TCP/IP Contracts in Hertfordshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 60 41
Rank change year-on-year +23 -19 -7
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 8 13 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 2.49% 1.56% 4.07%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.51% 10.66% 17.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 11
10th Percentile £516 £313 £370
25th Percentile £522 £341 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £350 £550
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -36.36% +37.50%
75th Percentile £575 £369 £674
90th Percentile - £485 £676
East of England median daily rate £430 £363 £425
% change year-on-year +18.62% -14.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 8
10th Percentile £62.00 - -
25th Percentile £63.13 - £65.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £69.00
Median % change year-on-year - -5.80% +245.00%
75th Percentile - - £74.50
90th Percentile - - £74.95
East of England median hourly rate £63.75 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -1.92% - +225.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 94 122 185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 29.28% 14.63% 22.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 57 106
10th Percentile £446 £290 £261
25th Percentile £463 £350 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +26.47% -19.05% +27.27%
75th Percentile £613 £480 £700
90th Percentile £635 £588 £714
East of England median daily rate £475 £415 £475
% change year-on-year +14.46% -12.63% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 45 20
10th Percentile £52.00 £57.50 £55.98
25th Percentile £59.00 £61.25 £64.06
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - +118.30%
75th Percentile £81.35 - £73.94
90th Percentile £86.80 - £74.65
East of England median hourly rate £39.32 £22.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year +74.76% -57.14% +238.71%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in Hertfordshire

TCP/IP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for TCP/IP in Hertfordshire

TCP/IP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for TCP/IP in Hertfordshire

TCP/IP
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Stevenage +29 4 - - 4
Watford +11 3 £550 -12.00% 4
Bishop's Stortford - 1 £525 -
TCP/IP
East of England

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 1 (12.50%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) DHCP
1 4 (50.00%) Ethernet
1 4 (50.00%) Firewall
2 3 (37.50%) DNS
3 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (12.50%) LAN
3 1 (12.50%) VoIP
3 1 (12.50%) WAN
3 1 (12.50%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) Eclipse
1 4 (50.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (50.00%) Military
1 4 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) C# Software Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Network Engineer
1 3 (37.50%) Software Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) C# Developer
2 1 (12.50%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) Node.js
1 4 (50.00%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Agile
1 4 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 4 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 4 (50.00%) Digital Twin
1 4 (50.00%) Synthetic Environment
1 4 (50.00%) TDD
1 4 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 3 (37.50%) Break/Fix
2 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Validation
2 3 (37.50%) Verification and Validation
2 3 (37.50%) Visualisation
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (12.50%) High Availability
3 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Network Management
3 1 (12.50%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) C#
1 4 (50.00%) C++
1 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) CCNA
1 3 (37.50%) CCNP
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) CheckPoint
2 3 (37.50%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) HP