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 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 280 226 279
Rank change year-on-year -54 +53 -49
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 364 284 302
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.85% 1.15% 0.81%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.99% 8.90% 6.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 192 202
10th Percentile £213 £225 £188
25th Percentile £350 £350 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £623 £560
90th Percentile £638 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% +1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 13 27
10th Percentile £21.25 £18.12 £17.50
25th Percentile £25.31 £28.00 £34.75
Median hourly rate £32.50 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.00% -3.85% +15.40%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 -
90th Percentile - - £66.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -48.00% -3.85% +15.40%

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 4,050 3,191 4,805
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.43% 12.90% 12.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,505 1,986 2,858
10th Percentile £253 £225 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £691
UK median daily rate £500 £481 £500
% change year-on-year +3.95% -3.80% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 130 393
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.64 £13.57
25th Percentile £21.33 £16.30 £17.69
Median hourly rate £29.52 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.28% -6.25% +117.75%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.43 £72.82
UK median hourly rate £27.88 £42.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year -34.78% +6.88% +110.53%

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 17 June 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 17 June 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 17 June 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 -55 145 £475 +2.70% 51
North of England -26 90 £450 +3.09% 65
North West +1 53 £515 +37.33% 32
South East -42 51 £500 +11.11% 85
East of England -14 35 £263 -38.95% 39
Midlands -41 34 £406 -26.14% 44
Yorkshire -54 32 £450 -11.11% 22
West Midlands -34 30 £388 -29.55% 28
South West -26 22 £500 -18.70% 32
North East -30 5 £306 +22.50% 14
East Midlands -24 4 £563 +2.27% 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 18 (4.95%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.67%) Confluence
3 10 (2.75%) nginx
4 9 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.82%) IIS
5 3 (0.82%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.82%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.55%) IBM HTTP Server
6 2 (0.55%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.55%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.55%) WebSphere Portal
7 1 (0.27%) CICS
7 1 (0.27%) Traefik
Applications
1 29 (7.97%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.92%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.10%) Acrobat
4 3 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.27%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 95 (26.10%) Azure
2 85 (23.35%) AWS
3 67 (18.41%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (7.97%) Entra ID
5 27 (7.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 25 (6.87%) GCP
7 16 (4.40%) Amazon EC2
8 15 (4.12%) Amazon EKS
8 15 (4.12%) Amazon S3
8 15 (4.12%) OneDrive
9 14 (3.85%) Route 53
10 13 (3.57%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (3.57%) GitHub
10 13 (3.57%) Serverless
11 11 (3.02%) Google Workspace
12 7 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (1.92%) SaaS
13 6 (1.65%) Akamai
13 6 (1.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 6 (1.65%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 192 (52.75%) DNS
2 131 (35.99%) Firewall
3 86 (23.63%) DHCP
4 84 (23.08%) VPN
5 64 (17.58%) WAN
6 61 (16.76%) Network Security
7 57 (15.66%) LAN
7 57 (15.66%) SSL
8 55 (15.11%) HTTP
9 47 (12.91%) BGP
10 46 (12.64%) BIG-IP
10 46 (12.64%) VLAN
11 35 (9.62%) Ethernet
12 31 (8.52%) OSPF
13 30 (8.24%) Wi-Fi
14 29 (7.97%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 29 (7.97%) Wireshark
15 22 (6.04%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 21 (5.77%) Wireless
17 15 (4.12%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.02%) Elasticsearch
2 9 (2.47%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.82%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.55%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.27%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.27%) MySQL
6 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 44 (12.09%) JIRA
2 23 (6.32%) Fiddler
3 18 (4.95%) GitLab
4 15 (4.12%) Jenkins
5 13 (3.57%) Eclipse
5 13 (3.57%) Git
5 13 (3.57%) Visual Studio
6 9 (2.47%) Browser DevTools
7 7 (1.92%) Bitbucket
7 7 (1.92%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.82%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.55%) Introscope
9 2 (0.55%) Subversion
10 1 (0.27%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.27%) Postman
General
1 143 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 56 (15.38%) Finance
3 42 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (10.44%) Banking
5 25 (6.87%) Investment Banking
6 22 (6.04%) Presentation Skills
6 22 (6.04%) Public Sector
7 20 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (4.95%) Military
9 15 (4.12%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.20%) Front Office
10 8 (2.20%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.82%) Law
11 3 (0.82%) Legal
11 3 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.55%) Aviation
12 2 (0.55%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.55%) Games
12 2 (0.55%) Japanese Language
12 2 (0.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 87 (23.90%) Network Engineer
2 38 (10.44%) Analyst
3 34 (9.34%) Support Engineer
4 31 (8.52%) Web Engineer
5 30 (8.24%) Architect
6 25 (6.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 24 (6.59%) Security Engineer
8 23 (6.32%) Senior
9 22 (6.04%) Technical Engineer
10 20 (5.49%) Systems Engineer
11 19 (5.22%) IT Support
12 17 (4.67%) Blue Coat Engineer
12 17 (4.67%) IP Network Engineer
13 15 (4.12%) Junior
14 14 (3.85%) Software Engineer
15 13 (3.57%) C# Software Engineer
15 13 (3.57%) Technical Support
16 12 (3.30%) Integration Engineer
16 12 (3.30%) IT Engineer
17 11 (3.02%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.49%) LDAP
2 17 (4.67%) SAML
3 13 (3.57%) Node.js
3 13 (3.57%) Web Services
4 11 (3.02%) OpenID
5 10 (2.75%) 802.1X
5 10 (2.75%) JSON
6 7 (1.92%) REST
7 5 (1.37%) .NET
7 5 (1.37%) OAuth
8 3 (0.82%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.82%) HTML
8 3 (0.82%) Kafka
8 3 (0.82%) Middleware
8 3 (0.82%) WinForms
9 2 (0.55%) Blazor
9 2 (0.55%) eBPF
9 2 (0.55%) NETCONF
9 2 (0.55%) RESTCONF
9 2 (0.55%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 46 (12.64%) Data Centre
2 39 (10.71%) Onboarding
3 21 (5.77%) Management Information System
4 15 (4.12%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (4.12%) Industry 4.0
4 15 (4.12%) Robotics
5 13 (3.57%) Security Posture
6 10 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (2.75%) Security Operations Centre
7 9 (2.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 8 (2.20%) Cyberattack
9 7 (1.92%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.65%) NHS
10 6 (1.65%) PKI
11 5 (1.37%) Client/Server
11 5 (1.37%) Cloud Native
11 5 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.37%) Enterprise Storage
11 5 (1.37%) Mainframe
11 5 (1.37%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 146 (40.11%) Windows
2 70 (19.23%) Linux
3 39 (10.71%) Windows Server
4 29 (7.97%) Mac OS
5 21 (5.77%) Windows 10
6 17 (4.67%) Apple iOS
7 14 (3.85%) Unix
8 12 (3.30%) Android
9 8 (2.20%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.37%) Ubuntu
10 5 (1.37%) zOS
11 4 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.82%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.55%) AIX
13 2 (0.55%) CentOS
13 2 (0.55%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.55%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 64 (17.58%) ITIL
3 55 (15.11%) Agile
4 44 (12.09%) Customer Service
5 43 (11.81%) DevOps
6 42 (11.54%) Load Balancing
7 41 (11.26%) Incident Response
8 40 (10.99%) CI/CD
9 36 (9.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 35 (9.62%) Migration
11 33 (9.07%) ITSM
12 31 (8.52%) Validation
13 29 (7.97%) Decision-Making
13 29 (7.97%) High Availability
14 27 (7.42%) Cybersecurity
14 27 (7.42%) Risk Assessment
14 27 (7.42%) SIEM
14 27 (7.42%) Stakeholder Management
15 26 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
16 25 (6.87%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 82 (22.53%) Python
2 36 (9.89%) Bash
3 35 (9.62%) PowerShell
4 29 (7.97%) JavaScript
5 20 (5.49%) C++
6 16 (4.40%) C#
7 13 (3.57%) SQL
8 9 (2.47%) VBA
9 6 (1.65%) Java
10 5 (1.37%) C
11 4 (1.10%) ActionScript
11 4 (1.10%) Perl
12 3 (0.82%) Go
12 3 (0.82%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.55%) Jython
13 2 (0.55%) Ruby
14 1 (0.27%) Groovy
14 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 88 (24.18%) Security Cleared
2 71 (19.51%) SC Cleared
3 62 (17.03%) Degree
4 39 (10.71%) Cisco Certification
5 30 (8.24%) CCNP
6 25 (6.87%) CCNA
7 18 (4.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (4.67%) CISSP
9 15 (4.12%) DV Cleared
9 15 (4.12%) Microsoft Certification
10 13 (3.57%) CompTIA Security+
11 10 (2.75%) MCSA
12 9 (2.47%) Azure Certification
13 8 (2.20%) MCSE
14 7 (1.92%) CCIE
14 7 (1.92%) Network+ Certification
15 6 (1.65%) CompTIA CySA+
16 5 (1.37%) CISM
16 5 (1.37%) JNCIS
17 4 (1.10%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.75%) SLA
2 6 (1.65%) QA
3 5 (1.37%) GDPR
3 5 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.37%) NIST
4 3 (0.82%) NCSC
4 3 (0.82%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.55%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.55%) RMADS
6 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.27%) GRC
System Software
1 75 (20.60%) Active Directory
2 45 (12.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (4.95%) Firmware
4 14 (3.85%) Docker
5 13 (3.57%) Squid
5 13 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (2.47%) Hyper-V
7 7 (1.92%) vSphere
8 6 (1.65%) VMware NSX
9 4 (1.10%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.82%) NFS
11 2 (0.55%) KVM
11 2 (0.55%) VirtualBox
12 1 (0.27%) GPFS
12 1 (0.27%) Lustre
12 1 (0.27%) RACF
12 1 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.27%) Snort
Systems Management
1 60 (16.48%) Ansible
2 34 (9.34%) Terraform
3 32 (8.79%) Kubernetes
4 29 (7.97%) Microsoft Intune
5 24 (6.59%) Single Sign-On
6 23 (6.32%) Grafana
7 21 (5.77%) SCCM
8 16 (4.40%) FortiGate
9 15 (4.12%) Prometheus
10 11 (3.02%) Jamf Pro
11 9 (2.47%) Consul
12 8 (2.20%) WSUS
13 6 (1.65%) CASB
14 5 (1.37%) Nagios
14 5 (1.37%) Nessus
14 5 (1.37%) Suricata
15 4 (1.10%) Tivoli NetView
16 3 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
16 3 (0.82%) Puppet
16 3 (0.82%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 111 (30.49%) Microsoft
2 58 (15.93%) F5
3 54 (14.84%) Cisco
4 53 (14.56%) VMware
5 29 (7.97%) Blue Coat
5 29 (7.97%) ServiceNow
6 23 (6.32%) McAfee
7 22 (6.04%) Palo Alto
8 21 (5.77%) Citrix
8 21 (5.77%) Fortinet
9 20 (5.49%) Splunk
10 18 (4.95%) NetApp
11 17 (4.67%) Siemens
12 16 (4.40%) Zscaler
13 15 (4.12%) Google
13 15 (4.12%) Juniper
14 14 (3.85%) Red Hat
15 13 (3.57%) Bloomberg
16 11 (3.02%) Aruba
16 11 (3.02%) CheckPoint