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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 217 254
Rank change year-on-year -69 +37 +1
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 113 139 139
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.70% 1.08% 0.76%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 8.44% 10.57% 7.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 94 79
10th Percentile £271 £276 £188
25th Percentile £396 £425 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £519 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.14% +3.75% -9.09%
75th Percentile £544 £653 £608
90th Percentile £582 £738 £698
England median daily rate £473 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -10.00% +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 £40.72 £54.50 £53.44
% change year-on-year -25.28% +1.98% -17.78%

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 1,339 1,315 1,834
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 8.27% 10.19% 10.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 881 831 1,197
10th Percentile £258 £255 £200
25th Percentile £406 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.10% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £619
90th Percentile £694 £738 £750
England median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 14 73
10th Percentile £20.82 £24.66 £14.68
25th Percentile £25.15 £25.60 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.47 £36.25 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.74% +64.77% -14.43%
75th Percentile £39.32 £47.50 £41.25
90th Percentile £95.00 £59.28 £61.40
England median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% -12.50% +110.53%

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 12 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 12 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 -7 7 £519 +9.17%
Central London -39 4 £443 -26.25% 12
East London 0 2 - -
West London - 2 £280 - 2
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 9 (7.96%) Confluence
1 9 (7.96%) nginx
2 2 (1.77%) OpenStack
2 2 (1.77%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.88%) Apache
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.88%) Traefik
Applications
1 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (0.88%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 39 (34.51%) AWS
2 32 (28.32%) Azure
3 24 (21.24%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (13.27%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 12 (10.62%) Amazon S3
5 12 (10.62%) Route 53
6 11 (9.73%) GCP
7 10 (8.85%) Amazon EC2
8 9 (7.96%) Amazon EKS
8 9 (7.96%) AWS Lambda
8 9 (7.96%) Serverless
9 8 (7.08%) Entra ID
10 4 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (3.54%) Google Workspace
11 3 (2.65%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (1.77%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 2 (1.77%) Azure Sentinel
12 2 (1.77%) GitHub
12 2 (1.77%) Google Drive
12 2 (1.77%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 59 (52.21%) DNS
2 47 (41.59%) VPN
3 45 (39.82%) Firewall
4 27 (23.89%) DHCP
5 20 (17.70%) Network Security
6 16 (14.16%) WAN
7 13 (11.50%) HTTP
8 11 (9.73%) VLAN
9 10 (8.85%) BGP
9 10 (8.85%) Internet
9 10 (8.85%) LAN
9 10 (8.85%) OSPF
9 10 (8.85%) SSL
10 9 (7.96%) Multicast
11 8 (7.08%) OpenVPN
11 8 (7.08%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (4.42%) APPN
12 5 (4.42%) NGFW
12 5 (4.42%) SNA
13 4 (3.54%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.85%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (3.54%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.88%) MySQL
3 1 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (11.50%) JIRA
2 11 (9.73%) GitLab
3 7 (6.19%) Bitbucket
3 7 (6.19%) SonarQube
4 5 (4.42%) Git
5 4 (3.54%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (2.65%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.88%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.88%) GCC
7 1 (0.88%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.88%) Maven
7 1 (0.88%) MSI
7 1 (0.88%) Subversion
General
1 41 (36.28%) Social Skills
2 22 (19.47%) Finance
3 11 (9.73%) Public Sector
4 10 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (7.96%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (7.96%) Front Office
6 8 (7.08%) Banking
7 7 (6.19%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (4.42%) Investment Banking
8 5 (4.42%) Telecoms
9 4 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.77%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.77%) Military
11 2 (1.77%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.88%) Legal
12 1 (0.88%) Police
12 1 (0.88%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 27 (23.89%) Network Engineer
2 19 (16.81%) Support Engineer
3 15 (13.27%) Architect
4 10 (8.85%) Security Engineer
5 9 (7.96%) Analyst
6 7 (6.19%) Technical Architect
7 6 (5.31%) Desktop Engineer
7 6 (5.31%) Desktop Support
7 6 (5.31%) Developer
7 6 (5.31%) Junior
7 6 (5.31%) Operations Engineer
7 6 (5.31%) Senior
7 6 (5.31%) Support Technician
7 6 (5.31%) Technical Engineer
7 6 (5.31%) Technical Support
7 6 (5.31%) Technical Support Engineer
8 5 (4.42%) 1st Line Technical Support
8 5 (4.42%) AWS Architect
8 5 (4.42%) IT Engineer
8 5 (4.42%) Junior Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.73%) LDAP
2 9 (7.96%) OpenID
3 7 (6.19%) SAML
4 6 (5.31%) Middleware
5 5 (4.42%) FIX Protocol
6 4 (3.54%) OAuth
6 4 (3.54%) Ultra Messaging
7 3 (2.65%) 802.1X
7 3 (2.65%) ARM Templates
7 3 (2.65%) React
8 2 (1.77%) .NET
8 2 (1.77%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.77%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (1.77%) Bootstrap
8 2 (1.77%) eBPF
8 2 (1.77%) Express.js
8 2 (1.77%) Loki
8 2 (1.77%) SOAP
8 2 (1.77%) WCF
8 2 (1.77%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.85%) Data Centre
2 6 (5.31%) Public Cloud
3 5 (4.42%) Mainframe
4 4 (3.54%) Enterprise Storage
4 4 (3.54%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.65%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.65%) FPGA
5 3 (2.65%) PKI
6 2 (1.77%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.77%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.77%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (1.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.77%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.77%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.88%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (0.88%) Fixed Income
7 1 (0.88%) Grid Computing
7 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.88%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 38 (33.63%) Windows
2 17 (15.04%) Linux
3 7 (6.19%) Windows Server
4 6 (5.31%) Windows 10
5 5 (4.42%) Mac OS
5 5 (4.42%) zOS
6 3 (2.65%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.77%) Android
8 1 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.88%) Unix
8 1 (0.88%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (23.89%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (16.81%) DevOps
3 17 (15.04%) Roadmaps
4 15 (13.27%) Agile
4 15 (13.27%) Infrastructure as Code
5 14 (12.39%) Decision-Making
6 13 (11.50%) SIEM
7 12 (10.62%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (10.62%) Incident Response
7 12 (10.62%) Security Operations
8 11 (9.73%) Information Security
8 11 (9.73%) ITIL
9 10 (8.85%) Performance Tuning
10 8 (7.08%) Capacity Planning
10 8 (7.08%) Low Latency
10 8 (7.08%) Network Design
10 8 (7.08%) Observability
10 8 (7.08%) Root Cause Analysis
10 8 (7.08%) Runbook
11 7 (6.19%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 30 (26.55%) Python
2 21 (18.58%) Bash
3 20 (17.70%) PowerShell
4 5 (4.42%) C
5 4 (3.54%) SQL
6 3 (2.65%) C#
6 3 (2.65%) C++
7 2 (1.77%) Go
7 2 (1.77%) Java
7 2 (1.77%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (1.77%) Perl
7 2 (1.77%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.88%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.88%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.88%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 25 (22.12%) Security Cleared
2 19 (16.81%) SC Cleared
3 12 (10.62%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (8.85%) CCNP
5 6 (5.31%) DV Cleared
6 5 (4.42%) Azure Certification
6 5 (4.42%) CCNA
6 5 (4.42%) Degree
7 4 (3.54%) CISSP
7 4 (3.54%) JNCIS
8 3 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.65%) JNCIP
8 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.77%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.77%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.77%) MCSA
10 1 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.88%) CompTIA CySA+
10 1 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.88%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.31%) GDPR
2 5 (4.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.65%) NIST
4 2 (1.77%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (15.04%) Active Directory
2 8 (7.08%) Squid
2 8 (7.08%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.65%) Docker
4 2 (1.77%) Ceph
4 2 (1.77%) Firmware
4 2 (1.77%) KVM
4 2 (1.77%) Lustre
4 2 (1.77%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 2 (1.77%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.88%) GPFS
5 1 (0.88%) iptables
5 1 (0.88%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.88%) NFS
5 1 (0.88%) Samba
5 1 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (18.58%) Terraform
2 18 (15.93%) Prometheus
2 18 (15.93%) SCCM
3 17 (15.04%) Ansible
4 16 (14.16%) Grafana
5 13 (11.50%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (10.62%) Kubernetes
7 10 (8.85%) FortiGate
7 10 (8.85%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (6.19%) Consul
8 7 (6.19%) WSUS
9 5 (4.42%) Tivoli NetView
10 4 (3.54%) ITRS Geneos
10 4 (3.54%) QRadar
11 2 (1.77%) Cilium
11 2 (1.77%) HAProxy
11 2 (1.77%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.88%) BladeLogic
12 1 (0.88%) Istio
12 1 (0.88%) Puppet
Vendors
1 23 (20.35%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.73%) Palo Alto
2 11 (9.73%) Red Hat
3 9 (7.96%) Atlassian
3 9 (7.96%) Fortinet
4 8 (7.08%) Cisco
4 8 (7.08%) Dynatrace
4 8 (7.08%) ServiceNow
4 8 (7.08%) Zscaler
5 7 (6.19%) Bloomberg
5 7 (6.19%) F5
6 6 (5.31%) Citrix
6 6 (5.31%) Juniper
7 5 (4.42%) CheckPoint
7 5 (4.42%) Google
7 5 (4.42%) IBM
7 5 (4.42%) Netskope
7 5 (4.42%) Sophos
8 4 (3.54%) Qualys
8 4 (3.54%) Solace