TCP/IP Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 31 33
Rank change year-on-year -18 +2 +10
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 21 4 11
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 2.71% 1.79% 3.49%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 24.42% 16.67% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 11
10th Percentile £330 £513 £475
25th Percentile £510 £514 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £532 £550
Median % change year-on-year +15.65% -3.32% +5.77%
75th Percentile £650 £547 £555
90th Percentile £769 £555 £560
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £587 £532 £550
% change year-on-year +10.48% -3.32% +5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33.70 - -
Median hourly rate £38.72 - -
75th Percentile £43.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £38.72 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 86 24 44
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 11.08% 10.76% 13.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 11 38
10th Percentile £348 £475 £343
25th Percentile £513 £494 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £529 £506
Median % change year-on-year +11.64% +4.55% -3.71%
75th Percentile £623 £555 £550
90th Percentile £649 £580 £636
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £583 £508 £500
% change year-on-year +14.78% +1.50% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £17.50 - £18.46
25th Percentile £21.55 - £19.15
Median hourly rate £38.72 - £20.29
75th Percentile £43.75 - £21.44
90th Percentile - - £22.12
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £38.72 £14.20 £20.29
% change year-on-year +172.68% -30.01% +6.79%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing TCP/IP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

TCP/IP job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing TCP/IP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing TCP/IP

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for TCP/IP in Milton Keynes

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing TCP/IP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing TCP/IP

TCP/IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 4 (19.05%) FactoryTalk
Cloud Services
1 13 (61.90%) Azure
2 7 (33.33%) AWS
3 6 (28.57%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (23.81%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (19.05%) Entra ID
5 4 (19.05%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (14.29%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (9.52%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 17 (80.95%) Firewall
2 12 (57.14%) DNS
3 10 (47.62%) VPN
4 9 (42.86%) VLAN
5 8 (38.10%) Network Security
6 7 (33.33%) BGP
6 7 (33.33%) BIG-IP
6 7 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
6 7 (33.33%) Cisco Firepower
6 7 (33.33%) DHCP
6 7 (33.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 7 (33.33%) IPsec
6 7 (33.33%) LAN
6 7 (33.33%) OSPF
6 7 (33.33%) WAN
7 5 (23.81%) ICMP
7 5 (23.81%) NGFW
7 5 (23.81%) SSH
8 4 (19.05%) MPLS
8 4 (19.05%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 5 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Manufacturing
2 4 (19.05%) Organisational Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Pharmaceutical
2 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 2 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Military
5 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Senior
2 4 (19.05%) Architect
2 4 (19.05%) Automation Specialist
2 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Network Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Platform Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) Lead
3 3 (14.29%) Lead Architect
3 3 (14.29%) Network Architect
3 3 (14.29%) Technical Architect
3 3 (14.29%) Technical Leader
4 2 (9.52%) IT Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Network Technical Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Network Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Senior Platform Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Network Field Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (28.57%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 10 (47.62%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (23.81%) Onboarding
3 4 (19.05%) ARM Cortex
3 4 (19.05%) Cloud Native
3 4 (19.05%) Life Science
3 4 (19.05%) Operational Technology
3 4 (19.05%) Private Cloud
3 4 (19.05%) SCADA
4 3 (14.29%) Data Centre
4 3 (14.29%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 3 (14.29%) Management Information System
5 1 (4.76%) Cyberattack
5 1 (4.76%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 13 (61.90%) Windows
2 10 (47.62%) Windows Server
3 7 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (47.62%) ITIL
2 9 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (42.86%) Validation
3 7 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 7 (33.33%) Network Virtualisation
3 7 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 6 (28.57%) CI/CD
4 6 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (28.57%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (28.57%) Service Management
5 5 (23.81%) Analytics
5 5 (23.81%) Data Collection
5 5 (23.81%) Deployment Automation
5 5 (23.81%) Log Analytics
6 4 (19.05%) Cloud Security
6 4 (19.05%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (19.05%) Platform Engineering
6 4 (19.05%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 10 (47.62%) PowerShell
2 6 (28.57%) Bash
2 6 (28.57%) Bicep
3 2 (9.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 12 (57.14%) DV Cleared
3 11 (52.38%) Degree
4 5 (23.81%) SC Cleared
5 3 (14.29%) CCNP
5 3 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (14.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (9.52%) A+ Certification
6 2 (9.52%) CCIE
6 2 (9.52%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (4.76%) AWS Certification
7 1 (4.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
7 1 (4.76%) CompTIA CySA+
7 1 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 4 (19.05%) GxP
1 4 (19.05%) NCSC
System Software
1 8 (38.10%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (28.57%) Active Directory
3 4 (19.05%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (38.10%) Terraform
2 6 (28.57%) Ansible
3 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (19.05%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (52.38%) VMware
2 10 (47.62%) Microsoft
3 7 (33.33%) Cisco
3 7 (33.33%) F5
3 7 (33.33%) Palo Alto
4 5 (23.81%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (19.05%) Rockwell
5 4 (19.05%) SolarWinds
6 2 (9.52%) Google
7 1 (4.76%) Aruba
7 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow
7 1 (4.76%) Splunk