tcpdump Contracts in England

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UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring tcpdump skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited tcpdump over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 495 550 604
Rank change year-on-year +55 +54 +151
Contract jobs citing tcpdump 3 6 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.011% 0.016% 0.074%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.090% 0.12% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 18
10th Percentile - - £396
25th Percentile £725 £350 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £375 £500
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -25.00% -8.47%
75th Percentile £775 £438 £609
90th Percentile - £505 £684
UK median daily rate £750 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +87.50% -20.00% +11.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

tcpdump 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 3,319 4,832 6,034
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.71% 12.93% 12.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,046 2,882 3,916
10th Percentile £235 £213 £240
25th Percentile £363 £350 £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 149 391 392
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.87 £9.80
25th Percentile £17.79 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.88 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -18.27% +121.59% -17.18%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £62.55
90th Percentile £81.35 £74.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £45.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +114.29% -27.74%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing tcpdump as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for tcpdump in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing tcpdump in England.

Daily rate trend for tcpdump in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing tcpdump in England.

Hourly rate trend for tcpdump in England

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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 tcpdump within the England region over the 6 months to 3 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 +46 2 £750 +114.29% 12
North West - 1 - - 2
North of England - 1 - - 3
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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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Wireshark
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Backend Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Python Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Security Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Linux Command Line
1 1 (33.33%) MISP
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Electronic Trading
1 1 (33.33%) Fintech
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kanban
1 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
1 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (33.33%) Offensive Security
1 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) SIEM
1 1 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Unit Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Bash
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
1 1 (33.33%) CASB
1 1 (33.33%) Nessus
1 1 (33.33%) OpenVAS
1 1 (33.33%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) ArcSight
1 1 (33.33%) Carbon Black
1 1 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (33.33%) IBM
1 1 (33.33%) LogRhythm
1 1 (33.33%) Qualys
1 1 (33.33%) Rapid7
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk