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 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 233 263
Rank change year-on-year -48 +30 -24
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 340 273 313
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.85% 1.12% 0.85%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.90% 8.54% 6.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 195 221
10th Percentile £236 £225 £188
25th Percentile £381 £362 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.50% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £550
90th Percentile £630 £725 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -12.20% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 9 18
10th Percentile £21.25 £17.87 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.63 £28.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £52.22 £54.50 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.18% +15.97% -27.70%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £66.50 - £66.88
UK median hourly rate £52.22 £54.50 £47.00
% change year-on-year -4.18% +15.97% -27.70%

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 3,821 3,197 5,003
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.51% 13.07% 13.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,395 1,989 3,017
10th Percentile £246 £220 £206
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% -6.67%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £489 £490
% change year-on-year +2.30% -0.26% -5.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 123 396
10th Percentile £16.11 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.25 £16.30 £17.00
Median hourly rate £41.94 £36.65 £39.25
Median % change year-on-year +14.45% -6.64% +107.95%
75th Percentile £65.94 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.01 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £41.24 £37.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year +9.97% -1.32% +100.00%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 28 April 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 -77 107 £470 -1.47% 53
North of England -29 90 £450 +3.09% 37
South East -40 60 £523 -5.00% 52
North West +6 56 £559 +78.80% 17
East of England -8 46 £350 -18.60% 25
Midlands -44 35 £300 -45.45% 10
West Midlands -34 32 £225 +7.14% 8
Yorkshire -51 29 £447 -22.26% 13
South West -44 17 £550 -10.57% 28
North East -20 5 £306 +22.50% 8
East Midlands -40 3 £625 +13.64% 2
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 17 (5.00%) Confluence
2 10 (2.94%) nginx
3 7 (2.06%) SharePoint
4 6 (1.76%) OpenStack
5 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.88%) Apache
6 3 (0.88%) IIS
7 2 (0.59%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (0.59%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.59%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.59%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.59%) WebSphere Portal
7 2 (0.59%) WordPress
8 1 (0.29%) Traefik
Applications
1 31 (9.12%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.94%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.47%) Acrobat
3 5 (1.47%) Weka
4 4 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 86 (25.29%) Azure
2 82 (24.12%) AWS
3 50 (14.71%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (7.65%) GCP
5 20 (5.88%) Entra ID
5 20 (5.88%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 15 (4.41%) Amazon S3
7 14 (4.12%) Route 53
8 13 (3.82%) Amazon EC2
8 13 (3.82%) AWS Lambda
8 13 (3.82%) Serverless
9 12 (3.53%) Amazon EKS
10 10 (2.94%) Google Workspace
11 9 (2.65%) AWS CloudFormation
12 8 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (2.06%) GitHub
13 7 (2.06%) Nutanix
13 7 (2.06%) SaaS
14 5 (1.47%) Cloud Computing
15 4 (1.18%) Akamai
Communications & Networking
1 184 (54.12%) DNS
2 123 (36.18%) Firewall
3 82 (24.12%) VPN
4 75 (22.06%) DHCP
5 66 (19.41%) WAN
6 60 (17.65%) LAN
7 53 (15.59%) SSL
8 52 (15.29%) HTTP
9 51 (15.00%) Network Security
10 45 (13.24%) VLAN
11 43 (12.65%) BIG-IP
12 40 (11.76%) BGP
13 34 (10.00%) OSPF
14 32 (9.41%) Wireshark
15 31 (9.12%) Ethernet
16 28 (8.24%) Wi-Fi
17 27 (7.94%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
18 20 (5.88%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
19 13 (3.82%) MPLS
19 13 (3.82%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.53%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (2.94%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.47%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.59%) MySQL
6 1 (0.29%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 40 (11.76%) JIRA
2 28 (8.24%) Fiddler
3 17 (5.00%) GitLab
4 14 (4.12%) Eclipse
4 14 (4.12%) Visual Studio
5 13 (3.82%) Git
6 12 (3.53%) Jenkins
7 9 (2.65%) Browser DevTools
8 7 (2.06%) Bitbucket
8 7 (2.06%) SonarQube
9 4 (1.18%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.88%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.59%) Introscope
11 2 (0.59%) Subversion
12 1 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.29%) Postman
12 1 (0.29%) Travis CI
General
1 123 (36.18%) Social Skills
2 44 (12.94%) Finance
3 41 (12.06%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (12.06%) Banking
4 26 (7.65%) Investment Banking
4 26 (7.65%) Presentation Skills
5 24 (7.06%) Public Sector
6 20 (5.88%) Military
7 19 (5.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (4.71%) Documentation Skills
9 10 (2.94%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.35%) Front Office
11 5 (1.47%) Law
12 3 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.59%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.59%) Aviation
13 2 (0.59%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.59%) Games
13 2 (0.59%) Japanese Language
13 2 (0.59%) Legal
Job Titles
1 81 (23.82%) Network Engineer
2 38 (11.18%) Analyst
3 36 (10.59%) Web Engineer
4 29 (8.53%) Senior
5 25 (7.35%) Architect
5 25 (7.35%) Support Engineer
6 21 (6.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (5.59%) Blue Coat Engineer
7 19 (5.59%) IP Network Engineer
8 18 (5.29%) Technical Engineer
9 17 (5.00%) Systems Engineer
10 16 (4.71%) Security Engineer
11 15 (4.41%) Integration Engineer
12 11 (3.24%) Junior
12 11 (3.24%) Software Engineer
12 11 (3.24%) Technical Analyst
13 10 (2.94%) C# Software Engineer
13 10 (2.94%) IT Engineer
13 10 (2.94%) Junior Network Engineer
14 9 (2.65%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.88%) LDAP
2 15 (4.41%) Web Services
3 14 (4.12%) Node.js
4 13 (3.82%) SAML
5 11 (3.24%) OpenID
6 9 (2.65%) 802.1X
6 9 (2.65%) JSON
7 5 (1.47%) Kafka
7 5 (1.47%) OAuth
7 5 (1.47%) REST
8 4 (1.18%) NETCONF
8 4 (1.18%) OpenConfig
8 4 (1.18%) RESTCONF
8 4 (1.18%) YANG
9 3 (0.88%) ARM Templates
9 3 (0.88%) HTML
9 3 (0.88%) Middleware
10 2 (0.59%) JDBC
10 2 (0.59%) JMS
10 2 (0.59%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.06%) Data Centre
2 23 (6.76%) Management Information System
3 19 (5.59%) Onboarding
4 15 (4.41%) Industry 4.0
4 15 (4.41%) Robotics
5 13 (3.82%) Public Cloud
6 12 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (3.24%) PKI
8 10 (2.94%) Cyberattack
8 10 (2.94%) Private Cloud
8 10 (2.94%) Security Operations Centre
9 9 (2.65%) Cyber Threat
9 9 (2.65%) Security Posture
10 7 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 6 (1.76%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.76%) Mainframe
11 6 (1.76%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 141 (41.47%) Windows
2 84 (24.71%) Linux
3 46 (13.53%) Windows Server
4 17 (5.00%) Windows 10
5 14 (4.12%) Android
5 14 (4.12%) Unix
6 9 (2.65%) Mac OS
6 9 (2.65%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (1.76%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (1.76%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (1.76%) zOS
8 5 (1.47%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.88%) Debian
10 3 (0.88%) VMS
10 3 (0.88%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.88%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.59%) AIX
11 2 (0.59%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (30.29%) Problem-Solving
2 55 (16.18%) ITIL
3 52 (15.29%) Agile
4 43 (12.65%) Load Balancing
5 39 (11.47%) DevOps
6 34 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
7 33 (9.71%) CI/CD
7 33 (9.71%) Incident Response
7 33 (9.71%) SIEM
7 33 (9.71%) Validation
8 32 (9.41%) Customer Service
9 29 (8.53%) Data Loss Prevention
9 29 (8.53%) Migration
10 28 (8.24%) Decision-Making
10 28 (8.24%) Malware Detection/Protection
11 27 (7.94%) Infrastructure as Code
11 27 (7.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 26 (7.65%) Security Operations
13 24 (7.06%) Continuous Improvement
13 24 (7.06%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 81 (23.82%) Python
2 47 (13.82%) PowerShell
3 39 (11.47%) Bash
4 28 (8.24%) JavaScript
5 20 (5.88%) C++
6 18 (5.29%) SQL
7 15 (4.41%) C#
8 7 (2.06%) C
8 7 (2.06%) Java
8 7 (2.06%) Shell Script
9 6 (1.76%) Go
9 6 (1.76%) VBA
10 4 (1.18%) Perl
11 2 (0.59%) Jython
12 1 (0.29%) Groovy
12 1 (0.29%) Ruby
12 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 103 (30.29%) Security Cleared
2 88 (25.88%) SC Cleared
3 45 (13.24%) Degree
4 39 (11.47%) Cisco Certification
5 32 (9.41%) CCNP
6 21 (6.18%) CCNA
7 17 (5.00%) DV Cleared
8 16 (4.71%) CompTIA Security+
8 16 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (3.53%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (3.24%) CISSP
11 9 (2.65%) Azure Certification
11 9 (2.65%) MCSA
12 7 (2.06%) CCIE
12 7 (2.06%) CompTIA CySA+
12 7 (2.06%) JNCIS
12 7 (2.06%) MCSE
12 7 (2.06%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (1.18%) JNCIA
13 4 (1.18%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.94%) SLA
2 5 (1.47%) GDPR
2 5 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.88%) NCSC
3 3 (0.88%) NIST
4 2 (0.59%) QA
4 2 (0.59%) RMADS
5 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.29%) GRC
System Software
1 69 (20.29%) Active Directory
2 48 (14.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (7.06%) Docker
4 19 (5.59%) Firmware
5 9 (2.65%) Hyper-V
5 9 (2.65%) Squid
5 9 (2.65%) VMware NSX
5 9 (2.65%) vSphere
6 8 (2.35%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.76%) Lustre
7 6 (1.76%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 5 (1.47%) GPFS
9 4 (1.18%) KVM
9 4 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
10 3 (0.88%) NFS
11 2 (0.59%) Ceph
12 1 (0.29%) iptables
12 1 (0.29%) RHEV
12 1 (0.29%) Samba
12 1 (0.29%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 60 (17.65%) Ansible
2 38 (11.18%) Kubernetes
3 36 (10.59%) Terraform
4 29 (8.53%) SCCM
5 21 (6.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (6.18%) Single Sign-On
6 19 (5.59%) Grafana
7 16 (4.71%) Prometheus
8 14 (4.12%) FortiGate
9 10 (2.94%) WSUS
10 9 (2.65%) Consul
10 9 (2.65%) Nagios
11 6 (1.76%) Puppet
11 6 (1.76%) Tivoli NetView
12 5 (1.47%) CASB
12 5 (1.47%) Nessus
13 4 (1.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (1.18%) QRadar
14 3 (0.88%) Red Hat Satellite
15 2 (0.59%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 89 (26.18%) Microsoft
2 65 (19.12%) VMware
3 59 (17.35%) F5
4 44 (12.94%) Cisco
5 30 (8.82%) Blue Coat
6 28 (8.24%) McAfee
7 25 (7.35%) Splunk
8 21 (6.18%) NetApp
9 20 (5.88%) Citrix
9 20 (5.88%) Fortinet
9 20 (5.88%) Palo Alto
9 20 (5.88%) Red Hat
10 19 (5.59%) ServiceNow
11 18 (5.29%) Juniper
12 16 (4.71%) Siemens
13 13 (3.82%) Bloomberg
13 13 (3.82%) SolarWinds
14 11 (3.24%) Meraki
14 11 (3.24%) Veeam
15 10 (2.94%) Dynatrace