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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 212 205
Rank change year-on-year -59 -7 -1
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 454 364 387
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.98% 1.32% 1.20%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.49% 11.26% 9.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 204 208
10th Percentile £205 £182 £213
25th Percentile £313 £275 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.56%
75th Percentile £565 £600 £588
90th Percentile £700 £688 £672
UK median daily rate £450 £454 £475
% change year-on-year -0.88% -4.42% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 37 29
10th Percentile £26.33 £20.23 £43.00
25th Percentile £33.70 £33.00 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile £95.05 £73.55 £65.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +28.99%

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 4,326 3,232 3,907
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.34% 11.73% 12.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,547 2,038 2,247
10th Percentile £250 £220 £243
25th Percentile £400 £363 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £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 387 166 180
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £16.19
25th Percentile £21.33 £24.25 £24.09
Median hourly rate £45.00 £39.66 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +13.46% -30.85% +1.52%
75th Percentile £69.13 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £92.51 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £34.28 £42.50 £50.50
% change year-on-year -19.34% -15.84% -10.53%

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 29 September 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 29 September 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 29 September 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 -50 192 £465 -19.13% 217
North of England -65 73 £425 -17.87% 91
South East -55 69 £527 +40.60% 98
South West -6 48 £638 +10.87% 53
Midlands -31 45 £402 +8.10% 47
North West -37 41 £240 -55.76% 52
East of England -20 39 £425 -10.53% 52
West Midlands -38 39 £475 +23.08% 26
Yorkshire -45 28 £500 - 26
East Midlands -12 6 £326 +97.58% 21
North East -39 4 £438 +75.00% 16
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 (10.79%) SharePoint
2 35 (7.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.64%) Confluence
3 12 (2.64%) OpenStack
4 5 (1.10%) nginx
5 4 (0.88%) FactoryTalk
6 2 (0.44%) IIS
6 2 (0.44%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.22%) CICS
7 1 (0.22%) Traefik
7 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 19 (4.19%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.32%) 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 7 (1.54%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 160 (35.24%) Azure
2 116 (25.55%) Microsoft 365
3 101 (22.25%) AWS
4 73 (16.08%) Entra ID
5 36 (7.93%) OneDrive
6 28 (6.17%) GCP
7 22 (4.85%) GitHub
8 18 (3.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 15 (3.30%) OpenShift
10 14 (3.08%) Azure Monitor
11 11 (2.42%) AWS CloudFormation
11 11 (2.42%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (2.20%) Google Workspace
12 10 (2.20%) Route 53
13 9 (1.98%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (1.76%) Amazon EC2
15 7 (1.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (1.54%) IaaS
15 7 (1.54%) SaaS
16 6 (1.32%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 277 (61.01%) DNS
2 198 (43.61%) Firewall
3 191 (42.07%) DHCP
4 141 (31.06%) VPN
5 87 (19.16%) Network Security
6 72 (15.86%) WAN
7 69 (15.20%) LAN
8 66 (14.54%) BGP
9 65 (14.32%) VLAN
10 59 (13.00%) HTTP
11 54 (11.89%) SSL
12 45 (9.91%) Wi-Fi
13 41 (9.03%) OSPF
14 36 (7.93%) Wireless
15 30 (6.61%) BIG-IP
16 28 (6.17%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 24 (5.29%) Ethernet
18 23 (5.07%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
18 23 (5.07%) SD-WAN
19 19 (4.19%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.96%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (2.86%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.76%) MySQL
3 8 (1.76%) NoSQL
3 8 (1.76%) SQLite
4 7 (1.54%) MongoDB
5 6 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.32%) Redis
6 3 (0.66%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.66%) KDB
7 1 (0.22%) Cloud Spanner
7 1 (0.22%) Kdb+
7 1 (0.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 46 (10.13%) JIRA
2 43 (9.47%) Git
3 34 (7.49%) Jenkins
4 26 (5.73%) GitLab
5 13 (2.86%) Fiddler
5 13 (2.86%) Visual Studio
6 12 (2.64%) Eclipse
7 8 (1.76%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (1.32%) Artifactory
9 5 (1.10%) Selenium
10 3 (0.66%) Browser DevTools
11 2 (0.44%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.22%) MSI
12 1 (0.22%) Postman
General
1 174 (38.33%) Social Skills
2 70 (15.42%) Analytical Skills
3 49 (10.79%) Finance
4 38 (8.37%) Banking
5 30 (6.61%) Public Sector
6 28 (6.17%) Telecoms
7 16 (3.52%) Investment Banking
7 16 (3.52%) Military
8 13 (2.86%) Front Office
9 9 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (1.76%) Aerospace
10 8 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.32%) Legal
11 6 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.10%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.10%) Police
13 4 (0.88%) Automotive
13 4 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.66%) Law
Job Titles
1 92 (20.26%) Network Engineer
2 61 (13.44%) Support Engineer
3 58 (12.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 56 (12.33%) Senior
5 41 (9.03%) IT Support
6 36 (7.93%) IT Engineer
7 34 (7.49%) Architect
8 32 (7.05%) Analyst
9 31 (6.83%) IT Support Engineer
10 23 (5.07%) Platform Engineer
10 23 (5.07%) Senior Network Engineer
11 20 (4.41%) Linux Engineer
11 20 (4.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 18 (3.96%) Security Engineer
13 16 (3.52%) Cloud Engineer
13 16 (3.52%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
13 16 (3.52%) Support Analyst
14 14 (3.08%) IP Network Engineer
15 13 (2.86%) Consultant
15 13 (2.86%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (19.82%) Terraform
2 15 (3.30%) REST
3 13 (2.86%) SAML
4 12 (2.64%) ARM Templates
4 12 (2.64%) Node.js
4 12 (2.64%) Web Services
5 11 (2.42%) JSON
6 9 (1.98%) .NET
6 9 (1.98%) Kafka
7 8 (1.76%) Elastic Stack
7 8 (1.76%) SPNEGO
8 7 (1.54%) LDAP
9 6 (1.32%) 802.1X
9 6 (1.32%) CSS
9 6 (1.32%) Flask
9 6 (1.32%) HTML
9 6 (1.32%) Jinja
9 6 (1.32%) Pandas
9 6 (1.32%) RESTful
9 6 (1.32%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 75 (16.52%) Data Centre
2 55 (12.11%) Onboarding
3 34 (7.49%) PKI
4 31 (6.83%) Hybrid Cloud
5 27 (5.95%) Management Information System
6 21 (4.63%) Linux Command Line
7 20 (4.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 20 (4.41%) Self-Motivation
8 17 (3.74%) Public Cloud
9 14 (3.08%) Cloud Native
9 14 (3.08%) Operational Technology
10 13 (2.86%) Video Conferencing
11 11 (2.42%) Cyber Threat
11 11 (2.42%) SCADA
12 10 (2.20%) Driving Licence
12 10 (2.20%) Enterprise Storage
13 9 (1.98%) Private Cloud
13 9 (1.98%) Security Posture
14 8 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (1.76%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 225 (49.56%) Windows
2 152 (33.48%) Linux
3 74 (16.30%) Windows Server
4 45 (9.91%) Windows 10
5 40 (8.81%) Mac OS
6 30 (6.61%) Unix
7 28 (6.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 19 (4.19%) Apple iOS
9 14 (3.08%) Android
9 14 (3.08%) Ubuntu
10 5 (1.10%) CentOS
11 4 (0.88%) zOS
12 3 (0.66%) Check Point GAiA
12 3 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.44%) SUSE
13 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
14 1 (0.22%) AIX
14 1 (0.22%) Solaris
14 1 (0.22%) VMS
14 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (24.89%) Problem-Solving
2 99 (21.81%) ITIL
3 86 (18.94%) CI/CD
4 82 (18.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 79 (17.40%) Infrastructure as Code
6 72 (15.86%) DevOps
7 62 (13.66%) Agile
8 59 (13.00%) Load Balancing
9 57 (12.56%) ITSM
10 54 (11.89%) Customer Service
11 53 (11.67%) Cybersecurity
12 51 (11.23%) Continuous Improvement
13 47 (10.35%) Platform Engineering
14 45 (9.91%) Incident Response
14 45 (9.91%) Migration
14 45 (9.91%) Service Management
15 44 (9.69%) Stakeholder Management
16 43 (9.47%) SIEM
17 41 (9.03%) Change Management
17 41 (9.03%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 145 (31.94%) Python
2 103 (22.69%) PowerShell
3 83 (18.28%) Bash
4 23 (5.07%) C++
5 21 (4.63%) JavaScript
5 21 (4.63%) SQL
6 18 (3.96%) C#
7 16 (3.52%) Shell Script
8 13 (2.86%) Perl
9 12 (2.64%) Bicep
10 10 (2.20%) Java
11 8 (1.76%) Korn
12 7 (1.54%) VBA
13 6 (1.32%) Go
14 5 (1.10%) ActionScript
15 3 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.66%) VBScript
16 2 (0.44%) C
16 2 (0.44%) Objective-C
16 2 (0.44%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 123 (27.09%) Security Cleared
2 64 (14.10%) SC Cleared
3 56 (12.33%) DV Cleared
4 55 (12.11%) Degree
5 51 (11.23%) Cisco Certification
6 41 (9.03%) CCNP
7 25 (5.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 23 (5.07%) CCNA
9 17 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (3.08%) CCIE
10 14 (3.08%) Network+ Certification
11 13 (2.86%) A+ Certification
12 12 (2.64%) AWS Certification
12 12 (2.64%) CISSP
12 12 (2.64%) VCAP
13 10 (2.20%) Azure Certification
14 8 (1.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 6 (1.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 6 (1.32%) JNCIS
16 5 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.29%) SLA
2 15 (3.30%) QA
3 10 (2.20%) NCSC
4 7 (1.54%) NIST
5 6 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.88%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 4 (0.88%) GxP
6 4 (0.88%) NIST 800
6 4 (0.88%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.66%) GDPR
8 2 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.44%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.22%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.22%) RMADS
System Software
1 151 (33.26%) Active Directory
2 96 (21.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (8.81%) Hyper-V
4 34 (7.49%) Docker
5 33 (7.27%) vSphere
6 23 (5.07%) VMware NSX
7 19 (4.19%) Firmware
8 15 (3.30%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.88%) NFS
11 4 (0.88%) Squid
12 3 (0.66%) VirtualBox
13 2 (0.44%) KVM
13 2 (0.44%) Slurm Workload Manager
14 1 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
14 1 (0.22%) GPFS
14 1 (0.22%) Lustre
14 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.22%) zsh
Systems Management
1 106 (23.35%) Ansible
2 66 (14.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 50 (11.01%) Kubernetes
4 31 (6.83%) SCCM
5 30 (6.61%) Grafana
6 18 (3.96%) Prometheus
6 18 (3.96%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (3.52%) VxRail
8 14 (3.08%) Jamf Pro
9 11 (2.42%) FortiGate
10 8 (1.76%) Nagios
11 6 (1.32%) Istio
11 6 (1.32%) Puppet
11 6 (1.32%) systemd
12 5 (1.10%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.88%) Consul
13 4 (0.88%) Suricata
13 4 (0.88%) WSUS
13 4 (0.88%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.66%) Packer
Vendors
1 192 (42.29%) Microsoft
2 111 (24.45%) VMware
3 90 (19.82%) Cisco
4 54 (11.89%) F5
5 50 (11.01%) ServiceNow
6 24 (5.29%) Google
6 24 (5.29%) Zscaler
7 22 (4.85%) Fortinet
8 21 (4.63%) NetApp
9 20 (4.41%) Infoblox
10 19 (4.19%) Juniper
10 19 (4.19%) Palo Alto
11 17 (3.74%) SolarWinds
11 17 (3.74%) Splunk
12 16 (3.52%) Blue Coat
13 15 (3.30%) Citrix
13 15 (3.30%) McAfee
14 13 (2.86%) CheckPoint
14 13 (2.86%) Red Hat
15 12 (2.64%) Bloomberg