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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 249 243 257
Rank change year-on-year -6 +14 -41
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 454 298 322
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.01% 1.09% 0.91%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.67% 8.66% 7.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 181 210
10th Percentile £206 £210 £203
25th Percentile £325 £350 £267
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -4.51%
75th Percentile £568 £613 £558
90th Percentile £657 £653 £638
UK median daily rate £470 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -6.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 23 31
10th Percentile £21.25 £19.72 £20.00
25th Percentile £31.25 £43.60 £62.50
Median hourly rate £42.86 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.06% - +28.92%
75th Percentile £65.00 - -
90th Percentile £93.16 £88.30 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £47.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -27.69% - +28.92%

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 4,256 3,442 4,553
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.49% 12.61% 12.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,611 2,138 2,748
10th Percentile £258 £235 £220
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £489 £500
% change year-on-year +2.25% -2.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 159 345
10th Percentile £16.03 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.08 £17.69
Median hourly rate £26.69 £44.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.34% -2.22% -1.10%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £87.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £46.25 £40.00
% change year-on-year -43.78% +15.63% -16.67%

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 22 July 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 22 July 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 22 July 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 -37 186 £475 -5.00% 85
North of England -33 93 £455 -9.05% 40
South East -23 80 £527 +17.17% 82
North West -5 59 £475 +26.60% 18
Midlands -34 40 £401 -27.09% 26
East of England -10 34 £250 -52.38% 27
South West -10 34 £500 -18.70% 38
West Midlands -36 32 £400 -6.10% 16
Yorkshire -51 30 £468 -7.65% 19
East Midlands -11 8 £402 -26.91% 10
North East -33 4 £306 +22.50% 6
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 41 (9.03%) SharePoint
2 21 (4.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (3.74%) Confluence
4 14 (3.08%) nginx
5 7 (1.54%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.66%) FactoryTalk
6 3 (0.66%) IIS
6 3 (0.66%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.44%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (0.44%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.44%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.44%) WebSphere Portal
8 1 (0.22%) CICS
8 1 (0.22%) Traefik
Applications
1 36 (7.93%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.76%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.44%) Houdini
5 2 (0.44%) NUKE
6 1 (0.22%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (1.32%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 151 (33.26%) Azure
2 114 (25.11%) AWS
3 96 (21.15%) Microsoft 365
4 59 (13.00%) Entra ID
5 35 (7.71%) GCP
6 32 (7.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 28 (6.17%) OneDrive
8 21 (4.63%) Route 53
9 20 (4.41%) Amazon EC2
10 17 (3.74%) GitHub
11 15 (3.30%) Amazon EKS
12 14 (3.08%) Amazon S3
13 13 (2.86%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (2.86%) Serverless
14 11 (2.42%) AWS CloudFormation
14 11 (2.42%) Azure Monitor
14 11 (2.42%) Google Workspace
15 9 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
15 9 (1.98%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (1.98%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 269 (59.25%) DNS
2 197 (43.39%) Firewall
3 150 (33.04%) DHCP
4 134 (29.52%) VPN
5 84 (18.50%) Network Security
6 83 (18.28%) WAN
7 73 (16.08%) LAN
8 70 (15.42%) BGP
8 70 (15.42%) VLAN
9 59 (13.00%) HTTP
10 58 (12.78%) SSL
11 45 (9.91%) BIG-IP
12 43 (9.47%) OSPF
13 39 (8.59%) Ethernet
14 38 (8.37%) Wi-Fi
15 34 (7.49%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 31 (6.83%) Wireless
17 26 (5.73%) Wireshark
18 25 (5.51%) SD-WAN
19 23 (5.07%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (2.42%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.20%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.44%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.44%) MySQL
5 2 (0.44%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.44%) SQLite
6 1 (0.22%) Cloud Spanner
6 1 (0.22%) KDB
6 1 (0.22%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 51 (11.23%) JIRA
2 24 (5.29%) Git
3 19 (4.19%) Fiddler
4 18 (3.96%) Jenkins
5 16 (3.52%) GitLab
6 14 (3.08%) Visual Studio
7 13 (2.86%) Eclipse
8 10 (2.20%) Browser DevTools
9 8 (1.76%) Bitbucket
10 7 (1.54%) SonarQube
11 5 (1.10%) Sonatype Nexus
12 4 (0.88%) Artifactory
13 2 (0.44%) Introscope
13 2 (0.44%) Subversion
14 1 (0.22%) MSI
14 1 (0.22%) Postman
General
1 178 (39.21%) Social Skills
2 66 (14.54%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (13.00%) Finance
4 41 (9.03%) Banking
5 30 (6.61%) Public Sector
6 22 (4.85%) Investment Banking
6 22 (4.85%) Presentation Skills
7 21 (4.63%) Telecoms
8 19 (4.19%) Documentation Skills
8 19 (4.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (3.52%) Military
10 7 (1.54%) Front Office
11 5 (1.10%) Legal
11 5 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.88%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.88%) Police
13 3 (0.66%) Automotive
13 3 (0.66%) Retail
14 2 (0.44%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 98 (21.59%) Network Engineer
2 51 (11.23%) Support Engineer
3 49 (10.79%) Architect
4 46 (10.13%) Senior
5 43 (9.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 34 (7.49%) Analyst
7 28 (6.17%) IT Support
8 26 (5.73%) Web Engineer
9 24 (5.29%) IT Engineer
9 24 (5.29%) Security Engineer
10 22 (4.85%) Technical Engineer
11 20 (4.41%) IT Support Engineer
11 20 (4.41%) Systems Engineer
12 17 (3.74%) Senior Network Engineer
13 16 (3.52%) Blue Coat Engineer
13 16 (3.52%) IP Network Engineer
13 16 (3.52%) Platform Engineer
14 15 (3.30%) Software Engineer
15 14 (3.08%) C# Software Engineer
15 14 (3.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.63%) LDAP
2 19 (4.19%) SAML
3 14 (3.08%) JSON
4 13 (2.86%) Node.js
4 13 (2.86%) Web Services
5 11 (2.42%) ARM Templates
5 11 (2.42%) OpenID
5 11 (2.42%) REST
6 10 (2.20%) 802.1X
7 8 (1.76%) .NET
8 6 (1.32%) NETCONF
8 6 (1.32%) OpenConfig
8 6 (1.32%) RESTCONF
8 6 (1.32%) YANG
9 5 (1.10%) OAuth
10 4 (0.88%) boto
10 4 (0.88%) eBPF
10 4 (0.88%) WinForms
10 4 (0.88%) XML
11 3 (0.66%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 68 (14.98%) Data Centre
2 45 (9.91%) Onboarding
3 27 (5.95%) Management Information System
4 24 (5.29%) Hybrid Cloud
5 23 (5.07%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 23 (5.07%) PKI
6 18 (3.96%) Robotics
7 17 (3.74%) Security Posture
8 16 (3.52%) Linux Command Line
8 16 (3.52%) Public Cloud
9 15 (3.30%) Industry 4.0
10 14 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (2.64%) Private Cloud
12 11 (2.42%) Cloud Native
12 11 (2.42%) Cyber Threat
13 10 (2.20%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (2.20%) Driving Licence
13 10 (2.20%) Operational Technology
14 9 (1.98%) SCADA
15 8 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 188 (41.41%) Windows
2 103 (22.69%) Linux
3 55 (12.11%) Windows Server
4 35 (7.71%) Mac OS
5 31 (6.83%) Windows 10
6 20 (4.41%) Unix
7 17 (3.74%) Apple iOS
8 14 (3.08%) Android
8 14 (3.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (2.64%) Ubuntu
10 6 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.66%) CentOS
12 3 (0.66%) Check Point GAiA
12 3 (0.66%) zOS
13 2 (0.44%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.44%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.44%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
14 1 (0.22%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (27.97%) Problem-Solving
2 94 (20.70%) ITIL
3 66 (14.54%) CI/CD
4 63 (13.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 60 (13.22%) Agile
6 59 (13.00%) DevOps
7 56 (12.33%) Customer Service
8 55 (12.11%) Infrastructure as Code
9 52 (11.45%) Load Balancing
10 45 (9.91%) Incident Response
11 44 (9.69%) Cybersecurity
11 44 (9.69%) Migration
12 42 (9.25%) ITSM
12 42 (9.25%) Service Management
13 41 (9.03%) High Availability
14 38 (8.37%) Validation
15 37 (8.15%) SIEM
15 37 (8.15%) Stakeholder Management
16 35 (7.71%) Continuous Improvement
17 33 (7.27%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 126 (27.75%) Python
2 77 (16.96%) PowerShell
3 67 (14.76%) Bash
4 27 (5.95%) JavaScript
5 25 (5.51%) C++
6 17 (3.74%) C#
7 14 (3.08%) SQL
8 9 (1.98%) VBA
9 8 (1.76%) Java
10 7 (1.54%) Bicep
10 7 (1.54%) Perl
11 6 (1.32%) C
12 5 (1.10%) ActionScript
13 4 (0.88%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.66%) Go
15 2 (0.44%) Jython
15 2 (0.44%) Korn
15 2 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.44%) Objective-C
15 2 (0.44%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 125 (27.53%) Security Cleared
2 85 (18.72%) SC Cleared
3 71 (15.64%) Degree
4 57 (12.56%) Cisco Certification
5 43 (9.47%) CCNP
6 39 (8.59%) DV Cleared
7 26 (5.73%) CCNA
8 25 (5.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (4.19%) CISSP
10 17 (3.74%) CCIE
11 15 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
12 13 (2.86%) Network+ Certification
13 10 (2.20%) Azure Certification
13 10 (2.20%) MCSA
14 9 (1.98%) CompTIA Security+
15 8 (1.76%) A+ Certification
15 8 (1.76%) MCSE
16 6 (1.32%) CISM
16 6 (1.32%) CompTIA CySA+
16 6 (1.32%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.52%) SLA
2 12 (2.64%) NCSC
3 10 (2.20%) NIST
4 7 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.54%) QA
5 5 (1.10%) GDPR
6 4 (0.88%) NIST 800
6 4 (0.88%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.66%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 3 (0.66%) GxP
8 2 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.44%) JSP 440
8 2 (0.44%) RMADS
9 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.22%) GRC
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 117 (25.77%) Active Directory
2 74 (16.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (5.07%) Docker
4 22 (4.85%) Hyper-V
5 19 (4.19%) vSphere
6 17 (3.74%) Firmware
6 17 (3.74%) VMware NSX
7 13 (2.86%) Squid
8 12 (2.64%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.88%) NFS
11 3 (0.66%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.44%) KVM
12 2 (0.44%) VirtualBox
13 1 (0.22%) GPFS
13 1 (0.22%) Lustre
13 1 (0.22%) RACF
13 1 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.22%) Snort
Systems Management
1 91 (20.04%) Ansible
2 72 (15.86%) Terraform
3 49 (10.79%) Microsoft Intune
4 43 (9.47%) Kubernetes
5 30 (6.61%) Single Sign-On
6 26 (5.73%) SCCM
7 25 (5.51%) Grafana
8 17 (3.74%) FortiGate
8 17 (3.74%) Prometheus
9 11 (2.42%) Jamf Pro
10 9 (1.98%) Consul
11 8 (1.76%) VxRail
12 7 (1.54%) WSUS
13 6 (1.32%) CASB
14 5 (1.10%) Nessus
14 5 (1.10%) Suricata
14 5 (1.10%) systemd
15 3 (0.66%) Nagios
15 3 (0.66%) Puppet
15 3 (0.66%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 165 (36.34%) Microsoft
2 84 (18.50%) Cisco
2 84 (18.50%) VMware
3 63 (13.88%) F5
4 48 (10.57%) ServiceNow
5 28 (6.17%) Google
6 26 (5.73%) Fortinet
7 25 (5.51%) Palo Alto
7 25 (5.51%) Zscaler
8 24 (5.29%) Blue Coat
9 23 (5.07%) Juniper
10 21 (4.63%) Infoblox
11 19 (4.19%) CheckPoint
11 19 (4.19%) Citrix
11 19 (4.19%) NetApp
11 19 (4.19%) Red Hat
12 18 (3.96%) McAfee
13 17 (3.74%) Siemens
14 16 (3.52%) Splunk
15 13 (2.86%) SolarWinds