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

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 213 226
Rank change year-on-year -47 +13 -17
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 459 361 368
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.00% 1.31% 1.12%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.68% 11.08% 9.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 200 201
10th Percentile £200 £185 £213
25th Percentile £309 £286 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £665 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 37 29
10th Percentile £26.46 £25.10 £43.00
25th Percentile £33.08 £33.00 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £69.75 - -
90th Percentile £95.68 £73.55 £65.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +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 4,299 3,257 3,961
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.32% 11.81% 12.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,542 2,041 2,316
10th Percentile £250 £225 £243
25th Percentile £400 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £508
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% -3.55% +1.50%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £680 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 375 166 207
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.06 £14.44
25th Percentile £21.33 £23.81 £23.45
Median hourly rate £43.50 £40.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +7.41% -29.38% +1.52%
75th Percentile £69.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £91.27 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £33.39 £42.50 £50.25
% change year-on-year -21.44% -15.42% -11.05%

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 21 September 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 September 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 September 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 -48 198 £465 -19.13% 381
North of England -58 73 £425 -17.87% 97
South East -49 71 £527 +40.60% 141
South West -1 48 £638 +41.67% 64
Midlands -35 43 £401 +3.90% 67
North West -36 41 £240 -55.76% 55
East of England -20 38 £425 -10.53% 69
West Midlands -41 36 £438 +9.38% 38
Yorkshire -44 28 £500 - 28
East Midlands -8 7 £326 +97.58% 29
North East -39 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 51 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 35 (7.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.61%) Confluence
3 12 (2.61%) OpenStack
4 5 (1.09%) nginx
5 4 (0.87%) FactoryTalk
6 2 (0.44%) IIS
6 2 (0.44%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.44%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.22%) CICS
7 1 (0.22%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 1 (0.22%) Traefik
7 1 (0.22%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.22%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 18 (3.92%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.31%) 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 (1.53%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 165 (35.95%) Azure
2 114 (24.84%) Microsoft 365
3 104 (22.66%) AWS
4 74 (16.12%) Entra ID
5 36 (7.84%) OneDrive
6 29 (6.32%) GCP
7 22 (4.79%) GitHub
8 19 (4.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 16 (3.49%) OpenShift
10 14 (3.05%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (2.61%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (2.40%) GitHub Actions
13 10 (2.18%) Google Workspace
13 10 (2.18%) Route 53
14 9 (1.96%) Amazon EC2
14 9 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (1.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 7 (1.53%) Amazon EKS
16 7 (1.53%) IaaS
16 7 (1.53%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 285 (62.09%) DNS
2 200 (43.57%) Firewall
3 193 (42.05%) DHCP
4 143 (31.15%) VPN
5 85 (18.52%) Network Security
6 75 (16.34%) WAN
7 69 (15.03%) VLAN
8 68 (14.81%) LAN
9 65 (14.16%) BGP
10 61 (13.29%) HTTP
11 54 (11.76%) SSL
12 43 (9.37%) Wi-Fi
13 40 (8.71%) OSPF
14 35 (7.63%) Wireless
15 31 (6.75%) BIG-IP
16 29 (6.32%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 24 (5.23%) Ethernet
17 24 (5.23%) SD-WAN
18 23 (5.01%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
19 19 (4.14%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.14%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (3.05%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.96%) MySQL
4 8 (1.74%) MongoDB
4 8 (1.74%) NoSQL
4 8 (1.74%) SQLite
5 6 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.31%) Redis
6 3 (0.65%) KDB
7 2 (0.44%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.22%) Cloud Spanner
8 1 (0.22%) Kdb+
8 1 (0.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 48 (10.46%) JIRA
2 43 (9.37%) Git
3 34 (7.41%) Jenkins
4 25 (5.45%) GitLab
5 13 (2.83%) Fiddler
5 13 (2.83%) Visual Studio
6 12 (2.61%) Eclipse
7 7 (1.53%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (1.09%) Artifactory
8 5 (1.09%) Selenium
9 4 (0.87%) Browser DevTools
10 2 (0.44%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.44%) Subversion
11 1 (0.22%) Introscope
11 1 (0.22%) MSI
11 1 (0.22%) Postman
General
1 178 (38.78%) Social Skills
2 71 (15.47%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (10.89%) Finance
4 37 (8.06%) Banking
5 29 (6.32%) Public Sector
6 28 (6.10%) Telecoms
7 16 (3.49%) Investment Banking
7 16 (3.49%) Military
8 12 (2.61%) Front Office
9 10 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.74%) Aerospace
11 7 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.31%) Legal
12 6 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.09%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.09%) Police
14 4 (0.87%) Automotive
14 4 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.65%) Law
Job Titles
1 89 (19.39%) Network Engineer
2 61 (13.29%) Support Engineer
3 59 (12.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 58 (12.64%) Senior
5 40 (8.71%) IT Support
6 34 (7.41%) Architect
6 34 (7.41%) IT Engineer
7 33 (7.19%) Analyst
8 30 (6.54%) IT Support Engineer
9 23 (5.01%) Platform Engineer
9 23 (5.01%) Senior Network Engineer
10 20 (4.36%) Linux Engineer
10 20 (4.36%) Security Engineer
10 20 (4.36%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 17 (3.70%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 17 (3.70%) Support Analyst
12 16 (3.49%) Cloud Engineer
13 15 (3.27%) Web Engineer
14 13 (2.83%) IP Network Engineer
14 13 (2.83%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (19.17%) Terraform
2 15 (3.27%) REST
3 14 (3.05%) SAML
4 12 (2.61%) ARM Templates
4 12 (2.61%) Node.js
4 12 (2.61%) Web Services
5 11 (2.40%) JSON
6 9 (1.96%) .NET
6 9 (1.96%) Kafka
7 8 (1.74%) HTML
7 8 (1.74%) LDAP
7 8 (1.74%) SPNEGO
8 7 (1.53%) Elastic Stack
9 6 (1.31%) 802.1X
9 6 (1.31%) FastAPI
9 6 (1.31%) Flask
9 6 (1.31%) Jinja
9 6 (1.31%) Pandas
9 6 (1.31%) RabbitMQ
9 6 (1.31%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 74 (16.12%) Data Centre
2 55 (11.98%) Onboarding
3 33 (7.19%) PKI
4 30 (6.54%) Hybrid Cloud
5 25 (5.45%) Management Information System
6 21 (4.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 21 (4.58%) Linux Command Line
7 18 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
8 17 (3.70%) Public Cloud
9 14 (3.05%) Cloud Native
9 14 (3.05%) Operational Technology
10 12 (2.61%) Video Conferencing
11 11 (2.40%) Cyber Threat
11 11 (2.40%) SCADA
12 10 (2.18%) Driving Licence
12 10 (2.18%) Enterprise Storage
13 9 (1.96%) Private Cloud
13 9 (1.96%) Security Posture
14 8 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
15 7 (1.53%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 224 (48.80%) Windows
2 152 (33.12%) Linux
3 74 (16.12%) Windows Server
4 45 (9.80%) Windows 10
5 39 (8.50%) Mac OS
6 31 (6.75%) Unix
7 29 (6.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 18 (3.92%) Apple iOS
9 16 (3.49%) Ubuntu
10 14 (3.05%) Android
11 6 (1.31%) CentOS
12 4 (0.87%) zOS
13 3 (0.65%) Check Point GAiA
13 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.44%) SUSE
14 2 (0.44%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.22%) AIX
15 1 (0.22%) Solaris
15 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (25.49%) Problem-Solving
2 100 (21.79%) ITIL
3 86 (18.74%) CI/CD
4 81 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 77 (16.78%) Infrastructure as Code
6 69 (15.03%) DevOps
7 62 (13.51%) Agile
8 58 (12.64%) Load Balancing
9 55 (11.98%) Cybersecurity
9 55 (11.98%) ITSM
10 54 (11.76%) Customer Service
11 51 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 47 (10.24%) Platform Engineering
13 45 (9.80%) Incident Response
13 45 (9.80%) Migration
14 44 (9.59%) Service Management
14 44 (9.59%) Stakeholder Management
15 43 (9.37%) High Availability
15 43 (9.37%) SIEM
16 42 (9.15%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 148 (32.24%) Python
2 104 (22.66%) PowerShell
3 87 (18.95%) Bash
4 24 (5.23%) C++
5 23 (5.01%) JavaScript
6 19 (4.14%) SQL
7 17 (3.70%) C#
8 15 (3.27%) Shell Script
9 14 (3.05%) Perl
10 11 (2.40%) Bicep
11 9 (1.96%) Java
12 8 (1.74%) Korn
13 7 (1.53%) VBA
14 5 (1.09%) ActionScript
14 5 (1.09%) Go
15 4 (0.87%) C
16 3 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.65%) VBScript
17 2 (0.44%) Objective-C
17 2 (0.44%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 124 (27.02%) Security Cleared
2 68 (14.81%) SC Cleared
3 57 (12.42%) Degree
4 53 (11.55%) DV Cleared
5 52 (11.33%) Cisco Certification
6 42 (9.15%) CCNP
7 24 (5.23%) CCNA
7 24 (5.23%) Microsoft Certification
8 18 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (3.27%) Network+ Certification
10 14 (3.05%) CCIE
11 13 (2.83%) A+ Certification
12 12 (2.61%) AWS Certification
12 12 (2.61%) CISSP
12 12 (2.61%) VCAP
13 11 (2.40%) Azure Certification
14 8 (1.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 6 (1.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 6 (1.31%) JNCIS
16 5 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.01%) SLA
2 15 (3.27%) QA
3 10 (2.18%) NCSC
4 8 (1.74%) NIST
5 7 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.87%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 4 (0.87%) GxP
6 4 (0.87%) NIST 800
6 4 (0.87%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.65%) GDPR
8 2 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.44%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.22%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.22%) RMADS
System Software
1 148 (32.24%) Active Directory
2 94 (20.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (8.93%) Hyper-V
4 33 (7.19%) Docker
5 31 (6.75%) vSphere
6 23 (5.01%) VMware NSX
7 17 (3.70%) Firmware
8 14 (3.05%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (1.09%) NFS
10 5 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.87%) Squid
12 3 (0.65%) VirtualBox
13 2 (0.44%) KVM
13 2 (0.44%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.22%) GPFS
14 1 (0.22%) Lustre
14 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.22%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 106 (23.09%) Ansible
2 65 (14.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 49 (10.68%) Kubernetes
4 31 (6.75%) SCCM
5 28 (6.10%) Grafana
6 18 (3.92%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (3.49%) Prometheus
7 16 (3.49%) VxRail
8 15 (3.27%) Jamf Pro
9 12 (2.61%) FortiGate
10 6 (1.31%) Istio
10 6 (1.31%) Nagios
10 6 (1.31%) systemd
11 5 (1.09%) Puppet
11 5 (1.09%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.87%) Consul
12 4 (0.87%) Suricata
12 4 (0.87%) WSUS
12 4 (0.87%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.65%) Packer
Vendors
1 190 (41.39%) Microsoft
2 109 (23.75%) VMware
3 89 (19.39%) Cisco
4 54 (11.76%) F5
5 50 (10.89%) ServiceNow
6 24 (5.23%) Google
6 24 (5.23%) Zscaler
7 22 (4.79%) Fortinet
8 21 (4.58%) NetApp
9 20 (4.36%) Infoblox
10 19 (4.14%) Juniper
10 19 (4.14%) Palo Alto
11 17 (3.70%) Splunk
12 16 (3.49%) Blue Coat
13 15 (3.27%) McAfee
13 15 (3.27%) SolarWinds
14 14 (3.05%) Citrix
14 14 (3.05%) Red Hat
15 13 (2.83%) CheckPoint
16 11 (2.40%) Bloomberg