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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 205 205
Rank change year-on-year -62 0 -3
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 466 375 396
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.00% 1.34% 1.23%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.78% 11.40% 10.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 211 213
10th Percentile £205 £185 £213
25th Percentile £313 £281 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% +3.58% +5.56%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £698 £713 £674
UK median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 37 28
10th Percentile £25.67 £18.79 £57.63
25th Percentile £32.47 £33.00 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile £93.79 £73.55 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +29.49%

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 4,322 3,290 3,887
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.28% 11.77% 12.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,543 2,092 2,231
10th Percentile £258 £219 £243
25th Percentile £400 £360 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £486 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.83% -2.75% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 394 172 162
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £16.30
25th Percentile £21.33 £20.81 £26.25
Median hourly rate £38.72 £35.00 £57.43
Median % change year-on-year +10.63% -39.05% +1.66%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £66.52
90th Percentile £92.52 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £41.23 £50.00
% change year-on-year -21.16% -17.55% -11.49%

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 October 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 7 October 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 7 October 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 -53 195 £475 -13.83% 315
South East -46 74 £527 +40.60% 139
North of England -64 72 £406 -21.50% 103
South West -7 52 £600 -5.88% 56
Midlands -38 43 £475 +27.73% 57
North West -27 42 £240 -55.76% 59
East of England -17 41 £425 -10.53% 65
West Midlands -45 38 £488 +26.32% 27
Yorkshire -43 26 £500 - 33
East Midlands -13 5 £326 +97.58% 30
North East -38 4 £438 +75.00% 14
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 48 (10.30%) SharePoint
2 36 (7.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.58%) Confluence
3 12 (2.58%) OpenStack
4 5 (1.07%) nginx
5 4 (0.86%) FactoryTalk
6 2 (0.43%) IIS
6 2 (0.43%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.21%) CICS
7 1 (0.21%) Traefik
7 1 (0.21%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (4.51%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.29%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.43%) Houdini
5 2 (0.43%) NUKE
5 2 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.21%) Weka
Business Applications
1 7 (1.50%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 164 (35.19%) Azure
2 114 (24.46%) Microsoft 365
3 104 (22.32%) AWS
4 75 (16.09%) Entra ID
5 36 (7.73%) OneDrive
6 31 (6.65%) GCP
7 24 (5.15%) GitHub
8 19 (4.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 16 (3.43%) Azure Monitor
10 15 (3.22%) OpenShift
11 12 (2.58%) AWS CloudFormation
11 12 (2.58%) Azure Sentinel
11 12 (2.58%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (2.36%) Route 53
13 10 (2.15%) Google Workspace
14 8 (1.72%) Amazon EC2
14 8 (1.72%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 8 (1.72%) SaaS
15 7 (1.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (1.50%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 281 (60.30%) DNS
2 208 (44.64%) Firewall
3 191 (40.99%) DHCP
4 145 (31.12%) VPN
5 90 (19.31%) Network Security
6 73 (15.67%) WAN
7 71 (15.24%) LAN
8 70 (15.02%) VLAN
9 68 (14.59%) BGP
10 60 (12.88%) HTTP
11 53 (11.37%) SSL
12 49 (10.52%) Wi-Fi
13 42 (9.01%) OSPF
14 37 (7.94%) Wireless
15 28 (6.01%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 27 (5.79%) BIG-IP
17 24 (5.15%) Ethernet
17 24 (5.15%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
18 22 (4.72%) SD-WAN
19 21 (4.51%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.86%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (2.79%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.72%) MySQL
3 8 (1.72%) NoSQL
3 8 (1.72%) SQLite
4 7 (1.50%) MongoDB
5 6 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.29%) Redis
6 3 (0.64%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.64%) KDB
7 1 (0.21%) Cloud Spanner
7 1 (0.21%) Kdb+
7 1 (0.21%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 45 (9.66%) Git
2 43 (9.23%) JIRA
3 37 (7.94%) Jenkins
4 29 (6.22%) GitLab
5 13 (2.79%) Fiddler
5 13 (2.79%) Visual Studio
6 12 (2.58%) Eclipse
7 8 (1.72%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (1.29%) Artifactory
9 5 (1.07%) Selenium
10 2 (0.43%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.21%) Browser DevTools
11 1 (0.21%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.21%) MSI
11 1 (0.21%) Postman
11 1 (0.21%) REST Assured
General
1 178 (38.20%) Social Skills
2 71 (15.24%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (11.59%) Finance
4 35 (7.51%) Banking
5 31 (6.65%) Public Sector
6 28 (6.01%) Telecoms
7 17 (3.65%) Military
8 16 (3.43%) Investment Banking
9 13 (2.79%) Front Office
10 9 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.72%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.50%) Legal
13 6 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.07%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.07%) Police
15 4 (0.86%) Automotive
15 4 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.64%) Law
Job Titles
1 98 (21.03%) Network Engineer
2 63 (13.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 61 (13.09%) Support Engineer
4 60 (12.88%) Senior
5 40 (8.58%) IT Support
6 36 (7.73%) IT Engineer
7 32 (6.87%) Analyst
7 32 (6.87%) Architect
8 30 (6.44%) IT Support Engineer
9 24 (5.15%) Senior Network Engineer
10 23 (4.94%) Platform Engineer
11 22 (4.72%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 21 (4.51%) Linux Engineer
13 18 (3.86%) Security Engineer
14 17 (3.65%) Cloud Engineer
14 17 (3.65%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
15 16 (3.43%) Support Analyst
16 15 (3.22%) IP Network Engineer
17 13 (2.79%) Consultant
17 13 (2.79%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (20.39%) Terraform
2 15 (3.22%) REST
3 14 (3.00%) ARM Templates
4 12 (2.58%) Node.js
4 12 (2.58%) Web Services
5 11 (2.36%) SAML
6 9 (1.93%) .NET
6 9 (1.93%) Kafka
7 8 (1.72%) Elastic Stack
7 8 (1.72%) JSON
7 8 (1.72%) SPNEGO
8 7 (1.50%) Jinja
8 7 (1.50%) LDAP
9 6 (1.29%) 802.1X
9 6 (1.29%) CSS
9 6 (1.29%) FastAPI
9 6 (1.29%) Flask
9 6 (1.29%) Pandas
9 6 (1.29%) pytest
9 6 (1.29%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 76 (16.31%) Data Centre
2 57 (12.23%) Onboarding
3 34 (7.30%) Hybrid Cloud
3 34 (7.30%) PKI
4 30 (6.44%) Management Information System
5 22 (4.72%) Linux Command Line
6 19 (4.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 19 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (3.86%) Public Cloud
8 14 (3.00%) Cloud Native
8 14 (3.00%) Operational Technology
8 14 (3.00%) Video Conferencing
9 11 (2.36%) Cyber Threat
9 11 (2.36%) SCADA
10 10 (2.15%) Driving Licence
10 10 (2.15%) Enterprise Storage
10 10 (2.15%) IoT
11 9 (1.93%) Private Cloud
11 9 (1.93%) Replication
11 9 (1.93%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 232 (49.79%) Windows
2 159 (34.12%) Linux
3 79 (16.95%) Windows Server
4 44 (9.44%) Windows 10
5 37 (7.94%) Mac OS
6 31 (6.65%) Unix
7 29 (6.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 19 (4.08%) Apple iOS
9 16 (3.43%) Android
10 14 (3.00%) Ubuntu
11 5 (1.07%) CentOS
12 4 (0.86%) zOS
13 3 (0.64%) Check Point GAiA
13 3 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.43%) SUSE
14 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.21%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.21%) VMS
15 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (24.03%) Problem-Solving
2 100 (21.46%) ITIL
3 91 (19.53%) CI/CD
4 87 (18.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 86 (18.45%) Infrastructure as Code
6 77 (16.52%) DevOps
7 63 (13.52%) Agile
8 60 (12.88%) Load Balancing
9 57 (12.23%) Cybersecurity
9 57 (12.23%) ITSM
10 56 (12.02%) Customer Service
11 52 (11.16%) Continuous Improvement
12 49 (10.52%) Migration
12 49 (10.52%) Platform Engineering
13 47 (10.09%) Incident Response
13 47 (10.09%) Service Management
13 47 (10.09%) Validation
14 46 (9.87%) Stakeholder Management
15 43 (9.23%) Change Management
15 43 (9.23%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 145 (31.12%) Python
2 110 (23.61%) PowerShell
3 88 (18.88%) Bash
4 23 (4.94%) C++
5 21 (4.51%) SQL
6 18 (3.86%) C#
6 18 (3.86%) JavaScript
7 17 (3.65%) Shell Script
8 14 (3.00%) Bicep
9 13 (2.79%) Perl
10 11 (2.36%) Java
11 8 (1.72%) Korn
12 7 (1.50%) Go
13 6 (1.29%) ActionScript
14 4 (0.86%) VBA
15 3 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.64%) VBScript
16 2 (0.43%) Groovy
16 2 (0.43%) Objective-C
16 2 (0.43%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 128 (27.47%) Security Cleared
2 66 (14.16%) SC Cleared
3 60 (12.88%) DV Cleared
4 56 (12.02%) Degree
5 52 (11.16%) Cisco Certification
6 42 (9.01%) CCNP
7 27 (5.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 23 (4.94%) CCNA
9 17 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (3.00%) A+ Certification
10 14 (3.00%) CCIE
10 14 (3.00%) Network+ Certification
11 13 (2.79%) CISSP
12 12 (2.58%) AWS Certification
12 12 (2.58%) VCAP
13 9 (1.93%) Azure Certification
14 8 (1.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 6 (1.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 6 (1.29%) JNCIS
16 5 (1.07%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.15%) SLA
2 16 (3.43%) QA
3 10 (2.15%) NCSC
4 7 (1.50%) NIST
5 6 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.86%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 4 (0.86%) GxP
6 4 (0.86%) NIST 800
6 4 (0.86%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.64%) GDPR
8 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.43%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.21%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.21%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.21%) RMADS
System Software
1 155 (33.26%) Active Directory
2 101 (21.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (8.80%) Hyper-V
4 36 (7.73%) Docker
5 35 (7.51%) vSphere
6 23 (4.94%) VMware NSX
7 21 (4.51%) Firmware
8 16 (3.43%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.86%) NFS
10 4 (0.86%) Squid
10 4 (0.86%) VirtualBox
11 2 (0.43%) KVM
11 2 (0.43%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.21%) GPFS
12 1 (0.21%) Lustre
12 1 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.21%) zsh
Systems Management
1 108 (23.18%) Ansible
2 69 (14.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 51 (10.94%) Kubernetes
4 36 (7.73%) SCCM
5 30 (6.44%) Grafana
6 18 (3.86%) Prometheus
7 16 (3.43%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (3.43%) VxRail
8 14 (3.00%) Jamf Pro
9 10 (2.15%) FortiGate
10 9 (1.93%) Nagios
11 6 (1.29%) Istio
11 6 (1.29%) Puppet
11 6 (1.29%) systemd
11 6 (1.29%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.86%) Consul
12 4 (0.86%) Suricata
12 4 (0.86%) WSUS
12 4 (0.86%) ZABBIX
13 3 (0.64%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 194 (41.63%) Microsoft
2 116 (24.89%) VMware
3 93 (19.96%) Cisco
4 52 (11.16%) ServiceNow
5 51 (10.94%) F5
6 25 (5.36%) Google
7 23 (4.94%) Zscaler
8 21 (4.51%) Fortinet
8 21 (4.51%) NetApp
8 21 (4.51%) Palo Alto
9 19 (4.08%) Juniper
10 18 (3.86%) SolarWinds
10 18 (3.86%) Splunk
11 17 (3.65%) Infoblox
12 16 (3.43%) Blue Coat
13 15 (3.22%) McAfee
14 14 (3.00%) Citrix
15 13 (2.79%) CheckPoint
15 13 (2.79%) Red Hat
16 12 (2.58%) Bloomberg