TCP/IP Contract Job Trends in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 223 257
Rank change year-on-year -63 +34 +2
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 115 134 137
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.70% 1.05% 0.75%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.51% 10.11% 7.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 93 77
10th Percentile £258 £271 £188
25th Percentile £385 £425 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £544 £653 £600
90th Percentile £588 £738 £701
England median daily rate £475 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - £46.18 £16.00
25th Percentile £36.25 £46.81 £18.00
Median hourly rate £39.50 £52.25 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.40% +122.34% -27.69%
75th Percentile £42.75 £59.94 £31.75
90th Percentile - £61.93 £47.25
England median hourly rate £40.72 £52.25 £56.49
% change year-on-year -22.07% -7.51% -9.69%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,352 1,326 1,820
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.22% 10.37% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 886 842 1,194
10th Percentile £260 £263 £205
25th Percentile £406 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £500 £496
Median % change year-on-year +0.82% +0.76% -9.77%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £619
90th Percentile £700 £738 £745
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 15 70
10th Percentile £20.31 £24.66 £14.48
25th Percentile £22.21 £26.54 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.47 £37.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.08% +70.45% -14.43%
75th Percentile £38.75 £48.13 £41.25
90th Percentile £94.75 £57.95 £60.18
England median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -2.86% +7.69% +71.69%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

TCP/IP job vacancy trend in London

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in London over the 6 months to 19 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for TCP/IP in London

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

TCP/IP
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 19 March 2026. 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
South London -10 7 £519 +9.17%
Central London -35 4 £443 -29.20% 10
East London -2 2 - -
West London - 1 £275 - 3
TCP/IP
England

TCP/IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 9 (7.83%) Confluence
1 9 (7.83%) nginx
2 2 (1.74%) OpenStack
2 2 (1.74%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.87%) Apache
3 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.87%) Traefik
Applications
1 1 (0.87%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.87%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.87%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 38 (33.04%) AWS
2 31 (26.96%) Azure
3 22 (19.13%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (13.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 12 (10.43%) Amazon S3
5 12 (10.43%) GCP
5 12 (10.43%) Route 53
6 10 (8.70%) Amazon EC2
7 9 (7.83%) Amazon EKS
7 9 (7.83%) AWS Lambda
7 9 (7.83%) Serverless
8 7 (6.09%) Entra ID
9 4 (3.48%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (3.48%) Google Workspace
10 3 (2.61%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (1.74%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 2 (1.74%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (1.74%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (1.74%) GitHub
11 2 (1.74%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 60 (52.17%) DNS
2 48 (41.74%) VPN
3 47 (40.87%) Firewall
4 26 (22.61%) DHCP
5 23 (20.00%) Network Security
6 18 (15.65%) WAN
7 14 (12.17%) HTTP
8 12 (10.43%) VLAN
9 11 (9.57%) LAN
9 11 (9.57%) SSL
10 10 (8.70%) BGP
10 10 (8.70%) Internet
10 10 (8.70%) OSPF
11 9 (7.83%) Multicast
11 9 (7.83%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (6.96%) OpenVPN
13 6 (5.22%) APPN
13 6 (5.22%) SNA
14 5 (4.35%) NGFW
15 4 (3.48%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.70%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (3.48%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.87%) MySQL
3 1 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (11.30%) JIRA
2 11 (9.57%) GitLab
3 7 (6.09%) Bitbucket
3 7 (6.09%) SonarQube
4 5 (4.35%) Git
5 4 (3.48%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (2.61%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.87%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.87%) GCC
7 1 (0.87%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.87%) Maven
7 1 (0.87%) MSI
7 1 (0.87%) Subversion
General
1 44 (38.26%) Social Skills
2 23 (20.00%) Finance
3 11 (9.57%) Public Sector
4 10 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (7.83%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (7.83%) Front Office
6 8 (6.96%) Banking
7 7 (6.09%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (5.22%) Telecoms
9 5 (4.35%) Investment Banking
10 4 (3.48%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (1.74%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.74%) Military
13 1 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.87%) Legal
13 1 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.87%) Police
13 1 (0.87%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 28 (24.35%) Network Engineer
2 19 (16.52%) Support Engineer
3 16 (13.91%) Architect
4 9 (7.83%) Analyst
4 9 (7.83%) Security Engineer
5 7 (6.09%) Technical Architect
6 6 (5.22%) Developer
6 6 (5.22%) Junior
6 6 (5.22%) Senior
6 6 (5.22%) Support Technician
6 6 (5.22%) Technical Engineer
6 6 (5.22%) Technical Support
6 6 (5.22%) Technical Support Engineer
6 6 (5.22%) Web Engineer
7 5 (4.35%) 1st Line Support Engineer
7 5 (4.35%) 1st Line Support Technician
7 5 (4.35%) Junior Support Engineer
7 5 (4.35%) Junior Technical Engineer
7 5 (4.35%) Junior Technical Support Engineer
7 5 (4.35%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.57%) LDAP
2 9 (7.83%) OpenID
3 7 (6.09%) SAML
4 6 (5.22%) Middleware
5 5 (4.35%) FIX Protocol
6 4 (3.48%) OAuth
6 4 (3.48%) Ultra Messaging
7 3 (2.61%) 802.1X
7 3 (2.61%) ARM Templates
7 3 (2.61%) React
8 2 (1.74%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.74%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (1.74%) Bootstrap
8 2 (1.74%) eBPF
8 2 (1.74%) Express.js
8 2 (1.74%) Loki
8 2 (1.74%) SOAP
8 2 (1.74%) WCF
8 2 (1.74%) Web Services
8 2 (1.74%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.70%) Data Centre
2 6 (5.22%) Mainframe
2 6 (5.22%) Public Cloud
3 4 (3.48%) Enterprise Storage
3 4 (3.48%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.61%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.61%) FPGA
4 3 (2.61%) PKI
5 2 (1.74%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.74%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.74%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (1.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (1.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (1.74%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.74%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.87%) Anti-Spyware
6 1 (0.87%) Fibre Optics
6 1 (0.87%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 37 (32.17%) Windows
2 17 (14.78%) Linux
3 7 (6.09%) Windows 10
4 6 (5.22%) Windows Server
4 6 (5.22%) zOS
5 4 (3.48%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.61%) Android
6 3 (2.61%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.87%) Unix
7 1 (0.87%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (25.22%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (16.52%) DevOps
3 17 (14.78%) Roadmaps
4 15 (13.04%) Agile
4 15 (13.04%) Infrastructure as Code
5 14 (12.17%) Decision-Making
6 12 (10.43%) Incident Response
7 11 (9.57%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (9.57%) ITIL
7 11 (9.57%) SIEM
8 10 (8.70%) Performance Tuning
8 10 (8.70%) Security Operations
9 9 (7.83%) Information Security
9 9 (7.83%) Network Design
10 8 (6.96%) Capacity Planning
10 8 (6.96%) Low Latency
10 8 (6.96%) Observability
10 8 (6.96%) Root Cause Analysis
10 8 (6.96%) Runbook
11 7 (6.09%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 31 (26.96%) Python
2 22 (19.13%) Bash
3 19 (16.52%) PowerShell
4 5 (4.35%) C
5 4 (3.48%) SQL
6 3 (2.61%) C#
6 3 (2.61%) C++
7 2 (1.74%) Go
7 2 (1.74%) Java
7 2 (1.74%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (1.74%) Perl
7 2 (1.74%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.87%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.87%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.87%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 25 (21.74%) Security Cleared
2 19 (16.52%) SC Cleared
3 13 (11.30%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (9.57%) CCNP
5 6 (5.22%) CCNA
5 6 (5.22%) DV Cleared
6 5 (4.35%) Degree
7 4 (3.48%) Azure Certification
7 4 (3.48%) CISSP
7 4 (3.48%) JNCIS
8 3 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.61%) JNCIP
8 3 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.74%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.74%) MCSA
10 1 (0.87%) CCSP
10 1 (0.87%) CEH
10 1 (0.87%) JNCIA
10 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.35%) GDPR
1 5 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.61%) NIST
3 1 (0.87%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (15.65%) Active Directory
2 8 (6.96%) Squid
3 7 (6.09%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (2.61%) Docker
5 2 (1.74%) Ceph
5 2 (1.74%) Firmware
5 2 (1.74%) KVM
5 2 (1.74%) Lustre
5 2 (1.74%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 2 (1.74%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.87%) GPFS
6 1 (0.87%) iptables
6 1 (0.87%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.87%) NFS
6 1 (0.87%) Samba
6 1 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.87%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (18.26%) Terraform
2 18 (15.65%) Prometheus
3 17 (14.78%) Ansible
4 16 (13.91%) Grafana
4 16 (13.91%) SCCM
5 13 (11.30%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (10.43%) Kubernetes
7 10 (8.70%) FortiGate
8 8 (6.96%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (6.09%) Consul
10 6 (5.22%) Tivoli NetView
10 6 (5.22%) WSUS
11 4 (3.48%) ITRS Geneos
12 3 (2.61%) QRadar
13 2 (1.74%) Cilium
13 2 (1.74%) HAProxy
13 2 (1.74%) Red Hat Satellite
14 1 (0.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 1 (0.87%) Istio
14 1 (0.87%) SELinux
Vendors
1 22 (19.13%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.57%) Palo Alto
2 11 (9.57%) Red Hat
3 9 (7.83%) Atlassian
3 9 (7.83%) Fortinet
4 8 (6.96%) Cisco
4 8 (6.96%) Dynatrace
4 8 (6.96%) F5
4 8 (6.96%) Zscaler
5 7 (6.09%) Bloomberg
5 7 (6.09%) ServiceNow
6 6 (5.22%) Citrix
6 6 (5.22%) IBM
6 6 (5.22%) Juniper
7 5 (4.35%) CheckPoint
7 5 (4.35%) Google
7 5 (4.35%) Netskope
8 4 (3.48%) ION Trading
8 4 (3.48%) TIBCO
8 4 (3.48%) VMware