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 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 495 519 586
Rank change year-on-year +24 +67 +161
Contract jobs citing tcpdump 8 6 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.029% 0.018% 0.079%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.23% 0.14% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 16
10th Percentile £590 - £394
25th Percentile £613 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £375 £494
Median % change year-on-year +83.33% -24.05% -10.23%
75th Percentile £747 £438 £603
90th Percentile £764 £505 £710
UK median daily rate £688 £400 £494
% change year-on-year +71.88% -18.99% +9.72%

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 3,460 4,180 5,736
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.45% 12.53% 12.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,144 2,592 3,760
10th Percentile £235 £240 £228
25th Percentile £375 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.20% - -
75th Percentile £600 £613 £631
90th Percentile £675 £688 £731
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 291 241
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.27 £13.00
25th Percentile £23.13 £19.25 £18.50
Median hourly rate £43.75 £51.50 £50.42
Median % change year-on-year -15.05% +2.14% +83.35%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.98
90th Percentile £85.75 £75.00 £75.67
UK median hourly rate £46.25 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -2.63% -5.00% +53.85%

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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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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing tcpdump in England over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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 August 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 +14 6 £688 +96.43% 7
North West - 1 - -
South West - 1 - - 2
North of England - 1 - - 1
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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 5 (62.50%) Wireshark
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) Multicast
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Git
1 3 (37.50%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Front Office
3 1 (12.50%) Investment Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Developer
1 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (25.00%) Python Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Backend Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Network Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Network Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Network Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Python Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) RESTful
2 2 (25.00%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (25.00%) Middleware
2 2 (25.00%) Regular Expression
3 1 (12.50%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (25.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (12.50%) BYOD
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Currency
3 1 (12.50%) Fixed Income
3 1 (12.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (12.50%) MISP
3 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Electronic Trading
1 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Automation
2 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Low Latency
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) TDD
3 2 (25.00%) Automated Trading
3 2 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (25.00%) OOP
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) Data Interpretation
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
4 1 (12.50%) Mathematics
4 1 (12.50%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 1 (12.50%) Observability
4 1 (12.50%) Offensive Security
4 1 (12.50%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) Python
2 3 (37.50%) Bash
2 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
3 2 (25.00%) Go
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Ansible
2 2 (25.00%) Grafana
2 2 (25.00%) ITRS Geneos
2 2 (25.00%) Prometheus
3 1 (12.50%) CASB
3 1 (12.50%) Nessus
3 1 (12.50%) OpenVAS
3 1 (12.50%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Solace
2 1 (12.50%) ArcSight
2 1 (12.50%) Carbon Black
2 1 (12.50%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (12.50%) IBM
2 1 (12.50%) LogRhythm
2 1 (12.50%) Qualys
2 1 (12.50%) Rapid7
2 1 (12.50%) Splunk
2 1 (12.50%) TIBCO