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

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 262 231 230
Rank change year-on-year -31 -1 -9
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 447 327 337
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.98% 1.19% 1.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.39% 9.71% 8.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 247 185 203
10th Percentile £207 £208 £207
25th Percentile £313 £350 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £575 £615 £575
90th Percentile £693 £660 £645
UK median daily rate £465 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -2.11% +5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 31 32
10th Percentile £26.21 £28.00 £31.63
25th Percentile £31.25 £47.88 £63.44
Median hourly rate £55.24 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.02% - +30.00%
75th Percentile £82.04 - -
90th Percentile £98.82 £83.00 £67.25
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -19.23% - +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 4,304 3,367 4,084
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.42% 12.22% 12.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,596 2,091 2,476
10th Percentile £263 £245 £243
25th Percentile £400 £374 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £505
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -2.57% +1.00%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £680 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 168 266
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £21.37
Median hourly rate £26.72 £43.00 £55.75
Median % change year-on-year -37.86% -22.86% -1.32%
75th Percentile £65.38 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £84.30 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £46.25 £50.00
% change year-on-year -43.78% -7.50% -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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -41 196 £475 -15.56% 80
South East -33 81 £525 +38.34% 46
North of England -51 78 £450 -15.98% 36
North West -26 48 £315 -41.12% 17
South West -7 45 £644 +5.10% 35
Midlands -31 44 £402 -10.67% 29
West Midlands -42 36 £406 -9.72% 16
Yorkshire -41 26 £500 -9.09% 12
East of England -32 20 £423 -23.18% 20
East Midlands -10 8 £402 -26.91% 13
North East -40 4 £438 +75.00% 10
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 49 (10.96%) SharePoint
2 29 (6.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.46%) Confluence
3 11 (2.46%) OpenStack
4 5 (1.12%) nginx
5 4 (0.89%) FactoryTalk
6 3 (0.67%) IIS
6 3 (0.67%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.45%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (0.45%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.45%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.45%) WebSphere Portal
8 1 (0.22%) CICS
Applications
1 18 (4.03%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (3.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.57%) 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 (1.57%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 166 (37.14%) Azure
2 112 (25.06%) AWS
2 112 (25.06%) Microsoft 365
3 71 (15.88%) Entra ID
4 37 (8.28%) GCP
5 36 (8.05%) OneDrive
6 23 (5.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 20 (4.47%) GitHub
8 13 (2.91%) Azure Monitor
8 13 (2.91%) OpenShift
9 12 (2.68%) Route 53
10 11 (2.46%) Amazon EC2
10 11 (2.46%) AWS CloudFormation
10 11 (2.46%) Google Workspace
11 10 (2.24%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (1.79%) Akamai
12 8 (1.79%) Amazon EKS
12 8 (1.79%) Azure Sentinel
13 7 (1.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 285 (63.76%) DNS
2 200 (44.74%) Firewall
3 178 (39.82%) DHCP
4 142 (31.77%) VPN
5 87 (19.46%) Network Security
6 80 (17.90%) WAN
7 71 (15.88%) LAN
8 68 (15.21%) VLAN
9 67 (14.99%) BGP
10 66 (14.77%) HTTP
11 54 (12.08%) SSL
12 42 (9.40%) Wi-Fi
13 41 (9.17%) OSPF
14 40 (8.95%) BIG-IP
15 36 (8.05%) Wireless
16 35 (7.83%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 26 (5.82%) SD-WAN
18 24 (5.37%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
19 23 (5.15%) Wireshark
20 18 (4.03%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (2.46%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.79%) MySQL
4 7 (1.57%) NoSQL
5 6 (1.34%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.12%) Redis
6 5 (1.12%) SQLite
7 4 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.67%) KDB
9 2 (0.45%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.22%) Cloud Spanner
10 1 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.22%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 44 (9.84%) JIRA
2 33 (7.38%) Git
3 28 (6.26%) Jenkins
4 20 (4.47%) GitLab
5 17 (3.80%) Fiddler
6 10 (2.24%) Browser DevTools
7 7 (1.57%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (1.34%) Visual Studio
9 5 (1.12%) Artifactory
9 5 (1.12%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.89%) Selenium
11 2 (0.45%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.45%) Introscope
11 2 (0.45%) Subversion
12 1 (0.22%) MSI
12 1 (0.22%) Postman
General
1 170 (38.03%) Social Skills
2 70 (15.66%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (13.20%) Finance
4 44 (9.84%) Banking
5 27 (6.04%) Public Sector
6 25 (5.59%) Telecoms
7 22 (4.92%) Investment Banking
8 14 (3.13%) Front Office
9 10 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.79%) Military
11 6 (1.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.12%) Legal
12 5 (1.12%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.12%) Police
13 4 (0.89%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.89%) Automotive
13 4 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.67%) Advertising
14 3 (0.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 92 (20.58%) Network Engineer
2 66 (14.77%) Support Engineer
3 60 (13.42%) Senior
4 53 (11.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 38 (8.50%) IT Support
6 37 (8.28%) Architect
7 36 (8.05%) Analyst
8 34 (7.61%) IT Engineer
9 30 (6.71%) IT Support Engineer
10 24 (5.37%) Web Engineer
11 23 (5.15%) Platform Engineer
11 23 (5.15%) Senior Network Engineer
12 22 (4.92%) Security Engineer
13 20 (4.47%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 16 (3.58%) Blue Coat Engineer
14 16 (3.58%) IP Network Engineer
14 16 (3.58%) Linux Engineer
14 16 (3.58%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
15 15 (3.36%) Support Analyst
16 14 (3.13%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (19.02%) Terraform
2 20 (4.47%) SAML
3 14 (3.13%) REST
4 12 (2.68%) ARM Templates
5 11 (2.46%) JSON
6 9 (2.01%) .NET
6 9 (2.01%) 802.1X
7 8 (1.79%) Kafka
8 7 (1.57%) HTML
8 7 (1.57%) LDAP
9 6 (1.34%) Elastic Stack
9 6 (1.34%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (1.12%) FastAPI
10 5 (1.12%) Flask
10 5 (1.12%) Jinja
10 5 (1.12%) NETCONF
10 5 (1.12%) OpenConfig
10 5 (1.12%) Pandas
10 5 (1.12%) RESTCONF
10 5 (1.12%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 75 (16.78%) Data Centre
2 55 (12.30%) Onboarding
3 32 (7.16%) PKI
4 29 (6.49%) Hybrid Cloud
5 28 (6.26%) Management Information System
6 24 (5.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 19 (4.25%) Linux Command Line
8 17 (3.80%) Public Cloud
9 16 (3.58%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (2.91%) Operational Technology
11 12 (2.68%) Cloud Native
12 11 (2.46%) Cyber Threat
12 11 (2.46%) SCADA
13 10 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (2.24%) Driving Licence
14 9 (2.01%) Private Cloud
14 9 (2.01%) Security Operations Centre
15 8 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
15 8 (1.79%) Security Posture
15 8 (1.79%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 207 (46.31%) Windows
2 123 (27.52%) Linux
3 63 (14.09%) Windows Server
4 42 (9.40%) Windows 10
5 36 (8.05%) Mac OS
6 23 (5.15%) Unix
7 18 (4.03%) Apple iOS
7 18 (4.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 14 (3.13%) Android
8 14 (3.13%) Ubuntu
9 5 (1.12%) zOS
10 3 (0.67%) CentOS
10 3 (0.67%) Check Point GAiA
10 3 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.45%) Oracle Linux
11 2 (0.45%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.22%) SUSE
12 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (25.95%) Problem-Solving
2 106 (23.71%) ITIL
3 76 (17.00%) CI/CD
4 75 (16.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 73 (16.33%) Infrastructure as Code
6 64 (14.32%) DevOps
7 56 (12.53%) Agile
7 56 (12.53%) Cybersecurity
8 55 (12.30%) ITSM
9 54 (12.08%) Load Balancing
10 53 (11.86%) Customer Service
11 49 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
12 48 (10.74%) High Availability
13 46 (10.29%) Incident Response
13 46 (10.29%) Service Management
14 45 (10.07%) SIEM
15 44 (9.84%) Migration
16 43 (9.62%) Platform Engineering
17 42 (9.40%) Stakeholder Management
17 42 (9.40%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 147 (32.89%) Python
2 98 (21.92%) PowerShell
3 86 (19.24%) Bash
4 20 (4.47%) SQL
5 17 (3.80%) C++
6 16 (3.58%) JavaScript
7 12 (2.68%) Perl
7 12 (2.68%) Shell Script
8 10 (2.24%) Bicep
8 10 (2.24%) C#
9 8 (1.79%) Java
10 7 (1.57%) VBA
11 5 (1.12%) ActionScript
11 5 (1.12%) Korn
12 4 (0.89%) C
12 4 (0.89%) Go
13 3 (0.67%) VBScript
14 2 (0.45%) Jython
14 2 (0.45%) Objective-C
14 2 (0.45%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 124 (27.74%) Security Cleared
2 75 (16.78%) SC Cleared
3 59 (13.20%) Degree
4 54 (12.08%) Cisco Certification
5 52 (11.63%) DV Cleared
6 41 (9.17%) CCNP
7 26 (5.82%) CCNA
8 25 (5.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (4.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (3.36%) Network+ Certification
11 14 (3.13%) CCIE
12 13 (2.91%) A+ Certification
13 12 (2.68%) Azure Certification
13 12 (2.68%) CISSP
13 12 (2.68%) VCAP
14 11 (2.46%) AWS Certification
15 7 (1.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 7 (1.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 5 (1.12%) JNCIE
16 5 (1.12%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.92%) SLA
2 13 (2.91%) QA
3 10 (2.24%) NIST
4 9 (2.01%) NCSC
5 7 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.12%) 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
1 134 (29.98%) Active Directory
2 89 (19.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (7.83%) Hyper-V
4 30 (6.71%) Docker
5 24 (5.37%) vSphere
6 23 (5.15%) VMware NSX
7 19 (4.25%) Firmware
8 13 (2.91%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (1.12%) Squid
10 4 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
11 3 (0.67%) NFS
11 3 (0.67%) VirtualBox
11 3 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.45%) KVM
13 1 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.22%) GPFS
13 1 (0.22%) Lustre
13 1 (0.22%) NDS
13 1 (0.22%) RACF
13 1 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 99 (22.15%) Ansible
2 61 (13.65%) Microsoft Intune
3 46 (10.29%) Kubernetes
4 33 (7.38%) SCCM
5 25 (5.59%) Grafana
6 23 (5.15%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (3.58%) VxRail
8 14 (3.13%) Prometheus
9 12 (2.68%) FortiGate
10 11 (2.46%) Jamf Pro
11 7 (1.57%) WSUS
12 6 (1.34%) systemd
13 5 (1.12%) Suricata
14 4 (0.89%) Istio
15 3 (0.67%) Consul
15 3 (0.67%) Puppet
15 3 (0.67%) SELinux
15 3 (0.67%) Tivoli
15 3 (0.67%) Tivoli NetView
15 3 (0.67%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 175 (39.15%) Microsoft
2 99 (22.15%) VMware
3 85 (19.02%) Cisco
4 58 (12.98%) F5
5 49 (10.96%) ServiceNow
6 25 (5.59%) Google
6 25 (5.59%) Zscaler
7 24 (5.37%) Fortinet
8 21 (4.70%) Blue Coat
8 21 (4.70%) NetApp
9 20 (4.47%) Palo Alto
10 19 (4.25%) Juniper
10 19 (4.25%) McAfee
11 18 (4.03%) Infoblox
12 17 (3.80%) Citrix
13 15 (3.36%) CheckPoint
13 15 (3.36%) Splunk
14 14 (3.13%) Bloomberg
15 12 (2.68%) Red Hat
16 10 (2.24%) SolarWinds