TCP/IP Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 27 13
Rank change year-on-year -5 -14 +20
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 6 7 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 2.43% 3.74% 9.36%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 18.18% 41.18% 48.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 13
10th Percentile - £133 £250
25th Percentile £145 £143 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £148 £400
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -63.13% -
75th Percentile £155 £154 -
90th Percentile - £159 -
UK median daily rate £463 £463 £450
% change year-on-year - +2.78% -9.55%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 33 17 33
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 13.36% 9.09% 19.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 19
10th Percentile £195 £135 £210
25th Percentile £325 £143 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £150 £400
Median % change year-on-year +166.67% -62.50% -15.75%
75th Percentile £541 £159 -
90th Percentile £600 £334 £595
UK median daily rate £476 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.80% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
Median hourly rate £15.33 £37.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.12% +108.33% +38.46%
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £50.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year -14.85% -10.60% +36.12%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in Northern Ireland

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing TCP/IP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing TCP/IP

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing TCP/IP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing TCP/IP

TCP/IP
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
County Antrim -10 6 £150 +1.69% 1
TCP/IP
UK

TCP/IP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Firewall
1 4 (66.67%) HTTP
1 4 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (33.33%) DHCP
2 2 (33.33%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) DB2
1 4 (66.67%) MySQL
1 4 (66.67%) Relational Database
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (16.67%) Banking
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Account Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Technical Account Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Technical Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) IT Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) IT Support
2 2 (33.33%) IT Support Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Support
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (66.67%) Management Information System
1 4 (66.67%) Onboarding
1 4 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
1 4 (66.67%) Unix
2 1 (16.67%) Android
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Application Security
1 4 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) Perl
1 4 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) QA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Apple
2 1 (16.67%) VMware