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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 224 274
Rank change year-on-year -57 +50 -33
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 367 279 299
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.87% 1.14% 0.80%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.05% 8.83% 6.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 192 204
10th Percentile £213 £221 £188
25th Percentile £375 £325 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £474 £481
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% -1.56% +1.32%
75th Percentile £550 £623 £561
90th Percentile £638 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 11 22
10th Percentile £21.25 £17.79 £16.25
25th Percentile £26.25 £36.88 £20.81
Median hourly rate £35.22 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.65% -3.85% +18.02%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £35.22 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -43.65% -3.85% +18.02%

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 4,056 3,159 4,811
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.56% 12.96% 12.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,514 1,971 2,869
10th Percentile £263 £220 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £601
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £495
% change year-on-year +4.17% -3.03% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 123 390
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.30 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £16.30 £16.44
Median hourly rate £32.50 £39.32 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.34% -1.70% +128.15%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.18 £81.95 £71.94
UK median hourly rate £27.88 £41.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -32.82% +3.75% +116.22%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 June 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 -65 143 £475 +2.70% 47
North of England -29 92 £450 +12.50% 40
North West +3 55 £540 +116.00% 24
South East -36 53 £500 +11.11% 67
East of England -18 37 £263 -38.95% 29
Midlands -44 34 £400 -27.27% 29
Yorkshire -53 32 £449 -10.30% 11
West Midlands -37 31 £388 -29.55% 17
South West -27 21 £500 -18.70% 26
North East -23 5 £306 +22.50% 6
East Midlands -33 3 £625 +13.64% 12
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 16 (4.36%) Confluence
2 15 (4.09%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.72%) nginx
4 8 (2.18%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.09%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.82%) IIS
6 3 (0.82%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.54%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (0.54%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.54%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.54%) WebSphere Portal
8 1 (0.27%) CICS
8 1 (0.27%) Traefik
Applications
1 28 (7.63%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.18%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.09%) Acrobat
5 3 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.27%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 94 (25.61%) Azure
2 90 (24.52%) AWS
3 65 (17.71%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (7.08%) GCP
5 25 (6.81%) Entra ID
5 25 (6.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 16 (4.36%) Amazon EC2
7 15 (4.09%) Amazon EKS
7 15 (4.09%) Amazon S3
8 14 (3.81%) Route 53
9 13 (3.54%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (3.54%) Serverless
10 12 (3.27%) GitHub
10 12 (3.27%) OneDrive
11 10 (2.72%) Google Workspace
12 7 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.91%) Nutanix
12 7 (1.91%) SaaS
13 6 (1.63%) Akamai
13 6 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 196 (53.41%) DNS
2 134 (36.51%) Firewall
3 87 (23.71%) VPN
4 84 (22.89%) DHCP
5 66 (17.98%) WAN
6 63 (17.17%) Network Security
7 60 (16.35%) LAN
8 58 (15.80%) SSL
9 56 (15.26%) HTTP
10 51 (13.90%) VLAN
11 48 (13.08%) BGP
12 46 (12.53%) BIG-IP
13 34 (9.26%) Ethernet
13 34 (9.26%) OSPF
14 31 (8.45%) Wireshark
15 29 (7.90%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 28 (7.63%) Wi-Fi
17 22 (5.99%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
18 19 (5.18%) Wireless
19 14 (3.81%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.00%) Elasticsearch
2 9 (2.45%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.36%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.54%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.27%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.27%) MySQL
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 43 (11.72%) JIRA
2 25 (6.81%) Fiddler
3 20 (5.45%) GitLab
4 16 (4.36%) Jenkins
5 15 (4.09%) Git
6 13 (3.54%) Eclipse
6 13 (3.54%) Visual Studio
7 9 (2.45%) Browser DevTools
8 7 (1.91%) Bitbucket
8 7 (1.91%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.82%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.82%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.54%) Introscope
10 2 (0.54%) Subversion
11 1 (0.27%) Postman
General
1 138 (37.60%) Social Skills
2 56 (15.26%) Finance
3 47 (12.81%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (10.90%) Banking
5 26 (7.08%) Investment Banking
6 24 (6.54%) Public Sector
7 22 (5.99%) Presentation Skills
8 19 (5.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (4.90%) Documentation Skills
9 18 (4.90%) Military
10 9 (2.45%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.18%) Front Office
12 5 (1.36%) Law
13 3 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.54%) Aviation
14 2 (0.54%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.54%) Games
14 2 (0.54%) Japanese Language
14 2 (0.54%) Retail
14 2 (0.54%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 89 (24.25%) Network Engineer
2 42 (11.44%) Analyst
3 33 (8.99%) Web Engineer
4 31 (8.45%) Support Engineer
5 28 (7.63%) Architect
6 26 (7.08%) Senior
7 24 (6.54%) Security Engineer
8 23 (6.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 22 (5.99%) Technical Engineer
10 18 (4.90%) Blue Coat Engineer
10 18 (4.90%) IP Network Engineer
10 18 (4.90%) Systems Engineer
11 17 (4.63%) IT Support
12 16 (4.36%) Junior
13 14 (3.81%) Software Engineer
14 13 (3.54%) C# Software Engineer
14 13 (3.54%) Technical Support
15 12 (3.27%) Integration Engineer
16 11 (3.00%) C++ Software Engineer
16 11 (3.00%) Junior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.45%) LDAP
2 15 (4.09%) SAML
3 13 (3.54%) Node.js
3 13 (3.54%) Web Services
4 11 (3.00%) OpenID
5 10 (2.72%) 802.1X
5 10 (2.72%) JSON
6 7 (1.91%) REST
7 5 (1.36%) .NET
7 5 (1.36%) Kafka
7 5 (1.36%) OAuth
8 3 (0.82%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.82%) HTML
8 3 (0.82%) Middleware
8 3 (0.82%) WinForms
9 2 (0.54%) .NET Core
9 2 (0.54%) Blazor
9 2 (0.54%) eBPF
9 2 (0.54%) NETCONF
9 2 (0.54%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 41 (11.17%) Data Centre
2 39 (10.63%) Onboarding
3 21 (5.72%) Management Information System
4 16 (4.36%) Cyber Threat
5 15 (4.09%) Industry 4.0
5 15 (4.09%) Robotics
6 12 (3.27%) Security Operations Centre
7 11 (3.00%) Security Posture
8 10 (2.72%) Cyberattack
8 10 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (2.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 8 (2.18%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.63%) NHS
11 6 (1.63%) PKI
11 6 (1.63%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.36%) Cloud Native
12 5 (1.36%) Cloud Security Posture
12 5 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 148 (40.33%) Windows
2 75 (20.44%) Linux
3 41 (11.17%) Windows Server
4 25 (6.81%) Mac OS
5 18 (4.90%) Windows 10
6 15 (4.09%) Unix
7 14 (3.81%) Apple iOS
8 11 (3.00%) Android
9 9 (2.45%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (1.36%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (1.36%) zOS
12 4 (1.09%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.82%) Windows 7
14 2 (0.54%) AIX
14 2 (0.54%) CentOS
14 2 (0.54%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 2 (0.54%) VMS
14 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2003
14 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (28.34%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (15.80%) ITIL
3 54 (14.71%) Agile
4 45 (12.26%) DevOps
5 44 (11.99%) Load Balancing
6 43 (11.72%) Incident Response
7 39 (10.63%) CI/CD
7 39 (10.63%) Customer Service
8 34 (9.26%) Migration
9 33 (8.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 31 (8.45%) Cybersecurity
10 31 (8.45%) ITSM
10 31 (8.45%) SIEM
10 31 (8.45%) Validation
11 29 (7.90%) Decision-Making
12 28 (7.63%) High Availability
13 27 (7.36%) Data Loss Prevention
14 26 (7.08%) Infrastructure as Code
14 26 (7.08%) Root Cause Analysis
15 25 (6.81%) Malware Detection/Protection
Programming Languages
1 82 (22.34%) Python
2 38 (10.35%) Bash
2 38 (10.35%) PowerShell
3 29 (7.90%) JavaScript
4 21 (5.72%) C++
5 16 (4.36%) C#
6 15 (4.09%) SQL
7 9 (2.45%) VBA
8 8 (2.18%) Java
9 6 (1.63%) C
9 6 (1.63%) Go
10 5 (1.36%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.09%) Perl
12 3 (0.82%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.54%) Jython
13 2 (0.54%) Ruby
14 1 (0.27%) Groovy
14 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 96 (26.16%) Security Cleared
2 76 (20.71%) SC Cleared
3 58 (15.80%) Degree
4 42 (11.44%) Cisco Certification
5 33 (8.99%) CCNP
6 26 (7.08%) CCNA
7 19 (5.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (4.63%) DV Cleared
9 15 (4.09%) CISSP
9 15 (4.09%) CompTIA Security+
10 13 (3.54%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (2.72%) Azure Certification
11 10 (2.72%) Network+ Certification
12 9 (2.45%) MCSA
13 7 (1.91%) CompTIA CySA+
13 7 (1.91%) MCSE
14 6 (1.63%) CCIE
14 6 (1.63%) JNCIS
15 5 (1.36%) CISM
16 4 (1.09%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.27%) SLA
2 6 (1.63%) GDPR
2 6 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.63%) QA
3 5 (1.36%) NIST
4 3 (0.82%) NCSC
5 2 (0.54%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.54%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.54%) RMADS
6 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.27%) GRC
System Software
1 70 (19.07%) Active Directory
2 46 (12.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (4.90%) Firmware
4 17 (4.63%) Docker
5 13 (3.54%) Squid
6 11 (3.00%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (2.45%) Hyper-V
8 8 (2.18%) vSphere
9 7 (1.91%) VMware NSX
10 6 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
11 3 (0.82%) KVM
11 3 (0.82%) NFS
12 2 (0.54%) VirtualBox
13 1 (0.27%) Ceph
13 1 (0.27%) GPFS
13 1 (0.27%) Lustre
13 1 (0.27%) RACF
13 1 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.27%) Snort
Systems Management
1 61 (16.62%) Ansible
2 36 (9.81%) Terraform
3 35 (9.54%) Kubernetes
4 27 (7.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 25 (6.81%) Grafana
6 24 (6.54%) Single Sign-On
7 21 (5.72%) SCCM
8 16 (4.36%) FortiGate
9 15 (4.09%) Prometheus
10 9 (2.45%) Consul
10 9 (2.45%) Jamf Pro
10 9 (2.45%) Nagios
10 9 (2.45%) WSUS
11 6 (1.63%) CASB
12 5 (1.36%) Nessus
12 5 (1.36%) Suricata
13 4 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (1.09%) QRadar
13 4 (1.09%) Tivoli NetView
14 3 (0.82%) Puppet
Vendors
1 107 (29.16%) Microsoft
2 60 (16.35%) F5
3 57 (15.53%) Cisco
4 55 (14.99%) VMware
5 31 (8.45%) Blue Coat
6 28 (7.63%) ServiceNow
7 25 (6.81%) McAfee
8 24 (6.54%) Splunk
9 20 (5.45%) Citrix
9 20 (5.45%) Palo Alto
10 19 (5.18%) Fortinet
10 19 (5.18%) NetApp
11 17 (4.63%) Juniper
11 17 (4.63%) Siemens
12 15 (4.09%) Red Hat
12 15 (4.09%) Zscaler
13 13 (3.54%) Bloomberg
13 13 (3.54%) Google
14 11 (3.00%) SolarWinds
14 11 (3.00%) Veeam