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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 221 257
Rank change year-on-year -33 +36 -45
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 448 322 310
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.99% 1.16% 0.93%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.55% 9.33% 7.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 190 203
10th Percentile £211 £205 £203
25th Percentile £325 £350 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £575 £613 £568
90th Percentile £673 £653 £638
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 26 31
10th Percentile £25.25 £20.11 £30.00
25th Percentile £31.25 £45.75 £63.13
Median hourly rate £54.75 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.77% - +28.92%
75th Percentile £65.00 - -
90th Percentile £98.82 £86.32 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -19.23% - +28.92%

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 4,246 3,453 4,180
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.36% 12.43% 12.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,570 2,144 2,592
10th Percentile £263 £235 £240
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £494 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.21% -1.20% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 162 291
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.27
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £19.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £45.00 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.89% -12.62% +2.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.16 £87.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.44 £50.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -47.12% +5.26% -5.00%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -44 185 £483 -10.23% 111
North of England -43 86 £475 -5.00% 49
South East -32 79 £525 +25.90% 81
North West -18 55 £475 -0.05% 25
South West -5 40 £638 +3.03% 39
Midlands -27 38 £402 -19.60% 31
East of England -11 33 £250 -52.38% 23
West Midlands -43 30 £406 +1.06% 21
Yorkshire -52 28 £488 -2.50% 17
East Midlands -12 8 £402 -26.91% 10
North East -36 3 £413 +65.00% 9
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 42 (9.38%) SharePoint
2 22 (4.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.90%) Confluence
4 9 (2.01%) nginx
5 7 (1.56%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.89%) FactoryTalk
7 3 (0.67%) IIS
7 3 (0.67%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.45%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.45%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.45%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.45%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.22%) CICS
9 1 (0.22%) Traefik
Applications
1 35 (7.81%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (3.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.79%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.45%) Houdini
5 2 (0.45%) NUKE
6 1 (0.22%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (1.34%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 155 (34.60%) Azure
2 112 (25.00%) AWS
3 97 (21.65%) Microsoft 365
4 62 (13.84%) Entra ID
5 35 (7.81%) GCP
6 30 (6.70%) OneDrive
7 27 (6.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 17 (3.79%) GitHub
9 16 (3.57%) Route 53
10 15 (3.35%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (2.46%) AWS CloudFormation
11 11 (2.46%) Azure Monitor
11 11 (2.46%) Google Workspace
12 10 (2.23%) Amazon EKS
13 9 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (2.01%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (2.01%) OpenShift
14 8 (1.79%) Akamai
14 8 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
14 8 (1.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 266 (59.38%) DNS
2 198 (44.20%) Firewall
3 156 (34.82%) DHCP
4 129 (28.79%) VPN
5 87 (19.42%) Network Security
6 84 (18.75%) WAN
7 75 (16.74%) LAN
8 70 (15.63%) VLAN
9 67 (14.96%) BGP
10 57 (12.72%) HTTP
11 55 (12.28%) SSL
12 42 (9.38%) BIG-IP
13 40 (8.93%) OSPF
14 39 (8.71%) Ethernet
15 38 (8.48%) Wi-Fi
16 34 (7.59%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 33 (7.37%) Wireless
18 24 (5.36%) SD-WAN
19 23 (5.13%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
19 23 (5.13%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.68%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (0.89%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.45%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.45%) MySQL
5 2 (0.45%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.45%) SQLite
6 1 (0.22%) Cloud Spanner
6 1 (0.22%) KDB
6 1 (0.22%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 46 (10.27%) JIRA
2 24 (5.36%) Git
3 18 (4.02%) Jenkins
4 17 (3.79%) Fiddler
5 15 (3.35%) GitLab
6 14 (3.13%) Visual Studio
7 13 (2.90%) Eclipse
8 10 (2.23%) Browser DevTools
9 6 (1.34%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (0.89%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.67%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.45%) Introscope
12 2 (0.45%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.45%) Subversion
13 1 (0.22%) MSI
13 1 (0.22%) Postman
General
1 176 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 63 (14.06%) Analytical Skills
3 57 (12.72%) Finance
4 42 (9.38%) Banking
5 30 (6.70%) Public Sector
6 22 (4.91%) Presentation Skills
7 21 (4.69%) Investment Banking
8 20 (4.46%) Telecoms
9 19 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (3.57%) Military
11 13 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (2.01%) Front Office
13 5 (1.12%) Legal
13 5 (1.12%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.12%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (0.89%) Automotive
14 4 (0.89%) Police
15 3 (0.67%) Retail
16 2 (0.45%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 96 (21.43%) Network Engineer
2 53 (11.83%) Support Engineer
3 50 (11.16%) Senior
4 46 (10.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 43 (9.60%) Architect
6 32 (7.14%) Analyst
7 29 (6.47%) IT Support
8 25 (5.58%) IT Engineer
8 25 (5.58%) Security Engineer
9 24 (5.36%) Web Engineer
10 22 (4.91%) Technical Engineer
11 21 (4.69%) IT Support Engineer
11 21 (4.69%) Systems Engineer
12 19 (4.24%) Platform Engineer
12 19 (4.24%) Senior Network Engineer
13 17 (3.79%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 15 (3.35%) Blue Coat Engineer
14 15 (3.35%) IP Network Engineer
14 15 (3.35%) Software Engineer
15 14 (3.13%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.24%) SAML
2 15 (3.35%) LDAP
3 13 (2.90%) JSON
3 13 (2.90%) Node.js
3 13 (2.90%) Web Services
4 12 (2.68%) ARM Templates
5 11 (2.46%) 802.1X
6 10 (2.23%) REST
7 8 (1.79%) .NET
8 6 (1.34%) NETCONF
8 6 (1.34%) OpenConfig
8 6 (1.34%) OpenID
8 6 (1.34%) RESTCONF
8 6 (1.34%) YANG
9 5 (1.12%) OAuth
10 4 (0.89%) boto
10 4 (0.89%) WinForms
10 4 (0.89%) XML
11 3 (0.67%) eBPF
11 3 (0.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 74 (16.52%) Data Centre
2 47 (10.49%) Onboarding
3 29 (6.47%) PKI
4 26 (5.80%) Hybrid Cloud
5 24 (5.36%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 24 (5.36%) Management Information System
6 19 (4.24%) Robotics
7 17 (3.79%) Linux Command Line
8 16 (3.57%) Security Posture
9 15 (3.35%) Industry 4.0
9 15 (3.35%) Public Cloud
10 14 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (2.68%) Cloud Native
12 11 (2.46%) Cyber Threat
12 11 (2.46%) Operational Technology
13 10 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (2.23%) Driving Licence
13 10 (2.23%) SCADA
14 9 (2.01%) Private Cloud
15 8 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 194 (43.30%) Windows
2 108 (24.11%) Linux
3 56 (12.50%) Windows Server
4 35 (7.81%) Windows 10
5 33 (7.37%) Mac OS
6 21 (4.69%) Unix
7 15 (3.35%) Apple iOS
8 14 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 13 (2.90%) Ubuntu
10 11 (2.46%) Android
11 4 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.67%) CentOS
12 3 (0.67%) Check Point GAiA
12 3 (0.67%) zOS
13 2 (0.45%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.45%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.22%) Rocky
14 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (27.68%) Problem-Solving
2 96 (21.43%) ITIL
3 70 (15.63%) CI/CD
4 66 (14.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 62 (13.84%) Agile
6 60 (13.39%) Infrastructure as Code
7 56 (12.50%) Customer Service
8 54 (12.05%) DevOps
9 50 (11.16%) Load Balancing
10 49 (10.94%) Cybersecurity
11 45 (10.04%) Incident Response
12 44 (9.82%) High Availability
12 44 (9.82%) Migration
13 43 (9.60%) ITSM
13 43 (9.60%) SIEM
14 41 (9.15%) Service Management
15 39 (8.71%) Stakeholder Management
16 38 (8.48%) Continuous Improvement
16 38 (8.48%) Technical Leadership
16 38 (8.48%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 128 (28.57%) Python
2 84 (18.75%) PowerShell
3 71 (15.85%) Bash
4 26 (5.80%) JavaScript
5 24 (5.36%) C++
6 17 (3.79%) C#
7 15 (3.35%) SQL
8 8 (1.79%) Bicep
8 8 (1.79%) Java
8 8 (1.79%) VBA
9 7 (1.56%) Perl
10 5 (1.12%) ActionScript
10 5 (1.12%) C
11 3 (0.67%) Go
11 3 (0.67%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.45%) Jython
12 2 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.45%) Objective-C
12 2 (0.45%) Ruby
12 2 (0.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 121 (27.01%) Security Cleared
2 79 (17.63%) SC Cleared
3 71 (15.85%) Degree
4 57 (12.72%) Cisco Certification
5 44 (9.82%) DV Cleared
6 42 (9.38%) CCNP
7 28 (6.25%) CCNA
8 27 (6.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (4.02%) CISSP
10 15 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (3.13%) CCIE
11 14 (3.13%) Network+ Certification
12 11 (2.46%) Azure Certification
13 10 (2.23%) A+ Certification
13 10 (2.23%) MCSA
13 10 (2.23%) VCAP
14 9 (2.01%) MCSE
15 8 (1.79%) CompTIA Security+
16 7 (1.56%) AWS Certification
17 6 (1.34%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.02%) SLA
2 10 (2.23%) NIST
3 9 (2.01%) NCSC
4 7 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.34%) QA
6 5 (1.12%) 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 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.45%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.22%) RMADS
System Software
1 121 (27.01%) Active Directory
2 80 (17.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 28 (6.25%) Hyper-V
4 25 (5.58%) Docker
5 23 (5.13%) vSphere
6 22 (4.91%) VMware NSX
7 16 (3.57%) Firmware
8 11 (2.46%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (1.79%) Squid
10 6 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
11 3 (0.67%) NFS
11 3 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.45%) KVM
12 2 (0.45%) VirtualBox
13 1 (0.22%) GPFS
13 1 (0.22%) Lustre
13 1 (0.22%) NDS
13 1 (0.22%) NetIQ eDirectory
13 1 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.22%) Snort
Systems Management
1 91 (20.31%) Ansible
2 75 (16.74%) Terraform
3 50 (11.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 42 (9.38%) Kubernetes
5 27 (6.03%) SCCM
6 25 (5.58%) Single Sign-On
7 20 (4.46%) Grafana
8 14 (3.13%) FortiGate
8 14 (3.13%) VxRail
9 11 (2.46%) Jamf Pro
10 10 (2.23%) Prometheus
11 7 (1.56%) WSUS
12 6 (1.34%) CASB
12 6 (1.34%) systemd
13 5 (1.12%) Nessus
13 5 (1.12%) Suricata
14 4 (0.89%) Consul
15 3 (0.67%) Puppet
15 3 (0.67%) SELinux
15 3 (0.67%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 167 (37.28%) Microsoft
2 91 (20.31%) VMware
3 83 (18.53%) Cisco
4 59 (13.17%) F5
5 46 (10.27%) ServiceNow
6 27 (6.03%) Zscaler
7 26 (5.80%) Google
8 23 (5.13%) Fortinet
8 23 (5.13%) Juniper
9 22 (4.91%) Blue Coat
9 22 (4.91%) Palo Alto
10 20 (4.46%) Infoblox
11 19 (4.24%) Citrix
12 17 (3.79%) CheckPoint
12 17 (3.79%) McAfee
12 17 (3.79%) NetApp
12 17 (3.79%) Siemens
12 17 (3.79%) Splunk
13 14 (3.13%) Red Hat
14 12 (2.68%) Remedy