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 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 202 206
Rank change year-on-year -65 +4 -3
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 457 380 397
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.99% 1.35% 1.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.66% 11.50% 10.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 212 214
10th Percentile £200 £186 £213
25th Percentile £313 £279 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £477 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.31% +0.32% +5.56%
75th Percentile £577 £600 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £674
UK median daily rate £460 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -3.16% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 38 28
10th Percentile £25.67 £18.96 £57.63
25th Percentile £32.47 £33.00 -
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile £93.79 £71.98 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +22.64%

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 4,289 3,304 3,921
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.26% 11.77% 12.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,527 2,089 2,260
10th Percentile £250 £222 £242
25th Percentile £400 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £594 £600 £608
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 388 174 169
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.50 £16.08
25th Percentile £21.33 £20.94 £25.00
Median hourly rate £43.50 £36.25 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -36.79% +1.52%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £93.27 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £41.94 £50.00
% change year-on-year -22.51% -16.12% -11.49%

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 4 October 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 4 October 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 4 October 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 -59 194 £475 -13.83% 330
South East -46 71 £525 +40.00% 144
North of England -63 70 £413 -20.29% 120
South West +1 51 £600 -5.88% 69
Midlands -38 41 £475 +27.73% 68
East of England -15 40 £425 -10.53% 74
North West -33 40 £240 -55.76% 66
West Midlands -44 36 £488 +26.32% 33
Yorkshire -49 26 £500 - 41
East Midlands -5 5 £326 +97.58% 35
North East -38 4 £438 +75.00% 16
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 48 (10.50%) SharePoint
2 36 (7.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.63%) Confluence
3 12 (2.63%) OpenStack
4 5 (1.09%) nginx
5 4 (0.88%) FactoryTalk
6 2 (0.44%) IIS
6 2 (0.44%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.22%) CICS
7 1 (0.22%) Traefik
7 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (4.60%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.31%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.44%) Houdini
5 2 (0.44%) NUKE
5 2 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.22%) Weka
Business Applications
1 7 (1.53%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 159 (34.79%) Azure
2 113 (24.73%) Microsoft 365
3 103 (22.54%) AWS
4 71 (15.54%) Entra ID
5 36 (7.88%) OneDrive
6 31 (6.78%) GCP
7 24 (5.25%) GitHub
8 19 (4.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 15 (3.28%) OpenShift
10 14 (3.06%) Azure Monitor
11 12 (2.63%) AWS CloudFormation
11 12 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (2.41%) Route 53
13 10 (2.19%) Google Workspace
14 9 (1.97%) Azure Sentinel
15 8 (1.75%) Amazon EC2
16 7 (1.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 7 (1.53%) IaaS
16 7 (1.53%) SaaS
17 6 (1.31%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 276 (60.39%) DNS
2 202 (44.20%) Firewall
3 188 (41.14%) DHCP
4 140 (30.63%) VPN
5 87 (19.04%) Network Security
6 70 (15.32%) WAN
7 69 (15.10%) LAN
8 67 (14.66%) BGP
9 66 (14.44%) VLAN
10 59 (12.91%) HTTP
11 52 (11.38%) SSL
12 47 (10.28%) Wi-Fi
13 41 (8.97%) OSPF
14 36 (7.88%) Wireless
15 27 (5.91%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 26 (5.69%) BIG-IP
17 24 (5.25%) Ethernet
18 23 (5.03%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
19 21 (4.60%) SD-WAN
20 19 (4.16%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.94%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (2.84%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.75%) MySQL
3 8 (1.75%) NoSQL
3 8 (1.75%) SQLite
4 7 (1.53%) MongoDB
5 6 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.31%) Redis
6 3 (0.66%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.66%) KDB
7 1 (0.22%) Cloud Spanner
7 1 (0.22%) Kdb+
7 1 (0.22%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 44 (9.63%) Git
2 42 (9.19%) JIRA
3 37 (8.10%) Jenkins
4 28 (6.13%) GitLab
5 13 (2.84%) Visual Studio
6 12 (2.63%) Eclipse
6 12 (2.63%) Fiddler
7 8 (1.75%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (1.31%) Artifactory
9 5 (1.09%) Selenium
10 2 (0.44%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.22%) Browser DevTools
11 1 (0.22%) Cucumber
11 1 (0.22%) MSI
11 1 (0.22%) Postman
11 1 (0.22%) REST Assured
General
1 175 (38.29%) Social Skills
2 69 (15.10%) Analytical Skills
3 53 (11.60%) Finance
4 34 (7.44%) Banking
5 31 (6.78%) Public Sector
6 27 (5.91%) Telecoms
7 16 (3.50%) Military
8 15 (3.28%) Investment Banking
9 13 (2.84%) Front Office
10 9 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (1.75%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.31%) Legal
12 6 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.09%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.09%) Police
14 4 (0.88%) Automotive
14 4 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.66%) Law
Job Titles
1 94 (20.57%) Network Engineer
2 61 (13.35%) Support Engineer
3 60 (13.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 57 (12.47%) Senior
5 41 (8.97%) IT Support
6 37 (8.10%) IT Engineer
7 32 (7.00%) Analyst
8 31 (6.78%) Architect
8 31 (6.78%) IT Support Engineer
9 23 (5.03%) Platform Engineer
9 23 (5.03%) Senior Network Engineer
10 21 (4.60%) Linux Engineer
11 20 (4.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 18 (3.94%) Security Engineer
13 17 (3.72%) Cloud Engineer
14 16 (3.50%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
14 16 (3.50%) Support Analyst
15 14 (3.06%) IP Network Engineer
16 13 (2.84%) Consultant
16 13 (2.84%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (20.35%) Terraform
2 15 (3.28%) REST
3 12 (2.63%) ARM Templates
3 12 (2.63%) Node.js
3 12 (2.63%) Web Services
4 11 (2.41%) SAML
5 9 (1.97%) .NET
5 9 (1.97%) Kafka
6 8 (1.75%) Elastic Stack
6 8 (1.75%) JSON
6 8 (1.75%) SPNEGO
7 7 (1.53%) Jinja
7 7 (1.53%) LDAP
8 6 (1.31%) 802.1X
8 6 (1.31%) CSS
8 6 (1.31%) FastAPI
8 6 (1.31%) Flask
8 6 (1.31%) HTML
8 6 (1.31%) Pandas
8 6 (1.31%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 75 (16.41%) Data Centre
2 55 (12.04%) Onboarding
3 34 (7.44%) PKI
4 32 (7.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 27 (5.91%) Management Information System
6 22 (4.81%) Linux Command Line
7 19 (4.16%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 19 (4.16%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (3.94%) Public Cloud
9 14 (3.06%) Cloud Native
9 14 (3.06%) Operational Technology
9 14 (3.06%) Video Conferencing
10 11 (2.41%) Cyber Threat
10 11 (2.41%) SCADA
11 10 (2.19%) Driving Licence
11 10 (2.19%) Enterprise Storage
12 9 (1.97%) Private Cloud
12 9 (1.97%) Security Posture
13 8 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.75%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 229 (50.11%) Windows
2 156 (34.14%) Linux
3 76 (16.63%) Windows Server
4 44 (9.63%) Windows 10
5 38 (8.32%) Mac OS
6 31 (6.78%) Unix
7 29 (6.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 19 (4.16%) Apple iOS
9 16 (3.50%) Android
10 14 (3.06%) Ubuntu
11 5 (1.09%) CentOS
12 4 (0.88%) zOS
13 3 (0.66%) Check Point GAiA
13 3 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
14 2 (0.44%) SUSE
14 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
15 1 (0.22%) AIX
15 1 (0.22%) Solaris
15 1 (0.22%) VMS
15 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (24.51%) Problem-Solving
2 97 (21.23%) ITIL
3 89 (19.47%) CI/CD
4 85 (18.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 83 (18.16%) Infrastructure as Code
6 75 (16.41%) DevOps
7 63 (13.79%) Agile
8 59 (12.91%) Load Balancing
9 57 (12.47%) ITSM
10 55 (12.04%) Customer Service
11 54 (11.82%) Cybersecurity
12 51 (11.16%) Continuous Improvement
13 47 (10.28%) Incident Response
13 47 (10.28%) Migration
13 47 (10.28%) Platform Engineering
14 45 (9.85%) Service Management
15 44 (9.63%) Validation
16 43 (9.41%) SIEM
16 43 (9.41%) Stakeholder Management
17 42 (9.19%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 144 (31.51%) Python
2 107 (23.41%) PowerShell
3 86 (18.82%) Bash
4 23 (5.03%) C++
5 21 (4.60%) SQL
6 18 (3.94%) C#
6 18 (3.94%) JavaScript
7 17 (3.72%) Shell Script
8 13 (2.84%) Perl
9 12 (2.63%) Bicep
10 11 (2.41%) Java
11 8 (1.75%) Korn
12 7 (1.53%) Go
13 6 (1.31%) ActionScript
14 4 (0.88%) VBA
15 3 (0.66%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.66%) VBScript
16 2 (0.44%) C
16 2 (0.44%) Objective-C
16 2 (0.44%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 124 (27.13%) Security Cleared
2 64 (14.00%) SC Cleared
3 58 (12.69%) DV Cleared
4 56 (12.25%) Degree
5 51 (11.16%) Cisco Certification
6 41 (8.97%) CCNP
7 26 (5.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 23 (5.03%) CCNA
9 17 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (3.06%) A+ Certification
10 14 (3.06%) CCIE
10 14 (3.06%) Network+ Certification
11 12 (2.63%) AWS Certification
11 12 (2.63%) CISSP
11 12 (2.63%) VCAP
12 8 (1.75%) Azure Certification
12 8 (1.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 6 (1.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (1.31%) JNCIS
14 5 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.25%) SLA
2 16 (3.50%) QA
3 10 (2.19%) NCSC
4 7 (1.53%) NIST
5 6 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.88%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 4 (0.88%) GxP
6 4 (0.88%) NIST 800
6 4 (0.88%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.66%) GDPR
8 2 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.44%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.22%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.22%) RMADS
System Software
1 152 (33.26%) Active Directory
2 98 (21.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 41 (8.97%) Hyper-V
4 36 (7.88%) Docker
5 34 (7.44%) vSphere
6 23 (5.03%) VMware NSX
7 19 (4.16%) Firmware
8 15 (3.28%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.88%) NFS
11 4 (0.88%) Squid
11 4 (0.88%) VirtualBox
12 2 (0.44%) KVM
12 2 (0.44%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.22%) GPFS
13 1 (0.22%) Lustre
13 1 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.22%) zsh
Systems Management
1 106 (23.19%) Ansible
2 65 (14.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 51 (11.16%) Kubernetes
4 33 (7.22%) SCCM
5 30 (6.56%) Grafana
6 18 (3.94%) Prometheus
7 16 (3.50%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (3.50%) VxRail
8 14 (3.06%) Jamf Pro
9 10 (2.19%) FortiGate
10 9 (1.97%) Nagios
11 6 (1.31%) Istio
11 6 (1.31%) Puppet
11 6 (1.31%) systemd
12 5 (1.09%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.88%) Consul
13 4 (0.88%) Suricata
13 4 (0.88%) WSUS
13 4 (0.88%) ZABBIX
14 3 (0.66%) Packer
Vendors
1 191 (41.79%) Microsoft
2 113 (24.73%) VMware
3 91 (19.91%) Cisco
4 52 (11.38%) ServiceNow
5 50 (10.94%) F5
6 25 (5.47%) Google
7 22 (4.81%) Zscaler
8 21 (4.60%) Fortinet
9 20 (4.38%) NetApp
10 19 (4.16%) Juniper
10 19 (4.16%) Palo Alto
11 18 (3.94%) SolarWinds
11 18 (3.94%) Splunk
12 17 (3.72%) Infoblox
13 15 (3.28%) Blue Coat
14 14 (3.06%) McAfee
15 13 (2.84%) CheckPoint
15 13 (2.84%) Citrix
15 13 (2.84%) Red Hat
16 12 (2.63%) Bloomberg