TCP/IP Contract Job Trends in Essex

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 - 28
Rank change year-on-year - - +22
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 5 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 4.46% - 2.48%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 50.00% - 13.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile - - £293
25th Percentile £185 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +93.55%
75th Percentile £195 - -
90th Percentile £216 - -
East of England median daily rate £413 £575 £375
% change year-on-year -28.26% +53.33% -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 10 31 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 8.93% 31.63% 17.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 18 27
10th Percentile - £213 £163
25th Percentile £185 £243 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 £275 £450
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% -38.89% +172.73%
75th Percentile £225 £388 £544
90th Percentile £307 £600 £600
East of England median daily rate £419 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -11.84% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £27.63 £73.25
25th Percentile - £29.69 £74.38
Median hourly rate - £33.75 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year - -56.45% -
75th Percentile - £37.19 £79.38
90th Percentile - £38.88 £79.75
East of England median hourly rate £49.75 £44.28 £65.00
% change year-on-year +12.35% -31.88% +3.17%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing TCP/IP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

TCP/IP job vacancy trend in Essex

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing TCP/IP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing TCP/IP

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing TCP/IP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing TCP/IP

TCP/IP
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Colchester - 4 £190 -
Chelmsford - 1 £230 -
TCP/IP
East of England

TCP/IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (80.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) IT Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) IT Support
1 5 (100.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Field Engineer
2 4 (80.00%) Field Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 4 (80.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 4 (80.00%) Logistics
3 1 (20.00%) Time Management
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft