TCP/IP Contracts in Reading

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring TCP/IP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited TCP/IP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 88 79
Rank change year-on-year +40 -9 -2
Contract jobs citing TCP/IP 12 3 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 2.01% 0.25% 0.77%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 13.95% 1.22% 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 5
10th Percentile £306 - £353
25th Percentile - £513 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £485
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +8.25% +79.63%
75th Percentile - £538 £488
90th Percentile - - £499
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £150 £486
% change year-on-year +266.67% -69.15% +85.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £66.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £49.75
% change year-on-year - -61.81% +9.34%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 86 246 184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 14.41% 20.64% 17.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 113 97
10th Percentile £221 £205 £337
25th Percentile £307 £335 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £499 £608 £650
90th Percentile £623 - £718
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £490 £488
% change year-on-year -8.16% +0.51% +4.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 3
10th Percentile - £77.22 -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £87.46 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year - +32.52% +153.85%
75th Percentile - £87.53 £73.69
90th Percentile - - £78.30
Berkshire median hourly rate £24.66 £83.77 £66.00
% change year-on-year -70.56% +26.92% +288.24%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for TCP/IP in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in Reading.

Daily rate trend for TCP/IP in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing TCP/IP in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for TCP/IP in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing TCP/IP in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for TCP/IP in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) AWS
1 5 (41.67%) Azure
1 5 (41.67%) GCP
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (8.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 10 (83.33%) BGP
1 10 (83.33%) VLAN
2 6 (50.00%) MPLS
3 5 (41.67%) Firewall
3 5 (41.67%) Network Security
3 5 (41.67%) OSPF
3 5 (41.67%) VPN
4 1 (8.33%) 2G
4 1 (8.33%) 3G
4 1 (8.33%) 4G
4 1 (8.33%) 5G
4 1 (8.33%) Ethernet
4 1 (8.33%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (8.33%) TACACS
Development Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Robot Framework
General
1 6 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 6 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (8.33%) Legal
2 1 (8.33%) Marketing
2 1 (8.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Automation Tester
1 5 (41.67%) Telecoms Tester
1 5 (41.67%) Tester
2 1 (8.33%) Design Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) IP Design Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) IP Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) IP Network Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Network Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Principal Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Principal IP Design Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Principal Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Cloud Native
1 5 (41.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
1 1 (8.33%) Windows 10
1 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Containerisation
1 5 (41.67%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (41.67%) Test Automation
1 5 (41.67%) Test Strategy
2 4 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
2 4 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
2 4 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 4 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (8.33%) Network Architecture
3 1 (8.33%) Network Design
3 1 (8.33%) Patch Management
3 1 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (75.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) CCNP
1 4 (33.33%) CCSA
1 4 (33.33%) CCSE
1 4 (33.33%) Check Point Certification
1 4 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) Docker
2 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (75.00%) Ansible
2 5 (41.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Cisco
1 5 (41.67%) Palo Alto
2 4 (33.33%) CheckPoint