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 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 226 246
Rank change year-on-year -27 +20 -26
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 464 320 316
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.01% 1.15% 0.95%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.78% 9.30% 7.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 191 201
10th Percentile £208 £220 £205
25th Percentile £325 £357 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £575 £614 £560
90th Percentile £675 £653 £638
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 27 31
10th Percentile £26.09 £20.23 £30.00
25th Percentile £31.25 £43.60 £63.13
Median hourly rate £63.48 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% - +28.92%
75th Percentile £70.97 - -
90th Percentile £98.82 £85.65 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £62.99 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -3.09% - +28.92%

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 4,305 3,442 4,159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.41% 12.37% 12.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,611 2,137 2,567
10th Percentile £263 £250 £243
25th Percentile £400 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £680 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 338 165 281
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.48
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £20.50
Median hourly rate £27.94 £44.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.50% -20.00% +7.52%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £86.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.44 £46.88 £49.00
% change year-on-year -43.59% -4.34% -2.82%

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 9 August 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 9 August 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 9 August 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 -58 191 £475 -15.56% 127
North of England -36 86 £475 -5.00% 43
South East -28 83 £523 +16.11% 74
North West -10 56 £475 -0.05% 25
South West -7 43 £638 +3.03% 29
Midlands -31 40 £402 -19.60% 27
East of England -14 35 £375 -28.57% 23
West Midlands -32 32 £406 +1.06% 18
Yorkshire -46 26 £500 - 11
East Midlands -7 8 £402 -26.91% 9
North East -41 4 £438 +2.94% 9
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 45 (9.70%) SharePoint
2 23 (4.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (2.80%) Confluence
4 9 (1.94%) OpenStack
5 8 (1.72%) nginx
6 4 (0.86%) FactoryTalk
7 3 (0.65%) IIS
7 3 (0.65%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.43%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.43%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.43%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.43%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.22%) CICS
9 1 (0.22%) Traefik
Applications
1 35 (7.54%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.72%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.43%) Houdini
5 2 (0.43%) NUKE
6 1 (0.22%) Weka
Business Applications
1 6 (1.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 164 (35.34%) Azure
2 113 (24.35%) AWS
3 103 (22.20%) Microsoft 365
4 67 (14.44%) Entra ID
5 36 (7.76%) GCP
6 33 (7.11%) OneDrive
7 26 (5.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 19 (4.09%) GitHub
9 14 (3.02%) Route 53
10 13 (2.80%) Amazon EC2
10 13 (2.80%) Azure Monitor
10 13 (2.80%) OpenShift
11 11 (2.37%) AWS CloudFormation
11 11 (2.37%) Google Workspace
12 9 (1.94%) Amazon EKS
12 9 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (1.94%) Azure Sentinel
12 9 (1.94%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (1.72%) Akamai
14 7 (1.51%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 277 (59.70%) DNS
2 203 (43.75%) Firewall
3 164 (35.34%) DHCP
4 137 (29.53%) VPN
5 88 (18.97%) Network Security
6 83 (17.89%) WAN
7 74 (15.95%) LAN
8 71 (15.30%) VLAN
9 68 (14.66%) BGP
10 64 (13.79%) HTTP
11 59 (12.72%) SSL
12 42 (9.05%) Wi-Fi
13 41 (8.84%) BIG-IP
14 40 (8.62%) OSPF
15 39 (8.41%) Ethernet
16 35 (7.54%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
17 34 (7.33%) Wireless
18 24 (5.17%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
18 24 (5.17%) SD-WAN
18 24 (5.17%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.59%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.08%) MySQL
3 5 (1.08%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.86%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.86%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.65%) Redis
6 2 (0.43%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.43%) SQLite
7 1 (0.22%) Cloud Spanner
7 1 (0.22%) KDB
Development Applications
1 44 (9.48%) JIRA
2 27 (5.82%) Git
3 23 (4.96%) Jenkins
4 20 (4.31%) GitLab
5 18 (3.88%) Fiddler
6 14 (3.02%) Visual Studio
7 13 (2.80%) Eclipse
8 10 (2.16%) Browser DevTools
9 7 (1.51%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (0.86%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.65%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.43%) Introscope
12 2 (0.43%) Selenium
12 2 (0.43%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.43%) Subversion
13 1 (0.22%) MSI
13 1 (0.22%) Postman
General
1 183 (39.44%) Social Skills
2 66 (14.22%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (12.72%) Finance
4 43 (9.27%) Banking
5 28 (6.03%) Public Sector
6 23 (4.96%) Telecoms
7 22 (4.74%) Investment Banking
7 22 (4.74%) Presentation Skills
8 20 (4.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (3.45%) Military
10 12 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
11 10 (2.16%) Front Office
12 5 (1.08%) Legal
12 5 (1.08%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (0.86%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.86%) Automotive
13 4 (0.86%) Police
14 3 (0.65%) Retail
Job Titles
1 97 (20.91%) Network Engineer
2 57 (12.28%) Support Engineer
3 52 (11.21%) Senior
4 48 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 39 (8.41%) Architect
6 33 (7.11%) Analyst
7 32 (6.90%) IT Support
8 28 (6.03%) IT Engineer
9 26 (5.60%) Systems Engineer
10 25 (5.39%) Security Engineer
10 25 (5.39%) Web Engineer
11 24 (5.17%) IT Support Engineer
12 22 (4.74%) Technical Engineer
13 21 (4.53%) Platform Engineer
14 19 (4.09%) Senior Network Engineer
15 18 (3.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
16 16 (3.45%) Blue Coat Engineer
16 16 (3.45%) IP Network Engineer
17 15 (3.23%) Software Engineer
18 14 (3.02%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.31%) SAML
2 14 (3.02%) LDAP
3 13 (2.80%) ARM Templates
3 13 (2.80%) Node.js
3 13 (2.80%) REST
3 13 (2.80%) Web Services
4 11 (2.37%) 802.1X
4 11 (2.37%) JSON
5 8 (1.72%) .NET
6 6 (1.29%) HTML
6 6 (1.29%) NETCONF
6 6 (1.29%) OpenConfig
6 6 (1.29%) OpenID
6 6 (1.29%) RESTCONF
6 6 (1.29%) YANG
7 5 (1.08%) Kafka
7 5 (1.08%) OAuth
7 5 (1.08%) RESTful
8 4 (0.86%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (0.86%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 75 (16.16%) Data Centre
2 50 (10.78%) Onboarding
3 29 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
3 29 (6.25%) PKI
4 27 (5.82%) Management Information System
5 24 (5.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 19 (4.09%) Linux Command Line
6 19 (4.09%) Robotics
7 16 (3.45%) Public Cloud
7 16 (3.45%) Security Posture
8 15 (3.23%) Industry 4.0
9 14 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (2.80%) Cloud Native
11 11 (2.37%) Cyber Threat
11 11 (2.37%) Operational Technology
12 10 (2.16%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (2.16%) Driving Licence
12 10 (2.16%) SCADA
13 9 (1.94%) Private Cloud
14 8 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 204 (43.97%) Windows
2 121 (26.08%) Linux
3 59 (12.72%) Windows Server
4 37 (7.97%) Windows 10
5 33 (7.11%) Mac OS
6 24 (5.17%) Unix
7 15 (3.23%) Apple iOS
8 14 (3.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 13 (2.80%) Ubuntu
10 11 (2.37%) Android
11 4 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.86%) zOS
12 3 (0.65%) CentOS
12 3 (0.65%) Check Point GAiA
13 2 (0.43%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.43%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.22%) Rocky
14 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (27.37%) Problem-Solving
2 103 (22.20%) ITIL
3 76 (16.38%) CI/CD
4 70 (15.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 69 (14.87%) Infrastructure as Code
6 63 (13.58%) Agile
7 62 (13.36%) DevOps
8 61 (13.15%) Customer Service
9 52 (11.21%) Load Balancing
10 51 (10.99%) Cybersecurity
11 49 (10.56%) ITSM
12 45 (9.70%) Migration
13 44 (9.48%) High Availability
13 44 (9.48%) Incident Response
13 44 (9.48%) SIEM
14 43 (9.27%) Service Management
14 43 (9.27%) Validation
15 41 (8.84%) Continuous Improvement
15 41 (8.84%) Technical Leadership
16 38 (8.19%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 138 (29.74%) Python
2 91 (19.61%) PowerShell
3 80 (17.24%) Bash
4 25 (5.39%) C++
4 25 (5.39%) JavaScript
5 19 (4.09%) SQL
6 17 (3.66%) C#
7 9 (1.94%) Bicep
8 8 (1.72%) Java
8 8 (1.72%) Perl
8 8 (1.72%) Shell Script
9 7 (1.51%) VBA
10 6 (1.29%) C
11 5 (1.08%) ActionScript
12 4 (0.86%) Go
13 3 (0.65%) VBScript
14 2 (0.43%) Groovy
14 2 (0.43%) Jython
14 2 (0.43%) Korn
14 2 (0.43%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 128 (27.59%) Security Cleared
2 84 (18.10%) SC Cleared
3 76 (16.38%) Degree
4 57 (12.28%) Cisco Certification
5 47 (10.13%) DV Cleared
6 42 (9.05%) CCNP
7 29 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (6.03%) CCNA
9 20 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (3.88%) CISSP
11 15 (3.23%) Network+ Certification
12 14 (3.02%) CCIE
13 12 (2.59%) Azure Certification
14 11 (2.37%) A+ Certification
14 11 (2.37%) VCAP
15 10 (2.16%) MCSA
16 9 (1.94%) MCSE
17 8 (1.72%) AWS Certification
17 8 (1.72%) CompTIA Security+
18 7 (1.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.88%) SLA
2 10 (2.16%) NIST
2 10 (2.16%) QA
3 9 (1.94%) NCSC
4 7 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.08%) GDPR
6 4 (0.86%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 4 (0.86%) GxP
6 4 (0.86%) NIST 800
6 4 (0.86%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.43%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.22%) RMADS
System Software
1 127 (27.37%) Active Directory
2 88 (18.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (7.11%) Hyper-V
4 31 (6.68%) Docker
5 24 (5.17%) vSphere
6 23 (4.96%) VMware NSX
7 18 (3.88%) Firmware
8 12 (2.59%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (1.51%) Squid
10 6 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
11 3 (0.65%) NFS
11 3 (0.65%) VirtualBox
11 3 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.43%) KVM
13 1 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.22%) GPFS
13 1 (0.22%) Lustre
13 1 (0.22%) NDS
13 1 (0.22%) RACF
13 1 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 98 (21.12%) Ansible
2 84 (18.10%) Terraform
3 54 (11.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 46 (9.91%) Kubernetes
5 29 (6.25%) SCCM
6 25 (5.39%) Single Sign-On
7 23 (4.96%) Grafana
8 15 (3.23%) VxRail
9 13 (2.80%) FortiGate
9 13 (2.80%) Prometheus
10 11 (2.37%) Jamf Pro
11 7 (1.51%) WSUS
12 6 (1.29%) CASB
12 6 (1.29%) systemd
13 5 (1.08%) Consul
13 5 (1.08%) Nessus
13 5 (1.08%) Suricata
14 3 (0.65%) Nagios
14 3 (0.65%) Puppet
14 3 (0.65%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 176 (37.93%) Microsoft
2 99 (21.34%) VMware
3 83 (17.89%) Cisco
4 59 (12.72%) F5
5 47 (10.13%) ServiceNow
6 27 (5.82%) Zscaler
7 26 (5.60%) Google
8 23 (4.96%) Blue Coat
8 23 (4.96%) Fortinet
8 23 (4.96%) Juniper
9 22 (4.74%) Palo Alto
10 19 (4.09%) Citrix
10 19 (4.09%) McAfee
11 18 (3.88%) Infoblox
11 18 (3.88%) NetApp
11 18 (3.88%) Splunk
12 17 (3.66%) CheckPoint
12 17 (3.66%) Siemens
13 14 (3.02%) Red Hat
14 12 (2.59%) Bloomberg