TCP/IP Contracts in London

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring TCP/IP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited TCP/IP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 225 274 253
Rank change year-on-year +49 -21 +45
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 128 117 267
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.02% 0.66% 0.99%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 9.73% 6.81% 9.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 70 172
10th Percentile £250 £274 £233
25th Percentile £368 £350 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.60% -9.09% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £688
90th Percentile £719 £696 £803
England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +6.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 9
10th Percentile £46.18 £16.00 £31.25
25th Percentile £46.81 £18.00 £35.50
Median hourly rate £52.25 £20.00 £50.42
Median % change year-on-year +161.25% -60.33% +39.59%
75th Percentile £59.94 £24.25 -
90th Percentile £61.93 £30.35 £56.94
England median hourly rate £54.50 £56.49 £65.00
% change year-on-year -3.52% -13.09% +136.36%

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 1,315 1,719 2,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.48% 9.64% 9.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 838 1,144 1,885
10th Percentile £263 £213 £256
25th Percentile £400 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -10.71% +1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £675
90th Percentile £725 £741 £775
England median daily rate £500 £490 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 59 53
10th Percentile £24.66 £14.48 £20.22
25th Percentile £25.60 £18.36 £22.63
Median hourly rate £43.75 £22.00 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year +98.86% -52.17% +31.43%
75th Percentile £51.50 £41.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £62.65 £60.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £18.82
% change year-on-year -30.00% +112.54% -21.29%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing TCP/IP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in London

TCP/IP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in London.

Daily rate trend for TCP/IP in London

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for TCP/IP in London

TCP/IP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in London.

Hourly rate trend 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 1 May 2025. 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 +5 14 £563 -0.88% 10
East London +15 2 £218 - 2
West London +12 2 £750 +837.50% 7
South London +8 2 - - 1
TCP/IP
England

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (8.59%) nginx
2 7 (5.47%) Confluence
3 5 (3.91%) Apache Spark
3 5 (3.91%) Traefik
4 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.34%) OpenStack
5 2 (1.56%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.78%) Apache
6 1 (0.78%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.78%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.34%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.56%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 52 (40.63%) AWS
2 45 (35.16%) Azure
3 19 (14.84%) AWS CloudFormation
3 19 (14.84%) Entra ID
4 18 (14.06%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (13.28%) GitHub
6 14 (10.94%) GCP
7 10 (7.81%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 10 (7.81%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (7.03%) Amazon EC2
8 9 (7.03%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (6.25%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (5.47%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (5.47%) Nutanix
11 5 (3.91%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (3.91%) AWS Fargate
11 5 (3.91%) Serverless
11 5 (3.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (3.13%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 79 (61.72%) DNS
2 41 (32.03%) Firewall
3 38 (29.69%) DHCP
4 31 (24.22%) HTTP
5 27 (21.09%) VPN
6 19 (14.84%) Network Security
6 19 (14.84%) WAN
7 18 (14.06%) LAN
8 15 (11.72%) BGP
8 15 (11.72%) OSPF
8 15 (11.72%) SMTP
9 13 (10.16%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (10.16%) Wireless
10 12 (9.38%) VLAN
11 9 (7.03%) Internet
12 8 (6.25%) SSL
13 7 (5.47%) DOCSIS
13 7 (5.47%) FTP
14 6 (4.69%) Broadband
15 5 (3.91%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.38%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (7.03%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (7.03%) SQL Server
3 8 (6.25%) Hadoop
3 8 (6.25%) MongoDB
4 7 (5.47%) Amazon Aurora
5 5 (3.91%) Apache Hive
5 5 (3.91%) Apache Iceberg
5 5 (3.91%) Parquet
5 5 (3.91%) Presto
6 3 (2.34%) InfluxDB
6 3 (2.34%) Looker
6 3 (2.34%) Power BI
7 2 (1.56%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.56%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.56%) MariaDB
7 2 (1.56%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.78%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 18 (14.06%) Jenkins
2 14 (10.94%) Git
3 11 (8.59%) GitLab
4 10 (7.81%) JIRA
5 8 (6.25%) TeamCity
6 7 (5.47%) Subversion
7 5 (3.91%) Poetry
7 5 (3.91%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.78%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.78%) Gerrit
General
1 44 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 18 (14.06%) Finance
3 11 (8.59%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (8.59%) Banking
4 8 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (3.91%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.13%) Legal
6 4 (3.13%) Military
6 4 (3.13%) Police
7 3 (2.34%) Games
7 3 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.34%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.56%) Advertising
8 2 (1.56%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.56%) Front Office
9 1 (0.78%) Back Office
9 1 (0.78%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 22 (17.19%) Senior
2 18 (14.06%) Network Engineer
3 16 (12.50%) DevOps Engineer
4 14 (10.94%) Analyst
4 14 (10.94%) Architect
5 12 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (7.81%) Senior DevOps
7 9 (7.03%) Senior DevOps Engineer
8 8 (6.25%) Administrator
8 8 (6.25%) Linux Administrator
9 7 (5.47%) AWS DevOps
9 7 (5.47%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 7 (5.47%) AWS Engineer
10 6 (4.69%) Security Analyst
10 6 (4.69%) Security Engineer
10 6 (4.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (4.69%) Support Engineer
11 5 (3.91%) Linux Engineer
11 5 (3.91%) Network Consultant
11 5 (3.91%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.16%) Elastic Stack
2 12 (9.38%) .NET
3 7 (5.47%) React
3 7 (5.47%) REST
4 5 (3.91%) cloud-init
4 5 (3.91%) Dask
4 5 (3.91%) Kafka
4 5 (3.91%) Keycloak
4 5 (3.91%) LAPP Stack
5 4 (3.13%) 802.1X
6 3 (2.34%) JSON
6 3 (2.34%) OpenTelemetry
6 3 (2.34%) YAML
6 3 (2.34%) Yocto
7 2 (1.56%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.56%) ASP.NET
7 2 (1.56%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (1.56%) LDAP
7 2 (1.56%) Node.js
8 1 (0.78%) POSIX
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.59%) PKI
2 10 (7.81%) Data Centre
3 8 (6.25%) Clustering
3 8 (6.25%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (5.47%) Replication
5 6 (4.69%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (3.91%) Algorithms
6 5 (3.91%) Security Posture
6 5 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.91%) Video\Live Streaming
7 4 (3.13%) Cyberattack
7 4 (3.13%) Embedded Systems
8 3 (2.34%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.34%) Digital TV
8 3 (2.34%) IoT
8 3 (2.34%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (2.34%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.34%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.34%) STB
Operating Systems
1 52 (40.63%) Linux
2 34 (26.56%) Windows
3 13 (10.16%) Unix
4 12 (9.38%) Windows Server
5 10 (7.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (7.03%) CentOS
7 8 (6.25%) Solaris
8 5 (3.91%) Mac OS
8 5 (3.91%) Windows 10
9 3 (2.34%) Apple iOS
9 3 (2.34%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (2.34%) Mac OS X
10 2 (1.56%) OpenWrt
10 2 (1.56%) Rocky
10 2 (1.56%) SUSE
10 2 (1.56%) Ubuntu
10 2 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.78%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (29.69%) DevOps
2 34 (26.56%) CI/CD
3 28 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (21.09%) Infrastructure as Code
5 25 (19.53%) Agile
6 19 (14.84%) Security Operations
7 18 (14.06%) Continuous Integration
8 17 (13.28%) Computer Science
8 17 (13.28%) High Availability
8 17 (13.28%) SIEM
9 16 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (10.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 13 (10.16%) Containerisation
12 12 (9.38%) Disaster Recovery
12 12 (9.38%) Incident Response
12 12 (9.38%) ITIL
12 12 (9.38%) Observability
13 11 (8.59%) Cloud Security
13 11 (8.59%) Customer Service
14 10 (7.81%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 54 (42.19%) Python
2 21 (16.41%) Bash
2 21 (16.41%) PowerShell
3 13 (10.16%) Perl
4 12 (9.38%) SQL
5 10 (7.81%) C#
6 9 (7.03%) Go
7 7 (5.47%) JavaScript
8 6 (4.69%) C
8 6 (4.69%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (4.69%) Shell Script
9 5 (3.91%) C++
9 5 (3.91%) Java
9 5 (3.91%) TypeScript
10 3 (2.34%) Bicep
11 2 (1.56%) VB
11 2 (1.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 27 (21.09%) Security Cleared
2 22 (17.19%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (16.41%) Degree
4 18 (14.06%) SC Cleared
5 15 (11.72%) CCNP
6 14 (10.94%) CCNA
7 11 (8.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (7.81%) AWS Certification
9 6 (4.69%) CCIE
9 6 (4.69%) DV Cleared
10 5 (3.91%) GCIA
10 5 (3.91%) GCIH
10 5 (3.91%) JNCIA
11 4 (3.13%) CCSP
11 4 (3.13%) CEH
11 4 (3.13%) CompTIA CySA+
11 4 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (3.13%) OSCP
12 3 (2.34%) CISSP
12 3 (2.34%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.03%) GDPR
2 8 (6.25%) NCSC
3 7 (5.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (4.69%) QA
5 5 (3.91%) Government Security Classifications
6 3 (2.34%) NIST
6 3 (2.34%) SLA
7 2 (1.56%) HIPAA
7 2 (1.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 2 (1.56%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.78%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (19.53%) Active Directory
2 24 (18.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (14.84%) Docker
4 11 (8.59%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (5.47%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (5.47%) vSphere
6 3 (2.34%) NFS
6 3 (2.34%) Veritas File System
6 3 (2.34%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 3 (2.34%) VMware NSX
7 2 (1.56%) iptables
8 1 (0.78%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.78%) Firmware
8 1 (0.78%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.78%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.78%) XenApp
8 1 (0.78%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 32 (25.00%) Terraform
2 30 (23.44%) Ansible
3 27 (21.09%) Kubernetes
4 18 (14.06%) Grafana
5 13 (10.16%) Prometheus
6 12 (9.38%) Progress Chef
7 10 (7.81%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (7.81%) Red Hat Satellite
8 9 (7.03%) Puppet
8 9 (7.03%) SCCM
9 7 (5.47%) QRadar
9 7 (5.47%) ZABBIX
10 6 (4.69%) Packer
10 6 (4.69%) Tivoli
10 6 (4.69%) WSUS
11 5 (3.91%) Consul
11 5 (3.91%) EMC NetWorker
11 5 (3.91%) Jamf Pro
11 5 (3.91%) Rancher
11 5 (3.91%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 35 (27.34%) Microsoft
2 30 (23.44%) VMware
3 26 (20.31%) Cisco
4 22 (17.19%) Red Hat
4 22 (17.19%) Splunk
5 9 (7.03%) CyberArk
6 8 (6.25%) Qualys
6 8 (6.25%) ServiceNow
7 7 (5.47%) Apple
7 7 (5.47%) Google
7 7 (5.47%) Juniper
7 7 (5.47%) Palo Alto
7 7 (5.47%) SaltStack
8 6 (4.69%) EMC
8 6 (4.69%) Fortinet
8 6 (4.69%) IBM
8 6 (4.69%) Okta
8 6 (4.69%) SolarWinds
9 5 (3.91%) Dell
9 5 (3.91%) ESET