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 17 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 235 273
Rank change year-on-year -20 +38 -50
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 440 303 321
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.98% 1.11% 0.89%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.30% 8.85% 6.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 187 209
10th Percentile £206 £210 £200
25th Percentile £325 £344 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -4.26%
75th Percentile £566 £612 £560
90th Percentile £658 £653 £645
UK median daily rate £460 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -8.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 23 33
10th Percentile £21.25 £19.72 £20.00
25th Percentile £26.66 £43.60 £56.49
Median hourly rate £38.72 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.43% - +28.92%
75th Percentile £65.00 - -
90th Percentile £91.02 £88.30 £67.00
UK median hourly rate £38.72 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -40.43% - +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 4,270 3,425 4,672
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.53% 12.59% 12.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,623 2,118 2,784
10th Percentile £250 £235 £219
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 £608
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 311 158 367
10th Percentile £16.04 £14.99 £13.86
25th Percentile £20.16 £25.04 £17.24
Median hourly rate £26.72 £44.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.96% +11.25% +23.08%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £87.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.44 £48.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year -45.76% +21.88% +23.08%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 17 July 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 -57 174 £475 -5.00% 74
North of England -32 93 £447 -10.60% 39
South East -34 74 £520 +15.56% 78
North West -7 59 £450 +19.87% 14
Midlands -38 40 £401 -19.80% 24
East of England -8 37 £250 -33.77% 27
South West -16 35 £525 -14.63% 32
West Midlands -40 32 £400 -6.10% 15
Yorkshire -45 30 £454 -10.42% 22
East Midlands -14 8 £402 -26.91% 9
North East -34 4 £306 +22.50% 7
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 35 (7.95%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.86%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (3.41%) Confluence
4 13 (2.95%) nginx
5 7 (1.59%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.68%) FactoryTalk
6 3 (0.68%) IIS
6 3 (0.68%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.45%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (0.45%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.45%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.45%) WebSphere Portal
8 1 (0.23%) CICS
8 1 (0.23%) Traefik
Applications
1 33 (7.50%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.82%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.45%) Houdini
5 2 (0.45%) NUKE
6 1 (0.23%) Weka
Business Applications
1 4 (0.91%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 137 (31.14%) Azure
2 112 (25.45%) AWS
3 88 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (11.36%) Entra ID
5 33 (7.50%) GCP
6 31 (7.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 23 (5.23%) OneDrive
8 21 (4.77%) Route 53
9 19 (4.32%) Amazon EC2
10 15 (3.41%) Amazon EKS
11 14 (3.18%) Amazon S3
11 14 (3.18%) GitHub
12 13 (2.95%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (2.95%) Serverless
13 11 (2.50%) AWS CloudFormation
13 11 (2.50%) Google Workspace
14 9 (2.05%) OpenShift
15 8 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
16 7 (1.59%) IaaS
17 6 (1.36%) Akamai
Communications & Networking
1 256 (58.18%) DNS
2 184 (41.82%) Firewall
3 136 (30.91%) DHCP
4 120 (27.27%) VPN
5 79 (17.95%) WAN
6 78 (17.73%) Network Security
7 71 (16.14%) LAN
8 68 (15.45%) BGP
9 67 (15.23%) VLAN
10 59 (13.41%) HTTP
11 57 (12.95%) SSL
12 47 (10.68%) BIG-IP
13 41 (9.32%) OSPF
14 39 (8.86%) Ethernet
15 35 (7.95%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 32 (7.27%) Wi-Fi
17 29 (6.59%) Wireless
18 27 (6.14%) Wireshark
19 24 (5.45%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
20 23 (5.23%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.27%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (1.82%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.45%) MySQL
5 2 (0.45%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.45%) SQLite
6 1 (0.23%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.23%) KDB
6 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 49 (11.14%) JIRA
2 20 (4.55%) Fiddler
2 20 (4.55%) Git
3 15 (3.41%) Jenkins
4 14 (3.18%) GitLab
4 14 (3.18%) Visual Studio
5 13 (2.95%) Eclipse
6 10 (2.27%) Browser DevTools
7 7 (1.59%) Bitbucket
7 7 (1.59%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.91%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.68%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.45%) Introscope
10 2 (0.45%) Subversion
11 1 (0.23%) MSI
11 1 (0.23%) Postman
General
1 171 (38.86%) Social Skills
2 64 (14.55%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (13.18%) Finance
4 41 (9.32%) Banking
5 29 (6.59%) Public Sector
6 22 (5.00%) Investment Banking
6 22 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
7 20 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
9 16 (3.64%) Telecoms
10 14 (3.18%) Military
11 7 (1.59%) Front Office
12 5 (1.14%) Legal
12 5 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.91%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.68%) Police
14 3 (0.68%) Retail
15 2 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.45%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 95 (21.59%) Network Engineer
2 49 (11.14%) Architect
3 48 (10.91%) Support Engineer
4 36 (8.18%) Analyst
4 36 (8.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 35 (7.95%) Senior
6 27 (6.14%) Web Engineer
7 26 (5.91%) IT Support
8 24 (5.45%) Security Engineer
9 22 (5.00%) IT Engineer
9 22 (5.00%) Technical Engineer
10 20 (4.55%) Systems Engineer
11 18 (4.09%) IT Support Engineer
12 16 (3.64%) Blue Coat Engineer
12 16 (3.64%) IP Network Engineer
13 15 (3.41%) Software Engineer
14 14 (3.18%) C# Software Engineer
15 13 (2.95%) 2nd Line Support
15 13 (2.95%) Network Architect
15 13 (2.95%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.77%) LDAP
2 19 (4.32%) SAML
3 13 (2.95%) JSON
3 13 (2.95%) Node.js
3 13 (2.95%) Web Services
4 11 (2.50%) OpenID
5 10 (2.27%) REST
6 9 (2.05%) 802.1X
7 7 (1.59%) .NET
8 6 (1.36%) NETCONF
8 6 (1.36%) OpenConfig
8 6 (1.36%) RESTCONF
8 6 (1.36%) YANG
9 5 (1.14%) OAuth
10 4 (0.91%) ARM Templates
10 4 (0.91%) eBPF
10 4 (0.91%) WinForms
10 4 (0.91%) XML
11 3 (0.68%) boto
11 3 (0.68%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 67 (15.23%) Data Centre
2 38 (8.64%) Onboarding
3 23 (5.23%) Management Information System
4 22 (5.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 21 (4.77%) PKI
6 17 (3.86%) Robotics
6 17 (3.86%) Security Posture
7 15 (3.41%) Hybrid Cloud
7 15 (3.41%) Industry 4.0
7 15 (3.41%) Public Cloud
8 14 (3.18%) Linux Command Line
9 12 (2.73%) Private Cloud
9 12 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (2.27%) Cloud Native
10 10 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
10 10 (2.27%) Driving Licence
10 10 (2.27%) Operational Technology
11 9 (2.05%) SCADA
12 8 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 177 (40.23%) Windows
2 92 (20.91%) Linux
3 48 (10.91%) Windows Server
4 34 (7.73%) Mac OS
5 30 (6.82%) Windows 10
6 18 (4.09%) Unix
7 17 (3.86%) Apple iOS
8 13 (2.95%) Android
8 13 (2.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 11 (2.50%) Ubuntu
10 7 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.68%) CentOS
12 3 (0.68%) Check Point GAiA
12 3 (0.68%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.68%) zOS
13 2 (0.45%) AIX
13 2 (0.45%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (27.95%) Problem-Solving
2 84 (19.09%) ITIL
3 59 (13.41%) Agile
4 57 (12.95%) CI/CD
5 52 (11.82%) Customer Service
6 51 (11.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 50 (11.36%) Load Balancing
8 49 (11.14%) DevOps
9 48 (10.91%) Infrastructure as Code
10 40 (9.09%) High Availability
10 40 (9.09%) Incident Response
11 39 (8.86%) Cybersecurity
11 39 (8.86%) Migration
12 38 (8.64%) ITSM
13 36 (8.18%) SIEM
14 35 (7.95%) Stakeholder Management
15 32 (7.27%) Service Management
16 31 (7.05%) Decision-Making
16 31 (7.05%) Technical Leadership
16 31 (7.05%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 121 (27.50%) Python
2 66 (15.00%) PowerShell
3 56 (12.73%) Bash
4 27 (6.14%) JavaScript
5 25 (5.68%) C++
6 17 (3.86%) C#
7 13 (2.95%) SQL
8 9 (2.05%) VBA
9 6 (1.36%) C
9 6 (1.36%) Java
9 6 (1.36%) Perl
10 5 (1.14%) ActionScript
11 4 (0.91%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.68%) Go
13 2 (0.45%) Jython
13 2 (0.45%) Korn
13 2 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.45%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.45%) Ruby
14 1 (0.23%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 116 (26.36%) Security Cleared
2 83 (18.86%) SC Cleared
3 70 (15.91%) Degree
4 54 (12.27%) Cisco Certification
5 40 (9.09%) CCNP
6 33 (7.50%) DV Cleared
7 26 (5.91%) CCNA
8 24 (5.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (4.09%) CISSP
10 16 (3.64%) CCIE
11 15 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (2.50%) Azure Certification
12 11 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
13 10 (2.27%) MCSA
14 9 (2.05%) CompTIA Security+
14 9 (2.05%) MCSE
15 6 (1.36%) A+ Certification
15 6 (1.36%) CompTIA CySA+
15 6 (1.36%) JNCIE
16 5 (1.14%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.73%) NCSC
2 11 (2.50%) SLA
3 10 (2.27%) NIST
4 7 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.59%) QA
5 5 (1.14%) GDPR
6 4 (0.91%) NIST 800
6 4 (0.91%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.68%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 3 (0.68%) GxP
8 2 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.45%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.45%) RMADS
9 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.23%) GRC
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 108 (24.55%) Active Directory
2 73 (16.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (5.00%) Hyper-V
4 21 (4.77%) Docker
5 20 (4.55%) vSphere
6 17 (3.86%) Firmware
6 17 (3.86%) VMware NSX
7 13 (2.95%) Squid
8 12 (2.73%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.91%) NFS
11 3 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.45%) KVM
12 2 (0.45%) VirtualBox
13 1 (0.23%) GPFS
13 1 (0.23%) Lustre
13 1 (0.23%) RACF
13 1 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.23%) Snort
Systems Management
1 84 (19.09%) Ansible
2 61 (13.86%) Terraform
3 42 (9.55%) Kubernetes
4 38 (8.64%) Microsoft Intune
5 29 (6.59%) Single Sign-On
6 23 (5.23%) Grafana
7 21 (4.77%) SCCM
8 17 (3.86%) FortiGate
8 17 (3.86%) Prometheus
9 11 (2.50%) Jamf Pro
10 9 (2.05%) Consul
11 8 (1.82%) VxRail
12 7 (1.59%) WSUS
13 6 (1.36%) CASB
14 5 (1.14%) Nessus
14 5 (1.14%) Suricata
15 4 (0.91%) systemd
16 3 (0.68%) Nagios
16 3 (0.68%) Puppet
16 3 (0.68%) SELinux
Vendors
1 152 (34.55%) Microsoft
2 82 (18.64%) VMware
3 78 (17.73%) Cisco
4 63 (14.32%) F5
5 43 (9.77%) ServiceNow
6 27 (6.14%) Google
7 26 (5.91%) Fortinet
8 25 (5.68%) Blue Coat
9 24 (5.45%) Palo Alto
10 22 (5.00%) Juniper
10 22 (5.00%) Zscaler
11 21 (4.77%) Infoblox
12 20 (4.55%) Citrix
13 19 (4.32%) McAfee
13 19 (4.32%) NetApp
14 18 (4.09%) CheckPoint
14 18 (4.09%) Red Hat
15 17 (3.86%) Siemens
16 15 (3.41%) Splunk
17 13 (2.95%) SolarWinds