TCP/IP Contracts in England

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring TCP/IP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited TCP/IP over the 6 months leading up to 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 241 276 229
Rank change year-on-year +35 -47 +28
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 285 313 539
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.11% 0.84% 1.14%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.71% 6.52% 8.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 207 346
10th Percentile £213 £200 £208
25th Percentile £325 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - -
75th Percentile £613 £575 £647
90th Percentile £663 £650 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £479
% change year-on-year +5.26% -0.84% +0.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 32 46
10th Percentile £18.79 £18.65 £18.38
25th Percentile £41.45 £53.93 £26.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £55.91
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +16.26% +17.70%
75th Percentile £65.00 - £65.75
90th Percentile - £67.25 £77.63
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £55.91
% change year-on-year -3.85% +16.26% +17.70%

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 3,272 4,798 6,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.76% 12.92% 12.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,018 2,856 3,914
10th Percentile £235 £213 £240
25th Percentile £363 £360 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £675 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £506
% change year-on-year -4.00% -1.19% +1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 395 392
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.87 £9.80
25th Percentile £16.67 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £38.41 £45.88 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% +121.59% -17.18%
75th Percentile £64.69 £65.00 £62.55
90th Percentile £81.35 £74.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £45.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -4.44% +114.29% -27.59%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing TCP/IP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in England

TCP/IP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in England.

Daily rate trend for TCP/IP in England

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in England over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for TCP/IP in England

TCP/IP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in England.

Hourly rate trend for TCP/IP in England

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing TCP/IP in England over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

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 1 July 2025. 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 +79 141 £463 -2.63% 618
North of England +15 45 £450 -2.70% 191
South East +26 35 £450 - 221
Yorkshire +8 31 £500 +38.89% 75
East of England +23 24 £425 +13.33% 101
Midlands -4 19 £550 +7.32% 107
South West +15 14 £615 +2.50% 81
North West +5 12 £283 -38.92% 102
West Midlands +1 11 £500 -4.76% 64
East Midlands -8 8 £550 +29.41% 43
North East - 2 £288 - 18
TCP/IP
UK

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (4.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (4.21%) Confluence
3 10 (3.51%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.40%) Apache
4 4 (1.40%) IIS
5 3 (1.05%) nginx
6 2 (0.70%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.35%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 17 (5.96%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.75%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.05%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 73 (25.61%) Azure
2 56 (19.65%) AWS
3 46 (16.14%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (8.07%) GitHub
5 19 (6.67%) GCP
6 17 (5.96%) Entra ID
7 13 (4.56%) Amazon EKS
7 13 (4.56%) AWS CloudFormation
7 13 (4.56%) Azure Monitor
8 11 (3.86%) Amazon EC2
9 10 (3.51%) Serverless
10 8 (2.81%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (2.81%) Nutanix
10 8 (2.81%) OpenShift
11 7 (2.46%) Azure Sentinel
12 5 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
12 5 (1.75%) OneDrive
13 4 (1.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 4 (1.40%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 149 (52.28%) DNS
2 107 (37.54%) Firewall
3 93 (32.63%) DHCP
4 89 (31.23%) VPN
5 50 (17.54%) LAN
5 50 (17.54%) WAN
6 45 (15.79%) Network Security
7 38 (13.33%) HTTP
8 37 (12.98%) VLAN
9 36 (12.63%) BGP
10 34 (11.93%) OSPF
11 26 (9.12%) Wireless
12 24 (8.42%) Internet
13 23 (8.07%) SSL
14 19 (6.67%) SMTP
15 17 (5.96%) Ethernet
16 15 (5.26%) SAN
17 14 (4.91%) IPsec
18 12 (4.21%) Wi-Fi
19 10 (3.51%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.32%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (2.81%) Amazon Aurora
2 8 (2.81%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.46%) NoSQL
3 7 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.11%) DynamoDB
5 3 (1.05%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.05%) MySQL
5 3 (1.05%) Power BI
6 2 (0.70%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.70%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.70%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.35%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.35%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 30 (10.53%) Jenkins
2 24 (8.42%) Git
3 17 (5.96%) JIRA
4 14 (4.91%) Postman
4 14 (4.91%) Visual Studio
5 12 (4.21%) Eclipse
6 10 (3.51%) Subversion
7 7 (2.46%) Sonatype Nexus
8 6 (2.11%) GitLab
8 6 (2.11%) TeamCity
9 3 (1.05%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.70%) Mercurial
11 1 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.35%) Burp Suite
General
1 113 (39.65%) Social Skills
2 45 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
3 40 (14.04%) Finance
4 16 (5.61%) Banking
5 15 (5.26%) Military
6 14 (4.91%) Presentation Skills
6 14 (4.91%) Telecoms
7 10 (3.51%) Public Sector
8 9 (3.16%) Legal
9 7 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.46%) Front Office
10 5 (1.75%) Games
11 4 (1.40%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.40%) French Language
11 4 (1.40%) Local Government
11 4 (1.40%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.40%) Marketing
12 3 (1.05%) Electronics
12 3 (1.05%) Investment Banking
12 3 (1.05%) Law
Job Titles
1 50 (17.54%) Network Engineer
2 35 (12.28%) Senior
3 30 (10.53%) Support Engineer
4 24 (8.42%) Analyst
4 24 (8.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 19 (6.67%) IT Support
6 18 (6.32%) IT Engineer
7 16 (5.61%) Developer
8 15 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
8 15 (5.26%) Technical Engineer
8 15 (5.26%) Windows Engineer
9 13 (4.56%) Architect
10 12 (4.21%) IT Support Engineer
10 12 (4.21%) Lead
10 12 (4.21%) Software Engineer
11 11 (3.86%) C# Software Engineer
11 11 (3.86%) Support Analyst
12 10 (3.51%) Python Developer
13 9 (3.16%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (3.16%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.96%) Node.js
2 14 (4.91%) Elastic Stack
3 12 (4.21%) Web Services
4 11 (3.86%) .NET
5 10 (3.51%) LDAP
6 9 (3.16%) REST
7 6 (2.11%) FIX Protocol
7 6 (2.11%) Middleware
8 5 (1.75%) FpML
9 3 (1.05%) 802.1X
9 3 (1.05%) JSON
9 3 (1.05%) OpenTelemetry
9 3 (1.05%) YAML
10 2 (0.70%) .NET Framework
10 2 (0.70%) ASP.NET
10 2 (0.70%) LAMP
10 2 (0.70%) React
11 1 (0.35%) SAP Basis
11 1 (0.35%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.07%) Data Centre
2 13 (4.56%) Management Information System
3 9 (3.16%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (3.16%) Video Conferencing
4 8 (2.81%) PKI
5 7 (2.46%) Algorithms
5 7 (2.46%) Clustering
5 7 (2.46%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.46%) Driving Licence
5 7 (2.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 7 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.11%) Derivative
6 6 (2.11%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.11%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.11%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.75%) Enterprise Storage
7 5 (1.75%) Fixed Income
7 5 (1.75%) iPad
7 5 (1.75%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 124 (43.51%) Windows
2 86 (30.18%) Linux
3 40 (14.04%) Windows Server
4 24 (8.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 21 (7.37%) Windows 10
6 15 (5.26%) Unix
7 14 (4.91%) Mac OS
8 12 (4.21%) Ubuntu
9 9 (3.16%) Solaris
10 7 (2.46%) Windows Server 2016
11 6 (2.11%) Check Point GAiA
11 6 (2.11%) Debian
12 5 (1.75%) Android
12 5 (1.75%) Apple iOS
12 5 (1.75%) CentOS
12 5 (1.75%) Windows 7
12 5 (1.75%) Windows Server 2003
12 5 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
13 3 (1.05%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 3 (1.05%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (24.91%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (19.65%) Agile
3 54 (18.95%) DevOps
4 44 (15.44%) CI/CD
5 42 (14.74%) ITIL
6 36 (12.63%) High Availability
7 32 (11.23%) Computer Science
8 31 (10.88%) Configuration Management
9 29 (10.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 26 (9.12%) Containerisation
10 26 (9.12%) Continuous Integration
11 25 (8.77%) Infrastructure as Code
12 24 (8.42%) Cybersecurity
12 24 (8.42%) SIEM
13 22 (7.72%) Customer Service
13 22 (7.72%) ITSM
13 22 (7.72%) Security Operations
14 17 (5.96%) Disaster Recovery
14 17 (5.96%) Mentoring
15 16 (5.61%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 85 (29.82%) Python
2 38 (13.33%) PowerShell
3 26 (9.12%) Bash
3 26 (9.12%) C#
4 22 (7.72%) C++
5 20 (7.02%) SQL
6 17 (5.96%) Java
6 17 (5.96%) JavaScript
7 10 (3.51%) Perl
8 6 (2.11%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (2.11%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.75%) PHP
10 4 (1.40%) Go
11 3 (1.05%) Bicep
12 2 (0.70%) VB
12 2 (0.70%) VBScript
13 1 (0.35%) JCL
13 1 (0.35%) REXX
Qualifications
1 60 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
2 58 (20.35%) Security Cleared
3 48 (16.84%) SC Cleared
4 45 (15.79%) CCNP
5 42 (14.74%) CCNA
6 39 (13.68%) Degree
7 18 (6.32%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (5.61%) DV Cleared
9 12 (4.21%) CCSE
10 10 (3.51%) JNCIA
10 10 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (2.46%) A+ Certification
11 7 (2.46%) CCSA
12 6 (2.11%) CCIE
12 6 (2.11%) Check Point Certification
12 6 (2.11%) MCP
13 5 (1.75%) JNCIS
13 5 (1.75%) MCSA
14 4 (1.40%) CCSP
14 4 (1.40%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.86%) SLA
2 9 (3.16%) GDPR
3 5 (1.75%) NIST
4 4 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.40%) NCSC
4 4 (1.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.70%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.70%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 2 (0.70%) NIST 800
6 2 (0.70%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.70%) QA
6 2 (0.70%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 54 (18.95%) Active Directory
2 51 (17.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (10.18%) Docker
4 18 (6.32%) Hyper-V
5 13 (4.56%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (3.16%) vSphere
7 6 (2.11%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 6 (2.11%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (1.05%) Firmware
9 3 (1.05%) NFS
10 2 (0.70%) iptables
10 2 (0.70%) Veritas File System
10 2 (0.70%) Veritas Volume Manager
10 2 (0.70%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.70%) XenApp
11 1 (0.35%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.35%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 68 (23.86%) Ansible
2 46 (16.14%) Terraform
3 38 (13.33%) Puppet
4 32 (11.23%) Kubernetes
5 22 (7.72%) SCCM
6 15 (5.26%) Grafana
6 15 (5.26%) Prometheus
7 14 (4.91%) FortiGate
8 13 (4.56%) Microsoft Intune
9 11 (3.86%) Tivoli
10 10 (3.51%) Progress Chef
11 8 (2.81%) Microsoft Clustering
11 8 (2.81%) Red Hat Satellite
12 5 (1.75%) QRadar
13 4 (1.40%) EMC NetWorker
13 4 (1.40%) NetBackup
13 4 (1.40%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 3 (1.05%) Netcool
14 3 (1.05%) vCenter Server
14 3 (1.05%) WSUS
Vendors
1 98 (34.39%) Microsoft
2 73 (25.61%) VMware
3 71 (24.91%) Cisco
4 43 (15.09%) Red Hat
5 32 (11.23%) CheckPoint
6 22 (7.72%) Palo Alto
7 18 (6.32%) Fortinet
7 18 (6.32%) ServiceNow
8 16 (5.61%) Citrix
9 14 (4.91%) Google
9 14 (4.91%) MuleSoft
10 13 (4.56%) Splunk
11 11 (3.86%) Juniper
11 11 (3.86%) SolarWinds
12 10 (3.51%) Dell
13 9 (3.16%) Meraki
14 8 (2.81%) HP
15 7 (2.46%) CyberArk
15 7 (2.46%) F5
15 7 (2.46%) IBM