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

 6 months to
17 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 202 228
Rank change year-on-year -52 +26 -19
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 465 359 354
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.00% 1.29% 1.08%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.71% 10.90% 8.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 201 189
10th Percentile £190 £200 £211
25th Percentile £307 £300 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +2.70% +2.78%
75th Percentile £553 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £663 £646
UK median daily rate £450 £463 £463
% change year-on-year -2.70% - +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 34 28
10th Percentile £26.46 £28.30 £41.38
25th Percentile £33.08 £42.53 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £69.75 - -
90th Percentile £95.68 £78.28 -
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 4,340 3,293 3,936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.35% 11.86% 12.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,571 2,057 2,306
10th Percentile £250 £230 £242
25th Percentile £400 £363 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £508
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -3.45% +1.50%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £676 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £476 £500
% change year-on-year +5.04% -4.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 381 165 218
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.28 £14.47
25th Percentile £21.25 £25.00 £22.84
Median hourly rate £38.53 £41.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% -27.64% +1.52%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £43.00 £50.50
% change year-on-year -24.42% -14.85% -10.60%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -48 206 £465 -15.45% 314
South East -51 74 £525 +40.00% 132
North of England -70 72 £425 -20.56% 86
South West -3 48 £638 +15.91% 58
Midlands -37 42 £400 -0.50% 61
North West -28 41 £240 -55.76% 46
East of England -23 36 £425 -10.53% 69
West Midlands -46 35 £400 -0.50% 35
Yorkshire -51 27 £500 -4.76% 24
East Midlands -2 7 £326 -8.81% 26
North East -40 4 £438 +75.00% 18
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 52 (11.18%) SharePoint
2 35 (7.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.58%) Confluence
3 12 (2.58%) OpenStack
4 6 (1.29%) nginx
5 4 (0.86%) FactoryTalk
6 2 (0.43%) IIS
6 2 (0.43%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.43%) 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 (3.87%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.29%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.43%) Houdini
5 2 (0.43%) NUKE
6 1 (0.22%) Weka
Business Applications
1 7 (1.51%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 167 (35.91%) Azure
2 121 (26.02%) Microsoft 365
3 108 (23.23%) AWS
4 76 (16.34%) Entra ID
5 36 (7.74%) OneDrive
6 29 (6.24%) GCP
7 22 (4.73%) GitHub
8 21 (4.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 16 (3.44%) OpenShift
10 14 (3.01%) Azure Monitor
11 13 (2.80%) Google Workspace
12 12 (2.58%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (2.58%) Route 53
13 11 (2.37%) Amazon EC2
13 11 (2.37%) GitHub Actions
14 9 (1.94%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (1.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 8 (1.72%) Amazon EKS
16 7 (1.51%) IaaS
16 7 (1.51%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 290 (62.37%) DNS
2 204 (43.87%) Firewall
3 193 (41.51%) DHCP
4 150 (32.26%) VPN
5 86 (18.49%) Network Security
6 75 (16.13%) WAN
7 68 (14.62%) LAN
7 68 (14.62%) VLAN
8 64 (13.76%) BGP
9 62 (13.33%) HTTP
10 55 (11.83%) SSL
11 44 (9.46%) Wi-Fi
12 39 (8.39%) OSPF
13 36 (7.74%) Wireless
14 33 (7.10%) BIG-IP
15 31 (6.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 25 (5.38%) SD-WAN
17 24 (5.16%) Ethernet
17 24 (5.16%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
18 19 (4.09%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.09%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (3.01%) SQL Server
3 9 (1.94%) MySQL
4 8 (1.72%) MongoDB
4 8 (1.72%) NoSQL
4 8 (1.72%) SQLite
5 6 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.29%) Redis
6 3 (0.65%) KDB
7 2 (0.43%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.22%) Cloud Spanner
8 1 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.22%) Kdb+
8 1 (0.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 47 (10.11%) JIRA
2 42 (9.03%) Git
3 34 (7.31%) Jenkins
4 24 (5.16%) GitLab
5 14 (3.01%) Fiddler
6 13 (2.80%) Visual Studio
7 12 (2.58%) Eclipse
8 7 (1.51%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (1.08%) Artifactory
9 5 (1.08%) Selenium
10 4 (0.86%) Browser DevTools
11 2 (0.43%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.43%) Subversion
12 1 (0.22%) Introscope
12 1 (0.22%) MSI
12 1 (0.22%) Postman
General
1 183 (39.35%) Social Skills
2 69 (14.84%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (11.61%) Finance
4 39 (8.39%) Banking
5 29 (6.24%) Public Sector
6 28 (6.02%) Telecoms
7 19 (4.09%) Investment Banking
8 16 (3.44%) Military
9 15 (3.23%) Front Office
10 11 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.72%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.29%) Legal
13 6 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.08%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.08%) Police
15 4 (0.86%) Automotive
15 4 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.65%) Law
Job Titles
1 87 (18.71%) Network Engineer
2 63 (13.55%) Support Engineer
3 58 (12.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 57 (12.26%) Senior
5 40 (8.60%) IT Support
6 36 (7.74%) Analyst
6 36 (7.74%) Architect
7 34 (7.31%) IT Engineer
8 30 (6.45%) IT Support Engineer
9 23 (4.95%) Platform Engineer
10 22 (4.73%) Senior Network Engineer
11 20 (4.30%) Security Engineer
11 20 (4.30%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 19 (4.09%) Linux Engineer
13 17 (3.66%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (3.66%) Support Analyst
13 17 (3.66%) Web Engineer
14 16 (3.44%) Cloud Engineer
15 14 (3.01%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 14 (3.01%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (19.14%) Terraform
2 15 (3.23%) REST
3 14 (3.01%) SAML
4 12 (2.58%) ARM Templates
4 12 (2.58%) Node.js
4 12 (2.58%) Web Services
5 11 (2.37%) JSON
6 9 (1.94%) .NET
6 9 (1.94%) Kafka
6 9 (1.94%) LDAP
7 8 (1.72%) HTML
7 8 (1.72%) SPNEGO
8 7 (1.51%) Elastic Stack
9 6 (1.29%) 802.1X
9 6 (1.29%) FastAPI
9 6 (1.29%) Flask
9 6 (1.29%) Jinja
9 6 (1.29%) Pandas
9 6 (1.29%) RabbitMQ
9 6 (1.29%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 73 (15.70%) Data Centre
2 58 (12.47%) Onboarding
3 33 (7.10%) PKI
4 30 (6.45%) Hybrid Cloud
5 26 (5.59%) Management Information System
6 22 (4.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 21 (4.52%) Linux Command Line
8 17 (3.66%) Public Cloud
8 17 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (3.01%) Cloud Native
9 14 (3.01%) Operational Technology
10 12 (2.58%) Video Conferencing
11 11 (2.37%) Cyber Threat
11 11 (2.37%) SCADA
12 10 (2.15%) Driving Licence
12 10 (2.15%) Enterprise Storage
13 9 (1.94%) Private Cloud
13 9 (1.94%) Security Posture
14 8 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
15 7 (1.51%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 228 (49.03%) Windows
2 149 (32.04%) Linux
3 74 (15.91%) Windows Server
4 46 (9.89%) Windows 10
5 39 (8.39%) Mac OS
6 29 (6.24%) Unix
7 27 (5.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 19 (4.09%) Apple iOS
9 16 (3.44%) Ubuntu
10 15 (3.23%) Android
11 6 (1.29%) CentOS
12 4 (0.86%) zOS
13 3 (0.65%) Check Point GAiA
13 3 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.22%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.22%) Rocky
15 1 (0.22%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (26.02%) Problem-Solving
2 102 (21.94%) ITIL
3 86 (18.49%) CI/CD
4 80 (17.20%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 77 (16.56%) Infrastructure as Code
6 70 (15.05%) DevOps
7 65 (13.98%) Agile
8 59 (12.69%) Load Balancing
9 56 (12.04%) Customer Service
9 56 (12.04%) Cybersecurity
10 55 (11.83%) ITSM
11 52 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
12 47 (10.11%) Platform Engineering
13 46 (9.89%) Service Management
14 45 (9.68%) Incident Response
15 44 (9.46%) Migration
15 44 (9.46%) SIEM
16 43 (9.25%) High Availability
17 42 (9.03%) Stakeholder Management
17 42 (9.03%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 148 (31.83%) Python
2 108 (23.23%) PowerShell
3 88 (18.92%) Bash
4 24 (5.16%) C++
5 23 (4.95%) JavaScript
6 19 (4.09%) SQL
7 17 (3.66%) C#
8 14 (3.01%) Perl
8 14 (3.01%) Shell Script
9 11 (2.37%) Bicep
10 9 (1.94%) Java
11 8 (1.72%) Korn
12 7 (1.51%) VBA
13 5 (1.08%) ActionScript
13 5 (1.08%) Go
14 4 (0.86%) C
15 3 (0.65%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.65%) VBScript
16 2 (0.43%) Objective-C
16 2 (0.43%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 126 (27.10%) Security Cleared
2 70 (15.05%) SC Cleared
3 59 (12.69%) Degree
4 53 (11.40%) DV Cleared
5 52 (11.18%) Cisco Certification
6 42 (9.03%) CCNP
7 26 (5.59%) Microsoft Certification
8 25 (5.38%) CCNA
9 20 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (3.23%) Network+ Certification
11 14 (3.01%) CCIE
12 13 (2.80%) A+ Certification
13 12 (2.58%) AWS Certification
13 12 (2.58%) Azure Certification
13 12 (2.58%) CISSP
13 12 (2.58%) VCAP
14 8 (1.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 8 (1.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 6 (1.29%) JNCIS
16 5 (1.08%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.95%) SLA
2 15 (3.23%) QA
3 10 (2.15%) NCSC
4 8 (1.72%) NIST
5 7 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.86%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 4 (0.86%) GDPR
6 4 (0.86%) GxP
6 4 (0.86%) NIST 800
6 4 (0.86%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.43%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.22%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.22%) RMADS
System Software
1 149 (32.04%) Active Directory
2 95 (20.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (8.82%) Hyper-V
4 33 (7.10%) Docker
5 30 (6.45%) vSphere
6 23 (4.95%) VMware NSX
7 17 (3.66%) Firmware
8 14 (3.01%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (1.08%) NFS
10 5 (1.08%) Squid
10 5 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (0.65%) VirtualBox
12 2 (0.43%) KVM
12 2 (0.43%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.22%) Lustre
13 1 (0.22%) NetIQ eDirectory
13 1 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 106 (22.80%) Ansible
2 66 (14.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 51 (10.97%) Kubernetes
4 35 (7.53%) SCCM
5 29 (6.24%) Grafana
6 19 (4.09%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (3.66%) Prometheus
8 16 (3.44%) VxRail
9 15 (3.23%) Jamf Pro
10 12 (2.58%) FortiGate
11 7 (1.51%) WSUS
12 6 (1.29%) Istio
12 6 (1.29%) systemd
13 5 (1.08%) Nagios
13 5 (1.08%) Puppet
13 5 (1.08%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.86%) Consul
14 4 (0.86%) Suricata
14 4 (0.86%) ZABBIX
15 3 (0.65%) Packer
Vendors
1 195 (41.94%) Microsoft
2 109 (23.44%) VMware
3 88 (18.92%) Cisco
4 56 (12.04%) F5
5 51 (10.97%) ServiceNow
6 24 (5.16%) Google
7 23 (4.95%) Zscaler
8 22 (4.73%) NetApp
9 21 (4.52%) Fortinet
10 20 (4.30%) Infoblox
11 19 (4.09%) Juniper
11 19 (4.09%) Palo Alto
12 17 (3.66%) Blue Coat
12 17 (3.66%) Citrix
13 16 (3.44%) McAfee
13 16 (3.44%) Splunk
14 14 (3.01%) Bloomberg
14 14 (3.01%) Red Hat
14 14 (3.01%) SolarWinds
15 13 (2.80%) CheckPoint
704 TCP/IP jobs in England