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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 233 277
Rank change year-on-year -51 +44 -51
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 367 287 306
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.86% 1.16% 0.82%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.08% 9.05% 6.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 196 207
10th Percentile £213 £223 £186
25th Percentile £355 £350 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.50% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £623 £560
90th Percentile £638 £673 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -1.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 13 25
10th Percentile £21.25 £18.12 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.63 £28.00 £23.25
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 - - £66.50
UK median hourly rate £33.86 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -45.82% -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 4,043 3,172 4,828
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.46% 12.86% 12.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,507 1,978 2,874
10th Percentile £263 £225 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.85%
75th Percentile £590 £600 £605
90th Percentile £675 £675 £689
UK median daily rate £500 £485 £495
% change year-on-year +3.09% -2.02% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 127 391
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.49 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £16.30 £17.69
Median hourly rate £30.77 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% -6.25% +116.22%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.00 £81.65 £72.90
UK median hourly rate £27.69 £41.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -33.28% +3.75% +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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -69 144 £475 +2.70% 40
North of England -24 93 £450 +12.43% 40
North West -3 54 £520 +108.00% 24
South East -47 52 £500 +11.11% 60
East of England -17 36 £350 -18.60% 26
Yorkshire -45 34 £449 -11.41% 11
Midlands -41 33 £400 -27.27% 31
West Midlands -33 30 £388 -29.55% 20
South West -23 22 £500 -18.70% 23
North East -31 5 £306 +22.50% 8
East Midlands -28 3 £625 +13.64% 11
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 (4.90%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.63%) Confluence
3 10 (2.72%) nginx
4 9 (2.45%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.82%) IIS
5 3 (0.82%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.82%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.54%) IBM HTTP Server
6 2 (0.54%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 2 (0.54%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (0.54%) WebSphere Portal
7 1 (0.27%) CICS
7 1 (0.27%) Traefik
Applications
1 29 (7.90%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.91%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.09%) Acrobat
4 3 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.27%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 95 (25.89%) Azure
2 86 (23.43%) AWS
3 66 (17.98%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (7.90%) Entra ID
5 27 (7.36%) GCP
5 27 (7.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 16 (4.36%) Amazon EC2
7 15 (4.09%) Amazon EKS
7 15 (4.09%) Amazon S3
7 15 (4.09%) GitHub
7 15 (4.09%) OneDrive
8 14 (3.81%) Route 53
9 13 (3.54%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (3.54%) Serverless
10 11 (3.00%) Google Workspace
11 7 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.91%) SaaS
12 6 (1.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 6 (1.63%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (1.63%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 196 (53.41%) DNS
2 130 (35.42%) Firewall
3 84 (22.89%) DHCP
3 84 (22.89%) VPN
4 63 (17.17%) WAN
5 58 (15.80%) Network Security
5 58 (15.80%) SSL
6 57 (15.53%) LAN
7 56 (15.26%) HTTP
8 47 (12.81%) BIG-IP
9 46 (12.53%) VLAN
10 45 (12.26%) BGP
11 34 (9.26%) Ethernet
12 31 (8.45%) Wi-Fi
13 30 (8.17%) OSPF
13 30 (8.17%) Wireshark
14 29 (7.90%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 22 (5.99%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 21 (5.72%) Wireless
17 14 (3.81%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.00%) Elasticsearch
2 9 (2.45%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.36%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.54%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.27%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.27%) MySQL
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.27%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 46 (12.53%) JIRA
2 24 (6.54%) Fiddler
3 20 (5.45%) GitLab
4 17 (4.63%) Jenkins
5 15 (4.09%) Git
6 13 (3.54%) Eclipse
6 13 (3.54%) Visual Studio
7 9 (2.45%) Browser DevTools
8 7 (1.91%) Bitbucket
8 7 (1.91%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.82%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.82%) CircleCI
9 3 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.54%) Introscope
10 2 (0.54%) Subversion
11 1 (0.27%) Postman
General
1 143 (38.96%) Social Skills
2 57 (15.53%) Finance
3 44 (11.99%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (10.63%) Banking
5 25 (6.81%) Investment Banking
6 23 (6.27%) Public Sector
7 22 (5.99%) Presentation Skills
8 20 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (4.90%) Military
10 15 (4.09%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (2.45%) Telecoms
12 8 (2.18%) Front Office
13 5 (1.36%) Law
14 3 (0.82%) Legal
14 3 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
15 2 (0.54%) Aviation
15 2 (0.54%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.54%) Games
15 2 (0.54%) Retail
15 2 (0.54%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 87 (23.71%) Network Engineer
2 42 (11.44%) Analyst
3 34 (9.26%) Support Engineer
4 32 (8.72%) Web Engineer
5 30 (8.17%) Architect
6 25 (6.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 25 (6.81%) Senior
7 22 (5.99%) Security Engineer
7 22 (5.99%) Technical Engineer
8 20 (5.45%) Systems Engineer
9 19 (5.18%) IT Support
10 17 (4.63%) Blue Coat Engineer
10 17 (4.63%) IP Network Engineer
11 16 (4.36%) Junior
12 14 (3.81%) Software Engineer
13 13 (3.54%) C# Software Engineer
13 13 (3.54%) Technical Support
14 12 (3.27%) Integration Engineer
14 12 (3.27%) IT Engineer
15 11 (3.00%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.45%) LDAP
2 17 (4.63%) SAML
3 13 (3.54%) Node.js
3 13 (3.54%) Web Services
4 11 (3.00%) OpenID
5 10 (2.72%) 802.1X
5 10 (2.72%) JSON
6 7 (1.91%) REST
7 5 (1.36%) .NET
7 5 (1.36%) Kafka
7 5 (1.36%) OAuth
8 3 (0.82%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.82%) HTML
8 3 (0.82%) Middleware
8 3 (0.82%) WinForms
9 2 (0.54%) Blazor
9 2 (0.54%) eBPF
9 2 (0.54%) NETCONF
9 2 (0.54%) RESTCONF
9 2 (0.54%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 46 (12.53%) Data Centre
2 39 (10.63%) Onboarding
3 20 (5.45%) Management Information System
4 17 (4.63%) Cyber Threat
5 15 (4.09%) Industry 4.0
5 15 (4.09%) Robotics
6 12 (3.27%) Security Operations Centre
7 11 (3.00%) Security Posture
8 10 (2.72%) Cyberattack
8 10 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (2.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 7 (1.91%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.63%) NHS
11 6 (1.63%) PKI
12 5 (1.36%) Client/Server
12 5 (1.36%) Enterprise Storage
12 5 (1.36%) Mainframe
12 5 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 151 (41.14%) Windows
2 76 (20.71%) Linux
3 39 (10.63%) Windows Server
4 29 (7.90%) Mac OS
5 21 (5.72%) Windows 10
6 17 (4.63%) Apple iOS
7 16 (4.36%) Unix
8 12 (3.27%) Android
9 8 (2.18%) Windows Server 2012
10 5 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (1.36%) Ubuntu
10 5 (1.36%) zOS
11 4 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.82%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.54%) AIX
13 2 (0.54%) CentOS
13 2 (0.54%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.54%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (28.61%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (17.17%) ITIL
3 55 (14.99%) Agile
4 45 (12.26%) DevOps
5 44 (11.99%) Customer Service
6 42 (11.44%) CI/CD
6 42 (11.44%) Load Balancing
7 41 (11.17%) Incident Response
8 35 (9.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 35 (9.54%) Migration
9 33 (8.99%) ITSM
10 31 (8.45%) Validation
11 30 (8.17%) Cybersecurity
12 29 (7.90%) Decision-Making
13 28 (7.63%) High Availability
13 28 (7.63%) Infrastructure as Code
13 28 (7.63%) SIEM
14 26 (7.08%) Data Loss Prevention
15 25 (6.81%) Data Protection
15 25 (6.81%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 84 (22.89%) Python
2 38 (10.35%) Bash
3 36 (9.81%) PowerShell
4 29 (7.90%) JavaScript
5 20 (5.45%) C++
6 16 (4.36%) C#
7 15 (4.09%) SQL
8 9 (2.45%) VBA
9 8 (2.18%) Java
10 5 (1.36%) C
10 5 (1.36%) Go
10 5 (1.36%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.09%) ActionScript
11 4 (1.09%) Perl
12 2 (0.54%) Jython
12 2 (0.54%) Ruby
13 1 (0.27%) Groovy
13 1 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 92 (25.07%) Security Cleared
2 73 (19.89%) SC Cleared
3 61 (16.62%) Degree
4 38 (10.35%) Cisco Certification
5 29 (7.90%) CCNP
6 25 (6.81%) CCNA
7 19 (5.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (4.63%) DV Cleared
9 16 (4.36%) CISSP
10 15 (4.09%) CompTIA Security+
11 14 (3.81%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (2.45%) MCSA
13 8 (2.18%) Azure Certification
14 7 (1.91%) CompTIA CySA+
14 7 (1.91%) MCSE
14 7 (1.91%) Network+ Certification
15 6 (1.63%) CCIE
16 5 (1.36%) CISM
16 5 (1.36%) JNCIS
17 4 (1.09%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.27%) SLA
2 6 (1.63%) QA
3 5 (1.36%) GDPR
3 5 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.36%) NIST
4 3 (0.82%) NCSC
4 3 (0.82%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.54%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.54%) RMADS
6 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.27%) GRC
System Software
1 75 (20.44%) Active Directory
2 44 (11.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (4.63%) Firmware
4 16 (4.36%) Docker
5 13 (3.54%) Squid
5 13 (3.54%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (2.45%) Hyper-V
7 7 (1.91%) VMware NSX
7 7 (1.91%) vSphere
8 4 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.82%) NFS
10 2 (0.54%) KVM
10 2 (0.54%) VirtualBox
11 1 (0.27%) GPFS
11 1 (0.27%) Lustre
11 1 (0.27%) RACF
11 1 (0.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.27%) Snort
Systems Management
1 62 (16.89%) Ansible
2 36 (9.81%) Terraform
3 34 (9.26%) Kubernetes
4 29 (7.90%) Microsoft Intune
5 25 (6.81%) Grafana
6 24 (6.54%) Single Sign-On
7 21 (5.72%) SCCM
8 15 (4.09%) FortiGate
8 15 (4.09%) Prometheus
9 11 (3.00%) Jamf Pro
10 9 (2.45%) Consul
11 8 (2.18%) WSUS
12 6 (1.63%) CASB
13 5 (1.36%) Nagios
13 5 (1.36%) Nessus
13 5 (1.36%) Suricata
14 4 (1.09%) Tivoli NetView
15 3 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 3 (0.82%) Puppet
15 3 (0.82%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 110 (29.97%) Microsoft
2 59 (16.08%) F5
3 54 (14.71%) Cisco
4 53 (14.44%) VMware
5 31 (8.45%) ServiceNow
6 30 (8.17%) Blue Coat
7 25 (6.81%) Splunk
8 24 (6.54%) McAfee
9 22 (5.99%) Palo Alto
10 21 (5.72%) Citrix
11 19 (5.18%) Fortinet
12 18 (4.90%) NetApp
13 17 (4.63%) Siemens
14 15 (4.09%) Google
14 15 (4.09%) Zscaler
15 14 (3.81%) Juniper
15 14 (3.81%) Red Hat
16 13 (3.54%) Bloomberg
17 11 (3.00%) Aruba
17 11 (3.00%) CheckPoint