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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
7 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 217 195 188
Rank change year-on-year -22 -7 +35
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 387 393 496
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.25% 1.30% 1.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.44% 10.36% 9.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 219 316
10th Percentile £185 £212 £181
25th Percentile £280 £331 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £477 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.14% +6.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £577
90th Percentile £725 £700 £677
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -12.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 18 58
10th Percentile £15.50 £30.88 £23.13
25th Percentile £33.00 £63.13 £33.83
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year - +30.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile - - £56.49
90th Percentile £81.50 £67.50 £69.62
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 3,382 3,792 5,441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.92% 12.51% 14.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,184 2,204 3,383
10th Percentile £206 £223 £210
25th Percentile £358 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% - -
75th Percentile £588 £608 £611
90th Percentile £677 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 129 330
10th Percentile £15.50 £17.35 £18.51
25th Percentile £20.09 £23.00 £23.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £48.56 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -38.22% -14.04% +25.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £33.39 £41.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -18.57% -25.45% +25.00%

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 7 December 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 7 December 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 7 December 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 -23 142 £544 +10.13% 79
North of England -36 71 £450 -2.70% 55
South East -17 59 £425 -5.56% 115
East of England +4 54 £413 -28.26% 50
North West -3 40 £505 +3.86% 29
West Midlands -4 35 £225 - 23
Midlands -28 35 £225 -40.00% 36
South West -19 28 £700 +47.37% 39
Yorkshire -49 28 £363 -39.58% 19
North East -8 3 £400 +166.67% 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 34 (8.79%) SharePoint
2 24 (6.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (3.62%) Skype for Business
4 7 (1.81%) Confluence
4 7 (1.81%) OpenStack
5 4 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.78%) Apache
6 3 (0.78%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.78%) IIS
7 2 (0.52%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.52%) WordPress
8 1 (0.26%) Jupyter
Applications
1 37 (9.56%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.55%) Weka
3 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.52%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.52%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.26%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
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%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 82 (21.19%) Azure
2 81 (20.93%) AWS
3 80 (20.67%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (6.72%) Amazon S3
5 25 (6.46%) Amazon EC2
5 25 (6.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 24 (6.20%) Entra ID
7 22 (5.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 22 (5.68%) Amazon ELB
8 20 (5.17%) GCP
9 13 (3.36%) GitHub
10 7 (1.81%) AWS CloudFormation
10 7 (1.81%) OneDrive
11 6 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (1.55%) SaaS
12 5 (1.29%) Google Workspace
13 4 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
13 4 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
14 3 (0.78%) AWS Direct Connect
14 3 (0.78%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 206 (53.23%) DNS
2 130 (33.59%) Firewall
3 115 (29.72%) DHCP
4 109 (28.17%) VPN
5 73 (18.86%) SSL
6 55 (14.21%) LAN
6 55 (14.21%) WAN
7 54 (13.95%) Network Security
8 47 (12.14%) VLAN
9 46 (11.89%) HTTP
10 28 (7.24%) Wireshark
11 26 (6.72%) SAN
12 24 (6.20%) Internet
13 23 (5.94%) BGP
14 21 (5.43%) Ethernet
14 21 (5.43%) Wi-Fi
15 18 (4.65%) BIG-IP
15 18 (4.65%) Wireless
16 17 (4.39%) OSPF
17 14 (3.62%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.91%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.29%) NoSQL
3 5 (1.29%) Oracle Database
4 4 (1.03%) Big Data
5 3 (0.78%) Delta Lake
5 3 (0.78%) Hadoop
5 3 (0.78%) Parquet
6 2 (0.52%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.52%) Apache Cassandra
6 2 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Hive
7 1 (0.26%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.26%) Impala
7 1 (0.26%) MySQL
7 1 (0.26%) Power BI
7 1 (0.26%) Redis
7 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 41 (10.59%) Git
2 37 (9.56%) Jenkins
3 29 (7.49%) GitLab
4 21 (5.43%) Eclipse
4 21 (5.43%) Visual Studio
5 18 (4.65%) JIRA
6 16 (4.13%) Fiddler
7 8 (2.07%) Subversion
8 6 (1.55%) Postman
9 4 (1.03%) Robot Framework
9 4 (1.03%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.78%) MLflow
10 3 (0.78%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.78%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.52%) Maven
11 2 (0.52%) Mercurial
11 2 (0.52%) Poetry
11 2 (0.52%) PyCharm
11 2 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 146 (37.73%) Social Skills
2 68 (17.57%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (9.82%) Finance
4 33 (8.53%) Public Sector
5 28 (7.24%) Military
6 26 (6.72%) Presentation Skills
7 22 (5.68%) Banking
8 16 (4.13%) Investment Banking
9 11 (2.84%) Legal
10 10 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (2.33%) Front Office
11 9 (2.33%) Telecoms
12 8 (2.07%) Law
13 7 (1.81%) Local Government
14 6 (1.55%) Financial Institution
15 4 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.78%) Aerospace
17 2 (0.52%) Advertising
17 2 (0.52%) Electronics
17 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 71 (18.35%) Support Engineer
2 65 (16.80%) Network Engineer
3 51 (13.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 51 (13.18%) Senior
4 45 (11.63%) Analyst
5 35 (9.04%) IT Support
6 27 (6.98%) IT Engineer
7 24 (6.20%) Support Analyst
7 24 (6.20%) Technical Support
8 21 (5.43%) 2nd Line Support
9 19 (4.91%) C# Software Engineer
9 19 (4.91%) Software Engineer
10 18 (4.65%) DevOps Engineer
11 17 (4.39%) Developer
12 16 (4.13%) IT Support Engineer
12 16 (4.13%) Junior
12 16 (4.13%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (4.13%) Technical Engineer
13 15 (3.88%) Senior DevOps
13 15 (3.88%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.20%) Node.js
1 24 (6.20%) Web Services
2 16 (4.13%) Middleware
3 11 (2.84%) LDAP
4 9 (2.33%) REST
5 8 (2.07%) Elastic Stack
6 7 (1.81%) FIX Protocol
7 5 (1.29%) Ultra Messaging
8 4 (1.03%) React
8 4 (1.03%) SAML
8 4 (1.03%) SOAP
9 3 (0.78%) .NET
9 3 (0.78%) AngularJS
9 3 (0.78%) Apache Avro
9 3 (0.78%) ASP.NET Web API
9 3 (0.78%) Bootstrap
9 3 (0.78%) Express.js
9 3 (0.78%) Flask
9 3 (0.78%) NumPy
9 3 (0.78%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 27 (6.98%) Data Centre
2 26 (6.72%) Management Information System
3 15 (3.88%) Analytical Mindset
4 14 (3.62%) Onboarding
5 13 (3.36%) NHS
6 12 (3.10%) Driving Licence
7 11 (2.84%) Private Cloud
7 11 (2.84%) Replication
8 10 (2.58%) PKI
9 9 (2.33%) Public Cloud
9 9 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (2.07%) CMDB
10 8 (2.07%) iPhone
10 8 (2.07%) Video Conferencing
11 7 (1.81%) Clustering
11 7 (1.81%) SCADA
12 6 (1.55%) Grid Computing
12 6 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (1.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 185 (47.80%) Windows
2 125 (32.30%) Linux
3 54 (13.95%) Windows Server
4 45 (11.63%) Windows 10
5 20 (5.17%) Unix
6 16 (4.13%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (3.88%) Mac OS
8 13 (3.36%) Android
9 10 (2.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (2.58%) Ubuntu
10 9 (2.33%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (1.81%) Apple iOS
11 7 (1.81%) Debian
12 6 (1.55%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (1.29%) CentOS
13 5 (1.29%) VMS
13 5 (1.29%) Windows 7
14 4 (1.03%) Solaris
15 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2003
15 2 (0.52%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (26.61%) Problem-Solving
2 69 (17.83%) CI/CD
3 67 (17.31%) Agile
4 65 (16.80%) ITIL
5 59 (15.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 56 (14.47%) DevOps
7 45 (11.63%) Infrastructure as Code
8 44 (11.37%) High Availability
9 37 (9.56%) Load Balancing
10 34 (8.79%) Validation
11 31 (8.01%) Continuous Integration
12 29 (7.49%) Customer Service
12 29 (7.49%) Infrastructure Automation
13 27 (6.98%) Incident Response
13 27 (6.98%) Knowledge Transfer
14 26 (6.72%) Cybersecurity
15 24 (6.20%) Migration
15 24 (6.20%) SIEM
15 24 (6.20%) Verification and Validation
16 23 (5.94%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 120 (31.01%) Python
2 68 (17.57%) Bash
3 63 (16.28%) PowerShell
4 29 (7.49%) C++
5 25 (6.46%) C#
6 23 (5.94%) JavaScript
7 22 (5.68%) Perl
8 18 (4.65%) SQL
9 9 (2.33%) Java
10 7 (1.81%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.29%) Go
12 4 (1.03%) C
12 4 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.78%) Groovy
13 3 (0.78%) PHP
13 3 (0.78%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.26%) Bicep
14 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.26%) Ruby
14 1 (0.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 108 (27.91%) Security Cleared
2 80 (20.67%) SC Cleared
3 33 (8.53%) Cisco Certification
4 32 (8.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 30 (7.75%) DV Cleared
6 29 (7.49%) Degree
7 22 (5.68%) CCNP
8 17 (4.39%) CCNA
9 13 (3.36%) Azure Certification
9 13 (3.36%) MCP
9 13 (3.36%) Network+ Certification
10 11 (2.84%) MCSE
10 11 (2.84%) Server+ Certification
11 10 (2.58%) CISSP
12 9 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
13 6 (1.55%) A+ Certification
13 6 (1.55%) CCIE
13 6 (1.55%) ECDL
13 6 (1.55%) HNC
13 6 (1.55%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.91%) GDPR
2 5 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (1.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (1.29%) SLA
3 4 (1.03%) NIST
4 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.26%) NCSC
5 1 (0.26%) QA
5 1 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 96 (24.81%) Active Directory
2 67 (17.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 44 (11.37%) Docker
4 33 (8.53%) Hyper-V
5 13 (3.36%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (2.58%) Firmware
7 7 (1.81%) Lustre
7 7 (1.81%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 7 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (1.55%) GPFS
8 6 (1.55%) Terminal Services
9 5 (1.29%) NFS
10 4 (1.03%) Veritas File System
10 4 (1.03%) Veritas Volume Manager
10 4 (1.03%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.78%) KVM
11 3 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
12 2 (0.52%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 2 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 82 (21.19%) Ansible
2 59 (15.25%) Terraform
3 34 (8.79%) SCCM
4 24 (6.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (5.68%) Kubernetes
6 17 (4.39%) Puppet
7 14 (3.62%) Grafana
7 14 (3.62%) Prometheus
8 9 (2.33%) FortiGate
8 9 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (2.33%) vCenter Server
9 7 (1.81%) WSUS
10 6 (1.55%) Nessus
11 5 (1.29%) ITRS Geneos
11 5 (1.29%) Progress Chef
11 5 (1.29%) QRadar
11 5 (1.29%) Red Hat Satellite
12 4 (1.03%) CASB
12 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Clustering
13 3 (0.78%) Istio
Vendors
1 145 (37.47%) Microsoft
2 91 (23.51%) VMware
3 57 (14.73%) F5
4 48 (12.40%) Palo Alto
5 46 (11.89%) Cisco
6 39 (10.08%) CheckPoint
7 22 (5.68%) Blue Coat
8 21 (5.43%) Citrix
9 20 (5.17%) Red Hat
10 19 (4.91%) Fortinet
10 19 (4.91%) ServiceNow
11 18 (4.65%) McAfee
11 18 (4.65%) NetApp
12 17 (4.39%) Splunk
13 15 (3.88%) SolarWinds
14 12 (3.10%) Oracle
15 11 (2.84%) Juniper
15 11 (2.84%) Zscaler
16 10 (2.58%) CyberArk
17 9 (2.33%) Meraki
335 TCP/IP jobs in England