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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 220 233
Rank change year-on-year -39 +13 -14
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 450 333 336
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.98% 1.20% 1.02%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.37% 9.86% 8.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 187 196
10th Percentile £207 £203 £209
25th Percentile £313 £319 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -
75th Percentile £567 £612 £575
90th Percentile £694 £653 £645
UK median daily rate £461 £463 £450
% change year-on-year -0.27% +2.78% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 31 31
10th Percentile £26.29 £28.00 £30.00
25th Percentile £31.25 £47.88 £63.13
Median hourly rate £63.48 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% - +30.00%
75th Percentile £79.23 - -
90th Percentile £98.82 £83.00 -
UK median hourly rate £63.48 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -2.34% - +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 4,339 3,378 4,039
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.45% 12.17% 12.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,614 2,100 2,422
10th Percentile £263 £242 £250
25th Percentile £400 £364 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £505
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -2.57% +1.00%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £676 £681 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 344 169 259
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £21.37
Median hourly rate £27.11 £42.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -36.21% -24.77% -
75th Percentile £65.88 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.68 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -42.22% -10.00% -9.62%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -35 200 £470 -10.48% 272
South East -34 82 £523 +39.33% 105
North of England -53 73 £425 -20.56% 73
South West 0 47 £638 +4.08% 48
Midlands -27 44 £402 -10.67% 40
North West -41 43 £295 -44.86% 39
West Midlands -23 36 £406 -9.72% 22
Yorkshire -46 26 £500 -9.09% 20
East of England -31 20 £423 -23.18% 40
East Midlands -9 8 £402 -26.91% 18
North East -36 4 £438 +75.00% 17
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 50 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 31 (6.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.44%) Confluence
3 11 (2.44%) OpenStack
4 5 (1.11%) nginx
5 4 (0.89%) FactoryTalk
6 3 (0.67%) IIS
6 3 (0.67%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.44%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (0.44%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.44%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.44%) WebSphere Portal
8 1 (0.22%) CICS
8 1 (0.22%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 18 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (3.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.56%) 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 (1.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 167 (37.11%) Azure
2 114 (25.33%) Microsoft 365
3 110 (24.44%) AWS
4 72 (16.00%) Entra ID
5 36 (8.00%) OneDrive
6 34 (7.56%) GCP
7 22 (4.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 21 (4.67%) GitHub
9 15 (3.33%) OpenShift
10 14 (3.11%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (2.67%) Route 53
12 11 (2.44%) Amazon EC2
12 11 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (2.44%) Google Workspace
13 9 (2.00%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (1.78%) Amazon EKS
15 7 (1.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
16 6 (1.33%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 286 (63.56%) DNS
2 203 (45.11%) Firewall
3 184 (40.89%) DHCP
4 144 (32.00%) VPN
5 86 (19.11%) Network Security
6 81 (18.00%) WAN
7 71 (15.78%) LAN
8 68 (15.11%) VLAN
9 67 (14.89%) BGP
10 61 (13.56%) HTTP
11 53 (11.78%) SSL
12 42 (9.33%) Wi-Fi
13 41 (9.11%) OSPF
14 39 (8.67%) BIG-IP
15 36 (8.00%) Wireless
16 34 (7.56%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 27 (6.00%) SD-WAN
18 23 (5.11%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
19 22 (4.89%) Wireshark
20 19 (4.22%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (2.67%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.78%) MySQL
3 8 (1.78%) SQLite
4 7 (1.56%) NoSQL
5 6 (1.33%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.11%) Redis
7 4 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.67%) KDB
9 2 (0.44%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.22%) Cloud Spanner
10 1 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.22%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 45 (10.00%) JIRA
2 37 (8.22%) Git
3 32 (7.11%) Jenkins
4 21 (4.67%) GitLab
5 16 (3.56%) Fiddler
6 9 (2.00%) Browser DevTools
7 7 (1.56%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (1.33%) Visual Studio
9 5 (1.11%) Artifactory
9 5 (1.11%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.89%) Selenium
11 2 (0.44%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.44%) Introscope
11 2 (0.44%) Subversion
12 1 (0.22%) MSI
12 1 (0.22%) Postman
General
1 172 (38.22%) Social Skills
2 70 (15.56%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (13.33%) Finance
4 44 (9.78%) Banking
5 27 (6.00%) Public Sector
6 25 (5.56%) Telecoms
7 21 (4.67%) Investment Banking
8 14 (3.11%) Front Office
9 10 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.78%) Military
11 6 (1.33%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.11%) Legal
12 5 (1.11%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.11%) Police
13 4 (0.89%) Automotive
13 4 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.67%) Advertising
14 3 (0.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 91 (20.22%) Network Engineer
2 66 (14.67%) Support Engineer
3 60 (13.33%) Senior
4 56 (12.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 38 (8.44%) IT Support
6 37 (8.22%) Architect
7 35 (7.78%) Analyst
8 34 (7.56%) IT Engineer
9 30 (6.67%) IT Support Engineer
10 24 (5.33%) Senior Network Engineer
11 23 (5.11%) Platform Engineer
12 22 (4.89%) Web Engineer
13 21 (4.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 19 (4.22%) Linux Engineer
14 19 (4.22%) Security Engineer
15 16 (3.56%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
16 15 (3.33%) Blue Coat Engineer
16 15 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
16 15 (3.33%) IP Network Engineer
16 15 (3.33%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (19.56%) Terraform
2 20 (4.44%) SAML
3 14 (3.11%) REST
4 13 (2.89%) ARM Templates
5 11 (2.44%) JSON
6 9 (2.00%) .NET
7 8 (1.78%) 802.1X
7 8 (1.78%) Kafka
7 8 (1.78%) LDAP
7 8 (1.78%) SPNEGO
8 7 (1.56%) HTML
9 6 (1.33%) Elastic Stack
9 6 (1.33%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (1.11%) FastAPI
10 5 (1.11%) Jinja
10 5 (1.11%) NETCONF
10 5 (1.11%) Node.js
10 5 (1.11%) OpenConfig
10 5 (1.11%) RESTCONF
10 5 (1.11%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 75 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 55 (12.22%) Onboarding
3 32 (7.11%) PKI
4 31 (6.89%) Hybrid Cloud
5 28 (6.22%) Management Information System
6 21 (4.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 20 (4.44%) Linux Command Line
8 17 (3.78%) Public Cloud
9 16 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (2.89%) Cloud Native
10 13 (2.89%) Operational Technology
11 11 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
11 11 (2.44%) SCADA
12 10 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (2.22%) Driving Licence
12 10 (2.22%) Enterprise Storage
13 9 (2.00%) Private Cloud
14 8 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (1.78%) Security Operations Centre
14 8 (1.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 210 (46.67%) Windows
2 130 (28.89%) Linux
3 67 (14.89%) Windows Server
4 42 (9.33%) Windows 10
5 36 (8.00%) Mac OS
6 26 (5.78%) Unix
7 22 (4.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 18 (4.00%) Apple iOS
9 15 (3.33%) Ubuntu
10 14 (3.11%) Android
11 5 (1.11%) zOS
12 4 (0.89%) CentOS
13 3 (0.67%) Check Point GAiA
13 3 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.44%) Oracle Linux
14 2 (0.44%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
15 1 (0.22%) SUSE
15 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
2 109 (24.22%) ITIL
3 78 (17.33%) CI/CD
3 78 (17.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 74 (16.44%) Infrastructure as Code
5 67 (14.89%) DevOps
6 57 (12.67%) Agile
7 55 (12.22%) ITSM
7 55 (12.22%) Load Balancing
8 54 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
9 53 (11.78%) Customer Service
10 50 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
11 48 (10.67%) High Availability
12 47 (10.44%) Platform Engineering
12 47 (10.44%) Service Management
13 46 (10.22%) Migration
14 43 (9.56%) Incident Response
14 43 (9.56%) Stakeholder Management
15 42 (9.33%) SIEM
16 40 (8.89%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 148 (32.89%) Python
2 102 (22.67%) PowerShell
3 90 (20.00%) Bash
4 21 (4.67%) SQL
5 17 (3.78%) C++
6 16 (3.56%) JavaScript
7 15 (3.33%) Perl
8 13 (2.89%) Shell Script
9 11 (2.44%) Bicep
10 10 (2.22%) C#
11 8 (1.78%) Java
11 8 (1.78%) Korn
12 7 (1.56%) VBA
13 5 (1.11%) ActionScript
14 4 (0.89%) C
14 4 (0.89%) Go
15 3 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.67%) VBScript
16 2 (0.44%) Groovy
16 2 (0.44%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 127 (28.22%) Security Cleared
2 75 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 59 (13.11%) Degree
4 54 (12.00%) DV Cleared
5 52 (11.56%) Cisco Certification
6 39 (8.67%) CCNP
7 26 (5.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (5.33%) CCNA
9 19 (4.22%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (3.33%) Network+ Certification
11 14 (3.11%) CCIE
12 13 (2.89%) A+ Certification
12 13 (2.89%) Azure Certification
13 12 (2.67%) CISSP
13 12 (2.67%) VCAP
14 11 (2.44%) AWS Certification
15 8 (1.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 8 (1.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 5 (1.11%) CISM
16 5 (1.11%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.89%) SLA
2 14 (3.11%) QA
3 10 (2.22%) NIST
4 9 (2.00%) NCSC
5 7 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.11%) GDPR
7 4 (0.89%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.89%) GxP
7 4 (0.89%) NIST 800
7 4 (0.89%) 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
1 136 (30.22%) Active Directory
2 93 (20.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (8.44%) Hyper-V
4 32 (7.11%) Docker
5 24 (5.33%) vSphere
6 23 (5.11%) VMware NSX
7 18 (4.00%) Firmware
8 13 (2.89%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (1.11%) Squid
10 4 (0.89%) NFS
10 4 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
11 3 (0.67%) VirtualBox
11 3 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.44%) KVM
13 1 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.22%) GPFS
13 1 (0.22%) Lustre
13 1 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.22%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 1 (0.22%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 104 (23.11%) Ansible
2 61 (13.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 49 (10.89%) Kubernetes
4 33 (7.33%) SCCM
5 26 (5.78%) Grafana
6 23 (5.11%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (3.56%) VxRail
8 15 (3.33%) Prometheus
9 12 (2.67%) FortiGate
10 11 (2.44%) Jamf Pro
11 7 (1.56%) WSUS
12 6 (1.33%) systemd
13 5 (1.11%) Istio
13 5 (1.11%) Suricata
14 4 (0.89%) Puppet
15 3 (0.67%) Consul
15 3 (0.67%) SELinux
15 3 (0.67%) Tivoli
15 3 (0.67%) Tivoli NetView
15 3 (0.67%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 179 (39.78%) Microsoft
2 103 (22.89%) VMware
3 87 (19.33%) Cisco
4 57 (12.67%) F5
5 50 (11.11%) ServiceNow
6 25 (5.56%) Fortinet
6 25 (5.56%) Zscaler
7 24 (5.33%) Google
8 23 (5.11%) NetApp
9 20 (4.44%) Blue Coat
9 20 (4.44%) Palo Alto
10 19 (4.22%) Juniper
11 18 (4.00%) Infoblox
11 18 (4.00%) McAfee
12 17 (3.78%) Citrix
13 14 (3.11%) Bloomberg
13 14 (3.11%) CheckPoint
13 14 (3.11%) Red Hat
13 14 (3.11%) Splunk
14 10 (2.22%) SolarWinds