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 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 236 272
Rank change year-on-year -35 +36 -43
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 363 275 314
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.93% 1.13% 0.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.53% 8.59% 6.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 193 233
10th Percentile £213 £225 £188
25th Percentile £373 £380 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +11.11% -13.46%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £550
90th Percentile £638 £725 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £508 £475
% change year-on-year -11.33% +6.84% -7.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 10 13
10th Percentile £20.85 £18.18 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £28.81 £20.00
Median hourly rate £41.94 £52.25 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.73% +113.27% -60.83%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.69 £56.49
90th Percentile £67.27 £65.00 £69.00
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £52.25 £24.50
% change year-on-year -19.73% +113.27% -60.83%

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 3,810 3,202 5,196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.74% 13.15% 13.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,410 2,011 3,148
10th Percentile £225 £220 £205
25th Percentile £400 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £490 £485
% change year-on-year +2.04% +1.14% -6.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 188 123 396
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £20.75 £19.77 £17.69
Median hourly rate £46.25 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.33% -6.25% +110.91%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.81 £69.32
UK median hourly rate £42.71 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +13.88% -6.25% +110.53%

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 11 April 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 11 April 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 11 April 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 -80 117 £470 -1.05% 42
North of England -16 93 £450 -4.81% 49
South East -35 60 £523 -5.00% 50
North West +15 59 £540 +72.80% 26
East of England -2 51 £280 -34.88% 20
Midlands -41 36 £300 -40.00% 25
West Midlands -35 33 £225 +7.14% 17
Yorkshire -39 31 £447 -22.35% 17
South West -34 22 £575 -6.50% 25
North East -18 3 £200 -27.27% 7
East Midlands -44 3 £625 +13.64% 8
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 (4.96%) Confluence
2 11 (3.03%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.75%) nginx
4 9 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (1.65%) OpenStack
6 4 (1.10%) Skype for Business
7 3 (0.83%) Apache
8 2 (0.55%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.55%) IIS
8 2 (0.55%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.55%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.55%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.55%) WebSphere Portal
8 2 (0.55%) WordPress
9 1 (0.28%) Traefik
Applications
1 35 (9.64%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.75%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.38%) Acrobat
3 5 (1.38%) Weka
4 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 92 (25.34%) Azure
2 82 (22.59%) AWS
3 61 (16.80%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (7.16%) GCP
5 23 (6.34%) Entra ID
6 19 (5.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 14 (3.86%) Amazon S3
7 14 (3.86%) Route 53
8 13 (3.58%) Amazon EC2
9 12 (3.31%) Amazon EKS
9 12 (3.31%) AWS Lambda
9 12 (3.31%) Serverless
10 9 (2.48%) AWS CloudFormation
10 9 (2.48%) Google Workspace
11 8 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.93%) Nutanix
12 7 (1.93%) OneDrive
12 7 (1.93%) SaaS
13 6 (1.65%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (1.65%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 194 (53.44%) DNS
2 127 (34.99%) Firewall
3 89 (24.52%) VPN
4 83 (22.87%) DHCP
5 73 (20.11%) WAN
6 66 (18.18%) LAN
7 56 (15.43%) HTTP
7 56 (15.43%) SSL
8 53 (14.60%) Network Security
9 48 (13.22%) VLAN
10 45 (12.40%) BIG-IP
11 41 (11.29%) BGP
12 35 (9.64%) OSPF
13 34 (9.37%) Wireshark
14 32 (8.82%) Wi-Fi
15 31 (8.54%) Ethernet
16 29 (7.99%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 22 (6.06%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
18 15 (4.13%) Wireless
19 13 (3.58%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.31%) Elasticsearch
2 11 (3.03%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.38%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.55%) MySQL
6 1 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.28%) Electronic Patient Records
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 40 (11.02%) JIRA
2 30 (8.26%) Fiddler
3 16 (4.41%) GitLab
4 14 (3.86%) Eclipse
4 14 (3.86%) Visual Studio
5 12 (3.31%) Git
6 10 (2.75%) Jenkins
7 9 (2.48%) Browser DevTools
8 7 (1.93%) Bitbucket
8 7 (1.93%) SonarQube
9 4 (1.10%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.55%) Introscope
10 2 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.55%) Subversion
11 1 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.28%) Travis CI
General
1 132 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 43 (11.85%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (11.57%) Finance
4 40 (11.02%) Banking
5 26 (7.16%) Investment Banking
5 26 (7.16%) Presentation Skills
6 25 (6.89%) Public Sector
7 21 (5.79%) Military
8 18 (4.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (4.41%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (2.75%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.93%) Front Office
12 5 (1.38%) Law
12 5 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.83%) Legal
14 2 (0.55%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.55%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.55%) Games
14 2 (0.55%) Japanese Language
14 2 (0.55%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 89 (24.52%) Network Engineer
2 40 (11.02%) Analyst
3 39 (10.74%) Web Engineer
4 37 (10.19%) Support Engineer
5 29 (7.99%) Senior
6 26 (7.16%) Architect
7 22 (6.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 20 (5.51%) Blue Coat Engineer
8 20 (5.51%) IP Network Engineer
8 20 (5.51%) Technical Engineer
9 17 (4.68%) Security Engineer
9 17 (4.68%) Systems Engineer
10 16 (4.41%) Integration Engineer
10 16 (4.41%) IT Engineer
11 14 (3.86%) IT Support
11 14 (3.86%) Junior
12 13 (3.58%) IT Support Engineer
12 13 (3.58%) Technical Analyst
12 13 (3.58%) Technical Support
13 11 (3.03%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.23%) LDAP
2 16 (4.41%) Web Services
3 14 (3.86%) Node.js
4 11 (3.03%) SAML
5 9 (2.48%) 802.1X
5 9 (2.48%) OpenID
6 8 (2.20%) JSON
7 5 (1.38%) Kafka
7 5 (1.38%) REST
8 4 (1.10%) Middleware
8 4 (1.10%) NETCONF
8 4 (1.10%) OAuth
8 4 (1.10%) OpenConfig
8 4 (1.10%) RESTCONF
8 4 (1.10%) YANG
9 3 (0.83%) ARM Templates
9 3 (0.83%) HTML
10 2 (0.55%) .NET
10 2 (0.55%) JDBC
10 2 (0.55%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.26%) Data Centre
2 28 (7.71%) Management Information System
3 18 (4.96%) Onboarding
4 15 (4.13%) Industry 4.0
4 15 (4.13%) Robotics
5 13 (3.58%) Enterprise Software
5 13 (3.58%) Public Cloud
6 11 (3.03%) PKI
7 10 (2.75%) Cyberattack
7 10 (2.75%) Private Cloud
7 10 (2.75%) Security Operations Centre
7 10 (2.75%) Security Posture
8 9 (2.48%) Cyber Threat
8 9 (2.48%) Driving Licence
8 9 (2.48%) NHS
9 8 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.93%) CMDB
11 6 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.65%) iPhone
11 6 (1.65%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 154 (42.42%) Windows
2 87 (23.97%) Linux
3 50 (13.77%) Windows Server
4 23 (6.34%) Windows 10
5 16 (4.41%) Android
6 13 (3.58%) Unix
7 9 (2.48%) Apple iOS
7 9 (2.48%) Mac OS
8 8 (2.20%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (1.65%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (1.65%) zOS
10 5 (1.38%) Ubuntu
11 4 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.83%) Debian
12 3 (0.83%) VMS
12 3 (0.83%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.55%) AIX
13 2 (0.55%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (30.03%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (15.43%) ITIL
3 54 (14.88%) Agile
4 49 (13.50%) Load Balancing
5 37 (10.19%) DevOps
6 36 (9.92%) Customer Service
6 36 (9.92%) Cybersecurity
7 35 (9.64%) SIEM
8 34 (9.37%) Incident Response
8 34 (9.37%) Validation
9 32 (8.82%) CI/CD
10 31 (8.54%) Data Loss Prevention
11 30 (8.26%) Malware Detection/Protection
12 29 (7.99%) Decision-Making
12 29 (7.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 29 (7.99%) Migration
13 27 (7.44%) Security Operations
14 24 (6.61%) Infrastructure as Code
15 23 (6.34%) High Availability
16 22 (6.06%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 83 (22.87%) Python
2 57 (15.70%) PowerShell
3 42 (11.57%) Bash
4 27 (7.44%) JavaScript
5 19 (5.23%) C++
6 16 (4.41%) C#
6 16 (4.41%) SQL
7 7 (1.93%) C
7 7 (1.93%) Perl
8 6 (1.65%) Java
8 6 (1.65%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.38%) Go
9 5 (1.38%) VBA
10 2 (0.55%) Jython
10 2 (0.55%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.55%) VBScript
11 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 112 (30.85%) Security Cleared
2 94 (25.90%) SC Cleared
3 44 (12.12%) Degree
4 42 (11.57%) Cisco Certification
5 34 (9.37%) CCNP
6 23 (6.34%) DV Cleared
7 22 (6.06%) CCNA
8 17 (4.68%) CompTIA Security+
9 15 (4.13%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (3.86%) CISSP
11 11 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (2.48%) Azure Certification
13 8 (2.20%) CompTIA CySA+
13 8 (2.20%) JNCIS
13 8 (2.20%) MCSA
14 7 (1.93%) CCIE
14 7 (1.93%) MCSE
14 7 (1.93%) Network+ Certification
15 4 (1.10%) CISM
15 4 (1.10%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.48%) SLA
2 6 (1.65%) GDPR
2 6 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.10%) NIST
4 3 (0.83%) NCSC
5 2 (0.55%) QA
5 2 (0.55%) RMADS
6 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.28%) GRC
System Software
1 78 (21.49%) Active Directory
2 50 (13.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (7.16%) Docker
4 20 (5.51%) Firmware
5 10 (2.75%) VMware NSX
6 9 (2.48%) Hyper-V
6 9 (2.48%) Squid
7 8 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (2.20%) vSphere
8 6 (1.65%) Lustre
8 6 (1.65%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 5 (1.38%) GPFS
10 4 (1.10%) KVM
10 4 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.83%) NFS
12 2 (0.55%) Ceph
12 2 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.28%) iptables
13 1 (0.28%) RHEV
13 1 (0.28%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 56 (15.43%) Ansible
2 37 (10.19%) Kubernetes
3 34 (9.37%) Terraform
4 30 (8.26%) SCCM
5 23 (6.34%) Microsoft Intune
6 21 (5.79%) Single Sign-On
7 18 (4.96%) Grafana
8 15 (4.13%) Prometheus
9 14 (3.86%) FortiGate
10 9 (2.48%) Nagios
10 9 (2.48%) WSUS
11 7 (1.93%) Consul
12 6 (1.65%) Tivoli NetView
13 5 (1.38%) CASB
13 5 (1.38%) Nessus
13 5 (1.38%) Puppet
14 4 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (1.10%) QRadar
15 3 (0.83%) Red Hat Satellite
16 2 (0.55%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 98 (27.00%) Microsoft
2 69 (19.01%) VMware
3 62 (17.08%) F5
4 49 (13.50%) Cisco
5 33 (9.09%) Blue Coat
6 31 (8.54%) McAfee
7 24 (6.61%) Splunk
8 23 (6.34%) Fortinet
8 23 (6.34%) Juniper
8 23 (6.34%) NetApp
8 23 (6.34%) Palo Alto
9 19 (5.23%) Citrix
9 19 (5.23%) Red Hat
10 18 (4.96%) ServiceNow
11 16 (4.41%) Siemens
12 13 (3.58%) SolarWinds
13 12 (3.31%) CheckPoint
14 11 (3.03%) Bloomberg
14 11 (3.03%) Google
14 11 (3.03%) Veeam