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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 230 255
Rank change year-on-year -25 +25 -36
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 435 300 330
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.97% 1.11% 0.90%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.24% 8.74% 6.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 185 214
10th Percentile £206 £211 £201
25th Percentile £325 £350 £267
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -4.26%
75th Percentile £568 £612 £558
90th Percentile £650 £662 £645
UK median daily rate £460 £500 £469
% change year-on-year -8.00% +6.67% -1.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 22 34
10th Percentile £21.25 £19.59 £20.00
25th Percentile £26.66 £42.53 £56.49
Median hourly rate £38.72 £63.75 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.26% -1.92% +28.92%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile £91.78 - £66.75
UK median hourly rate £38.72 £63.75 £65.00
% change year-on-year -39.26% -1.92% +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 4,250 3,433 4,760
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.50% 12.65% 12.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,623 2,122 2,833
10th Percentile £250 £235 £215
25th Percentile £400 £370 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +3.63% -3.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 158 385
10th Percentile £16.04 £14.99 £13.87
25th Percentile £20.41 £25.04 £17.69
Median hourly rate £26.72 £43.75 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.93% +1.74% +39.84%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £84.30 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.44 £47.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year -44.34% +10.47% +39.84%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -41 173 £475 - 78
North of England -30 93 £447 -10.60% 61
South East -31 72 £530 +17.67% 109
North West -1 59 £450 -2.81% 25
Midlands -36 40 £401 -19.80% 39
East of England -12 37 £250 -41.18% 33
South West -10 33 £475 -24.00% 47
West Midlands -45 32 £400 -6.10% 20
Yorkshire -56 30 £447 -11.70% 30
East Midlands -12 8 £402 -26.91% 19
North East -36 4 £306 +22.50% 10
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 34 (7.82%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.45%) Confluence
2 15 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.99%) nginx
4 7 (1.61%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.69%) IIS
5 3 (0.69%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.46%) FactoryTalk
6 2 (0.46%) IBM HTTP Server
6 2 (0.46%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.46%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.46%) WebSphere Portal
7 1 (0.23%) CICS
7 1 (0.23%) Traefik
Applications
1 34 (7.82%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (2.07%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.23%) Houdini
4 1 (0.23%) NUKE
4 1 (0.23%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (0.69%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 130 (29.89%) Azure
2 110 (25.29%) AWS
3 86 (19.77%) Microsoft 365
4 47 (10.80%) Entra ID
5 33 (7.59%) GCP
6 31 (7.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 22 (5.06%) OneDrive
8 21 (4.83%) Route 53
9 19 (4.37%) Amazon EC2
10 15 (3.45%) Amazon EKS
10 15 (3.45%) Amazon S3
11 14 (3.22%) GitHub
12 13 (2.99%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (2.99%) Serverless
13 11 (2.53%) AWS CloudFormation
13 11 (2.53%) Google Workspace
14 9 (2.07%) OpenShift
15 8 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
16 7 (1.61%) IaaS
17 6 (1.38%) Akamai
Communications & Networking
1 252 (57.93%) DNS
2 179 (41.15%) Firewall
3 129 (29.66%) DHCP
4 117 (26.90%) VPN
5 79 (18.16%) WAN
6 78 (17.93%) Network Security
7 71 (16.32%) LAN
8 67 (15.40%) BGP
9 63 (14.48%) VLAN
10 58 (13.33%) HTTP
11 56 (12.87%) SSL
12 47 (10.80%) BIG-IP
13 40 (9.20%) OSPF
14 39 (8.97%) Ethernet
15 35 (8.05%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 31 (7.13%) Wi-Fi
17 28 (6.44%) Wireless
18 27 (6.21%) Wireshark
19 24 (5.52%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
20 23 (5.29%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.53%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (1.84%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.46%) MySQL
5 2 (0.46%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.23%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.23%) KDB
6 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.23%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 49 (11.26%) JIRA
2 20 (4.60%) Fiddler
3 19 (4.37%) Git
4 15 (3.45%) GitLab
5 14 (3.22%) Jenkins
5 14 (3.22%) Visual Studio
6 13 (2.99%) Eclipse
7 10 (2.30%) Browser DevTools
8 7 (1.61%) Bitbucket
8 7 (1.61%) SonarQube
9 5 (1.15%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.69%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.46%) Introscope
11 2 (0.46%) Subversion
12 1 (0.23%) MSI
12 1 (0.23%) Postman
General
1 171 (39.31%) Social Skills
2 60 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
2 60 (13.79%) Finance
3 41 (9.43%) Banking
4 29 (6.67%) Public Sector
5 23 (5.29%) Investment Banking
6 22 (5.06%) Presentation Skills
7 20 (4.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (4.37%) Documentation Skills
9 16 (3.68%) Telecoms
10 14 (3.22%) Military
11 8 (1.84%) Front Office
12 5 (1.15%) Legal
12 5 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.69%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.69%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.69%) Police
13 3 (0.69%) Retail
14 2 (0.46%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.46%) Games
Job Titles
1 94 (21.61%) Network Engineer
2 49 (11.26%) Architect
3 47 (10.80%) Support Engineer
4 37 (8.51%) Analyst
5 33 (7.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 33 (7.59%) Senior
6 27 (6.21%) IT Support
6 27 (6.21%) Web Engineer
7 24 (5.52%) Security Engineer
8 22 (5.06%) IT Engineer
8 22 (5.06%) Technical Engineer
9 20 (4.60%) Systems Engineer
10 18 (4.14%) IT Support Engineer
11 16 (3.68%) Blue Coat Engineer
11 16 (3.68%) IP Network Engineer
12 15 (3.45%) Software Engineer
13 14 (3.22%) C# Software Engineer
14 13 (2.99%) 2nd Line Support
14 13 (2.99%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 13 (2.99%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.83%) LDAP
2 19 (4.37%) SAML
3 13 (2.99%) JSON
3 13 (2.99%) Node.js
3 13 (2.99%) Web Services
4 11 (2.53%) OpenID
5 10 (2.30%) REST
6 8 (1.84%) 802.1X
7 7 (1.61%) .NET
8 6 (1.38%) NETCONF
8 6 (1.38%) OpenConfig
8 6 (1.38%) RESTCONF
8 6 (1.38%) YANG
9 5 (1.15%) OAuth
10 4 (0.92%) ARM Templates
10 4 (0.92%) WinForms
10 4 (0.92%) XML
11 3 (0.69%) boto
11 3 (0.69%) eBPF
11 3 (0.69%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 64 (14.71%) Data Centre
2 38 (8.74%) Onboarding
3 22 (5.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 22 (5.06%) Management Information System
4 17 (3.91%) PKI
4 17 (3.91%) Security Posture
5 16 (3.68%) Robotics
6 15 (3.45%) Industry 4.0
7 14 (3.22%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (2.99%) Linux Command Line
8 13 (2.99%) Public Cloud
9 12 (2.76%) Cyber Threat
9 12 (2.76%) Private Cloud
10 11 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (2.30%) Cloud Native
12 9 (2.07%) Driving Licence
12 9 (2.07%) Operational Technology
12 9 (2.07%) Security Operations Centre
13 8 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 173 (39.77%) Windows
2 89 (20.46%) Linux
3 46 (10.57%) Windows Server
4 34 (7.82%) Mac OS
5 29 (6.67%) Windows 10
6 18 (4.14%) Unix
7 17 (3.91%) Apple iOS
8 13 (2.99%) Android
9 12 (2.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 10 (2.30%) Ubuntu
11 7 (1.61%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
12 4 (0.92%) zOS
13 3 (0.69%) CentOS
13 3 (0.69%) Check Point GAiA
13 3 (0.69%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
14 2 (0.46%) Oracle Linux
14 2 (0.46%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (28.05%) Problem-Solving
2 84 (19.31%) ITIL
3 60 (13.79%) Agile
4 55 (12.64%) CI/CD
5 51 (11.72%) Customer Service
6 50 (11.49%) Load Balancing
7 48 (11.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 47 (10.80%) DevOps
9 46 (10.57%) Infrastructure as Code
10 42 (9.66%) Incident Response
11 40 (9.20%) High Availability
12 39 (8.97%) Cybersecurity
12 39 (8.97%) Migration
13 37 (8.51%) ITSM
14 36 (8.28%) SIEM
15 34 (7.82%) Stakeholder Management
16 31 (7.13%) Decision-Making
16 31 (7.13%) Service Management
16 31 (7.13%) Technical Leadership
17 29 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 119 (27.36%) Python
2 63 (14.48%) PowerShell
3 54 (12.41%) Bash
4 27 (6.21%) JavaScript
5 24 (5.52%) C++
6 17 (3.91%) C#
7 11 (2.53%) SQL
8 9 (2.07%) VBA
9 6 (1.38%) C
9 6 (1.38%) Java
10 5 (1.15%) ActionScript
10 5 (1.15%) Perl
11 4 (0.92%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.69%) Go
13 2 (0.46%) Jython
13 2 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.46%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.46%) Ruby
14 1 (0.23%) Groovy
14 1 (0.23%) Korn
Qualifications
1 114 (26.21%) Security Cleared
2 82 (18.85%) SC Cleared
3 71 (16.32%) Degree
4 53 (12.18%) Cisco Certification
5 39 (8.97%) CCNP
6 32 (7.36%) DV Cleared
7 27 (6.21%) CCNA
8 23 (5.29%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (4.14%) CISSP
10 17 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (3.68%) CCIE
12 11 (2.53%) Azure Certification
12 11 (2.53%) Network+ Certification
13 10 (2.30%) CompTIA Security+
13 10 (2.30%) MCSA
14 9 (2.07%) MCSE
15 7 (1.61%) CompTIA CySA+
16 6 (1.38%) A+ Certification
16 6 (1.38%) JNCIE
17 5 (1.15%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.76%) NCSC
2 10 (2.30%) NIST
2 10 (2.30%) SLA
3 7 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.61%) QA
4 5 (1.15%) GDPR
5 4 (0.92%) NIST 800
5 4 (0.92%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.46%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 2 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.46%) GxP
6 2 (0.46%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.46%) RMADS
7 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.23%) GRC
7 1 (0.23%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 103 (23.68%) Active Directory
2 68 (15.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (4.60%) Docker
3 20 (4.60%) Hyper-V
4 17 (3.91%) Firmware
4 17 (3.91%) vSphere
5 15 (3.45%) VMware NSX
6 13 (2.99%) Squid
7 12 (2.76%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.92%) NFS
10 3 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.46%) KVM
11 2 (0.46%) VirtualBox
12 1 (0.23%) GPFS
12 1 (0.23%) Lustre
12 1 (0.23%) RACF
12 1 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.23%) Snort
Systems Management
1 83 (19.08%) Ansible
2 59 (13.56%) Terraform
3 40 (9.20%) Kubernetes
4 35 (8.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 29 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
6 23 (5.29%) Grafana
7 22 (5.06%) SCCM
8 18 (4.14%) Prometheus
9 17 (3.91%) FortiGate
10 11 (2.53%) Jamf Pro
11 9 (2.07%) Consul
12 8 (1.84%) WSUS
13 6 (1.38%) CASB
13 6 (1.38%) VxRail
14 5 (1.15%) Nessus
14 5 (1.15%) Suricata
15 3 (0.69%) Nagios
15 3 (0.69%) SELinux
15 3 (0.69%) Tivoli
15 3 (0.69%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 150 (34.48%) Microsoft
2 77 (17.70%) Cisco
2 77 (17.70%) VMware
3 64 (14.71%) F5
4 42 (9.66%) ServiceNow
5 26 (5.98%) Fortinet
5 26 (5.98%) Google
6 25 (5.75%) Blue Coat
7 24 (5.52%) Palo Alto
8 22 (5.06%) Zscaler
9 21 (4.83%) Citrix
9 21 (4.83%) Infoblox
9 21 (4.83%) Juniper
10 19 (4.37%) McAfee
10 19 (4.37%) Red Hat
11 18 (4.14%) NetApp
12 17 (3.91%) CheckPoint
12 17 (3.91%) Siemens
12 17 (3.91%) Splunk
13 13 (2.99%) SolarWinds