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 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 227 267
Rank change year-on-year -43 +40 -6
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 164 148 119
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.83% 1.09% 0.68%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.52% 10.63% 7.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 89 78
10th Percentile £185 £209 £213
25th Percentile £305 £300 £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% +5.56% -13.25%
75th Percentile £541 £638 £583
90th Percentile £627 £725 £650
England median daily rate £470 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -1.05% +5.56% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £27.35 £17.20
25th Percentile £26.25 £39.18 £19.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £52.25 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.37% +161.25% -60.33%
75th Percentile £28.75 £63.25 £20.94
90th Percentile - - £22.63
England median hourly rate £35.22 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -43.65% -3.85% +28.92%

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 1,559 1,392 1,686
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.85% 10.29% 9.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,019 899 1,107
10th Percentile £300 £270 £230
25th Percentile £406 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £619
90th Percentile £720 £717 £738
England median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 29 45
10th Percentile £17.36 £19.33 £14.89
25th Percentile £21.36 £25.15 £17.78
Median hourly rate £28.88 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year -3.73% +26.05% -34.87%
75th Percentile £53.75 £50.00 £41.25
90th Percentile £84.75 £63.25 £56.70
England median hourly rate £26.69 £42.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -36.45% -2.33% +56.36%

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 11 July 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 11 July 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
Central London -14 14 £475 +9.83% 13
South London -9 10 £519 -17.03% 3
West London -16 2 £218 -70.97% 7
North London - 2 - -
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 11 (6.71%) SharePoint
2 10 (6.10%) Confluence
2 10 (6.10%) nginx
3 7 (4.27%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.61%) CICS
4 1 (0.61%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.61%) Traefik
4 1 (0.61%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.22%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 48 (29.27%) AWS
1 48 (29.27%) Azure
2 46 (28.05%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (18.90%) Entra ID
4 21 (12.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 16 (9.76%) Amazon EC2
6 15 (9.15%) Amazon EKS
7 14 (8.54%) Amazon S3
8 13 (7.93%) GCP
9 12 (7.32%) AWS Lambda
9 12 (7.32%) Serverless
10 11 (6.71%) Route 53
11 8 (4.88%) Google Workspace
11 8 (4.88%) OneDrive
12 5 (3.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (3.05%) SaaS
13 3 (1.83%) Akamai
13 3 (1.83%) Datadog
13 3 (1.83%) GitHub
13 3 (1.83%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 89 (54.27%) DNS
2 71 (43.29%) Firewall
3 60 (36.59%) VPN
4 34 (20.73%) Network Security
5 30 (18.29%) DHCP
6 26 (15.85%) HTTP
7 19 (11.59%) SSL
8 17 (10.37%) BGP
8 17 (10.37%) WAN
9 12 (7.32%) LAN
10 10 (6.10%) Internet
10 10 (6.10%) VLAN
11 9 (5.49%) DMZ
11 9 (5.49%) OpenVPN
11 9 (5.49%) Wireless
12 7 (4.27%) Cisco IOS
12 7 (4.27%) Ethernet
12 7 (4.27%) HTTPS
12 7 (4.27%) OSPF
13 6 (3.66%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.71%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (2.44%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.22%) MySQL
3 2 (1.22%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.61%) KDB
4 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 18 (10.98%) JIRA
2 8 (4.88%) Git
2 8 (4.88%) GitLab
3 7 (4.27%) Bitbucket
3 7 (4.27%) SonarQube
4 5 (3.05%) Browser DevTools
5 3 (1.83%) Artifactory
6 2 (1.22%) Subversion
7 1 (0.61%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.61%) MSI
7 1 (0.61%) Visual Studio
General
1 70 (42.68%) Social Skills
2 37 (22.56%) Finance
3 18 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.54%) Banking
5 12 (7.32%) Documentation Skills
6 8 (4.88%) Front Office
6 8 (4.88%) Public Sector
7 7 (4.27%) Investment Banking
8 6 (3.66%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.22%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.22%) Games
9 2 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.22%) Japanese Language
10 1 (0.61%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.61%) Korean Language
10 1 (0.61%) Military
10 1 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Retail
10 1 (0.61%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.61%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 27 (16.46%) Network Engineer
2 26 (15.85%) Support Engineer
3 18 (10.98%) Analyst
3 18 (10.98%) Architect
3 18 (10.98%) Security Engineer
4 9 (5.49%) Network Security Engineer
4 9 (5.49%) Senior
5 8 (4.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (4.88%) Solutions Architect
5 8 (4.88%) Web Engineer
6 7 (4.27%) AWS Architect
6 7 (4.27%) Cloud Engineer
6 7 (4.27%) Help Desk Analyst
6 7 (4.27%) Integration Engineer
6 7 (4.27%) IT Engineer
6 7 (4.27%) IT Support
6 7 (4.27%) Linux Engineer
6 7 (4.27%) Technical Engineer
6 7 (4.27%) Technical Support
6 7 (4.27%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.93%) SAML
2 12 (7.32%) LDAP
3 9 (5.49%) OpenID
4 6 (3.66%) .NET
5 4 (2.44%) OAuth
6 3 (1.83%) ARM Templates
6 3 (1.83%) eBPF
6 3 (1.83%) HTML
6 3 (1.83%) REST
6 3 (1.83%) WinForms
7 2 (1.22%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.22%) ASP.NET
7 2 (1.22%) Blazor
7 2 (1.22%) HTML5
7 2 (1.22%) Loki
7 2 (1.22%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (0.61%) CSS
8 1 (0.61%) EDI
8 1 (0.61%) Middleware
8 1 (0.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (14.02%) Onboarding
2 18 (10.98%) Data Centre
3 11 (6.71%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (4.27%) Security Posture
5 6 (3.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 5 (3.05%) Enterprise Storage
6 5 (3.05%) Mainframe
7 4 (2.44%) Client/Server
7 4 (2.44%) PKI
7 4 (2.44%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (1.83%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.83%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.83%) iPhone
8 3 (1.83%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.22%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.22%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 60 (36.59%) Windows
2 23 (14.02%) Linux
3 17 (10.37%) Mac OS
4 13 (7.93%) Windows Server
5 11 (6.71%) Windows 10
6 7 (4.27%) Ubuntu
7 6 (3.66%) Android
8 5 (3.05%) Apple iOS
8 5 (3.05%) zOS
9 3 (1.83%) Unix
10 2 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.61%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (26.83%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (14.02%) ITIL
3 21 (12.80%) DevOps
3 21 (12.80%) Incident Response
4 19 (11.59%) Runbook
5 17 (10.37%) Customer Service
6 15 (9.15%) Agile
6 15 (9.15%) High Availability
6 15 (9.15%) Migration
6 15 (9.15%) Service Management
7 14 (8.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 14 (8.54%) ITSM
7 14 (8.54%) SIEM
8 13 (7.93%) Load Balancing
8 13 (7.93%) Roadmaps
9 12 (7.32%) Infrastructure as Code
10 11 (6.71%) Decision-Making
10 11 (6.71%) Incident Management
10 11 (6.71%) Security Operations
11 9 (5.49%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 43 (26.22%) Python
2 27 (16.46%) PowerShell
3 23 (14.02%) Bash
4 8 (4.88%) C++
5 6 (3.66%) C
6 4 (2.44%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.83%) C#
7 3 (1.83%) SQL
8 2 (1.22%) Go
8 2 (1.22%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (1.22%) Objective-C
9 1 (0.61%) Java
Qualifications
1 21 (12.80%) Security Cleared
2 18 (10.98%) Degree
3 17 (10.37%) Cisco Certification
4 16 (9.76%) SC Cleared
5 14 (8.54%) CCNP
6 13 (7.93%) CCNA
7 12 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (5.49%) CISSP
9 8 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (3.66%) Network+ Certification
11 5 (3.05%) Azure Certification
12 4 (2.44%) A+ Certification
12 4 (2.44%) CCIE
13 3 (1.83%) DV Cleared
13 3 (1.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 3 (1.83%) MCSA
14 2 (1.22%) CCIE Security
14 2 (1.22%) GCIA
14 2 (1.22%) GCIH
14 2 (1.22%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.66%) NIST
2 5 (3.05%) GDPR
3 4 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.44%) SLA
4 3 (1.83%) QA
5 2 (1.22%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (1.22%) NCSC
5 2 (1.22%) NIST 800
5 2 (1.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 37 (22.56%) Active Directory
2 13 (7.93%) Squid
3 7 (4.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.66%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.83%) Docker
6 3 (1.83%) vSphere
7 2 (1.22%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.61%) NFS
8 1 (0.61%) RACF
Systems Management
1 21 (12.80%) Single Sign-On
2 19 (11.59%) Grafana
2 19 (11.59%) Terraform
3 17 (10.37%) Ansible
4 16 (9.76%) Kubernetes
5 15 (9.15%) FortiGate
6 14 (8.54%) Prometheus
7 12 (7.32%) Microsoft Intune
8 10 (6.10%) SCCM
9 8 (4.88%) WSUS
10 7 (4.27%) Consul
11 4 (2.44%) Suricata
11 4 (2.44%) Tivoli NetView
12 2 (1.22%) Cilium
12 2 (1.22%) QRadar
12 2 (1.22%) Red Hat Satellite
13 1 (0.61%) HAProxy
13 1 (0.61%) Istio
13 1 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.61%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 50 (30.49%) Microsoft
2 23 (14.02%) Cisco
3 15 (9.15%) Zscaler
4 13 (7.93%) Citrix
5 11 (6.71%) Red Hat
6 10 (6.10%) Bloomberg
6 10 (6.10%) Dynatrace
6 10 (6.10%) Netskope
7 9 (5.49%) F5
7 9 (5.49%) Fortinet
7 9 (5.49%) Google
8 8 (4.88%) Juniper
8 8 (4.88%) ServiceNow
9 7 (4.27%) Atlassian
9 7 (4.27%) Okta
9 7 (4.27%) Reuters
9 7 (4.27%) VMware
10 6 (3.66%) Apple
10 6 (3.66%) Blue Coat
10 6 (3.66%) ION Trading