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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 220 273
Rank change year-on-year -45 +53 -18
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 181 157 114
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.90% 1.15% 0.69%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.48% 11.18% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 98 78
10th Percentile £189 £212 £213
25th Percentile £313 £316 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £438
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +20.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £587
90th Percentile £638 £750 £650
England median daily rate £494 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -1.30% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 3
10th Percentile - £29.98 £16.80
25th Percentile £26.25 £45.75 £18.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £54.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.54% +172.50% -60.33%
75th Percentile £28.75 £63.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £47.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -27.69% - +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 1,577 1,404 1,558
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.86% 10.32% 9.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,024 919 1,047
10th Percentile £300 £279 £250
25th Percentile £413 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £623
90th Percentile £729 £715 £725
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 31 33
10th Percentile £18.68 £19.46 £15.60
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £16.86
Median hourly rate £26.00 £30.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +36.36% -37.14%
75th Percentile £53.75 £52.88 £48.75
90th Percentile £67.75 £63.25 £64.00
England median hourly rate £27.88 £45.00 £50.50
% change year-on-year -38.04% -10.89% +1.00%

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 31 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 31 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 -12 18 £375 -21.05% 13
South London -18 7 £513 -18.00% 8
West London -15 2 £218 -70.97% 7
North London - 2 - - 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 22 (12.15%) SharePoint
2 14 (7.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (6.08%) Confluence
4 9 (4.97%) nginx
5 1 (0.55%) CICS
5 1 (0.55%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.55%) Traefik
5 1 (0.55%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (3.87%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (3.87%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.76%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 61 (33.70%) Azure
2 55 (30.39%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (25.97%) AWS
4 39 (21.55%) Entra ID
5 20 (11.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 16 (8.84%) GCP
7 15 (8.29%) Amazon EC2
7 15 (8.29%) OneDrive
8 10 (5.52%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (4.42%) GitHub
10 7 (3.87%) Amazon S3
10 7 (3.87%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (3.87%) Google Workspace
10 7 (3.87%) Serverless
11 6 (3.31%) Route 53
12 5 (2.76%) Akamai
12 5 (2.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (2.76%) Datadog
12 5 (2.76%) SaaS
13 4 (2.21%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 103 (56.91%) DNS
2 77 (42.54%) Firewall
3 64 (35.36%) VPN
4 44 (24.31%) DHCP
5 43 (23.76%) Network Security
6 30 (16.57%) HTTP
7 24 (13.26%) SSL
8 23 (12.71%) WAN
9 19 (10.50%) BGP
10 18 (9.94%) LAN
11 16 (8.84%) VLAN
12 11 (6.08%) Wi-Fi
12 11 (6.08%) Wireless
13 10 (5.52%) Internet
14 8 (4.42%) DMZ
14 8 (4.42%) HTTPS
14 8 (4.42%) OpenVPN
15 7 (3.87%) Cisco IOS
15 7 (3.87%) Ethernet
15 7 (3.87%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.97%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.21%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.10%) MySQL
4 2 (1.10%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.10%) SQLite
5 1 (0.55%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.55%) Cloud Spanner
5 1 (0.55%) KDB
5 1 (0.55%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 18 (9.94%) Git
2 15 (8.29%) JIRA
3 7 (3.87%) GitLab
4 5 (2.76%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (2.21%) Artifactory
5 4 (2.21%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.66%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.10%) SonarQube
7 2 (1.10%) Subversion
8 1 (0.55%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.55%) MSI
8 1 (0.55%) Visual Studio
General
1 75 (41.44%) Social Skills
2 37 (20.44%) Finance
3 25 (13.81%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (9.39%) Banking
5 12 (6.63%) Telecoms
6 10 (5.52%) Public Sector
7 9 (4.97%) Front Office
8 7 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (3.31%) Investment Banking
10 4 (2.21%) Automotive
11 2 (1.10%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.10%) Games
11 2 (1.10%) Japanese Language
12 1 (0.55%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.55%) Korean Language
12 1 (0.55%) Local Government
12 1 (0.55%) Military
12 1 (0.55%) Retail
12 1 (0.55%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.55%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 31 (17.13%) Network Engineer
1 31 (17.13%) Support Engineer
2 21 (11.60%) Senior
3 20 (11.05%) Analyst
4 19 (10.50%) Security Engineer
5 17 (9.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 13 (7.18%) Architect
7 11 (6.08%) Linux Engineer
7 11 (6.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (5.52%) IT Engineer
9 9 (4.97%) AWS Engineer
9 9 (4.97%) IT Support
9 9 (4.97%) IT Support Engineer
9 9 (4.97%) Support Analyst
10 8 (4.42%) Network Security Engineer
10 8 (4.42%) Web Engineer
11 7 (3.87%) Cloud Engineer
11 7 (3.87%) Desktop Analyst
11 7 (3.87%) Integration Engineer
11 7 (3.87%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.18%) SAML
2 8 (4.42%) .NET
3 7 (3.87%) LDAP
4 4 (2.21%) 802.1X
4 4 (2.21%) ARM Templates
4 4 (2.21%) boto
4 4 (2.21%) OAuth
4 4 (2.21%) OpenID
4 4 (2.21%) WinForms
5 3 (1.66%) eBPF
5 3 (1.66%) HTML
5 3 (1.66%) REST
6 2 (1.10%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.10%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.10%) Blazor
6 2 (1.10%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (1.10%) HTML5
6 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (1.10%) Moose
6 2 (1.10%) SPNEGO
Miscellaneous
1 25 (13.81%) Onboarding
2 20 (11.05%) Data Centre
3 11 (6.08%) Cyber Threat
3 11 (6.08%) Linux Command Line
4 8 (4.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 7 (3.87%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (3.87%) PKI
5 7 (3.87%) Security Posture
6 6 (3.31%) Client/Server
7 5 (2.76%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (2.21%) Enterprise Storage
8 4 (2.21%) iPhone
8 4 (2.21%) Public Cloud
8 4 (2.21%) Robotics
9 3 (1.66%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.66%) CMDB
9 3 (1.66%) iPad
9 3 (1.66%) Mainframe
9 3 (1.66%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.66%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 72 (39.78%) Windows
2 36 (19.89%) Linux
3 22 (12.15%) Windows Server
4 16 (8.84%) Mac OS
4 16 (8.84%) Windows 10
5 11 (6.08%) Ubuntu
6 7 (3.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (3.31%) Unix
8 5 (2.76%) Android
9 3 (1.66%) Apple iOS
9 3 (1.66%) zOS
10 1 (0.55%) CentOS
10 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (23.20%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (16.57%) ITIL
3 29 (16.02%) DevOps
4 26 (14.36%) Incident Response
4 26 (14.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 24 (13.26%) Migration
6 22 (12.15%) Service Management
7 21 (11.60%) Customer Service
7 21 (11.60%) Runbook
8 20 (11.05%) Change Management
8 20 (11.05%) ITSM
9 18 (9.94%) Incident Management
9 18 (9.94%) SIEM
10 17 (9.39%) High Availability
11 16 (8.84%) CI/CD
11 16 (8.84%) Infrastructure as Code
11 16 (8.84%) Load Balancing
12 14 (7.73%) Agile
13 13 (7.18%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (7.18%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 54 (29.83%) Python
2 34 (18.78%) PowerShell
3 27 (14.92%) Bash
4 9 (4.97%) C++
5 7 (3.87%) SQL
6 6 (3.31%) Java
7 5 (2.76%) C
8 4 (2.21%) C#
8 4 (2.21%) JavaScript
9 3 (1.66%) Perl
10 2 (1.10%) Go
10 2 (1.10%) Korn
10 2 (1.10%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (1.10%) Objective-C
10 2 (1.10%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.55%) Bicep
11 1 (0.55%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 21 (11.60%) Cisco Certification
2 20 (11.05%) Security Cleared
3 19 (10.50%) Degree
4 18 (9.94%) CCNP
5 14 (7.73%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (7.73%) SC Cleared
6 13 (7.18%) CCNA
7 11 (6.08%) CISSP
8 8 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (4.42%) Network+ Certification
9 6 (3.31%) A+ Certification
10 4 (2.21%) Azure Certification
10 4 (2.21%) CCIE
10 4 (2.21%) CISM
10 4 (2.21%) DV Cleared
10 4 (2.21%) JNCIP
10 4 (2.21%) JNCIS
11 3 (1.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (1.66%) MCSA
12 2 (1.10%) CCIE Security
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.63%) SLA
2 7 (3.87%) NIST
3 5 (2.76%) GDPR
3 5 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.66%) QA
5 2 (1.10%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (1.10%) NCSC
5 2 (1.10%) NIST 800
5 2 (1.10%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 47 (25.97%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.42%) Squid
4 7 (3.87%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (3.31%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (2.76%) Docker
7 4 (2.21%) vSphere
8 2 (1.10%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.55%) NFS
9 1 (0.55%) RACF
9 1 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 26 (14.36%) Ansible
2 25 (13.81%) Terraform
3 22 (12.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (11.05%) Single Sign-On
5 16 (8.84%) Grafana
6 12 (6.63%) Kubernetes
6 12 (6.63%) SCCM
7 10 (5.52%) FortiGate
8 7 (3.87%) WSUS
9 6 (3.31%) Prometheus
9 6 (3.31%) systemd
10 4 (2.21%) Suricata
11 3 (1.66%) SELinux
12 2 (1.10%) Consul
12 2 (1.10%) QRadar
12 2 (1.10%) Tivoli NetView
13 1 (0.55%) CASB
13 1 (0.55%) Istio
13 1 (0.55%) PingFederate
13 1 (0.55%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 69 (38.12%) Microsoft
2 32 (17.68%) Cisco
3 21 (11.60%) Zscaler
4 16 (8.84%) ServiceNow
5 13 (7.18%) VMware
6 12 (6.63%) Citrix
6 12 (6.63%) Juniper
7 10 (5.52%) Bloomberg
7 10 (5.52%) Fortinet
7 10 (5.52%) Netskope
8 9 (4.97%) F5
9 8 (4.42%) Google
9 8 (4.42%) Red Hat
9 8 (4.42%) Splunk
10 7 (3.87%) Okta
11 6 (3.31%) Apple
11 6 (3.31%) Dynatrace
11 6 (3.31%) ION Trading
11 6 (3.31%) Palo Alto
11 6 (3.31%) Reuters