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

 6 months to
10 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 219 226
Rank change year-on-year -48 +7 -19
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 442 349 347
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.95% 1.26% 1.06%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.19% 10.47% 8.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 192 192
10th Percentile £202 £213 £205
25th Percentile £310 £313 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £572 £615 £575
90th Percentile £700 £685 £645
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 34 29
10th Percentile £26.33 £28.30 £43.00
25th Percentile £31.25 £42.53 -
Median hourly rate £63.48 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% - +30.00%
75th Percentile £77.40 - -
90th Percentile £98.82 £78.28 -
UK median hourly rate £59.74 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -8.09% - +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 4,339 3,334 3,953
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.37% 12.00% 12.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,600 2,074 2,329
10th Percentile £250 £238 £243
25th Percentile £400 £367 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £491 £505
Median % change year-on-year +1.83% -2.77% +1.00%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £614
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +3.63% -3.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 360 168 231
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.75 £21.69
Median hourly rate £30.00 £41.23 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -27.23% -28.12% +1.52%
75th Percentile £67.48 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £76.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.14 £42.50 £51.50
% change year-on-year -38.49% -17.48% -8.83%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -46 195 £470 -16.63% 270
South East -40 77 £525 +40.00% 121
North of England -58 73 £423 -23.18% 71
South West -4 47 £638 +9.68% 46
North West -37 43 £240 -56.36% 35
Midlands -38 43 £400 -11.11% 45
West Midlands -32 35 £400 -11.11% 27
Yorkshire -50 26 £500 -9.09% 20
East of England -35 21 £423 +19.86% 64
East Midlands -12 8 £402 -26.91% 18
North East -45 4 £438 +75.00% 19
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 52 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 34 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.71%) Confluence
4 11 (2.49%) OpenStack
5 5 (1.13%) nginx
6 4 (0.90%) FactoryTalk
7 3 (0.68%) IIS
7 3 (0.68%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.45%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.45%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.45%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.45%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.45%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.23%) CICS
Applications
1 17 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.36%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.45%) Houdini
5 2 (0.45%) NUKE
6 1 (0.23%) Weka
Business Applications
1 7 (1.58%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 161 (36.43%) Azure
2 116 (26.24%) Microsoft 365
3 104 (23.53%) AWS
4 71 (16.06%) Entra ID
5 36 (8.14%) OneDrive
6 29 (6.56%) GCP
7 21 (4.75%) GitHub
8 20 (4.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 15 (3.39%) OpenShift
10 14 (3.17%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (2.71%) Route 53
12 11 (2.49%) Amazon EC2
12 11 (2.49%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (2.49%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (2.49%) Google Workspace
13 9 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (1.81%) Amazon EKS
15 7 (1.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 7 (1.58%) IaaS
16 6 (1.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 278 (62.90%) DNS
2 199 (45.02%) Firewall
3 183 (41.40%) DHCP
4 143 (32.35%) VPN
5 81 (18.33%) Network Security
6 76 (17.19%) WAN
7 67 (15.16%) LAN
8 64 (14.48%) VLAN
9 62 (14.03%) BGP
10 56 (12.67%) HTTP
11 50 (11.31%) SSL
12 43 (9.73%) Wi-Fi
13 37 (8.37%) BIG-IP
13 37 (8.37%) OSPF
13 37 (8.37%) Wireless
14 32 (7.24%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 24 (5.43%) SD-WAN
16 22 (4.98%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
17 20 (4.52%) Wireshark
18 18 (4.07%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (4.07%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (3.17%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.81%) MySQL
3 8 (1.81%) SQLite
4 7 (1.58%) NoSQL
5 6 (1.36%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.13%) Redis
7 4 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.68%) KDB
9 2 (0.45%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.23%) Cloud Spanner
10 1 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.23%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 45 (10.18%) JIRA
2 38 (8.60%) Git
3 32 (7.24%) Jenkins
4 22 (4.98%) GitLab
5 15 (3.39%) Fiddler
6 7 (1.58%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (1.36%) Visual Studio
8 5 (1.13%) Artifactory
8 5 (1.13%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.90%) Browser DevTools
9 4 (0.90%) Selenium
10 2 (0.45%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.45%) Introscope
10 2 (0.45%) Subversion
11 1 (0.23%) MSI
11 1 (0.23%) Postman
General
1 171 (38.69%) Social Skills
2 65 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
3 54 (12.22%) Finance
4 40 (9.05%) Banking
5 26 (5.88%) Public Sector
5 26 (5.88%) Telecoms
6 20 (4.52%) Investment Banking
7 14 (3.17%) Front Office
8 10 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (1.81%) Military
10 6 (1.36%) Aerospace
10 6 (1.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.36%) Legal
11 5 (1.13%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.13%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.13%) Police
12 4 (0.90%) Automotive
12 4 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.68%) Advertising
13 3 (0.68%) Retail
Job Titles
1 85 (19.23%) Network Engineer
2 62 (14.03%) Support Engineer
3 59 (13.35%) Senior
4 56 (12.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 38 (8.60%) IT Support
6 37 (8.37%) Architect
7 35 (7.92%) Analyst
8 34 (7.69%) IT Engineer
9 30 (6.79%) IT Support Engineer
10 23 (5.20%) Platform Engineer
10 23 (5.20%) Senior Network Engineer
11 21 (4.75%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 19 (4.30%) Linux Engineer
12 19 (4.30%) Security Engineer
13 18 (4.07%) Web Engineer
14 16 (3.62%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
15 15 (3.39%) 2nd Line Engineer
15 15 (3.39%) Cloud Engineer
15 15 (3.39%) Support Analyst
16 14 (3.17%) Blue Coat Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (19.91%) Terraform
2 14 (3.17%) REST
3 13 (2.94%) ARM Templates
3 13 (2.94%) SAML
4 11 (2.49%) JSON
5 9 (2.04%) .NET
6 8 (1.81%) Kafka
6 8 (1.81%) SPNEGO
7 7 (1.58%) 802.1X
7 7 (1.58%) HTML
7 7 (1.58%) LDAP
8 6 (1.36%) Elastic Stack
8 6 (1.36%) RabbitMQ
9 5 (1.13%) CSS
9 5 (1.13%) Flask
9 5 (1.13%) Jinja
9 5 (1.13%) Node.js
9 5 (1.13%) Pandas
9 5 (1.13%) Software Packaging
9 5 (1.13%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 73 (16.52%) Data Centre
2 55 (12.44%) Onboarding
3 32 (7.24%) PKI
4 30 (6.79%) Hybrid Cloud
5 27 (6.11%) Management Information System
6 21 (4.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 21 (4.75%) Linux Command Line
7 17 (3.85%) Public Cloud
8 14 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (2.94%) Cloud Native
9 13 (2.94%) Operational Technology
10 11 (2.49%) Cyber Threat
10 11 (2.49%) SCADA
11 10 (2.26%) Driving Licence
11 10 (2.26%) Enterprise Storage
12 9 (2.04%) Private Cloud
12 9 (2.04%) Video Conferencing
13 8 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.81%) Security Operations Centre
13 8 (1.81%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 211 (47.74%) Windows
2 134 (30.32%) Linux
3 67 (15.16%) Windows Server
4 44 (9.95%) Windows 10
5 37 (8.37%) Mac OS
6 27 (6.11%) Unix
7 22 (4.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 19 (4.30%) Apple iOS
9 16 (3.62%) Ubuntu
10 15 (3.39%) Android
11 5 (1.13%) CentOS
11 5 (1.13%) zOS
12 3 (0.68%) Check Point GAiA
12 3 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
13 2 (0.45%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.45%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.23%) SUSE
14 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
2 106 (23.98%) ITIL
3 78 (17.65%) CI/CD
3 78 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 75 (16.97%) Infrastructure as Code
5 65 (14.71%) DevOps
6 57 (12.90%) Agile
7 55 (12.44%) Customer Service
7 55 (12.44%) ITSM
7 55 (12.44%) Load Balancing
8 54 (12.22%) Cybersecurity
9 49 (11.09%) Continuous Improvement
10 47 (10.63%) High Availability
10 47 (10.63%) Platform Engineering
10 47 (10.63%) Service Management
11 44 (9.95%) Incident Response
11 44 (9.95%) Migration
12 43 (9.73%) SIEM
13 40 (9.05%) Stakeholder Management
14 39 (8.82%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 145 (32.81%) Python
2 103 (23.30%) PowerShell
3 87 (19.68%) Bash
4 19 (4.30%) SQL
5 17 (3.85%) C++
6 16 (3.62%) JavaScript
7 15 (3.39%) Perl
8 13 (2.94%) Shell Script
9 11 (2.49%) Bicep
10 10 (2.26%) C#
11 8 (1.81%) Java
11 8 (1.81%) Korn
12 7 (1.58%) VBA
13 5 (1.13%) ActionScript
14 4 (0.90%) C
14 4 (0.90%) Go
15 3 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.68%) VBScript
16 2 (0.45%) Groovy
16 2 (0.45%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 124 (28.05%) Security Cleared
2 72 (16.29%) SC Cleared
3 60 (13.57%) Degree
4 53 (11.99%) DV Cleared
5 50 (11.31%) Cisco Certification
6 39 (8.82%) CCNP
7 26 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (5.43%) CCNA
9 20 (4.52%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (3.39%) Network+ Certification
11 13 (2.94%) A+ Certification
11 13 (2.94%) CCIE
12 12 (2.71%) Azure Certification
12 12 (2.71%) CISSP
12 12 (2.71%) VCAP
13 11 (2.49%) AWS Certification
14 8 (1.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 8 (1.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 6 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
16 5 (1.13%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.43%) SLA
2 14 (3.17%) QA
3 9 (2.04%) NCSC
4 8 (1.81%) NIST
5 6 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.13%) GDPR
7 4 (0.90%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.90%) GxP
7 4 (0.90%) NIST 800
7 4 (0.90%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.45%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.23%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.23%) RMADS
System Software
1 138 (31.22%) Active Directory
2 93 (21.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (9.05%) Hyper-V
4 32 (7.24%) Docker
5 23 (5.20%) VMware NSX
5 23 (5.20%) vSphere
6 17 (3.85%) Firmware
7 14 (3.17%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (1.13%) Squid
8 5 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.90%) NFS
10 3 (0.68%) VirtualBox
10 3 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.45%) KVM
12 1 (0.23%) NetIQ eDirectory
12 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.23%) RACF
12 1 (0.23%) Snort
12 1 (0.23%) Veritas Cluster Server
12 1 (0.23%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 104 (23.53%) Ansible
2 63 (14.25%) Microsoft Intune
3 49 (11.09%) Kubernetes
4 35 (7.92%) SCCM
5 26 (5.88%) Grafana
6 18 (4.07%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (3.62%) VxRail
8 15 (3.39%) Prometheus
9 12 (2.71%) FortiGate
10 11 (2.49%) Jamf Pro
11 7 (1.58%) WSUS
12 6 (1.36%) systemd
13 5 (1.13%) Istio
13 5 (1.13%) Suricata
14 4 (0.90%) Puppet
15 3 (0.68%) Consul
15 3 (0.68%) SELinux
15 3 (0.68%) Tivoli
15 3 (0.68%) ZABBIX
16 2 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 180 (40.72%) Microsoft
2 102 (23.08%) VMware
3 85 (19.23%) Cisco
4 55 (12.44%) F5
5 51 (11.54%) ServiceNow
6 22 (4.98%) Google
6 22 (4.98%) NetApp
7 21 (4.75%) Fortinet
8 20 (4.52%) Palo Alto
8 20 (4.52%) Zscaler
9 18 (4.07%) Blue Coat
9 18 (4.07%) Infoblox
9 18 (4.07%) Juniper
10 17 (3.85%) McAfee
11 16 (3.62%) Citrix
12 14 (3.17%) Bloomberg
12 14 (3.17%) CheckPoint
12 14 (3.17%) Red Hat
12 14 (3.17%) Splunk
13 11 (2.49%) Arista
585 TCP/IP jobs in England