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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 219 283 251
Rank change year-on-year +64 -32 +61
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 129 110 244
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.05% 0.63% 0.96%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 10.13% 6.59% 9.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 67 161
10th Percentile £239 £211 £258
25th Percentile £344 £331 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.41% -0.93%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £700
90th Percentile £697 £675 £806
England median daily rate £500 £500 £481
% change year-on-year - +4.05% +3.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 9
10th Percentile £46.18 - £31.25
25th Percentile £46.81 £16.00 £35.50
Median hourly rate £52.25 £20.00 £50.42
Median % change year-on-year +161.25% -60.33% +37.20%
75th Percentile £59.94 - -
90th Percentile £61.93 £22.25 £56.94
England median hourly rate £58.50 £65.00 £57.33
% change year-on-year -10.00% +13.38% +27.40%

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 1,274 1,669 2,587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 10.39% 9.56% 10.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 820 1,127 1,817
10th Percentile £263 £213 £250
25th Percentile £400 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% +2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £675
90th Percentile £716 £738 £775
England median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 51 49
10th Percentile £21.03 £14.48 £18.93
25th Percentile £24.66 £16.56 £22.75
Median hourly rate £38.75 £23.80 £36.54
Median % change year-on-year +62.82% -34.87% +25.48%
75th Percentile £51.50 £41.25 £69.50
90th Percentile £61.85 £60.00 £76.00
England median hourly rate £36.57 £40.00 £17.28
% change year-on-year -8.57% +131.45% -27.72%

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 31 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 31 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 +18 16 £500 -30.31% 14
South London +7 7 £625 -7.41% 5
East London +19 2 £218 -3.33%
West London +11 2 £750 +837.50% 2
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 7 (5.43%) nginx
2 6 (4.65%) Confluence
3 4 (3.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.33%) Apache Spark
4 3 (2.33%) OpenStack
4 3 (2.33%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.78%) Apache
5 1 (0.78%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.78%) IIS
5 1 (0.78%) Traefik
Applications
1 6 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.33%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.78%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.55%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 43 (33.33%) AWS
1 43 (33.33%) Azure
2 22 (17.05%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (15.50%) GitHub
4 14 (10.85%) AWS CloudFormation
4 14 (10.85%) Entra ID
5 11 (8.53%) Amazon EC2
5 11 (8.53%) Azure Monitor
5 11 (8.53%) GCP
6 10 (7.75%) Amazon EKS
7 7 (5.43%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (5.43%) Azure Sentinel
7 7 (5.43%) Nutanix
8 5 (3.88%) Serverless
9 4 (3.10%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (3.10%) SaaS
10 3 (2.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (2.33%) OpenShift
10 3 (2.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 81 (62.79%) DNS
2 43 (33.33%) Firewall
3 36 (27.91%) DHCP
4 32 (24.81%) VPN
5 30 (23.26%) LAN
6 29 (22.48%) HTTP
7 27 (20.93%) WAN
8 16 (12.40%) Network Security
8 16 (12.40%) Wireless
9 15 (11.63%) BGP
9 15 (11.63%) OSPF
10 14 (10.85%) Internet
10 14 (10.85%) SMTP
10 14 (10.85%) VLAN
11 8 (6.20%) SSL
11 8 (6.20%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (5.43%) FTP
13 6 (4.65%) IPsec
13 6 (4.65%) Multicast
14 5 (3.88%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.08%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (6.20%) Amazon Aurora
2 8 (6.20%) SQL Server
3 7 (5.43%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (3.88%) Hadoop
4 5 (3.88%) NoSQL
5 4 (3.10%) MongoDB
6 3 (2.33%) Apache Hive
6 3 (2.33%) Apache Iceberg
6 3 (2.33%) Parquet
6 3 (2.33%) Power BI
6 3 (2.33%) Presto
7 2 (1.55%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.55%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.78%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.78%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.78%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 14 (10.85%) Git
2 12 (9.30%) Jenkins
3 11 (8.53%) JIRA
4 8 (6.20%) TeamCity
5 7 (5.43%) GitLab
5 7 (5.43%) Subversion
6 5 (3.88%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (2.33%) Bitbucket
7 3 (2.33%) Poetry
8 1 (0.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 53 (41.09%) Social Skills
2 23 (17.83%) Finance
3 16 (12.40%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.53%) Banking
5 7 (5.43%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (3.88%) Front Office
6 5 (3.88%) Legal
7 4 (3.10%) Financial Institution
7 4 (3.10%) Games
7 4 (3.10%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.33%) Local Government
8 3 (2.33%) Police
9 2 (1.55%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.55%) Military
9 2 (1.55%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.78%) Back Office
10 1 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (18.60%) Network Engineer
2 20 (15.50%) Senior
3 13 (10.08%) DevOps Engineer
3 13 (10.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 11 (8.53%) Analyst
4 11 (8.53%) Architect
5 8 (6.20%) Administrator
5 8 (6.20%) Linux Administrator
5 8 (6.20%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (6.20%) Support Engineer
6 7 (5.43%) Senior DevOps
6 7 (5.43%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 6 (4.65%) AWS DevOps
7 6 (4.65%) AWS DevOps Engineer
7 6 (4.65%) AWS Engineer
7 6 (4.65%) IT Engineer
8 5 (3.88%) Lead
8 5 (3.88%) Linux Engineer
8 5 (3.88%) Network Systems Engineer
8 5 (3.88%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.53%) .NET
2 10 (7.75%) Elastic Stack
3 7 (5.43%) REST
4 6 (4.65%) FIX Protocol
5 5 (3.88%) React
6 4 (3.10%) LDAP
6 4 (3.10%) Middleware
7 3 (2.33%) Dask
7 3 (2.33%) FpML
7 3 (2.33%) JSON
7 3 (2.33%) LAPP Stack
7 3 (2.33%) OpenTelemetry
7 3 (2.33%) YAML
8 2 (1.55%) .NET Framework
8 2 (1.55%) ASP.NET
8 2 (1.55%) Node.js
9 1 (0.78%) cloud-init
9 1 (0.78%) Kafka
9 1 (0.78%) Keycloak
9 1 (0.78%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.30%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.98%) Clustering
2 9 (6.98%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (5.43%) PKI
3 7 (5.43%) Replication
3 7 (5.43%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (4.65%) Security Operations Centre
5 5 (3.88%) Algorithms
5 5 (3.88%) Data Structures
5 5 (3.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (3.10%) Derivative
6 4 (3.10%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.10%) Onboarding
6 4 (3.10%) Public Cloud
6 4 (3.10%) Video\Live Streaming
7 3 (2.33%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.33%) Fixed Income
7 3 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (2.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 40 (31.01%) Linux
2 37 (28.68%) Windows
3 12 (9.30%) Windows Server
4 10 (7.75%) Unix
5 8 (6.20%) Solaris
6 7 (5.43%) Mac OS
7 6 (4.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (3.88%) CentOS
9 4 (3.10%) Windows 10
10 3 (2.33%) Apple iOS
11 2 (1.55%) Rocky
11 2 (1.55%) SUSE
11 2 (1.55%) Ubuntu
11 2 (1.55%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (1.55%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.78%) CatOS
12 1 (0.78%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.78%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (26.36%) DevOps
2 31 (24.03%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (20.16%) CI/CD
4 22 (17.05%) High Availability
4 22 (17.05%) Infrastructure as Code
5 20 (15.50%) Agile
5 20 (15.50%) Computer Science
6 16 (12.40%) Continuous Integration
6 16 (12.40%) Security Operations
7 15 (11.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 14 (10.85%) Containerisation
8 14 (10.85%) Disaster Recovery
9 13 (10.08%) Customer Service
9 13 (10.08%) ITIL
10 12 (9.30%) Cybersecurity
11 11 (8.53%) Configuration Management
11 11 (8.53%) Deployment Automation
11 11 (8.53%) Mentoring
11 11 (8.53%) SIEM
11 11 (8.53%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 46 (35.66%) Python
2 21 (16.28%) PowerShell
3 17 (13.18%) Bash
4 14 (10.85%) SQL
5 13 (10.08%) C#
5 13 (10.08%) Perl
6 6 (4.65%) JavaScript
6 6 (4.65%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (3.88%) Java
8 4 (3.10%) C++
9 3 (2.33%) Bicep
9 3 (2.33%) TypeScript
10 2 (1.55%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.55%) VB
10 2 (1.55%) VBScript
11 1 (0.78%) Go
Qualifications
1 23 (17.83%) Cisco Certification
2 22 (17.05%) Degree
2 22 (17.05%) Security Cleared
3 17 (13.18%) SC Cleared
4 14 (10.85%) CCNA
4 14 (10.85%) CCNP
4 14 (10.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (6.20%) JNCIA
6 5 (3.88%) DV Cleared
7 4 (3.10%) CCIE
7 4 (3.10%) GCIH
8 3 (2.33%) AWS Certification
8 3 (2.33%) CCSP
8 3 (2.33%) CEH
8 3 (2.33%) CompTIA CySA+
8 3 (2.33%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (2.33%) GCIA
8 3 (2.33%) JNCIS
8 3 (2.33%) OSCP
9 2 (1.55%) CCIE Data Center
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.98%) GDPR
2 7 (5.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (3.10%) Government Security Classifications
3 4 (3.10%) NCSC
4 3 (2.33%) NIST
4 3 (2.33%) SLA
5 2 (1.55%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 2 (1.55%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.78%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.78%) QA
System Software
1 28 (21.71%) Active Directory
2 23 (17.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (13.18%) Docker
4 12 (9.30%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (6.20%) vSphere
6 6 (4.65%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (2.33%) Firmware
7 3 (2.33%) NFS
7 3 (2.33%) Veritas File System
7 3 (2.33%) Veritas Volume Manager
8 2 (1.55%) iptables
8 2 (1.55%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (1.55%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.78%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.78%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.78%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.78%) XenApp
9 1 (0.78%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 31 (24.03%) Ansible
2 27 (20.93%) Terraform
3 21 (16.28%) Kubernetes
4 13 (10.08%) Progress Chef
5 12 (9.30%) Grafana
6 11 (8.53%) Prometheus
6 11 (8.53%) SCCM
7 10 (7.75%) Puppet
7 10 (7.75%) Red Hat Satellite
8 8 (6.20%) Microsoft Intune
9 7 (5.43%) QRadar
10 6 (4.65%) Tivoli
11 5 (3.88%) EMC NetWorker
11 5 (3.88%) FortiGate
11 5 (3.88%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 5 (3.88%) WSUS
12 3 (2.33%) HAProxy
12 3 (2.33%) Packer
12 3 (2.33%) ZABBIX
13 2 (1.55%) Rundeck
Vendors
1 36 (27.91%) Microsoft
2 30 (23.26%) Cisco
3 29 (22.48%) VMware
4 23 (17.83%) Red Hat
5 11 (8.53%) Palo Alto
5 11 (8.53%) ServiceNow
5 11 (8.53%) Splunk
6 9 (6.98%) CyberArk
7 8 (6.20%) Fortinet
7 8 (6.20%) Juniper
7 8 (6.20%) Qualys
8 7 (5.43%) Google
8 7 (5.43%) SaltStack
9 6 (4.65%) EMC
9 6 (4.65%) IBM
10 5 (3.88%) CheckPoint
10 5 (3.88%) Citrix
10 5 (3.88%) Dell
10 5 (3.88%) Oracle
11 4 (3.10%) Bloomberg