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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 227 258
Rank change year-on-year -56 +31 0
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 121 135 135
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.73% 1.05% 0.74%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.81% 10.21% 7.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 93 75
10th Percentile £263 £271 £188
25th Percentile £385 £413 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £650 £608
90th Percentile £588 £738 £705
England median daily rate £477 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -9.24% +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 £41.94 £52.25 £47.00
% change year-on-year -19.73% +11.18% -24.87%

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 1,374 1,322 1,792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.25% 10.30% 9.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 902 839 1,173
10th Percentile £263 £263 £205
25th Percentile £407 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year +1.65% +2.04% -10.91%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £613
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 16 66
10th Percentile £20.31 £24.66 £14.48
25th Percentile £22.21 £27.47 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.47 £38.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.84% +75.00% -27.87%
75th Percentile £38.75 £49.06 £41.25
90th Percentile £94.75 £62.25 £60.00
England median hourly rate £36.00 £35.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year +0.70% +10.00% +71.05%

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 22 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 22 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 -28 4 £443 -23.04% 10
East London -4 2 - - 1
West London - 1 £275 - 4
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 10 (8.26%) nginx
2 9 (7.44%) Confluence
3 2 (1.65%) OpenStack
3 2 (1.65%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.83%) Apache
4 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.83%) Traefik
Applications
1 1 (0.83%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.83%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.83%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 42 (34.71%) AWS
2 33 (27.27%) Azure
3 27 (22.31%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (14.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 14 (11.57%) Amazon S3
5 14 (11.57%) Route 53
6 12 (9.92%) Amazon EC2
6 12 (9.92%) GCP
7 11 (9.09%) AWS Lambda
7 11 (9.09%) Serverless
8 10 (8.26%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (6.61%) Entra ID
10 7 (5.79%) Google Workspace
11 4 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (2.48%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (1.65%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 2 (1.65%) Azure Sentinel
13 2 (1.65%) GitHub
13 2 (1.65%) Google Drive
13 2 (1.65%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 62 (51.24%) DNS
2 52 (42.98%) Firewall
2 52 (42.98%) VPN
3 26 (21.49%) DHCP
4 23 (19.01%) Network Security
5 18 (14.88%) WAN
6 14 (11.57%) HTTP
7 12 (9.92%) VLAN
8 11 (9.09%) LAN
8 11 (9.09%) SSL
9 10 (8.26%) BGP
9 10 (8.26%) Internet
9 10 (8.26%) OSPF
10 9 (7.44%) Multicast
10 9 (7.44%) OpenVPN
10 9 (7.44%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (4.96%) APPN
11 6 (4.96%) DMZ
11 6 (4.96%) SNA
12 5 (4.13%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.09%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (3.31%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.83%) MySQL
3 1 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (10.74%) JIRA
2 11 (9.09%) GitLab
3 7 (5.79%) Bitbucket
3 7 (5.79%) SonarQube
4 5 (4.13%) Git
5 4 (3.31%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (2.48%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.83%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.83%) GCC
7 1 (0.83%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.83%) Maven
7 1 (0.83%) MSI
7 1 (0.83%) Subversion
General
1 48 (39.67%) Social Skills
2 26 (21.49%) Finance
3 12 (9.92%) Front Office
4 10 (8.26%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (8.26%) Banking
4 10 (8.26%) Documentation Skills
4 10 (8.26%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.79%) Investment Banking
5 7 (5.79%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (4.96%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.65%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.65%) Military
9 2 (1.65%) Spanish Language
10 1 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.83%) Legal
10 1 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.83%) Police
Job Titles
1 28 (23.14%) Network Engineer
2 18 (14.88%) Architect
2 18 (14.88%) Support Engineer
3 12 (9.92%) Analyst
4 9 (7.44%) Security Engineer
5 7 (5.79%) AWS Architect
5 7 (5.79%) Help Desk Analyst
5 7 (5.79%) Technical Architect
6 6 (4.96%) Developer
6 6 (4.96%) IT Analyst
6 6 (4.96%) Junior
6 6 (4.96%) Senior
6 6 (4.96%) Support Technician
6 6 (4.96%) Technical Engineer
6 6 (4.96%) Technical Support
6 6 (4.96%) Technical Support Engineer
6 6 (4.96%) Web Engineer
7 5 (4.13%) Desktop Engineer
7 5 (4.13%) Integration Engineer
7 5 (4.13%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.92%) LDAP
2 10 (8.26%) OpenID
3 7 (5.79%) SAML
4 6 (4.96%) Middleware
5 5 (4.13%) FIX Protocol
6 4 (3.31%) OAuth
6 4 (3.31%) Ultra Messaging
7 3 (2.48%) 802.1X
7 3 (2.48%) ARM Templates
7 3 (2.48%) React
8 2 (1.65%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.65%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (1.65%) Bootstrap
8 2 (1.65%) eBPF
8 2 (1.65%) Express.js
8 2 (1.65%) Loki
8 2 (1.65%) SOAP
8 2 (1.65%) WCF
8 2 (1.65%) Web Services
8 2 (1.65%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.26%) Data Centre
2 7 (5.79%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.96%) Mainframe
3 6 (4.96%) Public Cloud
4 4 (3.31%) Enterprise Storage
5 3 (2.48%) Client/Server
5 3 (2.48%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.48%) FPGA
5 3 (2.48%) PKI
6 2 (1.65%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.65%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (1.65%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.65%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.65%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.83%) Anti-Spyware
7 1 (0.83%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 40 (33.06%) Windows
2 17 (14.05%) Linux
3 7 (5.79%) Windows 10
3 7 (5.79%) Windows Server
4 6 (4.96%) zOS
5 4 (3.31%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.48%) Android
6 3 (2.48%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.83%) Unix
7 1 (0.83%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (16.53%) DevOps
3 19 (15.70%) Roadmaps
4 17 (14.05%) Agile
5 16 (13.22%) Decision-Making
6 15 (12.40%) Infrastructure as Code
7 14 (11.57%) ITIL
8 13 (10.74%) SIEM
9 12 (9.92%) Incident Response
9 12 (9.92%) Security Operations
10 11 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (9.09%) Information Security
11 10 (8.26%) Performance Tuning
12 9 (7.44%) Network Design
12 9 (7.44%) Observability
12 9 (7.44%) Service Management
13 8 (6.61%) Capacity Planning
13 8 (6.61%) Low Latency
13 8 (6.61%) Root Cause Analysis
13 8 (6.61%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 31 (25.62%) Python
2 23 (19.01%) PowerShell
3 22 (18.18%) Bash
4 5 (4.13%) C
5 4 (3.31%) SQL
6 3 (2.48%) C#
6 3 (2.48%) C++
7 2 (1.65%) Go
7 2 (1.65%) Java
7 2 (1.65%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (1.65%) Perl
7 2 (1.65%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.83%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.83%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.83%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 26 (21.49%) Security Cleared
2 21 (17.36%) SC Cleared
3 13 (10.74%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (9.09%) CCNP
5 7 (5.79%) Degree
6 6 (4.96%) CCNA
6 6 (4.96%) DV Cleared
7 5 (4.13%) Azure Certification
7 5 (4.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (4.13%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (3.31%) CISSP
8 4 (3.31%) JNCIS
8 4 (3.31%) MCSA
9 3 (2.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 3 (2.48%) JNCIP
10 2 (1.65%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.83%) CCSP
11 1 (0.83%) JNCIA
11 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.96%) GDPR
2 5 (4.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.48%) NIST
4 1 (0.83%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (14.05%) Active Directory
2 9 (7.44%) Squid
3 8 (6.61%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (2.48%) Docker
5 2 (1.65%) Ceph
5 2 (1.65%) Firmware
5 2 (1.65%) KVM
5 2 (1.65%) Lustre
5 2 (1.65%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 2 (1.65%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.83%) GPFS
6 1 (0.83%) iptables
6 1 (0.83%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.83%) NFS
6 1 (0.83%) Samba
6 1 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.83%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (18.18%) Terraform
2 20 (16.53%) SCCM
3 19 (15.70%) Prometheus
4 17 (14.05%) Ansible
4 17 (14.05%) Grafana
5 14 (11.57%) Kubernetes
5 14 (11.57%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (9.09%) FortiGate
7 9 (7.44%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (7.44%) WSUS
8 7 (5.79%) Consul
9 6 (4.96%) Tivoli NetView
10 4 (3.31%) ITRS Geneos
10 4 (3.31%) QRadar
11 2 (1.65%) Cilium
11 2 (1.65%) HAProxy
11 2 (1.65%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.83%) Salt
12 1 (0.83%) SELinux
Vendors
1 26 (21.49%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.92%) Red Hat
3 11 (9.09%) Palo Alto
4 10 (8.26%) Bloomberg
5 9 (7.44%) Atlassian
5 9 (7.44%) Cisco
5 9 (7.44%) Citrix
5 9 (7.44%) Dynatrace
5 9 (7.44%) Fortinet
6 8 (6.61%) F5
6 8 (6.61%) Zscaler
7 7 (5.79%) Reuters
7 7 (5.79%) ServiceNow
8 6 (4.96%) Google
8 6 (4.96%) IBM
8 6 (4.96%) ION Trading
8 6 (4.96%) Juniper
9 5 (4.13%) CheckPoint
9 5 (4.13%) Netskope
9 5 (4.13%) Sophos