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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 216 278
Rank change year-on-year -45 +62 -22
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 191 159 112
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.94% 1.17% 0.69%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.84% 11.42% 7.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 100 73
10th Percentile £192 £224 £214
25th Percentile £308 £344 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £563 £425
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +32.35% -19.05%
75th Percentile £550 £651 £575
90th Percentile £638 £775 £649
England median daily rate £491 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -1.80% +11.11% -
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 £63.48 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -2.34% - +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 1,613 1,392 1,521
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 7.95% 10.25% 9.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,052 910 1,014
10th Percentile £305 £287 £250
25th Percentile £413 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +0.82% -1.96% -7.27%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £619
90th Percentile £725 £725 £709
England median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 31 30
10th Percentile £19.34 £19.46 £16.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £20.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £22.90
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +31.00% -37.33%
75th Percentile £53.75 £51.00 £51.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £62.25 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.94 £45.00 £54.88
% change year-on-year -37.91% -18.00% +8.84%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 £375 -23.08% 13
South London -16 7 £513 -18.00% 6
West London -19 2 £218 -70.97% 5
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 25 (13.09%) SharePoint
2 14 (7.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (6.28%) Confluence
4 8 (4.19%) nginx
5 1 (0.52%) CICS
5 1 (0.52%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.52%) Traefik
5 1 (0.52%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.62%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 65 (34.03%) Azure
2 61 (31.94%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (23.56%) AWS
4 44 (23.04%) Entra ID
5 18 (9.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 17 (8.90%) OneDrive
7 16 (8.38%) GCP
8 13 (6.81%) Amazon EC2
9 9 (4.71%) Amazon EKS
10 8 (4.19%) GitHub
11 7 (3.66%) Google Workspace
12 5 (2.62%) Akamai
12 5 (2.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (2.62%) Amazon S3
12 5 (2.62%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (2.62%) Datadog
12 5 (2.62%) SaaS
12 5 (2.62%) Serverless
13 4 (2.09%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (2.09%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 107 (56.02%) DNS
2 77 (40.31%) Firewall
3 68 (35.60%) VPN
4 49 (25.65%) DHCP
5 45 (23.56%) Network Security
6 33 (17.28%) HTTP
7 27 (14.14%) SSL
8 24 (12.57%) WAN
9 21 (10.99%) BGP
10 20 (10.47%) LAN
11 16 (8.38%) VLAN
12 15 (7.85%) Wi-Fi
13 13 (6.81%) Wireless
14 11 (5.76%) Internet
15 9 (4.71%) DMZ
16 8 (4.19%) HTTPS
16 8 (4.19%) OSPF
17 7 (3.66%) Cisco IOS
17 7 (3.66%) Ethernet
17 7 (3.66%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.71%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.05%) MySQL
4 2 (1.05%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.05%) SQLite
5 1 (0.52%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.52%) Cloud Spanner
5 1 (0.52%) KDB
5 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 18 (9.42%) Git
2 16 (8.38%) JIRA
3 7 (3.66%) GitLab
4 5 (2.62%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (2.09%) Artifactory
5 4 (2.09%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.57%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.05%) SonarQube
7 2 (1.05%) Subversion
8 1 (0.52%) Fiddler
8 1 (0.52%) MSI
8 1 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 81 (42.41%) Social Skills
2 39 (20.42%) Finance
3 27 (14.14%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (8.90%) Banking
5 12 (6.28%) Telecoms
6 10 (5.24%) Front Office
7 9 (4.71%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.14%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (3.14%) Investment Banking
9 4 (2.09%) Automotive
10 2 (1.05%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.05%) Games
10 2 (1.05%) Japanese Language
11 1 (0.52%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.52%) Korean Language
11 1 (0.52%) Law
11 1 (0.52%) Local Government
11 1 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.52%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.52%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 35 (18.32%) Support Engineer
2 31 (16.23%) Network Engineer
3 22 (11.52%) Senior
4 21 (10.99%) Analyst
5 19 (9.95%) Security Engineer
6 18 (9.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (6.81%) IT Engineer
8 12 (6.28%) IT Support
8 12 (6.28%) IT Support Engineer
8 12 (6.28%) Linux Engineer
8 12 (6.28%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (5.76%) Architect
10 10 (5.24%) Support Analyst
11 9 (4.71%) AWS Engineer
12 8 (4.19%) Desktop Analyst
12 8 (4.19%) Desktop Support
12 8 (4.19%) Desktop Support Analyst
12 8 (4.19%) Network Security Engineer
12 8 (4.19%) Web Engineer
13 7 (3.66%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (6.81%) SAML
2 8 (4.19%) .NET
3 6 (3.14%) LDAP
4 4 (2.09%) 802.1X
4 4 (2.09%) ARM Templates
4 4 (2.09%) boto
4 4 (2.09%) OAuth
4 4 (2.09%) WinForms
5 3 (1.57%) HTML
5 3 (1.57%) OpenID
5 3 (1.57%) REST
6 2 (1.05%) ASP.NET
6 2 (1.05%) Blazor
6 2 (1.05%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (1.05%) HTML5
6 2 (1.05%) Middleware
6 2 (1.05%) Mojolicious
6 2 (1.05%) Moose
6 2 (1.05%) Software Packaging
6 2 (1.05%) SPNEGO
Miscellaneous
1 29 (15.18%) Onboarding
2 21 (10.99%) Data Centre
3 12 (6.28%) Linux Command Line
4 11 (5.76%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (4.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 7 (3.66%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (3.66%) Security Posture
7 6 (3.14%) Client/Server
7 6 (3.14%) PKI
8 5 (2.62%) Distributed Applications
8 5 (2.62%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (2.09%) iPhone
9 4 (2.09%) Mainframe
9 4 (2.09%) Management Information System
9 4 (2.09%) Public Cloud
9 4 (2.09%) Robotics
9 4 (2.09%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (1.57%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.57%) CMDB
10 3 (1.57%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 77 (40.31%) Windows
2 38 (19.90%) Linux
3 22 (11.52%) Windows Server
4 17 (8.90%) Windows 10
5 16 (8.38%) Mac OS
6 11 (5.76%) Ubuntu
7 7 (3.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (3.66%) Unix
8 5 (2.62%) Android
9 4 (2.09%) zOS
10 3 (1.57%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.52%) CentOS
11 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (22.51%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (17.28%) ITIL
3 29 (15.18%) DevOps
3 29 (15.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 25 (13.09%) Customer Service
4 25 (13.09%) Incident Response
4 25 (13.09%) ITSM
5 24 (12.57%) Migration
6 23 (12.04%) Runbook
6 23 (12.04%) Service Management
7 21 (10.99%) Change Management
7 21 (10.99%) Incident Management
8 18 (9.42%) High Availability
8 18 (9.42%) Load Balancing
8 18 (9.42%) SIEM
9 17 (8.90%) CI/CD
10 16 (8.38%) Infrastructure as Code
11 15 (7.85%) Agile
11 15 (7.85%) Continuous Improvement
12 13 (6.81%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (29.84%) Python
2 35 (18.32%) PowerShell
3 27 (14.14%) Bash
4 10 (5.24%) C++
5 8 (4.19%) SQL
6 6 (3.14%) C
6 6 (3.14%) Java
7 4 (2.09%) C#
7 4 (2.09%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.09%) Perl
8 3 (1.57%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.05%) Go
9 2 (1.05%) Korn
9 2 (1.05%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.05%) Objective-C
9 2 (1.05%) VBScript
10 1 (0.52%) Bicep
10 1 (0.52%) Rust
Qualifications
1 22 (11.52%) Cisco Certification
2 21 (10.99%) Degree
3 19 (9.95%) CCNP
3 19 (9.95%) Security Cleared
4 14 (7.33%) CCNA
4 14 (7.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (6.81%) SC Cleared
6 11 (5.76%) CISSP
7 9 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (4.19%) Network+ Certification
9 6 (3.14%) A+ Certification
10 4 (2.09%) Azure Certification
10 4 (2.09%) CCIE
10 4 (2.09%) CISM
10 4 (2.09%) DV Cleared
10 4 (2.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (2.09%) JNCIP
10 4 (2.09%) JNCIS
11 3 (1.57%) MCSA
12 2 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.28%) SLA
2 7 (3.66%) NIST
3 5 (2.62%) GDPR
3 5 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.57%) QA
5 2 (1.05%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (1.05%) NCSC
5 2 (1.05%) NIST 800
5 2 (1.05%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 53 (27.75%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (4.19%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (3.66%) Squid
5 6 (3.14%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (2.62%) Docker
7 4 (2.09%) vSphere
8 2 (1.05%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.52%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.52%) Firmware
9 1 (0.52%) NFS
9 1 (0.52%) RACF
9 1 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 27 (14.14%) Ansible
2 26 (13.61%) Terraform
3 25 (13.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (9.95%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (7.33%) Grafana
6 13 (6.81%) SCCM
7 11 (5.76%) FortiGate
8 9 (4.71%) Kubernetes
9 7 (3.66%) WSUS
10 6 (3.14%) systemd
11 4 (2.09%) Prometheus
11 4 (2.09%) Suricata
12 3 (1.57%) SELinux
12 3 (1.57%) Tivoli NetView
13 2 (1.05%) Consul
13 2 (1.05%) QRadar
14 1 (0.52%) HAProxy
14 1 (0.52%) ITRS Geneos
14 1 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
14 1 (0.52%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 75 (39.27%) Microsoft
2 33 (17.28%) Cisco
3 21 (10.99%) Zscaler
4 17 (8.90%) ServiceNow
5 14 (7.33%) VMware
6 12 (6.28%) Citrix
6 12 (6.28%) F5
6 12 (6.28%) Juniper
7 10 (5.24%) Bloomberg
7 10 (5.24%) Fortinet
7 10 (5.24%) Netskope
8 9 (4.71%) Splunk
9 8 (4.19%) Google
10 7 (3.66%) Okta
10 7 (3.66%) Red Hat
11 6 (3.14%) Apple
11 6 (3.14%) Arista
11 6 (3.14%) ION Trading
11 6 (3.14%) Remedy
11 6 (3.14%) Reuters