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 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
16 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 206 208 204
Rank change year-on-year +2 -4 +27
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 383 400 524
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.36% 1.25% 1.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.69% 10.24% 9.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 220 338
10th Percentile £196 £212 £181
25th Percentile £300 £262 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £483 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.97% +7.22% -10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £600
90th Percentile £718 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 26 59
10th Percentile £17.33 £54.38 £20.50
25th Percentile £31.00 - £32.47
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +30.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile - - £56.49
90th Percentile £70.40 £66.25 £70.13
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year - +30.00% -23.08%

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 3,276 3,906 5,574
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.61% 12.18% 13.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,092 2,254 3,512
10th Percentile £219 £243 £220
25th Percentile £360 £380 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £613
90th Percentile £688 £688 £701
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 146 306
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.83 £17.28
25th Percentile £20.32 £26.25 £23.02
Median hourly rate £34.00 £57.38 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -40.74% +1.57% +36.12%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.38 £67.50
90th Percentile £78.50 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £48.56 £56.49
% change year-on-year -29.98% -14.04% +39.22%

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 16 October 2025.

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 16 October 2025.

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 16 October 2025. 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 +29 161 £550 +4.76% 138
North of England -22 72 £500 +8.11% 52
South East +3 55 £375 - 224
East of England -4 37 £475 -19.15% 64
Midlands -20 35 £372 -8.46% 54
Yorkshire -32 35 £500 - 21
West Midlands +6 34 £386 -9.19% 28
North West -16 34 £505 +9.19% 21
South West -8 20 £700 +33.33% 51
North East -10 3 £400 +185.71% 14
East Midlands -31 1 £165 -56.00% 26
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 31 (8.09%) SharePoint
2 23 (6.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (2.61%) Skype for Business
4 8 (2.09%) Confluence
5 4 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.78%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.78%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.52%) IIS
7 2 (0.52%) nginx
7 2 (0.52%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.26%) Apache
8 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
Applications
1 31 (8.09%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.78%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.52%) Weka
4 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.26%) Eikon
1 1 (0.26%) Eze OMS
1 1 (0.26%) Fidessa
1 1 (0.26%) Finacle
1 1 (0.26%) RMDS
1 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 75 (19.58%) Azure
2 73 (19.06%) AWS
3 72 (18.80%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (7.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 26 (6.79%) Amazon EC2
5 26 (6.79%) Amazon S3
6 24 (6.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 22 (5.74%) Amazon ELB
8 18 (4.70%) Entra ID
8 18 (4.70%) GCP
8 18 (4.70%) GitHub
9 8 (2.09%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (1.83%) SaaS
11 6 (1.57%) OneDrive
12 5 (1.31%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (1.31%) AWS Direct Connect
13 4 (1.04%) Amazon EKS
14 3 (0.78%) Amazon ElastiCache
14 3 (0.78%) AWS KMS
14 3 (0.78%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 205 (53.52%) DNS
2 155 (40.47%) Firewall
3 127 (33.16%) VPN
4 113 (29.50%) DHCP
5 76 (19.84%) SSL
6 67 (17.49%) Network Security
7 64 (16.71%) LAN
8 61 (15.93%) VLAN
9 57 (14.88%) WAN
10 39 (10.18%) HTTP
11 33 (8.62%) BGP
12 29 (7.57%) OSPF
12 29 (7.57%) Wireless
13 27 (7.05%) Internet
14 23 (6.01%) SAN
15 21 (5.48%) Ethernet
15 21 (5.48%) Wireshark
16 15 (3.92%) Wi-Fi
17 13 (3.39%) IPsec
17 13 (3.39%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.66%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.61%) NoSQL
3 7 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.31%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.04%) Big Data
5 4 (1.04%) Hadoop
6 3 (0.78%) Apache Cassandra
6 3 (0.78%) Delta Lake
6 3 (0.78%) DynamoDB
6 3 (0.78%) Parquet
7 2 (0.52%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.26%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.26%) Impala
8 1 (0.26%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.26%) Power BI
8 1 (0.26%) Redis
8 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 51 (13.32%) Git
2 50 (13.05%) Jenkins
3 28 (7.31%) GitLab
4 20 (5.22%) Visual Studio
5 19 (4.96%) JIRA
6 18 (4.70%) Eclipse
7 16 (4.18%) Postman
8 10 (2.61%) Subversion
9 9 (2.35%) Fiddler
10 4 (1.04%) Robot Framework
10 4 (1.04%) TeamCity
11 3 (0.78%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.78%) MLflow
11 3 (0.78%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
12 2 (0.52%) Maven
12 2 (0.52%) Mercurial
12 2 (0.52%) Poetry
12 2 (0.52%) PyCharm
12 2 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 142 (37.08%) Social Skills
2 80 (20.89%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (12.79%) Finance
4 29 (7.57%) Public Sector
5 23 (6.01%) Presentation Skills
6 22 (5.74%) Military
7 16 (4.18%) Banking
8 12 (3.13%) Legal
9 11 (2.87%) Front Office
9 11 (2.87%) Telecoms
10 10 (2.61%) Investment Banking
10 10 (2.61%) Local Government
11 9 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.83%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.83%) Law
13 4 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.78%) Games
14 3 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.78%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 63 (16.45%) Network Engineer
2 58 (15.14%) Support Engineer
3 57 (14.88%) Senior
4 52 (13.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 42 (10.97%) Analyst
6 28 (7.31%) IT Support
7 25 (6.53%) Support Analyst
8 22 (5.74%) DevOps Engineer
8 22 (5.74%) Technical Support
9 21 (5.48%) IT Engineer
9 21 (5.48%) Technical Engineer
10 18 (4.70%) C# Software Engineer
10 18 (4.70%) Software Engineer
11 17 (4.44%) Developer
12 16 (4.18%) 2nd Line Support
12 16 (4.18%) Senior DevOps
12 16 (4.18%) Windows Engineer
13 15 (3.92%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 15 (3.92%) Technical Analyst
14 14 (3.66%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (5.48%) Node.js
2 19 (4.96%) Web Services
3 18 (4.70%) Middleware
4 12 (3.13%) FIX Protocol
5 11 (2.87%) LDAP
6 9 (2.35%) Elastic Stack
7 7 (1.83%) REST
8 5 (1.31%) FpML
8 5 (1.31%) Ultra Messaging
9 4 (1.04%) SAML
10 3 (0.78%) Apache Avro
10 3 (0.78%) Flask
10 3 (0.78%) NumPy
10 3 (0.78%) Pandas
10 3 (0.78%) React
11 2 (0.52%) .NET
11 2 (0.52%) SOAP
11 2 (0.52%) Software Packaging
12 1 (0.26%) ASP.NET
12 1 (0.26%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.79%) Data Centre
2 18 (4.70%) Management Information System
3 15 (3.92%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.39%) Analytical Mindset
5 12 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.87%) Replication
7 10 (2.61%) NHS
7 10 (2.61%) Video Conferencing
8 9 (2.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 9 (2.35%) Private Cloud
9 8 (2.09%) Clustering
9 8 (2.09%) SCADA
10 7 (1.83%) Fixed Income
11 6 (1.57%) Derivative
11 6 (1.57%) Driving Licence
11 6 (1.57%) iPad
11 6 (1.57%) iPhone
11 6 (1.57%) Public Cloud
12 5 (1.31%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.31%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 172 (44.91%) Windows
2 110 (28.72%) Linux
3 38 (9.92%) Windows 10
3 38 (9.92%) Windows Server
4 23 (6.01%) Unix
5 21 (5.48%) Mac OS
6 15 (3.92%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (3.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (2.09%) Android
8 8 (2.09%) Ubuntu
8 8 (2.09%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (1.83%) Solaris
9 7 (1.83%) Windows 7
9 7 (1.83%) Windows Server 2003
10 6 (1.57%) CentOS
10 6 (1.57%) Windows Server 2012
11 5 (1.31%) Apple iOS
12 4 (1.04%) Check Point GAiA
12 4 (1.04%) Debian
13 3 (0.78%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (25.33%) Problem-Solving
2 66 (17.23%) CI/CD
2 66 (17.23%) DevOps
3 61 (15.93%) Agile
3 61 (15.93%) ITIL
4 57 (14.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 53 (13.84%) High Availability
6 41 (10.70%) Infrastructure as Code
7 34 (8.88%) Configuration Management
8 31 (8.09%) Infrastructure Automation
8 31 (8.09%) Load Balancing
9 29 (7.57%) Continuous Integration
10 27 (7.05%) Incident Response
10 27 (7.05%) SIEM
10 27 (7.05%) Validation
11 26 (6.79%) Migration
12 23 (6.01%) Cybersecurity
12 23 (6.01%) Disaster Recovery
13 22 (5.74%) Customer Service
14 21 (5.48%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 124 (32.38%) Python
2 60 (15.67%) Bash
3 40 (10.44%) PowerShell
4 31 (8.09%) C++
5 25 (6.53%) C#
6 22 (5.74%) SQL
7 20 (5.22%) Perl
8 19 (4.96%) JavaScript
9 14 (3.66%) Java
10 8 (2.09%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.31%) Go
12 3 (0.78%) C
12 3 (0.78%) Groovy
12 3 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.78%) PHP
13 1 (0.26%) Bicep
13 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.26%) Ruby
13 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 93 (24.28%) Security Cleared
2 70 (18.28%) SC Cleared
3 43 (11.23%) Cisco Certification
4 35 (9.14%) Degree
4 35 (9.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (7.57%) CCNP
6 22 (5.74%) CCNA
7 21 (5.48%) DV Cleared
8 15 (3.92%) MCP
9 14 (3.66%) Network+ Certification
10 13 (3.39%) Azure Certification
11 12 (3.13%) MCSE
12 11 (2.87%) Server+ Certification
13 9 (2.35%) CISSP
13 9 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (2.35%) MCSA
14 8 (2.09%) CCSE
15 7 (1.83%) A+ Certification
15 7 (1.83%) CompTIA Security+
16 6 (1.57%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.48%) GDPR
2 7 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (1.57%) NIST
4 5 (1.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.04%) SLA
6 3 (0.78%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.52%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.26%) NCSC
8 1 (0.26%) PMO
8 1 (0.26%) QA
System Software
1 78 (20.37%) Active Directory
2 65 (16.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (9.66%) Docker
4 34 (8.88%) Hyper-V
5 12 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (1.83%) Firmware
6 7 (1.83%) vSphere
7 6 (1.57%) Terminal Services
7 6 (1.57%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 6 (1.57%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (1.31%) NFS
8 5 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (1.04%) Veritas File System
9 4 (1.04%) Veritas Volume Manager
9 4 (1.04%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.52%) GPFS
10 2 (0.52%) KVM
10 2 (0.52%) Lustre
10 2 (0.52%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 2 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 90 (23.50%) Ansible
2 55 (14.36%) Terraform
3 32 (8.36%) SCCM
4 26 (6.79%) Puppet
5 18 (4.70%) FortiGate
6 17 (4.44%) Prometheus
7 16 (4.18%) Grafana
7 16 (4.18%) Microsoft Intune
8 15 (3.92%) Kubernetes
9 10 (2.61%) Microsoft Clustering
10 7 (1.83%) vCenter Server
11 6 (1.57%) ITRS Geneos
11 6 (1.57%) Nessus
12 5 (1.31%) QRadar
12 5 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (1.31%) Tivoli
13 4 (1.04%) CASB
13 4 (1.04%) Progress Chef
13 4 (1.04%) Red Hat Satellite
14 3 (0.78%) Iperf
Vendors
1 133 (34.73%) Microsoft
2 87 (22.72%) VMware
3 62 (16.19%) Cisco
4 56 (14.62%) Palo Alto
5 51 (13.32%) CheckPoint
5 51 (13.32%) F5
6 27 (7.05%) Fortinet
7 23 (6.01%) Citrix
8 21 (5.48%) SolarWinds
9 20 (5.22%) Red Hat
10 19 (4.96%) ServiceNow
11 18 (4.70%) Splunk
12 16 (4.18%) MuleSoft
13 15 (3.92%) Blue Coat
14 14 (3.66%) Oracle
15 12 (3.13%) NetApp
16 11 (2.87%) Juniper
16 11 (2.87%) McAfee
16 11 (2.87%) Veeam
17 10 (2.61%) Zscaler
524 TCP/IP jobs in England