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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 205 263
Rank change year-on-year -55 +58 -11
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 189 159 114
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.94% 1.17% 0.70%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.75% 11.41% 7.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 100 74
10th Percentile £190 £224 £215
25th Percentile £306 £344 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £563 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +32.35% -19.05%
75th Percentile £550 £651 £575
90th Percentile £638 £775 £649
England median daily rate £495 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -1.00% +11.11% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £30.75 £27.35 -
25th Percentile £37.50 £39.18 -
Median hourly rate £50.00 £52.25 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% +161.25% -60.33%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.50 -
90th Percentile £69.25 £62.95 -
England median hourly rate £63.48 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -2.34% - +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 1,608 1,393 1,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.98% 10.26% 9.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,041 910 1,018
10th Percentile £305 £286 £250
25th Percentile £413 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -1.96% -7.27%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £619
90th Percentile £725 £725 £700
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 32 30
10th Percentile £19.34 £19.89 £16.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £27.58 £22.90
Median % change year-on-year -0.27% +20.41% -35.98%
75th Percentile £53.75 £50.50 £51.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £62.15 £65.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £44.00 £54.94
% change year-on-year -36.36% -19.91% +5.87%

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 August 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing TCP/IP in London over the 6 months to 11 August 2026.

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 11 August 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 -23 18 £375 -23.08% 15
South London -13 6 £506 -19.00% 5
West London -17 2 £218 -70.97% 5
North London - 2 - - 1
East London +4 1 - -
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 25 (13.23%) SharePoint
2 14 (7.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (5.82%) Confluence
4 7 (3.70%) nginx
5 1 (0.53%) CICS
5 1 (0.53%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.53%) Traefik
5 1 (0.53%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.65%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 65 (34.39%) Azure
2 62 (32.80%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (23.81%) Entra ID
4 44 (23.28%) AWS
5 17 (8.99%) OneDrive
5 17 (8.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 16 (8.47%) GCP
7 12 (6.35%) Amazon EC2
8 8 (4.23%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (4.23%) GitHub
9 7 (3.70%) Google Workspace
10 5 (2.65%) Akamai
10 5 (2.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 5 (2.65%) Datadog
10 5 (2.65%) SaaS
11 4 (2.12%) Amazon S3
11 4 (2.12%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (2.12%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (2.12%) Serverless
12 3 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 105 (55.56%) DNS
2 76 (40.21%) Firewall
3 67 (35.45%) VPN
4 50 (26.46%) DHCP
5 45 (23.81%) Network Security
6 33 (17.46%) HTTP
7 27 (14.29%) SSL
8 25 (13.23%) WAN
9 21 (11.11%) BGP
9 21 (11.11%) LAN
10 15 (7.94%) VLAN
10 15 (7.94%) Wi-Fi
11 14 (7.41%) Wireless
12 11 (5.82%) Internet
13 9 (4.76%) DMZ
14 8 (4.23%) HTTPS
14 8 (4.23%) OSPF
15 7 (3.70%) Cisco IOS
15 7 (3.70%) Ethernet
16 6 (3.17%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.76%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.06%) MySQL
3 2 (1.06%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.06%) SQLite
4 1 (0.53%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.53%) Cloud Spanner
4 1 (0.53%) KDB
4 1 (0.53%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 18 (9.52%) Git
2 15 (7.94%) JIRA
3 6 (3.17%) GitLab
4 5 (2.65%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (2.12%) Artifactory
5 4 (2.12%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.06%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.06%) Subversion
7 1 (0.53%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.53%) MSI
7 1 (0.53%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio
General
1 80 (42.33%) Social Skills
2 39 (20.63%) Finance
3 27 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (8.99%) Banking
5 12 (6.35%) Telecoms
6 10 (5.29%) Front Office
7 9 (4.76%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.17%) Investment Banking
9 5 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.12%) Automotive
11 2 (1.06%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.06%) Games
11 2 (1.06%) Japanese Language
12 1 (0.53%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.53%) Korean Language
12 1 (0.53%) Law
12 1 (0.53%) Local Government
12 1 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.53%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.53%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 35 (18.52%) Support Engineer
2 30 (15.87%) Network Engineer
3 23 (12.17%) Senior
4 21 (11.11%) Analyst
5 19 (10.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (9.52%) Security Engineer
7 13 (6.88%) IT Engineer
7 13 (6.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (6.35%) IT Support
8 12 (6.35%) IT Support Engineer
8 12 (6.35%) Linux Engineer
9 10 (5.29%) Architect
9 10 (5.29%) Support Analyst
10 9 (4.76%) AWS Engineer
11 8 (4.23%) Desktop Analyst
11 8 (4.23%) Desktop Support
11 8 (4.23%) Desktop Support Analyst
11 8 (4.23%) Web Engineer
12 7 (3.70%) Technical Engineer
12 7 (3.70%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.88%) SAML
2 8 (4.23%) .NET
3 5 (2.65%) LDAP
4 4 (2.12%) 802.1X
4 4 (2.12%) boto
4 4 (2.12%) OAuth
4 4 (2.12%) WinForms
5 3 (1.59%) ARM Templates
5 3 (1.59%) HTML
5 3 (1.59%) REST
6 2 (1.06%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.06%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.06%) Blazor
6 2 (1.06%) eBPF
6 2 (1.06%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (1.06%) Middleware
6 2 (1.06%) Mojolicious
6 2 (1.06%) Software Packaging
6 2 (1.06%) SPNEGO
Miscellaneous
1 30 (15.87%) Onboarding
2 21 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 12 (6.35%) Linux Command Line
4 11 (5.82%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (4.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 7 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (3.70%) Security Posture
7 6 (3.17%) Client/Server
7 6 (3.17%) PKI
8 5 (2.65%) Distributed Applications
8 5 (2.65%) Security Operations Centre
8 5 (2.65%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (2.12%) iPhone
9 4 (2.12%) Mainframe
9 4 (2.12%) Management Information System
9 4 (2.12%) Public Cloud
9 4 (2.12%) Robotics
10 3 (1.59%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.59%) CMDB
10 3 (1.59%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 78 (41.27%) Windows
2 38 (20.11%) Linux
3 22 (11.64%) Windows Server
4 17 (8.99%) Windows 10
5 16 (8.47%) Mac OS
6 11 (5.82%) Ubuntu
7 7 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (3.70%) Unix
8 5 (2.65%) Android
9 4 (2.12%) zOS
10 3 (1.59%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.53%) CentOS
11 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (17.46%) ITIL
3 30 (15.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 27 (14.29%) DevOps
5 25 (13.23%) Customer Service
5 25 (13.23%) Incident Response
5 25 (13.23%) ITSM
6 24 (12.70%) Migration
7 23 (12.17%) Runbook
7 23 (12.17%) Service Management
8 22 (11.64%) Incident Management
9 21 (11.11%) Change Management
10 19 (10.05%) High Availability
11 18 (9.52%) Load Balancing
11 18 (9.52%) SIEM
12 17 (8.99%) CI/CD
13 15 (7.94%) Agile
13 15 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (7.94%) Infrastructure as Code
14 13 (6.88%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 56 (29.63%) Python
2 35 (18.52%) PowerShell
3 26 (13.76%) Bash
4 10 (5.29%) C++
5 7 (3.70%) SQL
6 6 (3.17%) Java
7 5 (2.65%) C
8 4 (2.12%) C#
8 4 (2.12%) JavaScript
8 4 (2.12%) Perl
9 3 (1.59%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.06%) Go
10 2 (1.06%) Korn
10 2 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (1.06%) Objective-C
10 2 (1.06%) VBScript
11 1 (0.53%) Bicep
11 1 (0.53%) Rust
Qualifications
1 23 (12.17%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (11.11%) Degree
3 20 (10.58%) CCNP
4 18 (9.52%) Security Cleared
5 15 (7.94%) CCNA
6 14 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (6.35%) SC Cleared
8 11 (5.82%) CISSP
9 9 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (4.23%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (3.17%) A+ Certification
12 4 (2.12%) Azure Certification
12 4 (2.12%) CCIE
12 4 (2.12%) CISM
12 4 (2.12%) DV Cleared
12 4 (2.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 4 (2.12%) JNCIP
12 4 (2.12%) JNCIS
13 3 (1.59%) MCSA
14 2 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.35%) SLA
2 7 (3.70%) NIST
3 5 (2.65%) GDPR
3 5 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.59%) QA
5 2 (1.06%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (1.06%) NCSC
5 2 (1.06%) NIST 800
5 2 (1.06%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 54 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.23%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (3.17%) Squid
5 5 (2.65%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (2.12%) Docker
6 4 (2.12%) vSphere
7 2 (1.06%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.53%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.53%) Firmware
8 1 (0.53%) NFS
8 1 (0.53%) RACF
8 1 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (13.76%) Ansible
2 25 (13.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 24 (12.70%) Terraform
4 18 (9.52%) Single Sign-On
5 13 (6.88%) Grafana
5 13 (6.88%) SCCM
6 11 (5.82%) FortiGate
7 8 (4.23%) Kubernetes
8 7 (3.70%) WSUS
9 6 (3.17%) systemd
10 4 (2.12%) Suricata
11 3 (1.59%) Prometheus
11 3 (1.59%) SELinux
11 3 (1.59%) Tivoli NetView
12 2 (1.06%) QRadar
13 1 (0.53%) Consul
13 1 (0.53%) HAProxy
13 1 (0.53%) ITRS Geneos
13 1 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.53%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 76 (40.21%) Microsoft
2 33 (17.46%) Cisco
3 20 (10.58%) Zscaler
4 17 (8.99%) ServiceNow
5 14 (7.41%) VMware
6 12 (6.35%) Citrix
6 12 (6.35%) F5
6 12 (6.35%) Juniper
7 10 (5.29%) Bloomberg
7 10 (5.29%) Fortinet
8 9 (4.76%) Netskope
8 9 (4.76%) Splunk
9 8 (4.23%) Google
10 7 (3.70%) Okta
11 6 (3.17%) Arista
11 6 (3.17%) Blue Coat
11 6 (3.17%) ION Trading
11 6 (3.17%) Red Hat
11 6 (3.17%) Remedy
11 6 (3.17%) Reuters