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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 224 271
Rank change year-on-year -57 +47 -37
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 349 271 305
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.84% 1.13% 0.84%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.89% 8.67% 6.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 194 210
10th Percentile £250 £225 £184
25th Percentile £385 £350 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £494
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% +1.27% +2.74%
75th Percentile £550 £623 £560
90th Percentile £638 £675 £645
UK median daily rate £460 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -8.00% - +2.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 11 21
10th Percentile £21.25 £17.79 £16.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £23.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £35.22 £54.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.38% -16.15% +7.04%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £38.58 £54.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -29.21% -16.15% +7.04%

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 3,927 3,124 4,800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.49% 13.03% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,438 1,953 2,892
10th Percentile £263 £219 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.03%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £695
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £490
% change year-on-year +2.56% -0.51% -4.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 117 386
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £15.44 £16.30
Median hourly rate £33.86 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.71% -6.25% +128.57%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £81.35 £70.33
UK median hourly rate £29.04 £38.41 £40.00
% change year-on-year -24.39% -3.98% +116.22%

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 25 May 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 25 May 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 25 May 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 -72 126 £475 - 52
North of England -29 88 £450 +12.50% 36
South East -41 58 £520 +15.56% 63
North West -4 56 £540 +116.00% 22
East of England -19 37 £175 -59.30% 29
Midlands -45 34 £400 -27.27% 28
West Midlands -42 31 £388 -29.55% 19
Yorkshire -50 27 £447 -12.78% 11
South West -32 19 £500 -18.70% 23
North East -23 5 £306 +22.50% 4
East Midlands -28 3 £625 +13.64% 9
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 18 (5.16%) Confluence
2 12 (3.44%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.87%) nginx
4 6 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.15%) IIS
6 3 (0.86%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.57%) Apache
7 2 (0.57%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (0.57%) OpenStack
7 2 (0.57%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.57%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.57%) WebSphere Portal
8 1 (0.29%) CICS
8 1 (0.29%) Traefik
Applications
1 27 (7.74%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.58%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.15%) Acrobat
4 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.29%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 90 (25.79%) AWS
1 90 (25.79%) Azure
2 54 (15.47%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (7.45%) GCP
4 25 (7.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 23 (6.59%) Entra ID
6 17 (4.87%) Amazon EC2
7 16 (4.58%) Amazon EKS
8 15 (4.30%) Amazon S3
9 14 (4.01%) Route 53
10 13 (3.72%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (3.72%) Serverless
11 9 (2.58%) GitHub
11 9 (2.58%) OneDrive
12 7 (2.01%) Akamai
12 7 (2.01%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (2.01%) Google Workspace
12 7 (2.01%) Nutanix
12 7 (2.01%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 187 (53.58%) DNS
2 125 (35.82%) Firewall
3 85 (24.36%) VPN
4 76 (21.78%) DHCP
5 63 (18.05%) Network Security
5 63 (18.05%) WAN
6 59 (16.91%) SSL
7 58 (16.62%) HTTP
7 58 (16.62%) LAN
8 45 (12.89%) BGP
8 45 (12.89%) VLAN
9 42 (12.03%) BIG-IP
10 36 (10.32%) OSPF
11 31 (8.88%) Ethernet
12 30 (8.60%) Wireshark
13 26 (7.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 25 (7.16%) Wi-Fi
15 19 (5.44%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 17 (4.87%) Wireless
17 13 (3.72%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.44%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (2.29%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.43%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.29%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.29%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.29%) MySQL
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 40 (11.46%) JIRA
2 26 (7.45%) Fiddler
3 22 (6.30%) GitLab
4 18 (5.16%) Git
5 14 (4.01%) Jenkins
6 12 (3.44%) Eclipse
6 12 (3.44%) Visual Studio
7 9 (2.58%) Browser DevTools
8 7 (2.01%) Bitbucket
8 7 (2.01%) SonarQube
9 4 (1.15%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.86%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.86%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.57%) Introscope
11 2 (0.57%) Subversion
12 1 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.29%) Postman
12 1 (0.29%) Travis CI
General
1 123 (35.24%) Social Skills
2 50 (14.33%) Finance
3 45 (12.89%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (10.60%) Banking
5 24 (6.88%) Public Sector
6 23 (6.59%) Investment Banking
7 22 (6.30%) Presentation Skills
8 19 (5.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (4.87%) Documentation Skills
9 17 (4.87%) Military
10 8 (2.29%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.72%) Front Office
12 5 (1.43%) Law
13 3 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.57%) Aviation
14 2 (0.57%) Games
14 2 (0.57%) Japanese Language
14 2 (0.57%) Retail
14 2 (0.57%) Spanish Language
15 1 (0.29%) Korean Language
Job Titles
1 83 (23.78%) Network Engineer
2 38 (10.89%) Analyst
3 34 (9.74%) Web Engineer
4 27 (7.74%) Senior
5 26 (7.45%) Support Engineer
6 25 (7.16%) Architect
6 25 (7.16%) Security Engineer
7 22 (6.30%) Technical Engineer
8 18 (5.16%) Blue Coat Engineer
8 18 (5.16%) IP Network Engineer
9 17 (4.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (4.87%) Systems Engineer
10 16 (4.58%) Junior
11 13 (3.72%) Integration Engineer
11 13 (3.72%) Technical Support
12 12 (3.44%) IT Support
13 11 (3.15%) Junior Network Engineer
13 11 (3.15%) Software Engineer
13 11 (3.15%) Technical Analyst
14 10 (2.87%) C# Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.73%) LDAP
2 15 (4.30%) SAML
3 12 (3.44%) Node.js
3 12 (3.44%) Web Services
4 11 (3.15%) OpenID
5 9 (2.58%) 802.1X
5 9 (2.58%) JSON
6 5 (1.43%) Kafka
6 5 (1.43%) OAuth
6 5 (1.43%) REST
7 3 (0.86%) ARM Templates
7 3 (0.86%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (0.86%) HTML
7 3 (0.86%) Middleware
7 3 (0.86%) NETCONF
7 3 (0.86%) OpenConfig
7 3 (0.86%) RESTCONF
7 3 (0.86%) XML
7 3 (0.86%) YANG
8 2 (0.57%) eBPF
Miscellaneous
1 34 (9.74%) Data Centre
2 28 (8.02%) Onboarding
3 22 (6.30%) Management Information System
4 15 (4.30%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (4.30%) Industry 4.0
4 15 (4.30%) Robotics
5 12 (3.44%) Security Operations Centre
6 10 (2.87%) Cyberattack
6 10 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.87%) Public Cloud
6 10 (2.87%) Security Posture
7 9 (2.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 6 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.72%) NHS
8 6 (1.72%) PKI
8 6 (1.72%) Private Cloud
8 6 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.43%) Enterprise Storage
9 5 (1.43%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 133 (38.11%) Windows
2 73 (20.92%) Linux
3 40 (11.46%) Windows Server
4 18 (5.16%) Mac OS
5 16 (4.58%) Windows 10
6 14 (4.01%) Unix
7 11 (3.15%) Android
7 11 (3.15%) Apple iOS
8 10 (2.87%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (2.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (2.01%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (1.72%) Ubuntu
11 5 (1.43%) zOS
12 4 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.86%) Debian
13 3 (0.86%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.86%) Windows Server 2003
14 2 (0.57%) AIX
14 2 (0.57%) CentOS
14 2 (0.57%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (28.94%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (15.47%) ITIL
3 48 (13.75%) Agile
4 44 (12.61%) Load Balancing
5 43 (12.32%) DevOps
6 41 (11.75%) Incident Response
7 36 (10.32%) Customer Service
8 35 (10.03%) CI/CD
9 33 (9.46%) SIEM
10 30 (8.60%) Cybersecurity
10 30 (8.60%) Migration
10 30 (8.60%) Validation
11 29 (8.31%) Decision-Making
12 28 (8.02%) Data Loss Prevention
12 28 (8.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 28 (8.02%) Security Operations
13 27 (7.74%) Infrastructure as Code
14 26 (7.45%) Malware Detection/Protection
15 25 (7.16%) High Availability
16 23 (6.59%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 80 (22.92%) Python
2 38 (10.89%) Bash
3 35 (10.03%) PowerShell
4 26 (7.45%) JavaScript
5 18 (5.16%) C++
6 16 (4.58%) SQL
7 13 (3.72%) C#
8 8 (2.29%) Java
9 7 (2.01%) Shell Script
9 7 (2.01%) VBA
10 6 (1.72%) C
10 6 (1.72%) Go
11 4 (1.15%) Perl
12 2 (0.57%) Jython
12 2 (0.57%) Ruby
13 1 (0.29%) Groovy
13 1 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 101 (28.94%) Security Cleared
2 82 (23.50%) SC Cleared
3 54 (15.47%) Degree
4 41 (11.75%) Cisco Certification
5 35 (10.03%) CCNP
6 23 (6.59%) CCNA
7 19 (5.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (5.44%) DV Cleared
8 16 (4.58%) CompTIA Security+
9 14 (4.01%) CISSP
10 12 (3.44%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (2.58%) Azure Certification
11 9 (2.58%) MCSA
12 8 (2.29%) Network+ Certification
13 7 (2.01%) CCIE
13 7 (2.01%) CompTIA CySA+
13 7 (2.01%) JNCIS
13 7 (2.01%) MCSE
14 5 (1.43%) CISM
15 4 (1.15%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.87%) SLA
2 6 (1.72%) GDPR
2 6 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.15%) QA
4 3 (0.86%) NCSC
4 3 (0.86%) NIST
5 2 (0.57%) RMADS
6 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.29%) GRC
System Software
1 65 (18.62%) Active Directory
2 42 (12.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (5.44%) Docker
4 18 (5.16%) Firmware
5 13 (3.72%) Squid
6 9 (2.58%) vSphere
7 8 (2.29%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (2.29%) VMware NSX
8 6 (1.72%) Hyper-V
9 4 (1.15%) KVM
10 3 (0.86%) NFS
11 1 (0.29%) Ceph
11 1 (0.29%) GPFS
11 1 (0.29%) RACF
11 1 (0.29%) RHEV
11 1 (0.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.29%) Snort
11 1 (0.29%) VirtualBox
11 1 (0.29%) Xen
Systems Management
1 62 (17.77%) Ansible
2 37 (10.60%) Terraform
3 34 (9.74%) Kubernetes
4 27 (7.74%) Grafana
5 24 (6.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 24 (6.88%) SCCM
6 22 (6.30%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (4.87%) Prometheus
8 16 (4.58%) FortiGate
9 10 (2.87%) Nagios
10 9 (2.58%) Consul
11 8 (2.29%) WSUS
12 6 (1.72%) CASB
12 6 (1.72%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (1.43%) Nessus
13 5 (1.43%) Puppet
13 5 (1.43%) Suricata
14 4 (1.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (1.15%) QRadar
14 4 (1.15%) Tivoli NetView
Vendors
1 88 (25.21%) Microsoft
2 57 (16.33%) F5
2 57 (16.33%) VMware
3 48 (13.75%) Cisco
4 31 (8.88%) Blue Coat
5 26 (7.45%) McAfee
5 26 (7.45%) Splunk
6 23 (6.59%) ServiceNow
7 21 (6.02%) Palo Alto
8 20 (5.73%) Red Hat
9 19 (5.44%) Fortinet
9 19 (5.44%) NetApp
10 17 (4.87%) Citrix
10 17 (4.87%) Juniper
10 17 (4.87%) Siemens
11 14 (4.01%) Zscaler
12 13 (3.72%) SolarWinds
13 11 (3.15%) Bloomberg
13 11 (3.15%) Google
13 11 (3.15%) Veeam