TCP/IP Contracts in London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for TCP/IP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited TCP/IP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 276 255 297
Rank change year-on-year -21 +42 -13
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 118 264 350
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.67% 0.97% 0.90%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 6.89% 9.87% 9.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 170 250
10th Percentile £255 £230 £231
25th Percentile £350 £333 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.33% +16.85%
75th Percentile £623 £688 £638
90th Percentile £696 £806 £763
England median daily rate £475 £500 £465
% change year-on-year -5.00% +7.58% +9.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 9 8
10th Percentile £16.00 £31.25 £26.03
25th Percentile £18.00 £35.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate £20.00 £50.42 £36.12
Median % change year-on-year -60.33% +39.59% -35.79%
75th Percentile £24.25 - £47.02
90th Percentile £30.35 £56.94 £54.26
England median hourly rate £47.00 £65.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -27.70% +136.36% -30.38%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
London

TCP/IP is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 1,712 2,674 3,719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 9.67% 9.88% 9.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,139 1,889 2,582
10th Percentile £213 £250 £313
25th Percentile £350 £425 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.27% +15.79%
75th Percentile £619 £675 £650
90th Percentile £743 £775 £750
England median daily rate £490 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% +14.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 52 82
10th Percentile £14.48 £20.22 £21.00
25th Percentile £18.64 £22.63 £23.91
Median hourly rate £22.00 £48.21 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.37% +37.74% +45.83%
75th Percentile £41.25 £70.00 £48.55
90th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £39.25 £18.88 £23.91
% change year-on-year +107.95% -21.06% -4.36%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in London

TCP/IP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for TCP/IP in London

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for TCP/IP in London

TCP/IP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for TCP/IP in London

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing TCP/IP in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for TCP/IP in London

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 27 April 2024. 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
Central London +7 13 £568 +3.18% 9
West London +13 2 £80 -86.58% 4
East London -3 2 - - 5
South London +7 1 £675 +154.72% 4
TCP/IP
England

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 10 (8.47%) Confluence
2 8 (6.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (5.08%) SharePoint
4 5 (4.24%) Apache
5 3 (2.54%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (2.54%) IBM Domino
5 3 (2.54%) IBM Notes
5 3 (2.54%) IIS
5 3 (2.54%) MQSeries
5 3 (2.54%) nginx
6 2 (1.69%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.85%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.85%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 31 (26.27%) Azure
2 30 (25.42%) AWS
3 18 (15.25%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (13.56%) GCP
5 13 (11.02%) Cloud Computing
5 13 (11.02%) PaaS
6 10 (8.47%) SaaS
7 9 (7.63%) IaaS
7 9 (7.63%) Nutanix
8 8 (6.78%) Rubrik
9 5 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (4.24%) Entra ID
10 4 (3.39%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (3.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (2.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (2.54%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (2.54%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (2.54%) Datadog
11 3 (2.54%) GitHub
11 3 (2.54%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 68 (57.63%) DNS
2 51 (43.22%) Firewall
3 50 (42.37%) DHCP
4 40 (33.90%) HTTP
5 26 (22.03%) BGP
6 23 (19.49%) VPN
6 23 (19.49%) WAN
7 22 (18.64%) Network Security
8 21 (17.80%) LAN
8 21 (17.80%) OSPF
9 19 (16.10%) VLAN
10 17 (14.41%) SSL
11 16 (13.56%) NAS
11 16 (13.56%) SAN
12 13 (11.02%) MPLS
13 12 (10.17%) SMTP
13 12 (10.17%) SNMP
13 12 (10.17%) Wireshark
14 11 (9.32%) FTP
14 11 (9.32%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.24%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (4.24%) NoSQL
2 4 (3.39%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (3.39%) Apache Cassandra
2 4 (3.39%) MySQL
2 4 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.54%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.69%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.69%) Redis
4 2 (1.69%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.85%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.85%) CouchDB
5 1 (0.85%) Power BI
5 1 (0.85%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 24 (20.34%) Jenkins
2 21 (17.80%) Git
3 12 (10.17%) JIRA
4 8 (6.78%) TeamCity
5 7 (5.93%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.85%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.85%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.85%) Darcs
6 1 (0.85%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.85%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.85%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.85%) Maven
6 1 (0.85%) Mercurial
6 1 (0.85%) Selenium
6 1 (0.85%) Travis CI
General
1 25 (21.19%) Finance
2 15 (12.71%) Telecoms
3 14 (11.86%) Social Skills
4 8 (6.78%) Mandarin Language
5 6 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.08%) Banking
5 6 (5.08%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.24%) Electronics
6 5 (4.24%) Manufacturing
6 5 (4.24%) Marketing
7 3 (2.54%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.54%) German Language
7 3 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.69%) Cantonese Language
8 2 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.69%) Legal
8 2 (1.69%) Retail
9 1 (0.85%) Front Office
9 1 (0.85%) Law
9 1 (0.85%) Military
Job Titles
1 26 (22.03%) Network Engineer
2 14 (11.86%) Linux Engineer
3 13 (11.02%) Support Engineer
4 11 (9.32%) Linux Server Engineer
4 11 (9.32%) Server Engineer
5 8 (6.78%) Senior
6 7 (5.93%) IT Support
7 6 (5.08%) DevOps Engineer
7 6 (5.08%) Security Engineer
8 5 (4.24%) Analyst
8 5 (4.24%) Architect
8 5 (4.24%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 5 (4.24%) Azure Engineer
8 5 (4.24%) Consultant
8 5 (4.24%) Developer
9 4 (3.39%) ArcSight Engineer
9 4 (3.39%) IT Engineer
9 4 (3.39%) Security Architect
9 4 (3.39%) SIEM Engineer
10 3 (2.54%) Unix Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (15.25%) LDAP
2 8 (6.78%) Elastic Stack
3 6 (5.08%) .NET
3 6 (5.08%) JSON
4 4 (3.39%) SAML
5 3 (2.54%) OAuth
5 3 (2.54%) OpenID
5 3 (2.54%) REST
5 3 (2.54%) Web Services
6 2 (1.69%) NETCONF
6 2 (1.69%) RESTful
6 2 (1.69%) SOAP
6 2 (1.69%) SPML
7 1 (0.85%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.85%) CSS
7 1 (0.85%) HTML
7 1 (0.85%) LAMP
7 1 (0.85%) Spring
7 1 (0.85%) Svelte
7 1 (0.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (17.80%) Data Centre
2 16 (13.56%) Clustering
3 10 (8.47%) Management Information System
4 8 (6.78%) Replication
4 8 (6.78%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (5.08%) CCTV
5 6 (5.08%) PKI
6 5 (4.24%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.54%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.69%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.69%) iPad
8 2 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.85%) IoT
9 1 (0.85%) Machine to Machine
9 1 (0.85%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.85%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.85%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 40 (33.90%) Windows
2 38 (32.20%) Linux
3 22 (18.64%) Windows Server
4 14 (11.86%) Unix
5 9 (7.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (6.78%) Oracle Linux
6 8 (6.78%) Solaris
6 8 (6.78%) Windows 10
7 3 (2.54%) Mac OS
8 2 (1.69%) Windows 7
8 2 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.85%) Android
9 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.85%) CentOS
9 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (18.64%) DevOps
2 20 (16.95%) Agile
2 20 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (16.10%) Infrastructure as Code
4 18 (15.25%) CI/CD
5 16 (13.56%) High Availability
6 12 (10.17%) Continuous Integration
6 12 (10.17%) Disaster Recovery
7 11 (9.32%) Network Architecture
7 11 (9.32%) SIEM
7 11 (9.32%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 10 (8.47%) Configuration Management
8 10 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (8.47%) Customer Service
8 10 (8.47%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (8.47%) Data Loss Prevention
8 10 (8.47%) Data Security
8 10 (8.47%) Root Cause Analysis
9 9 (7.63%) ITIL
9 9 (7.63%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 34 (28.81%) Python
2 20 (16.95%) PowerShell
3 10 (8.47%) Bash
3 10 (8.47%) Java
4 7 (5.93%) Perl
5 6 (5.08%) C#
5 6 (5.08%) Go
6 5 (4.24%) SQL
7 3 (2.54%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.54%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.69%) C++
8 2 (1.69%) PHP
9 1 (0.85%) C
9 1 (0.85%) Ruby
9 1 (0.85%) Rust
Qualifications
1 19 (16.10%) Cisco Certification
2 17 (14.41%) Security Cleared
3 16 (13.56%) CCNP
3 16 (13.56%) Degree
4 11 (9.32%) DV Cleared
5 9 (7.63%) CCNA
6 7 (5.93%) CCDP
7 6 (5.08%) CISSP
8 5 (4.24%) SC Cleared
9 3 (2.54%) CISA
9 3 (2.54%) CISM
9 3 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.54%) GIAC
9 3 (2.54%) JNCIP
10 2 (1.69%) CEH
10 2 (1.69%) GCIA
10 2 (1.69%) GCIH
10 2 (1.69%) JNCIA
10 2 (1.69%) JNCIE
10 2 (1.69%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.63%) GDPR
2 8 (6.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (4.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.54%) NIST
4 3 (2.54%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (1.69%) QA
6 1 (0.85%) COPPA
6 1 (0.85%) ISA99
6 1 (0.85%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.85%) NCSC
6 1 (0.85%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.85%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (29.66%) Active Directory
2 17 (14.41%) Docker
2 17 (14.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (4.24%) Hyper-V
3 5 (4.24%) NFS
4 4 (3.39%) Samba
4 4 (3.39%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (2.54%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (2.54%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.69%) iptables
6 2 (1.69%) Squid
6 2 (1.69%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.69%) XenApp
7 1 (0.85%) Ceph
7 1 (0.85%) KVM
7 1 (0.85%) Lustre
7 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.85%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.85%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (18.64%) Terraform
2 21 (17.80%) Ansible
3 16 (13.56%) Kubernetes
4 15 (12.71%) Puppet
5 12 (10.17%) Progress Chef
6 9 (7.63%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (6.78%) EMC NetWorker
7 8 (6.78%) Kibana
7 8 (6.78%) Netcool
7 8 (6.78%) Tivoli
7 8 (6.78%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 5 (4.24%) logstash
9 4 (3.39%) QRadar
9 4 (3.39%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (2.54%) FortiGate
10 3 (2.54%) HAProxy
10 3 (2.54%) Nmap
11 2 (1.69%) SCCM
11 2 (1.69%) SCOM
11 2 (1.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 42 (35.59%) Cisco
2 27 (22.88%) Microsoft
3 18 (15.25%) VMware
4 16 (13.56%) Splunk
5 12 (10.17%) IBM
6 11 (9.32%) Oracle
7 10 (8.47%) Dell
7 10 (8.47%) Palo Alto
7 10 (8.47%) ServiceNow
8 9 (7.63%) HP
9 8 (6.78%) CyberArk
9 8 (6.78%) EMC
9 8 (6.78%) Isilon
9 8 (6.78%) Qualys
9 8 (6.78%) Serena
9 8 (6.78%) Zscaler
10 7 (5.93%) Arista
10 7 (5.93%) Aruba
10 7 (5.93%) Huawei
11 6 (5.08%) Nokia