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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 229 233
Rank change year-on-year -34 +4 -15
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 446 324 337
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.98% 1.18% 1.01%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.38% 9.65% 8.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 184 203
10th Percentile £207 £207 £207
25th Percentile £313 £350 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £575 £615 £575
90th Percentile £696 £660 £645
UK median daily rate £468 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -1.58% +5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 31 32
10th Percentile £26.29 £28.00 £31.63
25th Percentile £31.25 £47.88 £63.44
Median hourly rate £64.24 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.17% - +30.00%
75th Percentile £79.23 - -
90th Percentile £98.82 £83.00 £67.25
UK median hourly rate £63.48 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -2.34% - +30.00%

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 4,295 3,358 4,092
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.40% 12.19% 12.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,585 2,087 2,484
10th Percentile £263 £250 £243
25th Percentile £400 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £505
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -2.57% +1.00%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £614
90th Percentile £686 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £484 £500
% change year-on-year +3.31% -3.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 168 266
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £21.37
Median hourly rate £27.11 £43.00 £55.75
Median % change year-on-year -36.95% -22.86% -1.32%
75th Percentile £65.17 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £84.30 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £46.25 £50.00
% change year-on-year -43.78% -7.50% -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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -38 195 £475 -17.39% 190
South East -28 82 £525 +38.34% 61
North of England -44 78 £450 -15.98% 45
North West -15 48 £315 -41.12% 21
South West -4 46 £644 +5.10% 43
Midlands -41 44 £402 -10.67% 40
West Midlands -29 36 £406 -9.72% 23
Yorkshire -41 26 £500 -9.09% 18
East of England -30 19 £425 -22.73% 26
East Midlands -13 8 £402 -26.91% 17
North East -38 4 £438 +75.00% 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 49 (10.99%) SharePoint
2 29 (6.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.47%) Confluence
4 10 (2.24%) OpenStack
5 5 (1.12%) nginx
6 4 (0.90%) FactoryTalk
7 3 (0.67%) IIS
7 3 (0.67%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.45%) IBM HTTP Server
8 2 (0.45%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.45%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.45%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.22%) CICS
Applications
1 19 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.02%) 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 7 (1.57%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 166 (37.22%) Azure
2 112 (25.11%) AWS
2 112 (25.11%) Microsoft 365
3 71 (15.92%) Entra ID
4 37 (8.30%) GCP
5 36 (8.07%) OneDrive
6 23 (5.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 20 (4.48%) GitHub
8 13 (2.91%) Azure Monitor
8 13 (2.91%) OpenShift
9 12 (2.69%) Route 53
10 11 (2.47%) Amazon EC2
10 11 (2.47%) AWS CloudFormation
10 11 (2.47%) Google Workspace
11 10 (2.24%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (1.79%) Akamai
12 8 (1.79%) Amazon EKS
12 8 (1.79%) Azure Sentinel
13 7 (1.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 7 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 284 (63.68%) DNS
2 200 (44.84%) Firewall
3 178 (39.91%) DHCP
4 142 (31.84%) VPN
5 87 (19.51%) Network Security
6 81 (18.16%) WAN
7 70 (15.70%) LAN
8 67 (15.02%) BGP
8 67 (15.02%) VLAN
9 65 (14.57%) HTTP
10 54 (12.11%) SSL
11 42 (9.42%) Wi-Fi
12 40 (8.97%) BIG-IP
12 40 (8.97%) OSPF
13 35 (7.85%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 35 (7.85%) Wireless
14 26 (5.83%) SD-WAN
15 24 (5.38%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
16 23 (5.16%) Wireshark
17 19 (4.26%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (2.47%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.57%) MySQL
4 6 (1.35%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.12%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.90%) Redis
6 4 (0.90%) SQLite
7 3 (0.67%) KDB
8 2 (0.45%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.22%) Cloud Spanner
9 1 (0.22%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.22%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 44 (9.87%) JIRA
2 31 (6.95%) Git
3 27 (6.05%) Jenkins
4 20 (4.48%) GitLab
5 17 (3.81%) Fiddler
6 10 (2.24%) Browser DevTools
7 8 (1.79%) Visual Studio
8 7 (1.57%) Eclipse
8 7 (1.57%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (1.12%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.67%) Selenium
11 2 (0.45%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.45%) Introscope
11 2 (0.45%) Subversion
12 1 (0.22%) MSI
12 1 (0.22%) Postman
General
1 170 (38.12%) Social Skills
2 69 (15.47%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (13.23%) Finance
4 44 (9.87%) Banking
5 27 (6.05%) Public Sector
6 24 (5.38%) Telecoms
7 22 (4.93%) Investment Banking
8 14 (3.14%) Front Office
9 10 (2.24%) Military
10 9 (2.02%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.12%) Legal
12 5 (1.12%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.12%) Police
13 4 (0.90%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.90%) Automotive
13 4 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.67%) Advertising
14 3 (0.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 91 (20.40%) Network Engineer
2 66 (14.80%) Support Engineer
3 60 (13.45%) Senior
4 53 (11.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 38 (8.52%) IT Support
6 37 (8.30%) Architect
7 36 (8.07%) Analyst
8 34 (7.62%) IT Engineer
9 30 (6.73%) IT Support Engineer
10 24 (5.38%) Web Engineer
11 23 (5.16%) Platform Engineer
11 23 (5.16%) Senior Network Engineer
12 22 (4.93%) Security Engineer
13 20 (4.48%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 16 (3.59%) Blue Coat Engineer
14 16 (3.59%) IP Network Engineer
14 16 (3.59%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
15 15 (3.36%) Linux Engineer
15 15 (3.36%) Support Analyst
16 14 (3.14%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (19.06%) Terraform
2 20 (4.48%) SAML
3 13 (2.91%) REST
4 12 (2.69%) ARM Templates
5 11 (2.47%) JSON
6 9 (2.02%) .NET
6 9 (2.02%) 802.1X
7 7 (1.57%) Kafka
7 7 (1.57%) LDAP
7 7 (1.57%) Node.js
7 7 (1.57%) Web Services
8 6 (1.35%) HTML
8 6 (1.35%) NETCONF
8 6 (1.35%) OpenConfig
8 6 (1.35%) RESTCONF
8 6 (1.35%) YANG
9 5 (1.12%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (1.12%) OAuth
9 5 (1.12%) RabbitMQ
9 5 (1.12%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 76 (17.04%) Data Centre
2 55 (12.33%) Onboarding
3 32 (7.17%) PKI
4 30 (6.73%) Hybrid Cloud
5 28 (6.28%) Management Information System
6 24 (5.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 19 (4.26%) Linux Command Line
8 17 (3.81%) Public Cloud
8 17 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (2.91%) Operational Technology
10 12 (2.69%) Cloud Native
11 11 (2.47%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (2.47%) Cyber Threat
11 11 (2.47%) SCADA
12 10 (2.24%) Driving Licence
13 9 (2.02%) Private Cloud
13 9 (2.02%) Security Operations Centre
14 8 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (1.79%) Security Posture
14 8 (1.79%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 208 (46.64%) Windows
2 122 (27.35%) Linux
3 63 (14.13%) Windows Server
4 42 (9.42%) Windows 10
5 36 (8.07%) Mac OS
6 22 (4.93%) Unix
7 18 (4.04%) Apple iOS
8 17 (3.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 14 (3.14%) Android
9 14 (3.14%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.90%) zOS
11 3 (0.67%) CentOS
11 3 (0.67%) Check Point GAiA
11 3 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.45%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.45%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.22%) SUSE
13 1 (0.22%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (25.78%) Problem-Solving
2 106 (23.77%) ITIL
3 76 (17.04%) CI/CD
4 75 (16.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 72 (16.14%) Infrastructure as Code
6 63 (14.13%) DevOps
7 58 (13.00%) Agile
8 56 (12.56%) Cybersecurity
9 55 (12.33%) ITSM
10 54 (12.11%) Load Balancing
11 53 (11.88%) Customer Service
12 48 (10.76%) Continuous Improvement
13 47 (10.54%) High Availability
14 46 (10.31%) Incident Response
14 46 (10.31%) Service Management
15 45 (10.09%) SIEM
16 43 (9.64%) Migration
17 42 (9.42%) Platform Engineering
17 42 (9.42%) Stakeholder Management
17 42 (9.42%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 146 (32.74%) Python
2 98 (21.97%) PowerShell
3 84 (18.83%) Bash
4 19 (4.26%) C++
4 19 (4.26%) SQL
5 18 (4.04%) JavaScript
6 12 (2.69%) C#
7 11 (2.47%) Perl
7 11 (2.47%) Shell Script
8 10 (2.24%) Bicep
9 8 (1.79%) Java
10 7 (1.57%) VBA
11 5 (1.12%) ActionScript
12 4 (0.90%) C
12 4 (0.90%) Go
12 4 (0.90%) Korn
13 3 (0.67%) VBScript
14 2 (0.45%) Jython
14 2 (0.45%) Objective-C
14 2 (0.45%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 126 (28.25%) Security Cleared
2 77 (17.26%) SC Cleared
3 59 (13.23%) Degree
4 54 (12.11%) Cisco Certification
5 52 (11.66%) DV Cleared
6 40 (8.97%) CCNP
7 25 (5.61%) CCNA
7 25 (5.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 19 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (3.36%) CCIE
9 15 (3.36%) Network+ Certification
10 13 (2.91%) A+ Certification
11 12 (2.69%) Azure Certification
11 12 (2.69%) CISSP
11 12 (2.69%) VCAP
12 11 (2.47%) AWS Certification
13 7 (1.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 7 (1.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 6 (1.35%) JNCIE
15 5 (1.12%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.93%) SLA
2 12 (2.69%) QA
3 10 (2.24%) NIST
4 9 (2.02%) NCSC
5 7 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.12%) GDPR
7 4 (0.90%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 4 (0.90%) GxP
7 4 (0.90%) NIST 800
7 4 (0.90%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.45%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.22%) RMADS
System Software
1 134 (30.04%) Active Directory
2 89 (19.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (7.85%) Hyper-V
4 29 (6.50%) Docker
5 24 (5.38%) vSphere
6 23 (5.16%) VMware NSX
7 19 (4.26%) Firmware
8 13 (2.91%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (1.12%) Squid
10 3 (0.67%) NFS
10 3 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.67%) VirtualBox
10 3 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.45%) KVM
12 1 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.22%) GPFS
12 1 (0.22%) Lustre
12 1 (0.22%) NDS
12 1 (0.22%) RACF
12 1 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 99 (22.20%) Ansible
2 61 (13.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 46 (10.31%) Kubernetes
4 33 (7.40%) SCCM
5 24 (5.38%) Grafana
6 23 (5.16%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (3.59%) VxRail
8 13 (2.91%) Prometheus
9 12 (2.69%) FortiGate
10 11 (2.47%) Jamf Pro
11 7 (1.57%) WSUS
12 6 (1.35%) systemd
13 5 (1.12%) Suricata
14 4 (0.90%) Istio
15 3 (0.67%) Consul
15 3 (0.67%) Puppet
15 3 (0.67%) SELinux
15 3 (0.67%) Tivoli
15 3 (0.67%) Tivoli NetView
15 3 (0.67%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 178 (39.91%) Microsoft
2 99 (22.20%) VMware
3 85 (19.06%) Cisco
4 59 (13.23%) F5
5 49 (10.99%) ServiceNow
6 25 (5.61%) Fortinet
6 25 (5.61%) Google
6 25 (5.61%) Zscaler
7 21 (4.71%) Blue Coat
8 20 (4.48%) Juniper
8 20 (4.48%) NetApp
8 20 (4.48%) Palo Alto
9 19 (4.26%) McAfee
10 18 (4.04%) Infoblox
11 17 (3.81%) Citrix
12 15 (3.36%) CheckPoint
12 15 (3.36%) Splunk
13 14 (3.14%) Bloomberg
14 12 (2.69%) Red Hat
15 10 (2.24%) SolarWinds