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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 214 259
Rank change year-on-year -59 +45 +3
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 197 160 139
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.97% 1.19% 0.85%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.91% 12.03% 8.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 94 86
10th Percentile £174 £233 £225
25th Percentile £290 £368 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -19.13% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £545 £647 £640
90th Percentile £638 £750 £731
England median daily rate £465 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.11% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile £32.75 £24.72 -
25th Percentile £42.50 £32.61 -
Median hourly rate £62.00 £54.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.76% +172.50% -70.15%
75th Percentile £63.00 £62.75 -
90th Percentile £69.45 £63.05 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +29.49%

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 1,654 1,330 1,557
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.14% 9.87% 9.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,050 853 987
10th Percentile £293 £286 £256
25th Percentile £404 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £715 £712 £725
England median daily rate £500 £490 £506
% change year-on-year +2.04% -3.21% +1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 35 18
10th Percentile £19.50 £18.63 £22.66
25th Percentile £22.50 - £23.90
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -35.10% +47.62%
75th Percentile £95.00 £42.38 £57.94
90th Percentile £155.03 £60.35 £67.06
England median hourly rate £43.50 £39.66 £57.35
% change year-on-year +9.68% -30.85% +1.52%

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 25 September 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 25 September 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 25 September 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 26 £300 -38.46% 28
West London -27 5 £375 -50.00% 10
South London -14 4 - - 8
North London - 2 - - 1
East London - 1 - - 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 28 (14.21%) SharePoint
2 20 (10.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (5.58%) Confluence
4 4 (2.03%) nginx
5 3 (1.52%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.51%) CICS
6 1 (0.51%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (3.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.54%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 68 (34.52%) Microsoft 365
2 57 (28.93%) Azure
3 47 (23.86%) Entra ID
4 32 (16.24%) AWS
5 17 (8.63%) OneDrive
6 11 (5.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 8 (4.06%) Amazon EC2
7 8 (4.06%) GCP
7 8 (4.06%) GitHub
8 6 (3.05%) Google Workspace
8 6 (3.05%) SaaS
9 5 (2.54%) Akamai
9 5 (2.54%) Datadog
10 4 (2.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (2.03%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (2.03%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.52%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (1.02%) Cloudflare
12 2 (1.02%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 110 (55.84%) DNS
2 70 (35.53%) Firewall
3 63 (31.98%) DHCP
4 59 (29.95%) VPN
5 43 (21.83%) Network Security
6 32 (16.24%) HTTP
7 28 (14.21%) WAN
8 26 (13.20%) SSL
9 23 (11.68%) LAN
10 20 (10.15%) BGP
11 18 (9.14%) Wi-Fi
11 18 (9.14%) Wireless
12 16 (8.12%) VLAN
13 13 (6.60%) Internet
14 10 (5.08%) Kerberos
15 9 (4.57%) SAN
16 8 (4.06%) Ethernet
17 7 (3.55%) DMZ
17 7 (3.55%) OSPF
17 7 (3.55%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.11%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (4.06%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.06%) SQLite
3 4 (2.03%) MySQL
3 4 (2.03%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.52%) KDB
5 2 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.02%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.02%) Redis
6 1 (0.51%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.51%) Cloud Spanner
6 1 (0.51%) Kdb+
Development Applications
1 26 (13.20%) Git
2 17 (8.63%) JIRA
3 13 (6.60%) Jenkins
4 7 (3.55%) GitLab
5 5 (2.54%) Artifactory
6 2 (1.02%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.02%) Selenium
7 1 (0.51%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.51%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.51%) MSI
7 1 (0.51%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.51%) Subversion
7 1 (0.51%) Visual Studio
General
1 85 (43.15%) Social Skills
2 37 (18.78%) Finance
3 35 (17.77%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (8.63%) Banking
5 13 (6.60%) Front Office
6 12 (6.09%) Telecoms
7 10 (5.08%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.03%) Automotive
8 4 (2.03%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.52%) Local Government
10 1 (0.51%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.51%) Games
10 1 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.51%) Japanese Language
10 1 (0.51%) Law
10 1 (0.51%) Legal
10 1 (0.51%) Military
10 1 (0.51%) Retail
10 1 (0.51%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 39 (19.80%) Support Engineer
2 31 (15.74%) Network Engineer
3 24 (12.18%) Senior
4 22 (11.17%) Analyst
5 21 (10.66%) IT Engineer
5 21 (10.66%) IT Support
6 19 (9.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 19 (9.64%) IT Support Engineer
7 18 (9.14%) Linux Engineer
7 18 (9.14%) Security Engineer
8 13 (6.60%) Support Analyst
9 12 (6.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (4.57%) Desktop Analyst
10 9 (4.57%) Desktop Support
10 9 (4.57%) Desktop Support Analyst
10 9 (4.57%) Senior Network Engineer
11 8 (4.06%) AWS Engineer
11 8 (4.06%) Consultant
12 7 (3.55%) Automation Engineer
12 7 (3.55%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (10.15%) Terraform
2 9 (4.57%) .NET
2 9 (4.57%) SAML
3 8 (4.06%) SPNEGO
4 5 (2.54%) REST
4 5 (2.54%) Software Packaging
5 4 (2.03%) 802.1X
5 4 (2.03%) boto
5 4 (2.03%) Kafka
5 4 (2.03%) OpenTofu
5 4 (2.03%) WinForms
6 3 (1.52%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (1.52%) FIX Protocol
6 3 (1.52%) HTML
6 3 (1.52%) LDAP
7 2 (1.02%) eBPF
7 2 (1.02%) FastAPI
7 2 (1.02%) Jinja
7 2 (1.02%) Moose
7 2 (1.02%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 31 (15.74%) Onboarding
2 21 (10.66%) Data Centre
3 12 (6.09%) Linux Command Line
4 11 (5.58%) Cyber Threat
5 9 (4.57%) Enterprise Storage
5 9 (4.57%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (3.55%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (3.55%) Security Posture
7 6 (3.05%) Distributed Applications
7 6 (3.05%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 6 (3.05%) PKI
7 6 (3.05%) Security Operations Centre
8 5 (2.54%) Client/Server
8 5 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (2.54%) Management Information System
9 4 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (2.03%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (2.03%) Public Cloud
9 4 (2.03%) Robotics
9 4 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 89 (45.18%) Windows
2 52 (26.40%) Linux
3 25 (12.69%) Windows 10
4 24 (12.18%) Windows Server
5 23 (11.68%) Mac OS
6 13 (6.60%) Unix
7 12 (6.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (5.08%) Ubuntu
9 8 (4.06%) Android
10 6 (3.05%) Apple iOS
11 2 (1.02%) zOS
12 1 (0.51%) CentOS
12 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (22.34%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (17.77%) ITIL
3 31 (15.74%) DevOps
3 31 (15.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 30 (15.23%) Migration
5 29 (14.72%) Customer Service
5 29 (14.72%) Incident Response
5 29 (14.72%) ITSM
6 27 (13.71%) Incident Management
7 26 (13.20%) Change Management
7 26 (13.20%) CI/CD
8 22 (11.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (10.66%) Load Balancing
9 21 (10.66%) Runbook
9 21 (10.66%) Service Management
10 20 (10.15%) SIEM
11 19 (9.64%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (9.64%) User Experience
12 16 (8.12%) Agile
12 16 (8.12%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 61 (30.96%) Python
2 38 (19.29%) PowerShell
3 29 (14.72%) Bash
4 11 (5.58%) Perl
5 9 (4.57%) C++
5 9 (4.57%) SQL
6 8 (4.06%) Korn
7 7 (3.55%) Java
7 7 (3.55%) Shell Script
8 5 (2.54%) C#
9 3 (1.52%) C
9 3 (1.52%) Go
9 3 (1.52%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (1.52%) VBScript
10 2 (1.02%) Bicep
10 2 (1.02%) JavaScript
10 2 (1.02%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.51%) Rust
Qualifications
1 22 (11.17%) Degree
2 18 (9.14%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (7.61%) CCNP
3 15 (7.61%) Security Cleared
4 12 (6.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (5.58%) CCNA
5 11 (5.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (5.08%) CISSP
7 9 (4.57%) SC Cleared
8 8 (4.06%) Network+ Certification
9 6 (3.05%) A+ Certification
10 4 (2.03%) CCIE
10 4 (2.03%) CISM
10 4 (2.03%) DV Cleared
10 4 (2.03%) JNCIP
10 4 (2.03%) JNCIS
11 3 (1.52%) Azure Certification
12 2 (1.02%) CompTIA CySA+
12 2 (1.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (1.02%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.61%) SLA
2 5 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (2.54%) NIST
2 5 (2.54%) QA
3 3 (1.52%) GDPR
4 2 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.02%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (1.02%) NCSC
4 2 (1.02%) NIST 800
4 2 (1.02%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 64 (32.49%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.08%) Virtual Desktop
3 9 (4.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.54%) Docker
5 4 (2.03%) Squid
6 3 (1.52%) vSphere
7 2 (1.02%) Hyper-V
7 2 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.51%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.51%) Firmware
8 1 (0.51%) RACF
8 1 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.51%) zsh
Systems Management
1 32 (16.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (13.71%) Ansible
3 16 (8.12%) Grafana
4 14 (7.11%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (6.09%) SCCM
6 8 (4.06%) FortiGate
7 6 (3.05%) systemd
8 5 (2.54%) Kubernetes
8 5 (2.54%) Prometheus
9 4 (2.03%) Suricata
9 4 (2.03%) WSUS
10 3 (1.52%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (1.52%) SELinux
11 2 (1.02%) ITRS Geneos
12 1 (0.51%) CASB
12 1 (0.51%) PingFederate
12 1 (0.51%) Thomson Reuters DACS
12 1 (0.51%) Tivoli NetView
12 1 (0.51%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 83 (42.13%) Microsoft
2 35 (17.77%) Cisco
3 19 (9.64%) ServiceNow
3 19 (9.64%) Zscaler
4 17 (8.63%) VMware
5 16 (8.12%) F5
6 13 (6.60%) Splunk
7 11 (5.58%) Bloomberg
7 11 (5.58%) Juniper
8 10 (5.08%) Fortinet
9 9 (4.57%) Palo Alto
10 8 (4.06%) Citrix
10 8 (4.06%) NetApp
10 8 (4.06%) Okta
11 6 (3.05%) Apple
11 6 (3.05%) Arista
11 6 (3.05%) Google
11 6 (3.05%) Remedy
12 5 (2.54%) ION Trading
12 5 (2.54%) Netskope