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

6 months to
8 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 215 242
Rank change year-on-year -39 +27 -31
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 382 321 371
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.06% 1.27% 0.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.51% 9.46% 6.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 214 265
10th Percentile £206 £216 £185
25th Percentile £361 £403 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £534 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.94% +12.37% -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £630 £560
90th Percentile £643 £738 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £550 £488
% change year-on-year -18.18% +12.82% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 8 19
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.55 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £28.06 £24.63
Median hourly rate £40.72 £58.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -30.39% +3.56% -13.09%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.25
90th Percentile - £67.63 £72.60
UK median hourly rate £40.72 £54.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year -25.28% -3.52% -13.09%

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 3,635 3,393 5,351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.06% 13.47% 14.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,345 2,051 3,214
10th Percentile £204 £210 £205
25th Percentile £366 £366 £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 £480 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -4.00% +5.26% -8.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 113 376
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.04 £14.26
25th Percentile £20.25 £21.46 £19.35
Median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -9.68% +103.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.85 £75.00 £73.27
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +95.82%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -68 115 £475 -9.52% 45
North of England -15 97 £447 +2.41% 49
North West +5 60 £555 +48.00% 24
East of England -4 57 £350 -30.00% 36
South East -35 55 £500 -9.09% 55
West Midlands -26 36 £173 -17.86% 8
Midlands -45 36 £173 -61.67% 15
South West -12 35 £638 +3.66% 22
Yorkshire -47 34 £443 -23.04% 16
North East -13 3 £200 +6.67% 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 21 (5.50%) SharePoint
2 20 (5.24%) Confluence
2 20 (5.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (3.66%) Skype for Business
4 9 (2.36%) nginx
5 7 (1.83%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.79%) Apache
7 2 (0.52%) WordPress
8 1 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.26%) IIS
8 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.26%) Traefik
Applications
1 43 (11.26%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.62%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.57%) Weka
4 5 (1.31%) Acrobat
5 4 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) RMDS
1 1 (0.26%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 92 (24.08%) Azure
2 86 (22.51%) AWS
3 73 (19.11%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (7.33%) GCP
5 20 (5.24%) Entra ID
6 19 (4.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 14 (3.66%) Amazon S3
8 13 (3.40%) Amazon EC2
9 12 (3.14%) Route 53
10 10 (2.62%) Amazon EKS
11 9 (2.36%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (2.36%) AWS Lambda
11 9 (2.36%) GitHub
11 9 (2.36%) Serverless
12 7 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.83%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (1.83%) Nutanix
13 6 (1.57%) Google Workspace
13 6 (1.57%) OneDrive
13 6 (1.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 207 (54.19%) DNS
2 120 (31.41%) Firewall
3 100 (26.18%) DHCP
4 94 (24.61%) VPN
5 69 (18.06%) WAN
6 63 (16.49%) LAN
7 57 (14.92%) SSL
8 53 (13.87%) HTTP
9 48 (12.57%) VLAN
10 47 (12.30%) Network Security
11 39 (10.21%) Wireshark
12 37 (9.69%) BIG-IP
13 32 (8.38%) BGP
14 31 (8.12%) Wi-Fi
15 30 (7.85%) Ethernet
16 27 (7.07%) OSPF
17 22 (5.76%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
17 22 (5.76%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
18 14 (3.66%) Internet
18 14 (3.66%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.93%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.14%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.05%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.26%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.26%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.26%) Big Data
5 1 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.26%) Impala
5 1 (0.26%) MySQL
5 1 (0.26%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.26%) Power BI
5 1 (0.26%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 34 (8.90%) JIRA
2 31 (8.12%) Fiddler
3 22 (5.76%) GitLab
4 15 (3.93%) Git
5 14 (3.66%) Eclipse
5 14 (3.66%) Visual Studio
6 13 (3.40%) Jenkins
7 7 (1.83%) Bitbucket
7 7 (1.83%) SonarQube
8 5 (1.31%) Browser DevTools
9 4 (1.05%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.79%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.52%) Maven
11 2 (0.52%) Subversion
12 1 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.26%) GCC
12 1 (0.26%) IntelliJ
12 1 (0.26%) MSI
12 1 (0.26%) TeamCity
General
1 144 (37.70%) Social Skills
2 62 (16.23%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (10.21%) Finance
4 36 (9.42%) Banking
5 32 (8.38%) Public Sector
6 31 (8.12%) Presentation Skills
7 25 (6.54%) Investment Banking
8 21 (5.50%) Military
9 18 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (2.36%) Front Office
12 8 (2.09%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.31%) Law
15 4 (1.05%) Legal
16 3 (0.79%) Financial Institution
17 2 (0.52%) Aerospace
17 2 (0.52%) Aviation
17 2 (0.52%) Local Government
17 2 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 91 (23.82%) Network Engineer
2 50 (13.09%) Support Engineer
3 49 (12.83%) Analyst
4 34 (8.90%) Web Engineer
5 28 (7.33%) Senior
6 26 (6.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 23 (6.02%) Architect
8 21 (5.50%) IT Support
9 20 (5.24%) Technical Engineer
10 19 (4.97%) Technical Analyst
11 18 (4.71%) Blue Coat Engineer
11 18 (4.71%) IP Network Engineer
11 18 (4.71%) IT Engineer
11 18 (4.71%) Junior
11 18 (4.71%) Technical Support
12 17 (4.45%) Systems Engineer
13 16 (4.19%) 2nd Line Support
14 15 (3.93%) Security Engineer
15 14 (3.66%) IT Support Engineer
16 13 (3.40%) Technical Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.71%) LDAP
2 17 (4.45%) Web Services
3 14 (3.66%) Node.js
4 9 (2.36%) Middleware
4 9 (2.36%) OpenID
5 8 (2.09%) 802.1X
6 6 (1.57%) SAML
7 5 (1.31%) FIX Protocol
7 5 (1.31%) JSON
7 5 (1.31%) REST
8 4 (1.05%) NETCONF
8 4 (1.05%) OAuth
8 4 (1.05%) OpenConfig
8 4 (1.05%) React
8 4 (1.05%) RESTCONF
8 4 (1.05%) SOAP
8 4 (1.05%) Ultra Messaging
8 4 (1.05%) YANG
9 3 (0.79%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.79%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 32 (8.38%) Management Information System
2 30 (7.85%) Data Centre
3 19 (4.97%) Onboarding
4 16 (4.19%) Public Cloud
5 15 (3.93%) Industry 4.0
5 15 (3.93%) Robotics
6 13 (3.40%) NHS
7 12 (3.14%) CMDB
7 12 (3.14%) PKI
8 11 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (2.88%) Driving Licence
8 11 (2.88%) Private Cloud
9 10 (2.62%) Cyber Threat
9 10 (2.62%) Security Posture
9 10 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (2.36%) Cyberattack
10 9 (2.36%) Security Operations Centre
11 8 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.57%) Grid Computing
13 5 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 169 (44.24%) Windows
2 100 (26.18%) Linux
3 52 (13.61%) Windows Server
4 29 (7.59%) Windows 10
5 14 (3.66%) Android
6 13 (3.40%) Unix
7 8 (2.09%) Apple iOS
7 8 (2.09%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (1.83%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (1.57%) Mac OS
10 5 (1.31%) Ubuntu
10 5 (1.31%) Windows Server 2016
11 4 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (1.05%) VMS
11 4 (1.05%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (1.05%) zOS
12 3 (0.79%) Debian
12 3 (0.79%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.52%) AIX
13 2 (0.52%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (31.41%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (14.14%) Agile
2 54 (14.14%) ITIL
3 48 (12.57%) Load Balancing
4 43 (11.26%) DevOps
5 41 (10.73%) CI/CD
5 41 (10.73%) Customer Service
6 39 (10.21%) Incident Response
7 35 (9.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 35 (9.16%) SIEM
8 33 (8.64%) Infrastructure as Code
9 32 (8.38%) Validation
10 31 (8.12%) Cybersecurity
10 31 (8.12%) Data Loss Prevention
10 31 (8.12%) Decision-Making
11 29 (7.59%) Malware Detection/Protection
12 28 (7.33%) Continuous Improvement
13 26 (6.81%) Root Cause Analysis
14 25 (6.54%) Migration
15 24 (6.28%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 94 (24.61%) Python
2 69 (18.06%) PowerShell
3 47 (12.30%) Bash
4 21 (5.50%) JavaScript
5 20 (5.24%) SQL
6 19 (4.97%) C++
7 18 (4.71%) C#
8 11 (2.88%) Java
9 9 (2.36%) Perl
10 7 (1.83%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.57%) C
12 5 (1.31%) Go
13 3 (0.79%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.52%) VBA
14 2 (0.52%) VBScript
15 1 (0.26%) Bicep
15 1 (0.26%) Ruby
15 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 122 (31.94%) Security Cleared
2 93 (24.35%) SC Cleared
3 42 (10.99%) Degree
4 38 (9.95%) Cisco Certification
5 33 (8.64%) DV Cleared
6 30 (7.85%) CCNP
7 20 (5.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (4.45%) CompTIA Security+
9 16 (4.19%) CCNA
10 14 (3.66%) CISSP
11 12 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (2.62%) Azure Certification
12 10 (2.62%) JNCIS
12 10 (2.62%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 10 (2.62%) Network+ Certification
13 8 (2.09%) MCSE
14 7 (1.83%) CCIE
14 7 (1.83%) MCSA
15 6 (1.57%) CompTIA CySA+
15 6 (1.57%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.36%) GDPR
1 9 (2.36%) SLA
2 5 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.05%) NCSC
4 3 (0.79%) NIST
5 2 (0.52%) QA
5 2 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.26%) GRC
6 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.26%) RMADS
System Software
1 90 (23.56%) Active Directory
2 49 (12.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (8.64%) Docker
4 20 (5.24%) Firmware
5 14 (3.66%) Hyper-V
6 11 (2.88%) VMware NSX
7 9 (2.36%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (2.09%) Squid
8 8 (2.09%) vSphere
9 7 (1.83%) Lustre
9 7 (1.83%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 6 (1.57%) GPFS
10 6 (1.57%) KVM
11 5 (1.31%) Virtual Desktop
12 4 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
13 3 (0.79%) NFS
14 2 (0.52%) Ceph
14 2 (0.52%) NDS
14 2 (0.52%) NetIQ eDirectory
15 1 (0.26%) iptables
Systems Management
1 67 (17.54%) Ansible
2 40 (10.47%) Terraform
3 39 (10.21%) Kubernetes
4 34 (8.90%) SCCM
5 28 (7.33%) Microsoft Intune
6 23 (6.02%) Grafana
7 20 (5.24%) Prometheus
8 17 (4.45%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (3.14%) FortiGate
10 9 (2.36%) Nagios
11 8 (2.09%) Consul
11 8 (2.09%) Puppet
12 7 (1.83%) WSUS
13 5 (1.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 5 (1.31%) CASB
13 5 (1.31%) Nessus
13 5 (1.31%) QRadar
14 4 (1.05%) ITRS Geneos
14 4 (1.05%) Progress Chef
14 4 (1.05%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 115 (30.10%) Microsoft
2 73 (19.11%) VMware
3 59 (15.45%) F5
4 42 (10.99%) Cisco
5 35 (9.16%) Blue Coat
6 33 (8.64%) McAfee
7 26 (6.81%) Splunk
8 24 (6.28%) Juniper
9 23 (6.02%) NetApp
9 23 (6.02%) Palo Alto
10 22 (5.76%) Fortinet
11 19 (4.97%) Red Hat
11 19 (4.97%) ServiceNow
12 15 (3.93%) CheckPoint
12 15 (3.93%) Siemens
13 13 (3.40%) Citrix
14 12 (3.14%) Oracle
14 12 (3.14%) SolarWinds
15 11 (2.88%) Meraki
15 11 (2.88%) Veeam