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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 221 191 189
Rank change year-on-year -30 -2 +42
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 390 382 464
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.23% 1.35% 1.28%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.50% 10.55% 9.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 223 300
10th Percentile £198 £213 £173
25th Percentile £300 £356 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £500 £446
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.04% -15.00%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £575
90th Percentile £713 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £488 £450
% change year-on-year -2.56% +8.33% -13.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 8 49
10th Percentile £15.50 £26.55 £24.85
25th Percentile £31.00 £30.94 £40.85
Median hourly rate £63.14 £65.00 £50.39
Median % change year-on-year -2.87% +28.99% -22.48%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £56.49
90th Percentile £82.40 £67.63 £69.62
UK median hourly rate £63.14 £65.00 £50.39
% change year-on-year -2.87% +28.99% -22.48%

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 3,391 3,621 5,074
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.71% 12.80% 13.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,196 2,126 3,143
10th Percentile £205 £220 £206
25th Percentile £356 £375 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £683 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 105 311
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £18.57
25th Percentile £20.13 £20.30 £23.36
Median hourly rate £34.50 £35.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -38.04% +50.64%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £65.98
90th Percentile £75.75 £72.75 £76.10
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -2.86% -38.04% +61.40%

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 2025. 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 -37 129 £538 +10.26% 94
North of England -27 82 £450 -4.76% 43
South East -10 64 £460 -1.08% 81
East of England +1 52 £350 -30.00% 42
North West 0 49 £475 +1.60% 22
West Midlands -6 37 £213 -5.56% 14
Midlands -26 37 £213 -43.33% 20
South West -12 29 £700 +16.67% 26
Yorkshire -46 29 £445 -36.46% 16
North East -13 4 £400 +166.67% 6
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 33 (8.46%) SharePoint
2 21 (5.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (3.59%) Skype for Business
4 9 (2.31%) Confluence
5 8 (2.05%) OpenStack
6 4 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.77%) Apache
7 3 (0.77%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.77%) IIS
8 2 (0.51%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.51%) WordPress
9 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
Applications
1 36 (9.23%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.54%) Weka
3 5 (1.28%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.77%) Acrobat
6 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Eikon
1 1 (0.26%) Eze OMS
1 1 (0.26%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.26%) Finacle
1 1 (0.26%) RMDS
1 1 (0.26%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 99 (25.38%) AWS
2 95 (24.36%) Azure
3 79 (20.26%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (7.18%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 26 (6.67%) Amazon S3
6 25 (6.41%) Amazon EC2
6 25 (6.41%) GCP
7 22 (5.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 22 (5.64%) Amazon ELB
7 22 (5.64%) Entra ID
8 17 (4.36%) GitHub
9 10 (2.56%) AWS CloudFormation
10 8 (2.05%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (2.05%) SaaS
11 7 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (1.79%) OneDrive
12 6 (1.54%) Google Workspace
13 4 (1.03%) AWS KMS
13 4 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (0.77%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 220 (56.41%) DNS
2 145 (37.18%) Firewall
3 115 (29.49%) VPN
4 113 (28.97%) DHCP
5 79 (20.26%) SSL
6 63 (16.15%) LAN
7 62 (15.90%) WAN
8 58 (14.87%) Network Security
9 51 (13.08%) VLAN
10 46 (11.79%) HTTP
11 32 (8.21%) Wireshark
12 27 (6.92%) BGP
12 27 (6.92%) Wi-Fi
13 22 (5.64%) BIG-IP
14 21 (5.38%) OSPF
15 20 (5.13%) Wireless
16 19 (4.87%) SAN
17 17 (4.36%) Ethernet
17 17 (4.36%) Internet
18 15 (3.85%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.87%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.28%) Oracle Database
4 4 (1.03%) Big Data
4 4 (1.03%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.03%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.77%) Delta Lake
5 3 (0.77%) Hadoop
5 3 (0.77%) Parquet
6 2 (0.51%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.51%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.26%) Impala
7 1 (0.26%) MySQL
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.26%) Redis
7 1 (0.26%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 40 (10.26%) Git
2 38 (9.74%) Jenkins
3 33 (8.46%) GitLab
4 23 (5.90%) JIRA
5 20 (5.13%) Fiddler
6 16 (4.10%) Eclipse
6 16 (4.10%) Visual Studio
7 5 (1.28%) Subversion
8 4 (1.03%) CircleCI
8 4 (1.03%) Robot Framework
8 4 (1.03%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.77%) MLflow
9 3 (0.77%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.77%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.51%) Maven
10 2 (0.51%) Poetry
10 2 (0.51%) Postman
10 2 (0.51%) PyCharm
10 2 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.26%) Travis CI
General
1 141 (36.15%) Social Skills
2 69 (17.69%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (9.74%) Finance
3 38 (9.74%) Public Sector
4 28 (7.18%) Banking
5 25 (6.41%) Military
6 19 (4.87%) Investment Banking
6 19 (4.87%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (2.56%) Legal
7 10 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.31%) Front Office
8 9 (2.31%) Law
9 7 (1.79%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.54%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.54%) Local Government
11 5 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (0.77%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.51%) Advertising
14 1 (0.26%) Games
14 1 (0.26%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 76 (19.49%) Network Engineer
2 63 (16.15%) Support Engineer
3 51 (13.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 51 (13.08%) Senior
4 49 (12.56%) Analyst
5 31 (7.95%) IT Support
6 25 (6.41%) IT Engineer
7 21 (5.38%) 2nd Line Support
8 20 (5.13%) Support Analyst
9 19 (4.87%) Technical Support
9 19 (4.87%) Web Engineer
10 18 (4.62%) DevOps Engineer
11 16 (4.10%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 16 (4.10%) Technical Analyst
12 15 (3.85%) IT Support Engineer
12 15 (3.85%) Security Engineer
12 15 (3.85%) Senior DevOps
13 14 (3.59%) C# Software Engineer
13 14 (3.59%) Junior
13 14 (3.59%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.87%) Web Services
2 17 (4.36%) Node.js
3 15 (3.85%) Middleware
4 8 (2.05%) Elastic Stack
4 8 (2.05%) LDAP
5 6 (1.54%) FIX Protocol
5 6 (1.54%) REST
6 5 (1.28%) Ultra Messaging
7 4 (1.03%) Kafka
7 4 (1.03%) React
7 4 (1.03%) SAML
7 4 (1.03%) SOAP
8 3 (0.77%) .NET
8 3 (0.77%) 802.1X
8 3 (0.77%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.77%) Apache Avro
8 3 (0.77%) ASP.NET Web API
8 3 (0.77%) Bootstrap
8 3 (0.77%) Express.js
8 3 (0.77%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.41%) Data Centre
1 25 (6.41%) Management Information System
2 21 (5.38%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 13 (3.33%) NHS
4 13 (3.33%) Private Cloud
5 12 (3.08%) Driving Licence
6 11 (2.82%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.82%) Replication
7 10 (2.56%) CMDB
7 10 (2.56%) PKI
8 9 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (2.05%) Clustering
10 7 (1.79%) SCADA
11 6 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.54%) Cyberattack
11 6 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (1.54%) Grid Computing
11 6 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.54%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 187 (47.95%) Windows
2 124 (31.79%) Linux
3 52 (13.33%) Windows Server
4 38 (9.74%) Windows 10
5 23 (5.90%) Unix
6 12 (3.08%) Android
6 12 (3.08%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (3.08%) Windows Server 2019
7 10 (2.56%) Mac OS
8 8 (2.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (2.05%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (1.54%) Apple iOS
9 6 (1.54%) Ubuntu
9 6 (1.54%) VMS
10 4 (1.03%) CentOS
10 4 (1.03%) Solaris
11 3 (0.77%) Debian
11 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.51%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.51%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (28.97%) Problem-Solving
2 65 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 61 (15.64%) ITIL
4 60 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 58 (14.87%) DevOps
6 55 (14.10%) Agile
7 47 (12.05%) Infrastructure as Code
8 43 (11.03%) High Availability
9 42 (10.77%) Incident Response
9 42 (10.77%) Load Balancing
10 37 (9.49%) SIEM
11 35 (8.97%) Cybersecurity
12 33 (8.46%) Infrastructure Automation
13 30 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
13 30 (7.69%) Validation
14 28 (7.18%) Disaster Recovery
14 28 (7.18%) Knowledge Transfer
15 27 (6.92%) Mentoring
16 26 (6.67%) DevSecOps
16 26 (6.67%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 115 (29.49%) Python
2 73 (18.72%) PowerShell
3 70 (17.95%) Bash
4 22 (5.64%) C++
4 22 (5.64%) Perl
5 21 (5.38%) SQL
6 20 (5.13%) C#
7 19 (4.87%) JavaScript
8 11 (2.82%) Java
9 10 (2.56%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.28%) C
10 5 (1.28%) Go
11 4 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.77%) Groovy
12 3 (0.77%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.26%) Bicep
13 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.26%) Ruby
13 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 127 (32.56%) Security Cleared
2 93 (23.85%) SC Cleared
3 34 (8.72%) Cisco Certification
4 32 (8.21%) DV Cleared
4 32 (8.21%) Microsoft Certification
5 30 (7.69%) Degree
6 23 (5.90%) CCNP
7 16 (4.10%) Azure Certification
7 16 (4.10%) Network+ Certification
8 14 (3.59%) CCNA
9 13 (3.33%) CompTIA Security+
9 13 (3.33%) MCP
10 12 (3.08%) CISSP
11 11 (2.82%) Server+ Certification
12 10 (2.56%) MCSE
13 7 (1.79%) JNCIS
14 6 (1.54%) A+ Certification
14 6 (1.54%) CCIE
14 6 (1.54%) ECDL
14 6 (1.54%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.38%) GDPR
2 8 (2.05%) SLA
3 7 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.03%) NIST
6 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.51%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.26%) NCSC
7 1 (0.26%) QA
7 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 91 (23.33%) Active Directory
2 61 (15.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 51 (13.08%) Docker
4 30 (7.69%) Hyper-V
5 12 (3.08%) Firmware
6 9 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (2.31%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (1.79%) Lustre
7 7 (1.79%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 6 (1.54%) GPFS
8 6 (1.54%) VMware NSX
9 5 (1.28%) KVM
9 5 (1.28%) NFS
9 5 (1.28%) Terminal Services
10 4 (1.03%) Veritas File System
10 4 (1.03%) Veritas Volume Manager
10 4 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (1.03%) vSphere
11 2 (0.51%) Ceph
11 2 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 83 (21.28%) Ansible
2 59 (15.13%) Terraform
3 37 (9.49%) SCCM
4 29 (7.44%) Kubernetes
5 28 (7.18%) Microsoft Intune
6 18 (4.62%) Grafana
7 13 (3.33%) Prometheus
8 10 (2.56%) FortiGate
8 10 (2.56%) Puppet
9 9 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (2.05%) WSUS
11 7 (1.79%) QRadar
12 6 (1.54%) Nagios
12 6 (1.54%) Nessus
12 6 (1.54%) vCenter Server
13 5 (1.28%) ITRS Geneos
13 5 (1.28%) Progress Chef
13 5 (1.28%) Red Hat Satellite
14 4 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (1.03%) CASB
Vendors
1 133 (34.10%) Microsoft
2 83 (21.28%) VMware
3 66 (16.92%) F5
4 52 (13.33%) Cisco
4 52 (13.33%) Palo Alto
5 38 (9.74%) CheckPoint
6 29 (7.44%) Splunk
7 26 (6.67%) Blue Coat
8 23 (5.90%) Fortinet
9 22 (5.64%) McAfee
9 22 (5.64%) ServiceNow
10 21 (5.38%) SolarWinds
11 20 (5.13%) Citrix
11 20 (5.13%) NetApp
12 17 (4.36%) Juniper
12 17 (4.36%) Oracle
13 16 (4.10%) Red Hat
14 14 (3.59%) Meraki
15 11 (2.82%) Veeam
15 11 (2.82%) Zscaler