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 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 232 269
Rank change year-on-year -41 +37 -30
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 365 275 299
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.87% 1.14% 0.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.06% 8.81% 6.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 191 205
10th Percentile £213 £225 £185
25th Percentile £375 £331 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +2.56% +1.44%
75th Percentile £550 £623 £563
90th Percentile £638 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 11 21
10th Percentile £21.25 £17.79 £16.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £36.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.22 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.65% -3.85% +13.38%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £35.22 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -43.65% -3.85% +13.38%

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 4,028 3,123 4,797
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.60% 12.97% 13.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,492 1,954 2,872
10th Percentile £263 £220 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £498 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.46% -0.46% -3.85%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £601
90th Percentile £675 £675 £693
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £495
% change year-on-year +4.17% -3.03% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 263 122 386
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.25 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £16.30 £16.30
Median hourly rate £32.50 £39.66 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.05% -0.85% +135.29%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £82.03 £70.66
UK median hourly rate £28.96 £41.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -30.22% +3.75% +119.30%

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 5 June 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 5 June 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 5 June 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 -54 141 £475 -2.56% 71
North of England -33 91 £450 +12.50% 43
North West +1 54 £540 +116.00% 26
South East -44 53 £500 +11.11% 73
East of England -16 37 £263 -38.95% 29
Midlands -35 33 £400 -27.27% 30
Yorkshire -44 32 £449 -10.30% 12
West Midlands -35 30 £388 -29.55% 17
South West -29 21 £500 -18.70% 30
North East -26 5 £306 +22.50% 6
East Midlands -28 3 £625 +13.64% 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 16 (4.38%) Confluence
2 14 (3.84%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.74%) nginx
4 8 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.10%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.82%) IIS
6 3 (0.82%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.55%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (0.55%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.55%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.55%) WebSphere Portal
8 1 (0.27%) CICS
8 1 (0.27%) Traefik
Applications
1 28 (7.67%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.47%) MS Visio
3 6 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.10%) Acrobat
5 3 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.27%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 93 (25.48%) Azure
2 89 (24.38%) AWS
3 62 (16.99%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (7.12%) GCP
5 25 (6.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 24 (6.58%) Entra ID
7 16 (4.38%) Amazon EC2
8 15 (4.11%) Amazon EKS
8 15 (4.11%) Amazon S3
9 14 (3.84%) Route 53
10 13 (3.56%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (3.56%) Serverless
11 12 (3.29%) GitHub
12 11 (3.01%) OneDrive
13 10 (2.74%) Google Workspace
14 7 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (1.92%) Nutanix
14 7 (1.92%) SaaS
15 6 (1.64%) AWS CloudFormation
15 6 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 195 (53.42%) DNS
2 135 (36.99%) Firewall
3 88 (24.11%) VPN
4 85 (23.29%) DHCP
5 67 (18.36%) WAN
6 64 (17.53%) Network Security
7 61 (16.71%) LAN
8 57 (15.62%) SSL
9 55 (15.07%) HTTP
10 51 (13.97%) VLAN
11 48 (13.15%) BGP
12 45 (12.33%) BIG-IP
13 34 (9.32%) Ethernet
13 34 (9.32%) OSPF
14 30 (8.22%) Wireshark
15 28 (7.67%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 27 (7.40%) Wi-Fi
17 21 (5.75%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
18 19 (5.21%) Wireless
19 14 (3.84%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.01%) Elasticsearch
2 9 (2.47%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.37%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.55%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.27%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.27%) MySQL
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 43 (11.78%) JIRA
2 24 (6.58%) Fiddler
3 20 (5.48%) GitLab
4 16 (4.38%) Jenkins
5 15 (4.11%) Git
6 13 (3.56%) Eclipse
6 13 (3.56%) Visual Studio
7 9 (2.47%) Browser DevTools
8 7 (1.92%) Bitbucket
8 7 (1.92%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.82%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.82%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.55%) Introscope
10 2 (0.55%) Subversion
11 1 (0.27%) Postman
General
1 136 (37.26%) Social Skills
2 56 (15.34%) Finance
3 46 (12.60%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (10.68%) Banking
5 25 (6.85%) Investment Banking
5 25 (6.85%) Public Sector
6 22 (6.03%) Presentation Skills
7 19 (5.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (4.93%) Military
9 17 (4.66%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (2.47%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.19%) Front Office
12 5 (1.37%) Law
13 3 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.55%) Aviation
14 2 (0.55%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.55%) Games
14 2 (0.55%) Japanese Language
14 2 (0.55%) Retail
14 2 (0.55%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 89 (24.38%) Network Engineer
2 41 (11.23%) Analyst
3 32 (8.77%) Web Engineer
4 31 (8.49%) Support Engineer
5 28 (7.67%) Architect
6 26 (7.12%) Senior
7 24 (6.58%) Security Engineer
8 23 (6.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 22 (6.03%) Technical Engineer
10 18 (4.93%) Systems Engineer
11 17 (4.66%) Blue Coat Engineer
11 17 (4.66%) IP Network Engineer
12 16 (4.38%) IT Support
12 16 (4.38%) Junior
13 14 (3.84%) Software Engineer
14 13 (3.56%) C# Software Engineer
14 13 (3.56%) Technical Support
15 12 (3.29%) Integration Engineer
16 11 (3.01%) C++ Software Engineer
16 11 (3.01%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.48%) LDAP
2 15 (4.11%) SAML
3 13 (3.56%) Node.js
3 13 (3.56%) Web Services
4 11 (3.01%) OpenID
5 10 (2.74%) 802.1X
5 10 (2.74%) JSON
6 7 (1.92%) REST
7 5 (1.37%) .NET
7 5 (1.37%) Kafka
7 5 (1.37%) OAuth
8 3 (0.82%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.82%) HTML
8 3 (0.82%) Middleware
8 3 (0.82%) WinForms
9 2 (0.55%) Blazor
9 2 (0.55%) eBPF
9 2 (0.55%) NETCONF
9 2 (0.55%) RESTCONF
9 2 (0.55%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 41 (11.23%) Data Centre
2 38 (10.41%) Onboarding
3 20 (5.48%) Management Information System
4 16 (4.38%) Cyber Threat
5 15 (4.11%) Industry 4.0
5 15 (4.11%) Robotics
6 12 (3.29%) Security Operations Centre
7 11 (3.01%) Security Posture
8 10 (2.74%) Cyberattack
8 10 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (2.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 8 (2.19%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.64%) NHS
11 6 (1.64%) PKI
11 6 (1.64%) Private Cloud
12 5 (1.37%) Client/Server
12 5 (1.37%) Enterprise Storage
12 5 (1.37%) Mainframe
12 5 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 147 (40.27%) Windows
2 74 (20.27%) Linux
3 42 (11.51%) Windows Server
4 23 (6.30%) Mac OS
5 18 (4.93%) Windows 10
6 15 (4.11%) Unix
7 13 (3.56%) Apple iOS
8 11 (3.01%) Android
9 10 (2.74%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (1.37%) zOS
12 3 (0.82%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.82%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.82%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.55%) AIX
13 2 (0.55%) CentOS
13 2 (0.55%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.55%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (28.22%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (15.62%) ITIL
3 54 (14.79%) Agile
4 45 (12.33%) DevOps
5 43 (11.78%) Incident Response
5 43 (11.78%) Load Balancing
6 39 (10.68%) CI/CD
7 36 (9.86%) Customer Service
8 33 (9.04%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 33 (9.04%) Migration
9 31 (8.49%) Cybersecurity
9 31 (8.49%) SIEM
9 31 (8.49%) Validation
10 30 (8.22%) Decision-Making
11 29 (7.95%) ITSM
12 28 (7.67%) High Availability
13 26 (7.12%) Data Loss Prevention
13 26 (7.12%) Infrastructure as Code
13 26 (7.12%) Root Cause Analysis
14 25 (6.85%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 83 (22.74%) Python
2 39 (10.68%) PowerShell
3 38 (10.41%) Bash
4 29 (7.95%) JavaScript
5 21 (5.75%) C++
6 16 (4.38%) C#
7 15 (4.11%) SQL
8 9 (2.47%) VBA
9 8 (2.19%) Java
10 6 (1.64%) C
10 6 (1.64%) Go
11 5 (1.37%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.10%) Perl
13 3 (0.82%) ActionScript
14 2 (0.55%) Jython
14 2 (0.55%) Ruby
15 1 (0.27%) Groovy
15 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 97 (26.58%) Security Cleared
2 76 (20.82%) SC Cleared
3 57 (15.62%) Degree
4 42 (11.51%) Cisco Certification
5 34 (9.32%) CCNP
6 26 (7.12%) CCNA
7 19 (5.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (4.66%) DV Cleared
9 15 (4.11%) CISSP
9 15 (4.11%) CompTIA Security+
10 13 (3.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (2.74%) Azure Certification
12 9 (2.47%) MCSA
12 9 (2.47%) Network+ Certification
13 7 (1.92%) CompTIA CySA+
13 7 (1.92%) JNCIS
13 7 (1.92%) MCSE
14 6 (1.64%) CCIE
15 5 (1.37%) CISM
16 4 (1.10%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.29%) SLA
2 6 (1.64%) GDPR
2 6 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.64%) QA
3 5 (1.37%) NIST
4 3 (0.82%) NCSC
5 2 (0.55%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.55%) RMADS
6 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.27%) GRC
System Software
1 69 (18.90%) Active Directory
2 46 (12.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (4.66%) Docker
3 17 (4.66%) Firmware
4 13 (3.56%) Squid
5 11 (3.01%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (2.47%) Hyper-V
7 8 (2.19%) vSphere
8 7 (1.92%) VMware NSX
9 6 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (1.10%) KVM
11 3 (0.82%) NFS
12 2 (0.55%) VirtualBox
13 1 (0.27%) Ceph
13 1 (0.27%) GPFS
13 1 (0.27%) Lustre
13 1 (0.27%) RACF
13 1 (0.27%) RHEV
13 1 (0.27%) Snort
13 1 (0.27%) Xen
Systems Management
1 61 (16.71%) Ansible
2 36 (9.86%) Terraform
3 35 (9.59%) Kubernetes
4 26 (7.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 25 (6.85%) Grafana
6 23 (6.30%) SCCM
6 23 (6.30%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (4.38%) FortiGate
8 15 (4.11%) Prometheus
9 10 (2.74%) Nagios
10 9 (2.47%) Consul
10 9 (2.47%) WSUS
11 8 (2.19%) Jamf Pro
12 6 (1.64%) CASB
13 5 (1.37%) Nessus
13 5 (1.37%) Suricata
14 4 (1.10%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (1.10%) QRadar
14 4 (1.10%) Tivoli NetView
15 3 (0.82%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 104 (28.49%) Microsoft
2 60 (16.44%) F5
3 57 (15.62%) Cisco
4 56 (15.34%) VMware
5 30 (8.22%) Blue Coat
6 26 (7.12%) ServiceNow
7 24 (6.58%) McAfee
7 24 (6.58%) Splunk
8 20 (5.48%) Citrix
8 20 (5.48%) Palo Alto
9 19 (5.21%) Fortinet
10 18 (4.93%) Juniper
10 18 (4.93%) NetApp
11 17 (4.66%) Siemens
12 15 (4.11%) Red Hat
12 15 (4.11%) Zscaler
13 14 (3.84%) Bloomberg
14 13 (3.56%) Google
15 12 (3.29%) SolarWinds
16 11 (3.01%) Infoblox