TCP/IP Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring TCP/IP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 19 23
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 +11
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 7 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 3.87% 0.70% 2.39%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 31.82% 5.26% 22.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 £613 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £625 £195
Median % change year-on-year -32.00% +220.51% -53.43%
75th Percentile £438 £638 £233
90th Percentile - - £281
South East median daily rate £380 £450 £300
% change year-on-year -15.67% +50.00% -41.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £76.59 - -
25th Percentile £84.97 - -
Median hourly rate £89.63 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £86.82 £19.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +356.92% -24.00% -13.04%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 22 19 22
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 12.15% 13.38% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 12 20
10th Percentile £190 £168 £180
25th Percentile £278 £398 £189
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £419 £340
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% +23.16% -17.58%
75th Percentile £463 £638 £631
90th Percentile £600 £649 £651
South East median daily rate £488 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -2.50% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £76.59 - -
25th Percentile £84.97 - -
Median hourly rate £89.63 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £70.16 £67.02 £61.25
% change year-on-year +4.69% +9.42% +36.11%

TCP/IP
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

TCP/IP job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

TCP/IP
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

TCP/IP
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

TCP/IP
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 29 November 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
Oxford - 5 £425 - 5
TCP/IP
South East

TCP/IP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 (28.57%) SharePoint
1 2 (28.57%) WordPress
2 1 (14.29%) IIS
2 1 (14.29%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) DNS
2 6 (85.71%) DHCP
3 5 (71.43%) VPN
4 4 (57.14%) Firewall
4 4 (57.14%) Wireless
5 2 (28.57%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) JIRA
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Head of IT
2 2 (28.57%) IT Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Network Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Service Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Service Support Manager
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support
3 1 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) JSON
1 1 (14.29%) XML
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Mac OS
3 3 (42.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (71.43%) Computer Science
2 5 (71.43%) ITIL
3 4 (57.14%) ITSM
3 4 (57.14%) Service Management
3 4 (57.14%) Time Management
4 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
5 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) A+ Certification
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
2 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (14.29%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 2 (28.57%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) CheckPoint
1 4 (57.14%) Cisco
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
1 4 (57.14%) Palo Alto
1 4 (57.14%) ServiceNow
2 2 (28.57%) VMware