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 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 275 228 277
Rank change year-on-year -47 +49 -44
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 352 271 298
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.87% 1.12% 0.82%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.18% 8.57% 6.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 195 205
10th Percentile £263 £222 £185
25th Percentile £376 £350 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +2.56% +1.44%
75th Percentile £550 £623 £560
90th Percentile £630 £675 £645
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 9 21
10th Percentile £21.25 £17.87 £16.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £28.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £41.94 £54.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.05% -16.15% +3.92%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £54.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -23.05% -16.15% +3.92%

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 3,835 3,162 4,824
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.44% 13.11% 13.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,390 1,963 2,903
10th Percentile £250 £220 £208
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.49%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £488 £490
% change year-on-year +1.54% -0.51% -4.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 117 391
10th Percentile £16.59 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £15.44 £16.58
Median hourly rate £41.94 £30.32 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.32% -24.20% +116.22%
75th Percentile £65.88 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.15 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £40.54 £34.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +17.51% -13.75% +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 14 May 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 14 May 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 14 May 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 -63 123 £475 - 65
North of England -11 90 £450 +20.00% 34
South East -33 62 £510 -2.86% 64
North West +4 58 £540 +116.00% 17
East of England -18 40 £228 -47.09% 26
Midlands -43 33 £400 -27.27% 22
West Midlands -35 30 £388 +0.65% 16
Yorkshire -40 27 £447 -12.78% 14
South West -35 19 £500 -18.70% 28
North East -15 5 £306 +22.50% 4
East Midlands -34 3 £625 +13.64% 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 18 (5.11%) Confluence
2 12 (3.41%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.84%) nginx
4 6 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.85%) Apache
5 3 (0.85%) IIS
5 3 (0.85%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.57%) IBM HTTP Server
6 2 (0.57%) OpenStack
6 2 (0.57%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.57%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.57%) WebSphere Portal
6 2 (0.57%) WordPress
7 1 (0.28%) CICS
7 1 (0.28%) Traefik
Applications
1 27 (7.67%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.56%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.14%) Acrobat
4 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.28%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 87 (24.72%) AWS
1 87 (24.72%) Azure
2 47 (13.35%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (6.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 23 (6.53%) GCP
5 21 (5.97%) Entra ID
6 17 (4.83%) Amazon EC2
7 16 (4.55%) Amazon EKS
8 15 (4.26%) Amazon S3
9 14 (3.98%) Route 53
10 13 (3.69%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (3.69%) Serverless
11 9 (2.56%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.99%) GitHub
12 7 (1.99%) Google Workspace
12 7 (1.99%) Nutanix
12 7 (1.99%) OneDrive
12 7 (1.99%) SaaS
13 6 (1.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 190 (53.98%) DNS
2 127 (36.08%) Firewall
3 83 (23.58%) VPN
4 80 (22.73%) DHCP
5 64 (18.18%) WAN
6 59 (16.76%) LAN
7 58 (16.48%) Network Security
8 57 (16.19%) HTTP
8 57 (16.19%) SSL
9 46 (13.07%) VLAN
10 44 (12.50%) BGP
10 44 (12.50%) BIG-IP
11 35 (9.94%) OSPF
12 32 (9.09%) Wireshark
13 31 (8.81%) Ethernet
14 27 (7.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 26 (7.39%) Wi-Fi
16 20 (5.68%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
17 15 (4.26%) Wireless
18 12 (3.41%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.41%) Elasticsearch
2 9 (2.56%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.42%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.57%) MySQL
7 1 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 41 (11.65%) JIRA
2 28 (7.95%) Fiddler
3 20 (5.68%) GitLab
4 18 (5.11%) Git
5 13 (3.69%) Eclipse
5 13 (3.69%) Visual Studio
6 12 (3.41%) Jenkins
7 9 (2.56%) Browser DevTools
8 7 (1.99%) Bitbucket
8 7 (1.99%) SonarQube
9 4 (1.14%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.85%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.85%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.57%) Introscope
11 2 (0.57%) Subversion
12 1 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.28%) Postman
12 1 (0.28%) Travis CI
General
1 122 (34.66%) Social Skills
2 48 (13.64%) Finance
3 46 (13.07%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (11.08%) Banking
5 25 (7.10%) Public Sector
6 24 (6.82%) Investment Banking
7 23 (6.53%) Presentation Skills
8 20 (5.68%) Military
9 18 (5.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (4.83%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (2.84%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.70%) Front Office
13 5 (1.42%) Law
14 3 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.57%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.57%) Aviation
15 2 (0.57%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.57%) Games
15 2 (0.57%) Retail
15 2 (0.57%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 86 (24.43%) Network Engineer
2 37 (10.51%) Analyst
3 36 (10.23%) Web Engineer
4 30 (8.52%) Senior
5 26 (7.39%) Architect
5 26 (7.39%) Support Engineer
6 22 (6.25%) Security Engineer
7 21 (5.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (5.97%) Technical Engineer
8 19 (5.40%) Blue Coat Engineer
8 19 (5.40%) IP Network Engineer
9 17 (4.83%) Systems Engineer
10 16 (4.55%) Junior
11 15 (4.26%) Integration Engineer
12 12 (3.41%) Junior Network Engineer
12 12 (3.41%) Technical Support
13 11 (3.13%) Software Engineer
13 11 (3.13%) Technical Analyst
14 10 (2.84%) C# Software Engineer
14 10 (2.84%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.25%) LDAP
2 14 (3.98%) SAML
2 14 (3.98%) Web Services
3 13 (3.69%) Node.js
4 11 (3.13%) OpenID
5 10 (2.84%) JSON
6 9 (2.56%) 802.1X
7 5 (1.42%) Kafka
7 5 (1.42%) OAuth
7 5 (1.42%) REST
8 4 (1.14%) Middleware
9 3 (0.85%) ARM Templates
9 3 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.85%) HTML
9 3 (0.85%) NETCONF
9 3 (0.85%) OpenConfig
9 3 (0.85%) RESTCONF
9 3 (0.85%) XML
9 3 (0.85%) YANG
10 2 (0.57%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.24%) Data Centre
2 23 (6.53%) Management Information System
2 23 (6.53%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.26%) Industry 4.0
3 15 (4.26%) Robotics
4 12 (3.41%) Cyber Threat
5 11 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
6 10 (2.84%) Cyberattack
6 10 (2.84%) PKI
6 10 (2.84%) Public Cloud
6 10 (2.84%) Security Posture
7 7 (1.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 7 (1.99%) Mainframe
8 6 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.70%) NHS
8 6 (1.70%) Private Cloud
8 6 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.42%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 138 (39.20%) Windows
2 78 (22.16%) Linux
3 43 (12.22%) Windows Server
4 15 (4.26%) Windows 10
5 14 (3.98%) Mac OS
5 14 (3.98%) Unix
6 13 (3.69%) Android
7 9 (2.56%) Apple iOS
7 9 (2.56%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (1.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (1.99%) zOS
9 6 (1.70%) Ubuntu
9 6 (1.70%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (1.14%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.85%) Debian
11 3 (0.85%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.85%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (0.57%) CentOS
12 2 (0.57%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.57%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (29.55%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (15.34%) ITIL
3 50 (14.20%) Agile
4 45 (12.78%) Load Balancing
5 40 (11.36%) DevOps
6 37 (10.51%) Incident Response
7 35 (9.94%) CI/CD
7 35 (9.94%) SIEM
8 33 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
9 32 (9.09%) Customer Service
9 32 (9.09%) Migration
10 31 (8.81%) Validation
11 30 (8.52%) Data Loss Prevention
12 29 (8.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 28 (7.95%) Decision-Making
13 28 (7.95%) Malware Detection/Protection
14 27 (7.67%) Security Operations
15 26 (7.39%) Infrastructure as Code
16 25 (7.10%) High Availability
17 23 (6.53%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 83 (23.58%) Python
2 43 (12.22%) PowerShell
3 41 (11.65%) Bash
4 28 (7.95%) JavaScript
5 18 (5.11%) C++
5 18 (5.11%) SQL
6 14 (3.98%) C#
7 8 (2.27%) Java
8 7 (1.99%) Shell Script
8 7 (1.99%) VBA
9 6 (1.70%) C
9 6 (1.70%) Go
10 4 (1.14%) Perl
11 2 (0.57%) Jython
12 1 (0.28%) Groovy
12 1 (0.28%) Ruby
12 1 (0.28%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 108 (30.68%) Security Cleared
2 89 (25.28%) SC Cleared
3 50 (14.20%) Degree
4 39 (11.08%) Cisco Certification
5 33 (9.38%) CCNP
6 22 (6.25%) CCNA
7 18 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (5.11%) DV Cleared
8 16 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
9 13 (3.69%) CISSP
10 12 (3.41%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (2.56%) Azure Certification
11 9 (2.56%) MCSA
12 8 (2.27%) Network+ Certification
13 7 (1.99%) CompTIA CySA+
13 7 (1.99%) JNCIS
13 7 (1.99%) MCSE
14 6 (1.70%) CCIE
15 5 (1.42%) CISM
16 4 (1.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.84%) SLA
2 5 (1.42%) GDPR
2 5 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.85%) NCSC
3 3 (0.85%) NIST
3 3 (0.85%) QA
4 2 (0.57%) RMADS
5 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.28%) GRC
System Software
1 68 (19.32%) Active Directory
2 49 (13.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (6.25%) Docker
4 19 (5.40%) Firmware
5 13 (3.69%) Squid
6 11 (3.13%) Hyper-V
7 9 (2.56%) VMware NSX
7 9 (2.56%) vSphere
8 8 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
9 7 (1.99%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (1.42%) KVM
11 4 (1.14%) NFS
12 2 (0.57%) Ceph
12 2 (0.57%) Lustre
12 2 (0.57%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.28%) GPFS
13 1 (0.28%) iptables
13 1 (0.28%) RHEV
13 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.28%) Xen
Systems Management
1 63 (17.90%) Ansible
2 38 (10.80%) Terraform
3 35 (9.94%) Kubernetes
4 26 (7.39%) SCCM
5 25 (7.10%) Grafana
6 23 (6.53%) Microsoft Intune
7 22 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
8 17 (4.83%) Prometheus
9 15 (4.26%) FortiGate
10 10 (2.84%) Nagios
11 9 (2.56%) Consul
12 8 (2.27%) WSUS
13 6 (1.70%) CASB
13 6 (1.70%) Tivoli NetView
14 5 (1.42%) Nessus
14 5 (1.42%) Suricata
15 4 (1.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 4 (1.14%) Jamf Pro
15 4 (1.14%) Puppet
15 4 (1.14%) QRadar
Vendors
1 87 (24.72%) Microsoft
2 66 (18.75%) VMware
3 59 (16.76%) F5
4 46 (13.07%) Cisco
5 32 (9.09%) Blue Coat
6 28 (7.95%) McAfee
7 26 (7.39%) Splunk
8 21 (5.97%) NetApp
9 20 (5.68%) Palo Alto
9 20 (5.68%) Red Hat
9 20 (5.68%) ServiceNow
10 19 (5.40%) Fortinet
11 18 (5.11%) Citrix
12 17 (4.83%) Juniper
13 16 (4.55%) Siemens
14 13 (3.69%) SolarWinds
14 13 (3.69%) Zscaler
15 12 (3.41%) Bloomberg
16 11 (3.13%) Veeam
17 10 (2.84%) Meraki