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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 220 275
Rank change year-on-year -39 +55 -23
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 189 156 116
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.94% 1.15% 0.72%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.78% 11.34% 7.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 98 76
10th Percentile £189 £221 £216
25th Percentile £302 £331 £261
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £563 £438
Median % change year-on-year -14.22% +28.57% -16.67%
75th Percentile £550 £647 £575
90th Percentile £638 £775 £648
England median daily rate £498 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -0.50% +11.11% -5.26%
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 £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +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 1,605 1,376 1,535
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.99% 10.17% 9.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,043 896 1,021
10th Percentile £305 £287 £250
25th Percentile £413 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -2.44% -6.82%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £619
90th Percentile £725 £716 £703
England median daily rate £500 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +0.97% -0.96% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 33 31
10th Percentile £19.34 £20.32 £16.24
25th Percentile £19.50 - £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £25.15 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +9.34% +5.67% -34.87%
75th Percentile £53.75 £50.00 £50.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £62.05 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.75 £44.00 £54.88
% change year-on-year -36.93% -19.82% -0.23%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 -22 18 £425 -12.82% 13
South London -12 6 £506 -19.00% 4
West London -17 2 £218 -70.97% 4
North London - 2 - - 1
East London 0 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 26 (13.76%) 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 64 (33.86%) Azure
2 63 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (24.34%) Entra ID
4 43 (22.75%) AWS
5 18 (9.52%) OneDrive
6 17 (8.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 15 (7.94%) GCP
8 12 (6.35%) Amazon EC2
9 8 (4.23%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (4.23%) GitHub
10 7 (3.70%) Google Workspace
11 5 (2.65%) Akamai
11 5 (2.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (2.65%) Datadog
11 5 (2.65%) SaaS
12 4 (2.12%) Amazon S3
12 4 (2.12%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (2.12%) Serverless
13 3 (1.59%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (1.59%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 104 (55.03%) DNS
2 74 (39.15%) Firewall
3 66 (34.92%) VPN
4 49 (25.93%) DHCP
5 43 (22.75%) Network Security
6 34 (17.99%) HTTP
7 27 (14.29%) SSL
8 25 (13.23%) WAN
9 21 (11.11%) LAN
10 20 (10.58%) BGP
11 16 (8.47%) Wi-Fi
12 15 (7.94%) VLAN
13 14 (7.41%) Wireless
14 11 (5.82%) Internet
15 9 (4.76%) DMZ
16 8 (4.23%) HTTPS
17 7 (3.70%) Cisco IOS
17 7 (3.70%) Ethernet
17 7 (3.70%) OSPF
18 6 (3.17%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.29%) 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 19 (10.05%) Git
2 16 (8.47%) JIRA
3 5 (2.65%) Artifactory
3 5 (2.65%) Browser DevTools
3 5 (2.65%) GitLab
3 5 (2.65%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.59%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.06%) Subversion
6 1 (0.53%) Fiddler
6 1 (0.53%) MSI
6 1 (0.53%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio
General
1 82 (43.39%) 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 4 (2.12%) Automotive
9 4 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.06%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.06%) Games
10 2 (1.06%) Japanese Language
11 1 (0.53%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.53%) Law
11 1 (0.53%) Legal
11 1 (0.53%) Local Government
11 1 (0.53%) Military
11 1 (0.53%) Retail
11 1 (0.53%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 37 (19.58%) Support Engineer
2 29 (15.34%) Network Engineer
3 23 (12.17%) Senior
4 22 (11.64%) Analyst
5 19 (10.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (8.99%) Security Engineer
7 14 (7.41%) IT Engineer
8 13 (6.88%) IT Support
8 13 (6.88%) IT Support Engineer
8 13 (6.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (6.35%) Linux Engineer
10 10 (5.29%) Architect
10 10 (5.29%) Support Analyst
11 9 (4.76%) AWS Engineer
12 8 (4.23%) Desktop Analyst
12 8 (4.23%) Desktop Support
12 8 (4.23%) Desktop Support Analyst
12 8 (4.23%) Web Engineer
13 7 (3.70%) Applications Support
13 7 (3.70%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.88%) SAML
2 9 (4.76%) .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%) REST
6 2 (1.06%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.06%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.06%) Blazor
6 2 (1.06%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (1.06%) HTML
6 2 (1.06%) HTML5
6 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (1.06%) Middleware
6 2 (1.06%) Moose
6 2 (1.06%) OpenID
6 2 (1.06%) Software Packaging
6 2 (1.06%) SPNEGO
Miscellaneous
1 31 (16.40%) Onboarding
2 20 (10.58%) 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
7 6 (3.17%) Client/Server
7 6 (3.17%) Distributed Applications
7 6 (3.17%) PKI
7 6 (3.17%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (3.17%) Security Posture
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 80 (42.33%) Windows
2 40 (21.16%) Linux
3 23 (12.17%) Windows Server
4 17 (8.99%) Windows 10
5 16 (8.47%) Mac OS
6 11 (5.82%) Ubuntu
7 8 (4.23%) Unix
8 7 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (2.65%) Android
10 4 (2.12%) zOS
11 3 (1.59%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.53%) CentOS
12 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (23.28%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (16.93%) ITIL
3 31 (16.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 28 (14.81%) DevOps
5 27 (14.29%) ITSM
6 26 (13.76%) Customer Service
6 26 (13.76%) Incident Response
7 24 (12.70%) Migration
8 23 (12.17%) Incident Management
8 23 (12.17%) Runbook
8 23 (12.17%) Service Management
9 20 (10.58%) Change Management
10 19 (10.05%) Load Balancing
11 18 (9.52%) CI/CD
11 18 (9.52%) High Availability
11 18 (9.52%) SIEM
12 16 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (7.94%) Agile
14 14 (7.41%) Root Cause Analysis
15 13 (6.88%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (29.63%) Python
2 36 (19.05%) PowerShell
3 25 (13.23%) Bash
4 10 (5.29%) C++
5 7 (3.70%) Java
6 6 (3.17%) SQL
7 5 (2.65%) Perl
8 4 (2.12%) C
8 4 (2.12%) C#
9 3 (1.59%) JavaScript
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 21 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
1 21 (11.11%) Degree
2 18 (9.52%) CCNP
2 18 (9.52%) Security Cleared
3 14 (7.41%) CCNA
3 14 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (6.35%) SC Cleared
5 10 (5.29%) CISSP
6 9 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (4.23%) Network+ Certification
8 6 (3.17%) A+ Certification
9 4 (2.12%) Azure Certification
9 4 (2.12%) CCIE
9 4 (2.12%) CISM
9 4 (2.12%) DV Cleared
9 4 (2.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (2.12%) JNCIP
9 4 (2.12%) JNCIS
10 3 (1.59%) MCSA
11 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 55 (29.10%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.23%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (3.17%) Squid
5 4 (2.12%) vSphere
6 3 (1.59%) Docker
6 3 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
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 25 (13.23%) Ansible
1 25 (13.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (12.17%) Terraform
3 18 (9.52%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (7.41%) 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%) ITRS Geneos
13 1 (0.53%) CASB
13 1 (0.53%) HAProxy
13 1 (0.53%) Istio
13 1 (0.53%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.53%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 77 (40.74%) Microsoft
2 33 (17.46%) Cisco
3 19 (10.05%) Zscaler
4 18 (9.52%) ServiceNow
5 14 (7.41%) VMware
6 13 (6.88%) F5
7 12 (6.35%) Citrix
7 12 (6.35%) Juniper
8 10 (5.29%) Bloomberg
8 10 (5.29%) Fortinet
9 9 (4.76%) Netskope
9 9 (4.76%) Splunk
10 8 (4.23%) Google
11 7 (3.70%) ION Trading
11 7 (3.70%) Okta
12 6 (3.17%) Apple
12 6 (3.17%) Arista
12 6 (3.17%) Red Hat
12 6 (3.17%) Remedy
12 6 (3.17%) Reuters