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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 222 237
Rank change year-on-year -32 +15 -21
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 456 331 325
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.99% 1.19% 0.98%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.53% 9.73% 7.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 194 203
10th Percentile £207 £215 £207
25th Percentile £313 £352 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £568
90th Percentile £681 £658 £635
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 31 32
10th Percentile £26.13 £20.75 £31.63
25th Percentile £31.25 £43.60 £63.44
Median hourly rate £64.24 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.17% - +33.33%
75th Percentile £72.01 - -
90th Percentile £98.82 £83.00 £67.25
UK median hourly rate £63.48 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -2.34% - +33.33%

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 4,332 3,402 4,177
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.45% 12.24% 12.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,616 2,098 2,577
10th Percentile £263 £250 £248
25th Percentile £401 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £676 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 170 285
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.35
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £20.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £43.75 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% -20.27% -0.23%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.14 £46.25 £48.56
% change year-on-year -43.48% -4.76% -11.71%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 -41 192 £475 -15.56% 122
South East -31 84 £520 +35.42% 76
North of England -55 83 £475 -5.00% 55
North West -14 53 £423 -16.34% 27
South West -10 46 £644 +4.04% 26
Midlands -26 42 £402 -10.67% 31
West Midlands -35 34 £406 +1.06% 23
East of England -28 26 £375 -30.23% 21
Yorkshire -51 26 £500 -1.23% 17
East Midlands -13 8 £402 -26.91% 8
North East -39 4 £438 +75.00% 14
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 48 (10.53%) SharePoint
2 26 (5.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.63%) Confluence
4 9 (1.97%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.54%) nginx
6 4 (0.88%) FactoryTalk
7 3 (0.66%) IIS
7 3 (0.66%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.44%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.44%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.44%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.44%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.22%) CICS
9 1 (0.22%) Traefik
Applications
1 25 (5.48%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.75%) 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
1 165 (36.18%) Azure
2 116 (25.44%) AWS
3 108 (23.68%) Microsoft 365
4 70 (15.35%) Entra ID
5 37 (8.11%) GCP
6 34 (7.46%) OneDrive
7 25 (5.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 20 (4.39%) GitHub
9 13 (2.85%) OpenShift
9 13 (2.85%) Route 53
10 12 (2.63%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (2.41%) AWS CloudFormation
11 11 (2.41%) Azure Monitor
11 11 (2.41%) Google Workspace
12 10 (2.19%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (1.97%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (1.75%) Akamai
14 8 (1.75%) Azure Sentinel
15 7 (1.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 279 (61.18%) DNS
2 203 (44.52%) Firewall
3 172 (37.72%) DHCP
4 140 (30.70%) VPN
5 85 (18.64%) Network Security
6 84 (18.42%) WAN
7 75 (16.45%) LAN
8 69 (15.13%) VLAN
9 68 (14.91%) BGP
10 64 (14.04%) HTTP
11 55 (12.06%) SSL
12 44 (9.65%) Wi-Fi
13 40 (8.77%) BIG-IP
13 40 (8.77%) OSPF
14 37 (8.11%) Wireless
15 35 (7.68%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 29 (6.36%) Ethernet
17 26 (5.70%) SD-WAN
18 24 (5.26%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
19 23 (5.04%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.85%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.32%) MySQL
4 5 (1.10%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.88%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.66%) Redis
7 2 (0.44%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.44%) KDB
7 2 (0.44%) SQLite
8 1 (0.22%) Cloud Spanner
Development Applications
1 44 (9.65%) JIRA
2 28 (6.14%) Git
3 25 (5.48%) Jenkins
4 19 (4.17%) GitLab
5 17 (3.73%) Fiddler
6 14 (3.07%) Visual Studio
7 13 (2.85%) Eclipse
8 10 (2.19%) Browser DevTools
9 7 (1.54%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (1.10%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.66%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.44%) Introscope
12 2 (0.44%) Selenium
12 2 (0.44%) Subversion
13 1 (0.22%) MSI
13 1 (0.22%) Postman
13 1 (0.22%) SonarQube
General
1 179 (39.25%) Social Skills
2 67 (14.69%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (12.94%) Finance
4 43 (9.43%) Banking
5 28 (6.14%) Public Sector
6 23 (5.04%) Telecoms
7 22 (4.82%) Investment Banking
8 16 (3.51%) Military
9 12 (2.63%) Front Office
9 12 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.10%) Legal
12 5 (1.10%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.10%) Police
13 4 (0.88%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.88%) Automotive
13 4 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.66%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 94 (20.61%) Network Engineer
2 63 (13.82%) Support Engineer
3 56 (12.28%) Senior
4 51 (11.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 38 (8.33%) Architect
6 36 (7.89%) IT Support
7 35 (7.68%) Analyst
8 32 (7.02%) IT Engineer
9 28 (6.14%) IT Support Engineer
10 24 (5.26%) Web Engineer
11 23 (5.04%) Platform Engineer
12 22 (4.82%) Security Engineer
13 21 (4.61%) Senior Network Engineer
14 19 (4.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 16 (3.51%) Blue Coat Engineer
15 16 (3.51%) IP Network Engineer
15 16 (3.51%) Systems Engineer
16 15 (3.29%) Cloud Engineer
16 15 (3.29%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
16 15 (3.29%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.39%) SAML
2 13 (2.85%) Node.js
2 13 (2.85%) REST
2 13 (2.85%) Web Services
3 11 (2.41%) 802.1X
3 11 (2.41%) ARM Templates
3 11 (2.41%) JSON
4 10 (2.19%) LDAP
5 9 (1.97%) .NET
6 6 (1.32%) Kafka
6 6 (1.32%) NETCONF
6 6 (1.32%) OpenConfig
6 6 (1.32%) RESTCONF
6 6 (1.32%) YANG
7 5 (1.10%) HTML
7 5 (1.10%) OAuth
7 5 (1.10%) OpenID
7 5 (1.10%) RESTful
7 5 (1.10%) Software Packaging
8 4 (0.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 76 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 53 (11.62%) Onboarding
3 31 (6.80%) PKI
4 29 (6.36%) Hybrid Cloud
5 28 (6.14%) Management Information System
6 24 (5.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 19 (4.17%) Linux Command Line
8 17 (3.73%) Public Cloud
9 16 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (2.85%) Operational Technology
11 12 (2.63%) Cloud Native
11 12 (2.63%) Security Posture
12 11 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (2.41%) Cyber Threat
12 11 (2.41%) SCADA
13 10 (2.19%) Driving Licence
14 9 (1.97%) Private Cloud
14 9 (1.97%) Robotics
14 9 (1.97%) Security Operations Centre
15 8 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 210 (46.05%) Windows
2 125 (27.41%) Linux
3 61 (13.38%) Windows Server
4 39 (8.55%) Windows 10
5 35 (7.68%) Mac OS
6 24 (5.26%) Unix
7 17 (3.73%) Apple iOS
8 14 (3.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 13 (2.85%) Android
9 13 (2.85%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.88%) zOS
11 3 (0.66%) CentOS
11 3 (0.66%) Check Point GAiA
12 2 (0.44%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.44%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (26.10%) Problem-Solving
2 103 (22.59%) ITIL
3 79 (17.32%) CI/CD
4 73 (16.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 70 (15.35%) Infrastructure as Code
6 63 (13.82%) Agile
7 61 (13.38%) DevOps
8 55 (12.06%) Customer Service
8 55 (12.06%) Cybersecurity
9 53 (11.62%) ITSM
9 53 (11.62%) Load Balancing
10 47 (10.31%) High Availability
11 46 (10.09%) Incident Response
12 45 (9.87%) Continuous Improvement
12 45 (9.87%) Service Management
12 45 (9.87%) SIEM
13 44 (9.65%) Technical Leadership
14 43 (9.43%) Migration
15 41 (8.99%) Validation
16 39 (8.55%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 142 (31.14%) Python
2 94 (20.61%) PowerShell
3 81 (17.76%) Bash
4 25 (5.48%) C++
5 24 (5.26%) JavaScript
6 19 (4.17%) SQL
7 17 (3.73%) C#
8 9 (1.97%) Bicep
8 9 (1.97%) Java
8 9 (1.97%) Perl
8 9 (1.97%) Shell Script
9 7 (1.54%) VBA
10 5 (1.10%) ActionScript
10 5 (1.10%) Go
11 4 (0.88%) C
12 3 (0.66%) VBScript
13 2 (0.44%) Jython
13 2 (0.44%) Korn
13 2 (0.44%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.44%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 131 (28.73%) Security Cleared
2 85 (18.64%) SC Cleared
3 66 (14.47%) Degree
4 58 (12.72%) Cisco Certification
5 49 (10.75%) DV Cleared
6 43 (9.43%) CCNP
7 28 (6.14%) CCNA
8 26 (5.70%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (4.61%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (3.29%) CCIE
10 15 (3.29%) Network+ Certification
11 14 (3.07%) CISSP
12 12 (2.63%) Azure Certification
12 12 (2.63%) VCAP
13 11 (2.41%) A+ Certification
14 10 (2.19%) AWS Certification
15 7 (1.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 7 (1.54%) MCSA
15 7 (1.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 6 (1.32%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.61%) SLA
2 11 (2.41%) QA
3 10 (2.19%) NIST
4 9 (1.97%) NCSC
5 7 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.10%) GDPR
7 4 (0.88%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.88%) GxP
7 4 (0.88%) NIST 800
7 4 (0.88%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.44%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.22%) RMADS
System Software
1 131 (28.73%) Active Directory
2 89 (19.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (7.46%) Hyper-V
4 29 (6.36%) Docker
5 24 (5.26%) vSphere
6 23 (5.04%) VMware NSX
7 18 (3.95%) Firmware
8 13 (2.85%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (1.32%) Squid
10 3 (0.66%) NFS
10 3 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.66%) VirtualBox
10 3 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.44%) KVM
12 1 (0.22%) GPFS
12 1 (0.22%) NDS
12 1 (0.22%) NetIQ eDirectory
12 1 (0.22%) RACF
12 1 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.22%) Snort
Systems Management
1 100 (21.93%) Ansible
2 86 (18.86%) Terraform
3 58 (12.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 48 (10.53%) Kubernetes
5 29 (6.36%) SCCM
6 24 (5.26%) Grafana
6 24 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (3.51%) VxRail
8 13 (2.85%) Prometheus
9 12 (2.63%) FortiGate
10 11 (2.41%) Jamf Pro
11 7 (1.54%) WSUS
12 6 (1.32%) systemd
13 5 (1.10%) Suricata
14 4 (0.88%) Consul
14 4 (0.88%) Istio
15 3 (0.66%) CASB
15 3 (0.66%) Puppet
15 3 (0.66%) SELinux
15 3 (0.66%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 179 (39.25%) Microsoft
2 99 (21.71%) VMware
3 84 (18.42%) Cisco
4 59 (12.94%) F5
5 49 (10.75%) ServiceNow
6 26 (5.70%) Google
7 25 (5.48%) Zscaler
8 24 (5.26%) Fortinet
9 23 (5.04%) Palo Alto
10 22 (4.82%) Juniper
11 21 (4.61%) Blue Coat
12 19 (4.17%) McAfee
13 18 (3.95%) Citrix
13 18 (3.95%) Infoblox
13 18 (3.95%) NetApp
14 17 (3.73%) CheckPoint
15 16 (3.51%) Splunk
16 13 (2.85%) Red Hat
17 12 (2.63%) Bloomberg
17 12 (2.63%) SolarWinds