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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 213 226
Rank change year-on-year -54 +13 -21
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 454 350 347
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.98% 1.28% 1.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.53% 10.80% 8.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 195 190
10th Percentile £199 £200 £206
25th Percentile £306 £300 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £456
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +4.11% +1.39%
75th Percentile £563 £600 £575
90th Percentile £700 £678 £646
UK median daily rate £450 £458 £463
% change year-on-year -1.80% -0.92% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 34 28
10th Percentile £26.29 £28.30 £41.38
25th Percentile £31.25 £42.53 -
Median hourly rate £64.24 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.17% - +30.00%
75th Percentile £70.73 - -
90th Percentile £98.19 £78.28 -
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 4,312 3,242 3,927
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.33% 11.85% 12.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,565 2,020 2,310
10th Percentile £253 £235 £248
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £511
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -4.03% +2.12%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £614
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £478 £505
% change year-on-year +4.69% -5.43% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 368 163 223
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.02 £14.33
25th Percentile £20.00 £25.08 £22.58
Median hourly rate £32.50 £41.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -21.69% -27.64% +1.52%
75th Percentile £67.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £79.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.11 £43.00 £51.00
% change year-on-year -36.95% -15.69% -9.72%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -45 201 £465 -15.84% 375
South East -43 73 £527 +40.60% 145
North of England -57 72 £420 -22.58% 98
South West -9 48 £638 +15.91% 62
Midlands -31 42 £400 -0.50% 68
North West -29 41 £240 -56.36% 52
West Midlands -43 35 £400 -0.50% 38
East of England -28 31 £425 -10.53% 73
Yorkshire -36 27 £500 -4.76% 31
East Midlands -6 7 £326 -8.81% 30
North East -37 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 (11.45%) SharePoint
2 35 (7.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.64%) Confluence
4 11 (2.42%) OpenStack
5 6 (1.32%) nginx
6 4 (0.88%) FactoryTalk
7 2 (0.44%) IIS
7 2 (0.44%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.44%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.22%) CICS
8 1 (0.22%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.22%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 1 (0.22%) Traefik
8 1 (0.22%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.22%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 18 (3.96%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.32%) 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 (1.54%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 163 (35.90%) Azure
2 120 (26.43%) Microsoft 365
3 105 (23.13%) AWS
4 74 (16.30%) Entra ID
5 36 (7.93%) OneDrive
6 29 (6.39%) GCP
7 21 (4.63%) GitHub
7 21 (4.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 16 (3.52%) OpenShift
9 13 (2.86%) Azure Monitor
9 13 (2.86%) Google Workspace
10 12 (2.64%) AWS CloudFormation
10 12 (2.64%) Route 53
11 11 (2.42%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (1.98%) Azure Sentinel
13 8 (1.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 8 (1.76%) Amazon EKS
14 7 (1.54%) IaaS
14 7 (1.54%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 282 (62.11%) DNS
2 197 (43.39%) Firewall
3 190 (41.85%) DHCP
4 147 (32.38%) VPN
5 80 (17.62%) Network Security
6 73 (16.08%) WAN
7 67 (14.76%) VLAN
8 64 (14.10%) LAN
9 59 (13.00%) BGP
10 55 (12.11%) HTTP
11 49 (10.79%) SSL
12 44 (9.69%) Wi-Fi
13 36 (7.93%) Wireless
14 34 (7.49%) OSPF
15 33 (7.27%) BIG-IP
16 29 (6.39%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 24 (5.29%) SD-WAN
18 23 (5.07%) Ethernet
19 22 (4.85%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
20 19 (4.19%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.96%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (3.08%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.76%) MySQL
3 8 (1.76%) SQLite
4 7 (1.54%) MongoDB
4 7 (1.54%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.10%) Redis
6 4 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.66%) KDB
8 2 (0.44%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.22%) Cloud Spanner
9 1 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.22%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 46 (10.13%) JIRA
2 40 (8.81%) Git
3 33 (7.27%) Jenkins
4 23 (5.07%) GitLab
5 14 (3.08%) Fiddler
6 13 (2.86%) Visual Studio
7 12 (2.64%) Eclipse
8 7 (1.54%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (1.10%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.88%) Browser DevTools
10 4 (0.88%) Selenium
11 2 (0.44%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.44%) Subversion
12 1 (0.22%) Introscope
12 1 (0.22%) MSI
12 1 (0.22%) Postman
General
1 181 (39.87%) Social Skills
2 66 (14.54%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (11.89%) Finance
4 39 (8.59%) Banking
5 27 (5.95%) Public Sector
5 27 (5.95%) Telecoms
6 19 (4.19%) Investment Banking
7 16 (3.52%) Military
8 15 (3.30%) Front Office
9 10 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.54%) Aerospace
10 7 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.32%) Legal
11 6 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.10%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.10%) Police
13 4 (0.88%) Automotive
13 4 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.66%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 83 (18.28%) Network Engineer
2 62 (13.66%) Support Engineer
3 58 (12.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 56 (12.33%) Senior
5 39 (8.59%) IT Support
6 36 (7.93%) Analyst
6 36 (7.93%) Architect
7 34 (7.49%) IT Engineer
8 30 (6.61%) IT Support Engineer
9 23 (5.07%) Platform Engineer
10 21 (4.63%) Senior Network Engineer
11 20 (4.41%) Security Engineer
11 20 (4.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 19 (4.19%) Linux Engineer
13 17 (3.74%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (3.74%) Support Analyst
13 17 (3.74%) Web Engineer
14 16 (3.52%) Cloud Engineer
15 14 (3.08%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 14 (3.08%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (19.38%) Terraform
2 14 (3.08%) REST
3 13 (2.86%) SAML
4 12 (2.64%) ARM Templates
4 12 (2.64%) Node.js
4 12 (2.64%) Web Services
5 11 (2.42%) JSON
6 9 (1.98%) .NET
7 8 (1.76%) Kafka
7 8 (1.76%) LDAP
7 8 (1.76%) SPNEGO
8 7 (1.54%) HTML
9 6 (1.32%) 802.1X
9 6 (1.32%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (1.10%) CSS
10 5 (1.10%) FastAPI
10 5 (1.10%) Flask
10 5 (1.10%) Jinja
10 5 (1.10%) Pandas
10 5 (1.10%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 73 (16.08%) Data Centre
2 57 (12.56%) Onboarding
3 33 (7.27%) PKI
4 30 (6.61%) Hybrid Cloud
5 26 (5.73%) Management Information System
6 22 (4.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 21 (4.63%) Linux Command Line
8 17 (3.74%) Public Cloud
9 14 (3.08%) Cloud Native
9 14 (3.08%) Operational Technology
9 14 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
10 11 (2.42%) Cyber Threat
10 11 (2.42%) SCADA
11 10 (2.20%) Driving Licence
11 10 (2.20%) Enterprise Storage
11 10 (2.20%) Video Conferencing
12 9 (1.98%) Private Cloud
12 9 (1.98%) Security Posture
13 8 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 221 (48.68%) Windows
2 142 (31.28%) Linux
3 69 (15.20%) Windows Server
4 44 (9.69%) Windows 10
5 39 (8.59%) Mac OS
6 28 (6.17%) Unix
7 23 (5.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 19 (4.19%) Apple iOS
9 16 (3.52%) Ubuntu
10 15 (3.30%) Android
11 6 (1.32%) CentOS
12 5 (1.10%) zOS
13 3 (0.66%) Check Point GAiA
13 3 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.22%) AIX
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
1 118 (25.99%) Problem-Solving
2 101 (22.25%) ITIL
3 85 (18.72%) CI/CD
4 80 (17.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 75 (16.52%) Infrastructure as Code
6 67 (14.76%) DevOps
7 64 (14.10%) Agile
8 56 (12.33%) Customer Service
9 54 (11.89%) Cybersecurity
9 54 (11.89%) ITSM
9 54 (11.89%) Load Balancing
10 50 (11.01%) Continuous Improvement
11 46 (10.13%) Platform Engineering
12 45 (9.91%) Service Management
12 45 (9.91%) SIEM
13 44 (9.69%) Incident Response
14 43 (9.47%) High Availability
14 43 (9.47%) Migration
15 41 (9.03%) Stakeholder Management
16 40 (8.81%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 146 (32.16%) Python
2 103 (22.69%) PowerShell
3 87 (19.16%) Bash
4 24 (5.29%) C++
5 23 (5.07%) JavaScript
6 18 (3.96%) SQL
7 17 (3.74%) C#
8 14 (3.08%) Perl
9 13 (2.86%) Shell Script
10 11 (2.42%) Bicep
11 9 (1.98%) Java
12 8 (1.76%) Korn
13 7 (1.54%) VBA
14 5 (1.10%) ActionScript
14 5 (1.10%) Go
15 4 (0.88%) C
16 3 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.66%) VBScript
17 2 (0.44%) Objective-C
17 2 (0.44%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 123 (27.09%) Security Cleared
2 70 (15.42%) SC Cleared
3 58 (12.78%) Degree
4 51 (11.23%) DV Cleared
5 49 (10.79%) Cisco Certification
6 38 (8.37%) CCNP
7 26 (5.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 23 (5.07%) CCNA
9 19 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (3.30%) Network+ Certification
11 13 (2.86%) A+ Certification
11 13 (2.86%) CCIE
12 12 (2.64%) AWS Certification
12 12 (2.64%) Azure Certification
12 12 (2.64%) CISSP
12 12 (2.64%) VCAP
13 8 (1.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 8 (1.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 5 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (1.10%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.07%) SLA
2 14 (3.08%) QA
3 10 (2.20%) NCSC
4 8 (1.76%) NIST
5 5 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.88%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 4 (0.88%) GDPR
6 4 (0.88%) GxP
6 4 (0.88%) NIST 800
6 4 (0.88%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.44%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.22%) RMADS
System Software
1 142 (31.28%) Active Directory
2 92 (20.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (9.03%) Hyper-V
4 32 (7.05%) Docker
5 25 (5.51%) vSphere
6 23 (5.07%) VMware NSX
7 17 (3.74%) Firmware
8 14 (3.08%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (1.10%) NFS
10 5 (1.10%) Squid
11 4 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
12 3 (0.66%) 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
1 105 (23.13%) Ansible
2 64 (14.10%) Microsoft Intune
3 51 (11.23%) Kubernetes
4 35 (7.71%) SCCM
5 27 (5.95%) Grafana
6 19 (4.19%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (3.52%) Prometheus
7 16 (3.52%) VxRail
8 15 (3.30%) Jamf Pro
9 12 (2.64%) FortiGate
10 7 (1.54%) WSUS
11 6 (1.32%) Istio
11 6 (1.32%) systemd
12 5 (1.10%) Puppet
12 5 (1.10%) Suricata
13 4 (0.88%) Consul
13 4 (0.88%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.88%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.66%) Packer
14 3 (0.66%) SELinux
Vendors
1 193 (42.51%) Microsoft
2 102 (22.47%) VMware
3 84 (18.50%) Cisco
4 52 (11.45%) F5
5 50 (11.01%) ServiceNow
6 24 (5.29%) Google
7 22 (4.85%) NetApp
8 21 (4.63%) Fortinet
8 21 (4.63%) Zscaler
9 19 (4.19%) Infoblox
10 18 (3.96%) Juniper
10 18 (3.96%) Palo Alto
11 17 (3.74%) Blue Coat
11 17 (3.74%) Citrix
12 16 (3.52%) McAfee
13 15 (3.30%) Splunk
14 14 (3.08%) Bloomberg
14 14 (3.08%) Red Hat
15 13 (2.86%) CheckPoint
16 11 (2.42%) Arista