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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 33 26
Rank change year-on-year -11 -7 +25
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 14 5 25
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 2.62% 2.53% 5.26%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 27.45% 15.63% 25.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 25
10th Percentile £552 £538 £507
25th Percentile £560 £558 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £583 £535
Median % change year-on-year +7.30% +8.88% -2.73%
75th Percentile £640 £630 £550
90th Percentile £654 - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £625 £615 £533
% change year-on-year +1.63% +15.49% -3.18%

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 51 32 100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 9.53% 16.16% 21.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 20 77
10th Percentile £130 £266 £305
25th Percentile £513 £483 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £574 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% +9.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £630 £630 £550
90th Percentile £646 £661 £825
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £557 £516 £525
% change year-on-year +7.85% -1.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 17
10th Percentile - - £18.00
25th Percentile - - £22.52
Median hourly rate £36.00 - £24.00
75th Percentile - - £30.00
90th Percentile - - £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £36.00 £14.20 £24.00
% change year-on-year +153.52% -40.83% +50.00%

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
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 2 (14.29%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 10 (71.43%) DNS
2 4 (28.57%) SAN
3 1 (7.14%) BGP
3 1 (7.14%) BIG-IP
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (7.14%) DHCP
3 1 (7.14%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (7.14%) Firewall
3 1 (7.14%) ICMP
3 1 (7.14%) IPsec
3 1 (7.14%) LAN
3 1 (7.14%) Network Security
3 1 (7.14%) NGFW
3 1 (7.14%) OSPF
3 1 (7.14%) WAN
3 1 (7.14%) Wireless
General
1 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
1 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Analyst
2 7 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
3 4 (28.57%) Senior
4 3 (21.43%) Lead
4 3 (21.43%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (14.29%) Linux Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Active Directory Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Cisco Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Developer
6 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Network Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Python Developer
6 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Senior Cisco Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Splunk Analyst
6 1 (7.14%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (57.14%) Cyberattack
1 8 (57.14%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (21.43%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (7.14%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.14%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 12 (85.71%) Linux
2 10 (71.43%) Windows
3 3 (21.43%) Debian
3 3 (21.43%) Ubuntu
4 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Security Operations
1 9 (64.29%) SIEM
2 8 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (57.14%) Incident Response
3 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
5 4 (28.57%) ITIL
6 3 (21.43%) Agile
6 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
7 2 (14.29%) Incident Management
7 2 (14.29%) Problem Management
7 2 (14.29%) Release Management
8 1 (7.14%) Configuration Management
8 1 (7.14%) Data Modelling
8 1 (7.14%) High Availability
8 1 (7.14%) ITSM
8 1 (7.14%) Migration
8 1 (7.14%) Service Management
8 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (7.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Shell Script
2 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (78.57%) SC Cleared
3 10 (71.43%) DV Cleared
4 5 (35.71%) CompTIA CySA+
4 5 (35.71%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (35.71%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (35.71%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) Splunk
2 4 (28.57%) VMware
3 3 (21.43%) Red Hat
4 1 (7.14%) Cisco
4 1 (7.14%) F5
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
4 1 (7.14%) Palo Alto