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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 223 253
Rank change year-on-year -21 +30 -39
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 459 322 323
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.01% 1.16% 0.97%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.70% 9.43% 7.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 190 201
10th Percentile £208 £219 £205
25th Percentile £325 £357 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £576 £614 £560
90th Percentile £675 £653 £638
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 28 32
10th Percentile £26.09 £20.36 £31.63
25th Percentile £31.25 £38.34 £63.44
Median hourly rate £63.48 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% - +28.92%
75th Percentile £70.97 - -
90th Percentile £98.82 £84.99 £67.25
UK median hourly rate £62.99 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -3.09% - +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 4,291 3,415 4,186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.41% 12.34% 12.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,598 2,119 2,572
10th Percentile £263 £250 £243
25th Percentile £403 £375 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 167 282
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.48
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £20.50
Median hourly rate £27.75 £44.00 £54.94
Median % change year-on-year -36.93% -19.91% +3.66%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £86.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £46.88 £49.50
% change year-on-year -44.53% -5.30% -5.71%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 -43 188 £490 -14.78% 266
South East -28 83 £523 +16.11% 90
North of England -46 83 £488 -2.50% 59
North West -14 54 £475 -0.05% 31
South West -4 44 £594 -4.04% 48
Midlands -29 41 £402 -19.60% 29
East of England -13 35 £375 -28.57% 28
West Midlands -27 33 £406 +1.06% 21
Yorkshire -51 25 £500 - 17
East Midlands -4 8 £402 -26.91% 8
North East -40 4 £438 +2.94% 13
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 45 (9.80%) SharePoint
2 23 (5.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.61%) Confluence
4 9 (1.96%) OpenStack
5 7 (1.53%) nginx
6 4 (0.87%) FactoryTalk
7 3 (0.65%) IIS
7 3 (0.65%) 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 35 (7.63%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.74%) 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 6 (1.31%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 164 (35.73%) Azure
2 114 (24.84%) AWS
3 104 (22.66%) Microsoft 365
4 68 (14.81%) Entra ID
5 36 (7.84%) GCP
6 33 (7.19%) OneDrive
7 25 (5.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 20 (4.36%) GitHub
9 13 (2.83%) OpenShift
9 13 (2.83%) Route 53
10 12 (2.61%) Amazon EC2
11 11 (2.40%) AWS CloudFormation
11 11 (2.40%) Azure Monitor
11 11 (2.40%) Google Workspace
12 10 (2.18%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (1.74%) Akamai
13 8 (1.74%) Amazon EKS
13 8 (1.74%) Azure Sentinel
14 7 (1.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 273 (59.48%) DNS
2 203 (44.23%) Firewall
3 167 (36.38%) DHCP
4 137 (29.85%) VPN
5 87 (18.95%) Network Security
6 84 (18.30%) WAN
7 75 (16.34%) LAN
8 70 (15.25%) VLAN
9 67 (14.60%) BGP
10 63 (13.73%) HTTP
11 57 (12.42%) SSL
12 42 (9.15%) Wi-Fi
13 39 (8.50%) BIG-IP
13 39 (8.50%) Ethernet
13 39 (8.50%) OSPF
14 35 (7.63%) Wireless
15 34 (7.41%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 26 (5.66%) SD-WAN
17 23 (5.01%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
18 22 (4.79%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.61%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.09%) MySQL
3 5 (1.09%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.87%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.65%) Redis
6 2 (0.44%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.44%) SQLite
7 1 (0.22%) Cloud Spanner
7 1 (0.22%) KDB
Development Applications
1 43 (9.37%) JIRA
2 27 (5.88%) Git
3 24 (5.23%) Jenkins
4 19 (4.14%) GitLab
5 16 (3.49%) Fiddler
6 14 (3.05%) Visual Studio
7 13 (2.83%) Eclipse
8 10 (2.18%) Browser DevTools
9 7 (1.53%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (0.87%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.44%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.44%) Introscope
11 2 (0.44%) Selenium
11 2 (0.44%) Subversion
12 1 (0.22%) MSI
12 1 (0.22%) Postman
12 1 (0.22%) SonarQube
General
1 183 (39.87%) Social Skills
2 67 (14.60%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (12.85%) Finance
4 41 (8.93%) Banking
5 28 (6.10%) Public Sector
6 23 (5.01%) Telecoms
7 22 (4.79%) Presentation Skills
8 21 (4.58%) Investment Banking
9 20 (4.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (3.49%) Military
11 10 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (2.18%) Front Office
12 5 (1.09%) Legal
12 5 (1.09%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.87%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.87%) Automotive
13 4 (0.87%) Police
14 3 (0.65%) Retail
Job Titles
1 94 (20.48%) Network Engineer
2 57 (12.42%) Support Engineer
3 52 (11.33%) Senior
4 49 (10.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 38 (8.28%) Architect
6 33 (7.19%) Analyst
7 32 (6.97%) IT Support
8 28 (6.10%) IT Engineer
9 26 (5.66%) Systems Engineer
10 24 (5.23%) IT Support Engineer
10 24 (5.23%) Security Engineer
11 23 (5.01%) Web Engineer
12 22 (4.79%) Technical Engineer
13 21 (4.58%) Platform Engineer
14 19 (4.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 19 (4.14%) Senior Network Engineer
15 15 (3.27%) Blue Coat Engineer
15 15 (3.27%) IP Network Engineer
15 15 (3.27%) Software Engineer
16 14 (3.05%) 2nd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.36%) SAML
2 13 (2.83%) LDAP
2 13 (2.83%) Node.js
2 13 (2.83%) REST
2 13 (2.83%) Web Services
3 11 (2.40%) 802.1X
3 11 (2.40%) ARM Templates
3 11 (2.40%) JSON
4 8 (1.74%) .NET
5 6 (1.31%) HTML
5 6 (1.31%) NETCONF
5 6 (1.31%) OpenConfig
5 6 (1.31%) RESTCONF
5 6 (1.31%) YANG
6 5 (1.09%) Kafka
6 5 (1.09%) OAuth
6 5 (1.09%) OpenID
6 5 (1.09%) RESTful
7 4 (0.87%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (0.87%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 74 (16.12%) Data Centre
2 51 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 29 (6.32%) Hybrid Cloud
3 29 (6.32%) PKI
4 26 (5.66%) Management Information System
5 24 (5.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 19 (4.14%) Linux Command Line
6 19 (4.14%) Robotics
7 16 (3.49%) Public Cloud
7 16 (3.49%) Security Posture
8 15 (3.27%) Industry 4.0
9 14 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (2.83%) Operational Technology
11 12 (2.61%) Cloud Native
12 11 (2.40%) Cyber Threat
12 11 (2.40%) SCADA
13 10 (2.18%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (2.18%) Driving Licence
14 9 (1.96%) Private Cloud
15 8 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 205 (44.66%) Windows
2 123 (26.80%) Linux
3 59 (12.85%) Windows Server
4 37 (8.06%) Windows 10
5 33 (7.19%) Mac OS
6 26 (5.66%) Unix
7 15 (3.27%) Apple iOS
8 14 (3.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 13 (2.83%) Ubuntu
10 11 (2.40%) Android
11 4 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.87%) zOS
12 3 (0.65%) CentOS
12 3 (0.65%) Check Point GAiA
13 2 (0.44%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.44%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.22%) Rocky
14 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (27.45%) Problem-Solving
2 103 (22.44%) ITIL
3 78 (16.99%) CI/CD
4 72 (15.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 68 (14.81%) Infrastructure as Code
6 63 (13.73%) Agile
7 61 (13.29%) Customer Service
8 60 (13.07%) DevOps
9 53 (11.55%) Cybersecurity
10 51 (11.11%) Load Balancing
11 49 (10.68%) ITSM
12 46 (10.02%) High Availability
13 44 (9.59%) Incident Response
13 44 (9.59%) Service Management
14 43 (9.37%) Migration
14 43 (9.37%) SIEM
14 43 (9.37%) Validation
15 42 (9.15%) Continuous Improvement
15 42 (9.15%) Technical Leadership
16 39 (8.50%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 136 (29.63%) Python
2 90 (19.61%) PowerShell
3 78 (16.99%) Bash
4 25 (5.45%) C++
4 25 (5.45%) JavaScript
5 17 (3.70%) C#
5 17 (3.70%) SQL
6 9 (1.96%) Bicep
6 9 (1.96%) Perl
7 8 (1.74%) Java
7 8 (1.74%) Shell Script
8 7 (1.53%) VBA
9 5 (1.09%) ActionScript
10 4 (0.87%) C
10 4 (0.87%) Go
11 3 (0.65%) VBScript
12 2 (0.44%) Groovy
12 2 (0.44%) Jython
12 2 (0.44%) Korn
12 2 (0.44%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 128 (27.89%) Security Cleared
2 83 (18.08%) SC Cleared
3 76 (16.56%) Degree
4 58 (12.64%) Cisco Certification
5 47 (10.24%) DV Cleared
6 43 (9.37%) CCNP
7 29 (6.32%) CCNA
7 29 (6.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 20 (4.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (3.70%) CISSP
10 15 (3.27%) CCIE
10 15 (3.27%) Network+ Certification
11 12 (2.61%) Azure Certification
12 11 (2.40%) A+ Certification
12 11 (2.40%) VCAP
13 10 (2.18%) MCSA
14 9 (1.96%) MCSE
15 8 (1.74%) AWS Certification
16 7 (1.53%) CompTIA Security+
16 7 (1.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.92%) SLA
2 11 (2.40%) QA
3 10 (2.18%) NIST
4 9 (1.96%) NCSC
5 7 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.09%) GDPR
7 4 (0.87%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.87%) GxP
7 4 (0.87%) NIST 800
7 4 (0.87%) 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
1 128 (27.89%) Active Directory
2 88 (19.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (7.19%) Hyper-V
4 29 (6.32%) Docker
5 24 (5.23%) vSphere
6 22 (4.79%) VMware NSX
7 17 (3.70%) Firmware
8 12 (2.61%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (1.31%) Squid
10 3 (0.65%) NFS
10 3 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.65%) VirtualBox
10 3 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.44%) KVM
12 1 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.22%) GPFS
12 1 (0.22%) Lustre
12 1 (0.22%) NDS
12 1 (0.22%) RACF
12 1 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 97 (21.13%) Ansible
2 83 (18.08%) Terraform
3 54 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 46 (10.02%) Kubernetes
5 29 (6.32%) SCCM
6 24 (5.23%) Single Sign-On
7 22 (4.79%) Grafana
8 15 (3.27%) VxRail
9 13 (2.83%) FortiGate
10 12 (2.61%) Prometheus
11 11 (2.40%) Jamf Pro
12 7 (1.53%) WSUS
13 6 (1.31%) CASB
13 6 (1.31%) systemd
14 5 (1.09%) Nessus
14 5 (1.09%) Suricata
15 4 (0.87%) Consul
16 3 (0.65%) Istio
16 3 (0.65%) Puppet
16 3 (0.65%) SELinux
Vendors
1 177 (38.56%) Microsoft
2 98 (21.35%) VMware
3 83 (18.08%) Cisco
4 58 (12.64%) F5
5 47 (10.24%) ServiceNow
6 26 (5.66%) Google
6 26 (5.66%) Zscaler
7 25 (5.45%) Fortinet
8 23 (5.01%) Juniper
8 23 (5.01%) Palo Alto
9 21 (4.58%) Blue Coat
10 19 (4.14%) Citrix
11 18 (3.92%) Infoblox
12 17 (3.70%) CheckPoint
12 17 (3.70%) McAfee
12 17 (3.70%) NetApp
12 17 (3.70%) Siemens
12 17 (3.70%) Splunk
13 13 (2.83%) Red Hat
14 12 (2.61%) Remedy