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 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 36 32
Rank change year-on-year 0 -4 +14
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 9 9 21
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 2.44% 3.57% 4.37%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 26.47% 23.08% 21.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 19
10th Percentile £550 £490 £499
25th Percentile £560 £525 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% - -
75th Percentile £638 £599 -
90th Percentile £655 £630 £571
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £625 £565 £550
% change year-on-year +10.62% +2.73% -

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 34 39 100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 9.21% 15.48% 20.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 28 80
10th Percentile £130 £433 £320
25th Percentile £436 £493 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.75% -0.91% +5.77%
75th Percentile £608 £629 £650
90th Percentile £650 £638 £825
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £550 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £23.85
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £36.00 - £24.00
75th Percentile - - £30.00
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £36.00 - £24.00
% change year-on-year - - +41.18%

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 (22.22%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) DNS
2 4 (44.44%) SAN
3 1 (11.11%) DHCP
General
1 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Analyst
1 5 (55.56%) SOC Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Lead
3 2 (22.22%) Linux Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Active Directory Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Python Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Splunk Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Cyberattack
1 4 (44.44%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (22.22%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (11.11%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Linux
2 6 (66.67%) Windows
3 3 (33.33%) Debian
3 3 (33.33%) Ubuntu
4 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) SIEM
2 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (44.44%) Incident Response
2 4 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) Security Operations
3 3 (33.33%) Agile
3 3 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 3 (33.33%) ITIL
4 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
4 2 (22.22%) Incident Management
4 2 (22.22%) Problem Management
4 2 (22.22%) Release Management
5 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
5 1 (11.11%) Data Engineering
5 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
5 1 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (11.11%) Matrix Organization
5 1 (11.11%) Prototyping
5 1 (11.11%) Security Monitoring
5 1 (11.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Shell Script
2 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (77.78%) DV Cleared
2 7 (77.78%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) CompTIA CySA+
3 2 (22.22%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (22.22%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Splunk
2 3 (33.33%) Red Hat
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft