (0.44%) Selenium
12 2 (0.44%) Subversion
13 1 (0.22%) MSI
13 1 (0.22%) Postman
13 1 (0.22%) SonarQube
General
1 176 (38.85%) Social Skills
2 69 (15.23%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (12.80%) Finance
4 43 (9.49%) Banking
5 29 (6.40%) Public Sector
6 23 (5.08%) Telecoms
7 21 (4.64%) Investment Banking
8 16 (3.53%) Military
9 13 (2.87%) Front Office
10 10 (2.21%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.10%) Legal
13 5 (1.10%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.10%) Police
14 4 (0.88%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.88%) Automotive
14 4 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.66%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 94 (20.75%) Network Engineer
2 64 (14.13%) Support Engineer
3 59 (13.02%) Senior
4 52 (11.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 38 (8.39%) Architect
6 36 (7.95%) IT Support
7 35 (7.73%) Analyst
8 32 (7.06%) IT Engineer
9 28 (6.18%) IT Support Engineer
10 23 (5.08%) Platform Engineer
10 23 (5.08%) Web Engineer
11 22 (4.86%) Security Engineer
11 22 (4.86%) Senior Network Engineer
12 20 (4.42%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (3.31%) Blue Coat Engineer
13 15 (3.31%) IP Network Engineer
13 15 (3.31%) Linux Engineer
13 15 (3.31%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
14 14 (3.09%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 14 (3.09%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (18.98%) Terraform
2 20 (4.42%) SAML
3 13 (2.87%) Node.js
3 13 (2.87%) Web Services
4 12 (2.65%) ARM Templates
4 12 (2.65%) REST
5 11 (2.43%) 802.1X
5 11 (2.43%) JSON
6 9 (1.99%) .NET
7 8 (1.77%) LDAP
8 6 (1.32%) Kafka
8 6 (1.32%) NETCONF
8 6 (1.32%) OpenConfig
8 6 (1.32%) RESTCONF
8 6 (1.32%) YANG
9 5 (1.10%) HTML
9 5 (1.10%) OAuth
9 5 (1.10%) OpenID
9 5 (1.10%) Software Packaging
10 4 (0.88%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 77 (17.00%) Data Centre
2 54 (11.92%) Onboarding
3 32 (7.06%) PKI
4 30 (6.62%) Hybrid Cloud
5 27 (5.96%) Management Information System
6 24 (5.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 19 (4.19%) Linux Command Line
8 17 (3.75%) Public Cloud
8 17 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (2.87%) Operational Technology
10 12 (2.65%) Cloud Native
11 11 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (2.43%) Cyber Threat
11 11 (2.43%) SCADA
12 10 (2.21%) Driving Licence
12 10 (2.21%) Security Posture
13 9 (1.99%) Private Cloud
13 9 (1.99%) Security Operations Centre
14 8 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
15 7 (1.55%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 211 (46.58%) Windows
2 127 (28.04%) Linux
3 63 (13.91%) Windows Server
4 39 (8.61%) Windows 10
5 35 (7.73%) Mac OS
6 22 (4.86%) Unix
7 17 (3.75%) Apple iOS
7 17 (3.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 14 (3.09%) Ubuntu
9 13 (2.87%) Android
10 4 (0.88%) zOS
11 3 (0.66%) CentOS
11 3 (0.66%) Check Point GAiA
11 3 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.44%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.44%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.22%) SUSE
13 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (25.83%) Problem-Solving
2 104 (22.96%) ITIL
3 81 (17.88%) CI/CD
4 75 (16.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 71 (15.67%) Infrastructure as Code
6 63 (13.91%) Agile
6 63 (13.91%) DevOps
7 56 (12.36%) Cybersecurity
8 54 (11.92%) ITSM
9 53 (11.70%) Load Balancing
10 51 (11.26%) Customer Service
11 47 (10.38%) Continuous Improvement
12 46 (10.15%) High Availability
12 46 (10.15%) Incident Response
12 46 (10.15%) Service Management
13 45 (9.93%) SIEM
14 44 (9.71%) Technical Leadership
15 42 (9.27%) Migration
15 42 (9.27%) Platform Engineering
16 41 (9.05%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 145 (32.01%) Python
2 98 (21.63%) PowerShell
3 83 (18.32%) Bash
4 25 (5.52%) C++
5 24 (5.30%) JavaScript
6 19 (4.19%) SQL
7 18 (3.97%) C#
8 11 (2.43%) Perl
9 10 (2.21%) Bicep
9 10 (2.21%) Shell Script
10 8 (1.77%) Java
11 7 (1.55%) VBA
12 5 (1.10%) ActionScript
13 4 (0.88%) C
13 4 (0.88%) Go
13 4 (0.88%) Korn
14 3 (0.66%) VBScript
15 2 (0.44%) Jython
15 2 (0.44%) Objective-C
15 2 (0.44%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 133 (29.36%) Security Cleared
2 84 (18.54%) SC Cleared
3 61 (13.47%) Degree
4 58 (12.80%) Cisco Certification
5 52 (11.48%) DV Cleared
6 43 (9.49%) CCNP
7 28 (6.18%) CCNA
8 24 (5.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (3.31%) CCIE
10 15 (3.31%) Network+ Certification
11 12 (2.65%) A+ Certification
11 12 (2.65%) Azure Certification
11 12 (2.65%) CISSP
11 12 (2.65%) VCAP
12 11 (2.43%) AWS Certification
13 7 (1.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 7 (1.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 6 (1.32%) JNCIE
15 5 (1.10%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.86%) SLA
2 11 (2.43%) QA
3 10 (2.21%) NIST
4 9 (1.99%) NCSC
5 7 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.10%) GDPR
7 4 (0.88%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.88%) GxP
7 4 (0.88%) NIST 800
7 4 (0.88%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.44%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.22%) RMADS
System Software
1 132 (29.14%) Active Directory
2 88 (19.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (7.73%) Hyper-V
4 28 (6.18%) Docker
5 24 (5.30%) vSphere
6 23 (5.08%) VMware NSX
7 18 (3.97%) Firmware
8 13 (2.87%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (1.32%) Squid
10 3 (0.66%) NFS
10 3 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.66%) VirtualBox
10 3 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.44%) KVM
12 1 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.22%) GPFS
12 1 (0.22%) Lustre
12 1 (0.22%) NDS
12 1 (0.22%) RACF
12 1 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 99 (21.85%) Ansible
2 59 (13.02%) Microsoft Intune
3 47 (10.38%) Kubernetes
4 31 (6.84%) SCCM
5 24 (5.30%) Grafana
5 24 (5.30%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (3.53%) VxRail
7 13 (2.87%) FortiGate
7 13 (2.87%) Prometheus
8 11 (2.43%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (1.55%) WSUS
10 6 (1.32%) systemd
11 5 (1.10%) Suricata
12 4 (0.88%) Consul
12 4 (0.88%) Istio
13 3 (0.66%) Puppet
13 3 (0.66%) SELinux
13 3 (0.66%) Tivoli
13 3 (0.66%) Tivoli NetView
13 3 (0.66%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 182 (40.18%) Microsoft
2 98 (21.63%) VMware
3 85 (18.76%) Cisco
4 58 (12.80%) F5
5 48 (10.60%) ServiceNow
6 26 (5.74%) Google
7 25 (5.52%) Fortinet
7 25 (5.52%) Zscaler
8 23 (5.08%) Palo Alto
9 21 (4.64%) Juniper
10 20 (4.42%) Blue Coat
11 19 (4.19%) NetApp
12 18 (3.97%) CheckPoint
12 18 (3.97%) Infoblox
12 18 (3.97%) McAfee
13 17 (3.75%) Citrix
14 15 (3.31%) Splunk
15 13 (2.87%) Bloomberg
15 13 (2.87%) Red Hat
16 11 (2.43%) SolarWinds