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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 220 234
Rank change year-on-year -38 +14 -12
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 449 325 331
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.98% 1.18% 1.00%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.37% 9.67% 7.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 187 203
10th Percentile £207 £210 £207
25th Percentile £313 £350 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £575 £615 £568
90th Percentile £696 £660 £635
UK median daily rate £470 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -6.00% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 31 32
10th Percentile £26.50 £20.75 £31.63
25th Percentile £31.25 £43.60 £63.44
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £72.59 - -
90th Percentile £98.82 £83.00 £67.25
UK median hourly rate £64.24 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -1.17% - +30.00%

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 4,331 3,362 4,194
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.47% 12.19% 12.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,620 2,072 2,571
10th Percentile £264 £250 £250
25th Percentile £401 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £681 £687 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 339 170 279
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.25
25th Percentile £19.42 £25.15 £20.50
Median hourly rate £26.72 £44.50 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year -39.96% -18.91% -0.23%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £47.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year -45.26% -3.06% -10.91%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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 19 August 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 -42 191 £475 -17.39% 209
South East -32 82 £523 +37.68% 90
North of England -56 81 £461 -7.75% 54
North West -28 50 £410 -18.81% 25
South West -4 47 £644 +4.04% 35
Midlands -19 42 £402 -5.63% 37
West Midlands -39 34 £406 +1.06% 23
Yorkshire -46 27 £500 -4.76% 19
East of England -37 22 £425 -20.93% 34
East Midlands -10 8 £402 -26.91% 14
North East -37 4 £438 +75.00% 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 48 (10.69%) SharePoint
2 27 (6.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.67%) Confluence
4 9 (2.00%) OpenStack
5 6 (1.34%) nginx
6 4 (0.89%) FactoryTalk
7 3 (0.67%) IIS
7 3 (0.67%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.45%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.45%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.45%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.45%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.22%) CICS
Applications
1 20 (4.45%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (3.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.78%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.45%) Houdini
5 2 (0.45%) NUKE
6 1 (0.22%) Weka
Business Applications
1 7 (1.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 167 (37.19%) Azure
2 115 (25.61%) AWS
3 110 (24.50%) Microsoft 365
4 71 (15.81%) Entra ID
5 38 (8.46%) GCP
6 35 (7.80%) OneDrive
7 25 (5.57%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 20 (4.45%) GitHub
9 13 (2.90%) OpenShift
9 13 (2.90%) Route 53
10 12 (2.67%) Amazon EC2
10 12 (2.67%) Azure Monitor
11 11 (2.45%) AWS CloudFormation
11 11 (2.45%) Google Workspace
12 10 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (2.00%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (1.78%) Akamai
14 8 (1.78%) Azure Sentinel
15 7 (1.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 279 (62.14%) DNS
2 204 (45.43%) Firewall
3 174 (38.75%) DHCP
4 143 (31.85%) VPN
5 86 (19.15%) Network Security
6 85 (18.93%) WAN
7 74 (16.48%) LAN
8 69 (15.37%) BGP
8 69 (15.37%) VLAN
9 63 (14.03%) HTTP
10 53 (11.80%) SSL
11 45 (10.02%) Wi-Fi
12 41 (9.13%) OSPF
13 39 (8.69%) BIG-IP
14 37 (8.24%) Wireless
15 34 (7.57%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 26 (5.79%) SD-WAN
17 24 (5.35%) Ethernet
18 23 (5.12%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
19 22 (4.90%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.67%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.34%) MySQL
4 5 (1.11%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.89%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.67%) Redis
7 2 (0.45%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.45%) KDB
7 2 (0.45%) SQLite
8 1 (0.22%) Cloud Spanner
Development Applications
1 44 (9.80%) JIRA
2 28 (6.24%) Git
3 25 (5.57%) Jenkins
4 19 (4.23%) GitLab
5 16 (3.56%) Fiddler
6 14 (3.12%) Visual Studio
7 13 (2.90%) Eclipse
8 10 (2.23%) Browser DevTools
9 7 (1.56%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (1.11%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.67%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.45%) Introscope
12 2 (0.45%) Selenium
12 2 (0.45%) Subversion
13 1 (0.22%) MSI
13 1 (0.22%) Postman
13 1 (0.22%) SonarQube
General
1 176 (39.20%) Social Skills
2 67 (14.92%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (12.92%) Finance
4 43 (9.58%) Banking
5 29 (6.46%) Public Sector
6 23 (5.12%) Telecoms
7 21 (4.68%) Investment Banking
8 16 (3.56%) Military
9 12 (2.67%) Front Office
10 10 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.11%) Legal
13 5 (1.11%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.11%) Police
14 4 (0.89%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.89%) Automotive
14 4 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.67%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 94 (20.94%) Network Engineer
2 63 (14.03%) Support Engineer
3 57 (12.69%) Senior
4 51 (11.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 38 (8.46%) Architect
6 36 (8.02%) IT Support
7 35 (7.80%) Analyst
8 32 (7.13%) IT Engineer
9 28 (6.24%) IT Support Engineer
10 23 (5.12%) Web Engineer
11 22 (4.90%) Platform Engineer
11 22 (4.90%) Security Engineer
11 22 (4.90%) Senior Network Engineer
12 19 (4.23%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 15 (3.34%) Blue Coat Engineer
13 15 (3.34%) IP Network Engineer
13 15 (3.34%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
14 14 (3.12%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 14 (3.12%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 14 (3.12%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.45%) SAML
2 13 (2.90%) Node.js
2 13 (2.90%) Web Services
3 12 (2.67%) REST
4 11 (2.45%) 802.1X
4 11 (2.45%) ARM Templates
4 11 (2.45%) JSON
5 9 (2.00%) .NET
6 8 (1.78%) LDAP
7 6 (1.34%) Kafka
7 6 (1.34%) NETCONF
7 6 (1.34%) OpenConfig
7 6 (1.34%) RESTCONF
7 6 (1.34%) YANG
8 5 (1.11%) HTML
8 5 (1.11%) OAuth
8 5 (1.11%) OpenID
8 5 (1.11%) Software Packaging
9 4 (0.89%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (0.89%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 77 (17.15%) Data Centre
2 53 (11.80%) Onboarding
3 32 (7.13%) PKI
4 29 (6.46%) Hybrid Cloud
5 27 (6.01%) Management Information System
6 24 (5.35%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 19 (4.23%) Linux Command Line
8 17 (3.79%) Public Cloud
9 16 (3.56%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (2.90%) Operational Technology
11 12 (2.67%) Cloud Native
12 11 (2.45%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (2.45%) Cyber Threat
12 11 (2.45%) SCADA
13 10 (2.23%) Driving Licence
13 10 (2.23%) Security Posture
14 9 (2.00%) Private Cloud
14 9 (2.00%) Security Operations Centre
15 8 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
16 7 (1.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 209 (46.55%) Windows
2 123 (27.39%) Linux
3 61 (13.59%) Windows Server
4 39 (8.69%) Windows 10
5 35 (7.80%) Mac OS
6 22 (4.90%) Unix
7 17 (3.79%) Apple iOS
8 14 (3.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 13 (2.90%) Android
9 13 (2.90%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.89%) zOS
11 3 (0.67%) CentOS
11 3 (0.67%) Check Point GAiA
11 3 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.45%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.45%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.22%) SUSE
13 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (25.61%) Problem-Solving
2 104 (23.16%) ITIL
3 80 (17.82%) CI/CD
4 73 (16.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 70 (15.59%) Infrastructure as Code
6 63 (14.03%) Agile
7 61 (13.59%) DevOps
8 55 (12.25%) Cybersecurity
9 54 (12.03%) ITSM
10 53 (11.80%) Load Balancing
11 51 (11.36%) Customer Service
12 46 (10.24%) High Availability
12 46 (10.24%) Incident Response
12 46 (10.24%) Service Management
13 45 (10.02%) Continuous Improvement
13 45 (10.02%) SIEM
14 44 (9.80%) Technical Leadership
15 43 (9.58%) Migration
16 40 (8.91%) Validation
17 39 (8.69%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 142 (31.63%) Python
2 95 (21.16%) PowerShell
3 80 (17.82%) Bash
4 25 (5.57%) C++
5 24 (5.35%) JavaScript
6 18 (4.01%) SQL
7 17 (3.79%) C#
8 10 (2.23%) Shell Script
9 9 (2.00%) Bicep
9 9 (2.00%) Perl
10 8 (1.78%) Java
11 7 (1.56%) VBA
12 5 (1.11%) ActionScript
13 4 (0.89%) C
13 4 (0.89%) Go
14 3 (0.67%) VBScript
15 2 (0.45%) Jython
15 2 (0.45%) Korn
15 2 (0.45%) Objective-C
15 2 (0.45%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 131 (29.18%) Security Cleared
2 84 (18.71%) SC Cleared
3 60 (13.36%) Degree
4 58 (12.92%) Cisco Certification
5 50 (11.14%) DV Cleared
6 43 (9.58%) CCNP
7 28 (6.24%) CCNA
8 24 (5.35%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (4.68%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (3.34%) CCIE
10 15 (3.34%) Network+ Certification
11 12 (2.67%) A+ Certification
11 12 (2.67%) Azure Certification
11 12 (2.67%) CISSP
11 12 (2.67%) VCAP
12 11 (2.45%) AWS Certification
13 7 (1.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 7 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 6 (1.34%) JNCIE
15 5 (1.11%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.90%) SLA
2 11 (2.45%) QA
3 10 (2.23%) NIST
4 9 (2.00%) NCSC
5 7 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.11%) GDPR
7 4 (0.89%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.89%) GxP
7 4 (0.89%) NIST 800
7 4 (0.89%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.45%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.22%) RMADS
System Software
1 131 (29.18%) Active Directory
2 88 (19.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (7.57%) Hyper-V
4 28 (6.24%) Docker
5 24 (5.35%) vSphere
6 23 (5.12%) VMware NSX
7 17 (3.79%) Firmware
8 13 (2.90%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (1.34%) Squid
10 3 (0.67%) NFS
10 3 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.67%) VirtualBox
10 3 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.45%) KVM
12 1 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.22%) GPFS
12 1 (0.22%) Lustre
12 1 (0.22%) NDS
12 1 (0.22%) RACF
12 1 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 100 (22.27%) Ansible
2 86 (19.15%) Terraform
3 59 (13.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 47 (10.47%) Kubernetes
5 31 (6.90%) SCCM
6 24 (5.35%) Grafana
6 24 (5.35%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (3.56%) VxRail
8 13 (2.90%) FortiGate
8 13 (2.90%) Prometheus
9 11 (2.45%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (1.56%) WSUS
11 6 (1.34%) systemd
12 5 (1.11%) Suricata
13 4 (0.89%) Consul
13 4 (0.89%) Istio
14 3 (0.67%) Puppet
14 3 (0.67%) SELinux
14 3 (0.67%) Tivoli
14 3 (0.67%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 181 (40.31%) Microsoft
2 98 (21.83%) VMware
3 85 (18.93%) Cisco
4 59 (13.14%) F5
5 48 (10.69%) ServiceNow
6 26 (5.79%) Google
7 25 (5.57%) Fortinet
7 25 (5.57%) Zscaler
8 23 (5.12%) Palo Alto
9 21 (4.68%) Juniper
10 20 (4.45%) Blue Coat
11 18 (4.01%) CheckPoint
11 18 (4.01%) Infoblox
11 18 (4.01%) McAfee
12 17 (3.79%) Citrix
12 17 (3.79%) NetApp
13 15 (3.34%) Splunk
14 13 (2.90%) Red Hat
15 12 (2.67%) Bloomberg
16 11 (2.45%) SolarWinds