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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 236 268
Rank change year-on-year -9 +32 -45
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 448 300 328
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.00% 1.10% 0.91%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.44% 8.77% 7.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 185 213
10th Percentile £207 £210 £201
25th Percentile £325 £350 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -4.26%
75th Percentile £569 £612 £553
90th Percentile £657 £653 £644
UK median daily rate £461 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -7.75% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 23 33
10th Percentile £21.25 £19.72 £20.00
25th Percentile £26.66 £43.60 £56.49
Median hourly rate £38.72 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.43% - +28.92%
75th Percentile £65.00 - -
90th Percentile £91.02 £88.30 £67.00
UK median hourly rate £38.72 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -40.43% - +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 4,290 3,421 4,673
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.53% 12.57% 12.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,633 2,120 2,792
10th Percentile £250 £238 £220
25th Percentile £400 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -0.96% -
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 314 158 367
10th Percentile £16.04 £14.99 £13.86
25th Percentile £19.63 £25.04 £17.24
Median hourly rate £26.72 £44.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.96% +11.25% +14.29%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.18 £87.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.22 £48.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year -46.22% +21.88% +14.29%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 18 July 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 -36 177 £475 -5.00% 72
North of England -38 93 £447 -10.60% 39
South East -20 79 £527 +26.44% 78
North West -12 59 £450 +19.87% 15
Midlands -35 40 £401 -19.80% 24
East of England -5 37 £250 -52.38% 26
South West -11 35 £525 -14.63% 32
West Midlands -40 32 £400 -6.10% 15
Yorkshire -44 30 £454 -10.42% 21
East Midlands -12 8 £402 -26.91% 9
North East -30 4 £306 +22.50% 7
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 36 (8.04%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (3.57%) Confluence
4 14 (3.13%) nginx
5 7 (1.56%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.67%) FactoryTalk
6 3 (0.67%) IIS
6 3 (0.67%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.45%) IBM HTTP Server
7 2 (0.45%) Oracle HTTP Server
7 2 (0.45%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.45%) WebSphere Portal
8 1 (0.22%) CICS
8 1 (0.22%) Traefik
Applications
1 33 (7.37%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.79%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.45%) Houdini
5 2 (0.45%) NUKE
6 1 (0.22%) Weka
Business Applications
1 4 (0.89%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 142 (31.70%) Azure
2 113 (25.22%) AWS
3 89 (19.87%) Microsoft 365
4 53 (11.83%) Entra ID
5 33 (7.37%) GCP
6 32 (7.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 23 (5.13%) OneDrive
8 21 (4.69%) Route 53
9 20 (4.46%) Amazon EC2
10 15 (3.35%) Amazon EKS
10 15 (3.35%) GitHub
11 14 (3.13%) Amazon S3
12 13 (2.90%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (2.90%) Serverless
13 11 (2.46%) AWS CloudFormation
13 11 (2.46%) Google Workspace
14 9 (2.01%) Azure Monitor
14 9 (2.01%) OpenShift
15 8 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
16 7 (1.56%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 262 (58.48%) DNS
2 189 (42.19%) Firewall
3 141 (31.47%) DHCP
4 126 (28.13%) VPN
5 80 (17.86%) Network Security
5 80 (17.86%) WAN
6 72 (16.07%) LAN
7 68 (15.18%) BGP
7 68 (15.18%) VLAN
8 59 (13.17%) HTTP
9 57 (12.72%) SSL
10 47 (10.49%) BIG-IP
11 41 (9.15%) OSPF
12 39 (8.71%) Ethernet
13 35 (7.81%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 33 (7.37%) Wi-Fi
15 29 (6.47%) Wireless
16 27 (6.03%) Wireshark
17 24 (5.36%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
18 23 (5.13%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.23%) Elasticsearch
2 9 (2.01%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.45%) MySQL
5 2 (0.45%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.45%) SQLite
6 1 (0.22%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.22%) KDB
6 1 (0.22%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 50 (11.16%) JIRA
2 22 (4.91%) Git
3 20 (4.46%) Fiddler
4 16 (3.57%) Jenkins
5 14 (3.13%) GitLab
5 14 (3.13%) Visual Studio
6 13 (2.90%) Eclipse
7 10 (2.23%) Browser DevTools
8 8 (1.79%) Bitbucket
9 7 (1.56%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.89%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.89%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.45%) Introscope
11 2 (0.45%) Subversion
12 1 (0.22%) MSI
12 1 (0.22%) Postman
General
1 172 (38.39%) Social Skills
2 64 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (13.17%) Finance
4 41 (9.15%) Banking
5 31 (6.92%) Public Sector
6 22 (4.91%) Investment Banking
6 22 (4.91%) Presentation Skills
7 20 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 19 (4.24%) Documentation Skills
9 16 (3.57%) Military
9 16 (3.57%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.56%) Front Office
11 5 (1.12%) Legal
11 5 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.89%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.89%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.67%) Police
13 3 (0.67%) Retail
14 2 (0.45%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.45%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 95 (21.21%) Network Engineer
2 50 (11.16%) Support Engineer
3 49 (10.94%) Architect
4 40 (8.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 39 (8.71%) Senior
6 36 (8.04%) Analyst
7 27 (6.03%) IT Support
7 27 (6.03%) Web Engineer
8 24 (5.36%) Security Engineer
9 23 (5.13%) IT Engineer
10 22 (4.91%) Technical Engineer
11 20 (4.46%) Systems Engineer
12 19 (4.24%) IT Support Engineer
13 16 (3.57%) Blue Coat Engineer
13 16 (3.57%) IP Network Engineer
14 15 (3.35%) Platform Engineer
14 15 (3.35%) Software Engineer
15 14 (3.13%) C# Software Engineer
16 13 (2.90%) Network Architect
16 13 (2.90%) Senior Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.69%) LDAP
2 19 (4.24%) SAML
3 13 (2.90%) JSON
3 13 (2.90%) Node.js
3 13 (2.90%) Web Services
4 11 (2.46%) OpenID
5 10 (2.23%) REST
6 9 (2.01%) 802.1X
6 9 (2.01%) ARM Templates
7 8 (1.79%) .NET
8 6 (1.34%) NETCONF
8 6 (1.34%) OpenConfig
8 6 (1.34%) RESTCONF
8 6 (1.34%) YANG
9 5 (1.12%) OAuth
10 4 (0.89%) boto
10 4 (0.89%) eBPF
10 4 (0.89%) WinForms
10 4 (0.89%) XML
11 3 (0.67%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 67 (14.96%) Data Centre
2 42 (9.38%) Onboarding
3 25 (5.58%) Management Information System
4 22 (4.91%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 21 (4.69%) PKI
6 20 (4.46%) Hybrid Cloud
7 17 (3.79%) Robotics
7 17 (3.79%) Security Posture
8 15 (3.35%) Industry 4.0
8 15 (3.35%) Linux Command Line
8 15 (3.35%) Public Cloud
9 12 (2.68%) Private Cloud
9 12 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (2.23%) Cloud Native
10 10 (2.23%) Cyber Threat
10 10 (2.23%) Driving Licence
10 10 (2.23%) Operational Technology
11 9 (2.01%) SCADA
12 8 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 184 (41.07%) Windows
2 99 (22.10%) Linux
3 54 (12.05%) Windows Server
4 34 (7.59%) Mac OS
5 31 (6.92%) Windows 10
6 18 (4.02%) Unix
7 17 (3.79%) Apple iOS
8 14 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 13 (2.90%) Android
10 11 (2.46%) Ubuntu
11 7 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
13 3 (0.67%) CentOS
13 3 (0.67%) Check Point GAiA
13 3 (0.67%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.67%) zOS
14 2 (0.45%) AIX
14 2 (0.45%) Oracle Linux
14 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (27.68%) Problem-Solving
2 87 (19.42%) ITIL
3 61 (13.62%) CI/CD
4 59 (13.17%) Agile
5 56 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 54 (12.05%) DevOps
7 53 (11.83%) Customer Service
8 51 (11.38%) Infrastructure as Code
9 50 (11.16%) Load Balancing
10 42 (9.38%) Cybersecurity
11 40 (8.93%) High Availability
11 40 (8.93%) Incident Response
12 39 (8.71%) ITSM
12 39 (8.71%) Migration
13 36 (8.04%) SIEM
14 35 (7.81%) Service Management
14 35 (7.81%) Stakeholder Management
14 35 (7.81%) Validation
15 31 (6.92%) Decision-Making
15 31 (6.92%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 122 (27.23%) Python
2 73 (16.29%) PowerShell
3 62 (13.84%) Bash
4 27 (6.03%) JavaScript
5 25 (5.58%) C++
6 17 (3.79%) C#
7 13 (2.90%) SQL
8 9 (2.01%) VBA
9 8 (1.79%) Java
10 6 (1.34%) C
10 6 (1.34%) Perl
11 5 (1.12%) ActionScript
11 5 (1.12%) Bicep
12 4 (0.89%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.67%) Go
14 2 (0.45%) Jython
14 2 (0.45%) Korn
14 2 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.45%) Objective-C
14 2 (0.45%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 122 (27.23%) Security Cleared
2 84 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 72 (16.07%) Degree
4 54 (12.05%) Cisco Certification
5 40 (8.93%) CCNP
6 38 (8.48%) DV Cleared
7 26 (5.80%) CCNA
8 25 (5.58%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (4.02%) CISSP
10 16 (3.57%) CCIE
11 15 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (2.46%) Azure Certification
12 11 (2.46%) Network+ Certification
13 10 (2.23%) MCSA
14 9 (2.01%) CompTIA Security+
14 9 (2.01%) MCSE
15 6 (1.34%) A+ Certification
15 6 (1.34%) CompTIA CySA+
15 6 (1.34%) JNCIE
16 5 (1.12%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.68%) NCSC
1 12 (2.68%) SLA
2 10 (2.23%) NIST
3 7 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.56%) QA
4 5 (1.12%) GDPR
5 4 (0.89%) NIST 800
5 4 (0.89%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.67%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 3 (0.67%) GxP
7 2 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.45%) JSP 440
7 2 (0.45%) RMADS
8 1 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.22%) GRC
8 1 (0.22%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 114 (25.45%) Active Directory
2 73 (16.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (4.91%) Hyper-V
4 21 (4.69%) Docker
5 20 (4.46%) vSphere
6 17 (3.79%) Firmware
6 17 (3.79%) VMware NSX
7 13 (2.90%) Squid
8 12 (2.68%) Virtual Desktop
9 6 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.89%) NFS
11 3 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
12 2 (0.45%) KVM
12 2 (0.45%) VirtualBox
13 1 (0.22%) GPFS
13 1 (0.22%) Lustre
13 1 (0.22%) RACF
13 1 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.22%) Snort
Systems Management
1 88 (19.64%) Ansible
2 67 (14.96%) Terraform
3 42 (9.38%) Kubernetes
4 41 (9.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 30 (6.70%) Single Sign-On
6 24 (5.36%) Grafana
6 24 (5.36%) SCCM
7 17 (3.79%) FortiGate
7 17 (3.79%) Prometheus
8 11 (2.46%) Jamf Pro
9 9 (2.01%) Consul
10 8 (1.79%) VxRail
11 7 (1.56%) WSUS
12 6 (1.34%) CASB
13 5 (1.12%) Nessus
13 5 (1.12%) Suricata
14 4 (0.89%) systemd
15 3 (0.67%) Puppet
15 3 (0.67%) SELinux
15 3 (0.67%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 159 (35.49%) Microsoft
2 82 (18.30%) VMware
3 78 (17.41%) Cisco
4 63 (14.06%) F5
5 45 (10.04%) ServiceNow
6 27 (6.03%) Google
7 26 (5.80%) Fortinet
8 25 (5.58%) Blue Coat
9 24 (5.36%) Palo Alto
10 22 (4.91%) Juniper
10 22 (4.91%) Zscaler
11 21 (4.69%) Infoblox
12 20 (4.46%) Citrix
13 19 (4.24%) McAfee
13 19 (4.24%) NetApp
13 19 (4.24%) Red Hat
14 18 (4.02%) CheckPoint
15 17 (3.79%) Siemens
16 16 (3.57%) Splunk
17 13 (2.90%) SolarWinds