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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 239 275
Rank change year-on-year -34 +36 -43
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 392 287 313
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.90% 1.13% 0.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.46% 8.83% 6.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 183 207
10th Percentile £210 £214 £200
25th Percentile £338 £331 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.62% -2.63% -
75th Percentile £568 £613 £575
90th Percentile £638 £669 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 17 32
10th Percentile £21.25 £18.79 £18.65
25th Percentile £24.44 £41.45 £53.93
Median hourly rate £32.50 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.00% -3.85% +16.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile - - £67.25
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -48.00% -3.85% +16.26%

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 4,144 3,252 4,798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.47% 12.75% 12.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,563 2,010 2,855
10th Percentile £250 £235 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.42% -1.40% -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -1.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 139 396
10th Percentile £16.02 £14.69 £13.87
25th Percentile £21.25 £20.16 £17.69
Median hourly rate £27.88 £41.00 £46.69
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% -12.19% +125.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.50 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £26.69 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.69% - +113.17%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -74 154 £475 +2.70% 44
North of England -31 90 £450 -0.11% 41
South East -37 64 £530 +17.67% 74
North West -1 57 £500 +76.99% 19
Midlands -41 38 £402 -26.91% 26
East of England -13 37 £175 -58.82% 34
West Midlands -35 31 £400 -20.00% 20
Yorkshire -54 29 £449 -10.30% 21
South West -21 22 £475 -22.76% 27
East Midlands -17 7 £451 -18.00% 6
North East -32 4 £306 +6.52% 5
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 24 (6.12%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.83%) Confluence
3 13 (3.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (2.55%) nginx
5 5 (1.28%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.77%) IIS
6 3 (0.77%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.51%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (0.51%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.51%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.51%) WebSphere Portal
8 1 (0.26%) CICS
8 1 (0.26%) Traefik
Applications
1 31 (7.91%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.04%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.51%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.26%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 107 (27.30%) Azure
2 93 (23.72%) AWS
3 74 (18.88%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (9.18%) Entra ID
5 31 (7.91%) GCP
6 29 (7.40%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 22 (5.61%) Route 53
8 18 (4.59%) OneDrive
9 16 (4.08%) Amazon EC2
10 15 (3.83%) Amazon EKS
10 15 (3.83%) Amazon S3
11 13 (3.32%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (3.32%) Serverless
12 11 (2.81%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (2.81%) GitHub
12 11 (2.81%) Google Workspace
13 7 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (1.79%) IaaS
13 7 (1.79%) SaaS
14 6 (1.53%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 215 (54.85%) DNS
2 151 (38.52%) Firewall
3 101 (25.77%) DHCP
4 96 (24.49%) VPN
5 77 (19.64%) WAN
6 72 (18.37%) Network Security
7 68 (17.35%) LAN
8 55 (14.03%) BGP
8 55 (14.03%) HTTP
8 55 (14.03%) SSL
9 54 (13.78%) VLAN
10 50 (12.76%) BIG-IP
11 38 (9.69%) Ethernet
12 35 (8.93%) OSPF
13 34 (8.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 30 (7.65%) Wi-Fi
15 29 (7.40%) Wireshark
16 23 (5.87%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
17 22 (5.61%) Wireless
18 21 (5.36%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.81%) Elasticsearch
2 9 (2.30%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.51%) MySQL
5 2 (0.51%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.26%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.26%) KDB
6 1 (0.26%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 47 (11.99%) JIRA
2 23 (5.87%) Fiddler
3 15 (3.83%) GitLab
4 14 (3.57%) Visual Studio
5 13 (3.32%) Eclipse
5 13 (3.32%) Jenkins
6 11 (2.81%) Git
7 9 (2.30%) Browser DevTools
8 7 (1.79%) Bitbucket
8 7 (1.79%) SonarQube
9 5 (1.28%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.77%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.51%) Introscope
11 2 (0.51%) Subversion
12 1 (0.26%) MSI
12 1 (0.26%) Postman
General
1 156 (39.80%) Social Skills
2 57 (14.54%) Finance
3 52 (13.27%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (9.95%) Banking
5 25 (6.38%) Investment Banking
6 22 (5.61%) Presentation Skills
7 21 (5.36%) Public Sector
8 20 (5.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (4.85%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (4.08%) Military
11 13 (3.32%) Telecoms
12 9 (2.30%) Front Office
13 6 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.02%) Legal
15 3 (0.77%) Retail
16 2 (0.51%) Financial Institution
16 2 (0.51%) Games
16 2 (0.51%) Japanese Language
16 2 (0.51%) Law
16 2 (0.51%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 89 (22.70%) Network Engineer
2 46 (11.73%) Architect
3 40 (10.20%) Support Engineer
4 35 (8.93%) Analyst
5 30 (7.65%) Web Engineer
6 25 (6.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 24 (6.12%) Security Engineer
8 23 (5.87%) Senior
9 22 (5.61%) IT Support
9 22 (5.61%) Technical Engineer
10 21 (5.36%) Systems Engineer
11 17 (4.34%) Blue Coat Engineer
11 17 (4.34%) IP Network Engineer
11 17 (4.34%) IT Engineer
12 14 (3.57%) Junior
12 14 (3.57%) Software Engineer
13 13 (3.32%) C# Software Engineer
13 13 (3.32%) IT Support Engineer
13 13 (3.32%) Technical Support
14 12 (3.06%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.10%) LDAP
2 17 (4.34%) SAML
3 13 (3.32%) Node.js
3 13 (3.32%) Web Services
4 11 (2.81%) JSON
4 11 (2.81%) OpenID
5 9 (2.30%) REST
6 8 (2.04%) 802.1X
7 6 (1.53%) .NET
8 5 (1.28%) OAuth
9 4 (1.02%) ARM Templates
9 4 (1.02%) NETCONF
9 4 (1.02%) OpenConfig
9 4 (1.02%) RESTCONF
9 4 (1.02%) YANG
10 3 (0.77%) HTML
10 3 (0.77%) Kafka
10 3 (0.77%) Middleware
10 3 (0.77%) WinForms
10 3 (0.77%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (14.03%) Data Centre
2 37 (9.44%) Onboarding
3 21 (5.36%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 21 (5.36%) Management Information System
4 16 (4.08%) Security Posture
5 15 (3.83%) Industry 4.0
5 15 (3.83%) Robotics
6 12 (3.06%) Cyber Threat
7 11 (2.81%) Hybrid Cloud
8 10 (2.55%) Cloud Native
8 10 (2.55%) Private Cloud
9 9 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (2.04%) Public Cloud
10 8 (2.04%) Security Operations Centre
10 8 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.79%) Driving Licence
11 7 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (1.79%) PKI
12 6 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 152 (38.78%) Windows
2 68 (17.35%) Linux
3 40 (10.20%) Windows Server
4 30 (7.65%) Mac OS
5 25 (6.38%) Windows 10
6 17 (4.34%) Apple iOS
6 17 (4.34%) Unix
7 11 (2.81%) Android
8 7 (1.79%) Ubuntu
8 7 (1.79%) Windows Server 2012
9 5 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (1.28%) zOS
10 3 (0.77%) Check Point GAiA
10 3 (0.77%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.51%) CentOS
11 2 (0.51%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.51%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 74 (18.88%) ITIL
3 58 (14.80%) Agile
4 51 (13.01%) Load Balancing
5 46 (11.73%) Customer Service
6 41 (10.46%) CI/CD
6 41 (10.46%) Incident Response
7 40 (10.20%) DevOps
8 38 (9.69%) High Availability
8 38 (9.69%) Migration
9 37 (9.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 35 (8.93%) Infrastructure as Code
11 32 (8.16%) ITSM
12 31 (7.91%) Decision-Making
13 30 (7.65%) Stakeholder Management
14 29 (7.40%) Validation
15 28 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
16 26 (6.63%) SIEM
17 25 (6.38%) Continuous Improvement
17 25 (6.38%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 99 (25.26%) Python
2 45 (11.48%) PowerShell
3 43 (10.97%) Bash
4 28 (7.14%) JavaScript
5 22 (5.61%) C++
6 16 (4.08%) C#
7 10 (2.55%) SQL
8 9 (2.30%) VBA
9 5 (1.28%) ActionScript
9 5 (1.28%) C
10 4 (1.02%) Perl
11 3 (0.77%) Go
11 3 (0.77%) Java
12 2 (0.51%) Jython
12 2 (0.51%) Ruby
12 2 (0.51%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.26%) Groovy
13 1 (0.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 97 (24.74%) Security Cleared
2 76 (19.39%) SC Cleared
3 70 (17.86%) Degree
4 46 (11.73%) Cisco Certification
5 35 (8.93%) CCNP
6 25 (6.38%) CCNA
7 19 (4.85%) Microsoft Certification
8 18 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (4.59%) DV Cleared
9 17 (4.34%) CISSP
10 13 (3.32%) CCIE
11 11 (2.81%) CompTIA Security+
11 11 (2.81%) MCSA
12 10 (2.55%) Azure Certification
13 9 (2.30%) MCSE
14 7 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
15 5 (1.28%) CompTIA CySA+
16 4 (1.02%) CISM
16 4 (1.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 4 (1.02%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.30%) NCSC
2 7 (1.79%) NIST
2 7 (1.79%) QA
2 7 (1.79%) SLA
3 5 (1.28%) GDPR
3 5 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.02%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.51%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.51%) JSP 440
5 2 (0.51%) NIST 800
5 2 (0.51%) RMADS
6 1 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.26%) GRC
6 1 (0.26%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 82 (20.92%) Active Directory
2 47 (11.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (4.59%) Firmware
4 13 (3.32%) Squid
5 12 (3.06%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (2.55%) Docker
7 9 (2.30%) Hyper-V
7 9 (2.30%) VMware NSX
8 6 (1.53%) vSphere
9 5 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.02%) NFS
11 2 (0.51%) KVM
11 2 (0.51%) VirtualBox
12 1 (0.26%) GPFS
12 1 (0.26%) Lustre
12 1 (0.26%) RACF
12 1 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.26%) Snort
Systems Management
1 62 (15.82%) Ansible
2 42 (10.71%) Terraform
3 31 (7.91%) Microsoft Intune
4 28 (7.14%) Kubernetes
5 25 (6.38%) Single Sign-On
6 21 (5.36%) Grafana
6 21 (5.36%) SCCM
7 17 (4.34%) FortiGate
8 16 (4.08%) Prometheus
9 11 (2.81%) Jamf Pro
10 9 (2.30%) Consul
11 8 (2.04%) WSUS
12 6 (1.53%) CASB
13 5 (1.28%) Nessus
13 5 (1.28%) Suricata
14 4 (1.02%) Nagios
14 4 (1.02%) Tivoli NetView
15 3 (0.77%) Puppet
15 3 (0.77%) Tivoli
16 2 (0.51%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 133 (33.93%) Microsoft
2 64 (16.33%) F5
3 63 (16.07%) Cisco
4 57 (14.54%) VMware
5 33 (8.42%) ServiceNow
6 28 (7.14%) Blue Coat
7 25 (6.38%) Google
8 24 (6.12%) Fortinet
9 23 (5.87%) Palo Alto
10 22 (5.61%) McAfee
11 21 (5.36%) Citrix
12 20 (5.10%) Infoblox
12 20 (5.10%) Zscaler
13 18 (4.59%) NetApp
14 17 (4.34%) Juniper
14 17 (4.34%) Siemens
15 16 (4.08%) Splunk
16 15 (3.83%) CheckPoint
17 14 (3.57%) Red Hat
18 13 (3.32%) Bloomberg