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

 6 months to
1 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 228 257
Rank change year-on-year -41 +29 -32
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 371 276 332
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.97% 1.14% 0.88%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.86% 8.63% 6.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 196 241
10th Percentile £213 £219 £185
25th Percentile £376 £378 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £509 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +13.06% -14.29%
75th Percentile £564 £625 £550
90th Percentile £638 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £513 £475
% change year-on-year -12.20% +7.89% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 9 16
10th Percentile £20.75 £17.87 £16.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £28.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £41.94 £50.00 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -16.12% +60.00% -50.04%
75th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £57.37
90th Percentile £66.99 £65.00 £74.63
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £50.00 £31.25
% change year-on-year -16.12% +60.00% -50.04%

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 3,763 3,197 5,255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.86% 13.19% 13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,412 1,991 3,181
10th Percentile £213 £220 £205
25th Percentile £392 £372 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £490 £475
% change year-on-year +2.04% +3.16% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 121 384
10th Percentile £15.89 £14.20 £13.61
25th Percentile £19.59 £20.85 £17.72
Median hourly rate £41.94 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.83% - +84.21%
75th Percentile £67.75 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.01 £69.59
UK median hourly rate £41.94 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +19.83% +7.69% +71.05%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -69 121 £475 -0.42% 42
North of England -20 94 £450 -4.81% 49
South East -31 61 £525 -4.55% 50
North West 0 59 £540 +44.00% 26
East of England 0 53 £280 -34.88% 20
Midlands -50 33 £300 -45.45% 25
Yorkshire -42 32 £447 -22.35% 17
West Midlands -33 30 £225 +7.14% 17
South West -24 25 £638 +3.66% 25
North East -15 3 £200 -11.11% 7
East Midlands -36 3 £625 +13.64% 8
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 19 (5.12%) Confluence
2 14 (3.77%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (2.70%) nginx
5 7 (1.89%) Skype for Business
6 6 (1.62%) OpenStack
7 3 (0.81%) Apache
8 2 (0.54%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.54%) IIS
8 2 (0.54%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.54%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.54%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.54%) WebSphere Portal
8 2 (0.54%) WordPress
9 1 (0.27%) Traefik
Applications
1 36 (9.70%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.70%) MS Visio
3 5 (1.35%) Acrobat
3 5 (1.35%) Weka
4 4 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 94 (25.34%) Azure
2 86 (23.18%) AWS
3 64 (17.25%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (7.55%) GCP
5 21 (5.66%) Entra ID
6 20 (5.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 15 (4.04%) Amazon S3
8 14 (3.77%) Amazon EC2
8 14 (3.77%) Route 53
9 12 (3.23%) Amazon EKS
9 12 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
9 12 (3.23%) Serverless
10 10 (2.70%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (2.43%) Google Workspace
12 8 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (2.16%) GitHub
13 7 (1.89%) Nutanix
13 7 (1.89%) OneDrive
13 7 (1.89%) SaaS
14 6 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 198 (53.37%) DNS
2 128 (34.50%) Firewall
3 92 (24.80%) VPN
4 84 (22.64%) DHCP
5 78 (21.02%) WAN
6 68 (18.33%) LAN
7 55 (14.82%) HTTP
8 54 (14.56%) SSL
9 53 (14.29%) Network Security
10 50 (13.48%) VLAN
11 45 (12.13%) BIG-IP
12 40 (10.78%) BGP
13 35 (9.43%) OSPF
14 34 (9.16%) Wi-Fi
15 33 (8.89%) Wireshark
16 30 (8.09%) Ethernet
17 28 (7.55%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
18 21 (5.66%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
19 16 (4.31%) Wireless
20 13 (3.50%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.23%) Elasticsearch
1 12 (3.23%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.35%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.54%) MySQL
5 1 (0.27%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.27%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 40 (10.78%) JIRA
2 29 (7.82%) Fiddler
3 20 (5.39%) GitLab
4 14 (3.77%) Eclipse
4 14 (3.77%) Visual Studio
5 13 (3.50%) Git
5 13 (3.50%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.89%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.89%) Browser DevTools
6 7 (1.89%) SonarQube
7 4 (1.08%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.54%) Introscope
8 2 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.54%) Subversion
9 1 (0.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.27%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.27%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.27%) Maven
9 1 (0.27%) Travis CI
General
1 135 (36.39%) Social Skills
2 44 (11.86%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (11.32%) Finance
4 39 (10.51%) Banking
5 26 (7.01%) Presentation Skills
5 26 (7.01%) Public Sector
6 25 (6.74%) Investment Banking
7 21 (5.66%) Military
8 18 (4.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (4.31%) Documentation Skills
10 11 (2.96%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.16%) Front Office
12 6 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.35%) Law
14 3 (0.81%) Legal
15 2 (0.54%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.54%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.54%) Games
15 2 (0.54%) Japanese Language
15 2 (0.54%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 90 (24.26%) Network Engineer
2 42 (11.32%) Analyst
3 40 (10.78%) Support Engineer
4 39 (10.51%) Web Engineer
5 30 (8.09%) Senior
6 28 (7.55%) Architect
7 23 (6.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 21 (5.66%) Technical Engineer
9 19 (5.12%) Blue Coat Engineer
9 19 (5.12%) IP Network Engineer
10 17 (4.58%) Systems Engineer
11 16 (4.31%) Integration Engineer
11 16 (4.31%) Technical Support
12 15 (4.04%) IT Engineer
12 15 (4.04%) Junior
12 15 (4.04%) Security Engineer
12 15 (4.04%) Technical Analyst
13 13 (3.50%) IT Support
14 12 (3.23%) IT Support Engineer
15 11 (2.96%) Junior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.12%) LDAP
2 16 (4.31%) Web Services
3 14 (3.77%) Node.js
4 9 (2.43%) 802.1X
4 9 (2.43%) OpenID
4 9 (2.43%) SAML
5 8 (2.16%) JSON
6 5 (1.35%) Kafka
6 5 (1.35%) REST
7 4 (1.08%) Middleware
7 4 (1.08%) NETCONF
7 4 (1.08%) OAuth
7 4 (1.08%) OpenConfig
7 4 (1.08%) RESTCONF
7 4 (1.08%) YANG
8 3 (0.81%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.81%) HTML
8 3 (0.81%) React
9 2 (0.54%) .NET
9 2 (0.54%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 31 (8.36%) Data Centre
2 28 (7.55%) Management Information System
3 19 (5.12%) Onboarding
4 15 (4.04%) Industry 4.0
4 15 (4.04%) Public Cloud
4 15 (4.04%) Robotics
5 11 (2.96%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (2.96%) NHS
5 11 (2.96%) PKI
6 10 (2.70%) Cyberattack
6 10 (2.70%) Driving Licence
6 10 (2.70%) Private Cloud
6 10 (2.70%) Security Operations Centre
6 10 (2.70%) Security Posture
7 9 (2.43%) CMDB
7 9 (2.43%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.62%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 6 (1.62%) iPhone
8 6 (1.62%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 155 (41.78%) Windows
2 87 (23.45%) Linux
3 51 (13.75%) Windows Server
4 21 (5.66%) Windows 10
5 16 (4.31%) Android
6 13 (3.50%) Unix
7 9 (2.43%) Apple iOS
7 9 (2.43%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (1.62%) Mac OS
8 6 (1.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.62%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (1.62%) zOS
9 5 (1.35%) Ubuntu
10 4 (1.08%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.81%) Debian
11 3 (0.81%) VMS
11 3 (0.81%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.54%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.54%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (29.65%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (15.63%) Agile
3 54 (14.56%) ITIL
4 50 (13.48%) Load Balancing
5 40 (10.78%) DevOps
6 36 (9.70%) CI/CD
6 36 (9.70%) Customer Service
7 35 (9.43%) Cybersecurity
7 35 (9.43%) Incident Response
7 35 (9.43%) SIEM
8 34 (9.16%) Validation
9 33 (8.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 31 (8.36%) Data Loss Prevention
11 29 (7.82%) Decision-Making
11 29 (7.82%) Malware Detection/Protection
11 29 (7.82%) Migration
12 28 (7.55%) Infrastructure as Code
13 27 (7.28%) Security Operations
14 25 (6.74%) Root Cause Analysis
15 23 (6.20%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 87 (23.45%) Python
2 61 (16.44%) PowerShell
3 43 (11.59%) Bash
4 27 (7.28%) JavaScript
5 19 (5.12%) C++
6 16 (4.31%) C#
6 16 (4.31%) SQL
7 7 (1.89%) C
7 7 (1.89%) Java
7 7 (1.89%) Perl
8 6 (1.62%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.35%) Go
9 5 (1.35%) VBA
10 2 (0.54%) Jython
10 2 (0.54%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.54%) VBScript
11 1 (0.27%) Bicep
11 1 (0.27%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 117 (31.54%) Security Cleared
2 96 (25.88%) SC Cleared
3 44 (11.86%) Cisco Certification
3 44 (11.86%) Degree
4 36 (9.70%) CCNP
5 28 (7.55%) DV Cleared
6 22 (5.93%) CCNA
7 17 (4.58%) CompTIA Security+
8 15 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (3.50%) CISSP
10 12 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (2.70%) JNCIS
12 8 (2.16%) MCSA
12 8 (2.16%) MCSE
13 7 (1.89%) Azure Certification
13 7 (1.89%) CCIE
13 7 (1.89%) CompTIA CySA+
14 6 (1.62%) Network+ Certification
15 4 (1.08%) JNCIA
15 4 (1.08%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.16%) SLA
2 6 (1.62%) GDPR
2 6 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.08%) NCSC
3 4 (1.08%) NIST
4 2 (0.54%) QA
5 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.27%) GRC
5 1 (0.27%) RMADS
System Software
1 76 (20.49%) Active Directory
2 48 (12.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (7.28%) Docker
4 19 (5.12%) Firmware
5 10 (2.70%) VMware NSX
6 9 (2.43%) Hyper-V
6 9 (2.43%) Squid
7 8 (2.16%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (2.16%) vSphere
8 6 (1.62%) Lustre
8 6 (1.62%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 5 (1.35%) GPFS
10 4 (1.08%) KVM
10 4 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.81%) NFS
12 2 (0.54%) Ceph
12 2 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
13 1 (0.27%) iptables
13 1 (0.27%) RHEV
13 1 (0.27%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 61 (16.44%) Ansible
2 38 (10.24%) Terraform
3 37 (9.97%) Kubernetes
4 30 (8.09%) SCCM
5 24 (6.47%) Microsoft Intune
6 21 (5.66%) Single Sign-On
7 20 (5.39%) Grafana
8 17 (4.58%) Prometheus
9 14 (3.77%) FortiGate
10 9 (2.43%) Nagios
10 9 (2.43%) WSUS
11 7 (1.89%) Consul
12 6 (1.62%) Tivoli NetView
13 5 (1.35%) CASB
13 5 (1.35%) Nessus
13 5 (1.35%) Puppet
14 4 (1.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (1.08%) QRadar
15 3 (0.81%) Red Hat Satellite
16 2 (0.54%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 102 (27.49%) Microsoft
2 68 (18.33%) VMware
3 63 (16.98%) F5
4 49 (13.21%) Cisco
5 33 (8.89%) Blue Coat
6 31 (8.36%) McAfee
7 25 (6.74%) Palo Alto
8 24 (6.47%) Juniper
8 24 (6.47%) Splunk
9 23 (6.20%) Fortinet
10 22 (5.93%) NetApp
11 19 (5.12%) Red Hat
12 18 (4.85%) ServiceNow
13 17 (4.58%) Citrix
14 15 (4.04%) Siemens
15 13 (3.50%) CheckPoint
15 13 (3.50%) SolarWinds
16 12 (3.23%) Aruba
17 11 (2.96%) Meraki
17 11 (2.96%) Veeam
197 TCP/IP jobs in England