TCP/IP Contracts in England

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring TCP/IP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited TCP/IP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 233 266 227
Rank change year-on-year +33 -39 +39
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 273 313 595
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.12% 0.84% 1.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.59% 6.25% 9.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 219 368
10th Percentile £225 £188 £227
25th Percentile £359 £321 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +6.21%
75th Percentile £625 £550 £650
90th Percentile £725 £650 £738
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 20 54
10th Percentile £17.87 £16.00 £22.73
25th Percentile £28.00 £20.00 £50.42
Median hourly rate £54.50 £56.49 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.52% -13.09% +136.36%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.60
90th Percentile - £65.63 £77.68
UK median hourly rate £54.50 £56.49 £65.00
% change year-on-year -3.52% -13.09% +136.36%

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 3,178 5,012 6,158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.05% 13.48% 12.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,963 3,022 4,045
10th Percentile £220 £206 £231
25th Percentile £363 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £488 £495 £519
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.53% +3.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 399 439
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.50 £9.80
25th Percentile £15.22 £17.35 £10.63
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%
75th Percentile £63.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £40.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.50% +110.53% -32.74%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing TCP/IP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in England

TCP/IP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in England.

Daily rate trend for TCP/IP in England

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for TCP/IP in England

TCP/IP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in England.

Hourly rate trend for TCP/IP in England

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing TCP/IP in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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 +49 128 £477 -4.60% 177
North of England +27 42 £437 +6.46% 72
South East +17 36 £550 +15.79% 132
South West +44 24 £615 +2.50% 49
East of England +33 23 £430 +18.62% 77
Yorkshire +18 19 £575 -7.78% 28
North West +9 17 £313 -23.78% 35
Midlands -7 13 £550 +15.79% 61
East Midlands -4 7 £550 +69.23% 21
West Midlands -1 6 £210 -60.00% 36
North East - 6 £250 - 12
TCP/IP
UK

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 18 (6.59%) nginx
2 14 (5.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (4.40%) Traefik
4 10 (3.66%) Confluence
5 9 (3.30%) SharePoint
6 5 (1.83%) Apache Spark
7 4 (1.47%) Apache
7 4 (1.47%) IIS
8 3 (1.10%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.73%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.37%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 20 (7.33%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.83%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.37%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 2 (0.73%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 103 (37.73%) AWS
2 91 (33.33%) Azure
3 32 (11.72%) Entra ID
4 31 (11.36%) Microsoft 365
5 29 (10.62%) AWS CloudFormation
6 28 (10.26%) GCP
7 19 (6.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 19 (6.96%) GitHub
8 18 (6.59%) OpenShift
9 14 (5.13%) Amazon ECS
9 14 (5.13%) AWS Fargate
9 14 (5.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 11 (4.03%) Azure Monitor
11 10 (3.66%) Amazon EKS
12 9 (3.30%) Amazon EC2
12 9 (3.30%) Nutanix
13 8 (2.93%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (2.93%) Azure Sentinel
14 7 (2.56%) Serverless
15 6 (2.20%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 159 (58.24%) DNS
2 97 (35.53%) Firewall
3 88 (32.23%) DHCP
4 77 (28.21%) VPN
5 49 (17.95%) HTTP
6 48 (17.58%) BGP
7 45 (16.48%) Network Security
7 45 (16.48%) WAN
8 41 (15.02%) OSPF
9 36 (13.19%) LAN
10 34 (12.45%) VLAN
11 22 (8.06%) Wireless
12 17 (6.23%) SMTP
13 16 (5.86%) MPLS
14 14 (5.13%) Cisco Nexus
15 13 (4.76%) SSL
15 13 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
16 12 (4.40%) Internet
16 12 (4.40%) SAN
16 12 (4.40%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (6.23%) MongoDB
2 15 (5.49%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (5.13%) Amazon RDS
4 13 (4.76%) SQL Server
5 9 (3.30%) Hadoop
6 7 (2.56%) Amazon Aurora
7 5 (1.83%) Apache Hive
7 5 (1.83%) Apache Iceberg
7 5 (1.83%) MySQL
7 5 (1.83%) Parquet
7 5 (1.83%) Presto
8 4 (1.47%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.10%) DynamoDB
9 3 (1.10%) InfluxDB
9 3 (1.10%) Looker
9 3 (1.10%) Power BI
10 2 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.73%) MariaDB
10 2 (0.73%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.73%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 31 (11.36%) Jenkins
2 21 (7.69%) GitLab
3 14 (5.13%) Git
4 13 (4.76%) JIRA
5 10 (3.66%) Subversion
6 9 (3.30%) Sonatype Nexus
6 9 (3.30%) TeamCity
7 7 (2.56%) Visual Studio
8 5 (1.83%) Eclipse
8 5 (1.83%) Poetry
8 5 (1.83%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.37%) Gerrit
General
1 92 (33.70%) Social Skills
2 40 (14.65%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (8.06%) Finance
4 16 (5.86%) Telecoms
5 15 (5.49%) Banking
6 13 (4.76%) Military
7 10 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.66%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.56%) Legal
9 6 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.47%) French Language
11 4 (1.47%) Police
12 3 (1.10%) Games
13 2 (0.73%) Advertising
13 2 (0.73%) Automotive
13 2 (0.73%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.73%) Front Office
13 2 (0.73%) Law
13 2 (0.73%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 47 (17.22%) Network Engineer
2 37 (13.55%) Senior
3 28 (10.26%) DevOps Engineer
4 27 (9.89%) Architect
5 26 (9.52%) Analyst
6 21 (7.69%) Support Engineer
7 19 (6.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 18 (6.59%) Senior DevOps
9 15 (5.49%) IT Support
10 14 (5.13%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 13 (4.76%) Administrator
11 13 (4.76%) IT Engineer
11 13 (4.76%) IT Support Engineer
12 12 (4.40%) Lead
13 9 (3.30%) Cloud Engineer
13 9 (3.30%) Linux Administrator
13 9 (3.30%) Technical Architect
14 8 (2.93%) Service Analyst
14 8 (2.93%) Service Desk Analyst
14 8 (2.93%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.49%) Elastic Stack
2 14 (5.13%) .NET
2 14 (5.13%) cloud-init
2 14 (5.13%) Kafka
2 14 (5.13%) Keycloak
3 11 (4.03%) REST
4 8 (2.93%) Node.js
5 7 (2.56%) LDAP
5 7 (2.56%) React
6 6 (2.20%) 802.1X
7 5 (1.83%) Dask
7 5 (1.83%) LAPP Stack
7 5 (1.83%) Web Services
8 3 (1.10%) JSON
8 3 (1.10%) OpenTelemetry
8 3 (1.10%) YAML
8 3 (1.10%) Yocto
9 2 (0.73%) .NET Framework
9 2 (0.73%) FIX Protocol
9 2 (0.73%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.16%) PKI
2 19 (6.96%) Data Centre
3 10 (3.66%) Clustering
3 10 (3.66%) Management Information System
3 10 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (3.30%) Public Cloud
5 8 (2.93%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (2.93%) Security Posture
6 7 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (2.56%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.56%) Driving Licence
6 7 (2.56%) Replication
7 6 (2.20%) Algorithms
7 6 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.20%) Security Operations Centre
8 5 (1.83%) Video\Live Streaming
9 4 (1.47%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (1.47%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (1.47%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 102 (37.36%) Linux
2 96 (35.16%) Windows
3 45 (16.48%) Windows Server
4 40 (14.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 25 (9.16%) Unix
6 19 (6.96%) CentOS
7 13 (4.76%) Windows 10
8 9 (3.30%) Solaris
8 9 (3.30%) Ubuntu
9 7 (2.56%) Mac OS
10 5 (1.83%) Windows Server 2019
11 4 (1.47%) Apple iOS
11 4 (1.47%) Check Point GAiA
12 3 (1.10%) Embedded Linux
12 3 (1.10%) Mac OS X
12 3 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.73%) Android
13 2 (0.73%) Debian
13 2 (0.73%) OpenWrt
13 2 (0.73%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (23.44%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (23.08%) DevOps
3 59 (21.61%) CI/CD
4 44 (16.12%) Infrastructure as Code
5 40 (14.65%) ITIL
6 39 (14.29%) Agile
7 38 (13.92%) Containerisation
8 34 (12.45%) Continuous Integration
9 31 (11.36%) High Availability
10 28 (10.26%) Computer Science
10 28 (10.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 26 (9.52%) SIEM
12 24 (8.79%) Security Operations
13 23 (8.42%) Cloud Security
14 22 (8.06%) Cybersecurity
15 21 (7.69%) Observability
16 20 (7.33%) Service Management
17 19 (6.96%) Disaster Recovery
18 18 (6.59%) ITSM
19 17 (6.23%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 102 (37.36%) Python
2 49 (17.95%) Bash
3 44 (16.12%) PowerShell
4 22 (8.06%) SQL
5 20 (7.33%) Java
6 18 (6.59%) Go
7 16 (5.86%) Perl
8 15 (5.49%) C#
9 13 (4.76%) C++
9 13 (4.76%) JavaScript
10 8 (2.93%) Shell Script
11 6 (2.20%) C
11 6 (2.20%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (1.83%) TypeScript
13 3 (1.10%) Bicep
14 2 (0.73%) PHP
14 2 (0.73%) VB
14 2 (0.73%) VBScript
15 1 (0.37%) Fortran
15 1 (0.37%) JCL
Qualifications
1 80 (29.30%) Security Cleared
2 57 (20.88%) SC Cleared
3 55 (20.15%) Cisco Certification
4 43 (15.75%) CCNP
5 38 (13.92%) CCNA
5 38 (13.92%) Degree
6 24 (8.79%) DV Cleared
7 20 (7.33%) AWS Certification
8 15 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (4.03%) CCIE
10 10 (3.66%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (2.93%) CCSE
12 7 (2.56%) JNCIA
13 6 (2.20%) A+ Certification
14 5 (1.83%) CCSA
14 5 (1.83%) CCSP
14 5 (1.83%) CISSP
14 5 (1.83%) GCIA
14 5 (1.83%) GCIH
14 5 (1.83%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.06%) NCSC
2 12 (4.40%) SLA
3 10 (3.66%) GDPR
4 8 (2.93%) NIST
4 8 (2.93%) QA
5 7 (2.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.83%) Government Security Classifications
7 4 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.10%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.73%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 2 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.73%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 52 (19.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 45 (16.48%) Docker
3 44 (16.12%) Active Directory
4 17 (6.23%) Hyper-V
5 13 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (3.30%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (3.30%) VMware NSX
7 8 (2.93%) vSphere
8 5 (1.83%) NFS
9 4 (1.47%) Veritas File System
9 4 (1.47%) Veritas Volume Manager
10 2 (0.73%) iptables
10 2 (0.73%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.73%) XenApp
11 1 (0.37%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.37%) Firmware
11 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.37%) Samba
11 1 (0.37%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 65 (23.81%) Terraform
2 64 (23.44%) Ansible
3 62 (22.71%) Kubernetes
4 27 (9.89%) Grafana
5 26 (9.52%) Puppet
6 23 (8.42%) Prometheus
7 17 (6.23%) ZABBIX
8 16 (5.86%) Microsoft Intune
9 15 (5.49%) Packer
10 14 (5.13%) Consul
10 14 (5.13%) Istio
10 14 (5.13%) Jamf Pro
10 14 (5.13%) linkerd
10 14 (5.13%) Rancher
11 13 (4.76%) Progress Chef
11 13 (4.76%) SCCM
12 12 (4.40%) HAProxy
13 11 (4.03%) Red Hat Satellite
14 9 (3.30%) FortiGate
15 8 (2.93%) QRadar
Vendors
1 77 (28.21%) Microsoft
2 69 (25.27%) Cisco
3 65 (23.81%) VMware
4 51 (18.68%) Red Hat
5 34 (12.45%) Splunk
6 24 (8.79%) CheckPoint
7 20 (7.33%) Palo Alto
8 18 (6.59%) ServiceNow
9 15 (5.49%) Okta
10 14 (5.13%) Apple
11 12 (4.40%) ESET
11 12 (4.40%) Google
12 11 (4.03%) Fortinet
12 11 (4.03%) Juniper
12 11 (4.03%) SolarWinds
13 10 (3.66%) CyberArk
13 10 (3.66%) Dell
14 9 (3.30%) Qualys
15 8 (2.93%) IBM
15 8 (2.93%) Meraki